NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (9-21) vs. Memphis Redbirds (17-13) RHP Phillips Valdez (0-3, 4.74) vs. RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon (2-1, 3.57) Game #31/Home Game #19 • Monday, May 6, 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 Tuesday May 7 at Oklahoma City RHP Tim Dillard (0-1, 6.52) RHP Dennis Santana (0-1, 7.04) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Wednesday May 8 at Oklahoma City RHP Seth Maness (0-1, 6.00) RHP Brock Stewart (0-2, 4.05) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Thursday May 9 at Oklahoma City LHP Wes Benjamin (1-4, 10.80) LHP Rob Zastryzny (0-2, 5.55) 11:05 a.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Friday May 10 at Oklahoma City RHP Richelson Peña (1-4, 7.44) RHP Daniel Corcino (2-1, 4.34) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Today's Game: The Nashville Sounds and Memphis Redbirds conclude their four-game series tonight at First SOUNDS VS. REDBIRDS Tennessee Park. The two clubs split yesterday's doubleheader, and Memphis won game one of the series on Series (W-L-T): 0-6-1 Friday night. Tonight, right-hander Phillips Valdez starts for the Sounds against right-hander Daniel Ponce de 2019: 1-2 at Nashville: 1-2 Series Openers: 3-5 Leon for the Redbirds. All-Time: 178-157 at Memphis: Series Finales: 1-6 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 5th 5/3 Nashville L, 17-2 Day Games: 4-5 start of the season and 6th appearance overall. Valdez is 0-3 with a 4.74 ERA in his 5 games (4 starts) and has 5/4 Nashville PPD Night Games: 5-16 covered 19.0 innings. He last pitched on April 30 in a start against Omaha and was saddled with a loss after 5/5 Nashville L, 11-2 vs. RHP: 8-18 he allowed 5 earned runs on 7 hits in 5.2 innings. He walked 3 and struck out 4 in Nashville's 9-4 loss to the 5/5 Nashville W, 7-5 Storm Chasers. Valdez split the 2018 season between Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A Syracuse and went vs. LHP: 1-3 5/6 Nashville 6-7 with a 2.73 ERA in 31 games (19 starts). He signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers on 5/11 Memphis April: 8-17 December 21, 2018. He was originally signed by the Cleveland Indians on May 29, 2009. May: 1-4 5/12 Memphis 5/13 Memphis June: 0-0 Daniel Ponce de Leon: 27-year-old Daniel Ponce de Leon starts for the Redbirds in the series finale tonight. 5/14 Memphis July: 0-0 The right-hander is 2-1 with a 3.57 ERA in 4 starts with Memphis in 2019, and also has 1 start with St. Louis 5/21 Nashville August: 0-0 this year. Ponce de Leon started against Milwaukee on April 23 and allowed 1 run on 2 hits in 5.0 innings. He 5/22 Nashville September: 0-0 walked 3 and struck out 7 in the no-decision. He last pitched on April 30 in a start against the New Orleans Baby Cakes. He was tagged with a loss after he allowed 3 runs on 4 hits in the Redbirds' 3-1 loss. He walked a 5/23 Nashville Monday: 2-2 5/24 Nashville Tuesday: 1-2 pair and struck out 5 among his 105 pitches/63 strikes. Ponce de Leon split his 2018 season between St. Louis and Memphis. He went 9-4 with a 2.24 ERA in 19 games (18 starts) with Memphis and 0-2 with a 2.73 ERA 6/25 Memphis Wednesday: 0-4 in 11 games (4 starts) with St. Louis. The Cardinals drafted him in the 9th round of the 2014 MLB Draft out 6/26 Memphis Thursday: 0-4 of Embry Riddle University. 6/27 Memphis Friday: 3-1 6/28 Memphis Saturday: 0-3 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division Sunday: 3-5 standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 26. vs. Am. Northern: 5-12 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Southern: 4-9 Eight Straight for Willie: With hits in both games of yesterday's doubleheader, Willie Calhoun has hit safely Sounds Redbirds vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 in 8 consecutive games for the Sounds. During the 8-game streak, he's hitting .333 (10-for-30) with 5 runs, 2 9-21 Record 17-13 doubles, 4 home runs, 8 RBI and 5 walks. It's tied for the 4th-longest active streak