NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (3-8) at San Antonio Missions (7-4) RHP Ariel Jurado (1-0, 2.45) vs. RHP Bubba Derby (0-0, 2.70) Game #12/Away Game #7 • Monday, April 15, 2019 • Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium • 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 April 16 vs. Round Rock LHP Wes Benjamin (0-1, 5.87) RHP Brady Rodgers (0-0, 0.82) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Wednesday April 17 vs. Round Rock RHP Richelson Peña (1-1, 2.25) RHP Akeem Bostick (1-0, 3.86) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Thursday April 18 vs. Round Rock RHP Phillips Valdez (0-1, 2.35) RHP Corbin Martin (0-1, 2.70) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Friday April 19 vs. San Antonio LHP Taylor Hearn (1-2, 3.86) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Today’s Game: The Nashville Sounds and San Antonio Missions wrap up a four-game series in a Mon- day matinee with first pitch scheduled for 11:05 a.m. Nashville is trying to earn a split after dropping SOUNDS VS. MISSIONS Series (W-L-T): 0-2-0 the last two games. Today, right-hander Ariel Jurado starts for the Sounds against right-hander Bubba 2019: 1-2 at Nashville: 0-0 Series Openers: 2-1 Derby for the Missions. All-Time: 1-2 at San Antonio: 1-2 Series Finales: 0-2 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-0 Ariel Jurado: 23-year-old Ariel Jurado starts for the Sounds this morning. The right-hander is making his third start of the season. He's 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA in his first two starts, covering 11.0 innings. He 4/12 San Antonio W, 7-3 Day Games: 0-2 4/13 San Antonio L, 5-3 Night Games: 3-6 last pitched on April 10 against Round Rock and turned in a quality start, limiting the Express to two runs over six innings. Jurado began last year with the Double-a Frisco RoughRiders and went 5-3 with 4/14 San Antonio L, 5-4 vs. RHP: 3-7 a 3.28 ERAin 16 starts prior to begin selected by the Rangers. He pitched in 12 games (8 starts) with 4/15 San Antonio vs. LHP: 0-1 Texas and went 5-5 with a 5.93 ERA. The Panama native was named a Texas League All-Star (midsea- 4/19 Nashville April: 3-8 son) and was also named Texas League Pitcher of the Week for his performance from May 21-27. He 4/20 Nashville May: 0-0 earned his first Major League win on July 28, 2018 opposite Justin Verlander and the Houston Astros. 4/21 Nashville June: 0-0 The Rangers signed Jurado as a non-drafted free agent on December 14, 2012. 4/22 Nashville July: 0-0 Bubba Derby: 25-year-old Bubba Derby starts for San Antonio today. The right-hander is making his 7/15 San Antonio August: 0-0 7/16 San Antonio September: 0-0 third start of the season. Derby is 0-0 with a 2.70 ERA, covering 10.0 innings. He has allowed 9 hits and 4 walks to go along with 9 strikeouts. He spent the entire 2018 season with Triple-A Colorado 7/17 San Antonio Monday: 0-1 Springs and went 6-5 with a 4.49 ERA in 31 games (16 starts). Derby covered 118.1 innings and al- 7/18 San Antonio Tuesday: 1-0 lowed 127 hits and 50 walks to go with 96 strikeouts. In his minor league career, the California native 8/30 Nashville Wednesday: 0-1 is 20-20 with a 4.16 ERA. The Brewers acquired Derby and Jacob Nottingham from the Oakland 8/31 Nashville Thursday: 0-2 Athletics for Khris Davis on February 12, 2016. He was drafted by Oakland in the 6th round of the 9/1 Nashville Friday: 2-0 2015 MLB Draft ouf of San Diego State University. 9/2 Nashville Saturday: 0-2 Sunday: 0-2 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern vs. Am. Northern: 1-4 Division standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 6. TONIGHT’S MATCHUP Sounds Missionss vs. Am. Southern: 2-4 Willie's Big Day at the Yard: Nashville outfielder Willie Calhoun turned in a big time performance vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 3-8 Record 7-4 yesterday with a 3-for-5 game. Calhoun belted his second homer of the season, scored two runs and 1-4 Home 4-2 vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 knocked in one. It was the fourth three-hit game by a Sounds player in 2019, joining Andy Ibáñez (2) vs. NL Affiliate: 2-6 and Danny Santana (1). 