NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (30-45) vs. New Orleans Baby Cakes (42-34) RHP Phillips Valdez (1-6, 5.88) vs. RHP Héctor Noesí (7-3, 2.87) Game #76/Road Game #36 • Monday, June 24, 2019 • Shrine on Airline • 7:00 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Tuesday June 25 at Memphis LHP Joe Palumbo (0-0, ---) RHP Mike Hauschild 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Wednesday June 26 at Memphis RHP Seth Maness (4-2, 3.72) RHP Harold Arauz 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Thursday June 27 at Memphis LHP Wes Benjamin (2-5, 6.78) RHP Jake Woodford 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Friday June 28 at Memphis RHP Pedro Payano (1-2, 4.19) TBA 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds play their series finale of a five-game series tonight at New Orleans. After tonight, the Sounds travel to Memphis for a four-game series to complete a nine-game road trip. SOUNDS VS. BABY CAKES Series (W-L-T): 3-11-3 Right-hander Phillips Valdez starts for the Sounds against right-hander Robert Dugger for the Baby Cakes. Series Openers: 7-12 2019: 2-5 at Nashville: 1-3 Series Finales: 5-13 All-Time: 179-155 at New Orleans: 1-2 Phillips Valdez: 27-year-old Phillips Valdez starts for the Sounds tonight's game. The right-hander is DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-2 making his 13th start of the season and 16th appearance overall. Valdez is 1-6 with a 5.88 ERA in his Day Games: 7-13 15 games (12 starts) and has covered 59.2 innings. He also made a scoreless two-inning appearance for 5/30 Nashville L, 5-3 Night Games: 23-32 Texas on June 8 in his Major League Debut. Valdez last pitched on June 18 against Salt Lake in a start. 5/31 Nashville W, 6-5 vs. RHP: 23-33 He allowed no runs on 3 hits in 3.1 innings. He struck 3 hitters and walked 5 and got a no-decision in 6/1 Nashville L, 3-0 vs. LHP: 7-12 Nashville's 2-1 loss. Valdez split the 2018 season between Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A Syracuse 6/2 Nashville L, 7-4 April: 8-18 and went 6-7 with a 2.73 ERA in 31 games (19 starts). In his minor league career, Valdez is 38-33 with 6/20 New Orleans L, 6-2 May: 14-15 a 3.81 ERA. He signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers on December 21, 2018. He was 6/21 New Orleans W, 6-5 originally signed by the Cleveland Indians on May 29, 2009. June: 8-12 6/22 New Orleans W, 10-3 July: 0-0 6/23 New Orleans L, 8-5 Héctor Noesí: 32-year-old Héctor Noesí starts for the Baby Cakes in the series finale tonight. The right- 6/24 New Orleans August: 0-0 hander is 7-3 with a 2.87 ERA in 14 games (all starts). He has covered 84.2 innings and has allowed 63 7/11 Nashville September: 0-0 hits and 19 walks to go along with 88 strikeouts. Noesí last pitched on June 18 in a start at Albuquerque. Monday: 5-4 He allowed 2 runs on 3 hits and no walks to 9 strikeouts in 6.0 innings. He got a win in the 10-6 victory. 7/12 Nashville Tuesday: 3-7 It's Noesí's first season playing in the States since 2015 when he split time with the Chicago White Sox 7/13 Nashville Wednesday: 2-7 and Triple-A Charlotte. From 2016-2018, he played for the Kia Tigers in the Korean Baseball Organiza- 7/14 Nashville Thursday: 1-11 tion. In his Major League career, Noesí is 12-31 with a 5.30 ERA in 107 games (29 starts) between four 7/26 New Orleans Friday: 9-1 different teams from 2011 - 2015. He has racked up 279 strikeouts in 395.1 innings. Noesí was originally 7/27 New Orleans Saturday: 4-6 signed by the New York Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on December 3, 2004. 