NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (4-11) vs. San Antonio Missions (8-7) Game 1: RHP Ariel Jurado (2-0, 4.50) vs. RHP Zack Brown (0-1, 4.08) Game 2: LHP Wes Benjamin (0-2, 7.11) vs. RHP Thomas Jankins (0-0, ---) Games #16 & 17/Home Games #9 & 10 • Sunday, April 21, 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 22 vs. San Antonio RHP Richelson Peña (1-2, 4.82) RHP Corbin Burnes (0-0, ---) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Tuesday April 23 OFF DAY - - - - Wednesday April 24 at Iowa RHP Phillips Valdez (0-1, 2.35) TBD 6:38 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Thursday April 25 at Iowa LHP Taylor Hearn (1-3, 4.05) TBD 6:38 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Today’s Games: The Nashville Sounds and San Antonio Missions play a doubleheader today to make up for Friday SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS night's postponed game. San Antonio won the series opener last night by a score of 5-2. Right-hander Ariel Jurado starts SOUNDS VS. MISSIONS Series (W-L-T): 0-3-1 game one for Nashville against right-hander Zack Brown for San Antonio. The game two starters are left-hander Wes 2019: 2-3 at Nashville: 0-1 Benjamin for Nashville and right-hander Thomas Jankins for San Antonio. Series Openers: 2-3 All-Time: 2-3 at San Antonio: 2-2 Series Finales: 1-2 Ariel Jurado: 23-year-old Ariel Jurado starts for the Sounds this afternoon. The right-hander is making his fourth DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-0 start of the season and is 2-0 with a 4.50 ERA. Jurado has covered 16.0 innings and has allowed 21 hits and 1 walk to 4/12 San Antonio W, 7-3 Day Games: 1-2 go with 15 strikeouts. He last pitched on April 15 against San Antonio and allowed 5 runs on 10 hits in 5 innings of 4/13 San Antonio L, 5-3 Night Games: 3-9 work. Jurado began last year with the Double-A Frisco RoughRiders and went 5-3 with a 3.28 ERAin 16 starts prior to begin selected by the Rangers. He pitched in 12 games (8 starts) with Texas and went 5-5 with a 5.93 ERA. The 4/14 San Antonio L, 5-4 vs. RHP: 4-10 4/15 San Antonio W, 10-5 vs. LHP: 0-1 Panama native was named a Texas League All-Star (midseason) and was also named Texas League Pitcher of the Week for his performance from May 21-27. He earned his first Major League win on July 28, 2018 opposite Justin Verlander 4/19 Nashville PPD April: 4-11 and the Houston Astros. The Rangers signed Jurado as a non-drafted free agent on December 14, 2012. 4/20 Nashville L, 5-2 May: 0-0 4/21, G1 Nashville June: 0-0 Wes Benjamin: 25-year-old Wes Benjamin starts for the Sounds in game two of the doubleheader. The left-hander is making his fourth start of the season and is 0-2 with a 7.11 ERA while covering 12.2 innings. Benjamin has yielded 4/21, G2 Nashville July: 0-0 4/22 Nashville August: 0-0 19 hits and 7 walks to go with his 11 strikeouts. He last worked on April 16 against Round Rock and allowed 5 earned runs on 8 hits in 5 innings. Benjamin spent the majority of his 2018 season with Double-A Frisco where he went 5-6 7/15 San Antonio September: 0-0 with a 3.62 ERA in 15 starts. The southpaw spent nearly two months on the disabled list from June 7-July 31 with 7/16 San Antonio Monday: 1-1 a left elbow strain. Despite missing time, Benjamin led the Frisco staff in wins and ranked among team leaders in 7/17 San Antonio strikeouts (3rd), starts (T3rd) and innings (4th). In his minor league career, Benjamin is 21-20 with a 3.84 ERA while Tuesday: 1-1 7/18 San Antonio Wednesday: 0-2 covering 65 games (62 starts). The Rangers drafted the Illinois native in the 5th round of the 2014 MLB Draft out of Kansas University. 