NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (17-27) vs. Memphis Redbirds (22-23) RHP Tim Dillard (3-1, 5.30) vs. RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon (3-2, 3.96) Game #45/Home Game #21 • Wednesday, May 22, 2019 • First Tennessee Park • 6:35 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Thursday May 23 vs, Memphis RHP Seth Maness (2-1, 4.09) LHP Evan Kruczynski (0-0, 6.23) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Friday May 24 vs. Memphis LHP Wes Benjamin (1-5, 7.88) RHP Jake Woodford (3-1, 2.44) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Saturday May 25 vs. Round Rock TBD TBD 6:35 p.m. MILB TV/975. FM Sunday May 26 vs. Round Rock TBD TBD 6:35 p.m. MILB TV/975. FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds welcome the Memphis Redbirds to First Tennessee Park for the second of a four-game set. It's the third time in the month of May the two teams have gathered for a series. Tonight, SOUNDS VS. REDBIRDS Series (W-L-T): 1-7-2 right-hander Tim Dillard starts for the Sounds against right-hander Daniel Ponce de Leon for the Redbirds. 2019: 3-6 at Nashville: 2-3 Series Openers: 4-8 All-Time: 180-160 at Memphis: 1-3 Series Finales: 3-7 Tim Dillard: 35-year-old Tim Dillard starts for the Sounds today. The right-hander is 3-2 with a 5.30 ERA in DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-0 12 games (4 starts) in 2019. Dillard last pitched at Round Rock on May 17. He earned the win after pitching 5/3 Nashville L, 17-2 Day Games: 6-8 two innings of relief in extras as the Sounds won 8-6 in 12 innings. He allowed one run (unearned) on one hit 5/4 Nashville PPD Night Games: 11-19 and a walk (intentional). He failed to strikeout a batter, keeping him one strikeout away from tying the Jamie 5/5 Nashville L, 11-2 vs. RHP: 13-22 Werly's franchise record. Dillard is the Nashville Sounds all-time leader in innings pitched (594.0), wins (42) 5/5 Nashville W, 7-5 and runs allowed (330) and is closing is currently second all-time in games (221), strikeouts (351), home runs vs. LHP: 4-5 5/6 Nashville W, 6-5 allowed (47) and walks (205). In his career, Dillard has pitched in 73 big league games and 485 minor league April: 8-17 games. He signed a minor-league free agent contract with the Texas Rangers on December 21, 2018. 5/11 Memphis L, 7-5 May: 9-10 5/12 Memphis L, 7-2 June: 0-0 Daniel Ponce de Leon: 27-year-old Daniel Ponce de Leon starts for the Redbirds tonight. The right-hander 5/13 Memphis W, 5-3 July: 0-0 is 3-2 with a 3.96 ERA in 7 starts with Memphis in 2019, and also has 1 start with St. Louis this year. Ponce 5/14 Memphis L, 9-3 August: 0-0 de Leon started against Milwaukee on April 23 and allowed 1 run on 2 hits in 5.0 innings. He walked 3 and 5/21 Nashville L, 4-2 September: 0-0 struck out 7 in the no-decision. He last pitched on May 17 in a start at San Antonio. He earned the loss after 5/22 Nashville Monday: 5-2 he allowed 5 runs (all earned) on 5 hits in the Redbirds' 5-3 loss. He walked 3, hit a batter, and struck out 4 5/23 Nashville Tuesday: 2-4 among his 94 pitches/60 strikes. Ponce de Leon split his 2018 season between St. Louis and Memphis. He 5/24 Nashville went 9-4 with a 2.24 ERA in 19 games (18 starts) with Memphis and 0-2 with a 2.73 ERA in 11 games (4 6/25 Memphis Wednesday: 1-4 starts) with St. Louis. The Cardinals drafted him in the 9th round of the 2014 MLB Draft out of Embry Riddle 6/26 Memphis Thursday: 0-6 University. 