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NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION Nashville Sounds (4-3) vs. Memphis Redbirds (2-6) LHP Blaine Hardy (0-0, 2.70) vs. RHP Angel Rondon (0-1, 12.46) Game #8/Home Game #3 • Thursday, May 13, 2021 • First Horizon Park • 6:35 p.m. (CDT) • MiLB TV • ESPN 94.9 FM UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SOUNDS VS. REDBIRDS DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CDT) TV/RADIO 2021: 1-1 at Nashville: 93-80 All-Time: 187-163 at Memphis: 94-83 Friday 5/14 vs. Memphis LHP Wade LeBlanc (0-0, 0.00) LHP Bernardo Flores, Jr. (0-0, 2.70) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM Date Site Result Saturday 5/15 vs. Memphis RHP Alec Bettinger (NR) RHP Thomas Parsons (0-0, 5.19) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/ 102.5 FM 5/11 Nashville L, 18-6 Sunday 5/16 vs. Memphis TBD TBD 2:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/12 Nashville W, 9-6 Tuesday 5/18 vs. Gwinnett TBD TBD 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/13 Nashville Wednesday 5/19 vs. Gwinnett TBD TBD 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/14 Nashville Tonight’s Game: The Nashville Sounds host the Memphis Redbirds tonight in the third of a six-game series. SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS The Nashville Sounds scored a season-high nine runs to lead them to an 9-6 win over the Memphis Redbirds 5/15 Nashville Series (W-L-T): 1-0-0 in front of 3,844 fans Wednesday night at First Horizon Park. It was the Sounds first win at home this season. 5/16 Nashville Series Openers: 0-2 Left-hander Blaine Hardy makes his second start for the Sounds against right-hander Angel Rondon for the Redbirds. Series Finales: 1-0 8/17 Memphis Series Sweeps: 0-0 Blaine Hardy: 34-year-old Blaine Hardy makes his second start tonight for the Sounds. He made his first 8/18 Memphis Home Games: 1-1 start on May 7 in the second game of a doubleheader at Toledo. He pitched 3.1 innings and gave up one Road Games: 3-2 earned run and struck out seven in a no decision. The left-hander went 1-1 with a 4.47 ERA in 39 games 8/19 Memphis Day Games: 0-0 with Detroit in 2019. He spent nearly three weeks on the injured list from April 22-May 10 with a left fore- 8/20 Memphis arm strain and was placed on the 60-day injured list on August 8 with a left elbow injury. Night Games: 4-3 8/21 Memphis vs. RHP: 3-3 Angel Rondon: 23-year-old Angel Rondon makes his second start tonight for the Redbirds after getting vs. LHP: 1-0 the ball on May 7 at Durham. He surrendered six earned runs on nine hits and gave up three home runs. 8/22 Memphis vs. NL Affiliate: 1-1 He went 11-7 with a 2.93 ERA in 28 starts in 2019 with Advanced-A Palm Beach and Double-A Spring- 9/7 Nashville vs. AL Affiliate: 3-2 field. He was named a Florida State League Mid-Season All-Star and a MiLB Organization All-Star. Additionally, he was named 2019 Cardinals Minor League Pitcher of the Year and led the Texas League in 9/8 Nashville Lead After 6: 4-0 ERA. He is ranked as the No. 11 prospect in the Cardinals organization by MLB.com. Trail After 6: 0-3 9/9 Nashville Tied After 6: 0-0 2021 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following number of days in the Triple-A East Southeast Divi- Lead After 7: 4-0 sion