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NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (13-26) vs. Round Rock Express (25-14) RHP Tim Dillard (1-2, 5.93) vs. RHP Cy Sneed (1-4, 5.72) Game #40/Road Game #21 • Friday, May 17, 2019 • Dell Diamond • 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 Saturday May 18 at Round Rock RHP Seth Maness (1-1, 4.76) LHP Ryan Hartman (5-0, 3.82) 6:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Sunday May 19 at Round Rock LHP Wes Benjamin (1-5, 8.54) LHP Cionel Perez (0-0, 6.35) 1:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Monday May 20 at Round Rock RHP Ronald Herrera (0-3, 15.26) RHP Brady Rodgers (4-0, 3.22) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Tuesday May 21 vs. Memphis RHP Phillips Valdez (0-5, 5.23) TBD 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds play game two-of-five at Round Rock for the final leg of the three-city road trip. It's the third of four meetings between the two teams in 2019. Tonight, right-hander SOUNDS VS. EXPRESS Series (W-L-T): 0-7-2 Tim Dillard starts for Nashville against right-hander Cy Sneed for Round Rock. 2019: 1-5 at Nashville: 0-2 Series Openers: 4-7 All-Time: 112-119 at Round Rock: 1-3 Series Finales: 2-7 Tim Dillard: 35-year-old Tim Dillard starts for the Sounds today. The right-hander is 1-2 with a 5.93 ERA DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-0 in 10 games (3 starts) in 2019. Dillard last pitched at Memphis on May 12. He earned the loss after allowing 4/9 Round Rock W, 3-1 Day Games: 5-8 six runs in five innings on nine hits. He struck out one batter, bringing him four strikeouts away from tying Night Games: 8-18 the Jamie Werly's franchise record. Nashville lost the game, 7-2, as he threw 88 pitches, 62 of them strikes. 4/10 Round Rock L, 9-5 (10) 4/11 Round Rock L, 8-6 vs. RHP: 11-22 Dillard is the Nashville Sounds all-time leader in innings pitched (587.0), wins (40) and runs allowed (324) 4/16 Nashville L, 11-2 vs. LHP: 2-4 and is closing is currently second all-time in games (219), strikeouts (348), home runs allowed (47) and walks 4/17 Nashville L, 8-2 April: 8-17 (203). In his career, Dillard has pitched in 73 big league games and 485 minor league games. He signed a minor-league free agent contract with the Texas Rangers on December 21, 2018. 4/18 Nashville Susp. (B2) May: 5-9 5/16 Round Rock L, 10-4 June: 0-0 Cy Sneed: 24-year-old Cy Sneed starts for the Express in game two of the series tonight. The right- 5/17 Round Rock July: 0-0 hander is making his second appearance against Nashville this season. He threw 4.0 innings in relief 5/18 Round Rock August: 0-0 on April 9 in Nashville. He allowed three hits and one run (a home run to Willie Calhoun) while 5/19 Round Rock September: 0-0 walking none and striking out two. The Sounds won 3-1 in the contest. The Elko, Nevada native has 5/20 Round Rock Monday: 4-2 covered 28.1 innings in seven games (two start) innings and has allowed 31 hits and nine walks to go 5/25 Nashville Tuesday: 2-3 along with 23 strikeouts. Sneed last pitched in a start at Omaha on May 10 where he earned the win 5/26 Nashville Wednesday: 1-4 after going 5.1 innings and allowed two runs on six hits and two walks while striking out two. In his 5/27 Nashville Thursday: 0-6 Minor League career, Sneed is 33-34 with a 4.23 ERA in 121 games (91 starts). The Houston Astros 5/28 Nashville Friday: 3-1 traded for him from Milwaukee on November 19, 2015 in exchange for Jonathan Villar. He was orig- 5/29 Nashville Saturday: 0-4 inially drafted by the Brewers in the third round of the 2014 MLB Draft. Sunday: 3-6 vs. Am. Northern: 7-15 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Southern: 6-11 Division standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 36. Sounds Express vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 13-26 Record 25-14 vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 Sneed vs. Nashville: In his appearance at Nashville on April 9, Sounds hitters went 3-for-15 (.200) 5-14 Home 10-7 vs. NL Affiliate: 11-18 against him. In the 3-1 win, Nashville hitters went as followed: Bandy, 0-1, K | Davidson, 0-2 | Granite, 8-12 Road 15-7 vs. AL Affiliate: 2-8 0-2 | Ibáñez, 1-2 | Tocci, 0-1 | White, 0-2, K. Lead After 6: 10-3 L2 Streak W1 Trail After 6: 2-21 Yordan is Trouble: Round Rock's Yordan Alvarez is hitting very well against Nashville this season. 