NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (12-24) vs. Memphis Redbirds (20-17) RHP Seth Maness (1-1, 5.73) vs. LHP Austin Gomber (4-0, 2.82) Game #37/Road Game #18 • Monday, May 13, 2019 • AutoZone Park • 11:05 a.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Tuesday May 14 at Memphis LHP Wes Benjamin (1-4, 9.45) RHP Jake Woodford (2-0, 2.04) 11:05 a.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Wednesday May 15 OFF DAY Thursday May 16 at Round Rock TBD TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Friday May 17 at Round Rock TBD TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Today's Game: The Nashville Sounds and the Memphis Redbirds play game three in their second series of the season at Memphis. The Sounds lost game two Sunday afternoon 7-2, but look to bounce back in today's SOUNDS VS. REDBIRDS Series (W-L-T): 0-6-2 day game. Today, right-hander Tim Dillard starts for the Sounds against right-hander Anthony Shew for the 2019: 2-3 at Nashville: 2-2 Series Openers: 4-6 Redbirds. All-Time: 179-158 at Memphis: 0-1 Series Finales: 2-6 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-0 Seth Maness: 30-year-old Seth Maness starts for the Sounds today. The right-hander was just signed by the 5/3 Nashville L, 17-2 Day Games: 4-7 Texas Rangers to a minor league contract on May 2 and will make his third start of the season for Nashville. 5/4 Nashville PPD Night Games: 8-17 He earned his first win as a Sound on May 8 at Oklahoma City after going 5.0 innings and allowed 4 runs 5/5 Nashville L, 11-2 vs. RHP: 11-20 (3 earned) on 7 hits and 1 walk while striking out a batter. He was previously pitching with the High Point 5/5 Nashville W, 7-5 Rockers of the Atlantic League where he made one start and picked up a win after he allowed one run in 6.0 vs. LHP: 1-4 5/6 Nashville W, 6-5 innings. Maness spent his 2018 season with Triple-A Omaha but made only 5 appearances (1 start) and went 5/11 Memphis L, 7-5 April: 8-17 0-1 with a 4.63 ERA in 11.2 innings. The veteran has pitched in the big leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals May: 4-7 (2013-16) and the Kansas City Royals (2017). In 252 Major League games, the North Carolina native is 18-10 5/12 Memphis L, 7-2 June: 0-0 with a 3.21 ERA. Maness is 21-11 with a 3.43 ERA in 82 games (41 starts) in his minor league career. The St. 5/13 Memphis July: 0-0 Louis Cardinals drafted him in the 11th round of the 2011 MLB Draft out of East Carolina University. 5/14 Memphis August: 0-0 5/21 Nashville September: 0-0 Austin Gomber: 25-year-old Austin Gomber starts for the Redbirds in the series opener today. The left- 5/22 Nashville Monday: 3-2 hander is 4-0 with a 2.82 ERA in 7 starts with Memphis in 2019. He last pitched on May 8 in a start versus 5/23 Nashville Tuesday: 2-2 Iowa as he earned no decision after he threw 5.0 innings and allowed 1 run on eight hits and two walks while 5/24 Nashville striking out 7 batters in the Redbirds' 2-1 win. Shew split his 2018 season between Memphis and St. Louis. 6/25 Memphis Wednesday: 1-4 In the Pacific Coast League, he went 7-3 with a 3.42 ERA in 12 games (11 starts). Gomber was 6-2 with the 6/26 Memphis Thursday: 0-5 Cardinals and went 6-2 with a 4.44 ERA in 29 games (11 starts). The Cardinals originally drafted him in the 6/27 Memphis Friday: 3-1 4th round of the 2014 MLB Draft out of Florida Atlantic University. 6/28 Memphis Saturday: 0-4 Sunday: 3-6 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division vs. Am. Northern: 6-14 standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 32. TODAY’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Southern: 6-10 Sounds Redbirds vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 No Walking Lane: Nashville walked just one batter in Sunday's contest and remain second in the Pacific 12-24 Record 20-17 Coast League pitching staffs in walks allowed. Yesterday's starter Tim Dillard went 5.0 innings without a walk vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 5-14 Home 9-8 and has walked just one batter in his last three outings (16.0 innings), including an 