nashville sounds game information www.nashvillesounds.com @NashvilleSounds First Tennessee Park 19 Junior Gilliam Way Nashville, TN 37219 Memphis Redbirds (81-55) at Nashville Sounds (70-66) RHP Chris Bassitt (5-5, 4.35) vs. LHP Austin Warner (1-1, 3.73) Game #137/Home Game #67 • Friday, August 31, 2018 • First Tennessee Park • 7:05 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • ALT 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Saturday September 1 vs. Memphis RHP Raul Alcantara (5-6, 5.17) RHP Adam Wainwright (0-0, 0.00) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/ALT 97.5 FM Sunday September 2 vs. Memphis LHP Eric Jokisch (5-10, 4.13) RHP Jake Woodford (4-5, 4.81) 6:15 p.m. MiLB TV/ALT 97.5 FM Monday September 3 vs. Memphis RHP Richard Morban (0-0, 0.00) RHP Chris Ellis (6-4, 3.86) 12:05 p.m. MiLB TV/ALT 97.5 FM END OF SEASON SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds open up their final series of the season against the division champion Memphis Redbirds tonight. The Sounds lead the season series 7-5. Tonight, SOUNDS VS. REDBIRDS Series (W-L-T): 14-16-5 right-hander Chris Bassitt will start for the Sounds against left-hander Austin Warner for the 2018: 7-5 at Nashville: 3-1 Series Openers: 18-16 Redbirds. at Memphis: 4-4 All-Time: 173-153 Series Finales: 19-15 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 4-1 Chris Bassitt: 29-year-old Chris Bassitt starts for the Sounds in tonight's series opener. The 5/4 Nashville W, 3-1 Day Games: 15-10 right-hander is 5-5 with a 4.35 ERA in 17 games (13 starts) with Nashville. He has also started 5/5 Nashville W, 4-2 Night Games: 55-56 seven games for Oakland where he's 2-3 with a 3.19 ERA. Bassitt last pitched on August 26 in 5/6 Nashville W, 8-2 vs. RHP: 57-48 a spot start for Oakland against the Minnesota Twins. He allowed just one run on four hits in 4 5/7 Nashville L, 4-1 vs. LHP: 13-18 2/3 innings. In his career, he's 33-25 with a 3.51 ERA in 150 games (76 starts) in MiLB, and 4-14 5/12 Memphis W, 8-4 April: 12-12 with a 3.94 ERA in 36 games (30 starts) in MLB. The Athletics acquired Bassitt in a six-player 5/13 Memphis W, 8-3 May: 16-13 trade with the Chicago White Sox on December 9, 2014. He was originally drafted by Chicago 5/14 Memphis L, 2-1 June: 10-16 (AL) in the 16th round of the 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Akron. 5/15 Memphis W, 7-4 July: 15-14 8/24 Memphis L, 9-3 August: 17-11 Austin Warner: 24-year-old Austin Warner starts for the Redbirds in tonight's game. The left- 8/25 Memphis L, 4-3 September: hander is 1-1 with a 3.73 ERA in six starts with Memphis. He made 12 starts with Advanced-A 8/26 Memphis W, 7-3 Monday: 8-7 Palm Beach and six starts with Double-A Springfield. He was named a Florida State League 8/27 Memphis L, 2-0 Tuesday: 11-5 mid-season All-Star for his exploits with Palm Beach. Warner last pitched on August 25 in the 8/31 Nashville Redbirds' division-clinching win over the Sounds. He allowed three runs on eight hits in 4.1 Wednesday: 7-10 9/1 Nashville innings of work. The Louisville, Kentucky native originally signed a minor league contract with 9/2 Nashville Thursday: 14-8 St. Louis on June 23, 2017. Friday: 8-12 9/3 Nashville Saturday: 8-14 2018 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American South- Sunday: 14-10 ern Division standings in 2018: First: 1, Second: 101, Third: 42, Fourth: 3. vs. Am. Northern: 37-27 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP Sounds Redbirds vs. Am. Southern: 19-25 65 and Counting: Nick Martini returns to the Sounds after a stint with Oakland riding an vs. Pac. Northern: 8-5 on-base streak of 65 games. He's hitting .331 (79-for-239) with 40 runs, 37 RBI, 12 doubles, 2 70-66 Record 81-55 vs. Pac. Southern: 6-9 triples, 6 home runs and 43 walks during the streak that is 39-27 Home 37-27 vs. NL Affiliate: 48-43 the longest in professional baseball. The 65-game streak is SOUNDS' RECORD AT 31-39 Road 30-40 vs. AL Affiliate: 22-22 the longest by a Nashville Sounds player in the Pacific Coast FIRST TENNESSEE PARK Lead After 6: 52-7 League era. Since MLBAM began tracking on-base streaks in W L PCT L2 Streak W1 Trail After 6: 10-52 2009, Martini's 65-game streak is the second-longest in pro- 2018 39 27 .591 2-3 Last 5 2-3 Tied After 6: 8-7 fessional baseball. The longest on-base streak in professional 2017 31 38 .449 3-7 Last 10 5-5 Lead After 7: 54-5 baseball since 2009 belongs to Andrew Velazquez of Single-A 2016 36 36 .500 Trail After 7: 8-55 South Bend when he reached in 74 straight games in 2014. 