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NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION Nashville Sounds (23-9) vs. Indianapolis Indians (16-16) RHP Bowden Francis (1-1, 3.60) vs. RHP Cody Ponce (0-1, 5.40) Game #33/Home Game #16 • Friday, June 11, 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: 2-1 at Nashville: 2-1 All-Time: 141-149 at Indianapolis: 0-0 Saturday 6/12 Indianapolis RHP Alec Bettinger (1-1, 2.16) RHP Max Kranick (0-1, 4.82) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM Date Site Result Sunday 6/13 Indianapolis RHP Zack Godley (3-1, 1.73) TBD 2:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/8 Nashville L, 6-1 Tuesday 6/15 at Gwinnett TBD TBD 6:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/9 Nashville W, 9-4 Wednesday 6/16 at Gwinnett TBD TBD 6:05 p.m. MiLB TV/ 94.9 FM 6/10 Nashville W, 6-3 Thursday 6/17 at Gwinnett TBD TBD 6:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/11 Nashville Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and Indianapolis Indians play the fourth of a six-game set tonight at SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS First Horizon Park. The Sounds scored five runs in the seventh inning to overcome a 3-1 deficit and defeat 6/12 Nashville Series (W-L-T): 3-0-2 the Indianapolis Indians 6-3 Thursday night. Right-hander Bowden Francis starts for Nashville against right- 6/13 Nashville Series Openers: 3-3 hander Cody Ponce for Indianapolis. Series Finales: 3-2 Bowden Francis: 25-year-old Bowden Francis makes his third start for Nashville. He has gone 1-1 with a Sounds Indians Series Sweeps: 2-0 3.60 ERA (4 ER/10.0 IP). Francis last pitched on June 5 at Charlotte and worked 5.0 IP and allowed 2 runs Home Games: 11-4 on 2 hits and struck out 6. In 2019, Francis went 8-9 with a 3.97 ERA (63 ER/142.2 IP) in 28 games (27 23-9 Record 16-16 Road Games: 12-5 starts) between Advanced-A Carolina and Double-A Biloxi. He led all Brewers farmhands in strikeouts 11-4 Home 9-3 Day Games: 2-2 (165) and finished among leaders in starts (T-1st), opponent batting average (4th, .233) and innings Night Games: 21-7 pitched (5th). He also finished among Southern League leaders in starts (T-3rd, 24), strikeouts (4th, 145) 12-5 Road 7-13 vs. RHP: 16-8 and innings pitched (5th, 128.2). W2 Streak L2 vs. LHP: 7-1 Cody Ponce: 27-year-old Cody Ponce starts for the Indians tonight. The right-hander is making his sixth vs. NL Affiliate: 11-4 appearance for Indianapolis and his fifth start. He has compiled a 0-1 record with a 5.40 ERA (13 ER/21.2 2-3 Last 5 2-3 vs. AL Affiliate: 12-5 IP) to go along with 24 strikeouts. He made one start for Pittsburgh on 5/25 vs. Chicago-NL and covered Lead After 6: 19-0 5.0 innings and surrendered 4 runs on 9 hits. Ponce began the 2020 season at Pittsburgh's alternate site 6-4 Last 10 5-5 Trail After 6: 3-9 in Altoona and was officially recalled on 8/2 prior to the game in Chicago-NL. He made his Major League debut on 8/2 and suffered the loss. He was selected by Milwaukee in the 2nd round of the 2015 First-Year .247 BA .224 Tied After 6: 1-0 Player Draft. Lead After 7: 20-0 52 HR 32 Trail After 7: 1-8 2021 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following number of days in the Triple-A East Southeast Divi- 184 R 132 Tied After 7: 2-0 sion standings in 2021: First: 17, Second: 5, Third: 1, Fourth: 13, Fifth: 2, Sixth: 0, Seventh: 0. Lead After 8: 20-0 319 K (Bat) 327 June Arms Race: As Nashville's winning streak took off in late May, the pitching has continued to have Trail After 8: 0-8 success in the month of June. The staff has a 5-4 June record and have recorded a league-best 3.20 ERA (27 150 BB (Bat) 130 Tied After 8: 1-0 ER/76.0 IP). They have combined for 93 strikeouts, a 1.03 WHIP and are holding opposing hitters to a .174 Scoring First: 18-2 batting average. The WHIP and batting average against are the best marks in the Triple-A East in June. 3.94 ERA 3.81 Opp. Scoring First: 5-7 329 K (Pitch) 304 Scoring 4+ Runs: 19-3 Bowden’s Honor: Tonight’s starter Bowden Francis was named the Milwaukee Brewers organizational Pitcher of the Month for May (along with RHP Taylor Floyd). The right-hander made 5 starts (4 with Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 10-7 Double-A Biloxi, 1 with Nashville) and went 4-1 with a 3.81 ERA (11 ER/26 IP). Francis allowed 22 hits 132 BB (Pitch) 108 Scoring 3 or < Runs: 4-5 and 8 walks during the month of May to go along with 34 strikeouts, while holding opposing batters