NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION Nashville Sounds (21-7) vs. Charlotte Knights (10-18) RHP Alec Bettinger (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Jimmy Lambert (0-0, 7.71) Game #29/Road Game #17 • Sunday, June 6, 2021 • Truist Field • 1:05 p.m. (CDT) • MiLB TV • ESPN 94.9 FM UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SOUNDS VS. KNIGHTS DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CDT) TV/RADIO 2021: 3-2 at Nashville: 0-0 All-Time: 3-2 at Charlotte: 3-2 Tuesday 6/8 Indianapolis Zack Godley (3-0. 0.90) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM Date Site Result Wednesday 6/9 Indianapolis Josh Lindblom (1-0, 0.00) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/1 Charlotte W, 6-4 Thursday 6/10 Indianapolis Bowden Francis (1-1, 3.60) TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/2 Charlotte W, 7-4 Friday 6/11 Indianapolis TBD TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/3 Charlotte W, 15-4 Saturday 6/12 Indianapolis TBD TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/4 Charlotte L, 1-0 Today's Game: The Nashville Sounds and Charlotte Knights play the finale of a six-game series today in Char- SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS lotte. Bowden Francis gave the Nashville Sounds five strong innings in his second Triple-A start, but it was not 6/5 Charlotte L, 4-0 Series (W-L-T): 3-0-1 enough as the Sounds fell 4-0 against the Charlotte Knights Saturday night at Truist Field. Today, right-hander 6/6 Charlotte Series Openers: 3-2 Alec Bettinger gets the ball for the Sounds against right-hander Jimmy Lambert for the Knights. 6/22 Nashville Series Finales: 3-1 Alec Bettinger: 25-year-old Alec Bettinger makes his second start (third appearance) for the Sounds to- Series Sweeps: 2-0 day in the finale. He has compiled a 1-0 record and a 0.00 ERA in 6.0 IP. The right-hander has made three 6/23 Nashville Home Games: 9-3 appearances (one start) with Milwaukee and is 0-1 with a 14.00 ERA (14 ER/9.0 IP). He went 5-7 with a Road Games: 12-4 3.44 ERA in 26 games (26 starts) in 2019 with Double-A Biloxi. The right-hander was named Brewers Minor 6/24 Nashville Day Games: 2-1 League Pitcher of the Month for July after going 1-1 with a 2.81 ERA. Additionally, he finished among South- 6/25 Nashville ern League leaders in starts (T-1st), strikeouts (2nd), innings pitched (2nd), WHIP (2nd, 1.07), opponents Night Games: 19-6 batting average (4th, .223) and ERA (6th). 6/26 Nashville vs. RHP: 14-6 vs. LHP: 7-1 Jimmy Lambert: 26-year-old Jimmy Lambert gets the ball for Charlotte today. The right-hander is 0-0 6/27 Nashville vs. NL Affiliate: 9-3 with a 7.71 ERA (10 ER/11.2 IP) in five games (all starts) with the Knights in 2021. He made his first Major vs. AL Affiliate: 12-4 League start on May 31 at Cleveland. He allowed three runs on seven hits in 3.2 innings of work. Lambert made his Major League debut on July 25, 2020 vs. Minnesota, pitching a scoreless ninth inning with his Sounds Knights Lead After 6: 18-0 first strikeout (Miguel Sanó). He was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 5th round of the 2016 First- Trail After 6: 2-7 Year Player Draft. 21-7 Record 10-18 Tied After 6: 1-0 9-3 Home 8-9 Lead After 7: 18-0 2021 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following number of days in the Triple-A East Southeast Divi- Trail After 7: 1-7 sion standings in 2021: First: 12, Second: 5, Third: 1, Fourth: 13, Fifth: 2, Sixth: 0, Seventh: 0. 12-4 Road 2-9 Tied After 7: 2-0 Cemented in History: The Sounds came one win short of setting a franchise record in consecutive wins L2 Streak W2 Lead After 8: 18-0 on June 4. They won 15 straight games (5/18-6/3) for the third time in franchise history (July 29-August Trail After 8: 0-7 14, 2018 and June 2-20, 1999). 3-2 Last 5 2-3 Tied After 8: 1-0 8-2 Last 10 3-7 Scoring First: 16-2 Inside the Streak: During Nashville's 15-game winning streak, the team hit .259 (132-for-509) with 36 doubles, 31 home runs and 81 walks. The Sounds scored 106 runs and averaged 7.07 runs per game. The Opp. Scoring First: 5-5 pitching staff compiled a 2.78 ERA (42 ER/136.0 IP) and allowed only 86 hits and 52 walks to go along .250 BA .245 Scoring 4+ Runs: 17-3 with 152 strikeouts. Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 9-6 49 HR 35 Scoring 3 or < Runs: 4-3 Back-to-Back Goose Eggs: The Sounds were shutout for the second time this season last night and were 166 R 144 Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 11-1 shutout in back-to-back games for the first time since July 23-24, 2017 (6-0 at New Orleans, 8-0 at New Orleans). Nashville has lost back-to-back games for the first time this season since May 4-5. Hit a HR: 19-4 281 K (Bat) 297 Allow a HR 13-5 Turn Around for Wilson: Weston Wilson has hit safely in six consecutive games and is batting .412 126 BB (Bat) 80 Hit 2+ HR: 12-2 (7-for-17) with 4 runs, 3 doubles, 2 home runs, 2 RBI and 6 walks in those games. Prior to beginning the Allow 2+ HR: 3-4 streak, Wilson was hitting .176. 3.95 ERA 5.71 Outhit Opponent: 18-3 Start Me Up: Nashville's starting pitchers are 2-2 with a 1.67 ERA (5 ER/27.0 IP) and have 27 strikeouts 287 K (Pitch) 282 Tie in Hits: 0-0 in June. Outhit by Opponent: 3-4 117 BB (Pitch) 172 Record 10+ Hits: 9-0 Sounds at a Glance: The Sounds have won 18 of their last 22 games and 21 of their last 26. At 12-4, Nash- 119 R Allowed 179 Allow 10+ Hits: 1-3 ville has the second best road record in the Triple-A East, trailing only Jacksonville (13-4). The Sounds Commit an Error: 12-4 won 12 straight games away from First Horizon Park from 5/7-6/3. 29 HR Allowed 43 Commit No Errors: 9-3 Grass Is Always Greener: Sounds infielder Zach Green is among Triple-A East League leaders in several .977 Fielding Pct. .971 Walk-Off Wins: 2 offensive categories, including RBI (1st, 27), home runs (T-1st, 9), extra-base hits (T-8th, 13), and total Walk-Off Losses: - bases (T-9th, 52). Extra-Innings: 2-0 UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Sounds starter 6+IP: 3-1 How Sweet It Is: Manager Rick Sweet is at the helm for the Sounds in 2021, as he was in 2014 when he led the club to a 77-67 record. Sweet has managed for all or parts of 30 seasons in the minor leagues and The second half of the current 12-game, Sounds starter 7+ IP: 1-1 has compiled a managerial record of 2,048-1,928. The 2,048 wins are 11th-most all-time among all minor 13-day road trip continues tonight as the Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 league managers. 10th on the list is Lefty O’Doul who won 2,094 games from 1935-57. Sounds visit Charlotte. The team does not Longest Win Streak: 15 return to First Horizon Park until Tues- Longest Losing Streak: 2 The Milwaukee Era: A new era of Nashville Sounds baseball began on February 12, 2021 when the club day, June 8 when the Indianapolis Indians announced its affiliation with the Milwaukee Brewers. The affiliation with Milwaukee came after the come to town for a six-game series. Tues- THIS DATE IN HISTORY Sounds signed a 10-year Professional Development License (PDL) with Major League Baseball as part day, June 8 is the first Tito's Tail Waggin' of the 20-team Triple-A East League. Within the Triple-A East League, the Sounds are a member of the On June 6, 2000, Nashville's seven-team Southeast Division. Tuesday of the season and it's Peanut Free Craig Wilson belted three Night presented by Allergy, Asthma and home runs in a game against Sinus Center. Tucson to tie the franchise single-game record. Because of his efforts, a fan in attendance at Greer Stadium won $10,000 in a contest. Wilson became the fourth Sounds player to hit three homers in a single game. There's now seven after Matt Chapman accomplished the feat on September 3, 2016 at New Orleans. WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST HORIZON PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 TODAY'S STARTER - RHP ALEC BETTINGER HT/WT: 6’2”/201 40-MAN ROSTER: Yes BORN: July 13, 1995 in Alexandria, Virginia (25) SERVICE TIME: 0.00 RESIDES: Richmond, Virginia FIRST MLB WIN: N/A ACQUIRED: Selected in the 10th round of the 2017 First-Year Player Draft FIRST MLB STRIKEOUT: 5/7/21 w/ Milwaukee at Miami (Trevor Rogers) CAREER STATISTICS YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP 2017 Helena 3-3 4.97 15 9 0 0 0 50.2 52 30 28 1 2 23 39 3 2018 Wisconsin 5-4 3.73 12 11 0 0 0 62.2 59 28 26 6 2 17 50 3 Carolina 1-6 6.91 13 12 1 0 0 54.2 70 43 42 10 1 17 56 5 2019 Biloxi 5-7 3.44 26 26 1 0 0 146.1 121 62 56 13 5 35 157 2 2021 MILWAUKEE 0-1 14.00 3 1 0 0 0 9.0 16 14 14 3 1 3 5 1 Nashville 1-0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 Major League Totals 0-1 14.00 3 1 0 0 0 9.0 16 14 14 3 1 3 5 1 Minor League Totals 15-20 4.27 68 59 2 0 0 320.1 305 163 152 30 10 94 312 13 LAST OUTING: Bettinger received his first win with Nashville on June 3 at Charlotte out of the bullpen.