NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST TENNESSEE PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 Nashville Sounds (22-33) vs. New Orleans Baby Cakes (30-26) RHP Tim Dillard (3-4, 5.11) vs. RHP Héctor Noesí (4-2, 2.45) Game #56/Home Game #32 • Saturday, June 1, 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 Sunday June 2 vs. New Orleans RHP Seth Maness (3-1, 4.19) TBD 1:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Monday June 3 OFF DAY Tuesday June 4 at Reno LHP Wes Benjamin (1-5, 7.63) TBD 9:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM Wednesday June 5 at Reno RHP Pedro Payano (0-0, 4.5) TBD 9:05 p.m. MiLB TV/97.5 FM SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and New Orleans Baby Cakes play game three of the four-game series tonight at First Tennessee Park. Nashville took game two by a score of 6-5 when Tyler Pill hit a SOUNDS VS. BABY CAKES Series (W-L-T): 1-8-3 go-ahead 2-run double in the 7th inning to seal the deal. Tonight, right-hander Tim Dillard starts for 2019: 1-1 at Nashville: 1-1 Series Openers: 4-10 the Sounds against right-hander Hector Noesi for the Baby Cakes. All-Time: 178-152 at New Orleans: 0-0 Series Finales: 4-9 DATE SITE RESULT Series Sweeps: 0-1 Tim Dillard: 35-year-old Tim Dillard will make his sixth start (16th appearance) of the the season for 5/30 Nashville L, 5-3 Day Games: 6-9 the Sounds tonight. The right-hander is 3-4 with a 5.11 ERA in 2019. Dillard last pitched on May 29 in 5/31 Nashville W, 6-5 Night Games: 16-24 an extra-innings relief appearance against Round Rock. He threw in one inning and allowed 2 runs (1 6/1 Nashville vs. RHP: 17-26 earned) on 2 hits and a walk (intentional). The walk set Nashville's base on balls record (208). Dillard 6/2 Nashville vs. LHP: 5-7 is the Nashville Sounds all-time leader in innings pitched (607.0), wins (42), strikeouts (358), runs 6/20 New Orleans April: 8-18 allowed (339) and walks (208) and is currently second all-time in games (224) and home runs allowed (49). In his career, Dillard has pitched in 73 big league games and 491 minor league games. He signed 6/21 New Orleans May: 14-15 a minor-league free agent contract with the Texas Rangers on December 21, 2018. 6/22 New Orleans June: 0-0 6/23 New Orleans July: 0-0 Héctor Noesí: 32-year-old Héctor Noesí starts for the Baby Cakes in game three of the series tonight. 6/24 New Orleans August: 0-0 The right-hander is 4-2 with a 2.45 ERA in 10 games (all starts). He has covered 58.2 innings and has 7/11 Nashville September: 0-0 allowed 42 hits and 15 walks to go along with 61 strikeouts. Noesí last pitched on May 27 in a start 7/12 Nashville Monday: 5-3 against the Iowa Cubs. He allowed 1 run on 3 hits and 2 walks to 6 strikeouts in 7.0 innings. He got a 7/13 Nashville Tuesday: 3-4 no-decision in New Orleans' 2-1 10-inning loss. It's Noesí's first season playing in the States since 2015 7/14 Nashville Wednesday: 1-6 when he split time with the Chicago White Sox and Triple-A Charlotte. From 2016-2018, he played for 7/26 New Orleans Thursday: 1-8 the Kia Tigers in the Korean Baseball Organization. In his Major League career, Noesí is 12-31 with a 7/27 New Orleans Friday: 6-1 5.30 ERA in 107 games (29 starts) between four different teams from 2011 - 2015. He has racked up 279 strikeouts in 395.1 innings. Noesí was originally signed by the New York Yankees as a non-drafted 7/28 New Orleans Saturday: 1-5 free agent on December 3, 2004. Sunday: 5-6 vs. Am. Northern: 9-17 2019 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following amount of days in the American Northern TONIGHT’S MATCHUP vs. Am. Southern: 13-16 Division standings in 2019: First: 1, Second: 0, Third: 4, Fourth: 51. Sounds Baby Cakes vs. Pac. Northern: 0-0 22-33 Record 30-26 vs. Pac. Southern: 0-0 Dilly Dilly!: Tonight will be Tim Dillard's 54th career start with the Nashville Sounds, which will pass 10-21 Home 18-15 vs. NL Affiliate: 14-21 Gino Minutelli (1990-92) and Rodney