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NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (60-69) vs. Iowa Cubs (70-61) RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx (1-3, 7.83) vs. RHP Alec Mills (6-3, 4.78) Game #130/Road Game #64 • Sunday, August 25, 2019 • Principal Park • 1:08 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Monday August 26 at Omaha RHP Pedro Payano (2-2, 5.29) RHP Arnaldo Hernandez (3-8, 6.80) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Tuesday August 27 at Omaha RHP Tim Dillard (8-8, 4.61) LHP Foster Griffin (7-5, 5.35) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Wednesday August 28 at Omaha LHP Wes Benjamin (6-6, 5.72) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Thursday August 29 at Omaha RHP Seth Maness (7-4, 5.51) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Games: The Nashville Sounds and Iowa Cubs play their series finale of a quick three-game set tonight. The Sounds trail the season series 6-9. The teams have split the first two games. Tonight, right-hander Austin Bibens- SOUNDS VS. CUBS Series (W-L-T): 11-15-7 Dirkx will pitch for the Sounds against right-hander Alec Mills. Series Openers: 16-18 2019: 6-9 at Nashville: 3-5 Series Finales: 13-20 Austin Bibens-Dirkx: 34-year-old Austin Bibens-Dirkx starts for the Sounds tonight. The right-hander is 1-3 All-Time: 169-148 at Iowa: 3-4 Series Sweeps: 3-4 with a 7.83 ERA in 5 starts with Nashville. He has covered 28.2 innings and has allowed 36 hits and 13 walks while DATE SITE RESULT recording 27 strikeouts. He last pitched on August 19 and earned his first win of the season at Oklahoma City. He Day Games: 7-15 4/4 Nashville L, 5-4 lasted 5.0 innings and allowed 5 runs (4 earned) on 7 hits and 2 walks while striking out a season-high 6 strikeouts. 4/5 Nashville W, 8-2 Night Games: 53-54 Bibens-Dirkx started his 2019 with the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan. vs. RHP: 46-51 He pitched 15 games overseas, starting 9 of them. Overall, he went 2-5 with a 5.28 ERA (46.0 IP/27 ER) and 1.26 4/6 Nashville L, 10-4 vs. LHP: 14-18 WHIP. Bibens-Dirkx split 2018 between Triple-A Round Rock and Texas. In his second season with the Rangers, 4/7 Nashville L, 5-3 April: 8-18 he went 2-3 with a 6.20 ERA in 13 games (6 starts). He went 3-6 with a 5.68 ERA in 17 games (15 starts) for Round 4/8 Nashville L, 6-5 Rock. In 37 MLB games, Bibens-Dirkx is 7-5 with a 5.27 ERA (114.1 IP/67 ER) in 37 games (12 starts). In 341 MiLB 4/24 Iowa L, 6-4 May: 14-16 games, he's 65-61 with a 4.27 ERA. Bibens-Dirkx was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 16th round of the 2006 June: 13-14 MLB Draft. 4/25 Iowa L, 8-4 July: 10-15 4/26 Iowa W, 2-1 August: 15-6 Alec Mills: 27-year-old Alec Mills starts for the Cubs in the series finale today. The right-hander is 6-3 with a 4.78 4/27 Iowa PPD ERA in 18 games (17 starts) for Iowa in 2019. He has struck out 93 PCL hitters while walking 29 in 98.0 innings. September: 0-0 4/28 Gm. 1 Iowa W, 7-3 Mills has also pitched in 4 games (2 starts) with Chicago, going 0-0 with a 3.98 ERA (20.1 IP/9 ER). Mills last 4/28 Gm. 2 Iowa L, 19-5 Monday: 9-6 pitched on August 20 in a start against San Antonio and allowed 1 run in 5.0 innings on 4 hits and 3 walks. He Tuesday: 7-10 earned no decision and struck out 6 hitters in Iowa's 5-1 win. The Clarksville, Tennessee native made his Major 7/19 Nashville W, 6-5 Wednesday: 7-9 League debut with Kansas City in 2016 and first pitched with Chicago in 2018. In his Major League career, Mills is 7/20 Nashville W, 7-4 Thursday: 6-14 0-1 with a 4.75 ERA in 14 games (4 starts). He is 32-38 with a 3.63 ERA in 142 minor league games (114 starts). Mills 7/21 Nashville L, 8-4 was traded from Kansas City to Chicago for outfielder Donnie Dewees Jr. on February 8, 2017. He was originally 8/23 Iowa W, 3-1 Friday: 15-5 drafted by the Royals in the 22nd round of the 2012 MLB Draft out the University of