NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Iowa Cubs (2-1) at Nashville Sounds (1-2) RHP Colin Rea (0-0, ---) vs. RHP Richelson Peña (0-0, ---) Game #4/Home Game #4 • Sunday, April 7, 2019 • First Tennessee 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 April 8 vs. Iowa RHP Phillips Valdez (0-0, --) TBD 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Tuesday April 9 at Round Rock LHP Taylor Hearn (0-1, 7.20) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Wednesday April 10 at Round Rock RHP Ariel Jurado (1-0, 1.80) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Thursday April 11 at Round Rock LHP Wes Benjamin (0-1, 3.38) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Today’s Game: The Nashville Sounds and Iowa Cubs play game four of a five-game series today at First Tennessee Park. Iowa took control of the five-game set with a 10-4 win last night thanks to a SOUNDS VS. CUBS Series (W-L-T): 0-0-0 seven-run third inning. Today, right-hander Richelson Peña starts for the Sounds against right-hander 2019: 1-2 at Nashville: 1-2 Series Openers: 0-1 Colin Rea for the Cubs. All-Time: 164-141 at Iowa: 0-0 Series Finales: 0-0 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-0 Richelson Peña: 25-year-old Richelson Peña starts for the Sounds this afternoon. The right-hander 4/4 Nashville L, 5-4 Day Games: 0-0 is making his 2019 debut. Peña split the 2018 season between Double-A Frisco and Round Rock. He 4/5 Nashville W, 8-2 Night Games: 1-2 began the season with Frisco and went 4-3 with a 2.43 ERA in 11 starts before being promoted to 4/6 Nashville L, 10-4 vs. RHP: 1-2 Round Rock where he went 4-2 with a 4.65 ERA. Overall in 2018, the Dominican Republic native 4/7 Nashville vs. LHP: 0-0 went 8-5 with a 3.38 ERA in 22 games (18 starts). He was named a Texas League All-Star (midseason) 4/8 Nashville April: 1-2 for his efforts. In his minor league career, Peña is 51-36 with a 3.70 ERA in 150 games (112 starts). He 4/24 Iowa May: 0-0 originally signed with the Texas Rangers as a non-drafted free agent on May 5, 2011. 4/25 Iowa June: 0-0 4/26 Iowa July: 0-0 4/27 Iowa Colin Rea: 28-year-old Colin Rea starts for the Cubs in game three. The right-hander is making his August: 0-0 4/28 Iowa 2019 debut. He spent the 2018 season in the San Diego Padres organization and split his time between September: 0-0 7/19 Nashville Double-A San Antonio and Triple-A El Paso. In 18 games (15 starts), he went 3-5 with a 5.73 ERA. Monday: 0-0 7/20 Nashville Rea covered 75.1 innings and yielded 90 hits and 36 walks to go along with 70 strikeouts. The Iowa Tuesday: 0-0 7/21 Nashville native made his Major League debut with the Padres in 2015 and also pitched in the big leagues in Wednesday: 0-0 8/23 Iowa 2016 with the Padres and Marlins. In his Major League career, Rea is 7-7 with a 4.69 ERA in 26 games Thursday: 0-1 8/24 Iowa Friday: 1-0 (25 starts). He was signed by Chicago to a minor league free agent contract on January 10, 2019. Rea 8/25 Iowa Saturday: 0-1 was originally drafted by the Padres in the 12th round of the 2011 MLB Draft. Sunday: 0-0 vs. Am. Northern: 1-2 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern TODAY’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Southern: 0-0 Division standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 1, Fourth: 1. Sounds Cubs vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 1-2 Record 2-1 vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 Santana's Smooth Start: INF/OF Danny Santana is off to a hot start at the plate with six hits in his 1-2 Home - vs. NL Affiliate: 1-2 first 12 at-bats. After two hits Opening Day, Santana piled up three knocks Friday night and put his - Road 2-1 vs. AL Affiliate: 0-0 hitting streak at three games with a base hit last night. Overall he's 6-for-12 with 3 runs, 1 double, 1 Lead After 6: 1-0 RBI and 2 walks. Santana is tied for third in the Pacific Coast League in hits. L1 Streak W1 Trail After 6: 0-2 1-2 Last 5 2-1 Tied After 6: 0-0 Walks get Flipped: Through the first two games of the season, Nashville pitchers issued only two 1-2 Last 10 2-1 Lead After 7: 1-0 walks which was second-fewest in the league. After issuing nine walks last night, Nashville's 11 walks Trail After 7: 0-2 is now tied for sixth-most in the league. .250 (10th) Batting Avg. .260 (8th) Tied After 7: 0-0 2 (T11th) HR 3 (T8th) Lead After 8: 1-0 Three x Three: The trio of Danny Santana, Eli White and Carlos Tocci have hit safely in all three 16 (7th) R 17 (T4th) Trail After 8: 0-2 games in 2019. Santana is 6-for-12, White is 4-for-10 and Tocci is 4-for-12. 