NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (4-10) vs. Round Rock Express (9-5) RHP Phillips Valdez (0-1, 2.35) vs. RHP Corbin Martin (0-1, 2.70) Game #15/Home Game #8 • Thursday, April 18, 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 Friday April 19 vs. San Antonio LHP Taylor Hearn (1-2, 3.86) RHP Adrian Houser (1-0, 1.10) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Saturday April 20 vs. San Antonio RHP Ariel Jurado (2-0, 4.50) RHP Bubba Derby (0-1, 4.50) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Sunday April 21 vs. San Antonio LHP Wes Benjamin (0-2, 7.11) RHP Zack Brown (0-1, 4.08) 2:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Monday April 22 vs. San Antonio RHP Richelson Peña (1-2, 4.82) TBD 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight’s Game: The Nashville Sounds and Round Rock Express finish a three-game series with the finale tonight. Round Rock has taken the first two games of the set by a combined score of 19-4. Tonight, SOUNDS VS. EXPRESS Series (W-L-T): 0-2-1 right-hander Phillips Valdez starts for the Sounds against right-hander Corbin Martin for the Express. 2019: 1-4 at Nashville: 0-2 Series Openers: 2-2 All-Time: 112-118 at Round Rock: 1-2 Series Finales: 1-2 Phillips Valdez: 27-year-old Phillips Valdez starts for the Sounds tonight. The right-hander is making DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-0 his third start of 2019. He's 0-1 with a 2.35 ERA in his first two outings and has covered 7.2 innings. 4/9 Round Rock W, 3-1 Day Games: 1-2 He has allowed four runs (two earned) on seven hits. Valdez has not walked a batter and has recorded 4/10 Round Rock L, 9-5 (10) Night Games: 3-8 nine strikeouts. Valdez split the 2018 season in the Washington Nationals organization between Dou- 4/11 Round Rock L, 8-6 vs. RHP: 4-9 ble-A Harrisburg and Triple-A Syracuse. He began the season with Harrisburg and was promoted to 4/16 Nashville L, 11-2 vs. LHP: 0-1 Syracuse on April 30 for the remainer of the season. Overall in 2018, the Dominican Republic native 4/17 Nashville L, 8-2 April: 4-10 went 6-7 with a 2.73 ERA in 31 games (19 starts).He signed a minor league contract with the Texas 4/18 Nashville May: 0-0 Rangers on December 21, 2018. He was originally signed by the Cleveland Indians on May 29, 2009. 5/16 Round Rock June: 0-0 5/17 Round Rock July: 0-0 Corbin Martin: 23-year-old Corbin Martin starts for the Express in tonight's finale. The right-hander 5/18 Round Rock August: 0-0 is making his third start of the season and is 0-1 with a 2.70 ERA. In 10.0 innings, Martin has allowed 5/19 Round Rock September: 0-0 three runs on three hits. He has walked six batters while recording 12 strikeouts. Opponents are 5/20 Round Rock Monday: 1-1 hitting only .100 off the Texas native. Martin was one of the best pitchers in Minor League Baseball 5/25 Nashville last year and posted a 9-2 mark with a 2.51 ERA between Double-A Corpus Christi and Advanded-A Tuesday: 1-1 5/26 Nashville Buies Creek. In 122.0 innings, Martin allowed only 88 hits and 35 walks to go with 122 strikeouts. 5/27 Nashville Wednesday: 0-2 Opponents hit only .199 against him in 25 games (21 starts). Martin is currently the 5th ranked Astros Thursday: 0-2 5/28 Nashville prospect by MLB Pipeline. Martin was drafted by the Astros in the second round of the 2017 MLB 5/29 Nashville Friday: 2-0 Draft out of Texas A&M. 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: 9. TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Southern: 3-6 Sounds Express vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 Eli's Season High: Sounds CF/SS Eli White collected a season-high three hits in last night's loss. After 4-10 Record 9-5 vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 White hit .375 and collected at least one hit in each of the first six games of the season, he hit .150 (3- 1-6 Home 4-3 vs. NL Affiliate: 3-6 for-31) over his next eight games prior to the breakout game last night. 