NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (42-59) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers (47-54) LHP Wes Benjamin (4-5, 6.37) vs. RHP Brock Stewart (4-7, 7.91) Game #102/Home Game #54 • Wednesday, July 23, 2019 • First Tennessee 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 Thursday July 25 vs. Oklahoma City RHP Seth Maness (5-3, 5.55) RHP Tony Gonsolin (1-3, 4.81) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Friday July 26 at New Orleans TBD TBD 7:00 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Saturday July 27 at New Orleans TBD TBD 6:00 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Sunday July 28 at New Orleans TBD TBD 1:00 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and Oklahoma City Dodgers play game two of a three-game series tonight at First Tennessee Park. Oklahoma City rolled to a 16-1 win in game one last night. Tonight, left- SOUNDS VS. DODGERS Series (W-L-T): 7-14-4 hander Wes Benjamin starts for the Sounds against right-hander Brock Stewart for the Dodgers. 2019: 5-4 at Nashville: 3-3 Series Openers: 10-16 All-Time: 158-187 at Okla. City: 2-1 Series Finales: 8-17 Wes Benjamin: 25-year-old Wes Benjamin starts for the Sounds tonight. The left-hander is making his 20th DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 1-4 appearance (19th start) of the season and is 4-5 with a 6.37 ERA while covering 89.0 innings. Benjamin has 5/7 Oklahoma City W, 4-2 Day Games: 7-14 yielded 108 hits and 42 walks to go with his 74 strikeouts. His last outing was on July 18 in a start against San 5/8 Oklahoma City W, 13-6 Night Games: 35-45 Antonio. He limited the Mission to 2 runs on 7 hits over 5.1 innings and got a no-decision. Benjamin spent 5/9 Oklahoma City L, 7-3 vs. RHP: 34-42 the majority of his 2018 season with Double-A Frisco where he went 5-6 with a 3.62 ERA in 15 starts. The 5/10 Oklahoma City Susp. (8/20) southpaw spent nearly two months on the disabled list from June 7-July 31 with a left elbow strain. Despite vs. LHP: 8-16 6/29 Nashville L, 10-7 missing time, Benjamin led the Frisco staff in wins and ranked among team leaders in strikeouts (3rd), starts April: 8-18 (T3rd) and innings (4th). In his minor league career, Benjamin is 25-23 with a 4.30 ERA while covering 6/30 Nashville L, 13-6 May: 14-15 81 games (77 starts). The Rangers drafted the Illinois native in the 5th round of the 2014 MLB Draft out of 7/1 Nashville W, 4-3 June: 13-14 Kansas University. 7/2 Nashville W, 6-4 July: 7-12 7/3 Nashville W, 14-11 August: 0-0 Brock Stewart: 27-year-old Brock Stewart starts for the Dodgers tonight. The right-hander is 4-7 with a 7/23 Nashville L, 16-1 September: 0-0 7.91 ERA in 15 games (14 starts) with Oklahoma City in 2019. He has also appeared in 3 games with the Los 7/24 Nashville Monday: 7-5 Angeles Dodgers and is 0-0 with a 18.00 ERA. With OKC, Stewart has worked 66.0 innings and has allowed 7/25 Nashville Tuesday: 5-9 88 hits and 34 walks while recording 56 strikeouts. Stewart's big league time in 2019 came early in the season. 8/19 Oklahoma City Wednesday: 4-8 He last pitched on July 18 in a start against the Iowa Cubs in Des Moines. He went 6.0 innings and allowed 5 8/20 Oklahoma City runs (4 earned) on 4 hits and 4 walks in Oklahoma City's 18-5 win. The Illinois native has Major League time Thursday: 3-13 8/21 Oklahoma City with the Dodgers in every year since 2016. He has a career MLB record of 2-3 with a 5.46 ERA in 36 games 8/22 Oklahoma City Friday: 11-3 (11 starts). In the minor leagues he's 23-24 with a 3.82 ERA in 103 games (80 starts). Los Angeles drafted him Saturday: 6-8 in the 6th round of the 2014 MLB Draft out of Illinois State University. Sunday: 6-13 vs. Am. Northern: 15-22 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division vs. Am. Southern: 21-29 standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 1, Third: 28, Fourth: 76. TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Pac. Northern: 