nashville honky tonks game information www.nashvillesounds.com @NashvilleSounds First Tennessee Park 19 Junior Gilliam Way Nashville, TN 37219 Nashville Honky Tonks (27-27) at Round Rock Dance Halls (24-32) RHP Bobby Wahl (3-0, 1.96) vs. RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx (2-3, 3.72) Game #56/Away Game #27 • Sunday, June 3, 2018 • Dell Diamond • 1:05 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • ALT 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Monday June 4 OFF DAY Tuesday June 5 vs. Reno TBD TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB.TV/ALT 97.5 FM Wednesday June 6 vs. Reno TBD TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB.TV/ALT 97.5 FM Thursday June 7 vs. Reno TBD TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB.TV/ALT 97.5 FM Today's Game: The Nashville Honky Tonks and Round Rock Dance Halls conclude their five-game series SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS this afternoon at Dell Diamond as part of the Battle for the Boot. The Dance Halls have taken three of the first HONKY TONKS VS. DANCE HALLS Series (W-L-T): 7-5-2 four games in the series. Today, right-hander Bobby Wahl starts for the Honky Tonks against right-hander- 2018: 1-3 at Nashville: 0-0 Austin Bibens-Dirkx for the Dance Halls. Series Openers: 7-7 at Round Rock: 1-3 All-Time: 106-107 Series Finales: 6-6 Bobby Wahl: 26-year-old Bobby Wahl starts for the Honky Tonks in today's series finale. The right-hander DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: is 3-0 with six saves and a 1.96 ERA in 19 games (zero starts) in 2018. He has tossed 23.0 innings and yielded 5/30 Round Rock L, 8-1 Day Games: 9-7 just 12 hits and six walks to go along with 33 strikeouts. Wahl is third in the Pacific Coast League in games 5/31 Round Rock W, 8-6 Night Games: 18-20 finished (16), second among relievers in the league in opponent's batting average (.152) and fewest base- 6/1 Round Rock L, 6-5 vs. RHP: 20-21 runners per nine innings (7.43). He is making his first start since May 28, 2014 when he was with Single-A 6/2 Round Rock L, 6-5 vs. LHP: 7-6 Beloit. The Springfield, Virginia native was originally drafted by Oakland in the fifth round of the 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Ole Miss. 6/3 Round Rock April: 12-12 6/21 Nashville May: 15-13 Austin Bibens-Dirkx: 33-year-old Austin Bibens-Dirkx starts for Round Rock this afternoon. The right- 6/22 Nashville June: 0-2 hander is 2-3 with a 3.72 ERA in eight starts for Round Rock this season and 0-1 with a 6.55 ERA in two 6/23 Nashville Jully: starts for Texas. Bibens-Dirkx last pitched on May 29 against Seattle and allowed four runs on nine hits while 6/24 Nashville August: striking out five in 4.2 innings. He was optioned back to Round Rock on May 30. Bibens-Dirkx has a career 8/13 Nashville minor league record of 63-55 and a 4.03 ERA in 326 games (148 starts). He has pitched in the PCL for Taco- 8/14 Nashville September: ma, Iowa, Colorado Springs, and Round Rock. The Salem, Oregon native re-signed a minor league contract Monday: 4-4 with the Texas Rangers on December 16, 2016. He was originally drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 16th 8/15 Nashville Tuesday: 4-2 round of the 2006 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Portland. 8/16 Nashville Wednesday: 3-3 8/21 Round Rock Thursday: 5-3 2018 Standings: The Honky Tonks have spent the following amount of days in the American Southern Divi- 8/22 Round Rock sion standings in 2018: First: 1, Second: 39, Third: 17, Fourth: 0. Friday: 3-5 8/23 Round Rock Saturday: 3-6 Playing Plunko: Last night's Honky Tonks starting pitcher Chris Bassitt hit two batters and has now plunked Sunday: 5-4 six on the season, which is tied with three other players for third in the PCL. Nashville's James Naile leads TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Northern: 16-16 the league with eight followed by Tacoma's Rob Whalen who has seven. As a team Nashville is tied for sixth Honky Tonks Dance Halls vs. Am. Southern: 11-11 in the PCL with 25 hit batters. Salt Lake has the most with 35. Today's starters, Bobby Wahl (1) and Austin 27-27 Record 