NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (29-44) vs. New Orleans Baby Cakes (41-33) RHP Pedro Payano (0-2, 5.02) vs. RHP Ben Meyer (3-4, 6.71) Game #74/Road Game #34 • Saturday, June 22, 2019 • Shrine on Airline • 6:00 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Sunday June 23 at New Orleans RHP Tim Dillard (5-5, 4.21) RHP Robert Dugger (0-0, ---) 1:00 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Monday June 24 at New Orleans RHP Phillips Valdez (1-6, 6.23) RHP Hector Noesi (7-3, 2.87) 7:00 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Tuesday June 25 at Memphis LHP Joe Palumbo (0-0, ---) TBA 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Wednesday June 26 at Memphis RHP Seth Maness (4-2, 3.72) TBA 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds play game three of their road trip tonight in New Orleans. It's the third of five games between the two teams. Right-hander Pedro Payano starts for the Sounds against right- SOUNDS VS. BABY CAKES Series (W-L-T): 3-11-3 hander Ben Meyer for the Baby Cakes. Series Openers: 7-12 2019: 2-4 at Nashville: 1-3 Series Finales: 5-13 All-Time: 179-155 at New Orleans: 1-1 Pedro Payano: 24-year-old Pedro Payano starts for the Sounds tonight. The right-hander is making his 5th DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-2 appearance (4th start) with Nashville after he made his Triple-A debut on May 30 against New Orleans. Day Games: 7-12 He is 0-2 with a 5.02 ERA in 4 games (3 starts). He pitched in 8 games with Double-A Frisco and went 3-1 5/30 Nashville L, 5-3 Night Games: 22-32 with a 4.43 ERA in 42.2 innings prior to being transferred to Nashville on May 29. Payano spent his 2018 5/31 Nashville W, 6-5 vs. RHP: 22-32 season with Frisco where he went 5-10 with a 5.54 ERA in 25 games (22 starts). The New York City native 6/1 Nashville L, 3-0 vs. LHP: 7-12 is 41-36 in his minor league career with a 3.60 ERA while covering 133 games (117 starts). He was signed 6/2 Nashville L, 7-4 April: 8-18 by the Texas Rangers as a non-drafted free agent on July 2, 2011. 6/20 New Orleans L, 6-2 May: 14-15 6/21 New Orleans W, 6-5 Ben Meyer: 26-year-old Ben Meyer starts for the Baby Cakes in game three of the series tonight. The 6/22 New Orleans June: 7-11 right-hander is 3-4 with a 6.71 ERA in 13games (all starts). He has covered 59.0 innings and has allowed July: 0-0 6/23 New Orleans 57 hits and 38 walks to go along with 58 strikeouts. Meyer last pitched on June 17 in a start at Albuquer- 6/24 New Orleans August: 0-0 que. He allowed 1 runs on 7 hits and no walks in 6.0 innings. He got the win in New Orleans' 5-3 victory. 7/11 Nashville September: 0-0 Meyer made his Major League debut last year with the Marlins and appeared in 13 games with the Fish. Monday: 5-4 He didn't compile a win or loss, and had a 10.42 ERA in 19.0 innings. In his minor league career, Meyer 7/12 Nashville Tuesday: 3-7 is 19-24 with a 3.64 ERA in 110 games (46 starts). He has racked up 365 strikeouts in 366.0 innings. The 7/13 Nashville Wednesday: 2-7 Marlins drafted Meyer in the 29th round of the 2015 MLB Draft out of the University of Minnesota. 7/14 Nashville Thursday: 1-11 7/26 New Orleans Friday: 9-1 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division 7/27 New Orleans standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 71. Saturday: 3-6 7/28 New Orleans Sunday: 6-8 Sounds vs. Meyer: New Orlean's starter Ben Meyer pitched at Nashville on May 31. He earned no decision vs. Am. Northern: 9-17 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP as he allowed 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks while striking out 5. The Sounds won that game 6-5. Meyer Sounds Baby Cakes vs. Am. Southern: 14-19 pitched against the following Sounds hitters: Davidson, 0-1; Ibáñez, 0-1, BB; Moore, 0-1, K; Pill, 0-1, K; vs. Pac. Northern: 3-4 Tocci, 0-0, BB; White, 1-2, RBI, K; Wisdom, 0-1, RBI, BB. 29-44 Record 