NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (5-13) vs. Iowa Cubs (11-7) RHP Phillips Valdez (0-1, 2.08) vs. RHP Matt Swarmer (1-2, 6.00) Game #19/Road Game #8 • Wednesday, April 24, 2019 • Principal Park • 6:38 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Thursday April 25 at Iowa LHP Taylor Hearn (1-3, 4.05) RHP Colin Rea (1-0, 3.24) 6:38 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Friday April 26 at Iowa RHP Ariel Jurado (3-0, 3.57) RHP Duncan Robinson (1-1, 4.57) 7:08 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Saturday April 27 at Iowa LHP Wes Benjamin (0-3, 8.97) TBA 7:08 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Sunday April 28 at Iowa RHP Richelson Peña (1-3, 5.25) RHP Duane Underwood Jr. (0-3, 8.47) 1:08 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Tonight’s Game: The Nashville Sounds travel to Des Moines, Iowa to begin a five-game series with the Iowa SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Cubs. It's the second meeting of the season between the two clubs after Iowa won four of five games at First SOUNDS VS. CUBS Series (W-L-T): 0-4-1 Tennessee Park to open the 2019 season. Tonight, right-hander Phillips Valdez starts for the Sounds against 2019: 1-4 at Nashville: 1-4 Series Openers: 2-3 right-hander Matt Swarmer for the Cubs. All-Time: 164-143 at Iowa: 0-0 Series Finales: 1-3 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-0 Phillips Valdez: 27-year-old Phillips Valdez starts for the Sounds tonight. The right-hander is making his 4/4 Nashville L, 5-4 Day Games: 2-3 third start of the season and fourth appearance overall. Valdez is 0-1 with a 2.08 ERA in his three games (two 4/5 Nashville W, 8-2 starts) and has covered 8.2 innings. He has yielded 7 hits and 0 walks while racking up 10 strikeouts. He last Night Games: 3-10 4/6 Nashville L, 10-4 pitched in a relief appearance on April 21 against San Antonio after his latest start was cut short due to a sus- 4/7 Nashville L, 5-3 vs. RHP: 5-12 pended game after just two innings. Valdez split the 2018 season between Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A 4/8 Nashville L, 6-5 vs. LHP: 0-1 Syracuse and went 6-7 with a 2.73 ERA in 31 games (19 starts). He signed a minor league contract with the April: 5-13 Texas Rangers on December 21, 2018. He was originally signed by the Cleveland Indians on May 29, 2009. 4/24 Iowa May: 0-0 4/25 Iowa June: 0-0 Matt Swarmer: 25-year-old Matt Swarmer starts for the Cubs in the series opener. The right-hander is 4/26 Iowa 4/27 Iowa July: 0-0 making his fourth start of the season and carries a 1-2 mark with a 6.00 ERA into tonight. Swarmer last 4/28 Iowa August: 0-0 pitched on April 18 against New Orleans. He was tagged with the loss after he allowed five runs (four earned) in six innings. He walked two and struck out seven in Iowa's 8-5 loss. The Pennsylvania native spent the 2018 7/19 Nashville September: 0-0 season between Advanced-A Myrtle Beach and Double-A Tennessee where he combined to go 9-8 with a 3.22 7/20 Nashville Monday: 1-2 ERA in 24 starts. He was named a Carolina League All-Star (midseason) for his efforts with the Pelicans prior 7/21 Nashville Tuesday: 1-1 to being promoted to Tennessee on June 5. In his career, Swarmer is 17-16 with a 3.96 ERA in 59 games (44 8/23 Iowa Wednesday: 0-2 starts). The Chicago Cubs drafted him in the 19th round of the 2016 MLB Draft out of Kutztown University. 