NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (21-31) vs. Round Rock Express (31-21) RHP Pedro Payano (0-0, ---) vs. RHP Dustin Beggs (3-1, 3.98) Game #54/Home Game #30 • Thursday, May 30, 2019 • First Tennessee Park • 6:35 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Friday May 31 vs. New Orleans RHP Phillips Valdez (1-6, 5.40) RHP Ben Meyer (2-4, 6.75) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Saturday June 1 vs. New Orleans RHP Tim Dillard (3-4, 5.11) RHP Hector Noesi (4-2, 2.45) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Sunday June 2 vs. New Orleans TBD TBD 1:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Monday June 3 OFF DAY SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and New Orleans Baby Cakes begin their series tonight at First Tennes- see Park. New Orleans got the best of Nashville last season as the Sounds went 6-10 against the Baby Cakes. To- SOUNDS VS. BABY CAKES Series (W-L-T): 1-8-3 night, right-hander Pedro Payano starts for the Sounds against right-hander Dustin Beggs for the Baby Cakes. 2018: 6-10 at Nashville: 4-4 Series Openers: 4-9 at New Orleans: 2-6 All-Time: 177-151 Series Finales: 4-9 Pedro Payano: 24-year-old Pedro Payano starts for the Sounds tonight. The right-hander is making his Tri- DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-1 ple-A debut. He has spent 2019 with Double-A Frisco, where he was 3-1 in 8 starts with a 4.43 ERA. Payano 5/30 Nashville Day Games: 6-9 has struck out 49 batters in 44.1 innings while walking just 18. He last pitched on May 23 in a start at Corpus 5/31 Nashville Night Games: 15-23 Christi and threw 6.0 shutout innings while allowing two hits and a walk while striking out four. He got a 6/1 Nashville no-decision in Frisco's 5-4 loss in 11 innings. Payano spent his 2018 season with Frisco where he went 5-10 vs. RHP: 16-25 with a 5.54 ERA in 25 games (22 starts). The New York City native is 41-34 inn his minor league career with 6/2 Nashville vs. LHP: 5-7 a 3.57 ERA while covering 131 games (115 starts). He was signed by the Texas Rangers as a non-drafted free 6/20 New Orleans April: 8-18 agent on July 2, 2011. 6/21 New Orleans May: 13-14 6/22 New Orleans June: 0-0 Dustin Beggs: 25-year-old Dustin Beggs starts for the Baby Cakes in tonight's game. The right-hander is 6/23 New Orleans July: 0-0 making his 8th appearance of the season for New Orleans. The Colorado Springs native is 3-1 with a 3.98 6/24 New Orleans August: 0-0 ERA and has covered 40.2 innings. He pitched in 3 games (2 starts) for Double-A Jacksonville before being 7/11 Nashville September: 0-0 promoted to New Orleans, going 1-0 with a 2.79 ERA. Beggs last pitched on May 25 versus Iowa an earned the win when the Baby Cakes won 6-3. He allowed 3 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks with 4 strikeouts. He spent 7/12 Nashville Monday: 5-3 the 2018 season between Single-A Greensboro, Advanced-A Jupiter and Jacksonville, where he combined for 7/13 Nashville Tuesday: 3-4 a 6-5 record and allowed just a 2.12 ERA. In his minor league career, Beggs is 22-15 with a 3.42 ERA in 78 7/14 Nashville Wednesday: 1-6 games (53 starts). He was drafted by Miami in the 16th round of the 2016 MLB Draft out of the University of 7/26 New Orleans Thursday: 1-7 Kentucky. 7/27 New Orleans Friday: 5-1 7/28 New Orleans Saturday: 1-5 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division Sunday: 5-6 standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 49. vs. Am. Northern: 9-17 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP Opener Against New Orleans: Tonight's series will begin the final season for Nashville Against New Orleans vs. Am. Southern: 12-15 Sounds Baby Cakes due to their relocation to Witchita, Kansas next season. Nashville has clinched the all-time series against New 21-32 Record 29-25 vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 Orleans, going 177-151. After this 4-game series, Nashville will face them next in a 5-game series in New vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 Orleans from June 20 - 24. 