NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (30-44) vs. New Orleans Baby Cakes (41-34) RHP Tim Dillard (5-5, 4.21) vs. RHP Robert Dugger (0-0, ---) Game #75/Road Game #35 • Sunday, June 22, 2019 • Shrine on Airline • 1:00 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Monday June 24 at New Orleans RHP Phillips Valdez (1-6, 6.23) RHP Hector Noesi (7-3, 2.87) 7:00 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Tuesday June 25 at Memphis LHP Joe Palumbo (0-0, ---) TBA 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Wednesday June 26 at Memphis RHP Seth Maness (4-2, 3.72) TBA 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Thursday June 27 at Memphis RHP Pedro Payano (1-2, 4.19) TBA 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds play game four of their road trip today in New Orleans. It's the furth of five games between the two teams. Right-hander Tim Dillard starts for the Sounds against right-hander SOUNDS VS. BABY CAKES Series (W-L-T): 3-11-3 Robert Dugger for the Baby Cakes. Series Openers: 7-12 2019: 2-4 at Nashville: 1-3 Series Finales: 5-13 All-Time: 179-155 at New Orleans: 1-1 Tim Dillard: 35-year-old Tim Dillard starts for the Sounds today. The right-hander is 5-5 with a 4.21 ERA DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-2 in 18 games (8 starts) in 2019. Dillard's ERA ranks 5th-best among qualifying Pacific Coast League pitch- Day Games: 7-12 ers. He last pitched on June 18 in in game 2 of a doubleheader against Salt Lake and tossed 4.0 innings in 5/30 Nashville L, 5-3 Night Games: 23-32 his 6th loss of the season. He allowed 7 hits, walked 2 and struck out a pair. Dillard is the Nashville Sounds 5/31 Nashville W, 6-5 vs. RHP: 23-32 all-time leader in innings pitched (629.0), wins (44), strikeouts (374), runs allowed (349) and walks (217) 6/1 Nashville L, 3-0 vs. LHP: 7-12 and is currently second all-time in games (228) and home runs allowed (51). In his career, Dillard has 6/2 Nashville L, 7-4 April: 8-18 pitched in 73 big league games and 497 minor league games. He signed a minor-league free agent contract 6/20 New Orleans L, 6-2 May: 14-15 with the Texas Rangers on December 21, 2018. 6/21 New Orleans W, 6-5 6/22 New Orleans W, 10-3 June: 8-11 Robert Dugger: 23-year-old Robert Dugger starts for the Baby Cakes in game four of the series today. It July: 0-0 6/23 New Orleans will be his Triple-A debut. The right-hander is 6-6 with a 3.31 ERA in 13 games (all starts) with Double-A 6/24 New Orleans August: 0-0 Jachsonville this season. He has covered 70.2 innings and has allowed 57 hits and 21 walks to go along 7/11 Nashville September: 0-0 with 73 strikeouts. Meyer last pitched on June 10 in a start versus Montgomery. He allowed 5 runs (2 Monday: 5-4 earned) on 6 hits and 2 walks in 5.0 innings. He got the loss in the 9-4 game. In his minor league career, 7/12 Nashville Tuesday: 3-7 Dugger is 24-20 with a 3.31 ERA in 81 games (62 starts). He has racked up 368 strikeouts in 378.0 innings. 7/13 Nashville Wednesday: 2-7 The Marlins drafted him in the 18th round of the 2016 MLB Draft out of Texas Tech. 7/14 Nashville Thursday: 1-11 7/26 New Orleans Friday: 9-1 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division 7/27 New Orleans standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 73. Saturday: 4-6 7/28 New Orleans Sunday: 6-8 Double-Double: Carlos Tocci is the first Nashville hitter to have two doubles in one game this season. vs. Am. Northern: 9-17 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP Nashville has not been a team of extra-base hits, as they are tied-for-fifthteenth in extra-base hits. They are Sounds Baby Cakes vs. Am. Southern: 15-19 also ranked last in doubles. vs. Pac. Northern: 3-4 30-44 Record 41-34 vs. Pac. Southern: 3-4 A Bigger Win: With the 10-3 win last night, it was the first time Nashville won by more than three runs 13-27 Home 22-21 vs. NL Affiliate: 16-27 since May 26 verus Round Rock. The seven runs