NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (38-50) vs. Omaha Storm Chasers (41-48) RHP Esmerling Vásquez (1-1, 3.68) vs. LHP Eric Skoglund (0-1, 6.00) Game #89/Road Game #44 • Sunday, July 7, 2019 • Werner Park • 2:05 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Monday July 8 ALL-STAR BREAK --- --- --- --- Tuesday July 9 ALL-STAR BREAK --- --- --- --- Wednesday July 10 ALL-STAR BREAK --- --- --- --- Thursday July 11 vs. New Orleans TBD TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and Omaha Storm Chasers play game the finale of a final four-game series before the All-Star break today. It's the second series between the two teams. Right-hander Esmerling SOUNDS VS. STORM CHASERS Series (W-L-T): 6-11-3 Vásquez will start for the Sounds while the Storm Chasers will throw left-hander Eric Skoglund, followed 2019: 1-6 at Nashville: 1-3 Series Openers: 8-14 by right-hander Zach Lovvorn. All-Time: 152-158 at Omaha: 0-3 Series Finales: 8-13 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 1-2 Esmerling Vásquez: 35-year-old Esmerling Vásquez starts for the Sounds in today. The right-hander has 4/29 Nashville W, 5-4 Day Games: 7-13 been on the injured list since June 14. Vásquez has made two starts with Nashville this season. His last 4/30 Nashville L, 9-4 Night Games: 31-37 start came on June 13 versus Las Vegas. Vásquez pitched in 5 games (4 starts) with Double-A Frisco before 5/1 Nashville L, 4-2 vs. RHP: 30-37 being called up on June 6. He went 1-2 with the RoughRiders, allowing a 6.11 ERA. Vásquez played in la 5/2 Nashville L, 4-2 vs. LHP: 8-13 Liga Mexicana de Béisbol in 2018 for los Algodoneros de Unión Laguna. He pitched 16 games in relief and 7/4 Omaha L, 1-0 April: 8-18 went 0-1 with a 2.57 ERA (14.0 IP/4 ER). In his major league career, Vásquez is 5-12 with a 4.86 ERA in 7/5 Omaha L, 9-2 May: 14-15 147 games (6 starts) between Arizona and Minnesota. Texas signed him as a minor league free agent on 7/6 Omaha June: 13-14 March 10 2019. Vásquez was originially signed as a nondrafted free agent by Arizona on March 2, 2003. 7/7 Omaha July: 3-3 8/15 Nashville Eric Skoglund: 26-year-old Eric Skoglund will pitch for Omaha in today's series finale. The left-hander is August: 0-0 8/16 Nashville 0-1 with an 6.00 ERA in 3 starts in 2019 with Omaha. Lovvorn has logged 18.0 innings and has allowed 17 8/17 Nashville September: 0-0 hits and 5 walks to go along with 11 strikeouts. He has 2 other starts with Double-A Northwest Arkansas, 8/18 Nashville Monday: 7-4 where he was 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA. The Florida native last pitched on July 2 in a start at Round Rock and Tuesday: 5-7 earned no decision. He tossed 6.0 innings and allowed 3 runs (all earned) on 5 hits and 1 walk to go along 8/26 Omaha Wednesday: 4-7 with 1 strikeout in Omaha’s 8-7 loss in 10 innings. Skoglund had a late start to the 2019 season because 8/27 Omaha Thursday: 2-12 he was suspended 80 games after testing positive two performance-enhancing substances. He pitched 8/28 Omaha Friday: 10-2 in 14 games (13 starts) with Kansas City in 2018, going 1-6 with a 5.14 ERA. Between the AZL Royals, 8/29 Omaha Saturday: 4-8 Northwest Arkansas and Omaha in 2018, Skoglund went 0-1 with a 3.54 ERA. In his Minor League career Sunday: 6-10 he’s 18-23 with a 3.87 ERA in 81 games (80 starts). The Kansas City Royals drafted him in the 3rd round of vs. Am. Northern: 13-20 the 2014 MLB Draft out of the University of Central Florida. TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Southern: 19-22 Sounds Storm Chasers 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division 38-50 Record 40-48 vs. Pac. Northern: 3-4 standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 1, Third: 13, Fourth: 76. vs. Pac. Southern: 3-4 16-29 Home 19-23 22-19 Road 20-25 vs. NL Affiliate: 24-30 Can't Get Out: Outfielder Scott Heineman has now reached base safely in eight straight plate appearances vs. AL Affiliate: 14-20 after going 3-for-3 last night with a two-run homer and a walk. He has now recorded three 3-hit games