NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (46-63) vs. Albuquerque Isotopes (45-66) LHP Kolby Allard (0-0, ---) vs. RHP Tim Melville (7-5, 5.56) Game #110/Home Game #60 • Saturday, August 3, 2019 • First Tennessee 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 Sunday August 4 vs. Albuquerque LHP Joe Palumbo (1-0, 3.38) RHP Rico Garcia (0-3, 8.31) 6:15 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Monday August 5 vs. Albuquerque RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx (0-3, 7.23) RHP Antonio Senzatela (0-1, 4.91) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Tuesday August 6 OFF DAY Wednesday August 7 at Fresno TBD TBD 9:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and Albuquerque Isotopes play game two of a four-game set tonight at First Tennessee Park. The Sounds won last night, 7-3, behind a complete game effort by Tim SOUNDS VS. ISOTOPES Series (W-L-T): 7-17-5 Dillard. Tonight, left-hander Kolby Allard starts for the Sounds against right-hander Tim Melville for 2019: 1-0 at Nashville: 1-0 Series Openers: 11-18 the Isotopes. All-Time: 93-102 at Albuquerque: 0-0 Series Finales: 9-18 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 1-4 Kolby Allard: 21-year-old Kolby Allard starts for the Sounds tonight and is making his organiza- 8/2 Nashville W, 7-3 Day Games: 7-14 tional debut. Allard was acquired by the Rangers in a trade with the Atlanta Braves on July 30. Allard 8/3 Nashville Night Games: 38-50 was swapped for Texas reliever Chris Martin. Following the trade, MLB Pipeline labeled Allard as 8/4 Nashville vs. RHP: 35-45 the #16 prospect in the Rangers organization. The southpaw had spent the entire 2019 season with 8/5 Nashville vs. LHP: 11-17 Triple-A Gwinnett where he was 7-5 with a 4.17 ERA in 20 starts. In 110.0 innings, he has yielded 119 April: 8-18 hits and 36 walks to go along with 98 strikeouts. He last pitched on July 27 in a start against Triple-A May: 14-15 Columbus. He opposed Danny Salazar and and allowed 7 runs on 10 hits and 2 walks in 5.2 innings. June: 13-14 He allowed 3 home runs and was tagged with the loss in Gwinnett’s 7-3 setback. Allard made his July: 10-15 Major League debut in 2018 with Atlanta at just 20 years old. He spent the majority of the ‘18 season August: 1-1 with Gwinnett where he went 6-4 with a 2.72 ERA in 19 starts. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves September: 0-0 in the 1st round (14th overall) of the 2015 MLB Draft. Monday: 7-5 Tim Melville: 29-year-old Tim Melville starts for Albuquerque tonight. The right-hander is 7-5 with a Tuesday: 5-10 5.56 ERA in 15 games (14 starts) in 2019. In 79.1 innings, Melville has allowed 91 hits and 32 walks to Wednesday: 5-9 go along with 84 strikeouts. He last worked on July 28 in a home start against Salt Lake. He went 6.0 Thursday: 4-14 innings and allowed 3 runs on 3 hits and 4 walks. He struck out 10 batters but got a no-decision in the Friday: 12-3 quality start after Albuquerque’s bullpen allowed 7 runs in the final two frames. Melville has pitched Saturday: 7-9 in the big leagues with Cincinnati (2016), Minnesota (2017) and San Diego (2017). In 6 MLB games, Sunday: 6-13 he’s 0-2 with an 11.05 ERA (14.2 IP/18 ER). He spent the 2018 season with Triple-A Norfolk and went vs. Am. Northern: 15-22 9-6 with a 5.33 ERA in 40 games (14 starts). The Kansas City Royals drafted him in the 4th round of vs. Am. Southern: 23-32 the 2008 MLB Draft. TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Pac. Northern: 3-4 Sounds Isotopes vs. Pac. Southern: 5-6 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern 46-63 Record 45-66 vs. NL Affiliate: 32-42 Division standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 1, Third: 30, Fourth: 84. 