NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (12-21) vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers (10-22) LHP Wes Benjamin (1-4, 10.80) vs. LHP Rob Zastryzny (0-2, 5.55) Game #34/Road Game #15 • Thursday, May 9, 2019 • Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • 11:05 a.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO 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 Saturday May 11 at Memphis RHP Phillips Valdez (0-3, 3.60) TBD 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Sunday May 12 at Memphis TBD TBD 2:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Monday May 13 at Memphis RHP Seth Maness (1-1, 5.73) TBD 11:05 a.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Today's Game: The Nashville Sounds and Oklahoma City Dodgers play game three of the four-game series today at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Sounds have won the first two games of the series, including a 13-6 win last night. SOUNDS VS. DODGERS Series (W-L-T): 0-6-2 Today, left-hander Wes Benjamin starts for the Sounds against left-hander Rob Zastryzny for the Dodgers. 2019: 2-0 at Nashville: Series Openers: 4-5 All-Time: 155-183 at Okla. City: 2-0 Series Finales: 2-6 Wes Benjamin: 25-year-old Wes Benjamin starts for the Sounds this morning. The left-hander is making his 7th start DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-0 of the season and is 1-4 with a 10.80 ERA while covering 21.2 innings. Benjamin has yielded 35 hits and 13 walks to 5/7 Oklahoma City W, 4-2 go with his 19 strikeouts. He last pitched on May 3 in a start against Memphis and was charged with 9 earned runs in 5/8 Oklahoma City W, 13-6 Day Games: 4-5 1.2 innings. He allowed 9 hits and walked 1 batter in Nashville's 17-2 loss. Benjamin spent the majority of his 2018 Night Games: 8-16 season with Double-A Frisco where he went 5-6 with a 3.62 ERA in 15 starts. The southpaw spent nearly two months 5/9 Oklahoma City vs. RHP: 11-18 on the disabled list from June 7-July 31 with a left elbow strain. Despite missing time, Benjamin led the Frisco staff in 5/10 Oklahoma City vs. LHP: 1-3 wins and ranked among team leaders in strikeouts (3rd), starts (T3rd) and innings (4th). In his minor league career, 6/29 Nashville April: 8-17 Benjamin is 22-22 with a 4.17 ERA while covering 68 games (65 starts). The Rangers drafted the Illinois native in the 6/30 Nashville 5th round of the 2014 MLB Draft out of Kansas University. May: 4-4 7/1 Nashville June: 0-0 7/2 Nashville Rob Zastryzny: 27-year-old Rob Zastryzny starts for Oklahoma City in game three of the series. The left-hander is 7/3 Nashville July: 0-0 0-2 with a 5.55 ERA in 5 starts with the OKC Dodgers in 2019. He has logged 24.1 innings while allowing 30 hits and 7/23 Nashville August: 0-0 8 walks to go with 29 strikeouts. Zastryzny last pitched in a start against New Orleans on May 4. He worked allowed 7/24 Nashville September: 0-0 2 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks in 5.1 innings. The southpaw notched 10 strikeouts but got a no-decision in Oklahoma City's 8-7 win. Prior to signing a minor league free agent contract with the Dodgers in March of 2019, Zastryzny had 7/25 Nashville Monday: 3-2 spent his entire career in the Chicago Cubs organization. He pitched for Chicago and Triple-A Iowa in 2018 and has 8/19 Oklahoma City Tuesday: 2-2 logged big league action in each of the last three seasons. In 18 career Major League games, he's 2-0 with a 4.41 ERA. 8/20 Oklahoma City Wednesday: 1-4 In 128 minor league games, he's 22-24 with a 4.63 ERA. The Cubs drafted him in the 2nd round of the 2013 MLB 8/21 Oklahoma City Thursday: 0-4 Draft out of the University of Missouri. 