NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (39-51) vs. New Orleans Baby Cakes (49-42) LHP Wes Benjamin (4-5, 6.84) vs. RHP Hector Noesi (9-4, 3.17) Game #91/Home Game #47 • Friday, July 12, 2019 • First Tennessee Park • 7:05 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Saturday July 13 vs. New Orleans RHP Tim Dillard (5-8, 5.78) RHP Cody Poteet (0-0, 5.73) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Sunday July 14 vs. New Orleans LHP Joe Palumbo (1-0, 3.86) RHP Joe Gunkel (1-1, 3.90) 6:15 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Monday July 15 at San Antonio RHP Seth Maness (5-2, 4.97) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Tuesday July 16 at San Antonio RHP Pedro Payano (2-2, 3.08) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds play game two against the New Orleans Baby Cakes of a four-game homestand at First Tennessee Park. It's the third series between the two teams in 2019. Tonight, left-hander Wes SOUNDS VS. BABY CAKES Series (W-L-T): 6-12-3 Benjamin starts for Nashville against right-hander Héctor Noesí for New Orleans. 2019: 4-5 at Nashville: 2-3 Series Openers: 9-14 All-Time: 181-155 at New Orleans: 2-2 Series Finales: 8-14 Wes Benjamin: 25-year-old Wes Benjamin starts for the Sounds in tonight's game. The left-hander is making DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 1-3 his 18th appearance (17th start) of the season and is 4-5 with a 6.84 ERA while covering 77.2 innings. 5/30 Nashville L, 5-3 Day Games: 7-14 Benjamin has yielded 98 hits and 38 walks to go with his 64 strikeouts. His last outing was on July 3 versus 5/31 Nashville W, 6-5 Night Games: 32-37 Oklahoma City and he earned his 4th win of the year. He allowed 6 runs on 7 hits and 3 walks to go along with 3 strikeouts. The Sounds have won 7 of the last 9 games Benjamin has pitched in, including a current 5-game 6/1 Nashville L, 3-0 vs. RHP: 31-37 winning streak. Benjamin spent the majority of his 2018 season with Double-A Frisco where he went 5-6 with 6/2 Nashville L, 7-4 vs. LHP: 8-14 a 3.62 ERA in 15 starts. The southpaw spent nearly two months on the disabled list from June 7-July 31 with a 6/20 New Orleans L, 6-2 April: 8-18 left elbow strain. Despite missing time, Benjamin led the Frisco staff in wins and ranked among team leaders in 6/21 New Orleans W, 6-5 May: 14-15 strikeouts (3rd), starts (T3rd) and innings (4th). In his minor league career, Benjamin is 25-23 with a 4.34 ERA 6/22 New Orleans W, 10-3 June: 13-14 while covering 79 games (75 starts). The Rangers drafted the Illinois native in the 5th round of the 2014 MLB 6/23 New Orleans L, 8-5 July: 4-4 Draft out of Kansas University. 6/24 New Orleans W, 6-5 August: 0-0 Héctor Noesí: 32-year-old Héctor Noesí starts for the Baby Cakes in the series finale tonight. The right-hander 7/11 Nashville W, 11-7 September: 0-0 is 9-4 with a 3.17 ERA in 17 games (all starts). He has covered 105.0 innings and has allowed 81 hits and 23 7/12 Nashville Monday: 7-4 walks to go along with 106 strikeouts. Noesí last pitched on July 4 in a start versus San Antonio. He allowed 2 7/13 Nashville Tuesday: 5-7 runs on 3 hits and no walks to 8 strikeouts in 7.0 innings. He got a win in the 7-3 victory. Noesí ranks among 7/14 Nashville Wednesday: 4-7 Pacific Coast League pitchers in innings (1st), ERA (2nd), wins (T2nd), strikeouts (106), games started (T2nd), 7/26 New Orleans Thursday: 3-12 batting average against (2nd, .214) and WHIP (2nd, 0.99). It's Noesí's first season playing in the States since 2015 when he split time with the Chicago White Sox and Triple-A Charlotte. From 2016-2018, he played for 7/27 New Orleans Friday: 10-2 the Kia Tigers in the Korean Baseball Organization. In his Major League career, Noesí is 12-31 with a 5.30 ERA 7/28 New Orleans Saturday: 4-8 in 107 games (29 starts) between four different teams from 2011 - 2015. He has racked up 279 strikeouts in Sunday: 6-11 395.1 innings. Noesí