NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (12-22) vs. Memphis Redbirds (18-17) RHP Phillips Valdez (0-3, 3.60) vs. RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon (2-1, 3.25) Game #35/Road Game #16 • Saturday, May 11, 2019 • AutoZone 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 Sunday May 12 at Memphis RHP Tim Dillard (1-1, 4.97) RHP Anthony Shew (1-0, 0.00) 2:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Monday May 13 at Memphis RHP Seth Maness (1-1, 5.73) LHP Austin Gomber (4-0, 2.82) 11:05 a.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM 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 SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Today's Game: The Nashville Sounds and the Memphis Redbirds begin their second series of the season to- night at AutoZone Park in Memphis. The Sounds split their last series with the Redbirds, losing the first two SOUNDS VS. REDBIRDS Series (W-L-T): 0-6-2 games but winning the final two games in the May 3 - 6 set. Today, right-hander Phillips Valdez starts for the 2019: 2-2 at Nashville: 2-2 Series Openers: 4-5 Sounds against right-hander Daniel Ponce de Leon for the Redbirds. All-Time: 179-157 at Memphis: Series Finales: 2-6 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-0 Phillips Valdez: 27-year-old Phillips Valdez starts for the Sounds tonight. The right-hander is making his 5/3 Nashville L, 17-2 Day Games: 4-6 6th start of the season and 7th appearance overall. Valdez is 0-3 with a 3.60 ERA in his 6 games (5 starts) and 5/4 Nashville PPD Night Games: 8-16 has covered 25.0 innings. He last pitched on May 5 in a start versus Memphis and earned no decision after he 5/5 Nashville L, 11-2 vs. RHP: 11-18 allowed 3 runs (none earned) on 4 hits, 1 walk and 2 hit batters in 6.0 innings. He struck out 1 in Nashville's 5/5 Nashville W, 7-5 6-5 win against the Redbirds. Valdez split the 2018 season between Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A Syra- vs. LHP: 1-4 5/6 Nashville W, 6-5 cuse and went 6-7 with a 2.73 ERA in 31 games (19 starts). He signed a minor league contract with the Texas 5/11 Memphis April: 8-17 Rangers on December 21, 2018. He was originally signed by the Cleveland Indians on May 29, 2009. May: 4-5 5/12 Memphis June: 0-0 Daniel Ponce de Leon: 27-year-old Daniel Ponce de Leon starts for the Redbirds in the series opener tonight. 5/13 Memphis July: 0-0 The right-hander is 2-1 with a 3.25 ERA in 5 starts with Memphis in 2019, and also has 1 start with St. Louis 5/14 Memphis August: 0-0 this year. Ponce de Leon started against Milwaukee on April 23 and allowed 1 run on 2 hits in 5.0 innings. 5/21 Nashville September: 0-0 He walked 3 and struck out 7 in the no-decision. He last pitched on May 6 in a start at Nashville. He earned 5/22 Nashville Monday: 3-2 no decision after he allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 4 hits in the Redbirds' 6-5 loss. He walked 4, hit a batter, 5/23 Nashville Tuesday: 2-2 and struck out 6 among his 111 pitches/71 strikes. Ponce de Leon split his 2018 season between St. Louis and 5/24 Nashville Memphis. He went 9-4 with a 2.24 ERA in 19 games (18 starts) with Memphis and 0-2 with a 2.73 ERA in 6/25 Memphis Wednesday: 1-4 11 games (4 starts) with St. Louis. The Cardinals drafted him in the 9th round of the 2014 MLB Draft out of 6/26 Memphis Thursday: 0-5 Embry Riddle University. 6/27 Memphis Friday: 3-1 6/28 Memphis Saturday: 0-3 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division Sunday: 3-5 standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 30. vs. Am. Northern: 6-12 TODAY’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Southern: 6-10 Pitcher's Rematch: Both Phillips Valdez and Daniel Ponce de Leon faced each other at First Tennessee Park Sounds Redbirds vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 in Nashville and pitched well. Valdez didn't allow an earned run in 6.0 innings for Nashville, and Ponce de 12-22 Record 18-17 Leon was relieved after the 5th inning with