NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Iowa Cubs (1-0) at Nashville Sounds (0-1) RHP Duane Underwood Jr. (0-0, --) vs. RHP Ariel Jurado (0-0, --) Game #2/Home Game #2 • Friday, April 5, 2019 • First Tennessee Park • 6:35 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Saturday April 6 vs. Iowa LHP Wes Benjamin (0-0, --) RHP Matt Swarmer (0-0, --) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Sunday April 7 vs. Iowa RHP Richelson Peña (0-0, --) RHP Colin Rea (0-0, --) 2:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM 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 SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight’s Game: The Nashville Sounds and Iowa Cubs play game two of a five-game series tonight at First Tennessee Park. Iowa began the 2019 campaign with a 5-4 win over Nashville SOUNDS VS. CUBS Series (W-L-T): 0-0-0 last night. Tonight, right-hander Ariel Jurado starts for the Sounds against right-hander Duane 2019: 0-1 at Nashville: 0-1 Series Openers: 0-1 Underwood Jr. for the Cubs. All-Time: 163-140 at Iowa: 0-0 Series Finales: 0-0 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-0 Ariel Jurado: 23-year-old Ariel Jurado starts for the Sounds tonight. The right-hander is mak- 4/4 Nashville L, 5-4 Day Games: 0-0 ing his 2019 and Triple-A debut after spending the 2018 season between Texas and Double-A 4/5 Nashville Night Games: 0-1 Frisco. Jurado began last year with the RoughRiders and went 5-3 with a 3.28 ERAin 16 starts 4/6 Nashville vs. RHP: 0-1 prior to begin selected by the Rangers. Jurado pitched in 12 games (8 starts) with Texas and 4/7 Nashville vs. LHP: 0-0 went 5-5 with a 5.93 ERA. The Panama native was named a Texas League All-Star (midseason) 4/8 Nashville April: 0-1 and was also named Texas League Pitcher of the Week for his performance from May 21-27. He 4/24 Iowa May: 0-0 earned his first Major League win on July 28 opposite Justin Verlander and the Houston Astros. 4/25 Iowa June: 0-0 4/26 Iowa The Rangers signed Jurado as a non-drafted free agent on December 14, 2012. July: 0-0 4/27 Iowa August: 0-0 4/28 Iowa September: 0-0 Duane Underwood Jr.: 24-year-old Duane Underwood Jr. starts for the Cubs tonight. The 7/19 Nashville Monday: 0-0 right-hander is making his 2019 debut. Underwood spent nearly the entire 2018 season with 7/20 Nashville Tuesday: 0-0 Iowa and went 4-10 with a 4.53 ERA in 27 games (20 starts). He covered 119.1 innings with 7/21 Nashville Wednesday: 0-0 the Cubs and yielded 127 hits and 37 walks to go along with 105 strikeouts. Underwood Jr. was 8/23 Iowa Thursday: 0-1 called up by Chicago and made his Major League debut on June 25, 2018 at Dodger Stadium. 8/24 Iowa Friday: 0-0 He went 4.0 innings and allowed 1 run on 2 hits. He was tagged with the loss in Chicago's 2-1 8/25 Iowa Saturday: 0-0 setback. The Cubs drafted Underwood Jr. in the 2nd round of the 2012 MLB Draft out of Pope Sunday: 0-0 (GA) High School. vs. Am. Northern: 0-1 TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Southern: 0-0 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the Ameri¬can North- Sounds Cubs vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 ern Division standings in 2019: First: 0, Second: 0, Third: 1, Fourth: 0. 0-1 Record 1-0 vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 0-1 Home - vs. NL Affiliate: 0-1 14 Punches: Led by Taylor Hearn's nine strikeouts, Nashville pitchers tallied 14 strikeouts in - Road 1-0 vs. AL Affiliate: 0-0 yesterday's game. It was tied for the most in the league as Las Vegas and Oklahoma City hurlers Lead After 6: 0-0 also struck out 14. L1 Streak W1 Trail After 6: 0-1 0-1 Last 5 1-0 Tied After 6: 0-0 Walk This Way: Nashville batters drew 6 walks last night, the third-most in the league on the 0-1 Last 10 1-0 Lead After 7: 0-0 first day of the season. Only Memphis (9) and Tacoma (7) drew more. Trail After 7: 0-1 .265 (10th) Batting Avg. .289 (6th) Tied After 7: 0-0 Opening Day History: The Sounds are now 19-23 all-time on Opening Day with yesterday's 0 (T13th) HR 1 (T6th) Lead After 8: 0-0 loss. In season openers at home, the Sounds are 25-17. 4 (T9th) R 5 (T5th) Trail After 8: 0-1 0 (T9th) SB 2 (1st) Tied After 8: 0-0 Triple-A Debuts: Nashville had five players make their Triple-A debuts last night, including 7 (T2nd) K (Batting) 14 (T14th) Scoring First: 0-1 Taylor Hearn, Eli White, Jose Trevino, Brett Martin and Miguel Del Pozo. Despite pitching half 6 (3rd) BB (Batting) 1 (16th) Opp. Scoring First: 0-0 the season in Texas last year, tonight's starting pitcher Ariel Jurado is making his Triple-A debut 5.00 (T11th) ERA 4.00 (8th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 0-1 tonight. 