NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION Nashville Sounds (6-4) vs. Memphis Redbirds (3-8) RHP Thomas Jankins (0-1, 18.36) vs. RHP Miles Mikolas (0-1, 7.11) Game #11/Home Game #6 • Sunday, May 16, 2021 • First Horizon Park • 2:05 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: 3-2 at Nashville: 95-81 All-Time: 189-164 at Memphis: 94-83 Tuesday 5/18 vs. Gwinnett LHP Aaron Ashby (0-0, 1.35) RHP Kyle Wright (0-2, 5.40) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV/ 94.9 FM Date Site Result Wednesday 5/19 vs. Gwinnett LHP Wade LeBlanc (0-1, 7.94) LHP Tucker Davidson (2-0, 0.64) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/11 Nashville L, 18-6 Thursday 5/20 vs. Gwinnett RHP Alec Bettinger (0-1, 0.00) LHP Kyle Muller (0-0, 11.57) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/12 Nashville W, 9-6 Friday 5/21 vs. Gwinnett TBD RHP Bryse Wilson (1-0, 0.00) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/13 Nashville W, 8-2 Saturday 5/22 vs. Gwinnett LHP Eric Lauer (NR) RHP Kyle Wright (0-2, 5.40) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/14 Nashville L, 9-2 Today's Game: The Nashville Sounds host the Memphis Redbirds today in the finale of a six-game series. SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Weston Wilson delivered the knockout punch with a walk-off base hit in the bottom of the 10th inning to give 5/15 Nashville W, 4-3 Series (W-L-T): 1-0-0 the Nashville Sounds a thrilling 4-3 win over the Memphis Redbirds in front of a sellout crowd of 10,861 fans at 5/16 Nashville Series Openers: 0-2 First Horizon Park Saturday night. Right-hander Thomas Jankins makes his third start for the Sounds against right-hander Miles Mikolas for the Redbirds. Series Finales: 1-0 8/17 Memphis Series Sweeps: 0-0 Thomas Jankins: 25-year-old Thomas Jankins makes his third start for the Sounds today. He set ca- 8/18 Memphis Home Games: 3-2 reer-highs in his last start in hits (12) and runs (11) against Memphis on May 11. In 2019, Jankins went 11-5 Road Games: 3-2 with a 4.19 ERA in 25 games (23 starts) with Triple-A San Antonio and Double-A Biloxi. Jankins finished 8/19 Memphis Day Games: 0-0 tied for fifth in the Pacific Coast League for wins (10), logged 10 quality starts and four starts of 6+ IP and 8/20 Memphis one or less runs allowed. In his 2019 debut, he tossed the only complete game of his career on April 7 vs. Night Games: 6-4 Birmingham. The Massachusetts native was named a Southern League All-Star in 2018 after he went 10-9 8/21 Memphis vs. RHP: 5-3 with a 4.42 ERA with Double-A Biloxi. The Brewers drafted Jankins in the 13th round of the 2016 First- vs. LHP: 1-1 Year Player Draft. 8/22 Memphis vs. NL Affiliate: 3-2 9/7 Nashville vs. AL Affiliate: 3-2 Miles Mikolas: 32-year-old Miles Mikolas gets the ball today for the Redbirds. He is making his third Major League rehab start after being placed on St. Louis' 10-day injured list on May 1. In his last start at 9/8 Nashville Lead After 6: 5-0 Nashville on May 11, he pitched 4.0 innings and surrendered three runs on five hits. He missed the 2020 Trail After 6: 0-4 season after undergoing surgery to repair a flexor tendon in his right arm. He was selected to represent 9/9 Nashville Tied After 6: 1-0 St. Louis in the 2018 All-Star game and finished 6th in the National League Cy Young Award voting. The Lead After 7: 5-0 Florida native was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 7th round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft. Sounds Redbirds Trail After 7: 0-4 2021 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following number of days in the Triple-A East Southeast Divi- 6-4 Record 3-8 Tied After 7: 1-0 sion standings in 2021: First: 0, Second: 0, Third: 1, Fourth: 9, Fifth: 2, Sixth: 0, Seventh: 0. Lead After 8: 4-0 3-2 Home 1-5 Trail After 8: 0-4 Walk-Off Wilson: Weston Wilson gave the Sounds their first walk-off win of the 2021 season last night. It Tied After 8: 0-0 was Nashville's first walk-off win since July 13, 2019 vs. New Orleans (Patrick Wisdom). 