2015 32 40 .444 .260 (13th) Batting Avg. .269 (9th) Tied After 7: 8-6 TOTAL 138 141 .495 99 (14th) HR 139 (6th) Lead After 8: 51-2 Roster Revamp: With September call-ups beginning tomor- 616 (12th) R 672 (8th) Trail After 8: 5-57 row the Sounds made 16 roster moves today. Added to the roster were pitchers Chris Bassitt, 86 (T-9th) SB 108 (3rd) Tied After 8: 9-3 Ismael Aquino, Daniel Martinez, Aiden McIntyre, infielder Nick Ward, outfielder Nick Martini, 1,195 (14th) K (Batting) 926 (2nd) and catchers Sean Murphy and Cooper Goldby. Pitchers Dean Kiekhefer, Liam Hendriks, Chris 504 (4th) BB (Batting) 394 (13th) Scoring First: 47-24 Hatcher, and Danny Coulombe were placed on the taxi squad. Dustin Fowler was recalled by Opp. Scoring First: 23-42 3.96 (3rd) ERA 3.55 (1st) Oakland. James Naile and Jesus Luzardo were transferred to the AZL Athletics. Matt Joyce's 1,092 (7th) K (Pitching) 1,133 (3rd) Scoring 4+ Runs: 56-20 rehab assignment came to an end. Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 28-50 364 (1st) BB (Pitching) 416 (3rd) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 13-47 Double Up: The Sounds matched a season-high by turning four doubled plays last night. They 609 (4th) R Allowed 551 (1st) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 41-16 also turned four twin killings on April 10 against Iowa. 103 (3rd) HR Allowed 116 (6th) Hit a HR: 39-27 .978 (15th) Fielding Pct. .981 (12th) Allow a HR 33-40 LOB City: The Sounds left a season-high 14 runners on base in last night's 5-4 road finale. They AMERICAN SOUTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 15-6 had left 13 runners on base five different times this season. W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 5-16 Single-Season Triple Leaders 1. Jorge Mateo, 15 - 2018 Memphis 81 55 .596 - Outhit Opponent: 41-17 So Extra: Last night was the 11th time this season the Sounds T-1. Duane Walker, 15 - 1979 Nashville 70 66 .515 11.0 Tie in Hits: 8-7 failed to record an extra-base hit. Nashville is 3-8 in games in 3. Ted Wilborn, 14 - 1980 New Orleans 68 67 .504 12.5 Outhit by Opponent: 21-42 which they don't tally an extra-base hit. They have failed to record 4. Rich Thompson, 13 - 2004 Round Rock 62 73 .463 18.0 Record 10+ Hits: 37-15 an extra-base hit in back-to-back games twice this season, April 7 Allow 10+ Hits: 16-28 & 8 in New Orleans and then on May 28 against Oklahoma City Commit an Error: 37-40 and at Round Rock on May 30. UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 27-21 Tonight is the final FOX 17 News Friday Fireworks Walk-Off Wins: 8 Against Memphis: The Sounds have done well against the division champion Memphis Red- show. Tomorrow is Paradise at the Park Night to Walk-Off Losses: 5 birds this season, winning 7 of the first 12 games against them. Pitching has been the key factor pay homage to the beloved and recently closed Extra-Innings: 9-6 in the season series as Nashville's pitching staff has posted a 3.10 ERA against the Redbirds Broadway bar, Paradise Park. while the offense has hit just .235. Anthony Garcia and Jorge Mateo are the only Sounds players Sounds starter 6+IP: 31-22 to play in all 12 games against Memphis this season. Garcia is batting .326 (14-for-43) with 7 Sounds starter 7+ IP: 11-8 runs, 8 RBI, and 3 home runs while Mateo is hitting .238 (10-for-42) with 5 runs and 7 RBI. Sounds starter 8+ IP: 2-1 THIS DATE IN HISTORY Longest Win Streak: 15 Boog Finding His Groove: After a career-long 0-for-22 skid at the plate last week, Boog Powell On this date in 1981, Otis Nixon stole team-re- Longest Losing Streak: 4 has now hit safely in seven straight games.