standings in 2021: First: 0, Second: 0, Third: 1, Fourth: 6, Fifth: 2, Sixth: 0, Seventh: 0. Sounds Redbirds Trail After 7: 0-3 Power Surge: Through the first seven games of the season, the Sounds have clubbed 15 home runs, tied 4-3 Record 2-6 Tied After 7: 0-0 for third-most in the Triple-A East. 12 different Sounds have homered, led by Green with three. Lead After 8: 2-0 1-1 Home 1-5 Trail After 8: 0-3 Leadoff Pop: Dee Strange-Gordon hit the Sounds first leadoff home run in 2021 and first since June 24, Tied After 8: 0-0 2019 (Zack Granite at New Orleans). 3-2 Road 1-1 Scoring First: 4-2 Walk This Way: The Sounds pitching staff walked a season-high 10 batters last night. Starter Aaron W1 Streak L1 Opp. Scoring First: 0-1 Ashby walked a career-high five batters in 2.2 innings of work. The staff is tied for fourth in the Triple-A Scoring 4+ Runs: 4-3 East in walks (41). 4-1 Last 5 2-3 Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 2-3 4-3 Last 10 2-6 Scoring 3 or < Runs: 0-0 Consistency is Key: The Nashville offense scored a season-high nine runs last night and has scored at Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 2-0 least five runs in all seven contests this season. The Sounds are averaging 6.14 runs per game. .275 BA .236 Hit a HR: 4-3 Start the Streaks: Two active Sounds have modest on-base streaks of six games - Dee Strange-Gordon, and 15 HR 12 Allow a HR 3-3 Zach Green have all reached base safely in six straight. Hit 2+ HR: 2-2 43 R 47 Allow 2+ HR: 1-3 The Milwaukee Era: A new era of Nashville Sounds baseball began on February 12, 2021 when the club 65 K (Bat) 88 Outhit Opponent: 4-2 announced its affiliation with the Milwaukee Brewers. The affiliation with Milwaukee came after the Sounds signed a 10-year Professional Development License (PDL) with Major League Baseball as part Tie in Hits: 0-0 of the 20-team Triple-A East League. Within the Triple-A East League, the Sounds are a member of the 22 BB (Bat) 34 Outhit by Opponent: 0-1 seven-team Southeast Division. Record 10+ Hits: 1-0 6.95 ERA 7.63 Allow 10+ Hits: 0-1 There’s History Here: The Sounds enjoyed 10 years as the Brewers’ top affiliate from 2005-14. The 2005 73 K (Pitch) 79 Commit an Error: 2-2 season culminated with the Sounds winning the Pacific Coast League Championship – the City of Nashville’s most recent championship in any sport. Nashville compiled a 723-713 (.503) record during the 41 BB (Pitch) 38 Commit No Errors: 2-1 10-year stretch and made three consecutive postseason berths from 2005-07. In 2007, the Sounds won 89 Walk-Off Wins: - games, the second-most in franchise history (97 in 1980). 46 R Allowed 64 Walk-Off Losses: - Extra-Innings: 0-0 Top Prospects: Nashville opened the 2021 season with four players on the roster who are listed on MLB 13 HR Allowed 19 Sounds starter 6+IP: 0-0 Pipeline’s Top-30 Milwaukee prospects. Catcher Mario Feliciano is the No. 5 prospect, left-handed pitcher Aaron Ashby is the No. 7 prospect, outfielder Corey Ray is the No. 24 prospect and left-handed pitcher .964 Fielding Pct. .989 Sounds starter 7+ IP: 0-0 Clayton Andrews is the No. 25 prospect. Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Longest Win Streak: 3 How Sweet It Is: Manager Rick Sweet is at the helm for the Sounds in 2021, as he was in 2014 when he Longest Losing Streak: 2 led the club to a 77-67 record. Sweet has managed for all or parts of 30 seasons in the minor leagues and The next promotion will be tomorrow, has compiled a managerial record of 2,034-1,924. The 2,034 wins are 11th-most all-time among all minor Friday, May 12 with the 2021 Magnet THIS DATE IN HISTORY league managers. 10th on the list is Lefty O’Doul who won 2,094 games from 1935-57. Schedule Giveaway presented by FOX 17 On May 13, 1993, Drew Denson That Doesn’t Hurt So Bad: The Sounds have four Major League rehabbers on the roster. Infielder Daniel News to the first 1,000 fans. It's also the became the first Sound in Robertson (May 6 - concussion), outfielder Derek Fisher (April 1 - strained left hamstring), infielder/ first game of the 2021 season with near history to record seven RBI. outfielder Jace Peterson (April 23 - cryotherapy on left thumb) and infielder/outfielder Tim Lopes (March 100% attendance allowed at First Horizon Since then, seven other players 8 - right oblique) are all on the current roster. Park. have achieved the feat. Anthony Garcia broke the record on July 17, 2018 when he drove in eight runs. WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST HORIZON PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 TONIGHt’S STARTER - LHP BLAINE HARDY HT/WT: 6’2”/218 40-MAN ROSTER: No BORN: March 14, 1987 in Seattle, Washington (34) SERVICE TIME: 4.108 RESIDES: Pequot Lakes, Minnesota FIRST MLB WIN: 6/30/14 w/ Detroit v. Oakland ACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on January 28, 2021 FIRST MLB STRIKEOUT: 6/14/14 w/ Detroit v. Kansas City (Nori Aoki) CAREER STATISTICS YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP 2008 Idaho Falls 1-0 4.15 21 0 0 0 4 34.2 34 18 16 5 0 8 34 1 2009 Burlington 4-4 2.05 36 3 0 0 9 92.1 71 26 21 3 7 17 94 4 2010 NW Arkansas 1-0 0.69 12 0 0 0 4 26.0 11 2 2 0 1 8 16 0 Omaha 3-4 3.49 28 8 0 0 3 67.0 65 30 26 9 1 21 48 2 2011 NW Arkansas 2-1 1.59 19 0 0 0 8 39.2 28 11 7 2 2 16 41 6 Omaha 2-3 7.14 23 0 0 0 0 29.0 38 25 23 7 1 19 23 0 2012 NW Arkansas 1-1 2.61 10 0 0 0 3 20.2 17 8 6 3 2 9 13 4 Omaha 3-2 3.79 30 0 0 0 1 54.2 68 24 23 6 0 22 45 1 2013 Erie 2-2 1.63 16 0 0 0 1 27.2 16 8 5 1 0 22 45 1 Toledo 6-1 1.69 14 9 1 1 0 64.0 46 12 12 7 2 19 53 1 2014 Toledo 3-2 2.68 20 6 0 0 0 47.0 35 14 14 2 1 13 53 1 DETROIT 2-1 2.54 38 0 0 0 0 39.0 34 12 11 1 1 20 31 1 2015 DETROIT 5-3 3.08 70 0 0 0 0 61.1 61 23 21 2 1 22 55 5 2016 Lakeland 0-0 6.00 2 2 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 6 1 Toledo 1-0 1.72 32 0 0 0 1 31.1 20 6 6 1 1 5 19 1 DETROIT 1-0 3.51 21 0 0 0 0 25.2 25 11 10 2 0 12 20 1 2017 Toledo 7-3 3.10 34 2 0 0 3 40.2 32 14 14 1 0 5 45 3 DETROIT 1-0 5.94 35 0 0 0 0 33.1 46 24 22 7 0 13 28 1 2018 Toledo 3-0 1.03 9 4 0 0 0 26.1 14 3 3 0 0 4 34 1 DETROIT 4-5 3.56 30 13 0 0 1 86.0 79 37 34 10 2 22 66 2 2019 Lakeland 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 DETROIT 1-1 4.47 39 0 0 0 0 44.1 38 24 22 10 0 13 29 0 2021 Nashville 0-0 2.70 1 1 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 1 1 0 2 7 0 Major League Totals 14-10 3.73 233 13 0 0 1 289.2 283 131 120 32 4 102 229 13 Minor League Totals 39-23 2.67 309 35 1 1 37 610.1 499 204 181 48 19 181 560 26 LAST OUTING: Hardy the first start of his 2021 season on May 7 at Toledo and got a no-decision in Nashville’s 5-4 win.