Memphis having the lead. If it wasn't for Matt Davidson's 3-run vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 5-14 Home 7-8 home run in the 7th inning, Ponce de Leon would have earned a win for the Redbirds. vs. NL Affiliate: 10-15 7-8 Road 11-9 vs. AL Affiliate: 2-7 Rain, Rain Go Away: Nashville's series finale was interupted by rain at Oklahoma City on Friday night, sus- Lead After 6: 10-3 pending the contest to the series in August. Oklahoma City was leading 4-0 after putting up four runs in the L1 Streak L2 Trail After 6: 2-17 bottom of the 3rd inning. The game was called after the top of the 4th. It's the second game the Sounds have 4-1 Last 5 1-4 Tied After 6: 0-2 had suspended this season, where they will finish an April 18 contest versus Round Rock on May 27. 4-6 Last 10 5-5 Lead After 7: 9-1 Trail After 7: 1-20 A Granite Chin: Outfielder Zack Granite's had two hits in last night's game, extending his current hitting .236 (15th) Batting Avg. .266 (9th) streak to seven games. It's his longest hitting streak of the season, as he is hitting .500 (14-for-28) with two Tied After 7: 2-1 37 (13th) HR 42 (11th) doubles and three RBI. He has also walked twice and score six times while striking out just once. Four of 143 (15th) R 202 (T6th) Lead After 8: 8-0 the games are multi-hit affairs, including his last three games. Granite's streak is tied for the seventh longest 20 (T9th) SB 22 (8th) Trail After 8: 0-19 active hitting streak in the Pacific Coast League, trailing just Willie Calhoun's 11-game streak on Nashville. Tied After 8: 1-0 306 (11th) K (Batting) 276 (3rd) Scoring First: 7-9 Wisdom Was Due: With two outs in the top of the fourth inning, Patrick Wisdom launched his second home 128 (13th) BB (Batting) 135 (8th) Opp. Scoring First: 5-13 run of the season off Rob Zastryzny. It was his first home run since April 6 versus Iowa, off of Matt Swarmer. 5.71 (11th) ERA 4.70 (T4th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 9-10 Last year, Wisdom hit 15 home runs in 107 games with Memphis and 31 home runs in 127 games with 274 (9th) K (Pitching) 291 (T15th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 5-22 Memphis in 2017. 118 (T1st) BB (Pitching) 149 (T11th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 3-12 212 (10th) R Allowed 169 (4th) RISP-No Problem: In Nashville's last five games, the team is hitting .345 (20-for-58) with runners in scoring 39 (3rd) HR Allowed 42 (5th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 7-0 position. Prior to the recent hot stretch, the Sounds were hitting just .169 (40-for-236) in the same situation. Hit a HR: 9-15 The last five games have boosted Nashville's season total of hitting with runners in scoring position to .204 - .978 (8th) Fielding Pct. .983 (3rd) Allow a HR 7-16 still last in the Pacific Coast League. AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 3-7 W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 2-9 Dillard's Strikeout Watch: Tim Dillard added another strikeout last night to bring his season total to 13. He Iowa 24 11 .676 - has 347 in his Nashville Sounds career and is 5 shy of tying Jamie Werly's all-time franchise record of 352. Outhit Opponent: 10-3 Memphis 18 17 .514 6.0 Tie in Hits: 0-1 Dillard recorded his franchise-leading 40th win of the year in his productive effort (6 IP, 4 H, 0 R) against the Dodgers. Omaha 14 21 .400 10.0 Outhit by Opponent: 2-18 Nashville 12 22 .353 11.5 Record 10+ Hits: 7-1 Double Digits for Willie: With another base hit Wednesday night, Willie Calhoun has hit safely in 11 Allow 10+ Hits: 2-11 consecutive games for the Sounds. During the 11-game streak, he's hitting .353 (13-for-38) with 7 runs, Commit an Error: 5-11 2 doubles, 4 home runs, 10 RBI and 9 walks. It's tied for the 2nd-longest active streak in the Pacific Coast UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 7-11 League behind Iowa's Donnie Dewees (13). The Sounds continue a 13-game, 14-day road Walk-Off Wins: 0 trip tonight in the series opener at Memphis.