NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (43-61) vs. New Orleans Baby Cakes (55-49) RHP Tim Dillard (6-8, 5.28) vs. LHP Mike Kickham (3-4, 4.37) Game #105/Road Game #48 • Saturday, July 27, 2019 • Shrine on Airline • 6:00 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Sunday July 28 at New Orleans RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx (0-3, 7.23) RHP Robert Dugger (2-2, 8.63) 1:00 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Monday July 29 OFF DAY Tuesday July 30 vs. El Paso TBD TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Wednesday July 31 vs. El Paso TBD TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and New Orleans Baby Cakes play game two tonight of a quick three-game road trip. This is the final series against New Orleans this season, where the Sounds are trail- SOUNDS VS. BABY CAKES Series (W-L-T): 7-16-4 ing the season series 6-8. Tonight, right-hander Tim Dillard starts for the Sounds against left-hander 2019: 6-7 at Nashville: 3-5 Series Openers: 10-17 Mike Kickham for the Baby Cakes. Series Finales: 9-17 All-Time: 183-158 at New Orleans: 3-2 Series Sweeps: 1-4 DATE SITE RESULT Tim Dillard: 36-year-old Tim Dillard starts for the Sounds tonight. The right-hander is 6-8 with a 5.28 5/30 Nashville L, 5-3 Day Games: 7-14 ERA in 26 games (14 starts) in 2019. He last pitched on July 19 in a start versus Iowa and earned his 5/31 Nashville W, 6-5 Night Games: 35-48 6th win of the season. He tied a season-long 7.0 innings (season-long as a starter) and allowed 2 earned vs. RHP: 35-44 runs on 5 hits and 1 walk while striking out 4 batters. The Sounds won 6-5. As a reliever, Dillard is 6/1 Nashville L, 3-0 vs. LHP: 8-16 2-1 with a 4.71 ERA (28.2 IP/15 ER) versus his 4-7 record and 5.49 ERA (77.0 IP/47 ER) as a starter. 6/2 Nashville L, 7-4 April: 8-18 Dillard is the Nashville Sounds all-time leader in innings pitched (662.1), wins (45), strikeouts (398), 6/20 New Orleans L, 6-2 May: 14-15 runs allowed (377), home runs allowed (57) and walks (224) and is currently second all-time in games 6/21 New Orleans W, 6-5 June: 13-14 (235). In his career, Dillard has pitched in 73 big league games and 502 minor league games. He signed 6/22 New Orleans W, 10-3 a minor-league free agent contract with the Texas Rangers on December 21, 2018. July: 8-14 6/23 New Orleans L, 8-5 August: 0-0 6/24 New Orleans W, 6-5 Mike Kickham: 30-year-old Mike Kickham starts for the Baby Cakes in tonight's game. The left- 7/11 Nashville W, 11-7 September: 0-0 hander is 3-4 with a 4.37 ERA in 25 games (8 starts) for New Orleans in 2019. He last pitched on July Monday: 7-5 7/12 Nashville L, 7-4 20 in a start versus Round Rock. He earned the loss after going 5.0 innings and allowed 4 runs on 5 7/13 Nashville W, 3-2 Tuesday: 5-9 hits and 2 walks. He struck out 6 batters in the 13-0 loss. As a starter, Kickham is 0-3 with a 4.70 ERA 7/14 Nashville L, 9-3 Wednesday: 4-9 (30.2 IP/16 ER) and is 3-1 with a 4.03 ERA (29.0 IP/13 ER) as a reliever. Kickham spent the 2018 season Thursday: 4-13 between the GCL Marlins, Double-A Jacksonville and Triple-A New Orleans, where he combined for a 7/26 New Orleans L, 6-1 Friday: 11-3 1-1 record and allowed a 3.64 ERA in 20 games (3 starts). Kickham has 14 games (3 starts) in the Major 7/27 New Orleans Saturday: 6-9 Leagues when he pitched for San Francisco in 2013 and 2014. He went 0-3 with a 10.98 ERA with the 7/28 New Orleans Sunday: 6-13 Giants. In his minor league career, Kickham is 44-53 with a 4.06 ERA in 189 games (136 starts). He was vs. Am. Northern: 15-22 acquired by Miami on March 19, 2017 after signing a minor league deal. He was originally drafted by San Francisco in the 6th round in the 2010 MLB Draft out of Missouri State. vs. Am. Southern: 22-31 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Pac. Northern: 3-4 Sounds Baby Cakes 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Divi- 