NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (61-70) vs. Omaha Storm Chasers (56-76) RHP Tim Dillard (8-8, 4.61) vs. LHP Foster Griffin (7-5, 5.35) Game #132/Road Game #66 • Tuesday, August 27, 2019 • Werner Park • 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 August 28 at Omaha LHP Wes Benjamin (6-6, 5.72) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Thursday August 29 at Omaha RHP Seth Maness (7-4, 5.51) LHP Brian Flynn (4-3, 3.86) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Friday August 30 vs. San Antonio RHP Phillips Valdez (1-7, 5.13) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Saturday August 31 vs. San Antonio TBD TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV//97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and Omaha Storm Chasers play game two of the four-game series at Werner Park. The Storm Chasers won game one last night, 5-0, behind eight shutout innings from Arnaldo Her- SOUNDS VS. STORM CHASERS Series (W-L-T): 12-15-7 nandez. Tonight, right-hander Tim Dillard starts for the Sounds against left-hander Foster Griffin. 2019: 4-9 at Nashville: 4-4 Series Openers: 16-19 All-Time: 155-162 at Omaha: 0-5 Series Finales: 14-20 Tim Dillard: 36-year-old Tim Dillard starts for the Sounds tonight. The right-hander is 8-8 with a 4.61 ERA in DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 3-4 31 games (19 starts) in 2019. Dillard's 4.61 ERA is the seventh-lowest in the Pacific Coast League and the 140.2 4/29 Nashville W, 5-4 Day Games: 8-15 innings he has thrown is second-most. His last time out was on August 21 in a start against Oklahoma City. He recorded his ninth quality start of the year in Nashville's 7-2 win. Dillard allowed 2 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks in 7.0 4/30 Nashville L, 9-4 Night Games: 53-55 innings. Dillard is the Nashville Sounds all-time leader in innings pitched (697.1), wins (47), strikeouts (423), runs 5/1 Nashville L, 4-2 vs. RHP: 47-52 allowed (387), home runs allowed (61), walks (232) and games (240). In his career, Dillard has pitched in 73 big 5/2 Nashville L, 4-2 vs. LHP: 14-18 league games and 509 minor league games. He signed a minor-league free agent contract with the Texas Rangers on 7/4 Omaha L, 1-0 April: 8-18 December 21, 2018. 7/5 Omaha L, 9-2 May: 14-16 7/6 Omaha L, 11-3 June: 13-14 Foster Griffin: 24-year-old Foster Griffin starts for the Storm Chasers tonight. The left-hander is 7-5 with a 7/7 Omaha L, 10-5 5.35 ERA in 23 starts with Omaha in 2019. Griffin was named to the All-PCL Team yesterday as the left-handed 8/15 Nashville W, 4-2 July: 10-15 starter. He has worked 117.2 innings and has allowed 125 hits and 59 walks while recording 103 strikeouts. He August: 16-7 last pitched on August 17 in a start at First Tennessee Park against the Sounds. He didn't factor into the decision 8/16 Nashville W, 5-3 September: 0-0 and allowed 2 runs on 7 hits and 4 walks in 5.0 innings. In 2018, Griffin spent the entire season with Double-A 8/17 Nashville W, 4-3 Monday: 9-7 Northwest Arkansas, where he went 10-12 with a 5.13 ERA in 28 games (26 starts). He was named a Texas 8/18 Nashville L, 7-4 Tuesday: 7-10 League mid-season All-Star. The Florida native has a minor league career record of 42-46 with a 4.78 ERA in 8/26 Omaha L, 5-0 139 games (137 starts). Kansas City drafted him in the 1st round (28th overall) of the 2014 MLB Draft. Wednesday: 7-9 8/27 Omaha 8/28 Omaha Thursday: 6-14 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division 8/29 Omaha Friday: 15-5 standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 1, Third: 45, Fourth: 91. Saturday: 9-10 Sunday: 8-15 Happy Birthday, Patrick Wisdom: On this date 28 years ago, Patrick Wisdom was born in Murrieta, Califor- TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Northern: 20-25 nia. In six career games on his birthday, Wisdom is hitting .444 (8-for-18) with 2 runs, 1 double, 1 home run, 1 Sounds Storm Chasers RBI, 1 walk and 3 strikeouts. Wisdom played against Nashville on August 27, 2016 and