Tennessee-Martin. Saturday: 9-10 8/24 Iowa L, 5-3 Sunday: 7-15 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division stand- 8/25 Iowa vs. Am. Northern: 19-24 ings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 1, Third: 43, Fourth: 91. vs. Am. Southern: 26-32 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP Nashville vs. Mills: Alec Mills made his only relief appearance of the season against Nashville on April 28. He Sounds Iowa vs. Pac. Northern: 9-5 earned no decision after pitching 2.0 innings. Mills allowed 5 runs (4 earned) on 6 hits and 1 walk with 2 strike- vs. Pac. Southern: 6-8 outs. It was game one of a doubleheader, where the Sounds won 7-3 in seven innings. He has perfromed as such 60-69 Record 70-61 vs. NL Affiliate: 43-47 against active Sounds hitters: Jett Bandy, 0-1, K; Matt Davidson, 1-1, HR, RBI, BB; Zack Granite, 1-1, 2B; Andy 27-39 Home 32-33 vs. AL Affiliate: 17-22 Ibáñez, 0-2. 33-30 Road 38-28 Lead After 6: 44-6 What the Beck?: Outfielder Preston Beck has been on a tear since joining Nashville on August 20. He recorded Trail After 6: 8-54 three hits Saturday night for the second time with the Sounds and the 9th time overall this season. Including his L1 Streak W1 Tied After 6: 8-9 appearance as a substitute in the suspended May 10 contest versus Oklahoma City, Beck has a hit in each of his five 4-1 Last 5 3-2 Lead After 7: 46-6 games. He is hitting .529 (9-for-17) with 3 runs, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 5 RBI, 3 walks and is slashing .600/.765/1.365. 8-2 Last 10 4-6 Trail After 7: 5-57 Day Games: Today is the second-to-last day game scheduled for Nashville this season. Thus far, the Sounds are 7-15 .261 (15th) Batting Avg. .253 (16th) Tied After 7: 8-6 in day games and go up against Iowa who has the most day games played in the PCL with a 21-16 record. Nashille Lead After 8: 47-1 has allowed a 6.45 ERA in their 22 day games and have the lowest batting average in the PCL during day games, 167 (t14th) HR 167 (t14th) Trail After 8: 3-58 hitting .241. 658 (15th) R 662 (14th) Tied After 8: 6-5 83 (6th) SB 70 (t10th) The Infield Transition:Infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa has started two games at shortstop since being assigned to 1,115 (6th) K (Batting) 1,124 (7th) Scoring First: 40-26 Nashville on August 23. His first game in the infield in 2019 was on July 20 with Double-A Frisco and his last game Opp. Scoring First: 20-43 at catcher was on July 29 with the Rough Riders. In the 24 games since July 20, he's played third base in 17 games 465 (13th) BB (Batting) 482 (8th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 49-37 and shortstop 3 times between Frisco, Nashville and Texas. Kiner-Falefa was originally drafted as an infielder in 5.54 (9th) ERA 4.65 (3rd) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 30-61 2013 and didn't start playing catcher until 2016 Chasing Homers 1,078 (13th) K (Pitching) 1,162 (6th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 11-32 Matt Davidson and Patrick Wisdom 465 (6th) BB (Pitching) 516 (11th) An Unlikely Loss: Nashville recorded 10 hits and outhit Iowa Saturday night and are climbing Nashville's single-sea- Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 30-7 still fell to the Cubs. The Sounds are now 32-15 when recording 10-plus hits and son home run list. Here is where 769 (9th) R Allowed 646 (3rd) Hit a HR: 50-45 are 40-11 when outhitting opponents. both currently stand: 165 (3rd) HR Allowed 177 (5th) Allow a HR 41-52 1. Steve Balboni - 34 (1980) .980 (8th) Fielding Pct. .983 (3rd) Hit 2+ HR: 29-18 Supa Hot Fire: The Nashville Sounds have the best record in all of professional t1. Brian Dayett - 34 (1982) 3. Dan Pasqua - 33 (1984) AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Allow 2+ HR: 15-32 baseball since August 7, going 13-3. Las Vegas and Memphis are a half game behind at 13-4. Triple-A Charlotte (14-4) is the only team in professional baseball t3.