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NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (65-72) vs. San Antonio Missions (80-59) LHP Wes Benjamin (7-6, 5.52) vs. RHP Carlos Luna (0-0, ---) Game #138/Home Game #70 • Monday, September 2, 2019 • First Tennessee Park • 12:05 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO END OF REGULAR SEASON SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Today's Game: The Nashville Sounds and San Antonio Missions play their final game of the 2019 season this afternoon at First Tennessee Park. Nashville has won two of the first three games of the series. Today, left-hander SOUNDS VS. MISSIONS Series (W-L-T): 12-15-8 Wes Benjamin starts for the Sounds against right-hander Carlos Luna for the Missions. Series Openers: 17-19 2019: 5-10 at Nashville: 3-4 Series Finales: 15-20 Wes Benjamin: 26-year-old Wes Benjamin starts for the Sounds this afternoon. The left-hander is making his All-Time: 5-10 at San Antonio: 2-6 Series Sweeps: 3-4 27th appearance (25th start) of the season and is 7-6 with a 5.52 ERA while covering 130.1 innings. Benjamin DATE SITE RESULT Day Games: 8-15 has yielded 147 hits and 52 walks to go with 108 strikeouts. Benjamin last pitched on August 28 at Omaha 4/12 San Antonio W, 7-3 Night Games: 57-57 and limited the Storm Chasers to one run in six innings. He walked one and struck out four the quality start. 4/13 San Antonio L, 5-3 Benjamin spent the majority of his 2018 season with Double-A Frisco where he went 5-6 with a 3.62 ERA in 15 4/14 San Antonio L, 5-4 vs. RHP: 50-53 starts. The southpaw spent nearly two months on the disabled list from June 7-July 31 with a left elbow strain. vs. LHP: 15-19 Despite missing time, Benjamin led the Frisco staff in wins and ranked among team leaders in strikeouts 4/15 San Antonio W, 10-5 April: 8-18 (3rd), starts (T3rd) and innings (4th). In his minor league career, Benjamin is 28-24 with a 4.25 ERA while 4/19 Nashville PPD May: 14-16 covering 88 games (83 starts). The Rangers drafted the Illinois native in the 5th round of the 2014 MLB Draft 4/20 Nashville L, 5-2 June: 13-14 out of Kansas University. 4/21, G1 Nashville W, 3-1 (7) July: 10-15 4/21, G2 Nashville L, 6-0 (7) Carlos Luna: 22-year-old Carlos Luna starts for the Missions today. The right-hander is making his Triple-A debut 4/22 Nashville L, 5-0 August: 19-9 after being transferred from the Short-Season Rocky Mountain Vibes on August 31. With the Vibes, Luna was 3-4 September: 1-0 with a 3.66 ERA in 13 starts. He covered 66.1 innings and allowed 67 hits and 10 walks to go along with 65 strike- 7/15 San Antonio L, 11-1 Monday: 9-7 outs. Luna's last outing was against the Orem Owlz on August 24. He limited Orem to one run on four hits in six 7/16 San Antonio L, 6-5 Tuesday: 7-11 innings. He didn't issue any walks and struck out 10 batters in the win. In his career, he's 10-10 with a 2.92 ERA in 7/17 San Antonio L, 7-5 Wednesday: 8-9 45 games (25 starts). The Milwaukee Brewers signed him to a minor league free agent contract on July 11, 2013. 7/18 San Antonio L, 5-3 Thursday: 7-14 8/30 Nashville W, 6-5 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division 8/31 Nashville L, 9-5 Friday: 16-5 standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 1, Third: 51, Fourth: 91. Saturday: 9-11 9/1 Nashville W, 7-3 Sunday: 9-15 The Final Act: Today's game between Nashville and San Antonio is the finale of the 2019 season. Nashville 9/2 Nashville vs. Am. Northern: 22-26 has won five consecutive regular season finales with wins over Memphis in 2018, New Orleans in 2017, Omaha TODAY’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Southern: 28-33 in 2015, Round Rock in 2014 and Iowa in 2013. The regular season finale in 2016 was cancelled due to rain in Sounds Missions vs. Pac. Northern: 9-5 New Orleans. The last time the Sounds lost on the final day of the regular season was a 2-1 setback to Memphis in 2012. 