nashville sounds game information www.nashvillesounds.com @NashvilleSounds First Tennessee Park 19 Junior Gilliam Way Nashville, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (7-6) at Iowa Cubs (3-8) LHP Brett Anderson (0-1, 2.25) vs. RHP Luke Farrell (0-1, 5.91) Game #14/Road Game #7 • Thursday, April 19, 2018 • Principal Park • 6:38 p.m. (CST) • MiLB TV • ALT 97.5 FM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CST) TV/RADIO Friday April 20 @ Iowa LHP Eric Jokisch (0-1, 6.55) RHP Adbert Adzolay (0-0, 0.00) 7:08 p.m. ALT 97.5 FM Saturday April 21 @ Omaha RHP Frankie Montas (0-1, 6.75) TBD 7:05 p.m. ALT 97.5 FM Sunday April 22 @ Omaha RHP James Naile (3-0, 0.00) TBD 2:05 p.m. ALT 97.5 FM Monday April 23 @ Omaha RHP Daniel Gossett (0-0, 0.00) TBD 11:05 a.m. ALT 97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds continue their abbreviated three-game series tonight in Des Moines. After the Sounds scored a 3-2 win Tuesday night, the two teams were postponed SOUNDS VS. CUBS Series (W-L-T): 2-1-0 due to inclement weather yesterday afternoon. Tonight, left-hander Brett Anderson starts for 2018: 3-1 at Nashville: 2-1 Series Openers: 3-1 the Sounds against right-hander Luke Farrell for the Storm Chasers. at Iowa: 1-0 All-Time: 157-133 Series Finales: 1-2 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: Brett Anderson: 28-year-old Brett Anderson starts for Nashville in tonight's game. The left- 4/10 Nashville W, 7-0 Day Games: 3-2 hander is making his third outing of the season and is 0-1 with a 2.25 ERA in 8.0 innings. 4/11 Nashville W, 6-0 Night Games: 4-4 Anderson signed a minor-league free agent contract with Oakland on March 20, 2018. He split 4/12 Nashville L, 6-3 (11) vs. RHP: 6-5 time between the Cubs and Blue Jays organizations in 2017, appearing for both big league clubs 4/17 Iowa W, 3-2 vs. LHP: 1-1 along with Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Buffalo. He went 4-4 with a 6.34 ERA in 13 games 4/18 Iowa PPD April: 7-6 (13 starts) with the Cubs and the Blue Jays and posted a record of 3-3 with an ERA of 3.65 in 8 4/19 Iowa May: games (7 starts) with Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Buffalo. Anderson was originally draft- 4/20 Iowa June: ed by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2nd round of the 2006 MLB First-Year Player Draft out 7/4 Nashville Jully: of Stillwater (OK) High School. 7/5 Nashville August: 7/6 Nashville September: Luke Farrell: 26-year-old Luke Farrell starts for the Cubs tonight. The right-hander is 0-1 with 7/7 Nashville Monday: 1-1 a 5.91 ERA in two starts in 2018. Farrell last worked on April 13 in Memphis and was charged 7/8 Nashville Tuesday: 2-0 with a loss after he allowed seven earned runs on 10 hits in five innings. Farrell spent 2017 with 7/12 Iowa three organizations - Kansas City, Los Angeles (NL) and Cincinnati. He pitched for the Royals 7/13 Iowa Wednesday: 1-0 and Reds and made his MLB debut on July 1, 2017 with the Royals. He has a career minor Thursday: 1-1 7/14 Iowa league mark of 25-29 with a 4.46 ERA and is 0-0 with a 5.54 ERA in 10 MLB games. Farrell was 7/15 Iowa Friday: 0-1 claimed by the Chicago Cubs off waivers from the Reds on October 4, 2017. He was originally Saturday: 0-2 drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft out Sunday: 2-1 of Northwestern. TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Northern: 6-2 Sounds Cubs vs. Am. Southern: 1-4 2018 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American South- 7-6 Record 3-8 vs. Pac. Northern: ern Division standings in 2018: First: 1, Second: 4, Third: 8, Fourth: 0. 