41-33 vs. Pac. Southern: 3-4 13-27 Home 22-20 vs. NL Affiliate: 15-27 We Goin' Back-to-Back-to-Back: Tyler Pill, Patrick Wisdom and Matt Davidson hit back-to-back-to-back 16-17 Road 19-13 vs. AL Affiliate: 14-17 home runs to overcome a 2-run deficit and defeat New Orleans 6-5. The last time the Sounds hit back-to- Lead After 6: 20-4 back-to-back home runs was on July 4, 2015 when Jason Pridie, Dayan Viciedo and Max Muncy did it at W1 Streak L1 Trail After 6: 5-37 Round Rock. 1-4 Last 5 3-2 Tied After 6: 4-3 4-6 Last 10 6-4 Streaking Tocci: Outfielder Carlos Tocci has reached safely in 19 consecutive games, tying the team-high Lead After 7: 21-1 with Matt Davidson and Willie Calhoun. Since May 28, Tocci is hitting .389 (28-for-72) with 15 runs .246 (16th) Batting Avg. .271 (10th) Trail After 7: 3-38 scored, 4 doubles, 2 home run, 11 RBI and 5 walks. He has an on-base percentage of .430. Tocci hit safely Tied After 7: 5-5 in 17 of the 19 games, including 9 multi-hit games. He also has set his season-high hitting steak of eight 82 (14th) HR 106 (9th) Lead After 8: 22-1 games. 334 (16th) R 387 (11th) Trail After 8: 3-35 50 (T8th) SB 76 (2nd) Tied After 8: 1-3 Close Contests: In the 18 games played in June, 14 of those games had a pitcher record a save from either 663 (13th) K (Batting) 633 (T7th) Scoring First: 16-16 the Sounds or their opponent. Thursday night's game broke a streak in which five-straight games had a 272 (9th) BB (Batting) 216 (16th) Opp. Scoring First: 12-28 save recorded, second to the season-long six-straight from May 28 to June 2. In the 22 games since May 28, 5.31 (9th) ERA 4.10 (2nd) 19 were decided by 3 runs or less. Overall, the Sounds are 21-23 in games decided by 3 runs or less. Scoring 4+ Runs: 23-21 600 (14th) K (Pitching) 693 (2nd) 254 (5th) BB (Pitching) 233 (2nd) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 14-39 June ERA: In last night's win, Nashville now ranks first in the Pacific Coast League in ERA with 4.32. Scoring 3 or < Runs: 6-23 Starters have fared better in the month, going 5-5 with a 3.53 ERA versus the bullpen's 2-6 record and a 437 (10th) R Allowed 325 (2nd) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 14-5 5.08 ERA. 95 (5th) HR Allowed 100 (8th) Hit a HR: 22-26 .977 (10th) Fielding Pct. .975 (14th) Allow a HR 18-34 On the Road Again: Just past the halfway point in 2019, the Sounds are tied for the second-fewest road AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 12-12 games in the Pacific Coast League with 33 (New Orleans has 31). Nashville is 16-17 away from First W L PCT GB Tennessee Park and carry a .261 (299-for-1,147) road batting average. Four Sounds on the active roster are Allow 2+ HR: 7-19 Iowa 41 33 .554 - Outhit Opponent: 19-7 hitting above .300 on the road, including Tyler Pill (.357, 10-for-28), Hunter Cole (.321, 17-for-53), Zack Granite (.311, 41-for-132), and Carlos Tocci (.305, 32-for-105). Omaha 35 39 .473 6.0 Tie in Hits: 3-3 Memphis 30 44 .405 11.0 Outhit by Opponent: 7-34 Pitching Endurance: Seth Maness tied the team's season-high in innings pitched with 7.0 in Thursday Nashville 29 44 .397 11.5 Record 10+ Hits: 13-8 night's loss at New Orleans. It was just the second time a starter went 7.0 innings, where Richelson Peña Allow 10+ Hits: 6-27 went that distance on April 12 at San Antonio. Tim Dillard also pitched 7.0 innings in relief on April 18 Commit an Error: 15-21 versus Round Rock. It was a suspended contest that was resumed on May 27 after the second inning and UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 14-23 he pitched the remainder of the game. The Sounds play their third game tonight in Walk-Off Wins: 0 New Orleans. Following the 5 games against the Walk-Off Losses: 3 The Coles Have Cooled: Outfielder Hunter Cole lost his streak of reaching base safely in 18 consecutive Baby Cakes, the Sounds will travel to Memphis, Extra-Innings: 1-3 games for Nashville on Thursday.