NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (22-35) vs. Reno Aces (23-34) LHP Wes Benjamin (1-5, 7.63) vs. RHP Braden Shipley (1-2, 9.23) Game #58/Road Game #25 • Tuesday, June 4, 2019 • Greater Nevada Field • 9:05 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Wednesday June 5 at Reno RHP Pedro Payano (0-0, 4.5) LHP Alex Young (2-2, 6.93) 9:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Thursday June 6 at Reno RHP Phillips Valdez (1-6, 5.68) LHP Anthony Vasquez (3-3, 5.52) 9:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Friday June 7 at Tacoma RHP Tim Dillard (3-5, 4.79) TBA 9:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Saturday June 8 at Tacoma RHP Seth Maness (3-1, 4.24) TBA 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and the Reno Aces are set to begin their only set of games this season tonight at Greater Nevada Field. Last season, Reno got the best of Nashville as the Sounds lost SOUNDS VS. ACES Series (W-L-T): 1-9-3 two-of-three games. Left-hander Wes Benjamin gets the ball for the Sounds against right-hander Bra- 2018: 1-2 at Nashville: 0-0 Series Openers: 4-10 den Shipley for the Aces. All-Time: 24-15 at Reno: 0-0 Series Finales: 4-10 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-1 Wes Benjamin: 25-year-old Wes Benjamin starts for the Sounds tonight. The left-hander is making 6/4 Reno Day Games: 6-10 his 12th start of the season and is 1-5 with an 7.63 ERA while covering 48.1 innings. Benjamin has 6/5 Reno Night Games: 16-25 yielded 52 hits and 22 walks to go with his 37 strikeouts. He last pitched on May 29 in a start against 6/6 Reno vs. RHP: 17-28 Round Rock and allowed 6 runs (all earned) on 11 hits in 5.1 innings. He got a no-decision and struck vs. LHP: 5-7 out one batter in Nashville's 13-12 loss in 13 innings. Benjamin spent the majority of his 2018 season April: 8-18 with Double-A Frisco where he went 5-6 with a 3.62 ERA in 15 starts. The southpaw spent nearly May: 14-15 two months on the disabled list from June 7-July 31 with a left elbow strain. Despite missing time, June: 0-2 Benjamin led the Frisco staff in wins and ranked among team leaders in strikeouts (3rd), starts (T3rd) and innings (4th). In his minor league career, Benjamin is 22-23 with a 4.24 ERA while covering 73 July: 0-0 games (70 starts). The Rangers drafted the Illinois native in the 5th round of the 2014 MLB Draft out August: 0-0 of Kansas University. September: 0-0 Monday: 5-3 Braden Shipley: 27-year-old Braden Shipley starts for the Aces tonight. The right-hander is 1-2 with Tuesday: 3-4 a 9.23 ERA in 15 games (5 starts) for Reno in 2019. He has tossed 39.0 innings and has allowed 53 hits Wednesday: 1-6 and 21 walks to go along with 42 strikeouts. Pacific Coast League batters have a .327 batting average Thursday: 1-8 against Shipley. His last appearance was a start on May 29 at Albuquerque, where he allowed 4 runs on Friday: 6-1 3 hits (3 home runs) and 4 walks while striking out a season-high 8 batters in a no-decision. Shipley Saturday: 1-6 has played with the Arizona Diamondbacks partially in each season from 2016-2018, where he totaled Sunday: 5-7 a 4-6 record and a 5.49 ERA. In his minor league career, he's 38-39 with a 4.66 ERA in 146 games (111 vs. Am. Northern: 9-17 starts). The Oregon native was originally drafted by Arizona in the 1st round (15th overall) in 2013 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP out of the University of Nevada-Reno. vs. Am. Southern: 13-18 Sounds Aces vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 22-35 Record 23-34 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern 10-23 Home 13-15 vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 Division standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 53. vs. NL Affiliate: 14-23 12-12 Road 10-19 vs. AL Affiliate: 8-12 Home/Road Flip: The Sounds road trip starts tonight against Reno with game one of a three-game Lead After 6: 14-4 set, followed by a four-game series with Tacoma. Nashville hosted a seven-game