NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (63-71) vs. San Antonio Missions (79-57) RHP Phillips Valdez (1-7, 5.06) vs. RHP Corbin Burnes (0-1, 8.31) Game #135/Home Game #67 • Friday, August 30, 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 August 31 vs. San Antonio RHP Pedro Payano (2-3, 5.70) RHP Zack Brown (3-7, 5.72) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Sunday September 1 vs. San Antonio RHP Tim Dillard (8-9, 4.80) RHP Thomas Jankins (10-5, 4.38) 6:15 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Monday September 2 vs. San Antonio LHP Wes Benjamin (7-6, 5.52) TBD 12:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM END OF REGULAR SEASON SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds welcome the San Antonio Missions for the final homestand of the 2019 season. The two teams have played 12 times this year with San Antonio holding a 9-3 advantage. Tonight, right- SOUNDS VS. MISSIONS Series (W-L-T): 12-15-8 hander Phillips Valdez starts for the Sounds against right-hander Corbin Burnes for the Missions. Series Openers: 16-19 2019: 3-9 at Nashville: 1-3 Series Finales: 15-20 Phillips Valdez: 27-year-old Phillips Valdez starts for the Sounds tonight's game. The right-hander is making All-Time: 3-9 at San Antonio: 2-6 Series Sweeps: 3-4 his 14th start and 25th overall appearance with Nashville. Valdez is 1-7 with a 5.06 ERA in his 24 games (13 DATE SITE RESULT Day Games: 8-15 starts) and has covered 74.2 innings. Valdez has made 11 appearances for Texas and is 0-0 with a 3.94 ERA. He 4/12 San Antonio W, 7-3 Night Games: 55-56 last pitched on August 28 in a relief role against Omaha. He worked one scoreless inning and thre 15 pitches (11 4/13 San Antonio L, 5-3 strikes). His last start was June 24 at New Orleans. Valdez split the 2018 season between Double-A Harrisburg 4/14 San Antonio L, 5-4 vs. RHP: 48-52 and Triple-A Syracuse and went 6-7 with a 2.73 ERA in 31 games (19 starts). In his minor league career, Valdez is vs. LHP: 15-19 38-34 with a 3.77 ERA. He signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers on December 21, 2018. He was 4/15 San Antonio W, 10-5 April: 8-18 originally signed by the Cleveland Indians on May 29, 2009. 4/19 Nashville PPD May: 14-16 4/20 Nashville L, 5-2 June: 13-14 Corbin Burnes: 24-year-old Corbin Burnes starts for the Missions tonight. The right-hander is 0-1 with an 8.31 4/21, G1 Nashville W, 3-1 (7) July: 10-15 ERA in 7 games (6 starts) with San Antonio in 2019. He has pitched in 30 games (4 starts) with Milwaukee and is 4/21, G2 Nashville L, 6-0 (7) 1-5 with a 9.00 ERA. In 63.1 overall innings this year, Burnes has allowed 90 hits and 26 walks to go along with 86 4/22 Nashville L, 5-0 August: 18-8 strikeouts. The last time he pitched was on August 10 in a start against El Paso. He was tagged with the loss after September: 0-0 allowing 9 runs on 9 hits in 2.2 innings. He split 2018 between Milwaukee and Triple-A Colorado Springs. In 19 7/15 San Antonio L, 11-1 Monday: 9-7 games (13 starts) with Colorado Springs, he went 3-4 with a 5.15 ERA, but fared much better with Milwaukee 7/16 San Antonio L, 6-5 Tuesday: 7-11 going 7-0 with a 2.61 ERA in 30 relief appearances. Burnes was originially drafted by Milwaukee in the 4th round 7/17 San Antonio L, 7-5 Wednesday: 8-9 of the 2016 MLB Amateur Draft out of St. Mary's. 7/18 San Antonio L, 5-3 Thursday: 7-14 8/30 Nashville 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern Division 8/31 Nashville Friday: 15-5 standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 1, Third: 48, Fourth: 91. Saturday: 9-10 9/1 Nashville Sunday: 8-15 One Final Series: The Sounds begin their final four-game homestand of the season tonight. Nashville is 27-39 9/2 Nashville vs. Am. Northern: 22-26 at First Tennessee Park in 2019. The 27 wins is the second-fewest home wins in the Pacific Coast League, ahead TONIGHT’S MATCHUP of only Salt Lake's 25-41 mark. With