65-72 Record 80-59 vs. Pac. Southern: 6-8 29-40 Home 49-21 vs. NL Affiliate: 46-48 From Start to Finish: Nashville has five players on today's roster who have been with the team from start to 36-32 Road 31-38 vs. AL Affiliate: 19-24 finish. Pitchers Wes Benjamin and Tim Dillard, catcher Jett Bandy and infielders Eli White and Matt David- Lead After 6: 49-7 son were all on the Opening Day roster and have not gone up or down. W1 Streak L1 Trail After 6: 8-56 4-1 Last 5 2-3 Tied After 6: 8-9 From Nashville to Texas for a Debut: Over the course of the 2019 season, there were 10 players who went from Nashville to Texas for their Major League debut. The list includes: Kyle Bird, Brett Martin, Taylor Hearn, 6-4 Last 10 5-5 Lead After 7: 51-6 Pete Fairbanks, Phillips Valdez, Locke St. John, Scott Heineman, Pedro Payano, Nick Solak and Brock Burke. Trail After 7: 5-60 .261 (15th) Batting Avg. .269 (11th) Tied After 7: 8-6 Wes Side Story: Today's starter Wes Benjamin has saved his best work for the latter part of the season. In the 177 (13th) HR 195 (12th) Lead After 8: 52-1 month of August, Benjamin is 3-1 with a 3.38 ERA (11 ER/29.1 IP) in 5 games (4 starts). Benjamin has limited 702 (14th) R 770 (11th) Pacific Coast League opponents to a .233 batting average while issuing 8 walks and recording 22 strikeouts. In Trail After 8: 3-61 86 (t6th) SB 117 (5th) Tied After 8: 6-5 17 games (16 starts) before the All-Star break, Benjamin was 4-5 with a 6.84 ERA (59 ER/77.2 IP). In 9 games (8 starts) since the break, the southpaw is 3-1 Chasing Homers 1,170 (4th) K (Batting) 1,247 (13th) Scoring First: 44-27 with a 3.59 ERA (21 ER/52.2 IP). Matt Davidson and Patrick Wisdom 491 (t13th) BB (Batting) 545 (6th) Opp. Scoring First: 21-45 are climbing Nashville's single-sea- 5.48 (9th) ERA 4.16 (1st) son home run list. Here is where Scoring 4+ Runs: 54-39 100-RBI Man: Matt Davidson knocked in four runs Saturday night to bring 1,144 (13th) K (Pitching) 1,267 (2nd) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 33-64 his season total to 100 RBI. He is the fourth player in team history to hit the both currently stand: 1. Steve Balboni - 34 (1980) 496 (6th) BB (Pitching) 473 (4th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 11-33 100-RBI mark in a season, joining Steve Balboni (122 in 1980), Drew Denson (103 in 1993) and Drew Denson (103 in 1994). Davidson drove in 30 runs in t1. Brian Dayett - 34 (1982) 809 (9th) R Allowed 637 (1st) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 32-7 3. Matt Davidson - 33 (2019) the month of August - the second-most by a Sounds player in a single month 175 (3rd) HR Allowed 157 (1st) Hit a HR: 55-47 t3. Dan Pasqua - 33 (1984) in the PCL era (1998-present). Only Chad Hermansen (33 in July of 1999) has t3. Craig Wilson - 33 (2000) .979 (8th) Fielding Pct. .978 (10th) Allow a HR 45-54 knocked in more than Davidson in a single month. 6. Chad Hermansen - 32 (1999) Hit 2+ HR: 31-19 t6. Renato Nuñez - 32 (2017) AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Allow 2+ HR: 16-34 Climbing the Home Run Board: Infielder Matt Davidson launched his 33rd 8. Patrick Wisdom - 30 (2019) W L PCT GB Outhit Opponent: 43-11 home run of the season Saturday, moving into a three-way tied for third-most t8. Drew Denson - 30 (1994) Iowa 74 65 .532 - in Nashville Sounds single-season team history. He is tied with Dan Pasqua 10. Mat Gamel - 28 (2011) Tie in Hits: 7-3 t10. Prince Fielder - 28 (2005) Memphis 69 70 .496 5.0 (1984) and Craig Wilson (2000). The home run record is 34, shared by Steve Nashville 65 72 .474 8.0 Outhit by Opponent: 15-58 Balboni (1980) and Brian Dayett (1982). Davidson hit nine of his 33 home t10. Chad Hermansen - 28 (1998) Record 10+ Hits: 36-15 runs in the month of August. Davidson's 33 home runs are the sixth-most in Omaha 58 80 .420 15.5 Allow 10+ Hits: 21-45 the Pacific Coast League. Closing Time Commit an Error: 29-39 Closer David Carpenter has entered UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Bash Brothers: Matt Davidson (33) and Patrick Wisdom (30) are the first pair the Top-10 for Nashville's all-time Commit No Errors: 36-33 single-season saves record.