in Lead After 6: 28-4 his last six games and tied a career-high with 3 walks in one of those games as well. He has extended his L3 Streak W3 Trail After 6: 6-41 on-base streak to 15 games, tied for the 5th-longest among active Pacific Coast League hitters. In the span, 2-3 Last 5 3-2 Tied After 6: 4-5 he is hitting .421 (24-for-57) with 14 runs, 4 doubles, 2 triples, 3 home runs, 10 RBI and 11 walks (.507 5-5 Last 10 4-6 Lead After 7: 29-2 OBP). Trail After 7: 4-42 .254 (15th) Batting Avg. .265 (12th) Tied After 7: 5-6 Out of Left Field: The Sounds have found great production from their players that have played left field 101 (14th) HR 90 (16th) this season. As a team, Nashville left fielders lead the PCL in that position with a .350 average (122-for- Lead After 8: 31-1 430 (16th) R 435 (15th) 350) and are 3rd in OPS (.944). Zack Granite is given the most credit for this stat, hitting .379 (55-for-145). Trail After 8: 3-41 59 (T7th) SB 88 (3rd) On top of that, Carlos Tocci has hit his best playing in the 7-position, hitting .386 (17-for-44) and part of 777 (9th) K (Batting) 660 (1st) Tied After 8: 1-3 Scott Heineman's hot streak has been there too (.424, 14-for-33). Willie Calhoun made 98 at bats from Scoring First: 24-17 earlier in the season and hit .316 (31 hits). 332 (8th) BB (Batting) 295 (15th) Opp. Scoring First: 13-33 5.44 (9th) ERA 4.89 (5th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 30-24 Rubber Bandy: Jett Bandy launched his ninth home run of the season last night. That home run was the 729 (13th) K (Pitching) 682 (16th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 19-44 100th on the season for the Sounds. He has played well in the past month, hitting .274 (17-for-62) with 315 (6th) BB (Pitching) 354 (11th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 8-26 11 runs, 3 doubles, 3 home runs, and 12 RBI in 18 games since June 5. Bandy also remains among league 533 (11th) R Allowed 459 (4th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 18-6 leaders in catching runners stealing, ranking 3rd in the league with 14. 115 (6th) HR Allowed 120 (7th) Hit a HR: 30-29 .978 (9th) Fielding Pct. .978 (8th) Allow a HR 25-37 One at a Time: Besides the monster 12-run inning on July 3 versus Oklahoma City, Scott Heineman's two-run home run last night resulted in the first multi-run inning since July 2. The Sounds started July AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 17-13 with a 3-0 record but have since dropped to 3-3. W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 11-21 Iowa 51 38 .573 - Outhit Opponent: 23-7 Granite Chin: Outfielder Zack Granite had another multi-hit game Wednesday night, hitting 4 singles to Omaha 41 48 .461 10.0 Tie in Hits: 6-3 tie his career-high. He also scored 3 runs, walked twice and stole 2 bases. It was the 6th time in his career Nashville 38 50 .432 12.5 Outhit by Opponent: 9-40 he had 4 hits in one game and the second time in his last 8 games. Granite has played very well during the Memphis 36 53 .404 15.0 Record 10+ Hits: 18-10 series streak. He currently holds a 13-game on-base streak since June 20, posting a .433 average (26-for- Allow 10+ Hits: 11-31 60) with 13 runs, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run, 7 RBI and 5 walks (.478). During the streak, he has 8 Commit an Error: 18-26 multi-hit games and leads the team on the season with 28 multi-hit games. The next closest Sounds on the UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 20-24 multi-hit game list is Andy Ibáñez with 21. Granite's 95 hits in 2019 is good for 6th-most in the PCL. Only The Sounds face Omaha today to finish off the Walk-Off Wins: 0 Granite and San Antonio's Mauricio Dubon (3rd, 102) represent the American Conference side of the PCL series before the All-Star break. Walk-Off Losses: 3 in the Top 10 hits list. Then they'll get three days off for the All-Star Extra-Innings: 1-3 break before returning home on July 11 to host Bird Still Scoreless: With 2.1 shutout innings on Tuesday night, Kyle Bird has extended his scoreless New Orleans.