nashville sounds game information www.nashvillesounds.com @NashvilleSounds First Tennessee Park 19 Junior Gilliam Way Nashville, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (21-19) at Oklahoma City Dodgers (25-13) RHP James Naile (4-3, 3.15) vs. RHP Dennis Santana (0-0, --) Game #42/Away Game #22 • Saturday, May 18, 2018 • Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • 7:05 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • ALT 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Sunday May 20 @ Oklahoma City RHP Frankie Montas (1-4, 3.75) RHP Guillermo Moscoso (1-2, 3.66) 2:05 p.m. ALT 97.5 FM Monday May 21 vs. Colorado Springs RHP Daniel Gossett (4-0, 1.63) TBD 6:35 p.m. ALT 97.5 FM Tuesday May 22 vs. Colorado Springs RHP Chris Bassitt (1-2, 7.33) TBD 6:35 p.m. ALT 97.5 FM Wednesday May 23 vs. Colorado Springs RHP Kendall Graveman TBD 6:35 p.m. ALT 97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds continue a four-game series in Oklahoma City tonight against the Dodgers. The Dodgers took game one of the seriess Thursday night by trouncing SOUNDS VS. DODGERS Series (W-L-T): 6-3-1 the Sounds 13-3 but the Sounds bounced back last night by doubling up Oklahoma City 8-4. 2018: 1-1 at Nashville: 0-0 Series Openers: 6-5 Tonight, right-hander James Naile starts for the Sounds against right-hander Dennis Santana at Oklahoma City: 1-1 All-Time: 145-177 Series Finales: 5-4 for the Dodgers. DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 5/17 Oklahoma City L, 13-3 Day Games: 8-6 James Naile: 25-year-old James Naile starts for the Sounds in tonight's game. The right-hander 5/18 Oklahoma City W, 8-4 Night Games: 13-14 is 4-3 with a 3.15 ERA in eight starts in 2018. His last outing came against Memphis on May 13. 5/19 Oklahoma City vs. RHP: 16-16 He allowed just two runs in seven innings to pick up his first win since April 15. He went 2-3 5/20 Oklahoma City vs. LHP: 5-2 with a 3.30 ERA in 18 games (14 starts) across three levels in 2017. Naile spent the majority of 5/25 Nashville April: 12-12 2017 with Double-A Midland, going 2-3 with a 3.21 ERA in 14 games (10 starts). Naile made 5/26 Nashville May: 9-7 two starts for Nashville in 2016 and went 1-1 with an ERA of 5.73. The right-hander has a career 5/27 Nashville June: minor league record of 18-17 with a 3.20 ERA. The Cape Girardeau, Missouri native was drafted 5/28 Nashville Jully: by the Oakland Athletics in 20th round of the 2015 MLB Draft. 5/29 Nashville August: 6/25 Oklahoma City September: Dennis Santana: 22-year-old Dennis Santana starts for Oklahoma City tonight. The right- 6/26 Oklahoma City Monday: 2-4 hander is making his Triple-A debut after going 0-2 with a 2.56 ERA in eight starts for Dou- 6/27 Oklahoma City Tuesday: 3-2 ble-A Tulsa. Santana is ranked by both Baseball America and MLB Pipeline as the Dodgers' 6/28 Oklahoma City #10 prospect. He has a career minor league record of 17-24 with a 3.62 ERA and four saves in 8/20 Nashville Wednesday: 2-2 90 games (55 starts).The San Pedro de Macrois, Dominican Republic native was signed by the Thursday: 4-2 8/21 Nashville Dodgers in 2013 as a shortstop but was moved to the mound after his first year in the Domini- 8/22 Nashville Friday: 3-3 can Summer League. Saturday: 2-4 Sunday: 5-2 2018 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American South- TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Northern: 11-11 ern Division standings in 2018: First: 1, Second: 27, Third: 14, Fourth: 0. Sounds Dodgers vs. Am. Southern: 10-8 21-19 Record 25-13 vs. Pac. Northern: Staying Grounded: Last night's starter Kendall Graveman induced 10 groundouts including 13-7 Home 18-4 vs. Pac. Southern: three double plays. He became the third Sounds pitcher to record 10 groundouts in a game this 8-12 Road 7-9 vs. NL Affiliate: 17-16 season. Eric Jokisch also induced 10 on May 7 vs. Memphis. Frankie Montas has the most of vs. AL Affiliate: 4-3 any Sounds pitcher this season with 12 on May 14 at Memphis. W1 Streak L1 Lead After 6: 17-1 3-2 Last 5 1-4 Trail After 6: 2-18 Two Martinis: Nick Martini homered twice last night for his second career multi-home run 6-4 Last 10 3-7 Tied After 6: 