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NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION Nashville Sounds (24-13) vs. Gwinnett Stripers (20-18) RHP Bowden Francis (2-1, 2.12) vs. RHP Kyle Wright (1-2, 4.05) Game #38/Road Game #20 • Thursday, June 17, 2021 • Coolray Field • 6:05 p.m. (CDT) • MiLB TV • ESPN 94.9 FM UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SOUNDS VS. STRIPERS DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CDT) TV/RADIO 2021: 6-2 at Nashville: 6-0 All-Time: 6-2 at Gwinnett: 0-2 Friday 6/18 at Gwinnett RHP Alec Bettinger (1-2, 3.46) RHP Jasseel De La Cruz (0-2, 4.97) 6:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 102.5 FM Date Site Result Saturday 6/19 at Gwinnett RHP Ryan Weber (2-2, 4.63) TBD 5:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/18 Nashville W, 9-8 Sunday 6/20 at Gwinnett RHP Josh Lindblom (1-0, 0.60) TBD 12:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/19 Nashville W, 5-4 (10) Tuesday 6/22 vs. Charlotte TBD TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/20 Nashville W, 3-1 5/21 Nashville W, 3-2 Wednesday 6/23 vs. Charlotte TBD TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/22 Nashville W, 2-1 SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and Gwinnett Stripers play game three of a six-game series to- night at Coolray Field. For the second night in a row, the Nashville Sounds outhit the Gwinnett Stripers 5/23 Nashville W, 1-0 Series (W-L-T): 3-0-3 but lost, suffering a 9-3 defeat on Wednesday night at Coolray Field. Right-hander Bowden Francis starts 6/15 Gwinnett L, 2-1 Series Openers: 3-4 for the Sounds against right-hander Kyle Wright for the Stripers. 6/16 Gwinnett L, 9-3 Series Finales: 3-3 6/17 Gwinnett Series Sweeps: 2-0 Bowden Francis: 25-year-old Bowden Francis makes his fourth start for the Sounds tonight. He last Home Games: 12-6 pitched on June 11 and got the win vs. Indianapolis. He worked a season-high 7.0 innings and gave 6/18 Gwinnett Road Games: 12-7 up just 1 hit and 0 runs. He added 6 strikeouts and 1 walk in Nashville's 14-1 win. He was named 6/19 Gwinnett Day Games: 2-3 Milwaukee Brewers organizational Pitcher of the Month for May (along with RHP Taylor Floyd). 6/20 Gwinnett Night Games: 22-10 The right-hander made 5 starts (4 with Double-A Biloxi, 1 with Nashville) and went 4-1 with a 3.81 ERA (11 ER/26 IP). Francis allowed 22 hits and 8 walks during the month of May to go along with 7/6 Gwinnett vs. RHP: 17-12 34 strikeouts, while holding opposing batters to a .220 average. Milwaukee drafted Francis in the 7th 7/7 Gwinnett vs. LHP: 7-1 round of the 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft. vs. NL Affiliate: 12-8 7/8 Gwinnett 7/9 Gwinnett vs. AL Affiliate: 12-5 Kyle Wright: 25-year-old Kyle Wright makes his eighth start for Gwinnett tonight. On June 11, Wright Lead After 6: 20-0 covered 1.2 innings and gave up 1 run on 1 hit and struck out 2. He faced Nashville on May 18 and gave up 7/10 Gwinnett Trail After 6: 3-13 5 runs in 4.2 innings. He made one start with Atlanta on April 16 at Chicago-NL and pitched 4.1 innings 7/11 Gwinnett Tied After 6: 1-0 and gave up two runs on three hits and struck out five. In 2020, Wright made a career-most eight starts 8/24 Nashville Lead After 7: 21-0 during his third major league campaign, going 2-4 with a 5.21 ERA (22 ER/38.0 IP). He won each of his Trail After 7: 1-12 last two decisions and the Braves won his last three starts. The Alabama native made his playoff debut in 8/25 Nashville Tied After 7: 2-0 Game 3 of the NLDS vs. Miami and pitched 6.0 shutout innings in the start, allowing just three hits and 8/26 Nashville Lead After 8: 21-0 two walks while striking out seven. 8/27 Nashville Trail After 8: 0-12 8/28 Nashville Tied After 8: 1-0 2021 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following number of days in the Triple-A East Southeast Division standings in 2021: First: 22, Second: 6, Third: 1, Fourth: 13, Fifth: 2, Sixth: 0, Seventh: 0. 