24-32 Bibens-Dirkx (3) have hit four batters between them. vs. Pac. Northern: 18-10 Home 12-16 vs. Pac. Southern: It's Not What it Used to Be: Nashville has now lost three of its last four one-run ball games after back-to- 9-17 Road 12-16 vs. NL Affiliate: 22-21 back 6-5 defeats. Despite the recent setbacks in one-run games Nashville still has the second most one-run vs. AL Affiliate: 5-6 victories (11) in the Pacific Coast League and the fourth best winning percentage (.647). L2 Streak W2 Lead After 6: 20-1 2-3 Last 5 3-2 Avoiding Going Under: With back-to-back defeats Nashville is now an even 27-27 on the season. A loss Trail After 6: 2-26 today would put the Honky Tonks below .500 for the first time since May 10 when they were 16-17. 4-6 Last 10 5-5 Tied After 6: 5-0 Lead After 7: 22-0 Going Deep: Nashville as a team has homered in three straight games for just the third time this season. .245 (16th) Batting Avg. .255 (11th) Trail After 7: 0-26 They homered in three straight against Colorado Springs May 8-10 at First Tennessee Park and in six straight 40 (13th) HR 51 (10th) Tied After 7: 5-1 against Memphis (3) and Oklahoma City (3) May 13-19 at AutoZone Park and Chickasaw Bricktown Ball- 231 (15th) R 249 (13th) park. Lead After 8: 21-0 45 (4th) SB 24 (15th) Trail After 8: 0-27 Milestone Watch: Jorge Mateo needs one RBI to reach 200 for his career while Jake Smolinski needs to score 488 (13th) K (Batting) 418 (4th) Tied After 8: 5-0 two more runs to reach the 500 mark for his professional career. 210 (4th) BB (Batting) 153 (13th) Scoring First: 19-8 3.99 (3rd) ERA 4.53 (7th) Opp. Scoring First: 8-19 Barreto is Back: The Honky Tonks get some reinforcements today with the return of Franklin Barreto who 443 (11th) K (Pitching) 418 (14th) was optioned by Oakland Friday and activated by Nashville yesterday. The infielder is Oakland's #3 prospect Scoring 4+ Runs: 20-6 according to MLB Pipeline. He is batting .235 with 6 home runs and 17 RBI for Nashville this season. Barreto 148 (1st) BB (Pitching) 179 (5th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 10-23 torched Round Rock last season as he hit .442 (23-for-52) with 10 runs, 2 doubles, 2 triples, 3 home runs, 11 251 (3rd) R Allowed 289 (9th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 7-22 RBI, and 5 stolen bases in 12 games against the Express/Dance Halls. 35 (2nd) HR Allowed 47 (7th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 17-4 .974 (15th) Fielding Pct. .980 (12th) Hit a HR: 13-12 You're the Only Ten I See: Nick Martini is riding a 10-game hitting streak, the longest for any Nashville hitter this season. The 10-game streak matches a career-high, which he acheived June 12-25 while with Single-A Allow a HR 9-18 AMERICAN SOUTHERN DIVISION Peoria. With three hits last night he became the first Nashville hitter to record a ten-game hitting streak since W L PCT GB Hit 2+ HR: 5-3 Joey Wendle collected a hit in 12 straight games from July 5-20, 2017. Memphis 35 22 .614 - Allow 2+ HR: 1-5 Nashville 27 27 .500 6.5 Outhit Opponent: 15-4 Smo Homers: Jake Smolinksi has homered in three straight games, becoming the first Nashville player to New Orleans 26 30 .464 8.5 Tie in Hits: 4-3 do so this season. He is one of four Nashville hitters to homer in back-to-back games this season. Anthony Garcia has done it twice when he homered twice on May 3 and once on May 4. He did it again with a home Round Rock 24 32 .429 10.5 Outhit by Opponent: 8-20 run on both May 9 and May 10. Dustin Garneau did it once with solo blasts on May 15 and May 17. Ramón Record 10+ Hits: 12-5 Laureano has belted a home run in each of his last two games and is looking for a third straight game with a Allow 10+ Hits: 5-11 home run today. UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit an Error: 13-19 The Honky Tonks return home as the Sounds Commit No Errors: 14-8 Against Round Rock: Tonight is the fifth of 16 meetings between these two American Southern Division for a seven-game homestand on Tuesday, June rivals. Nashville took the season-series against Round Rock in 2017 by winning nine of the 17 games. Since Walk-Off Wins: 5 5 against the Reno Aces and Tacoma Rainiers.