tied for the largest margin of victory this season, match- 17-17 Road 19-13 vs. AL Affiliate: 14-17 ing May 8 at Oklahoma City. In the 19 games played in June, 14 of those games had a pitcher record a save Lead After 6: 21-4 from either the Sounds or their opponent. Thursday night's game broke a streak in which five-straight W2 Streak L2 Trail After 6: 5-37 games had a save recorded, second to the season-long six-straight from May 28 to June 2. In the 22 games 2-3 Last 5 3-2 since May 28, 19 were decided by 3 runs or less. Overall, the Sounds are 21-23 in games decided by 3 runs 5-5 Last 10 6-4 Tied After 6: 4-3 or less. Lead After 7: 22-1 .249 (16th) Batting Avg. .271 (10th) Trail After 7: 3-38 We Goin' Back-to-Back-to-Back: Tyler Pill, Patrick Wisdom and Matt Davidson hit back-to-back-to-back Tied After 7: 5-5 home runs to overcome a 2-run deficit and defeat New Orleans 6-5 Friday Night. The last time the Sounds 84 (14th) HR 108 (9th) Lead After 8: 23-1 hit back-to-back-to-back home runs was on July 4, 2015 when Jason Pridie, Dayan Viciedo and Max 344 (16th) R 390 (T11th) Trail After 8: 3-35 Muncy did it at Round Rock. 50 (T8th) SB 76 (2nd) Tied After 8: 1-3 671 (13th) K (Batting) 643 (T7th) Scoring First: 17-16 Streaking Tocci: Outfielder Carlos Tocci has reached safely in 20 consecutive games, setting the team- 274 (9th) BB (Batting) 220 (16th) Opp. Scoring First: 12-28 high. Since May 28, Tocci is hitting .416 (32-for-77) with 18 runs scored, 6 doubles, 2 home run, 12 RBI 5.28 (9th) ERA 4.19 (2nd) and 6 walks. He has an on-base percentage of .459. Tocci hit safely in 18 of the 20 games, including 10 Scoring 4+ Runs: 24-21 610 (14th) K (Pitching) 701 (T2nd) multi-hit games. He also has set his season-high hitting steak of nine games. Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 14-39 258 (5th) BB (Pitching) 235 (2nd) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 6-23 June ERA: In last night's win, Nashville now ranks first in the Pacific Coast League in ERA with 4.24. 440 (10th) R Allowed 335 (2nd) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 15-5 Starters have fared better in the month, going 6-5 with a 3.84 ERA versus the bullpen's 2-6 record and a 97 (5th) HR Allowed 102 (8th) Hit a HR: 23-26 5.08 ERA. .978 (8th) Fielding Pct. .975 (14th) Allow a HR 19-34 AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 13-12 On the Road Again: Just past the halfway point in 2019, the Sounds are tied for the second-fewest roadg W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 8-19 ames in the Pacific Coast League with 34 (New Orleans has 31). Nashville is 17-17 away from First Tennes- see Park and carry a .261 (299-for-1,147) road batting average. Four Sounds on the active roster are hitting Iowa 42 33 .560 - Outhit Opponent: 20-7 Omaha 36 39 .480 6.0 Tie in Hits: 3-3 above .300 on the road, including Tyler Pill (.357, 10-for-28), Hunter Cole (.321, 17-for-53), Zack Granite (.311, 41-for-132), and Carlos Tocci (.305, 32-for-105). Memphis 31 44 .413 11.0 Outhit by Opponent: 7-34 Nashville 30 44 .405 11.5 Record 10+ Hits: 14-8 Pitching Endurance: Seth Maness tied the team's season-high in innings pitched with 7.0 in Thursday Allow 10+ Hits: 6-27 night's loss at New Orleans. It was just the second time a starter went 7.0 innings, where Richelson Peña Commit an Error: 15-21 went that distance on April 12 at San Antonio. Tim Dillard also pitched 7.0 innings in relief on April 18 UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 15-23 versus Round Rock. It was a suspended contest that was resumed on May 27 after the second inning and The Sounds play their fourth game today in Walk-Off Wins: 0 he pitched the remainder of the game. New Orleans. Following the 5 games against the Walk-Off Losses: 3 Baby Cakes, the Sounds will travel to Memphis, Extra-Innings: 1-3 The Big Easy: The Sounds have visited New Orleans every year since 1998 and hold an 83-80 record in Tennessee for 4 games.