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NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (1-4) at Round Rock Express (3-2) LHP Taylor Hearn (0-1, 7.20) vs. RHP Forrest Whitley (0-0, ---) Game #6/Away Game #1 • Tuesday, April 9, 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 Wednesday April 10 at Round Rock RHP Ariel Jurado (1-0, 1.80) RHP Brady Rodgers (0-0, 0.00) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Thursday April 11 at Round Rock LHP Wes Benjamin (0-1, 3.38) LHP Ryan Hartman (1-0, 2.25) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Friday April 12 at San Antonio RHP Richelson Peña (0-1, 1.80) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Saturday April 13 at San Antonio RHP Phillips Valdez (0-0, 0.00) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Tonight’s Game: The Nashville Sounds hit the road for their first trip of the season beginning tonight in Round SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Rock, Texas against the Express. It's the first of 16 matchups between the two rivals in 2019. Tonight, left- SOUNDS VS. EXPRESS Series (W-L-T): 0-1-0 hander Taylor Hearn starts for Nashville against right-hander Forrest Whitley for Round Rock. 2019: 0-0 at Nashville: 0-0 Series Openers: 0-1 All-Time: 111-114 at Round Rock: 0-0 Series Finales: 0-1 Taylor Hearn: 24-year-old Taylor Hearn starts for the Sounds tonight. He is currently ranked by MLB Pipe- DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-0 line as the #11 prospect in the Texas organization. The left-hander is making his second start of the season 4/9 Round Rock Day Games: 0-1 after getting the ball for the Sounds on Opening Day. Hearn split last year between Double-A Altoona and 4/10 Round Rock Night Games: 1-3 Double-A Frisco after the Texas Rangers acquired him from the Pittsburgh Pirates in a July 31 trade for re- 4/11 Round Rock vs. RHP: 1-4 liever Keone Kela. In 24 starts in 2018, he went 4-8 with a 3.49 ERA. Hearn is in his fifth professional season 4/16 Nashville vs. LHP: 0-0 and has a career mark of 11-21 with a 3.54 ERA in 74 games (61 starts). He was drafted by the Washington 4/17 Nashville April: 1-4 Nationals in the 5th round of the 2015 MLB Draft out of Oklahoma Baptist University. 4/18 Nashville May: 0-0 5/16 Round Rock June: 0-0 Forrest Whitley: 21-year-old Forrest Whitley starts for the Express tonight. He is currently ranked by MLB 5/17 Round Rock July: 0-0 Pipeline as the #1 prospect in the Houston organization. Whitley is making his 2019 debut. The San Antonio 5/18 Round Rock August: 0-0 native pitched only 26.1 innings in 2018 due to being suspended for 50 games without pay by the Commis- 5/19 Round Rock sioner's Office for a violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Whitley did September: 0-0 5/20 Round Rock later pitch in the Arizona Fall League where he led the circuit in strikeouts. In his 26.1 innings with Double-A Monday: 0-1 5/25 Nashville Corpus Christi, he went 0-2 with a 3.76 ERA in 8 starts. He allowed 15 hits and 11 walks to go along with Tuesday: 0-0 5/26 Nashville 34 strikeouts. Whitley is 6-8 with a 3.29 ERA in 39 games (32 starts) in his minor league career. The Astros 5/27 Nashville Wednesday: 0-0 drafted him in the first round (17th overall) of the 2016 MLB Draft out of Alamo Heights (TX) High School. Thursday: 0-1 5/28 Nashville 5/29 Nashville Friday: 1-0 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division Saturday: 0-1 standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 1, Fourth: 3. Sunday: 0-1 vs. Am. Northern: 1-4 There's History Here: The all-time series between the Nashville Sounds and Round Rock Express has been TONIGHT’S MATCHUP Sounds Express vs. Am. Southern: 0-0 fairly even since it started in 2005. Nashville is 111-114 against Round Rock, including a 6-10 record in 2018 vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 when Round Rock was the Triple-A affiliate of the Rangers. 