8/30 Nashville Thursday: 0-2 8/31 Nashville Friday: 2-0 Zack Brown: 24-year-old Zack Brown starts for the Missions in game one today. The right-hander is making his 9/1 Nashville Saturday: 0-3 fourth start of the season and is 0-1 with a 4.08 ERA. Brown has logged 17.2 innings and has yielded 21 hits and 5 9/2 Nashville Sunday: 0-2 walks to go with 13 strikeouts. He last pitched on April 16 in Memphis and allowed 4 runs on 10 hits in 5.2 innings vs. Am. Northern: 1-4 in San Antonio's 8-7 loss. Brown garnered numerous awards in 2018 when he went 9-1 with a 2.44 ERA in 22 games TODAY’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Southern: 3-7 (21 starts) for Double-A Biloxi. He struck out 116 batters over 125.2 innings and limited opponents to a .207 batting Sounds Missions average. The Indiana native is ranked by MLB Pipeline as Milwaukee's #6 prospect. He was drafted by the Brewers in 4-11 Record 8-7 vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 the 5th round of the 2016 MLB Draft out of the University of Kentucky. vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 1-7 Home 4-3 vs. NL Affiliate: 3-7 Thomas Jankins: 23-year-old Thomas Jankins starts for San Antonio in game two today. The right-hander is making 3-4 Road 4-4 vs. AL Affiliate: 1-4 his Triple-A debut after being transferred from Double-A Biloxi yesterday. He started two games with the Shuckers Lead After 6: 3-1 and went 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA in 12.0 innings. He held Double-A hitters to a .182 batting average while allowing only L3 Streak W1 8 hits and 2 walks to go along with 11 strikeouts. Jankins spent his 2018 season with Biloxi and went 10-9 with a 4.42 1-4 Last 5 2-3 Trail After 6: 1-9 ERA in 23 games (21 starts). He also made one appearance out of the bullpen for Triple-A Colorado Springs. In his Tied After 6: 0-1 minor league career, Jankins is 20-19 with a 3.78 ERA in 65 games (56 starts). Milwaukee drafted the Massachusetts 3-7 Last 10 4-6 Lead After 7: 3-1 native in the 13th round of the 2016 MLB Draft out of Quinnipiac University. Trail After 7: 1-10 .239 (15th) Batting Avg. .235 (16th) Tied After 7: 0-0 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division standings 17 (T10th) HR 20 (7th) in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 12. Lead After 8: 4-0 68 (15th) R 73 (14th) Trail After 8: 0-11 Starter Going Six: Last night's 6.0-inning performance by lefty Taylor Hearn was the fourth time of the season the 8 (11th) SB 14 (4th) Tied After 8: 0-0 Sounds got at least 6.0 innings from their starter. They are now 1-3 in those games coming on April 12 when Richel- 129 (5th) K (Batting) 166 (16th) Scoring First: 2-4 son Pena went 7.0 innings against San Antonio. 54 (T15th) BB (Batting) 54 (T415th) Opp. Scoring First: 2-7 5.05 (8th) ERA 4.40 (3rd) That's Quality: Taylor Hearn also turned in his first quality start of the season (6 IP, 3 ER) and the team's third of the Scoring 4+ Runs: 3-6 season. He joins Richelson Pena and Ariel Jurado as the only Sounds starters to log a quality start this year. Nashville 140 (8th) K (Pitching) 137 (T10th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 1-10 is 1-2 in those games. 53 (T2nd) BB (Pitching) 46 (1st) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 1-5 88 (T8th) R Allowed 74 (3rd) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 3-0 Held 'Em to a Season-Low: Nashville pitchers Taylor Hearn, Brady Feigl, Kyle Bird and David Carpenter held San 16 (T3rd) HR Allowed 21 (8th) Hit a HR: 4-6 Antonio to only 5 hits last night - a season low by a Sounds opponent. Hearn allowed 2 and Bird allowed 3. .980 (3rd) Fielding Pct. .976 (8th) Allow a HR 4-7 Granite Basepaths: Outfielder Zack Granite has reached base safely in 8 games, tying the longest mark by a Sounds AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 2-2 player in 2019 (Willie Calhoun & Andy Andy Ibáñez). Granite is hitting .281 (9-for-32) with 4 runs, 3 RBI, 1 double, 2 W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 1-3 triples and 2 walks during the streak. His on-base percentage during the 8-game stretch is .324. Iowa 10 6 .625 - Outhit Opponent: 3-3 Omaha 9 7 .563 1.5 Tie in Hits: 0-1 Davidson's Heating Up: First baseman Matt Davidson is heating up at the plate after a slow start to the season.