2-0 game. It was the fourth time this season a Sounds player had homered twice in a game. Lead After 7: 18-0 .251 (13th) Batting Avg. .288 (5th) Trail After 7: 0-18 Quiet Neuse: Sheldon Neuse struck out three times last night and has now been fanned at least 28 (13th) HR 37 (9th) Tied After 7: 3-1 once in each of his last 19 games. He has registered a plate appearance in 37 games this season 188 (11th) R 193 (10th) Lead After 8: 17-0 and struck out at least once in 34 of them. 34 (T-5th) SB 23 (11th) Trail After 8: 0-19 355 (12th) K (Batting) 305 (4th) Tied After 8: 3-0 Quality Over Quantity: Kendall Graveman recorded his second quality start of the season last 158 (4th) BB (Batting) 120 (13th) night and 11th overall for the Sounds. Frankie Montas and tonight's starter James Naile each 3.95 (4th) ERA 3.08 (1st) Scoring First: 14-5 lead the team with three. The Sounds are 8-3 when their starting pitcher records a quality start. Opp. Scoring First: 7-14 330 (T-9th) K (Pitching) 330 (T-9th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 17-4 Tough Time Getting to Three Over: At 21-19 on the season, the Sounds have equaled their 115 (2nd) BB (Pitching) 116 (T-3d) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 8-16 high-water mark and have another opportunity to get to three games over .500 tonight. Each 188 (6th) R Allowed 134 (1st) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 4-16 time Nashville has been two games over the even mark, they have lost the next game. On April 22 (1st) HR Allowed 26 (3rd) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 13-3 19, Nashville was 8-6 but lost 7-1 at Iowa. On April 27, the Sounds were 11-9 but were blanked .976 (15th) Fielding Pct. .981 (8th) Hit a HR: 9-9 by New Orleans, 3-0. On May 17 they were 20-18 but were thumped by Oklahoma City 13-3. Allow a HR 7-12 AMERICAN SOUTHERN DIVISION W L PCT GB Hit 2+ HR: 4-1 Streaking Garneau: Catcher Dustin Garneau has heated up at the plate lately. With his second Memphis 23 18 .561 - Allow 2+ HR: 0-3 inning single last night, Garneau extended his hitting streak to a season-long five games. He has Nashville 21 19 .525 1.5 Outhit Opponent: 13-2 driven in a run in each of the five games to become the first Sounds player this season to pick New Orleans 21 19 .525 1.5 Tie in Hits: 3-3 up an RBI in five straight games. Round Rock 16 25 .390 7.0 Outhit by Opponent: 5-14 Record 10+ Hits: 11-2 Hostile Home Field: At 18-4, the Dodgers have the best home record in the Pacific Coast Allow 10+ Hits: 4-7 League by a wide margin. Oklahoma City started the season by winning their first 15 games at UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit an Error: 9-12 home before falling to Colorado Springs on May 7. The Sounds will test their 8-12 road record The Sounds are in the midst of a nine-day, Commit No Errors: 12-7 over the next two games at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. eight-game trip to Memphis and Oklahoma Walk-Off Wins: 3 City. The team returns for a nine-game home- Walk-Off Losses: Hovering Around the .500 Mark: For the majority of the 2018 season, the Sounds have been stand on Monday, May 21. Extra-Innings: 2-1 plus or minus two games of the .500 mark. Entering the 45th day of the season today, the Sounds have spent all but two days within two games of being .500. The only two days the team Sounds starter 6+IP: 8-6 hasn't been that close to the mark was entering the April 10 game vs. Iowa at 1-4, and entering THIS DATE IN HISTORY Sounds starter 7+ IP: 3-2 the April 14 game against Omaha at 3-6. Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-1 On May 19, 2016 the Sounds edged Sacramento Longest Win Streak: 5 Keep the Martini Coming: Outfielder/First Baseman Nick Martini has reached safely in a 6-5 at First Tennessee Park. The River Cats Longest Losing Streak: 4 team-high 28 consecutive games. Since April 14, Martini has reached in every game he has tied the game at five with two runs in the top White Jerseys: 2-1 played in, and is hitting .326 (29-for-89) with 16 RBI, 18 runs, 5 doubles, 2 home runs and 26 of the 8th inning before Jake Smolinski hit the Gray Jerseys: 1-4 walks.