NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (3-7) at San Antonio Missions (6-4) LHP Taylor Hearn (1-1, 4.50) vs. RHP Adrian Houser (0-0, 0.00) Game #11/Away Game #6 • Sunday, April 14, 2019 • Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium • 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 April 15 at San Antonio RHP Ariel Jurado (1-0, 2.45) RHP Bubba Derby (0-0, 2.70) 11:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Tuesday April 16 vs. Round Rock LHP Wes Benjamin (0-1, 5.87) RHP Brady Rodgers (0-0, 0.82) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Wednesday April 17 vs. Round Rock RHP Richelson Peña (1-1, 2.25) RHP Akeem Bostick (1-0, 3.86) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Thursday April 18 vs. Round Rock RHP Phillips Valdez (0-1, 2.35) RHP Corbin Martin (0-1, 2.70) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Today’s Game: The Nashville Sounds and San Antonio Missions play game three of a four-game series this afternoon at Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium. The two teams have split the first two games of SOUNDS VS. MISSIONS Series (W-L-T): 0-2-0 the series with Nashville winning game one and San Antonio taking game two last night. Today, left- 2019: 1-1 at Nashville: 0-0 Series Openers: 2-1 hander Taylor Hearn starts for the Sounds against right-hander Adrian Houser for the Missions. All-Time: 1-1 at San Antonio: 1-1 Series Finales: 0-2 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-0 Taylor Hearn: 24-year-old Taylor Hearn starts for the Sounds this afternoon. He is currently ranked by MLB Pipeline as the #11 prospect in the Texas organization. The left-hander is making his third 4/12 San Antonio W, 7-3 Day Games: 0-1 4/13 San Antonio L, 5-3 Night Games: 3-6 start of the season after getting the ball for the Sounds on Opening Day and again on April 9. In his two starts, Hearn is 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA. He has covered 10.0 innings and has allowed 10 hits and 4 4/14 San Antonio vs. RHP: 3-6 walks to go along with 13 strikeouts. Hearn is in his fifth professional season and has a career mark of 4/15 San Antonio vs. LHP: 0-1 12-21 with a 3.51 ERA in 75 games (62 starts). He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 5th 4/19 Nashville April: 3-7 round of the 2015 MLB Draft out of Oklahoma Baptist University. 4/20 Nashville May: 0-0 4/21 Nashville June: 0-0 Adrian Houser: 26-year-old Adrian Houser starts for the Missions today. The right-hander is making 4/22 Nashville July: 0-0 his third start of the season for San Antonio. Houser hasn't recorded a win or loss, and has an ERA of 0.00. In 11.0 innings, Houser has yielded only 5 hits and 1 walk to go along with 12 strikeouts. 7/15 San Antonio August: 0-0 7/16 San Antonio September: 0-0 Opponents are hitting just .135 against him. Houser split his 2018 season between Milwaukee and Triple-A Colorado Springs. In 7 games with the Brewers, the Oklahoman went 0-0 with a 3.29 ERA in 7/17 San Antonio Monday: 0-1 13.2 innings. In his minor league career, Houser is 23-35 with a 4.24 ERA in 133 games (112 starts). 7/18 San Antonio Tuesday: 1-0 Milwaukee acquired Houser in a trade with Josh Hader, Brett Phillips and Domingo Santana for Car- 8/30 Nashville Wednesday: 0-1 los Gomez and Mike Fiers on July 30, 2015. Houston drafted him in the 2nd round of the 2011 MLB 8/31 Nashville Thursday: 0-2 Draft out of Locust Grove (Okla.) High School. 9/1 Nashville Friday: 2-0 9/2 Nashville Saturday: 0-2 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Sunday: 0-1 Division standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 5. vs. Am. Northern: 1-4 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP Strikeouts on Deck: Today's starter Taylor Hearn has 13 strikeouts in his first two starts of 2019. He vs. Am. Southern: 2-3 Sounds Missionss punched out nine on Opening Day and followed with 4 in his last start on April 9. The southpaw is 3-7 Record 6-4 vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 tied for fifth in the Pacific Coast League. vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 1-4 Home 3-2 vs. NL Affiliate: 2-5 Run, Zack, Run: Zack Granite collected his second triple of the season