23-36 Home 24-31 vs. AL Affiliate: 14-21 23-27 Road 21-35 Dillard was Dominant: Tim Dillard’s complete game effort was the first by a Nashville Sounds pitch- Lead After 6: 34-5 er in 2019. It was the first 9-inning variety complete game by a Sounds pitcher since Jharel Cotton’s W1 Streak L8 Trail After 6: 6-50 near perfect game in Round Rock on August 9, 2016. After Dillard allowed the one-out, first inning 3-2 Last 5 0-5 Tied After 6: 6-8 home run, he faced the minimum 26 batters the rest of the way. Lead After 7: 35-5 4-6 Last 10 1-9 Trail After 7: 4-52 Complete Game By the Numbers: Last night’s feat by Dillard was the 90th complete game by a Tied After 7: 7-6 Sounds pitcher in the Pacific Coast League era (1998-present) and the 39th 9-inning complete game. .254 (16th) Batting Avg. .283 (6th) Lead After 8: 37-1 Prior to Cotton’s gem on August 9, 2016, Mike Fiers was the last Sounds pitcher to accomplish the feat 130 (14th) HR 164 (9th) Trail After 8: 3-53 on August 31, 2011 at Iowa. For Dillard, it’s his 10th career complete game and 5th time he has gone 529 (16th) R 664 (7th) Tied After 8: 3-4 the full 9 innings. 77 (6th) SB 68 (8th) Scoring First: 28-21 961 (10th) K (Batting) 978 (12th) Opp. Scoring First: 17-42 Granite Joins the 20 Steals Club: Zack Granite swiped his team-high 20th stolen base of the season 387 (13th) BB (Batting) 386 (14th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 37-32 last night. Jorge Mateo paced the Sounds last year with 25 and Craig Gentry was the last before Mateo 5.70 (10th) ERA 6.50 (14th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 24-57 with 20+ when he swiped 25 in 2015. Granite’s 20 steals are tied for 6th-most in the Pacific Coast 899 (13th) K (Pitching) 880 (15th) League. Ian Miller of Tacoma leads the league with 26. Scoring 3 or < Runs: 9-31 394 (5th) BB (Pitching) 427 (10th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 21-6 Solak's Extra Effort: Nick Solak had another extra-base hit last night for Nashville when he hit a 676 (11th) R Allowed 763 (15th) Hit a HR: 37-40 three-run homer in the third inning. 9 of Solak's 15 hits with the Sounds have been extra-base hits (3 141 (2nd) HR Allowed 196 (16th) Allow a HR 30-47 doubles, 6 home runs). 31 of Solak’s 56 hits in Triple-A Durham were extra-base hits to total 40 on the .979 (8th) Fielding Pct. .978 (10th) Hit 2+ HR: 21-16 season. AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Allow 2+ HR: 11-29 W L PCT GB Outhit Opponent: 29-9 Ibáñez Back on Track: Infielder Andy Ibáñez collected his third Closing Time Iowa 59 52 .532 - Tie in Hits: 6-3 straight multi-hit game last night, going 2-for-4 with 2 runs scored. Closer David Carpenter has entered Omaha 49 62 .441 10.0 Outhit by Opponent: 11-51 After hitting .313 (31-for-99) in May and .314 (27-for-86) in June, Ibáñez the Top-10 for Nashville's all-time dipped to .253 (20-for-79) in July. He has 4 hits in his first 8 at-bats in single-season saves record. He Memphis 48 63 .432 11.0 Record 10+ Hits: 23-12 currently ranked tied for 9th. Nashville 46 63 .422 12.0 Allow 10+ Hits: 13-41 the month of August. 1. Mark Corey - 30 (2003) Commit an Error: 20-33 2. Geoff Combe - 27 (1979) Commit No Errors: 26-30 Closing Time: David Carpenter recorded his 19th save of the season 3. Chris Smith - 26 (2010) UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Wednesday and has yet to blow a save. He leads the PCL and all of 4. Dane Johnson - 24 (1994) Walk-Off Wins: 1 Triple-A baseball in saves, with New Orleans' RJ Alvarez in 2nd with 5. Jeff McCurry - 23 (1998) An Evening in Bachville - Notable contestants Walk-Off Losses: 3 6. Jeff Darwin - 22 (1997) from ABC’s hit reality show “The Bachelor” and 14. His 19 saves rank fifth in Minor League Baseball and rank ninth 7. Brian Drahman - 20 (1993) Extra-Innings: 2-4 in franchise history for a single season. He can also crack the top 10 in “The Bachelorette” are attending tonight’s game t7. Rob Wooten - 20 (2013) with an exclusive pregame cocktail party. Sounds starter 6+IP: 12-13 franchise career leaders if he reaches 23 saves. If Carpenter ends as the 9. David Carpenter - 19 (2019) Sounds starter 7+ IP: 4-1 league leader in saves, he would be the 4th to do so in Sounds history: 10. Milt Hill - 18 (1992) Sounds starter 8+ IP: 1-0 Chris Smith, 2010 (26); Mark Corey, 2003 (30); Jon Pacella, 1986 (17).