homestand with this L2 Streak L1 Trail After 6: 4-28 exact scheduling format in 2018, where the Sounds hosted the Aces from Tuesday, June 5 to Thursday, 1-4 Last 5 2-3 Tied After 6: 4-3 June 7 and the Rainiers from Friday, June 8 to Monday, June 11. Nashville did not fare well in that 4-6 Last 10 4-6 Lead After 7: 15-1 homestand, as they went 2-5, winning just one game in each series. There was also a day off before that Trail After 7: 2-31 homestand and after it. .243 (15th) Batting Avg. .274 (7th) Tied After 7: 5-3 64 (T13th) HR 100 (2nd) The Road Warriors: Nashville is doing better on the road than they are at home this season, going Lead After 8: 16-0 261 (15th) R 354 (4th) 12-12 away from First Tennessee Park. The Sounds have a better winning percentage on the road 43 (7th) SB 24 (13th) Trail After 8: 2-30 (.500)then the Reno Aces do at home (13-15, .464). Five active Sounds batters have at least 65 plate Tied After 8: 1-2 appearances on the road (2.7 PA per game), where Zack Granite leads those hitters with a .324 average 534 (14th) K (Batting) 462 (4th) Scoring First: 10-13 (33-for-102). Matt Davidson leads in road home runs with 9. The Sounds are hitting .257 and are av- 219 (7th) BB (Batting) 213 (10th) Opp. Scoring First: 11-22 eraging 5.46 runs per game (131 runs/24 games). Four pitchers have at least 16.0 IP (0.2 IP per game), 5.60 (11th) ERA 7.03 (16th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 19-16 with Seth Maness owning the best ERA of 3.38 and Tim Dillard having the most wins with 3. As a 461 (14th) K (Pitching) 491 (T9th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 11-33 team, Nashville has a 6.00 ERA on the road with 180 strikeouts to 96 walks. 186 (2nd) BB (Pitching) 252 (15th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 3-19 353 (12th) R Allowed 419 (16th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 10-2 Almost in Third: Nashville remains 0.5 games out of 3rd place in the American Northern Division 74 (7th) HR Allowed 100 (T14th) Hit a HR: 16-22 behind Memphis The Redbirds are on a league-high 12-game losing streak which started on May 23. .981 (4th) Fielding Pct. .979 (6th) Since then, the Sounds are 5-6. Memphis had their last win on May 22 at Nashville. Allow a HR 14-27 AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 9-10 10 Straight for Davidson: With Davidson's 1 hit on Sunday, he extended his on-base streak to 10 W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 6-15 games - his longest of the season. He's hitting .257 (9-for-35) with 6 runs scored, 2 doubles, 2 home Iowa 34 24 .586 - Outhit Opponent: 16-3 runs, 8 RBI and 9 walks with a .422 on-base percentage during the streak. Omaha 27 31 .466 7.0 Tie in Hits: 1-2 Memphis 23 35 .397 11.0 Outhit by Opponent: 5-30 Homestand Recap: The 13-game homestand came to a close on Sunday and Nashville finished with a Nashville 22 35 .386 11.5 Record 10+ Hits: 11-5 record of 5-8. In the 13 games, the Sounds hit .256 (115-for-449) and scoring 5.15 runs per game (67 Allow 10+ Hits: 5-21 R/13 G). Meanwhile, Nashville's pitching staff allowed a 5.43 ERA (121.0 IP/73 ER) with 40 walks and Commit an Error: 9-16 115 strikeouts. The Sounds hit 12 home runs total in the span, with two coming from Hunter Cole, UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 13-19 Matt Davidson and Andy Ibáñez each. The Sounds start a seven-game road trip tonight Walk-Off Wins: 0 against Pacific Northern Division opponents. Walk-Off Losses: 1 The 'Pen is Mightier: The Sounds current bullpen has five pitchers with an ERA under 3.50 (min- The first three games are against the Reno Aces imum 8.0 IP): Wei-Chieh Huang, 0.00; Brett Martin, 0.71; Kyle Bird, 2.45; Josh Fields, 3.00; Brady and then the last four games are against the Extra-Innings: 1-3 Feigl, 3.43. Sounds starter 6+IP: 6-7 Tacoma Rainiers. Sounds starter 7+ IP: 1-0 Cole-Fired Hot: Outfielder Hunter Cole is red-hot at the plate and has hit safely in 12 consecutive Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 games.