8/22 Oklahoma City Friday: 3-1 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division standings Saturday: 0-3 in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 29. Sunday: 3-5 vs. Am. Northern: 6-12 RISP-No Problem: During Nashville's current 4-game winning streak, the team is hitting .357 (20-for-56) with TODAY’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Southern: 6-9 runners in scoring position. Prior to the recent hot stretch, the Sounds were hitting just .69 (40-for-236) in the same Sounds Dodgers vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 situation. The 4-game rise has brought Nashville's season total of hitting with runners in scoring position to .205 - still 12-21 Record 10-22 last in the Pacific Coast League. vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 5-14 Home 4-13 7-7 Road 6-9 vs. NL Affiliate: 10-14 Cole-Fired: Outfielder Hunter Cole has got it doing at the plate over his last 4 games and has brought his average up vs. AL Affiliate: 2-7 from .036 to .152. Cole is hitting .400 (6-for-15) with 2 runs, 1 double, 1 triple, 3 RBI and 1 walk during his last four Lead After 6: 10-2 games. W4 Streak L3 Trail After 6: 2-17 4-1 Last 5 2-3 Granite's Monster Game: Outfielder Zack Granite's monster game last night was one of the best in his career. Granite 5-5 Last 10 3-7 Tied After 6: 0-2 scored a career-high 4 runs, coming one shy of matching a single-game franchise record. He also equaled a ca- Lead After 7: 9-1 reer-high with 4 hits, the fourth time in his career with 4 hits and first since July 4, 2016 with Double-A Chattanooga. Trail After 7: 1-20 .238 (15th) Batting Avg. .231 (16th) Tied After 7: 2-0 You Can Start Me Up: Last night's win by Seth Maness was the first for a Nashville starter in the month of May and 36 (13th) HR 28 (15th) Lead After 8: 8-0 the first since Wes Benjamin's win on April 28 in Iowa. Overall in 2019, Nashville starters are 7-18 with a 6.08 ERA - 140 (15th) R 129 (16th) 11th-highest in the Pacific Coast League. Trail After 8: 0-18 20 (9th) SB 18 (T10th) Tied After 8: 1-0 Save It: Kyle Bird's save on Tuesday night was his 1st of the season and 8th for Nashville in 10 opportunities. The 295 (12th) K (Batting) 279 (8th) Scoring First: 7-8 team's 80% save percentage is 2nd-best in the Pacific Coast League. Only the Iowa Cubs (9-for-11, 82%) have a higher 126 (T10th) BB (Batting) 115 (15th) Opp. Scoring First: 5-13 save percentage. 5.65 (10th) ERA 6.16 (13th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 9-10 265 (T12th) K (Pitching) 314 (3rd) Dillard's Strikeout Watch: Tim Dillard added another strikeout last night to bring his season total to 13. He has 347 115 (3rd) BB (Pitching) 137 (10th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 5-21 in his Nashville Sounds career and is 5 shy of tying Jamie Werly's all-time franchise record of 352. Dillard recorded his Scoring 3 or < Runs: 3-11 franchise-leading 40th win of the year in his productive effort (6 IP, 4 H, 0 R) against the Dodgers. 205 (11th) R Allowed 201 (9th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 7-0 37 (T3rd) HR Allowed 43 (T8th) Hit a HR: 9-14 Jett Setting to a Higher Average: Nashville catcher Jett Bandy has 6 hits in his last 7 at-bats. Bandy's average has gone .977 (9th) Fielding Pct. .975 (12th) from .125 to .218 over his last 2 games. Allow a HR 7-15 AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 3-7 Six Straight for Granite and Ibáñez: Zack Granite and Andy Ibáñez carry 6-game hitting streaks into today's game. W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 2-8 Granite is hitting .500 (12-for-24) with 5 runs, 1 double, 3 RBI, 2 walks and 3 stolen bases during his 6-game streak Iowa 22 11 .667 - Outhit Opponent: 10-3 and Ibáñez is hitting .435 (10-for-23) with 6 runs, 4 doubles, 1 home run, 4 RBI and 4 walks during his 6-game streak. Memphis 18 15 .545 4.0 Tie in Hits: 0-1 Omaha 14 19 .424 8.0 Outhit by Opponent: 2-17 Double Digits for Willie: With another base hit last night, Willie Calhoun has hit safely in 11 consecutive games for the Sounds. During the 11-game streak, he's hitting .353 (13-for-38) with 7 runs, 2 doubles, 4 home runs, 10 RBI and Nashville 12 21 .364 10.0 Record 10+ Hits: 7-1 9 walks. It's tied for the 2nd-longest active streak in the Pacific Coast League behind Iowa's Donnie Dewees (13).