nashville sounds game information www.nashvillesounds.com @NashvilleSounds First Tennessee Park 19 Junior Gilliam Way Nashville, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (49-51) at Las Vegas 51s (48-53) RHP Chris Bassitt (2-4, 5.36) vs. RHP Nabil Crismatt (2-1, 6.59) Game #102/Road Game #49 • Tuesday, July 24, 2018 • Cashman Field • 9:05 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • ALT 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Wednesday July 25 at Las Vegas RHP Daniel Mengden (2-1, 3.68) RHP Chris Flexen (6-6, 4.39) 9:05 p.m. MiLB TV/ALT 97.5 FM Thursday July 26 at Las Vegas LHP Eric Jokisch (3-8, 4.43) RHP Drew Gagnon (1-4, 5.16) 9:05 p.m. MiLB TV/ALT 97.5 FM Friday July 27 at Salt Lake RHP Raul Alcantara (4-2, 4.72) TBD 7:35 p.m. MiLB TV/ALT 97.5 FM Saturday July 28 at Salt Lake RHP James Naile (6-9, 4.19) TBD 7:35 p.m. MiLB TV/ALT 97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds head to Las Vegas to begin a three-game series with the 51s tonight at Cashman Field. It's the first and only meeting between the two teams this year. SOUNDS VS. 51s Series (W-L-T): 11-11-3 Tonight, right-hander Chris Bassitt starts for the Sounds against right-hander Nabil Crismatt 2018: 0-0 at Nashville: 0-0 Series Openers: 12-13 for the 51s. at Las Vegas: 0-0 All-Time: 50-45 Series Finales: 13-11 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 1-1 Chris Bassitt: 29-year-old Chris Bassitt starts for the Sounds in tonight's game. The right- 7/24 Las Vegas Day Games: 13-9 hander is 2-4 with a 5.36 ERA in 11 games (eight starts) with Nashville. He has also started 7/25 Las Vegas Night Games: 36-41 six games for Oakland where he's 2-3 with a 3.38 ERA. Bassitt last pitched on July 18 in a start 7/26 Las Vegas vs. RHP: 37-37 against the Omaha Storm Chasers. He allowed one run earned run on four hits in seven in- vs. LHP: 12-14 nings. In his career, he's 30-24 with a 3.54 ERA in 144 games (71 starts) in MiLB, and 4-14 with April: 12-12 a 4.00 ERA in 35 games (29 starts) in MLB. The Athletics acquired Bassitt in a six-player trade May: 15-13 with the Chicago White Sox on December 9, 2014. He was originally drafted by Chicago (AL) June: 10-16 in the 16th round of the 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Akron. July: 12-10 August: Nabil Crismatt: 23-year-old Nabil Crismatt starts for the 51s in tonight's series opener. The September: right-hander is 2-1 with a 6.59 ERA in three starts for Las Vegas in 2018. He began the season Monday: 5-6 with Double-A Binghamton and posted an 8-5 record with a 3.58 ERA in 16 starts including Tuesday: 7-4 eight quality starts. He allowed one or fewer runs in seven of his starts with Binghamton. In 13.2 innings for Las Vegas, the Colombia native has allowed 20 hits and 6 walks to go along Wednesday: 6-6 with 8 strikeouts. Crismatt originally signed with the New York Mets as a non-drafted free agent Thursday: 10-5 on August 3, 2011. Friday: 7-9 Saturday: 5-11 2018 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American South- Sunday: 9-10 ern Division standings in 2018: First: 1, Second: 69, Third: 39, Fourth: 3. vs. Am. Northern: 32-27 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP Sounds 51s vs. Am. Southern: 13-14 History in Sin City: The Sounds lead the all-time series against Las Vegas 50-45 but the majori- vs. Pac. Northern: 2-5 ty of that success has come in Music City. In Sin City the 51s lead the series 25-19. The last time 49-51 Record 48-53 vs. Pac. Southern: 2-5 the Sounds were in Sin City, however, the Sounds swept the 51s in four games. In 2016 they 29-23 Home 23-26 vs. NL Affiliate: 35-34 outscored the 51s 35-13 and outhit them 59-34. The Sounds batted .355 while holding Las Vegas 20-28 Road 25-27 vs. AL Affiliate: 14-16 to a .238 average. Lead After 6: 37-5 W2 Streak W2 Trail After 6: 5-43 Hitting at Cashman Field: Cashman Field has been one of the most hitter friendly parks in the 3-2 Last 5 3-2 Tied After 6: 7-3 PCL this year. There have been 142 home runs hit and 622 runs scored at Cashman Field this 5-5 Last 10 5-5 Lead After 7: 39-4 season, which are second and third in the PCL respectively. Nashville's First Tennessee Park has Trail After 7: 3-43 been one of the most pitcher friendly parks with only 54 home runs hit and 403 runs scored .254 (14th) Batting Avg. .268 (9th) Tied After 7: 7-4 in Music City this season, which are 16th and 14th respectively. In total teams are hitting .287 74 (14th) HR 109 (T-5th) Lead After 8: 36-1 (1,483-for-5,168) at Cashman Field this season. 