1-4 Last 5 4-1 Tied After 6: 1-2 After going 3-for-5 with three runs, a double, two home runs and six RBI last night, he is hitting .409 5-5 Last 10 8-2 Lead After 7: 9-1 (9-for-22) with three doubles, four home runs and 17 RBI in seven games against the Sounds. His four home runs are the second-most by an opponent this season (Memphis' Tyler O'Neill has six). His six Trail After 7: 1-24 .237 (15th) Batting Avg. .275 (7th) RBI was the most RBI in a game against Nashville since Albuquerque's Justin Sellers had six on July 9, 44 (14th) HR 71 (T2nd) Tied After 7: 3-1 2013 at Albuquerque. Lead After 8: 9-0 162 (T15th) R 237 (5th) 25 (8th) SB 39 (T3rd) Trail After 8: 0-23 Searching for Series Win #1: As Nashville begins its 10th series tonight, they search for series win 349 (10th) K (Batting) 334 (7th) Tied After 8: 1-0 number one. Overall in nine series, the Sounds are 0-7-2. Nashville and Round Rock have played 6 Scoring First: 7-9 official games and the Express lead the season series, 5 games to 1. 151 (9th) BB (Batting) 165 (5th) Opp. Scoring First: 6-17 5.95 (13th) ERA 5.06 (7th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 10-12 Eli is Streaking Again: With two hits on Thursday at Round Rock, Eli White stretch his hitting streak 303 (16th) K (Pitching) 318 (13th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 5-26 to 6 games - his third streak of at least 5 games. Over his last 6, White is hitting .400 (8-for-20) with 133 (3rd) BB (Pitching) 154 (8th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 3-14 4 runs scored, 2 home run, 3 RBI and 2 walks. His longest hitting streak of the season was 11 games 248 (12th) R Allowed 198 (5th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 8-0 from April 17-30. 50 (5th) HR Allowed 51 (6th) Hit a HR: 10-18 .978 (7th) Fielding Pct. .984 (2nd) Allow a HR 8-20 That's a Trip: Going into tonight's game against Round Rock, the Sounds are currently 3-5 on the now AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 4-8 12-game road trip. Not including the May 10 suspended game in Oklahoma City, Nashville batters are W L PCT GB hitting .276 (75-for-272) with 39 runs scored, 6 doubles, 1 triple, 8 home runs, 36 walks, 74 strikeouts Allow 2+ HR: 2-12 Iowa 25 16 .610 - Outhit Opponent: 10-3 and 7 stolen bases during the trip. Nashville pitching has a 6.45 ERA (67.0 IP/48 ER) with 80 hits allowed, 16 home runs allowed, 20 walks issued to go with 49 strikeouts. Memphis 21 19 .525 3.5 Tie in Hits: 1-2 Omaha 18 22 .450 6.5 Outhit by Opponent: 2-21 Nashville 13 26 .333 11.0 Record 10+ Hits: 7-2 It's Gonna be May: Zack Granite has enjoyed a red-hot month of May at the plate. In 14 games in Allow 10+ Hits: 2-14 May, the outfielder is hitting .368 (21-for-57) with 8 runs scored, 2 doubles, 3 RBI, 4 walks and 5 sto- len bases. Granite's .368 batting average in the month is the 14th-highest in the Pacific Coast League Commit an Error: 6-12 UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS with at least 10 games played. Granite is currently on an 12-game hitting - the longest active streak of Commit No Errors: 7-14 any player currently in the PCL. The Sounds play game two of the final series Walk-Off Wins: 0 of their three-city road trip tonight in Round Walk-Off Losses: 1 Carpenter Stays Clean: Nashville reliever David Carpenter turned in his 10th-consecutive scoreless Rock, Texas. After a five-game series against the Extra-Innings: 0-1 Express, the Sounds return home on Tuesday, outing yesterday and has not allowed a run since joining the club on April 12.