NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (4-10) vs. San Antonio Missions (7-7) LHP Taylor Hearn (1-2, 3.86) vs. RHP Burch Smith (1-0, 0.82) Game #15/Home Game #8 • Saturday, April 20, 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 Sunday (Gm 1) April 21 vs. San Antonio RHP Ariel Jurado (2-0, 4.50) RHP Zack Brown (0-1, 4.08) 2:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Sunday (Gm 2) April 21 vs. San Antonio LHP Wes Benjamin (0-2, 7.11) TBD - MiLB TV/97.5 FM Monday April 22 vs. San Antonio RHP Richelson Peña (1-2, 4.82) RHP Corbin Burnes (0-0, ---) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Tuesday April 23 OFF DAY - - - - SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight’s Game: The Nashville Sounds and San Antonio Missions play game one of their four-game series tonight after the original series opener was postponed due to rain last night. It's the second meet- SOUNDS VS. MISSIONS Series (W-L-T): 0-3-1 ing between the two clubs in 2019. Left-hander Taylor Hearn starts for the Sounds against right-hander 2019: 2-2 at Nashville: 0-0 Series Openers: 2-2 Burch Smith for the Missions. All-Time: 2-2 at San Antonio: 2-2 Series Finales: 1-2 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-0 Taylor Hearn: 24-year-old Taylor Hearn starts for the Sounds tonight. He is currently ranked by MLB 4/12 San Antonio W, 7-3 Day Games: 1-2 Pipeline as the #11 prospect in the Texas organization. The left-hander is making his fourth start of 4/13 San Antonio L, 5-3 Night Games: 3-8 2019 and his second against San Antonio. He 1-2 with a 3.86 ERA in his first three outings and has 4/14 San Antonio L, 5-4 vs. RHP: 4-9 covered 14.0 innings. He has allowed six runs (all earned) on 12 hits and seven walks while striking 4/15 San Antonio W, 10-5 out 20 batters. Hearn is in his fifth professional season and has a career mark of 12-22 with a 3.50 ERA vs. LHP: 0-1 4/19 Nashville PPD April: 4-10 in 76 games (64 starts). He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 5th round of the 2015 MLB Draft out of Oklahoma Baptist University. 4/20 Nashville May: 0-0 4/21, G1 Nashville June: 0-0 Burch Smith: 29-year-old Burch Smith starts for the Missions. The right-hander is making his third 4/21, G2 Nashville July: 0-0 4/22 Nashville August: 0-0 start of 2019 and his second against Nashville. On April 13, Burch earned the win against the Sounds. He went 6.0 innings an allowed one run on three hits and a walk while striking out five as the Mis- 7/15 San Antonio September: 0-0 7/16 San Antonio Monday: 1-1 sions won 5-3. Burch was signed by Milwaukee to a minor league contract on January 11, 2019 after being outrighted by the Kansas City Royals on November 30, 2018. He spent last year with the Royals 7/17 San Antonio Tuesday: 1-1 where he went 1-6 with a 6.92 ERA in 38 games (6 starts). He covered 78.0 innings and allowed 90 hits 7/18 San Antonio Wednesday: 0-2 and 40 walks with 77 strikeouts. Burch's other big league time came in the 2013 season with the San 8/30 Nashville Thursday: 0-2 Diego Padres. The San Antonio native was drafted by the Padres in the 14th round of the 2011 MLB 8/31 Nashville Friday: 2-0 Draft out of Oklahoma University. 9/1 Nashville Saturday: 0-2 9/2 Nashville 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: 11. TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Southern: 3-6 Sounds Missions vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 Season Split: In the first series between San Antonio and Nashville, the two teams split 2-2. Nashville 4-10 Record 7-7 vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 has the upper-hand in the aggregate score plating 24 runs versus San Antonio's 18. After this series, 1-6 Home 4-3 vs. NL Affiliate: 3-6 the two don't meet again until July 15 - 18 in San Antonio for another four-game set. 3-4 Road 3-3 vs. AL Affiliate: 1-4 Lead After 6: 3-1 Advantage Hearn: The San Antonio Missions are ranked last in the Pacific Coast League in strikeouts L2 Streak L3 Trail After 6: 1-8 (batting) with 