43-61 Record 55-49 vs. Pac. Southern: 3-4 sion standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 1, Third: 30, Fourth: 77. vs. NL Affiliate: 29-40 21-34 Home 27-25 vs. AL Affiliate: 14-21 Kickham vs. Nashville: Mike Kickham has pitched twice this season against Nashville in relief. He's 22-27 Road 28-24 Lead After 6: 32-4 1-0 with a 13.50 ERA. He's combined for 2.2 innings and has allowed 4 earned runs on 6 hits and 2 Trail After 6: 6-49 walks while striking out 2 batters. His last appearance against them was on June 22 in New Orleans, L1 Streak W1 Tied After 6: 5-8 where he earned no decision. He went 1.2 innings and allowed 1 earned run on 2 hits and 1 walk with 2 1-4 Last 5 2-3 Lead After 7: 33-4 strikeouts. Active Sounds players performed as such against him: Jett Bandy, 1-1; Matt Davidson, 0-2; 3-7 Last 10 4-6 Trail After 7: 4-51 Zack Granite, 1-2. RBI; Adam Moore, 0-0, BB; Eli White, 0-1, K; Patrick Wisdom, 0-2, K. Tied After 7: 6-6 .254 (16th) Batting Avg. .270 (10th) Heineman Stays Hot: Outfielder/first baseman Scott Heineman has been on fire for Nashville. With Lead After 8: 35-1 124 (14th) HR 157 (T7th) 2 hits last night, he has recorded a multi-hit game in four consecutive games and in five of his last six 502 (16th) R 545(13th) Trail After 8: 3-52 games. Overall, Heineman has 16 multi-hit games in 30 games with the Sounds. In 24 games since 72 (6th) SB 113 (1st) Tied After 8: 2-3 being assigned to Nashville on June 25, he is hitting .433 (39-for-90) with 23 runs, with 3 doubles, 2 tri- Scoring First: 26-20 ples, 5 home runs, 14 RBI, 14 walks and 3 stolen bases. He is slashing .509/.678/1.187. He ranks second 920 (11th) K (Batting) 909 (9th) Opp. Scoring First: 16-41 in the Pacific Coast League in batting average and on base percentage, trailing Oklahoma City's Gavin 377 (11th) BB (Batting) 311 (16th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 34-30 Lux in both (.479 avg., .550 OBP). 5.77 (11th) ERA 4.45 (2nd) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 23-55 864 (13th) K (Pitching) 953 (3rd) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 9-31 Dillard's Milestones: Today's starting pitcher Tim Dillard is closing in on his 400th strikeout with 378 (6th) BB (Pitching) 326 (1st) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 19-6 Nashville, just 2 shy of the milestone. He would be the first pitcher in franchise history to do so. It will 651 (11th) R Allowed 491 (2nd) Hit a HR: 34-38 also be Dillard's 62nd career start with the Sounds, closing in on Chase Wright's (2009-11) mark of 137 (4th) HR Allowed 149 (7th) Allow a HR 28-46 64 starts (ranked 4th in franchise history). It was also be his 236th game overall, two shy of franchise .978 (9th) Fielding Pct. .975 (14th) career leader Joey Vierra (238). Hit 2+ HR: 20-16 AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Allow 2+ HR: 11-28 Ronald Guzmán's Debut: Infielder Ronald Guzmán made his Nashville debut against New Orleans W L PCT GB Outhit Opponent: 27-9 on Friday night. He played well, going 1-for-3 with a run and 2 walks. The two walks matched his Iowa 57 48 .543 - Tie in Hits: 6-3 season-high. He scored the only run of the night and was one-of-six hits for the Sounds. Omaha 48 57 .457 9.0 Outhit by Opponent: 10-49 Memphis 44 61 .419 13.0 Record 10+ Hits: 22-12 Speed Kills: New Orleans stole 6 bases against Nashville last night, recording a Sounds' opponent team Nashville 43 61 .413 13.5 Allow 10+ Hits: 13-39 season-high. The previous season-high was 5 stolen bases, which was also set by the Baby Cakes on Commit an Error: 20-32 May 2. New Orleans was able to take the team stolen base lead in the Pacific Coast League with the 6 Commit No Errors: 23-29 stolen bases, surpassing Tacoma (110). Nashville has struggled throwing out base stealers this season, UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS allowing the most stolen bases in the league with 103.