NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (40-53) vs. San Antonio Missions (58-36) RHP Seth Maness (5-2, 4.97) vs. LHP Gio Gonzalez (0-0, ---) Game #94/Road Game #45 • Monday, July 15, 2019 • Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium • 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 Tuesday July 16 at San Antonio RHP Pedro Payano (2-2, 3.08) LHP Drew Smyly (1-0, 3.00) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Wednesday July 17 at San Antonio RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx (0-1, 3.68) RHP Aaron Wilkerson (6-1, 2.72) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Thursday July 18 at San Antonio LHP Wes Benjamin (4-5, 6.56) RHP Thomas Jankins (8-2, 3.58) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Friday July 19 vs. Iowa LHP Joe Palumbo (1-0, 3.38) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and San Antonio Missions begin a quick four-game road trip tonight at Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium. It's the third series the two teams are facing each other SOUNDS VS. MISSIONS Series (W-L-T): 6-12-4 this season. Tonight, righ-hander Seth Maness starts for Nashville against left-hander Gio Gonzalez for 2019: 3-5 at Nashville: 1-3 Series Openers: 9-14 San Antonio. Series Finales: 8-15 All-Time: 3-5 at San Antonio: 2-2 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 1-3 Seth Maness: 30-year-old Seth Maness starts for the Sounds tonight. The right-hander is 5-2 with a 4.97 Day Games: 7-14 ERA in 12 starts with Nashville. He was named to the Pacific Coast League All-Star team, throwing 1.0 4/12 San Antonio W, 7-3 Night Games: 33-39 inning and allowed an unearned run on July 10. Maness has tossed 67.0 innings and has allowed 84 hits 4/13 San Antonio L, 5-3 vs. RHP: 32-38 and 7 walks to go along with 41 strikeouts. He last pitched for the Sounds on July 2 versus Oklahoma 4/14 San Antonio L, 5-4 vs. LHP: 8-14 City and earned his fifth win of the season, allowing 3 runs on 5 hits and a walk with 6 strikeouts in 4/15 San Antonio W, 10-5 April: 8-18 the 6-4 victory. Maness joined the Sounds on May 2 after the Rangers purchased his contract from 4/19 Nashville PPD May: 14-15 the Independent League High Point Rockers. The veteran has pitched in the big leagues with the St. 4/20 Nashville L, 5-2 June: 13-14 Louis Cardinals (2013-16) and the Kansas City Royals (2017). In 252 Major League games, the North 4/21, G1 Nashville W, 3-1 (7) July: 5-6 Carolina native is 18-10 with a 3.21 ERA. Maness is 25-12 with a 3.64 ERA in 92 games (51 starts) in his 4/21, G2 Nashville L, 6-0 (7) minor league career. The St. Louis Cardinals drafted him in the 11th round of the 2011 MLB Draft out 4/22 Nashville L, 5-0 August: 0-0 of East Carolina University. September: 0-0 7/15 San Antonio 7/16 San Antonio Monday: 7-4 Gio González : 33-year-old Gio González starts for the Baby Cakes in tonight's game in a rehab assin- Tuesday: 5-7 ment. The left-hander is making his first rehab appearance with San Antonio in 2019. He was place on 7/17 San Antonio Wednesday: 4-7 the injured list after a May 27 start with Milwaukee due to left arm fatigue. González previously made 7/18 San Antonio Thursday: 3-12 his first rehab appearance on July 10 with High-A Carolina, allowing 2 runs in 2.0 innings. González 8/30 Nashville Friday: 10-3 started the season in the New York Yankees organization before opting out of his contract after three 8/31 Nashville Saturday: 5-8 starts before signing with Milwaukee. In 6 starts with the Brewers from April 28 - May 27, González is 9/1 Nashville Sunday: 6-12 2-1 with a 3.19 ERA (31.0 IP/11 ER). He split the 2018 season between Washington and Milwaukee, 9/2 Nashville vs. Am. Northern: 13-21 combining for a 10-11 record and a 4.21 ERA. González was traded to Mulwaukee along with interna- vs. Am. Southern: 21-24 tional bonus slot money on August 31, 2018 in exchange for Gilbert Lara and KJ Harrison. The two- TONIGHT’S MATCHUP time MLB All-Star is 129-98 with a 3.68 ERA and 1774 strikeouts in his MLB career. He was originally Sounds Missions vs. Pac. Northern: 3-4 drafted in the 1st round (38th pick) of the 2004 MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox. vs. Pac. Southern: 3-4 40-53 Record 58-36 18-31 Home 34-15 vs. NL Affiliate: 26-32 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Divi- vs. AL Affiliate: 14-21 sion standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 1, Third: 20, Fourth: 76. 