Bolton (1993-95) to be ranked tied-for-eighth in Nashville's 12-12 Road 12-11 vs. AL Affiliate: 8-12 history with Luis Vasquez (1989-91). Dillard has been a key pitcher in his 9th season playing for the Lead After 6: 14-4 Sounds. Through May, he is tied for the team lead in wins (3) and is 0.1 inning short of the team lead W1 Streak L1 in innings pitched (Phillips Valdez, 50.2). Trail After 6: 4-26 2-3 Last 5 2-3 Tied After 6: 4-3 5-5 Last 10 6-4 Special K: Phillips Valdez record nine strikeouts in his start yesterday, tying the team season-high in Lead After 7: 15-1 strikeouts that goes back to Opening Night when Taylor Hearn struck out nine Iowa Cubs on April 4. Trail After 7: 2-30 Valdez through a season-high 106 pitches in the effort with 73 being strikes. .244 (15th) Batting Avg. .267 (10th) Tied After 7: 5-2 64 (12th) HR 80 (8th) Lead After 8: 16-0 The 'Pen is Mightier: Kyle Bird earned his first win for the Sounds yesterday out of the bullpen with 257 (15th) R 294 (10th) Trail After 8: 2-28 Josh Fields getting his first hold and Brett Marting recording his first save. The trio completed a 3.1 41 (T7th) SB 57 (3rd) Tied After 8: 1-2 inning shutout effort after Valdez' nine-strikeout performance. The Sounds current bullpen has five 507 (13th) K (Batting) 476 (9th) Scoring First: 10-13 pitchers with an ERA under 3.50 (minimum 8.0 IP): Wei-Cheih Huang, 0.00; Brett Martin, 0.71; Kyle 214 (T6th) BB (Batting) 183 (16th) Opp. Scoring First: 11-20 Bird, 2.45; Josh Fields, 3.38; Brady Feigl, 3.43. 5.64 (11th) ERA 3.98 (2nd) 444 (14th) K (Pitching) 515 (2nd) Scoring 4+ Runs: 19-15 May Flowers: The Nashville Sounds played better in May than they did in April. They went 14-15 Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 11-32 versus April's 8-18 record. The offense slashed higher in May (.260/.344/.409/.754) than April (.224, 189 (3rd) BB (Pitching) 191 (4th) Scoring 3 or < Runs: 3-18 .310, .396, .706). The bullpen also stepped up in May (4.69 ERA, 9.79 SO/9, 3.11 SO/BB) compared to 343 (12th) R Allowed 237 (2nd) Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 10-1 April (5.84 ERA, 9.47 SO/9, 1.70 SO/BB). 72 (T5th) HR Allowed 71 (4th) Hit a HR: 16-22 .981 (5th) Fielding Pct. .973 (15th) Allow a HR 14-25 Delino's 8-Gamer: Outfielder Delino DeShields is on a 8-game hitting streak with the Sounds. Since AMERICAN NORTHERN DIVISION May 18, he's hitting .350 (14-for-40) with 7 runs scored, 3 doubles, 2 home runs, 7 RBI, 2 walks and 4 Hit 2+ HR: 9-10 W L PCT GB Allow 2+ HR: 6-15 stolen bases. His average has gone from .136 to .274 during the timeframe. DeShields has also reached safely in 9 straight games. Iowa 33 23 .589 - Outhit Opponent: 16-3 Omaha 26 30 .464 7.0 Tie in Hits: 1-2 Carpenter Called Up: The Sounds lost their closer when the Texas Rangers selected the contract of Memphis 23 33 .411 10.0 Outhit by Opponent: 5-28 right-hander David Carpenter. In 15 games with Nashville, Carpenter was 0-0 with a 1.76 ERA (15.1 Nashville 22 33 .400 10.5 Record 10+ Hits: 11-4 IP/3 ER). He was a perfect 7-for-7 in save opportunities while limiting the opponent to a .192 batting Allow 10+ Hits: 5-20 average. Carpenter allowed only 10 hits and 4 walks while recording 17 strikeouts. Commit an Error: 9-15 UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Commit No Errors: 13-18 Homestand Summary: Through 11 games in the 13-day homestand (not including the suspended The final series of the 14-game homestand Walk-Off Wins: 0 game from April 18), the Sounds are hitting .264 (101-for-383) and are scoring 5.25 runs per game (63 continues tonight by finishing the Star Wars Walk-Off Losses: 1 R/12 G). Meanwhile, Nashville's pitching staff is 5-6 with a 5.59 ERA (103.0 IP/64 ER) with 39 walks Weekend with a jersey auction benefitting the Extra-Innings: 1-3 to 98 strikeouts. The Sounds have hit 12 home runs total in the span, with two coming from Hunter Make-A-Wish Foundation. 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