went 2-for-4 with a solo 61-70 Record 56-76 vs. Am. Southern: 26-32 homer off Dillon Overton in Memphis' 2-1 loss at AutoZone Park. vs. Pac. Northern: 9-5 27-39 Home 29-34 vs. Pac. Southern: 6-8 Ibáñez Gets to 30 Doubles: Infielder Andy Ibáñez recorded his 30th double of the season last night - far and away 34-31 Road 27-42 vs. NL Affiliate: 44-47 his career-high. The 30 doubles for Ibáñez is tied for 10th-most in the Pacific Coast League. Over the last 10 years, vs. AL Affiliate: 17-23 including 2019, Ibáñez is the 7th Sounds player to notch at least 30 doubles. The list includes: Joey Wendle - 42 in L1 Streak W1 2015, Taylor Green - 36 in 2011, Matt Olson - 34 in 2016, Ryan Roberts - 33 in 3015, Anthony Garcia - 31 in 2018, 3-2 Last 5 1-4 Lead After 6: 45-6 Joey Wendle - 31 in 2016. He needs 5 more doubles to crack Nashville's all-time single-season Top-10 list. Trail After 6: 8-55 7-3 Last 10 4-6 Tied After 6: 8-9 Trouble in Omaha: Through five of eight games the Sounds have played this year in Omaha, they have zero Lead After 7: 47-6 wins. In the five games, Nashville has been outscored 36-10 at Werner Park. Since the Sounds began playing .260 (15th) Batting Avg. .262 (14th) Trail After 7: 5-58 games in Omaha in 1998, they have never not won at least one game each year. 168 (14th) HR 148 (16th) Tied After 7: 8-6 665 (15th) R 662 (16th) Final Four on the Road: Nashville continues their final road series of the season tonight. At 34-31, the Sounds Lead After 8: 48-1 have the 7th-best record away from home in the Pacific Coast League. They trail only El Paso (43-24), Las Vegas 83 (6th) SB 139 (2nd) Trail After 8: 3-59 (43-24), Sacramento (40-30), Round Rock (39-27), New Orleans (37-29) and Iowa (39-28). The Sounds need to 1,127 (5th) K (Batting) 1,046 (2nd) Tied After 8: 6-5 win at least one game in Omaha to clinch a winning record on the road for the third time in the last four years. 467 (13th) BB (Batting) 459 (14th) Scoring First: 41-26 5.53 (9th) ERA 5.42 (8th) Five Straight Series Wins: With Sunday's 7-5 win in Iowa, the Sounds secured their fifth consecutive winning Opp. Scoring First: 20-44 1,091 (13th) K (Pitching) 1,006 (16th) series. The streak started by sweeping Fresno in three games from August 7-9, continued by winning three of Scoring 4+ Runs: 50-37 four against Sacramento from August 10-13, was extended against Omaha 471 (6th) BB (Pitching) 549 (13th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 31-62 by winning three of four from August 15-18, extended against by sweeping Chasing Homers 779 (9th) R Allowed 769 (8th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 11-33 Oklahoma City in three games from August 19-21 and moved to five in a row Matt Davidson and Patrick Wisdom 169 (3rd) HR Allowed 209 (9th) against Iowa from August 23-25. Nashville is 14-4 during the hot stretch. are climbing Nashville's single-sea- Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 30-7 son home run list. Here is where .980 (8th) Fielding Pct. .977 (11th) Hit a HR: 51-45 both currently stand: Davidson Drives in Number 88: Infielder Matt Davidson knocked in his AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Allow a HR 42-53 1. Steve Balboni - 34 (1980) team-leading 88th run of the season on Sunday. The 88 RBI for Davidson is W L PCT GB Hit 2+ HR: 29-18 t1. Brian Dayett - 34 (1982) good for 11th-most in the Pacific Coast League. Davidson is just three RBI shy 3. Dan Pasqua - 33 (1984) Iowa 71 62 .534 - Allow 2+ HR: 16-33 of entering the Sounds' all-time single-season Top-10 list. Anthony Garcia (91 t3. Craig Wilson - 33 (2000) Memphis 65 67 .492 5.5 Outhit Opponent: 40-11 in 2018) and Dan Pasqua (91 in 1984) have the 10th-most in team history. The 5. Chad Hermansen - 32 (1999) Nashville 61 70 .466 9.0 Tie in Hits: 7-3 single-season leader is Steve Balboni who drove in 122 runs in 1980. t5. Renato Nuñez - 32 (2017) 7. Drew Denson - 30 (1994) Omaha 56 76 .424 14.5 Outhit by Opponent: 14-56 August Race: The Sounds have saved their best baseball for last with a 16-7 8.