22-22 Road 24-21 Lead After 6: 29-4 Trail After 6: 6-43 Nick Solak Arrives: Infielder Nick Solak has been assigned to Nashville after being traded from Tampa L1 Streak W4 Tied After 6: 5-6 Bay in exchange for pitcher Pete Fairbanks. Solak is now rated the 10th-best prospect in Texas' organi- 2-3 Last 5 4-1 Lead After 7: 30-3 zation and is the 9th-best second baseman prosect by MLB Pipeline. He has played in 85 games with 4-6 Last 10 7-3 Trail After 7: 4-44 Triple-A Durham this season, hitting .266 (80-for-301) with 56 runs, 13 doubles, 1 triple, 17 home runs Tied After 7: 6-6 and 47 RBI. Solak was originally drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 2016 MLB .257 (14th) Batting Avg. .264 (13th) Lead After 8: 32-1 Draft out of Louisville. 110 (14th) HR 126 (10th) 456 (16th) R 492 (11th) Trail After 8: 3-44 Way Back When: Nashville played the first half of their season games against San Antonio in the first 62 (T7th) SB 79 (5th) Tied After 8: 2-3 19 games of the season. The Sounds are 3-5 thus far against the Missions, splitting the series in San An- Scoring First: 25-18 tonio and losing 3-of-4 in Nashville. Sounds hitters have preformed as such: Jett Bandy, .125 (2-16), HR, 811 (9th) K (Batting) 839 (13th) Opp. Scoring First: 14-35 2 RBI, 3 BB; Matt Davidson, .241 (7-29), 2 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI; Zack Granite, .375 (9-24), 2B, 3B; Carlos 341 (9th) BB (Batting) 338 (11th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 31-26 Tocci, .120 (3-25), 2B, RBI, 2 BB; Jose Trevino, .308 (4-13), HR, 2 RBI, BB; Eli White, .241 (7-29), 3 2B, 5.52 (10th) ERA 3.75 (1st) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 20-47 3B, 2 BB. 782 (13th) K (Pitching) 824 (7th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 9-27 331 (5th) BB (Pitching) 318 (4th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 19-6 Maness vs. González: Tonight's starters last pitched against each other in the Major Leagues on April 568 (11th) R Allowed 394 (1st) Hit a HR: 31-32 21, 2015. Seth Maness pitched in relief for the St. Louis Cardinals while Gio González made the start 123 (6th) HR Allowed 103 (1st) Allow a HR 27-40 for the Washington Nationals. Maness faced two batters, allowing no runs and 1 hit while striking out a .978 (9th) Fielding Pct. .977 (11th) Hit 2+ HR: 18-16 batter. González dueled Cardinals' starter Lance Lynn, with both pitchers going 6.0/6.1 innings respec- tively. González didn't allow a run on 8 hits and 4 walks while striking out 7. Washington won the game AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Allow 2+ HR: 11-24 2-1 in 10 innings on a walk-off home run by Yunel Escobar. Cardinals' reliever Carlos Villanueva, who W L PCT GB Outhit Opponent: 25-9 helped the Sounds throw a no-hitter in 2006 on this date, earned the loss after allowing the walk-off. Iowa 53 41 .564 - Tie in Hits: 6-3 Omaha 42 52 .447 11.0 Outhit by Opponent: 9-41 Two Bombs for Wisdom: Infielder Patrick Wisdom has hit with great power as of late. He hit a walk-off Nashville 40 53 .430 12.5 Record 10+ Hits: 20-12 home run on July 13 versus New Orleans and then hit two home runs last night to put his season total Memphis 37 57 .394 16.0 Allow 10+ Hits: 12-33 at 15. It is the third time a Nashville hitter has had a multi-home run game, with Wisdom doing it on Commit an Error: 19-27 May 18 at Round Rock and Matt Davidson hitting two on April 30 versus Omaha. 9 of Wisdom's home Commit No Errors: 21-26 runs this season have come in the last 19 games (since June 18).