3-2 Road 2-3 Scoring First: 5-2 Come Early, Come Often: With two consecutive sellouts and possible third today, the Sounds have taken W1 Streak L1 Opp. Scoring First: 1-2 the lead in average attendance in the minor leagues. At 6,659 fans per game through the first five games Scoring 4+ Runs: 6-3 of the season at First Horizon Park, the Sounds have the highest per-game average in Minor League 3-2 Last 5 2-3 Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 2-4 Baseball. Triple-A El Paso is second at 6,504 per game and Double-A Rocket City is third with 6,138 fans 6-4 Last 10 3-7 Scoring 3 or < Runs: 0-0 per game. Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 4-0 .262 BA .228 Punching K's: The Sounds pitching staff struck out a season-high 15 batters last night. It was the most Hit a HR: 5-4 strikeouts recorded by Nashville since June 15, 2018 (at El Paso). 18 HR 13 Allow a HR 4-3 Hit 2+ HR: 3-2 NL MVP in Nashville: 2018 National League MVP winner Christian Yelich joined the Sounds on May 57 R 61 Allow 2+ HR: 1-3 14 for an MLB rehab assignment. Milwaukee placed Yelich on the injured list on May 4 with a lower back 92 K (Bat) 119 Outhit Opponent: 5-2 strain. He is batting .353 (12-for-34) in 10 games with the Brewers. Tie in Hits: 0-0 Start the Streak: Dee Strange-Gordon has hit safely in a team-high seven straight games, batting .290 40 BB (Bat) 52 Outhit by Opponent: 1-2 (9-for-31) with 6 runs, 1 home run and 2 RBI. Record 10+ Hits: 2-0 6.14 ERA 6.84 Allow 10+ Hits: 0-2 The Milwaukee Era: A new era of Nashville Sounds baseball began on February 12, 2021 when the club 104 K (Pitch) 106 Commit an Error: 3-2 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 59 BB (Pitch) 56 Commit No Errors: 3-2 of the 20-team Triple-A East League. Within the Triple-A East League, the Sounds are a member of the Walk-Off Wins: 1 seven-team Southeast Division. 60 R Allowed 78 Walk-Off Losses: - Extra-Innings: 1-0 There’s History Here: The Sounds enjoyed 10 years as the Brewers’ top affiliate from 2005-14. The 2005 14 HR Allowed 22 Sounds starter 6+IP: 0-0 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 .973 Fielding Pct. .992 Sounds starter 7+ IP: 0-0 10-year stretch and made three consecutive postseason berths from 2005-07. In 2007, the Sounds won 89 Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 games, the second-most in franchise history (97 in 1980). UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Longest Win Streak: 3 Longest Losing Streak: 2 Top Prospects: Nashville opened the 2021 season with four players on the roster who are listed on MLB The next promotion will be Thursday, Pipeline’s Top-30 Milwaukee prospects. Catcher Mario Feliciano is the No. 5 prospect, left-handed pitcher May 20 with the co-branded University THIS DATE IN HISTORY Aaron Ashby is the No. 7 prospect, outfielder Corey Ray is the No. 24 prospect and left-handed pitcher Clayton Andrews is the No. 25 prospect. of Tennessee apron giveaway presented Russell Branyan hit three home by First Horizon to the first 500 fans. The runs in the Sounds' 10-8 win How Sweet It Is: Manager Rick Sweet is at the helm for the Sounds in 2021, as he was in 2014 when he Sounds will wear throwback uniforms, over New Orleans on May 16, led the club to a 77-67 record. Sweet has managed for all or parts of 30 seasons in the minor leagues and presented by Budweiser, to commemorate 2008. All three of Branyan's has compiled a managerial record of 2,035-1,925. The 2,035 wins are 11th-most all-time among all minor the team’s original uniform style from homers were 2-run blasts. league managers. 10th on the list is Lefty O’Doul who won 2,094 games from 1935-57. 1978. Fans can purchase Pepsi fountain He hit one in the 2nd inning, soda and Budweiser products at a dis- another in the 3rd, and the last That Doesn’t Hurt So Bad: The Sounds have five Major League rehabbers on the roster.