5-2 Home 1-3 vs. Pac. Southern: 2-4 Road 2-5 vs. NL Affiliate: 4-5 We're Going Streaking: With the Sounds' 3-2 win Tuesday night, their winning streak hit a vs. AL Affiliate: 3-1 season-long four games. The last time Nashville won four consecutive games was September 1-4 W4 Streak L2 Lead After 6: 5-0 of last year when they close the season with four straight wins. The last time Nashville won five 4-1 Last 5 1-4 Trail After 6: 1-6 straight games was August 26-30 of 2016. 6-4 Last 10 3-7 Tied After 6: 1-0 KKKKKKKKKKKKKK: Nashville pitchers struck out a season-high 14 batters in the win Lead After 7: 6-0 .246 (11th) Batting Avg. .216 (16th) Trail After 7: 0-6 Tuesday night. Starter Daniel Gossett had six, Kyle Finnegan struck out one, Simon Castro fanned four and Jeremy Bleich notched three strikeouts. The previous high was 11 on April 11 4 (T-15th) HR 6 (T-14th) Tied After 7: 1-0 56 (13th) R 34 (15th) Lead After 8: 5-0 against Iowa. 14 (3rd) SB 5 (16th) Trail After 8: 0-6 100 (T-4th) K (Batting) 111 (10th) Tied After 8: 1-0 One-Run Fun: After winning their first four games by average of 7.75 runs, the Sounds have three consecutive one-run wins. Nashville is 3-1 overall in one-run games. Only Oklahoma City 58 (4th) BB (Batting) 37 (15th) Scoring First: 6-1 (5) has more one-run wins in the Pacific Coast League. 2.47 (1st) ERA 4.07 (6th) Opp. Scoring First: 1-5 105 (T-12th) K (Pitching) 91 (15th) Scoring 4+ Runs: 5-1 ERA Leaders: Nashville pitchers have the best ERA in the Pacific Coast League at 2.47. Seven 39 (3rd) BB (Pitching) 37 (2nd) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 2-5 pitchers for Nashville have yet to allow an earned run. The list includes James Naile (17.2 IP), 42 (T-1st) R Allowed 52 (6th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 2-6 Daniel Gossett (8.0 IP), Jeremy Bleich (5.1 IP), Bobby Wahl (5.0 IP), Josh Lucas (4.2 IP), Lou 2 (T-1st) HR Allowed 8 (T-4th) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 5-1 Trivino (4.1 IP) and Jake Sanchez (2.1 IP). .967 (14th) Fielding Pct. .960 (16th) Hit a HR: 1-2 Allow a HR 0-2 Sladerunner: First baseman Slade Heathcott has been red hot over his last nine games. Since AMERICAN SOUTHERN DIVISION Hit 2+ HR: 1-0 April 9, Heathcott is hitting .419 (13-for-31) with 8 runs, 4 doubles and 1 home run. He has Memphis 10 3 .769 - Allow 2+ HR: also drawn four walks and has reached safely in all nine games. His on-base streak is tied for Nashville 7 6 .538 3.0 Outhit Opponent: 4-2 10th-longest active streaks in the PCL. New Orleans 5 9 .357 5.5 Tie in Hits: 2-1 Round Rock 4 10 .286 6.5 Outhit by Opponent: 1-3 Naile'd It: Nashville right-hander James Naile has arguably been the best pitcher in the Pacific Commit an Error: 4-5 Coast League through play Sunday and he was rewarded with Pacific Coast League Pitcher of Commit No Errors: 3-1 the Week on Modnay. In his first three starts of the season, Naile is 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA. After a UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Walk-Off Wins: 2 complete game shutout in Sunday's 1-0 win, Naile has tossed 17.2 innings on the season and has The Sounds