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NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION Nashville Sounds (21-8) vs. Indianapolis Indians (15-14) RHP Zack Godley (3-0, 0.90) vs. RHP James Marvel (0-1, 4.07) Game #30/Home Game #13 • Tuesday, June 8, 2021 • First Horizon Park • 7:05 p.m. (CDT) • MiLB TV • ESPN 94.9 FM UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SOUNDS VS. INDIANS DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CDT) TV/RADIO 2021: 0-0 at Nashville: 0-0 All-Time: 139-148 at Indianapolis: 0-0 Wednesday 6/9 Indianapolis RHP Josh Lindblom (1-0, 0.00) RHP Steven Wright (2-1, 2.21) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM Date Site Result Thursday 6/10 Indianapolis RHP Bowden Francis (1-1, 3.60) RHP Beau Sulser (2-2, 5.18) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/8 Nashville Friday 6/11 Indianapolis TBD RHP Cody Ponce (0-1, 5.40) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/9 Nashville Saturday 6/12 Indianapolis TBD RHP Max Kranick (0-1, 4.82) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/10 Nashville Sumday 6/13 Indianapolis TBD TBD 2:05 p.m. MiLB TV/ 94.9 FM 6/11 Nashville Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and Indianapolis Indians play the first of a six-game series tonight at SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS First Horizon Park. The Nashville Sounds lost their third straight in a rain-shortened game against the Char- 6/12 Nashville Series (W-L-T): 3-0-2 lotte Knights 3-2 Sunday Afternoon at Truist Field. Right-hander Zack Godley gets the ball for the Sounds 6/13 Nashville Series Openers: 3-2 against right-hander James Marvel for the Indians. Series Finales: 3-2 Zack Godley: 31-year-old Zack Godley makes his fifth start for the Sounds tonight in the series opener. Sounds Indians Series Sweeps: 2-0 He has compiled a 3-0 record and a 0.90 ERA in 20.0 IP. In his last start on June 2 at Charlotte, the right- Home Games: 9-3 hander pitched 7.0 innings and gave up 2 runs (1 earned) on one hit and struck out 4. The South Carolina 21-8 Record 15-14 Road Games: 12-5 native was designated for assignment by Milwaukee on May 10 and joined Nashville on May 12. The 9-3 Home 9-3 Day Games: 2-2 Brewers signed Godley on March 19. He has pitched in the big leagues for Milwaukee, Boston, Arizona Night Games: 19-6 and Toronto. He was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 10th round of the 2013 MLB First-Year Player 12-5 Road 6-11 vs. RHP: 14-7 Draft out of the University of Tennessee. L3 Streak L1 vs. LHP: 7-1 James Marvel: 27-year-old James Marvel gets the ball for the Indians tonight. The right-hander is 0-1 vs. NL Affiliate: 9-3 with a 4.07 ERA (11 ER/24.1 IP) in five games (all starts) with Indianapolis in 2021. He was named Pitts- 2-3 Last 5 3-2 vs. AL Affiliate: 12-5 burgh’s Minor League Pitcher-of-the-Year in 2019 after going 16-5 with a 2.94 ERA (53 ER/162.1 IP) in 28 Lead After 6: 18-0 total starts between Double-A Altoona and Indianapolis. He led all of minor league baseball in wins in 7-3 Last 10 4-6 Trail After 6: 2-8 2019 and led all Pirates farmhands in wins, strikeouts and ERA (minimum 100.0 IP). Marvel was named .247 BA .228 Tied After 6: 1-0 to the 2019 Eastern League’s Mid-Season All-Star team. He was selected by Pittsburgh in the 36th round of the 2015 First-Year Player Draft. Lead After 7: 18-0 50 HR 31 Trail After 7: 1-7 2021 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following number of days in the Triple-A East Southeast Divi- 168 R 119 Tied After 7: 2-0 sion standings in 2021: First: 14, Second: 5, Third: 1, Fourth: 13, Fifth: 2, Sixth: 0, Seventh: 0. Lead After 8: 18-0 290 K (Bat) 290 Trail After 8: 0-7 Cemented in History: The Sounds came one win short of setting a franchise record in consecutive wins on June 4. They won 15 straight games (5/18-6/3) for the third time in franchise history (July 29-August 131 BB (Bat) 120 Tied After 8: 1-0 14, 2018 and June 2-20, 1999). Scoring First: 16-2 3.96 ERA 3.61 Opp. Scoring First: 5-6 Tale of Two Stories: During Nashville's 15-game winning streak, the team hit .259 (132-for-509) with 292 K (Pitch) 275 Scoring 4+ Runs: 17-3 36 doubles, 31 home runs and 81 walks. The Sounds scored 106 runs and averaged 7.07 runs per game. Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 9-6 During the current 3-game skid, the Sounds are batting .122 (10-for-82) and are averaging less than a run 122 BB (Pitch) 189 per game. Scoring 3 or < Runs: 4-4 122 R Allowed 112 Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 11-2 Turn Around for Wilson: Weston Wilson has reached base safely in 10 consecutive games (5/27-present), Hit a HR: 19-5 batting .294 with 8 runs, 3 doubles, 4 home runs, 5 RBI and 11 BB during the streak. Prior to beginning 30 HR Allowed 33 Allow a HR 13-6 the streak, Wilson was batting .176. Hit 2+ HR: 12-2 .977 Fielding Pct. .981 Honors for Ashby: Aaron Ashby was named Triple-A East Pitcher of the Week for his play from 5/31-6/6. Allow 2+ HR: 3-4 He joins Tyrone Taylor as Sounds players to win a weekly league honor. The left-hander 's lone start was UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Outhit Opponent: 18-3 6/4 at Charlotte, he struck out a season-high 11 batters and allowed 1 unearned run on 2 hits in 7.0 IP. Tie in Hits: 0-0 Ashby was tagged with a tough-luck loss in Nashville’s 1-0 setback. Ashby is among Triple-A East League Wednesday, June 9 Outhit by Opponent: 3-5 leaders in batting average against (3rd, .170), strikeouts (5th, 39) and ERA (7th, 2.93). • The first Interchangeable Velcro Patch Record 10+ Hits: 9-0 Hiura is Back: Keston Hiura was optioned from Milwaukee to Nashville on 6/7 after being recalled on Hat Giveaway presented by DEX Imaging Allow 10+ Hits: 1-3 5/24. Since being recalled, Hiura hit .069 (2-for-29) with 16 K in 11 games with Milwaukee. He hit safely to the first 1,000 fans. Commit an Error: 12-4 in 7 of his 9 games with the Sounds, batting .438 with 8 R, 6 doubles, 3 home runs, 7 RBI and 4 BB. • Youth Sports Day for McCabe Park Commit No Errors: 9-4 Little League with discounted tickets Walk-Off Wins: 2 Sounds at a Glance: The Sounds have won 18 of their last 23 games and 21 of their last 27. At 9-3, Nash- available. Walk-Off Losses: - ville has the second-best home record in the Triple-A East, trailing only Omaha (15-3). The Sounds have won their last 6 games at First Horizon Park. Extra-Innings: 2-0 Sounds starter 6+IP: 3-1 Grass Is Always Greener: Sounds infielder Zach Green is among Triple-A East League leaders in several Sounds starter 7+ IP: 1-1 offensive categories, including RBI (1st, 27), home runs (T-1st, 9), slugging percentage (9th, .578) and Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 extra-base hits (T-9th, 13). Longest Win Streak: 15 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: 3 led the club to a 77-67 record. Sweet has managed for all or parts of 30 seasons in the minor leagues and has compiled a managerial record of 2,048-1,929. The 2,048 wins are 11th-most all-time among all minor THIS DATE IN HISTORY league managers. 10th on the list is Lefty O’Doul who won 2,094 games from 1935-57. The last time the Sounds played on June 8 was in 2019 in a 4-2 The Milwaukee Era: A new era of Nashville Sounds baseball began on February 12, 2021 when the club win at Tacoma. The reigning announced its affiliation with the Milwaukee Brewers. The affiliation with Milwaukee came after the NL Player of the Week, Patrick Sounds signed a 10-year Professional Development License (PDL) with Major League Baseball as part Wisdom, hit a solo home run in of the 20-team Triple-A East League. Within the Triple-A East League, the Sounds are a member of the the seventh inning for Nashville. seven-team Southeast Division. Eli White also homered and Esmerling Vasquez tossed five shutout innings. WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST HORIZON PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 TONIGHt’S STARTER - RHP ZACK GODLEY HT/WT: 6’3”/250 40-MAN ROSTER: No BORN: April 21, 1990 in Bamberg, South Carolina (31) SERVICE TIME: 4.103 RESIDES: Chapin, South Carolina FIRST MLB WIN: 7/23/15 w/ Arizona vs. Milwaukee ACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on March 19, 2021 FIRST MLB STRIKEOUT: 7/23/15 w/ Arizona vs.