157. Sounds' starter Taylor Hearn comes into tonight's game ranked 5th in the PCL in 1-4 Last 5 2-3 Tied After 6: 0-1 pitching strikeouts with 20. Hearn has struck out at least seven batters in two of his starts, including 3-7 Last 10 4-6 Lead After 7: 3-1 seven San Antonio hitters on April 14. Trail After 7: 1-9 .239 (16th) Batting Avg. .239 (15th) Tied After 7: 0-0 Eli's Season High: Sounds CF/SS Eli White collected a season-high three hits in Wednesday night's 17 (T8th) HR 19 (T6th) Lead After 8: 4-0 loss. After White hit .375 and collected at least one hit in each of the first six games of the season, he 66 (T15th) R 68 (14th) Trail After 8: 0-10 hit .150 (3-for-31) over his next eight games prior to the breakout game last night. 6 (T11th) SB 14 (4th) Tied After 8: 0-0 118 (5th) K (Batting) 157 (16th) Granite Basepaths: Despite Zack Granite's 8-game hitting streak coming to an end with an 0-for-3 Scoring First: 2-4 52 (14th) BB (Batting) 51 (15th) game Wednesday night, he still drew two walks and has reached safely in seven straight games. He's 5.05 (9th) ERA 4.57 (3rd) Opp. Scoring First: 2-6 8-for-27 with a pair of walks during the seven-game stretch. Scoring 4+ Runs: 3-6 131 (9th) K (Pitching) 126 (T10th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 1-10 Davidson's Heating Up: First baseman Matt Davidson is heating up at the plate after a slow start to 50 (3rd) BB (Pitching) 44 (1st) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 1-4 the season. In his first eight games of the season, Davidson hit .143 (4-for-28) with 13 strikeouts. In 83 (T9th) R Allowed 72 (4th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 3-0 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 15 (T4th) HR Allowed 21 (T10th) Hit a HR: 4-6 safely in his last four games. .979 (5th) Fielding Pct. .976 (8th) Allow a HR 4-6 AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 2-2 d'Arnaud is Dialed In: Fresh off of being reinstated from the 7-day injured list three days ago, infield- W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 1-3 er Chase d'Arnaud returned to the lineup last night and went 3-for-4 with a double. In three games Iowa 9 6 .571 - Outhit Opponent: 3-2 this year, d'Arnaud is hitting .545 (6-for-11) with 3 runs, 1 double, 2 home runs and 3 RBI. Omaha 9 6 .571 - Tie in Hits: 0-1 Memphis 7 7 .500 1.5 Dillard's Strikeout Watch: With three more strikeouts Tuesday night, Sounds reliever Tim Dillard Outhit by Opponent: 1-7 Nashville 4 10 .286 4.5 Record 10+ Hits: 2-1 has seven this year and 341 all-time with Nashville. He is 11 shy of matching Jamie Werly's (1980-81, Allow 10+ Hits: 1-5 '83) franchise record of 352 strikeouts. Dillard is already the franchise leader in wins (39) and innings Commit an Error: 1-5 pitched (564.1). UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 3-5 In Sunday's day game against San Antonio, Sunday Walk-Off Wins: 0 RISP Struggles: Nashville went 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position last night and are now Family Fun Day will feature Sounds' players signing Walk-Off Losses: 1 hitting a league-worst .186 (24-for-129) with a runner at second and/or third. autographs before the game presented by Middle Extra-Innings: 0-1 TN Hyundai Dealers. There will also be a postgame In the Pipeline: Four current Sounds are listed among MLB Pipeline’s Top 30 Texas Rangers Kids Run the Bases presented by First Tennessee. Sounds starter 6+IP: 1-2 prospects. Leading the group at #11 is left-handed pitcher Taylor Hearn. Left-handed reliever CD Sounds starter 7+ IP: 1-0 Pelham checks in at #15, infielder Eli White follows at #16 and catcher Jose Trevino is the 25th-ranked Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 prospect in the system. THIS DATE IN HISTORY Longest Win Streak: 1 In 2003, Nashville's Brian Meadows was named Longest Losing Streak: 3 Jason Wood at the Helm: Jason Wood was named the 29th manager in Nashville Sounds franchise PCL Pitcher of Week and John Barnes was White Jerseys: 0-4 history on January 8, 2019.