NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (16-26) vs. Round Rock Express (25-17) RHP Ronald Herrera (0-3, 15.26) vs. RHP Rogelio Armenteros (1-3, 5.55) Game #43/Road Game #24 • Monday, May 20, 2019 • Dell Diamond • 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 Tuesday May 21 vs. Memphis RHP Phillips Valdez (0-5, 5.23) LHP Genesis Cabrera (1-3, 6.95) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Wedesday May 22 vs. Memphis RHP Tim Dillard (2-2, 5.60) RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon (3-2, 3.96) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Thursday May 23 vs, Memphis RHP Seth Maness (2-1, 4.09) LHP Evan Kruczynski (0-0, 6.23) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Friday May 24 vs. Memphis LHP Wes Benjamin (1-5, 7.88) RHP Jake Woodford (3-1, 2.44) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds play the final game of the three-city, 12-game road trip tonight in Round Rock. Nashville has clinched a series win by taking three of the first four games of the five- SOUNDS VS. EXPRESS Series (W-L-T): 1-7-2 game series against the Express. Tonight, right-hander Ronald Herrera starts for the Sounds against 2019: 4-5 at Nashville: 0-2 Series Openers: 4-7 right-hander Rogelio Armenteros for the Express. All-Time: 115-119 at Round Rock: 4-3 Series Finales: 2-7 Series Sweeps: 0-0 DATE SITE RESULT Ronald Herrera: 24-year-old Ronald Herrera starts for the Sounds tonight. The right-hander is mak- 4/9 Round Rock W, 3-1 Day Games: 6-8 ing his 4th start and 6th appearance overall. In 5 games (3 starts), Herrera is 0-3 with a 15.26 ERA. He Night Games: 10-18 4/10 Round Rock L, 9-5 (10) has logged 7.2 innings and has allowed 13 hits and 4 walks to go along with 9 strikeouts. Herrera was 4/11 Round Rock L, 8-6 vs. RHP: 12-22 reinstated from the 7-day injured list today. Herrera missed the entired 2018 season after he had sur- 4/16 Nashville L, 11-2 vs. LHP: 4-4 gery to repair a torn flexor tendon on June 11. Herrera spent most of 2017 in the minor leagues, where 4/17 Nashville L, 8-2 April: 8-17 he combined for an 8-1 record with a 1.91 ERA between the GCL Yankees East, Double-A Trenton 4/18 Nashville Susp. (B2) May: 8-9 and Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre. He served two stints with the New York Yankees and made two 5/16 Round Rock L, 10-4 June: 0-0 appearances. Herrera was traded to Texas from New York-AL in exchange for Reiver Sanmartin on 5/17 Round Rock W, 9-3 July: 0-0 November 20, 2017. He was originally signed by the Oakland Athletics on May 31, 2012. 5/18 Round Rock W, 6-3 August: 0-0 5/19 Round Rock W, 9-7 September: 0-0 Rogelio Armenteros: 24-year-old Rogelio Armenteros starts for the Express in the series finale. The 5/20 Round Rock Monday: 4-2 right-hander is 1-3 with a 5.55 ERA in 7 games (6 starts) for Round Rock in 2019. In 24.1 innings, Ar- 5/25 Nashville Tuesday: 2-3 menteros has yielded 29 hits and 9 walks to go along with 27 strikeouts. He last pitched on May 14 in 5/26 Nashville Wednesday: 1-4 a relief role against Oklahoma City and allowed 5 runs (4 earned) on 5 hits and 1 walk in 2.0 innings. 5/27 Nashville Thursday: 0-6 He was tagged with the loss in Round Rock's 15-6 setback. He spent all of 2018 with Triple-A Fresno 5/28 Nashville Friday: 4-1 and posted an 8-1 record with a 3.74 ERA in 22 games (21 starts). Armenteros is 30-16 with a 3.31 5/29 Nashville Saturday: 1-4 ERA in 94 games over the course of his career. The Houston Astros signed the Cuba native to a minor league contract on September 15, 2014. Sunday: 4-6 vs. Am. Northern: 7-15 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Sounds Express vs. Am. Southern: 9-11 Division standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 39. vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 16-26 Record 25-17 vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 5-14 Home 10-10 Wood Coming