2 (T5th) SB 4 (2nd) Tied After 8: 0-0 19 (3rd) K (Batting) 27 (7th) Scoring First: 1-1 Setting the Pace with Walking: Nashville outfielder Willie Calhoun drew another walk last night, his 18 (1st) BB (Batting) 11 (T7rd) Opp. Scoring First: 0-1 sixth of the season. He leads the PCL in free passes with six in the early going. Calhoun has 168 career 3.67 (6th) ERA 5.54 (13th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 1-2 walks against 242 strikeouts. 28 (10th) K (Pitching) 19 (14th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 0-2 11 (T11th) BB (Pitching) 18 (16th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 0-0 Well Attended: 10,010 fans piled into First Tennessee Park for last night's game. It was the first sellout 17 (T13th) R Allowed 16 (10th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 1-0 of the season and 76th in ballpark history. 3 (T7th) HR Allowed 2 (T3rd) Hit a HR: 1-1 .974 (9th) Fielding Pct. .991 (2nd) Allow a HR 1-2 Triple-A Debuts: Eight Nashville players have made their Triple-A debuts in the first three games of AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 0-0 the season. The list includes Taylor Hearn, Eli White, Jose Trevino, Brett Martin, Miguel Del Pozo, W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 0-0 Ariel Jurado, CD Pelham and Wes Benjamin. Iowa 2 1 .667 - Outhit Opponent: 1-0 Memphis 1 1 .500 0.5 Tie in Hits: 0-0 Tennessee-Texas Two-Step: A new era of baseball began Thursday as the Sounds played first official Iowa 1 1 .500 0.5 Outhit by Opponent: 0-2 game as the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. The two clubs held a joint press conference at First Nashville 1 2 .333 1.0 Record 10+ Hits: 1-0 Tennessee Park on September 20, 2018 to announce the four-year Player Development Contract. Sev- Allow 10+ Hits: 0-1 eral notable former Sounds also played for the Rangers at one point in their career, including Prince Commit an Error: 1-1 Fielder, Nelson Cruz, Yovani Gallardo, Jonathan Lucroy and Jeremy Jeffress. UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 0-1 It's the first Sunday Family Fun Day of the Walk-Off Wins: 0 In the Pipeline: Four current Sounds are listed among MLB Pipeline’s Top 30 Texas Rangers season. The first 1,000 fans receive the Team Walk-Off Losses: 0 prospects. Leading the group at #11 is left-handed pitcher Taylor Hearn. Left-handed reliever CD Photo Giveaway presented by Middle Tennessee Extra-Innings: 0-0 Pelham checks in at #15, infielder Eli White follows at #16 and catcher Jose Trevino is the 25th-ranked Hyundai Dealers. Sounds starter 6+IP: 0-0 prospect in the system. Sounds starter 7+ IP: 0-0 Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 Jason Wood at the Helm: Jason Wood was named the 29th manager in Nashville Sounds franchise THIS DATE IN HISTORY Longest Win Streak: 1 history on January 8, 2019. The California native is managing the Rangers’ Triple-A team for the fifth April 7, 2003 is one of the great days in the history of Longest Losing Streak: 1 consecutive season and has a career managerial mark of 583-538. As part of an 18-year professional the Nashville Sounds. 30-year-old John Wasdin the White Jerseys: 0-1 playing career, Wood played for the Sounds in 2000 and 2001 and is now the second former Sounds first perfect game in team history in a 4-0 win over Gray Jerseys: 0-0 player to return and manage the club (Marty Brown, a player in 1988-89, a manager in 2001-02). the visiting Albuquerque Isotopes at Greer Stadium.