9-20 Home 18-15 vs. NL Affiliate: 13-20 12-12 Road 11-10 vs. AL Affiliate: 8-12 So. Much. Baseball.: The Sounds have played in four extra-inning games this season, all of which have come Lead After 6: 14-4 against Round Rock. They are 1-3 in those games. Two of the extra-inning games went at least 12 inning, L1 Streak W1 Trail After 6: 3-25 including last night's game that took 4 hours and 36 minutes to complete. The Express won 13-12. The two 2-3 Last 5 2-3 teams totaled 38 hits (Round Rock 22, Nashville 16). The Sounds 16 hits tied a season-high (May 26 vs. 5-5 Last 10 6-4 Tied After 6: 4-3 Round Rock) Lead After 7: 14-1 Trail After 7: 2-29 An Unexpected Debut: Infielder Tyler Depreta-Johnson was added to Nashville's roster on Wednesday, but .244 (15th) Batting Avg. .266 (11th) Tied After 7: 5-2 wasn't listed in the lineup that night. He was hitting .232 with Single-A Hickory before being called up. In- 62 (12th) HR 78 (7th) Lead After 8: 15-0 stead of making his Triple-A debut in the batter's box, Depreta-Johnson found himself on the mound for the 248 (15th) R 284 (10th) Trail After 8: 2-27 12th and 13th inning of an extra-inning marathon. Unfortunately, he was pegged with the loss as he allowed 4 38 (8th) SB 52 (3rd) Tied After 8: 1-2 runs (2 earned), 3 hits (one home run) and no walks. He did, however, strike out slugger Yordan Alvarez, who 488 (13th) K (Batting) 453 (10th) leads the league in batting average and RBI. Scoring First: 10-12 203 (8th) BB (Batting) 180 (16th) 5.68 (11th) ERA 3.95 (2nd) Opp. Scoring First: 10-20 Another Record Broken: After coming into last night's extra-ining game, Tim Dillard set the franchise Scoring 4+ Runs: 18-15 record in walks when he had to intentionally walk Yordan Alvarez in the 11th inning. He passed Hugh Kemp 421 (15th) K (Pitching) 496 (2nd) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 10-31 and Dillard has 208 walks for Nashville in his career. 186 (6th) BB (Pitching) 180 (3rd) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 3-17 333 (12th) R Allowed 228 (2nd) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 10-1 White's Big Series: Nashville shortstop Eli White enjoyed a big series against the Express. White played in all 70 (T5th) HR Allowed 69 (4th) Hit a HR: 16-21 5 games and is hitting .391 (9-for-23) with 2 runs scored, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run, 3 RBI and 2 walks. .982 (4th) Fielding Pct. .973 (14th) His average has gone from .250 to .268 over the 5-game stretch. Allow a HR 13-25 AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 9-9 Homestand Summary: Through 9 games in the 13-day homestand (not including the suspended game from W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 5-15 April 18), the Sounds are hitting .263 (84-for-319) and are scoring 6.00 runs per game (54 R/9 G). Meanwhile, Iowa 32 22 .593 - Outhit Opponent: 16-3 Nashville's pitching staff is 4-5 with a 5.82 ERA (85.0 IP/55 ER) with 36 walks to 75 strikeouts. The Sounds Omaha 25 29 .463 7.0 Tie in Hits: 1-2 have hit 10 home runs total in the span, with two coming from Hunter Cole, Matt Davidson and Andy Ibáñez Memphis 23 31 .426 9.0 each. Outhit by Opponent: 4-27 Nashville 21 32 .396 10.5 Record 10+ Hits: 11-4 Allow 10+ Hits: 4-19 Wei-Chieh Dominance: With two more scoreless innings for Nashville, Wei-Chieh Huang has now tossed 9.0 shutout innings for Nashville. He is 1.2 innings short of tying the team's season-high scoreless innings UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit an Error: 8-14 streak (David Carpenter). Huang is 1-0 with 4 walks to 13 strikeouts with Nashville. He has limited hitters to Commit No Errors: 13-18 a .111 batting average and owns a 0.78 WHIP. Nashville starts their last series of a 14-game Walk-Off Wins: 0 homestand with Throwback Thursday present- Walk-Off Losses: 1 Cole-Fired Hot: Outfielder Hunter Cole is red-hot at the plate and has hit safely in 12 consecutive games. ed by Budweiser. The Sounds will wear their Extra-Innings: 1-3 Since May 17, Cole leads the Pacific Coast League in hitting with a .533 (24-for-45) average.