in the Pacific Coast League vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 4-14 Home 6-5 behind Iowa's Donnie Dewees (11), El Paso's Jose Pirela (10 games) and Fresno's Taylor Gushue (9). vs. NL Affiliate: 7-14 5-7 Road 11-8 vs. AL Affiliate: 2-7 Words of Wisdom: Nashville infielder Patrick Wisdom broke out with his 2nd multi-hit game of the season Lead After 6: 8-2 (and 1st since Opening Day) with a 2-for-4 showing in game two yesterday. Wisdom scored 2 runs and W1 Streak L1 Trail After 6: 1-17 knocked in another in the 7-5 win. Wisdom has played in 10 games for the Sounds in 2019 and has reached 1-4 Last 5 4-1 Tied After 6: 0-2 safely in each of the them. Despite his .176 average, his on-base percentage is .333. Going back to the 2018 4-6 Last 10 6-4 Lead After 7: 6-1 season, Wisdom has reached safely in 17 consecutive Triple-A games. Trail After 7: 1-20 .226 (16th) Batting Avg. .277 (5th) Here is Home: The Sounds are set to play their 19th home game of the season tonight at First Tennessee Park. Tied After 7: 2-0 35 (T12th) HR 35 (T12th) The only team in the league to play more home games to date is the New Orleans Baby Cakes with their 20th 117 (16th) R 178 (5th) Lead After 8: 5-0 on tap tonight. At 4-14, Nashville has the worst home record in the Pacific Coast League. Following tonight's 17 (T10th) SB 22 (5th) Trail After 8: 0-18 game against Memphis, the Sounds hit the road for a 13-game, 14-day road trip to Oklahoma City, Memphis Tied After 8: 1-0 and Round Rock. 265 (10th) K (Batting) 241 (4th) Scoring First: 4-8 110 (13th) BB (Batting) 117 (T7th) Opp. Scoring First: 5-13 'Pen No Problem: Nashville's bullpen has done its part in the month of May, including not allowing any 5.96 (10th) ERA 4.63 (5th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 6-10 earned runs in 8.0 innings yesterday. In 5 games in the current month, the bullpen is 1-0 with a 3.63 ERA 251 (10th) K (Pitching) 239 (15th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 3-21 (22.1 IP/9 ER) and has racked up 28 strikeouts compared to only 1 walk. The starters, however, have posted 110 (5th) BB (Pitching) 122 (10th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 3-11 an 0-4 record with a 13.50 ERA (18.2 IP/28 ER) in May. Starting pitchers have struck out 12, issued 6 walks 192 (12th) R Allowed 140 (4th) and have allowed 5 home runs. Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 6-0 33 (T2nd) HR Allowed 37 (5th) Hit a HR: 8-14 Carpenter Stays Clean: Nashville reliever David Carpenter turned in his 7th-consecutive scoreless outing .980 (4th) Fielding Pct. .981 (3rd) Allow a HR 5-15 since joining the club on April 12 his last time out. The right-hander has tossed 1.0 inning in each of his 7 AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 3-7 appearances and has allowed only 4 hits while collecting 4 strikeouts. Opponents are hitting .182 against him W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 1-8 and he has yet to issue a walk. Carpenter is a perfect 3-for-3 in save opportunities. Iowa 21 10 .677 - Outhit Opponent: 7-3 Memphis 17 13 .567 3.5 Bandy's Big Day: Catcher Jett Bandy produced a big game at the plate in game two of yesterday's double dip. Tie in Hits: 0-1 Omaha 13 18 .419 8.0 Outhit by Opponent: 2-17 Bandy went 3-for-3 including a bases-clearing double in the 4-run third inning. It was the 11th 3-hit game and 10th 3-RBI game by a Nashville hitter in 2019. Nashville 9 21 .300 11.5 Record 10+ Hits: 5-1 Allow 10+ Hits: 1-11 The Dreaded Big Inning: A large part of Nashville's tough start can be attributed to allowing the big inning. Commit an Error: 2-11 Sounds' opponents have manufactured 27 innings of 3 or more runs in the first 30 games of the season. Nash- UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 7-10 ville pitching has allowed 12 3-run innings, 8 4-run innings, 2 5-run innings, 1 6-run inning, 1 7-run inning, Nashville's eight-game homestand concludes Walk-Off Wins: 0 1 8-run inning, 1 9-run inning and the 15-run 1st inning by Iowa on April 28.