3-4 Road 5-2 vs. AL Affiliate: 1-4 Lead After 6: 3-1 Granite Basepaths: Despite Zack Granite's 8-game hitting streak coming to an end with an 0-for-3 L2 Streak W2 Trail After 6: 1-8 game last night, he still drew two walks and has reached safely in seven straight games. He's 8-for-27 1-4 Last 5 3-2 Tied After 6: 0-1 with a pair of walks during the seven-game stretch. 3-7 Last 10 7-3 Lead After 7: 3-1 Trail After 7: 1-9 Davidson's Heating Up: First baseman Matt Davidson is heating up at the plate after a slow start to .239 (15th) Batting Avg. .257 (12th) Tied After 7: 0-0 the season. In his first eight games of the season, Davidson hit .143 (4-for-28) with 13 strikeouts. In 17 (7th) HR 26 (2nd) Lead After 8: 4-0 his last six games he's hitting .333 (7-for-21) with 6 runs, 1 double, 4 home runs and 9 RBI. He has hit 66 (11th) R 77 (12th) Trail After 8: 0-10 safely in his last four games. 6 (T10th) SB 12 (6th) Tied After 8: 0-0 118 (8th) K (Batting) 124 (10th) d'Arnaud is Dialed In: Fresh off of being reinstated from the 7-day injured list two days ago, infielder Scoring First: 2-4 52 (12th) BB (Batting) 55 (T10th) Chase d'Arnaud returned to the lineup last night and went 3-for-4 with a double. In three games this 5.05 (10th) ERA 4.35 (2nd) Opp. Scoring First: 2-6 year, d'Arnaud is hitting .545 (6-for-11) with 3 runs, 1 double, 2 home runs and 3 RBI. Scoring 4+ Runs: 3-6 131 (4th) K (Pitching) 124 (T7th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 1-10 Avoid the Brooms: Nashville is looking for a win tonight to avoid the three-game series sweep. The 50 (T6th) BB (Pitching) 52 (8th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 1-4 last time the Sounds were swept was June 16-19 of 2018 in Albuquerque. 83 (13th) R Allowed 64 (4th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 3-0 15 (T4th) HR Allowed 15 (T4th) Hit a HR: 4-6 Dillard's Strikeout Watch: With three more strikeouts Tuesday night, Sounds reliever Tim Dillard .979 (5th) Fielding Pct. .982 (2nd) Allow a HR 4-6 has seven this year and 341 all-time with Nashville. He is 11 shy of matching Jamie Werly's (1980-81, AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 2-2 '83) franchise record of 352 strikeouts. Dillard is already the franchise leader in wins (39) and innings W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 1-3 pitched (564.1). Iowa 8 5 .615 - Outhit Opponent: 3-2 Omaha 7 6 .538 1.0 Tie in Hits: 0-1 RISP Struggles: Nashville went 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position last night and are now Memphis 7 7 .500 1.5 hitting a league-worst .186 (24-for-129) with a runner at second and/or third. Outhit by Opponent: 1-7 Nashville 4 10 .286 4.5 Record 10+ Hits: 2-1 Allow 10+ Hits: 1-5 In the Pipeline: Four current Sounds are listed among MLB Pipeline’s Top 30 Texas Rangers Commit an Error: 1-5 prospects. Leading the group at #11 is left-handed pitcher Taylor Hearn. Left-handed reliever CD UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 3-5 Pelham checks in at #15, infielder Eli White follows at #16 and catcher Jose Trevino is the 25th-ranked Nashville's seven-game homestand continues Walk-Off Wins: 0 prospect in the system. tonight with Throwback Thursday. Fans can enjoy Walk-Off Losses: 1 discounted Pepsi and Budweiser products. The first Jason Wood at the Helm: Jason Wood was named the 29th manager in Nashville Sounds franchise Extra-Innings: 0-1 2,000 fans take home the Summer Tour T-Shirt history on January 8, 2019. The California native is managing the Rangers’ Triple-A team for the fifth Giveaway presented by Ashley HomeStore. Sounds starter 6+IP: 1-2 consecutive season and has a career managerial mark of 586-546. As part of an 18-year professional Sounds starter 7+ IP: 1-0 playing career, Wood played for the Sounds in 2000 and 2001 and is now the second former Sounds Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 player to return and manage the club (Marty Brown, a player in 1988-89, a manager in 2001-02).