Nashville's win in Omaha last night, they closed their road schedule with vs. Am. Southern: 26-32 Sounds Missions a 36-32 record away from First Tennessee Park. vs. Pac. Northern: 9-5 63-71 Record 79-57 vs. Pac. Southern: 6-8 Valdez is Back on the Bump: Right-hander Phillips Valdez starts for the Sounds for the first time since June 27-39 Home 49-21 vs. NL Affiliate: 44-47 24 when he started against New Orleans on the road. Since then, he has made eight relief appearances for 36-32 Road 30-36 vs. AL Affiliate: 19-24 Nashville and 10 relief appearances for Texas. In 13 starts with Nashville, Valdez is 1-5 with a 5.47 ERA (32 Lead After 6: 47-6 ER/52.2 IP). In 11 games in relief, he's 0-2 with a 4.09 ERA (10 ER/22.0 IP). Valdez made his Major League W1 Streak L1 Trail After 6: 8-56 debut on June 8 against Oakland and recorded his first Major League strikeout on July 3 when he struck out Mike Trout. 3-2 Last 5 2-3 Tied After 6: 8-9 6-4 Last 10 5-5 Lead After 7: 49-6 What's up Big Perm? I mean Big Worm: The Sounds have played their best baseball on Fridays. Entering Trail After 7: 5-59 tonight's game against San Antonio, Nashville is 15-5 in games played on Friday. Their next best day-of-week .261 (15th) Batting Avg. .269 (11th) Tied After 7: 8-6 record is Monday at 9-7. The comedy classic movie Friday was released on April 26, 1995. On the 24th anniver- 172 (14th) HR 190 (12th) Lead After 8: 50-1 sary of the release date - April 26, 2019, the Sounds beat the Iowa Cubs, 2-1, on a Friday. 684 (15th) R 753 (11th) Trail After 8: 3-60 84 (6th) SB 117 (5th) Tied After 8: 6-5 Climbing the Home Run Board: Infielder Matt Davidson launched his 32nd home run of the season for Nashville last night, moving into 5th all-time in Chasing Homers 1,140 (4th) K (Batting) 1,220 (13th) Scoring First: 43-26 single-season team history. He is tied with Renato Nunez (2017) and Chad Matt Davidson and Patrick Wisdom 479 (13th) BB (Batting) 526 (6th) Opp. Scoring First: 20-45 Hermansen (1999). The home run record is 34, shared by Steve Balboni (1980) are climbing Nashville's single-sea- 5.50 (9th) ERA 4.13 (1st) son home run list. Here is where Scoring 4+ Runs: 52-38 and Brian Dayett (1982). Davidson has been on a home run tear in August, 1,117 (13th) K (Pitching) 1,237 (2nd) Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 32-63 hitting 8 homers in 22 games and 6 homers in his last 11 games. The 32 home both currently stand: runs are tied for 6th-most in the Pacific Coast League. 1. Steve Balboni - 34 (1980) 477 (6th) BB (Pitching) 561 (4th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 11-33 t1. Brian Dayett - 34 (1982) 792 (9th) R Allowed 619 (1st) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 31-7 3. Dan Pasqua - 33 (1984) All Sorts of Lists: Not only is Davidson climbing the franchise leaderboard 170 (3rd) HR Allowed 152 (1st) Hit a HR: 53-46 t3. Craig Wilson - 33 (2000) in single-season home runs, he also ranks in the top-10 on the single-season 5. Matt Davidson - 32 (2019) .980 (8th) Fielding Pct. .979 (10th) Allow a HR 43-53 RBI list. His two RBI last night gives him 96 in 2019, tied for 6th-most in team t5. Chad Hermansen - 32 (1999) Hit 2+ HR: 30-18 history. Mat Gamel (2011) and Brian Dayett (1982) also drove in 96 runs in t5. Renato Nuñez - 32 (2017) AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION Allow 2+ HR: 16-33 a single season for Nashville. The single-season leader is Steve Balboni who 8. Drew Denson - 30 (1994) W L PCT GB Outhit Opponent: 42-11 drove in 122 runs in 1980. 9. Patrick Wisdom - 29 (2019) Iowa 72 64 .529 - 10. Mat Gamel - 28 (2011) Tie in Hits: 7-3 t10. Prince Fielder - 28 (2005) Memphis 68 68 .500 4.0 Condor Continues to Hunt: Despite going hitless in Omaha last night, first Nashville 63 71 .470 8.0 Outhit by Opponent: 14-57 baseman Ronald Guzman drew a walk to extend his on-base streak to 16 t10. Chad Hermansen - 28 (1998) Record 10+ Hits: 35-15 games.