6/27 Memphis Friday: 4-1 6/28 Memphis Saturday: 1-4 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division Sunday: 4-6 standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 41. vs. Am. Northern: 7-16 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Southern: 10-11 Ponce de Leon vs. Nashville: Memphis starter Daniel Ponce de Leon has faced Nashville in two starts this Sounds Redbirds vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 season and is 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA (10 IP, 2 ER) and walked 9 while striking out 9. Against Sounds' active hit- 17-27 Record 22-23 ters, Ponce de Leon has performed as such: Cole, 1-2 | Davidson, 1-5, RBI, BB, K | Granite, 1-4, BB | Ibáñez, vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 5-15 Home 10-9 0-4, BB, K | Tocci, 1-4, RBI | White, 1-2, K | Wisdom, 0-1, 4 BB, K. vs. NL Affiliate: 11-19 12-12 Road 12-14 vs. AL Affiliate: 6-8 Dillard Record Watch: Tim Dillard is one strikeout shy of tying Jamie Werly's Nashville strikeout record of Lead After 6: 12-4 354. He also finds himself two walks away from tying Hugh Kemp's Nashville base on balls record of 207. L1 Streak W1 Trail After 6: 3-21 Dillard has won three of his last four appearances, making him 3-1 with a 4.00 ERA (18.0 IP/8 ER) and has 4-1 Last 5 1-4 Tied After 6: 2-2 struck out 5 batters to 2 walks. 5-5 Last 10 4-6 Lead After 7: 11-1 Trail After 7: 2-25 The Number 600: Two milestones regarding the number 600 could be achieved for two members of the .241 (15th) Batting Avg. .263 (12th) Nashiville Sounds tonight. Manager Jason Wood has 599 wins in his managerial career going into tonight's Tied After 7: 4-1 53 (12th) HR 54 (11th) game. His season-high for wins is 80 with Double-A Frisco in the 2014 season. Tim Dillard also sits on 594.0 196 (15th) R 245 (10th) Lead After 8: 11-0 career innings pitched with Nashville, and if he matches his season-high of 6.0 innings pitched he would be 28 (9th) SB 33 (7th) Trail After 8: 2-24 the first Sound to achieve the feat. Tied After 8: 1-0 401 (11th) K (Batting) 368 (6th) Scoring First: 9-10 RBI Streaking: With another home run last night, Hunter Cole has extended his RBI streak to five-consec- 166 (11th) BB (Batting) 161 (T12th) Opp. Scoring First: 7-17 utive game, a team-high. Cole also has five consecutive multi-hit games after another two hits last night. He 5.70 (11th) ERA 4.57 (4th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 13-12 has now hit safely in 9 of his last 10 games, hitting .405 (17-42) with 8 runs, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 3 home runs, 348 (15th) K (Pitching) 379 (9th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 7-27 12 RBI and 3 walks. He has raised his batting average from .032 to .286 in that span. Cole is the only hitter 150 (3rd) BB (Pitching) 190 (13th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 3-15 that has at least a .500 record when in the starting lineup as the Sounds are 11-9 in those games. 271 (11th) R Allowed 214 (4th) 56 (5th) HR Allowed 52 (T1st) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 9-0 How Can I Assist You?: Zack Granite notched his fifth outfield assist in Tuesday night's game, and is now Hit a HR: 13-19 tied for the team lead with Hunter Cole. 3 of Granite's assists have come from left field and 2 from right. .980 (4th) Fielding Pct. .982 (3rd) Allow a HR 10-21 Hunter Cole has 4 assists from right field and 1 from left. AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 7-8 W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 4-12 Heineman is Here: Outfielder Scott Heineman was added to the Sounds' roster yesterday to begin a Major Iowa 26 19 .578 - League rehab assignment and went 0-for-4. Heineman has been out of action since he underwent labrum Outhit Opponent: 13-3 Memphis 22 23 .489 4.0 surgery on his left (non-throwing) shoulder on December 10, 2018. The California native was the Rangers' Tie in Hits: 1-2 Omaha 20 24 .455 5.5 Outhit by Opponent: 3-22 2018 Minor League Player of the Year after hitting .306 (137-for-447) with 74 runs, 22 doubles, 2 triples, 12 home runs, 67 RBI, 39 walks and 18 stolen bases between Triple-A Round Rock and Double-A Frisco. He is Nashville 17 27 .386 8.5 Record 10+ Hits: 10-2 currently ranked the 27th best prospect in the Texas' farm system according to MLB Pipeline. Allow 10+ Hits: 4-14 Commit an Error: 7-12 Can They Bring The Offense Home: The Sounds went 7-5 on the recent road trip and have an even record UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 10-15 of 12-12 away from First Tennessee Park.