7/28 New Orleans Sunday: 6-9 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Divi- TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Northern: 9-17 sion standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 74. vs. Am. Southern: 15-20 Sounds Baby Cakes vs. Pac. Northern: 3-4 Nashville vs. Noesí: New Orleans starter Héctor Noesí pitched well against the Sounds when he pitched 30-45 Record 42-34 vs. Pac. Southern: 3-4 against them on June 1. He earned the win in his start, throwing 7.0 shutout innings and allowed just 4 13-27 Home 22-21 vs. NL Affiliate: 16-28 hits and 2 walks while striking out 9 batters. He faced the following active Sounds' hitters: Jett Bandy, 0-3, 17-17 Road 19-13 vs. AL Affiliate: 14-17 3 K; Matt Davidson, 2-2, BB; Zack Granite, 0-3; Tyler Pill, 1-3; Carlos Tocci, 0-2, BB; Eli White, 0-3, 2 K; Lead After 6: 21-4 Patrick Wisdom, 1-3, 2 K. L1 Streak W1 Trail After 6: 5-37 2-3 Last 5 3-2 Fantastic Fontana: Nolan Fontana has back-to-back games with home run for Nashville. That gives him Tied After 6: 4-4 4-6 Last 10 7-3 three total on the year and each of them have been go-ahead solo home runs. His last home run with the Lead After 7: 22-2 Sounds was on April 29 versus Omaha. The last time he hit a home run in consecutive games was back in .249 (15th) Batting Avg. .272 (9th) Trail After 7: 3-38 2013 when he hit one on August 13 and 14 with Lanvaster verus Inland Empire. Tied After 7: 5-5 85 (13th) HR 108 (T8th) Lead After 8: 23-1 High Quality: Tim Dillard's quality start yesterday was Nashville's 12th quality start of the year, where 349 (16th) R 398 (11th) Trail After 8: 3-36 there have been 4 in each month. Dillard is now tied for the team lead in quality starts with Seth Maness 50 (T9th) SB 79 (2nd) Tied After 8: 1-3 at 3. 679 (13th) K (Batting) 649 (8th) Scoring First: 17-17 280 (9th) BB (Batting) 221 (16th) Opp. Scoring First: 12-28 Keeping it Close: In the 20 games played in June, 15 of those games had a pitcher record a save from 5.33 (9th) ERA 4.20 (2nd) Scoring 4+ Runs: 24-22 either the Sounds or their opponent. Thursday night's game broke a streak in which five-straight games 616 (14th) K (Pitching) 709 (3rd) had a save recorded, second to the season-long six-straight from May 28 to June 2. In the 23 games since 259 (5th) BB (Pitching) 241 (2nd) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 14-40 May 28, 20 were decided by 3 runs or less. Overall, the Sounds are 21-24 in games decided by 3 runs or Scoring 3 or < Runs: 6-23 less. 448 (10th) R Allowed 340 (2nd) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 15-5 97 (4th) HR Allowed 103 (8th) Hit a HR: 23-27 We Goin' Back-to-Back-to-Back: Tyler Pill, Patrick Wisdom and Matt Davidson hit back-to-back-to- .977 (8th) Fielding Pct. .975 (14th) Allow a HR 19-34 back home runs to overcome a 2-run deficit and defeat New Orleans 6-5 Friday Night. The last time the AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 13-12 Sounds hit back-to-back-to-back home runs was on July 4, 2015 when Jason Pridie, Dayan Viciedo and W L PCT GB Max Muncy did it at Round Rock. Allow 2+ HR: 8-19 Iowa 42 34 .553 - Outhit Opponent: 20-7 Omaha 36 39 .480 5.5 Tie in Hits: 3-3 Ended Streak for Tocci: Outfielder Carlos Tocci had his 20-game on-base streak end on Sunday. During the streak that started on May 28, Tocci hit .416 (32-for-77) with 18 runs scored, 6 doubles, 2 home run, Memphis 32 44 .421 10.0 Outhit by Opponent: 7-35 12 RBI and 6 walks. He had an on-base percentage of .459. He also set his season-high hitting steak of Nashville 30 45 .400 11.5 Record 10+ Hits: 14-8 nine games in that span. In his last 21 games, Tocci hit safely in 18 of them. That includes 10 multi-hit Allow 10+ Hits: 6-28 games. Commit an Error: 15-22 UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 15-23 On the Road Again: Just past the halfway point in 2019, the Sounds are tied for the second-fewest road The Sounds play their final game today in New Walk-Off Wins: 0 games in the Pacific Coast League with 35 (New Orleans has 32). Nashville is 17-18 away from First Orleans to complete the series. Following the Walk-Off Losses: 3 Tennessee Park and carry a .265 (325-for-1,225) road batting average.