2-4 Road 3-2 vs. AL Affiliate: 1-2 Lead After 6: 2-1 A Hat Trick of Homers: Yesterday was the first time this season when the Sounds belted three home L2 Streak W2 Trail After 6: 1-6 runs as a team. After hitting just three on the season-opening homestand, the Sounds have hit nine on 1-4 Last 5 3-2 Tied After 6: 0-1 the road trip and are currently tied for sixth in the Pacific Coast League with 12 long balls. 3-7 Last 10 6-4 Lead After 7: 2-1 Close, But No Cigar: With another one-run loss yesterday, the Souns are now 1-6 in games decided Trail After 7: 1-7 .243 (12th) Batting Avg. .221 (16th) by two or less runs. Their lone win in that tight of a game came on April 9 when they beat Round 12 (T6th) HR 12 (T6th) Tied After 7: 0-0 Rock 3-1. Lead After 8: 3-0 52 (9th) R 50 (12th) Trail After 8: 0-8 Opener Success: The Sounsds continued an odd trend with yesterday's loss, dropping to just 1-7 in 6 (10th) SB 12 (T3rd) Tied After 8: 0-0 games outside of series openers. Nashville has won two of three series openers. 91 (6th) K (Batting) 125 (16th) Scoring First: 2-4 45 (7th) BB (Batting) 42 (T10th) Opp. Scoring First: 1-4 That's Rich: Friday night's starter Richelson Peña turned in the best performance by a Sounds starter 4.31 (6th) ERA 3.62(1st) Scoring 4+ Runs: 2-6 in 2019. The right-hander was the first Nashville hurler this year to turn in a performance past six 101 (6th) K (Pitching) 103 (4th) innings. Peña and Ariel Jurado have the lone quality starts for Nashville. Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 0-8 41 (6th) BB (Pitching) 31 (2nd) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 1-2 Starting Hot: Andy Ibáñez has hit safely in each of his first eight games this season. After beginning 59 (11th) R Allowed 47 (T3rd) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 3-0 the campaign back in Arizona due to an oblique injury, Ibáñez ranks 8th in the Pacific Coast Leagu 11 (T7th) HR Allowed 14 (T13th) Hit a HR: 3-5 with a .406 batting average. .980 (3rd) Fielding Pct. .975 (10th) Allow a HR 3-4 AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 1-2 RISP Struggles: Nashville's struggles with runners in scoring position continued again yesterday with W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 1-2 an 0-for-5 performance. The Sounds are currently last in the league with a .187 (20-for-107) batting average with RISP. Iowa 7 3 .700 - Outhit Opponent: 3-2 Omaha 6 4 .600 1.0 Tie in Hits: 0-1 Tennessee-Texas Two-Step: A new era of baseball began Thursday as the Sounds played their first Memphis 4 7 .364 3.5 Outhit by Opponent: 0-5 official game as the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. The two clubs held a joint press conference Nashville 3 8 .273 4.5 Record 10+ Hits: 1-1 at First Tennessee Park on September 20, 2018 to announce the four-year Player Development Con- Allow 10+ Hits: 0-3 tract. Several notable former Sounds also played for the Rangers at one point in their career, including Commit an Error: 1-4 Prince Fielder, Nelson Cruz, Yovani Gallardo, Jonathan Lucroy and Jeremy Jeffress. UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 2-4 The Sounds finish a seven-game road trip this Walk-Off Wins: 0 In the Pipeline: Four current Sounds are listed among MLB Pipeline’s Top 30 Texas Rangers morning in San Antonio. Nashville travels Walk-Off Losses: 1 prospects. Leading the group at #11 is left-handed pitcher Taylor Hearn. Left-handed reliever CD home after the game to begin a homestand on Extra-Innings: 0-1 Pelham checks in at #15, infielder Eli White follows at #16 and catcher Jose Trevino is the 25th-ranked Tuesday against Round Rock. prospect in the system. Sounds starter 6+IP: 1-1 Sounds starter 7+ IP: 1-0 Jason Wood at the Helm: Jason Wood was named the 29th manager in Nashville Sounds franchise Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 history on January 8, 2019. The California native is managing the Rangers’ Triple-A team for the fifth THIS DATE IN HISTORY Longest Win Streak: 1 consecutive season and has a career managerial mark of 585-544.