3-4 Sounds Dodgers vs. Pac. Southern: 3-4 Stewart vs. Nashville: Brock Stewart has pitched against Nashville twice in 2019. He started against the 42-59 Record 47-54 Sounds on May 8 in Oklahoma City and was tagged with the loss and he started against the Sounds at vs. NL Affiliate: 28-38 20-33 Home 20-27 First Tennessee Park on July 3 and got another loss. In 5.0 innings against Nashville, Stewart has allowed 22-26 Road 27-27 vs. AL Affiliate: 14-21 19 runs on 18 hits. The following active Sounds have hit against Stewart: Jett Bandy: 0-0, R; Willie Lead After 6: 31-4 Calhoun: 0-3, K; Matt Davidson: 2-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB; Zack Granite: 5-5, 4 R, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K; Scott Heine- Trail After 6: 6-48 man: 0-0, R, 2 BB; Andy Ibáñez: 4-4, 2 R, 2 2B, HR, 5 RBI, SB; Christian Lopes: 2-2, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI; L2 Streak W5 Tied After 6: 5-7 Adam Moore: 1-1, R; Jose Trevino: 0-2; Eli White: 1-2, R, 2 RBI, BB; Patrick Wisdom: 1-2, R, RBI. 2-3 Last 5 5-0 Lead After 7: 32-4 3-7 Last 10 7-3 Trail After 7: 4-49 Wes Side Story: Wes Benjamin starts his team-high 19th game of the season tonight, and his third since Tied After 7: 6-6 the All-Star break. In two starts after the break, Benjamin is 0-0 with a 3.18 ERA (11.1 IP/4 ER). He has .254 (15th) Batting Avg. .263 (14th) yielded 10 hits and 4 walks while recording 10 strikeouts. Pacific Coast League opponents are hitting only Lead After 8: 34-1 122 (14th) HR 148 (10th) .233 against him. Prior the break, Benjamin was 4-5 with a 6.84 ERA (77.2 IP/59 ER). He allowed 98 hits 488 (16th) R 571 (9th) Trail After 8: 3-50 and 38 walks while PCL opponents hit .312 against him in the first half. Tied After 8: 2-3 71 (6th) SB 37 (16th) Scoring First: 26-20 There Will be Runs: Nashville and Oklahoma City have played nine times in 2019 and have hit the 893 (12th) K (Batting) 890 (10th) Opp. Scoring First: 15-39 10-plus run mark in seven contests. The only two times the teams didn't score at least 10 combined runs 369 (11th) BB (Batting) 406 (3rd) Scoring 4+ Runs: 33-29 were wins by Nashville on May 7 (4-2) and July 1 (4-3). In the nine games, Nashville is hitting .299 with 27 5.72 (11th) ERA 5.63 (10th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 22-53 extra-base hits and an OPS of .820. Oklahoma City is hitting .305 with 44 extra-base hits and a .961 OPS. 835 (13th) K (Pitching) 951 (1st) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 9-30 366 (6th) BB (Pitching) 402 (11th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 19-6 Words of Wisdom: Infielder Patrick Wisdom has homered in three straight games and his 18 on the 630 (11th) R Allowed 597 (10th) season - 2nd-most on the team to only Matt Davidson's 23. Since June 18, Wisdom has played in 27 games 134 (4th) HR Allowed 131 (3rd) Hit a HR: 33-37 and is tied for first in the Pacific Coast League with 12 home runs (Sacramento's Zach Green and Salt Allow a HR 28-44 Lake's Jared Walsh). In his first 44 games, Wisdom had 6 home runs. .979 (10th) Fielding Pct. .976 (13th) Hit 2+ HR: 20-16 AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Allow 2+ HR: 11-27 Bounce Back Games: Yesterday marked the fifth double-digit run loss by the Sounds in 2019. In their W L PCT GB Outhit Opponent: 26-9 next game following a loss of 10+ runs, Nashville is 2-2. Following a 19-5 loss at Iowa on April 28, Nash- Iowa 56 46 .549 - Tie in Hits: 6-3 ville beat Omaha 5-4 on April 29. After dropping a 17-2 decision to Memphis on May 3, they lost to the Redbirds 11-2 on May 5. The third double-digit loss was a 10-0 setback to Memphis on May 22 and the Omaha 47 55 .461 9.0 Outhit by Opponent: 10-47 Nashville 42 59 .416 13.5 Record 10+ Hits: 21-12 Sounds followed on May 23 with an 8-5 win. Prior to last night's loss, Nashville lost an 11-1 decision in San Antonio on July 15 and followed the next day with a 6-5 loss.