to a 135 R Allowed 128 Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 11-2 .220 average. Hit a HR: 20-5 31 HR Allowed 35 Allow a HR 13-7 Start The Streak: Jake Hager has hit safely in five straight games, batting .353 (6-for-17) with 4 runs, 4 doubles, 1 RBI and 2 walks. He is the 10th Sound to record a 5-game hit streak. Hit 2+ HR: 13-2 .976 Fielding Pct. .982 Allow 2+ HR: 3-4 Home Field Advantage: The Sounds are 11-4 at First Horizon Park this season, which is the second-best Outhit Opponent: 19-3 home record in the Triple-A East, trailing only Omaha (15-3). Nashville has won 8 of their last 9 games at UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Tie in Hits: 1-0 home. Saturday, June 12 Outhit by Opponent: 3-6 Turn Around for Wilson: Weston Wilson has reached base safely in 12 consecutive games (5/27-present), • Postgame bread giveaway presented by Record 10+ Hits: 10-0 batting .297 (11-for-37) with 8 runs, 4 doubles, 4 home runs, 5 RBI and 13 BB during the streak. Prior to Martin’s Famous Potato Rolls and Bread Allow 10+ Hits: 1-4 beginning the streak, Wilson was batting .174 (4-for-23). to the first 2,000 fans after the final out. Commit an Error: 14-5 Commit No Errors: 9-4 Honors for Ashby: Aaron Ashby was named Triple-A East Pitcher of the Week for his play from 5/31-6/6. Walk-Off Wins: 2 He joins Tyrone Taylor as Sounds players to win a weekly league honor. The left-hander 's lone start was 6/4 at Charlotte, he struck out a season-high 11 batters and allowed 1 unearned run on 2 hits in 7.0 IP. Walk-Off Losses: - Ashby was tagged with a tough-luck loss in Nashville’s 1-0 setback. Ashby is among Triple-A East League Extra-Innings: 2-0 leaders in batting average against (2nd, .168) and strikeouts (2nd, 42). Sounds starter 6+IP: 3-2 Sounds starter 7+ IP: 1-1 Hiura We Go: Keston Hiura was optioned from Milwaukee to Nashville on 6/7 after being recalled on Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 5/24. Since being recalled, Hiura hit .069 (2-for-29) with 16 K in 11 games with Milwaukee. Hiura has hit safely in 10 of his 12 games with Nashville, batting .409 (18-for-44) with 9 runs, 6 doubles, 3 home runs, 9 Longest Win Streak: 15 RBI and 5 BB. Longest Losing Streak: 4 How Sweet It Is: Manager Rick Sweet is at the helm for the Sounds in 2021, as he was in 2014 when he THIS DATE IN HISTORY led the club to a 77-67 record. Sweet has managed for all or parts of 30 seasons in the minor leagues and On this date in 2017, the Sounds has compiled a managerial record of 2,050-1,930. The 2,050 wins are 11th-most all-time among all minor and Redbirds played an epic league managers. 10th on the list is Lefty O’Doul who won 2,094 games from 1935-57. 10-9 decision in Memphis. After trailing Nashville 8-4, Memphis The Milwaukee Era: A new era of Nashville Sounds baseball began on February 12, 2021 when the club rallied for three in the seventh announced its affiliation with the Milwaukee Brewers. The affiliation with Milwaukee came after the and one in the ninth to even the Sounds signed a 10-year Professional Development License (PDL) with Major League Baseball as part score. The Sounds took a 9-8 lead of the 20-team Triple-A East League. Within the Triple-A East League, the Sounds are a member of the in the top of the 12th only to see seven-team Southeast Division. Memphis score two in the bottom of the 12th for a walk-off 10-9 win. The Sounds had 13 hits including home runs from Matt Chapman and Renato Nunez. WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST HORIZON PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 TONIGHT’S STARTER - RHP BOWDEN FRANCIS HT/WT: 6’5”/220 40-MAN ROSTER: No BORN: April 22, 1996 in Orlando, Florida (25) SERVICE TIME: N/A RESIDES: Tallahassee, Florida FIRST MLB WIN: N/A ACQUIRED: Drafted by Milwaukee in the 7th round of the 2017 First-Year Player FIRST MLB STRIKEOUT: N/A Draft CAREER STATISTICS YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP 2017 AZL Brewers 0-1 8.10 4 2 0 0 0 10.0 17 9 9 0 1 3 13 1 2018 Wisconsin 5-8 4.41 22 19 0 0 0 104.0 120 63 51 9 2 29 95 6 Carolina 2-2 4.88 4 4 0 0 0 24.0 19 13 13 3 2 9 11 0 2019 Carolina 1-1 3.86 3 3 0 0 0 14.0 13 6 6 1 0 6 20 2 Biloxi 7-8 3.99 25 24 0 0 0 128.2 111 61 57 14 7 49 145 4 2021 Biloxi 3-1 3.86 4 4 0 0 0 21.0 18 9 9 5 1 5 26 0 Nashville 1-1 3.60 2 2 0 0 0 10.0 6 4 4 2 0 6 14 0 Minor League Totals 19-22 4.30 64 58 0 0 0 311.2 304 165 149 34 13 107 324 13 LAST OUTING: Francis took his first Triple-A loss on June 5 at Charlotte.