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NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (3-6) at San Antonio Missions (5-4) RHP Phillips Valdez (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Burch Smith (0-0, 0.00) Game #10/Away Game #5 • Saturday, April 13, 2019 • Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium • 7:05 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Sunday April 14 at San Antonio LHP Taylor Hearn (1-1, 4.50) RHP Adrian Houser (0-0, 0.00) 2:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Monday April 15 at San Antonio RHP Ariel Jurado (1-0, 2.45) RHP Bubba Derby (0-0, 2.70) 11:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Tuesday April 16 vs. Round Rock LHP Wes Benjamin (0-1, 5.87) TBD 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Wednesday April 17 vs. Round Rock RHP Richelson Peña (1-1, 2.25) TBD 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight’s Game: The Nashville Sounds and San Antonio Missions play game two of a four-game series tonight in San Antonio. The Sounds used a seven-run eighth inning to win last night's series opener, SOUNDS VS. MISSIONS Series (W-L-T): 0-2-0 7-3. Tonight, right-hander Phillips Valdez starts for Nashville against right-hander Burch Smith for San 2019: 1-0 at Nashville: 0-0 Series Openers: 2-1 Antonio. All-Time: 1-0 at San Antonio: 1-0 Series Finales: 0-2 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-0 Phillips Valdez: 27-year-old Phillips Valdez starts for the Sounds tonight. The right-hander is making 4/12 San Antonio W, 7-3 Day Games: 0-1 his second start of 2019 after pitching against Iowa on April 8. He took a no decision after allow- 4/13 San Antonio Night Games: 3-5 ing two unearned runs on three hits. He struck out five and did not walk a batter. Valdez split the 4/14 San Antonio vs. RHP: 3-5 2018 season in the Washington Nationals organization between Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A 4/15 San Antonio vs. LHP: 0-1 Syracuse. He began the season with Harrisburg and was promoted to Syracuse on April 30 for the 4/19 Nashville April: 3-6 remainer of the season. Overall in 2018, the Dominican Republic native went 6-7 with a 2.73 ERA in 4/20 Nashville May: 0-0 31 games (19 starts).He signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers on December 21, 4/21 Nashville June: 0-0 2018. He was originally signed by the Cleveland Indians on May 29, 2009. 4/22 Nashville July: 0-0 7/15 San Antonio August: 0-0 Burch Smith: 29-year-old Burch Smith starts for the Missions in game two of the series. The right- 7/16 San Antonio September: 0-0 hander is making his second start of 2019 after throwing against the Oklahoma City Dodgers on April 7/17 San Antonio Monday: 0-1 8. Burch shut out the Dodgers over five innings but got a no decision. He allowed two hits and five 7/18 San Antonio Tuesday: 1-0 walks to go along with eight strikeouts. Burch was signed by Milwaukee to a minor league contract on 8/30 Nashville Wednesday: 0-1 January 11, 2019 after being outrighted by the Kansas City Royals on November 30, 2018. He spent 8/31 Nashville Thursday: 0-2 last year with the Royals where he went 1-6 with a 6.92 ERA in 38 games (6 starts). He covered 78.0 9/1 Nashville innings and allowed 90 hits and 40 walks with 77 strikeouts. Burch's other big league time came in the Friday: 2-0 9/2 Nashville Saturday: 0-1 2013 season with the San Diego Padres. The San Antonio native was drafted by the Padres in the 14th Sunday: 0-1 round of the 2011 MLB Draft out of Oklahoma University. vs. Am. Northern: 1-4 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Southern: 2-2 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Sounds Missionss vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 Division standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 4. 