Up on Win #600: Sounds Manager Jason Wood has 598 wins in his managerial career 11-12 Road 15-7 vs. NL Affiliate: 11-18 going into tonight's game. His season-high for wins is 80 with Double-A Frisco in the 2014 season. vs. AL Affiliate: 5-8 Lead After 6: 12-3 Series-ly Speaking: Yesterday's win in Round Rock signaled the first true series win of the year for the W3 Streak L3 Trail After 6: 2-21 Sounds. The club is now 1-7-2 in the 10 series they have played. A win tonight would give Nashville 4 3-2 Last 5 1-4 Tied After 6: 2-2 wins in the 5-game set. 5-5 Last 10 6-4 Lead After 7: 11-1 Trail After 7: 1-24 Eight for May: Through 17 games in the month of May, the Sounds are just under .500 at 8-9. Nash- .242 (15th) Batting Avg. .275 (7th) Tied After 7: 4-1 ville totaled 8 wins in the entire month of April. The team has 12 games left in the month. Through the 50 (T12th) HR 74 (4th) Lead After 8: 11-0 first 17 games of May, the Sounds are hitting .258, compared to .230 in April. 186 (15th) R 250 (7th) Trail After 8: 1-23 27 (T8th) SB 40 (4th) Tied After 8: 1-0 We're Going Streaking: Nashville is looking to match its longest winning streak of the season at 4 377 (10th) K (Batting) 359 (8th) Scoring First: 8-9 games. The team won 4 straight from May 5-8 when they close a 4-game set against Memphis with 2 162 (T9th) BB (Batting) 172 (T6th) Opp. Scoring First: 7-17 wins and opened the current road trip with 2 wins in Oklahoma City. 5.81 (11th) ERA 5.13 (7th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 12-12 328 (16th) K (Pitching) 346 (13th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 6-26 Comeback Kids: Yesterday's come-from-behind win was the first of the year for the Sounds when 140 (3rd) BB (Pitching) 165 (8th) trailing after eight innings. The team is now 1-23 when trailing after eight. Scoring 3 or < Runs: 3-14 261 (T11th) R Allowed 222 (5th) 53 (5th) HR Allowed 57 (T7th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 9-0 Cole World: Hunter Cole followed a three-hit night on Saturday with two more hits yesterday, in- .979 (7th) Fielding Pct. .983 (2nd) Hit a HR: 12-18 cluding the go-ahead two-run homer in the 9th inning. He has now hit safely in 7 of his last 8 games, Allow a HR 9-21 hitting .455 (15-33) with 6 runs, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 10 RBI and 3 walks. He has raised AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 6-8 his batting average from .032 to .262 in that span. Cole is the only hitter that has at least a .500 record W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 3-12 when in the starting lineup as the Sounds are 10-8 in those games. Iowa 26 18 .591 - Outhit Opponent: 12-3 Memphis 21 22 .488 4.5 Tie in Hits: 1-2 Dilly Dilly: With Tim Dillard's win Friday night, he has now totaled 41 in his career with the Sounds. Omaha 20 23 .465 5.5 Outhit by Opponent: 3-21 His three strikeouts bring him one shy from tying Jamie Werly's franchise record of 354. His one walk Nashville 16 26 .381 9.0 Record 10+ Hits: 9-2 also has him three shy of tying Hugh Kemp's franchise record of 207. Allow 10+ Hits: 3-14 Commit an Error: 7-12 That's a Trip: Going into tonight's road trip finale against Round Rock, the Sounds are currently 6-5 UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 9-14 on the now 12-game trip. Not including the May 10 suspended game in Oklahoma City, Nashville The Sounds finish the three-city, 12-game Walk-Off Wins: 0 batters are hitting .281 (108-for-385) with 66 runs scored, 11 doubles, 1 triple, 14 home runs, 47 walks, homestand tonight in Round Rock. The team Walk-Off Losses: 1 102 strikeouts and 9 stolen bases during the trip. Nashville pitching has a 5.74 ERA (94.0 IP/60 ER) returns to First Tennessee Park tomorrow for Extra-Innings: 0-1 with 109 hits allowed, 19 home runs allowed, and 28 walks issued to go with 74 strikeouts. another Tito's Tail Waggin' Tuesday.