11.0 walkless innings 7-10 Road 11-9 vs. NL Affiliate: 10-17 streak. vs. AL Affiliate: 2-7 Lead After 6: 10-3 Streaking Willie: With two more hits in Sunday's day game, Willie Calhoun has hit safely in 13 consecutive L3 Streak W2 Trail After 6: 2-19 games for the Sounds and currently owns the longest active streak in the Pacific Coast League, with the next 2-3 Last 5 3-2 Tied After 6: 0-2 closest players being at 10 games. During the 13-game streak, he's hitting .356 (16-for-45) with 9 runs, 2 4-6 Last 10 5-5 Lead After 7: 9-1 doubles, 5 home runs, 12 RBI and 12 walks. Trail After 7: 1-22 .236 (15th) Batting Avg. .271 (9th) Day Games: The remaining two games of the Nashville/Memphis series will be day games. Overall, the Tied After 7: 2-1 39 (14th) HR 45 (11th) Sounds are 4-7 in day games. Nashville is hitting .244 in such games, with Eli White, Zack Granite and Willie 150 (15th) R 216 (T5th) Lead After 8: 8-0 Calhoun excelling. White is hitting .355 in 9 games with 6 runs, 4 doubles, a triple, and a home run. Granite is 22 (10th) SB 23 (T8th) Trail After 8: 0-21 hitting .351 in 10 games with 8 runs and two doubles. Calhoun bumped his average up to .345 after a two hit Tied After 8: 1-0 affair yesterday and has 3 of his home runs in 8 day games. Nashville's pitching staff has struggled, allowing a 322 (10th) K (Batting) 283 (2nd) Scoring First: 7-9 7.27 ERA and a .306 batting average. 142 (7th) BB (Batting) 141 (T8th) Opp. Scoring First: 5-15 5.82 (11th) ERA 4.52 (4th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 9-11 Up-And-In: Last night, Tim Dillard hit three Memphis hitters in his start and Kyle Bird hit another one to 281 (T16th) K (Pitching) 307 (10th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 5-24 mark four on the day. That now totals 15 hit batsmen against the Redbirds this season in six games. Seven 124 (2nd) BB (Pitching) 163 (T12th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 3-13 different batters on Memphis have been hit with Adolis Garcia leading the pack with four. In game one of a 226 (11th) R Allowed 176 (4th) doubleheader on May 5, the Sounds tied a Pacific Coast League record by hitting five batters, four by Yoel 42 (2nd) HR Allowed 44 (T4th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 7-0 Espinal and one by Joe Kuzia. Hit a HR: 9-17 .979 (7th) Fielding Pct. .981 (3rd) Allow a HR 7-18 A Granite Chin: Outfielder Zack Granite's had two hits in yesterday's game, extending his current hitting AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 3-7 streak to day games. It's his longest hitting streak of the season, as he is hitting .474 (18-for-38) with two W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 2-10 doubles and three RBI. He has also walked twice and scored seven times while striking out just twice. Six of Iowa 24 13 .649 - the games are multi-hit affairs, including his last five games. Granite's streak is tied for the sixth longest active Outhit Opponent: 10-3 Memphis 20 17 .541 4.0 hitting streak in the Pacific Coast League, trailing just Willie Calhoun's 13-game streak on Nashville. Tie in Hits: 0-1 Omaha 16 21 .432 8.0 Outhit by Opponent: 2-20 RISP-y Business: Nashville has struggled with runners in scoring postion two games through the Memphis Nashville 12 24 .333 11.5 Record 10+ Hits: 7-2 series. Yesterday, the Sounds left the bases loaded in the sixth and seventh innings, both occasions starting Allow 10+ Hits: 2-13 with less that two outs. After going 1-for-9 in the situation on Sunday, Nashville is 2-for-18 during the series. Commit an Error: 5-11 Nashville's season total of hitting with runners in scoring position is .199 - still last in the Pacific Coast UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 7-13 League. The Sounds continue a 13-game, 14-day Walk-Off Wins: 0 road trip today in game three of the series at Walk-Off Losses: 1 Carpenter Stays Clean: Nashville reliever David Carpenter turned in his 9th-consecutive scoreless outing Memphis. They play a four-game series with the Extra-Innings: 0-1 Sunday and has not allowed a run since joining the club on April 12.