14 (T1st) K (Pitching) 7 (T14th) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 0-1 1 (1st) BB (Pitching) 6 (T14th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 0-0 Vs. Underwood Jr: Several Sounds faced Duane Underwood Jr. last year. Willie Calhoun went 5 (T7th) R Allowed 4 (T3rd) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 0-0 4-for-8 against him, Carlos Tocci was 1-for-3 and Patrick Wisdom was 1-for-4. 1 (T3rd) HR Allowed 0 (T1st) Hit a HR: 0-0 1.000 (T1st) Fielding Pct. 1.000 (T1st) Allow a HR 0-1 Tennessee-Texas Two-Step: A new era of baseball began last night as the Sounds played first AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 0-0 official game as the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. The two clubs held a joint press W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 0-0 conference at First Tennessee Park on September 20, 2018 to announce the four-year Player Iowa 1 0 .000 - Outhit Opponent: 0-0 Development Contract. Several notable former Sounds also played for the Rangers at one point Memphis 1 0 .000 - Tie in Hits: 0-0 in their career, including Prince Fielder, Nelson Cruz, Yovani Gallardo, Jonathan Lucroy and Nashville 0 1 .000 - Outhit by Opponent: 0-1 Jeremy Jeffress. Omaha 0 1 .000 - Record 10+ Hits: 0-0 Allow 10+ Hits: 0-1 In the Pipeline: Four current Sounds are listed among MLB Pipeline’s Top 30 Texas Rangers Commit an Error: 0-0 prospects. Leading the group at #11 is left-handed pitcher Taylor Hearn. Left-handed reliever UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 0-0 CD Pelham checks in at #15, infielder Eli White follows at #16 and catcher Jose Trevino is the Tonight is the first FOX 17 News postgame Walk-Off Wins: 0 25th-ranked prospect in the system. fireworks show presented by Koorsen Fire & Se- Walk-Off Losses: 0 curity. Additionally, the first 4,000 fans through Extra-Innings: 0-0 Jason Wood at the Helm: Jason Wood was named the 29th manager in Nashville Sounds the gates tonight take home the 2019 Magnet Sounds starter 6+IP: 0-0 franchise history on January 8, 2019. The California native is managing the Rangers’ Triple-A Schedule Giveaway. Sounds starter 7+ IP: 0-0 team for the fifth consecutive season and has a career managerial mark of 582-537. As part of Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 an 18-year professional playing career, Wood played for the Sounds in 2000 and 2001 and is THIS DATE IN HISTORY Longest Win Streak: 0 now the second former Sounds player to return and manage the club (Marty Brown, a player in April 5 was last year's Opening Day for Nashville Longest Losing Streak: 1 1988-89, a manager in 2001-02). and it started with a bang as the Sounds clubbed White Jerseys: 0-1 the Baby Cakes, 11-0. Every player in Nashville's Gray Jerseys: 0-0 lineup had at least one hit, including six with multi- Navy Jerseys: 0-0 hit games. Franklin Barreto and Mark Canha each hit their first home run of the season. Red Jerseys: 0-0 Throwback Jerseys: 0-0 TONIGht’S STARTER - #37 RHP ARIEL JURADO HT/WT: 6’1”/240 40-MAN ROSTER: Yes BORN: January 30, 1996 in Aguadulce, Panama (23) SERVICE TIME: 0.067 RESIDES: Capellania, Panama FIRST MLB WIN: July 28, 2018 at Houston OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent with the Texas Rangers on FIRST MLB STRIKEOUT: May 19, 2018 at Chicago-AL (Leury Garcia) December 14, 2012 TWITTER: N/A YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP 2013 DSL Rangers 6-0 2.39 9 9 0 0 0 49.0 48 21 13 1 5 3 47 5 2014 AZL Rangers 2-1 1.63 14 3 0 0 0 38.2 35 15 7 1 1 8 35 2 2015 Hickory 12-1 2.45 22 15 0 0 0 99.0 92 36 27 5 1 12 95 4 2016 High Desert 7-2 3.86 16 16 0 0 0 79.1 83 38 34 4 1 24 71 3 Frisco 1-4 3.30 8 6 0 0 0 43.2 44 17 16 3 2 10 35 3 2017 Frisco 9-11 4.59 27 27 0 0 0 157.0 188 93 80 16 10 37 95 5 2018 Frisco 5-3 3.28 16 16 1 1 0 101.2 107 42 37 12 3 17 58 1 TEXAS 5-5 5.93 12 8 0 0 0 54.2 66 36 36 7 0 18 22 0 2019 Nashville Minor League Totals 42-22 3.39 112 92 1 1 0 568.1 597 262 214 42 23 111 436 23 Major League Totals 5-5 5.93 12 8 0 0 0 54.2 66 36 36 7 0 18 22 0 Against Opponent: Jurado has never faced Iowa in his career.