8/29 Nashville Scoring First: 19-3 9/14 Gwinnett Opp. Scoring First: 5-10 Four-Game Skid: Nashville's 9-3 loss to Gwinnett last night gave them their fourth consecutive loss. 9/15 Gwinnett Scoring 4+ Runs: 20-4 The four-game skid matches their longest of the season, they last lost four straight from 6/4-8. Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 10-10 9/16 Gwinnett Scoring 3 or < Runs: 4-8 June Struggles: The Sounds offense is down in June after finishing in the top 3 in several categories in 9/17 Gwinnett Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 12-3 the month of May. So far in June, Nashville is 11th in the Triple-A East in batting average (.239), 10th 9/18 Gwinnett Hit a HR: 21-6 in slugging percentage (.414) and 10th in OPS (.765). Allow a HR 13-10 9/19 Gwinnett Hit 2+ HR: 13-3 Double Digits for Hiura: Infielder Keston Hiura has hit safely in 12 games, the longest streak by a Allow 2+ HR: 3-7 Sounds player in 2021. Since May 18, Hiura is hitting .488 (20-for-41) with 9 runs, 3 doubles, 3 home Sounds Stripers Outhit Opponent: 20-6 runs, 10 RBI and 8 walks during the streak. It's the second-longest active streak in the Triple-A East 24-13 Record 20-18 behind only Durham's Wander Franco (13 games). It's the first time a Sounds player has put together Tie in Hits: 1-0 12-6 Home 12-8 Outhit by Opponent: 3-7 a hitting streak of 10 or more games since Nick Solak had an 18-game streak from July 30-August 18, 2019. 12-7 Road 8-10 Record 10+ Hits: 11-2 L4 Streak W2 Allow 10+ Hits: 1-5 Have a Series: Infielder/outfielder Jamie Westbrook had quite the series against Indianapolis and con- 1-4 Last 5 2-3 Commit an Error: 14-8 tinued as he tied a career-high with 4 hits last night (10x, last - 5/4/21 at TOL). Dating back to the start Commit No Errors: 10-5 of the Indianapolis series on June 8, Westbrook has hit safely in every game. During the 8-game stretch, 3-7 Last 10 5-5 Walk-Off Wins: 2 Westbrook is batting .500 (17-for-34) with 7 runs, 5 doubles, 2 home runs, 10 RBI and 1 walk. .252 BA .251 Walk-Off Losses: - 56 HR 50 Extra-Innings: 2-0 Close as Can Be: Nashville's six-game series sweep of Gwinnett from May 18-23 was nearly as close Sounds starter 6+IP: 4-2 as a series can get. The Sounds won five of the six games by one run and the other game by two runs. 207 R 210 Sounds starter 7+ IP: 1-1 Nashville only scored 23 runs and hit .223 as a team but the pitching staff limited the Stripers to a .189 373 K (Bat) 352 Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 team average and only 16 runs. 171 BB (Bat) 192 Longest Win Streak: 15 4.00 ERA 3.71 Longest Losing Streak: 4 Another Streak for Pérez: Hernán Pérez has hit safely in 5 straight games for the second time this season. He is 1 of 4 Sounds to have 2 5-game hit streaks (Zach Green, Corey Ray and Dustin Peter- 369 K (Pitch) 359 THIS DATE IN HISTORY son). 153 BB (Pitch) 118 162 R Allowed 150 On this date in 2018, the How Sweet It Is: Manager Rick Sweet is at the helm for the Sounds in 2021, as he was in 2014 when Sounds collected 15 hits and he led the club to a 77-67 record. Sweet has managed for all or parts of 30 seasons in the minor leagues 39 HR Allowed 37 went 10-for-22 with runners in and has compiled a managerial record of 2,051-1,934. The 2,051 wins are 11th-most all-time among all .976 Fielding Pct. .986 scoring position but lost a slug- minor league managers. 10th on the list is Lefty O’Doul who won 2,094 games from 1935-57. fest in Albuquerque, 17-12. Five UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Sounds had multi-hit games, in- The Milwaukee Era: A new era of Nashville Sounds baseball began on February 12, 2021 when the club cluding three from Nick Martini The Sounds return to First Horizon Park and Steve Lombardozzi. 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 on Tuesday, June 22 to begin a 12-game, of the 20-team Triple-A East League. Within the Triple-A East League, the Sounds are a member of the 13-day homestand against the Charlotte seven-team Southeast Division.