8/24 Iowa Thursday: 0-2 8/25 Iowa Friday: 2-0 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division Saturday: 0-3 standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 14. Sunday: 1-3 vs. Am. Northern: 1-4 Against Matt Swarmer: Iowa starter Matt Swarmer pitched against Nashville on April 6 and limited the TONIGHT’S MATCHUP Sounds to three runs on three hits in five innings. The following Sounds have plate appearances against the vs. Am. Southern: 4-9 Sounds Cubs right-hander: Bandy - 0-for-2; Calhoun - 0-for-2, R, BB; Davidson - 0-for-1, R, BB; Fontana - 0-for-2; Granite 5-13 Record 11-7 vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 - 1-for-2; Tocci - 1-for-3, K; White - 0-for-1, BB, K. vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 2-9 Home 3-3 vs. NL Affiliate: 4-9 Welcome Rougned Odor: Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor has joined the Sounds on a Major 3-4 Road 8-4 vs. AL Affiliate: 1-4 League rehab assignment. Odor was placed on the 10-day injured list on April 13 with a right knee sprain. Lead After 6: 4-1 The second baseman was hitting .167 (7-for-42) with 5 runs scored and 2 RBI prior to being injured. Odor is L2 Streak L1 Trail After 6: 1-10 the first Rangers player to join the Sounds on rehab assignment. 1-4 Last 5 3-2 Tied After 6: 0-2 3-7 Last 10 6-4 Back in the Rotation: Tonight's starter Phillips Valdez made a brief relief appearance in game two of Sunday's Lead After 7: 4-1 doubleheader. Valdez tossed a 1-2-3 top of the fifth inning and threw 13 pitches, 9 of which were strikes. The .227 (16th) Batting Avg. .242 (14th) Trail After 7: 1-12 right-hander previously started on April 18 against Round Rock but the game was suspended in the bottom 18 (T13th) HR 21 (T8th) Tied After 7: 0-0 of the second inning. In Valdez's two official starts in 2019, he has averaged 59.5 pitches and 41.5 strikes while Lead After 8: 4-0 averaging 10.57 strikeouts per 9 innings. 71 (16th) R 93 (11th) Trail After 8: 0-12 8 (11th) SB 6 (T14th) Tied After 8: 0-0 High Five for Eli: Sounds SS/CF Eli White has another 5-game hitting streak after a double in Monday 152 (7th) K (Batting) 164 (10th) Scoring First: 2-4 night's game. It's the second 5-game hitting streak of the season for the first year Triple-A player. During his 62 (16th) BB (Batting) 66 (11th) Opp. Scoring First: 3-9 current 5-game streak, he's hitting .368 (7-for-19) with 1 run, 2 doubles and 1 triple. White also had a 5-game 4.94 (7th) ERA 4.56 (5th) hitting streak from April 4-8 - all games against the Iowa Cubs. Scoring 4+ Runs: 3-6 158 (7th) K (Pitching) 137 (16th) 62 (3rd) BB (Pitching) 50 (1st) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 1-13 No Homers Allowed Here: The pitching staffs for the Sounds and Cubs have both prevented the long ball Scoring 3 or < Runs: 2-7 this year. Iowa ranks first in the Pacific Coast League with only 14 home runs allowed while the Sounds rank 95 (8th) R Allowed 74 (10th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 4-0 third with 19 allowed. The two teams combined for six home runs when they played each other in Nashville 19 (3rd) HR Allowed 14 (1st) Hit a HR: 5-6 April 4-8. Each team hit three. .981 (3rd) Fielding Pct. .987 (1st) Allow a HR 4-9 AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Keep it Clean: Along with keeping the ball in the ballpark, these two teams are two of the best defensive Hit 2+ HR: 2-2 W L PCT GB teams in the PCL. Iowa ranks first in the league with a team fielding percentage of .987 and Nashville ranks Allow 2+ HR: 1-4 Iowa 11 7 .611 - Outhit Opponent: 3-3 third with a .981 fielding percentage. Iowa has committed only 8 errors this year and Nashville has committed 12. Omaha 9 9 .500 2.0 Tie in Hits: 0-1 Memphis 9 9 .500 2.0 Outhit by Opponent: 2-9 RISP Struggles: Nashville is still seeking a big hit from somebody in the lineup after another 0-for-6 with Nashville 5 13 .278 6.0 Record 10+ Hits: 2-1 runners in scoring position Monday night. The club is now hitting .165 (26-for-158) with runners in scoring Allow 10+ Hits: 1-5 position. Commit an Error: 1-6 UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 4-7 In the Pipeline: Four current Sounds are listed among MLB Pipeline’s Top 30 Texas Rangers prospects. Lead- The Sounds begin a five-game road trip in Des Walk-Off Wins: 0 ing the group at #11 is left-handed pitcher Taylor Hearn. Left-handed reliever CD Pelham checks in at #15, Moines tonight and return home to First Tennessee Walk-Off Losses: 1 infielder Eli White follows at #16 and catcher Jose Trevino is the 25th-ranked prospect in the system.