NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (39-52) vs. New Orleans Baby Cakes (50-42) RHP Tim Dillard (5-8, 5.78) vs. RHP Cody Poteet (0-0, 5.73) Game #92/Home Game #48 • Saturday, July 13, 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 Sunday July 14 vs. New Orleans LHP Joe Palumbo (1-0, 3.86) RHP Joe Gunkel (1-1, 3.90) 6:15 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Monday July 15 at San Antonio RHP Seth Maness (5-2, 4.97) RHP Bubba Derby (4-5, 4.02) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Tuesday July 16 at San Antonio RHP Pedro Payano (2-2, 3.08) LHP Drew Smyly (1-0, 3.00) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Wednesday July 17 at San Antonio RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx (0-1, 3.68) RHP Aaron Wilkerson (6-1, 2.72) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and New Orleans Baby Cakes play game three of a four-game series tonight at First Tennessee Park. The two teams have split the first two games of the set. Tonight, right-hander SOUNDS VS. BABY CAKES Series (W-L-T): 6-12-3 Tim Dillard starts for Nashville against right-hander Cody Poteet for New Orleans. 2019: 5-6 at Nashville: 2-4 Series Openers: 9-14 All-Time: 182-157 at New Orleans: 3-2 Series Finales: 8-14 Tim Dillard: 35-year-old Tim Dillard starts for the Sounds tonight. The right-hander is 5-8 with a 5.78 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 1-3 ERA in 23 games (12 starts) in 2019. He last pitched on July 6 in a start against Omaha and allowed 10 runs 5/30 Nashville L, 5-3 Day Games: 7-14 on 13 hits in 6.0 innings. 8 of the 10 runs he allowed came in the 1st inning. He was charged with the loss 5/31 Nashville W, 6-5 Night Games: 32-38 in Nashville's 11-3 setback. In his last two outings, he has allowed 21 earned runs and his ERA has jumped 6/1 Nashville L, 3-0 vs. RHP: 31-38 from 4.18 to 5.78. Dillard is the Nashville Sounds all-time leader in innings pitched (647.0), wins (44), 6/2 Nashville L, 7-4 vs. LHP: 8-14 strikeouts (383), runs allowed (373), home runs allowed (56) and walks (221) and is currently second all- 6/20 New Orleans L, 6-2 April: 8-18 time in games (232). In his career, Dillard has pitched in 73 big league games and 501 minor league games. 6/21 New Orleans W, 6-5 May: 14-15 He signed a minor-league free agent contract with the Texas Rangers on December 21, 2018. 6/22 New Orleans W, 10-3 June: 13-14 Cody Poteet: 24-year-old Cody Poteet starts for New Orleans tonight. The right-hander is 0-0 with a 5.73 6/23 New Orleans L, 8-5 July: 4-5 ERA in two starts with the Baby Cakes. He started his 2019 season with Double-A Jacksonville and pitched 6/24 New Orleans W, 6-5 August: 0-0 in 13 games prior to being promoted to New Orleans on June 30. He went 5-3 with a 2.25 ERA with the 7/11 Nashville W, 11-7 September: 0-0 Jumbo Shrimp. In 95.0 innings overall, Poteet has allowed 79 hits and 21 walks to go along with 68 strike- 7/12 Nashville L, 7-4 Monday: 7-4 outs. He last pitched on July 5 in a start against San Antonio and got a no-decision after he allowed 5 runs 7/13 Nashville Tuesday: 5-7 on 8 hits in 6.1 innings. He allowed 4 home runs, didn't walk any batters, and struck out 7. In 90 career mi- 7/14 Nashville Wednesday: 4-7 nor league games, Poteet is 16-36 with a 3.71 ERA. He has 366 strikeouts in 463.2 innings while opponents 7/26 New Orleans Thursday: 3-12 are hitting .256 against him. The Marlins drafted him in the 4th round of the 2015 MLB Draft out of UCLA. 7/27 New Orleans Friday: 10-3 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division 7/28 New Orleans Saturday: 4-8 standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 1, Third: 18, Fourth: 76. Sunday: 6-11 vs. Am. Northern: 13-21 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP Red-Hot Heineman: Outfielder Scott Heineman has reached base safely in 18 consecutive games. During Sounds Baby Cakes vs. Am. Southern: 20-23 