NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (34-45) vs. Memphis Redbirds (33-47) RHP Pedro Payano (1-2, 4.19) vs. RHP Jake Woodford (5-3, 3.39) Game #80/Road Game #40 • Friday, June 28, 2019 • AutoZone Park • 7:05 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Saturday June 29 vs. Oklahoma City TBD RHP Mitchell White (2-4, 7.09) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Sunday June 30 vs. Oklahoma City RHP Tim Dillard (5-6, 4.23) RHP Dustin May (0-0, ---) 6:15 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Monday July 1 vs. Oklahoma City LHP Joe Palumbo (0-0, 8.31) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Tuesday July 2 vs. Oklahoma City RHP Seth Maness (4-2, 4.94) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and Memphis Redbirds conclude their four-game and season series tonight at AutoZone Park. It's the 16th and final meeting between the two teams. Nashville has won the first SOUNDS VS. REDBIRDS Series (W-L-T): 5-11-3 three games of the set. Right-hander Pedro Payano starts for Nashville against right-hander Jake Woodford 2019: 8-7 at Nashville: 4-4 Series Openers: 8-12 for Memphis. All-Time: 185-162 at Memphis: 4-3 Series Finales: 6-13 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-2 Pedro Payano: 24-year-old Pedro Payano starts for the Sounds tonight. The right-hander is making his 6th 5/3 Nashville L, 17-2 Day Games: 7-13 appearance (5th start) with Nashville. Payano has covered 19.1 innings with the Sounds and is 1-2 with a 5/4 Nashville PPD Night Games: 27-32 4.19 ERA. He last pitched on June 22 and earned his first Triple-A win in New Orleans. He tossed 5.0 innings 5/5 Nashville L, 11-2 vs. RHP: 26-33 and limited the Baby Cakes to 1 run on 2 hits. He issued 4 walks and struck out 6 in Nashville's 10-3 win. 5/5 Nashville W, 7-5 vs. LHP: 8-12 He pitched in 8 games with Double-A Frisco and went 3-1 with a 4.43 ERA in 42.2 innings prior to being 5/6 Nashville W, 6-5 transferred to Nashville on May 29. Payano spent his 2018 season with Frisco where he went 5-10 with a 5.54 April: 8-18 5/11 Memphis L, 7-5 ERA in 25 games (22 starts). The New York City native is 42-36 in his minor league career with a 3.59 ERA 5/12 Memphis L, 7-2 May: 14-15 while covering 136 games (119 starts). He was signed by the Texas Rangers as a non-drafted free agent on July June: 12-12 2, 2011. 5/13 Memphis W, 5-3 July: 0-0 5/14 Memphis L, 9-3 August: 0-0 Jake Woodford: 22-year-old Jake Woodford starts for Memphis in tonight's finale. The right-hander is 5-3 5/21 Nashville L, 4-2 September: 0-0 with a 3.39 ERA in 15 starts in 2019. The Florida native has covered 87.2 innings and has allowed only 65 5/22 Nashville L, 10-0 Monday: 6-4 hits but has issued 45 walks. Woodford has struck out 74 batters while holding the opponent to a .212 batting 5/23 Nashville W, 8-5 Tuesday: 4-7 average. Woodford was just tabbed as the Pacific Coast League starter for the 2019 Triple-A All-Star Game. 5/24 Nashville W, 10-6 Wednesday: 3-7 He last pitched on June 22 in Oklahoma City and allowed only 2 hits over 7.0 shutout innings. He split his 6/25 Memphis W, 10-4 2018 between Memphis and Double-A Springfield and compiled an 8-13 record with a 4.90 ERA in 28 starts. 6/26 Memphis W, 17-11 Thursday: 2-11 In 145.0 innings, Woodford allowed 158 hits and 62 walks with 101 strikeouts. In his minor league career, he's 6/27 Memphis W, 3-2 Friday: 9-1 26-27 with a 3.70 ERA in 95 games (90 starts). The Cardinals drafted him in the Competitive Balance Round 6/28 Memphis Saturday: 4-6 of the 2015 MLB Draft out of Plant (FL) High School. Sunday: 6-9 vs. Am. Northern: 12-17 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Southern: 16-20 standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 6, Fourth: 76. Sounds Redbirds vs. Pac. Northern: 3-4 34-45 Record 33-47 vs. Pac. Southern: 3-4 Nashville vs. Woodford: Memphis starter Jake Woodford is making his 4th start against the Sounds this year. 13-27 Home 12-27 He's 1-0 with a 3.24 ERA (16.2 IP/6 ER) in his 3 starts (May 3 at First Tennessee Park, May 14 at AutoZone vs. NL Affiliate: 20-28 21-18 Road 21-20 Park, May 24 at First Tennessee Park. He has faced the following active Nashville hitters: Jett Bandy: 0-2, 2 K; vs. AL Affiliate: 14-17 Matt Davidson: 1-7, 2 R, 2 BB, 4 K; Zack Granite: 1-8; Andy Ibáñez: 2-5, R, HR, RBI, K; Adam Moore: 1-1, W4 Streak L3 Lead After 6: 24-4 3B, 2 RBI, BB; Carlos Tocci: 0-5, 2 RBI, BB, K; Eli White: 2-8, BB, 4 K; Patrick Wisdom: 0-5, BB, K. Trail After 6: 6-37 4-1 Last 5 2-3 Tied After 6: 4-4 Another W in the Series Column: The Sounds didn't notch their first series win this season until taking 4 of 6-4 Last 10 4-6 Lead After 7: 25-2 5 games against Round Rock May 16-20 but notched their 5th of the year with last night's win. Since winning Trail After 7: 4-38 that series against the Express, Nashville is 5-4-1 in 10 series with an overall record of 21-19. .252 (14th) Batting Avg. .267 (11th) Tied After 7: 5-5 92 (13th) HR 100 (12th) Looking for a Sweep: The Sounds are looking for their first four-game sweep of the season. They have had Lead After 8: 27-1 385 (16th) R 433 (9th) only one other opportunity that came on June 10 in Tacoma after winning the first three games against the 54 (9th) SB 55 (8th) Trail After 8: 3-36 Rainiers, but lost the finale, 3-1. The last time Nashville swept a four-game series was August 9-12 of 2018 703 (11th) K (Batting) 686 (8th) Tied After 8: 1-3 against the Colorado Spring Sky Sox. That four-game sweep over Colorado Springs was part of Nashville's Scoring First: 20-17 15-game winning streak. 298 (8th) BB (Batting) 278 (T13th) Opp. Scoring First: 13-28 5.32 (9th) ERA 5.29 (8th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 27-22 Bullish Pen: Nashville's bullpen has been dominant in the three game against Memphis. The 'pen has covered 643 (14th) K (Pitching) 693 (6th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 17-40 13.2 innings and has not allowed any runs. The relievers have allowed 12 hits and 2 walks, and have racked up 272 (5th) BB (Pitching) 370 (16th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 7-23 15 strikeouts. 470 (11th) R Allowed 441 (8th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 16-5 103 (5th) HR Allowed 95 (2nd) Bean Ball: The Sounds and Redbirds have played 15 games so far this year and have had 29 hit by pitches .978 (8th) Fielding Pct. .982 (3rd) Hit a HR: 26-27 between the two teams. Memphis batters have been hit by 21 pitches and Nashville batters have been hit by 8. Allow a HR 23-34 Nashville pitchers have hit a league-high 61 batters and Memphis has hit the third-most with 46. AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 15-12 W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 10-19 June Farm Power: Through 24 games in June, the Sounds have 28 home runs. Across the Rangers' system, Iowa 45 35 .563 - Outhit Opponent: 21-7 they trail only Texas with 30 long balls. They are on pace to hit 32 home runs in June, placing second to May's Omaha 37 43 .463 8.0 34 home runs. Eli White leads the Sounds in June home runs with 6, while Patrick Wisdom has 5 and Matt Tie in Hits: 4-3 Nashville 34 45 .430 10.5 Davidson has 4. Outhit by Opponent: 9-35 Memphis 33 47 .412 12.0 Record 10+ Hits: 17-8 Trippin: The Sounds improved to 6-2 on the 9-game road trip with last night's 3-2 win. The team is hitting Allow 10+ Hits: 10-28 .300 (86-for-287) and is scoring 7.4 runs per game (59/8). Nashville has 16 doubles and 14 home runs during UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit an Error: 17-22 the trip. Pitchers have compiled a 5.27 ERA (70.0 IP/41 ER) and have allowed 87 hits and 21 walks to go Commit No Errors: 17-23 along with 61 strikeouts.