439 (14th) R 554 (5th) Trail After 8: 1-45 64 (11th) SB 51 (13th) Tied After 8: 8-1 Vs. the Pacific Conference: Since 2014 the Sounds are 77-65 against the Pacific Conference but 902 (14th) K (Batting) 869 (13th) are just 4-10 this season. In that time Nashville is 41-30 on the road against the Pacific Confer- 382 (3rd) BB (Batting) 373 (4th) Scoring First: 32-17 ence including 4-4 at Cashman Field. Opp. Scoring First: 17-34 4.03 (3rd) ERA 6.18 (16th) 811 (8th) K (Pitching) 818 (7th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 40-14 Bassitt's Reverse Splits: Tonight's starter for Nashville is Chris Bassitt. The right-hander has a Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 19-41 noticeable reverse split as fellow right-handers are batting .340 (35-for-103) while he's holding 261 (1st) BB (Pitching) 388 (14th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 9-38 left-handers to a .228 batting average (18-for-79). Righties have a slash line of .340/.430/.456 461 (4th) R Allowed 664 (16th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 30-10 and and OPS of .866 while lefties have a slash line of .228/.274/.304 and an OPS of .578. 76 (T-3rd) HR Allowed 140 (15th) Hit a HR: 30-21 .976 (15th) Fielding Pct. .980 (12th) Allow a HR 21-31 On the Road Again: The Sounds are playing their 49th road game of the season. All 15 other AMERICAN SOUTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 10-4 teams in the Pacific Coast League have already played at least 49 games and as many as 52 W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 3-12 games. The Sounds are 20-28 on the road this season. Memphis 64 37 .634 - Outhit Opponent: 27-10 Nashville 49 51 .490 14.5 Tie in Hits: 7-6 Tennessee Ties: A number of players and members of the 51s staff have ties to the state of Round Rock 48 53 .475 16.0 Outhit by Opponent: 16-35 Tennessee. Outfielder Bryce Brentz was born in Knoxville and attended Middle Tennessee State New Orleans 47 54 .465 17.0 Record 10+ Hits: 24-10 from 2008-10 where he was an All-American and he currently resides in Murfreesboro. Pitcher Allow 10+ Hits: 10-21 Bobby Wahl played for the Sounds from 2016-18 and was traded to the Mets and assigned to Commit an Error: 25-31 Las Vegas on Sunday. Pitcher Eric Hanhold, currently on the disabled list, was born in Bartlett, UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 22-17 Tennessee before his family moved to Florida. Manager Tony DeFrancesco was a catcher for The Sounds begin a seven-game road trip to- Walk-Off Wins: 6 the Sounds in 1988 and '90-91. The strength coach for the 51s, Josh Fields, makes his offseason night and return home to First Tennessee Park Walk-Off Losses: 2 home in Johnson City. for a seven-game homestand against Fresno and Extra-Innings: 6-4 Sacramento on Wednesday, August 1. Getting Louder: Third baseman Sheldon Neuse collected two hits and a season-high 4 RBI Sounds starter 6+IP: 20-19 Sunday night to extend his hitting streak to eight games. In those eight games he is batting .300 Sounds starter 7+ IP: 7-7 (12-for-40) with 5 runs, 2 doubles, 1 home run, and 6 RBI. His season-long hitting streak is Sounds starter 8+ IP: 1-1 nine games, which he achieved from June 21-July 1. His batting average has risen from .230 to THIS DATE IN HISTORY Longest Win Streak: 5 .245 during the eight-game streak. On July 24, 2003, Sounds reliever Mark Corey Longest Losing Streak: 4 set a franchise-record with his 28th save in White Jerseys: 2-3 Second Half Sounds: In recent years, Nashville has been a second half team. Since 2010, the a win at Oklahoma. Corey surpassed Geoff Gray Jerseys: 1-6 Sounds have had a losing record after the All-Star break just once.