the streak, Heineman is hitting .441 (30-for-68) with 18 runs scored, 4 doubles, 2 triples, 3 home runs, 11 vs. Pac. Northern: 3-4 RBI and 12 walks. Heineman's on-base percentage during the streak is .524. His streak is currently ranked 39-52 Record 50-42 vs. Pac. Southern: 3-4 the 2nd longest on-base streak among active PCL hitters, trailing Kristopher Negrón of Tacoma who is at 17-30 Home 25-24 vs. NL Affiliate: 25-31 19. Since Heineman rejoined Nashville on June 25, he is among Pacific Coast League leaders in average (1st, 22-22 Road 25-18 vs. AL Affiliate: 14-21 .480), OPS (2nd, .1.378), on-base percentage (3rd, .578), runs (T5th, 15), total bases (T6th, 40) and walks Lead After 6: 29-4 (T6th, 12). L1 Streak W1 Trail After 6: 6-42 1-4 Last 5 2-3 Over 200 Multi-Hit Games: Andy Ibáñez, Scott Heineman and Christian Lopes had multi-hit games for Tied After 6: 4-6 4-6 Last 10 6-4 the Sounds last night to push the collective multi-hit total to 201 games this season. Zack Granite leads the Lead After 7: 30-3 team with 28, followed by Ibáñez (25) and Carlos Tocci (21). Trail After 7: 4-43 .256 (14th) Batting Avg. .271 (10th) Tied After 7: 5-6 The Six: Starter Wes Benjamin tossed 6 innings last night (6 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K) to notch the 18th 105 (14th) HR 135 (8th) Lead After 8: 32-1 time a Sounds starter has gone at least 6 frames. However, Benjamin's performance of at least 6 innings was 450 (16th) R 479 (11th) Trail After 8: 3-43 only the 2nd for Nashville in the club's last 15 games. The other 6-inning performance was by Tim Dillard 62 (T6th) SB 103 (T1st) Tied After 8: 1-3 in his last start on July 6 in which he allowed 8 runs in the 1st inning. The Sounds are now 7-11 when their 797 (T9th) K (Batting) 784 (5th) Scoring First: 25-18 starter goes at least 6 frames. 338 (8th) BB (Batting) 277 (16th) Opp. Scoring First: 13-34 5.52 (10th) ERA 4.36 (3rd) Two Rare Occurrences: Last night was a rare occurrence in two instances. It marks only the third time Scoring 4+ Runs: 31-26 760 (13th) K (Pitching) 840 (3rd) Nashville has lost this year when leading after 7 innings (now 30-3) and only the 9th time when out-hitting 326 (T5th) BB (Pitching) 283 (1st) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 20-46 the opponent (now 24-9). Scoring 3 or < Runs: 8-26 557 (11th) R Allowed 422 (3rd) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 18-6 14 Punchouts: Nashville pitchers matched a season-high with 14 strikeouts last night. Wes Benjamin 120 (6th) HR Allowed 126 (T7th) Hit a HR: 30-31 notched 7 strikeouts in 6 innings and the bullpen collected 7 in 3 innings. It was the 4th time this year the .978 (9th) Fielding Pct. .976 (14th) Allow a HR 26-39 staff has recorded 14 strikeouts in a game (July 1 vs. Oklahoma City, May 24 vs. Memphis, April 4 vs. Iowa). AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 17-15 W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 11-23 Steep Lopes: Infielder Christian Lopes has been a one-man wrecking crew since joining Nashville on June 25. In 12 games with the Sounds, the infielder is hitting .474 (18-for-38) with 8 runs scored, 7 doubles, 1 Iowa 52 40 .565 - Outhit Opponent: 24-9 Omaha 42 50 .457 10.0 Tie in Hits: 6-3 home run, 14 RBI, 8 walks and 2 stolen bases. Lopes has hit safely in all but two games. Since June 25, Lopes is 2nd in the Pacific Coast League with his .474 average. Only teammate Scott Heineman has been better at Nashville 39 52 .429 12.5 Outhit by Opponent: 9-40 .480 (24-for-50). Memphis 36 56 .391 16.0 Record 10+ Hits: 19-12 Allow 10+ Hits: 12-32 Holmberg at the Helm: Kenny Holmberg will serve as the acting manager for the Sounds for the four-game Commit an Error: 18-27 series versus New Orleans while Jason Wood is away from the team. Holmberg is the Texas Rangers' Infield UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 21-25 Coordinator and in his 11th season with Texas.