return home from the seven-game Walk-Off Losses: yielded 15 hits and two walks to go along with 15 strikeouts. trip on Wednesday, April 25. It's a Wear It Extra-Innings: 0-1 Wednesday T-Shirt Giveaway inspired by Sounds starter 6+IP: 1-1 Bullish 'Pen: Nashville's bullpen has been dominant to begin 2018. Through the first 13 games outfielder Dustin Fowler and it's AASC Peanut Sounds starter 7+ IP: 1-0 of the season, the 'pen has a 1.93 ERA (56.0 IP/12 ER). The relievers have allowed 37 hits and 20 Free Night. walks while recording 50 strikeouts. Sounds starter 8+ IP: THIS DATE IN HISTORY Longest Win Streak: 4 Milestone Watch: Shortstop Jorge Mateo is closing in on career hit number 500. The career .270 Longest Losing Streak: 4 hitter has 499 hits. The Sounds have won the last three games White Jerseys: 1-0 they've played on April 19, including a 9-8 win Gray Jerseys: 1-3 in Oklahoma City last year. Matt Olson, Ryan Black Jerseys: 2-0 Lavarnway and Chris Parmelee all hit home Red Jerseys: 2-2 runs as Nashville survived two homers from the Specialty Jerseys: 1-1 Dodgers' Cody Bellinger. TOnight’S STARTER - LHP brett anderson HT/WT: 6’3”/230 BORN: February 1, 1988 in Midland, TX RESIDES: Fullshear, TX OBTAINED: Signed a minor league contract with Oakland on March 20, 2018 DRAFTED: Drafted by Arizona in the 2nd round of the 2006 MLB Draft YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP 2007 South Bend 8-4 2.21 14 14 0 0 0 81.1 76 26 20 3 2 10 85 6 Visalia 3-3 4.85 9 9 0 0 0 39.0 50 23 21 6 1 11 40 1 2008 Stockton 9-4 4.14 14 13 0 0 0 74.0 68 35 34 5 4 18 80 5 Midland 2-1 2.61 6 6 0 0 0 31.0 27 10 9 3 1 9 38 0 2009 OAKLAND 11-11 4.06 30 30 1 1 0 175.1 180 94 79 20 3 45 150 0 2010 AZL Athletics 0-0 3.00 2 2 0 0 0 6.0 11 2 2 0 1 0 6 0 Sacramento 1-0 4.05 3 3 0 0 0 13.1 19 6 6 0 1 3 12 0 OAKLAND 7-6 2.80 19 19 0 0 0 112.1 112 41 35 6 7 22 75 4 2011 OAKLAND 3-6 4.00 13 13 1 0 0 83.1 86 40 37 8 7 25 61 0 2012 Stockton 0-0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 Sacramento 1-1 4.24 5 5 0 0 0 23.1 27 12 11 4 1 5 18 1 OAKLAND 4-2 2.57 6 6 0 0 0 35.0 29 11 10 1 1 7 25 1 2013 Midland 0-1 14.73 1 1 0 0 0 3.2 6 6 6 0 0 4 3 1 Sacramento 0-0 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 2 2 0 0 3 2 0 Stockton 0-1 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 3.1 5 5 5 2 0 2 6 0 OAKLAND 1-4 6.04 16 5 0 0 3 44.2 51 32 30 5 0 21 46 0 2014 Colorado Springs 1-0 0.96 2 2 0 0 0 9.1 8 1 1 0 0 2 8 0 COLORADO 1-3 2.91 8 8 0 0 0 43.1 44 18 14 1 0 13 29 0 2015 LOS ANGELES (NL) 10-9 3.69 31 31 1 0 0 180.1 194 82 74 18 2 46 116 4 2016 Oklahoma City 0-1 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 6 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 Rancho Cucamonga 0-1 6.00 3 2 0 0 0 9.0 17 9 6 0 0 2 10 1 LOS ANGELES (NL) 1-2 11.91 4 3 0 0 0 11.1 25 15 15 4 0 4 5 2 2017 CHICAGO 2-2 8.18 6 6 0 0 0 22.0 34 22 20 2 0 12 16 1 Tennessee 2-2 4.61 6 5 0 0 0 27.1 34 17 14 2 1 9 15 3 Buffalo 1-1 0.93 2 2 0 0 0 9.2 4 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 TORONTO 2-2 5.13 7 7 0 0 0 33.1 39 19 19 3 0 9 22 1 2018 Nashville 0-1 2.25 2 2 0 0 0 8.0 10 7 2 0 0 0 12 1 Minor League Totals 28-21 3.73 73 70 0 0 0 347.2 375 166 144 25 13 80 340 19 Major League Totals 42-47 4.04 140 128 3 1 3 741.0 794 374 333 68 20 204 545 13 Last Outing: Anderson last pitched on April 14 against the Omaha Storm Chasers at First Tennessee Park.