1-4 Record 3-2 vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 1-4 Home - vs. NL Affiliate: 1-4 White Hot: Eli White is the lone hitter that has hit safely in all five games for the Sounds in 2019. White is - Road 3-2 vs. AL Affiliate: 0-0 6-for-16 (.375) with 3 runs, 2 RBI, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 4 walks and 1 stolen base. In addition to collecting at Lead After 6: 1-0 least one hit in five straight games, White has also drawn a walk in four straight games and carries a .524 on- L3 Streak W2 Trail After 6: 0-3 base percentage into tonight's game. 1-4 Last 5 3-2 Tied After 6: 0-1 1-4 Last 10 3-2 Lead After 7: 1-0 Keep 'Em in the Yard: In Round Rock's season-opening five-game series against the New Orleans Baby Trail After 7: 0-4 Cakes, they scored 23 runs and hit 14 home runs. A resounding 20 of the 23 runs scored (87%) by the Express .263 (7th) Batting Avg. .209 (16th) Tied After 7: 0-0 were accounted for via the home run. Yordan Alvarez leads Round Rock with 4 home runs and Derek Fisher 3 (T14th) HR 14 (1st) has 3. That duo alone has more home runs than 10 Pacific Coast League teams. Lead After 8: 1-0 24 (T10th) R 23 (12th) Trail After 8: 0-4 6 (T3rd) SB 2(T8th) Three Again for Ibáñez: Nashville infielder Andy Ibáñez joined the Sounds a couple days into the season Tied After 8: 0-0 39 (T3rd) K (Batting) 50 (T11th) after beginning campaign back in Arizona due to a oblique injury. In his first two games, Ibáñez has back-to- 26 (2nd) BB (Batting) 13 (16th) Scoring First: 1-2 back three-hit games and his hitting .750 (6-for-8) early on. He has 1 run, 2 RBI, 2 doubles and 1 walk. Opp. Scoring First: 0-2 3.20 (1st) ERA 3.38 (3rd) 51 (4th) K (Pitching) 38 (T15th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 1-3 Double Up: Nashville collected a season-high five doubles in last night's 6-5 loss to Iowa. Eli White, Jose 15 (3rd) BB (Pitching) 18 (6th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 0-4 Trevino, Andy Ibáñez, Matt Davidson and Danny Santana all had doubles. Scoring 3 or < Runs: 0-1 28 (T9th) R Allowed 19 (2nd) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 1-0 RISP Struggles: Despite Nashville out-hitting Iowa 12-9 last night, a large part of the loss was due to not 3 (T1st) HR Allowed 6 (T6th) Hit a HR: 1-2 being able to collect a big hit. Nashville left 12 runners on base and went 3-for-16 with runners in scoring .969 (13th) Fielding Pct. .971 (12th) Allow a HR 1-2 position. Through the first five games of the season, the Sounds are hitting .180 (11-for-61) with RISP, 15th AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 0-0 overall in the Pacific Coast League. W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 0-0 Iowa 4 1 .800 - Outhit Opponent: 1-1 Triple-A Debuts: Eight Nashville players have made their Triple-A debuts in the first five games of the Omaha 3 2 .600 1.0 Tie in Hits: 0-0 season. The list includes Taylor Hearn, Eli White, Jose Trevino, Brett Martin, Miguel Del Pozo, Ariel Jurado, Memphis 2 3 .400 2.0 CD Pelham and Wes Benjamin. Outhit by Opponent: 0-3 Nashville 1 4 .200 3.0 Record 10+ Hits: 1-1 Allow 10+ Hits: 0-2 Tennessee-Texas Two-Step: A new era of baseball began Thursday as the Sounds played their first official Commit an Error: 1-3 game as the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. The two clubs held a joint press conference at First Ten- UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS nessee Park on September 20, 2018 to announce the four-year Player Development Contract. Several notable Commit No Errors: 0-1 The Sounds begin a seven-game road trip this Walk-Off Wins: 0 former Sounds also played for the Rangers at one point in their career, including Prince Fielder, Nelson Cruz, evening in Round Rock. Following three games Walk-Off Losses: 0 Yovani Gallardo, Jonathan Lucroy and Jeremy Jeffress. against the Express, the Sounds head to San Extra-Innings: 0-0 Antonio for four against the Missions. They In the Pipeline: Four current Sounds are listed among MLB Pipeline’s Top 30 Texas Rangers prospects. Lead- Sounds starter 6+IP: 0-0 return home on Tuesday, April 16. ing the group at #11 is left-handed pitcher Taylor Hearn. Left-handed reliever CD Pelham checks in at #15, Sounds starter 7+ IP: 0-0 infielder Eli White follows at #16 and catcher Jose Trevino is the 25th-ranked prospect in the system.