was originally signed by the New York Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on December vs. Am. Northern: 13-21 3, 2004. TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Southern: 20-22 Sounds Baby Cakes vs. Pac. Northern: 3-4 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division 39-51 Record 49-42 standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 1, Third: 17, Fourth: 76. vs. Pac. Southern: 3-4 17-29 Home 25-24 22-22 Road 24-18 vs. NL Affiliate: 25-30 Nashville vs. Noesí: The Sounds have faced New Orleans' starter Héctor Noesí twice this season. He is 1-1 vs. AL Affiliate: 14-21 against Nashville with a 3.55 ERA (12.2 IP/5 ER). His last start came on June 24 at First Tennessee Park, where Lead After 6: 29-4 he earned the loss after allowing 5 runs on 8 hits and 3 walks while striking out 4 batters. The Sounds hit 3 W1 Streak L1 Trail After 6: 6-42 home runs off Noesí, tying his season-high. Overall, active Nashville hitters have preformed as such against 1-4 Last 5 2-3 Tied After 6: 4-5 Noesí: Jett Bandy, 1-6, 3 K; Matt Davidson, 4-5, HR, 2 RBI, BB; Zack Granite, 1-6, HR, RBI; Andy Ibáñez, 0-3, 4-6 Last 10 5-5 K; Tyler Pill, 2-6; Carlos Tocci, 0-4, 2 BB; Eli White, 2-6, 3 K; Patrick Wisdom, 2-5, HR, 2 RBI, BB, 2 K. Lead After 7: 30-2 .256 (14th) Batting Avg. .271 (10th) Trail After 7: 4-43 Benjamin Breakdown: In the last nine games for the Sounds that pitcher Wes Benjamin has appeared in, they Tied After 7: 5-6 have won seven games. In that span that started on May 19, he is 3-0 with save and has allowed a 5.60 ERA 103 (14th) HR 133 (T7th) Lead After 8: 32-1 (45.0 IP/28 ER) and a .304 batting average. He has struck out 36 batters to 20 walks in the time frame. In his 446 (16th) R 472 (11th) Trail After 8: 3-42 first eight games of the season, Benjamin was 1-5 with a 8.54 ERA (32.2 IP/31 ER) and allowed a .323 average, 61 (T7th) SB 101 (T1st) Tied After 8: 1-3 striking out 28 batters to 18 walks. The Sounds were 1-7 in his first 8 games. 785 (9th) K (Batting) 770 (5th) 337 (8th) BB (Batting) 274 (16th) Scoring First: 25-18 Steep Lopes: Infielder Christian Lopes contiued where he left off in the first game after the All-Star break,- go Opp. Scoring First: 13-33 ing 1-for-2 with a run, a double, 2 RBI, a walk and a hit-by-pitch. Lopes has hit particularly well with runners 5.52 (10th) ERA 4.36 (3rd) Scoring 4+ Runs: 31-25 in scoring postion, batting .667 (8-for-12) with 2 doubles, 1 home run and 12 RBI. Overall, he is hitting .471 746 (13th) K (Pitching) 828 (3rd) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 20-45 (16-for-34) with 6 doubles, 1 home run, 13 RBI, 6 walks and 3 hit-by-pitches (.587 OBP). Since his arrival in 323 (7th) BB (Pitching) 282 (1st) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 8-26 Nashville on June 25, he ranks 2nd in on-base percentage and 3rd in average (Scott Heineman is first, hitting 550 (11th) R Allowed 418 (3rd) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 18-6 .478). 118 (6th) HR Allowed 124 (T7th) .979 (9th) Fielding Pct. .976 (13th) Hit a HR: 30-30 Run Machines: Both Scott Heineman and Andy Ibáñez recorded three-run efforts in Thursday night's game. Allow a HR 26-38 With Heineman batting 5th and Ibáñez 6th, the two combined to go 5-for-7 with 6 runs, 1 RBI and a walk. AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 17-14 The hitters behind them (Christian Lopes, 7th; Jose Trevino, 8th; Juremi Profar, 9th) took advantage of the two W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 11-22 reaching base, combining for 7 RBI. The three runs tied a season-high for Lopes and set the season-high for Iowa 52 39 .571 - Heineman. Outhit Opponent: 24-8 Omaha 42 49 .462 10.0 Tie in Hits: 6-3 Returning With Style: After not playing with the Sounds since May 18, catcher Jose Trevino went 2-for-3 with Nashville 39 51 .433 12.5 Outhit by Opponent: 9-40 3 RBI and a walk in his first game back in Triple-A.