3-6 Record 5-4 vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 1-4 Home 2-2 Starting on the Right Track: Last night's series opener against San Antonio was the third opener for vs. NL Affiliate: 2-4 2-2 Road 3-2 Nashville in 2019. With the 7-3 win, they are now 2-1 in openers. They are just 1-5 in all other games. vs. AL Affiliate: 1-2 W1 Streak L2 Lead After 6: 2-1 If One Walks, We All Walk: The Sounds have three of the top seven players in walks drawn among Trail After 6: 1-4 2-3 Last 5 2-3 Pacific Coast League players. Wille Calhoun leads the circuit in walks with eight, and Nolan Fontana 3-6 Last 10 5-4 Tied After 6: 0-1 and Eli White are tied for fourth with seven each. Lead After 7: 2-1 Trail After 7: 1-5 Off The Trail: Last night's come-from-behind win was the first of the season for Nashville. Addition- .251 (9th) Batting Avg. .222 (16th) Tied After 7: 0-0 ally, it was the first game the Sounds won when trailing after six or seven innings. 7 (T9th) HR 10 (7th) Lead After 8: 3-0 45 (T5th) R 40 (9th) Trail After 8: 0-6 That's Rich: Last night's starter Richelson Peña turned in the best performance by a Sounds starter 6 (T7th) SB 8 (T3rd) Tied After 8: 0-0 in 2019. The right-hander was the first Nashville hurler this year to turn in a performance past six 72 (6th) K (Batting) 107 (16th) Scoring First: 2-3 innings. Peña and Ariel Jurado have the lone quality starts for Nashville. 41 (1st) BB (Batting) 38 (7th) Opp. Scoring First: 1-3 4.05 (5th) ERA 3.76 (3rd) Scoring 4+ Runs: 2-5 Get Defensive: Nashville struggled defensively in the first five games of the season and committed six 83 (7th) K (Pitching) 84 (7th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 0-6 errors as a team. In the last four games they have played errorless baseball. The Sounds have gone 43 31 (T7th) BB (Pitching) 27 (T3rd) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 1-1 innings since a throwing error was committed by Phillips Valdez against the Iowa Cubs on April 8. 49 (12th) R Allowed 40 (7th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 3-0 9 (T8th) HR Allowed 9 (T8th) Hit a HR: 3-3 Starting Hot: Andy Ibáñez has hit safely in each of his first six games this season. After beginning the .982 (3rd) Fielding Pct. .973 (10th) campaign back in Arizona due to an oblique injury, Ibáñez ranks among Pacific Coast League leaders Allow a HR 3-3 AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 1-0 in batting average (3rd, .488) and on-base percentage (T4th, .500). Three of his games are multi-hit affairs, including back-to-back three-hit performances to start the season. W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 1-1 Iowa 5 2 .667 - Outhit Opponent: 3-1 RISP Struggles: After hitting just .191 (17-for-89) with runners in scoring position through the first Omaha 4 3 .667 1.0 Tie in Hits: 0-0 eight games of the season, the Sounds finally found success last night with three hits in nine at-bats. Memphis 3 6 .333 3.0 Outhit by Opponent: 0-5 Nashville 3 6 .333 3.0 Record 10+ Hits: 1-1 Tennessee-Texas Two-Step: A new era of baseball began Thursday as the Sounds played their first Allow 10+ Hits: 0-3 official game as the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. The two clubs held a joint press conference Commit an Error: 1-3 at First Tennessee Park on September 20, 2018 to announce the four-year Player Development Con- UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 2-3 tract. Several notable former Sounds also played for the Rangers at one point in their career, including The Sounds continue a seven-game road trip Walk-Off Wins: 0 Prince Fielder, Nelson Cruz, Yovani Gallardo, Jonathan Lucroy and Jeremy Jeffress. this evening in San Antonio. The two teams play Walk-Off Losses: 1 a four-game series before the Sounds return to Extra-Innings: 0-1 In the Pipeline: Four current Sounds are listed among MLB Pipeline’s Top 30 Texas Rangers Nashville to begin a seven-game homestand on Sounds starter 6+IP: 1-1 prospects. Leading the group at #11 is left-handed pitcher Taylor Hearn. Left-handed reliever CD Tuesday, April 16. Sounds starter 7+ IP: 1-0 Pelham checks in at #15, infielder Eli White follows at #16 and catcher Jose Trevino is the 25th-ranked Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 prospect in the system. THIS DATE IN HISTORY Longest Win Streak: 1 Since 2005, the Sounds are 8-6 in games played Longest Losing Streak: 3 Jason Wood at the Helm: Jason Wood was named the 29th manager in Nashville Sounds franchise history on January 8, 2019. The California native is managing the Rangers’ Triple-A team for the fifth on April 13.