last night to become the fourth 2-3 Road 3-2 vs. AL Affiliate: 1-2 player in the Pacific Coast League with at least two triples. Johnny Field of Iowa leads the league with Lead After 6: 2-1 three. L1 Streak W1 Trail After 6: 1-5 2-3 Last 5 3-2 Tied After 6: 0-1 First Isn't Always the Best: In Nashville's first 10 games in 2019, they have scored first in six of them. 3-7 Last 10 6-4 Lead After 7: 2-1 Despite getting on the board first, they are 2-4 in those six contests. Trail After 7: 1-6 .245 (10th) Batting Avg. .222 (16th) Opener Success: The Sounsds continued an odd trend with last night's loss, dropping to just 1-6 in 9 (T8th) HR 12 (T5th) Tied After 7: 0-0 games outside of series openers. Nashville has won two of three series openers. Lead After 8: 3-0 48 (T7th) R 45 (T10th) Trail After 8: 0-7 If One Walks, We All Walk: The Sounds have two of the top six players in walks drawn among Pacific 6 (T9th) SB 9 (T2nd) Tied After 8: 0-0 Coast League players. Wille Calhoun and Eli White are tied for fourth with eight walks. Estaban 80 (7th) K (Batting) 116 (16th) Scoring First: 2-4 Quiroz of El Paso leads the league with 10 free passes. 42 (5th) BB (Batting) 34 (T9th) Opp. Scoring First: 1-3 4.19 (8th) ERA 3.58 (1st) Scoring 4+ Runs: 2-5 That's Rich: Friday night's starter Richelson Peña turned in the best performance by a Sounds starter 92 (T4th) K (Pitching) 92 (T4th) in 2019. The right-hander was the first Nashville hurler this year to turn in a performance past six 33 (T4th) BB (Pitching) 28 (2nd) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 0-7 innings. Peña and Ariel Jurado have the lone quality starts for Nashville. Scoring 3 or < Runs: 1-2 54 (12th) R Allowed 43 (6th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 3-0 Starting Hot: Andy Ibáñez has hit safely in each of his first seven games this season. After beginning 11 (T11th) HR Allowed 11 (T11th) Hit a HR: 3-4 the campaign back in Arizona due to an oblique injury, Ibáñez ranks among Pacific Coast League .978 (4th) Fielding Pct. .973 (12th) Allow a HR 3-4 leaders in batting average (6th, .429) and on-base percentage (10th, .467). Three of his games are AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 1-1 multi-hit affairs, including back-to-back three-hit performances to start the season. W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 1-2 Iowa 6 3 .667 - Outhit Opponent: 3-1 RISP Struggles: Nashville's struggles with runners in scoring position continued again last night with an 0-for-4 performance. The Sounds are currently 14th in the league with a .196 (20-for-102) batting Omaha 5 4 .556 1.0 Tie in Hits: 0-1 average with RISP. Memphis 4 6 .400 2.5 Outhit by Opponent: 0-5 Nashville 3 7 .300 3.5 Record 10+ Hits: 1-1 Tennessee-Texas Two-Step: A new era of baseball began Thursday as the Sounds played their first Allow 10+ Hits: 0-3 official game as the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. The two clubs held a joint press conference Commit an Error: 1-4 at First Tennessee Park on September 20, 2018 to announce the four-year Player Development Con- UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 2-3 tract. Several notable former Sounds also played for the Rangers at one point in their career, including The Sounds continue a seven-game road trip Walk-Off Wins: 0 Prince Fielder, Nelson Cruz, Yovani Gallardo, Jonathan Lucroy and Jeremy Jeffress. this afternoon in San Antonio. The two teams Walk-Off Losses: 1 play a four-game series before the Sounds Extra-Innings: 0-1 In the Pipeline: Four current Sounds are listed among MLB Pipeline’s Top 30 Texas Rangers return to Nashville to begin a seven-game prospects. Leading the group at #11 is left-handed pitcher Taylor Hearn. Left-handed reliever CD homestand on Tuesday, April 16. Sounds starter 6+IP: 1-1 Pelham checks in at #15, infielder Eli White follows at #16 and catcher Jose Trevino is the 25th-ranked Sounds starter 7+ IP: 1-0 prospect in the system. Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 THIS DATE IN HISTORY Longest Win Streak: 1 Jason Wood at the Helm: Jason Wood was named the 29th manager in Nashville Sounds franchise On April 14, 2007, Sounds outfielder Ryan Longest Losing Streak: 3 history on January 8, 2019.