NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION Nashville Sounds (0-2) vs. Toledo Mud Hens (2-0) Game 1: LHP Aaron Ashby (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Logan Shore (0-0, 0.00) Game #3 & 4/Road Game #3 & 4 • Friday, May 7, 2021 • Fifth Third Field • 5:05 p.m. (CDT) • MiLB TV • ESPN 94.9 FM UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SOUNDS VS. MUD HENS DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CDT) TV/RADIO 2021: 0-2 at Nashville: 0-0 All-Time: 0-2 at Toledo: 0-2 Friday (GM2) 5/7 at Toledo LHP Blaine Hardy (0-0, 0.00) RHP Rony Garcia (0-0, 0.00) MiLB TV / 94.9 FM Date Site Result Saturday 5/8 at Toledo TBD RHP Wily Peralta (0-0, 0.00) 4:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/4 Toledo L, 8-6 Sunday 5/9 at Toledo TBD TBD 1:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/5 Toledo L, 9-6 Tuesday 5/11 vs. Memphis TBD TBD 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/7 Toledo Wednesday 5/12 vs. Memphis TBD TBD 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/7 Toledo SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight’s Games: The Nashville Sounds and the Toledo Mud Hens play a doubleheader tonight at Fifth Third Field. Left-hander Aaron Ashby starts for the Sounds against right-hander Logan Shore for the 5/8 Toledo Series (W-L-T): 0-0-0 Mud Hens in game one. Game two will be a matchup between Nashville's left-hander Blaine Hardy and 5/9 Toledo Series Openers: 0-1 Toledo's right-hander Rony Garcia. Series Finales: 0-0 8/3 Nashville Series Sweeps: 0-0 Aaron Ashby: 22-year-old Aaron Ashby starts for the Sounds in game one of the doubleheader. He 8/4 Nashville Home Games: 0-0 last pitched in 2019 going 5-10 with a 3.50 ERA in 24 games (23 starts) with Advanced-A Carolina Road Games: 0-2 and Single-A Wisconsin. He was named the Brewers Minor League Pitcher of the Year and a 8/5 Nashville Mid-Season Midwest League All-Star. He spent 2020 at the Brewers Alternate Training Site. Day Games: 0-0 8/6 Nashville Night Games: 0-2 Logan Shore: 26-year-old Logan Shore starts in game one of the doubleheader for the Mud Hens. 8/7 Nashville vs. RHP: 0-2 The right-hander is making his 2021 debut. He last pitched in 2019 and went 4-7 with a 3.43 ERA in vs. LHP: 0-0 23 games (16 starts) with Double-A Erie. 8/8 Nashville vs. NL Affiliate: 0-0 vs. AL Affiliate: 0-2 Blaine Hardy: 34-year-old Blaine Hardy makes his 2021 debut and his first start since August 14, Lead After 6: 0-0 2018 vs. Chicago-AL. The left-hander last pitched in 2019 and went 1-1 with a 4.47 ERA in 39 games Trail After 6: 0-2 with Detroit. He spent nearly three weeks on the injured list from April 22-May 10 with a left fore- arm strain and was placed on the 60-day injured list on August 8 with a left elbow injury. Tied After 6: 0-0 Lead After 7: 0-0 Rony Garcia: 23-year-old Rony Garcia makes his first start for the Mud Hens in game two. He Sounds Mud Hens Trail After 7: 0-2 went 1-0 with a 8.14 ERA in 15 games (2 starts) with Detroit in 2020. It will be his first appearance 0-2 Record 2-0 Tied After 7: 0-0 in Triple-A. Lead After 8: 0-0 0-0 Home 2-0 Trail After 8: 0-2 2021 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following number of days in the Triple-A East South- Tied After 8: 0-0 east Division standings in 2021: First: 0, Second: 0, Third: 0, Fourth: 1, Fifth: 2, Sixth: 0, Seventh: 0. 0-2 Road 0-0 Scoring First: 0-2 2L Streak 2W Opp. Scoring First: 0-0 Grass is Greener: Infielder Zach Green followed up a 0-for-4 night by going 2-for-4 on May 5 with a double and 3 RBI. His double gave the Sounds a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Scoring 4+ Runs: 0-2 0-2 Last 5 2-0 Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 0-2 Slow Start for Pitching Staff: The Sounds pitching staff has posted a 9.00 ERA (16 ER/16.0 IP) in 0-2 Last 10 2-0 Scoring 3 or < Runs: 0-0 the first two games this season. They are tied for the highest ERA in Triple-A along with Albuquer- Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 0-0 que. .257 BA .246 Hit a HR: 0-2 5 HR 5 Allow a HR 0-2 Hot Start for Westbrook: Infielder Jamie Westbrook is batting .750 (6-for-8) in the first two games Hit 2+ HR: 0-1 this season. After going 4-for-4 on Opening Day, Westbrook added two hits on May 5 and leads the 12 R 17 Allow 2+ HR: 0-2 Triple-A East in batting average. 19 K (Bat) 15 Outhit Opponent: 0-2 The Milwaukee Era: A new era of Nashville Sounds baseball began on February 12, 2021 when the Tie in Hits: 0-0 club announced its affiliation with the Milwaukee Brewers. The affiliation with Milwaukee came 6 BB (Bat) 12 Outhit by Opponent: 0-0 after the Sounds signed a 10-year Professional Development License (PDL) with Major League 9.00 ERA 5.50 Record 10+ Hits: 0-0 Baseball as part of the 20-team Triple-A East League. Within the Triple-A East League, the Sounds Allow 10+ Hits: 0-0 are a member of the seven-team Southeast Division. 15 K (Pitch) 19 Commit an Error: 0-2 Commit No Errors: 0-0 There’s History Here: The Sounds enjoyed 10 years as the Brewers’ top affiliate from 2005-14. The 12 BB (Pitch) 6 Walk-Off Wins: - 2005 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) 17 R Allowed 12 Walk-Off Losses: - record during the 10-year stretch and made three consecutive postseason berths from 2005-07. In 5 HR Allowed 5 Extra-Innings: 0-0 2007, the Sounds won 89 games, the second-most in franchise history (97 in 1980). Sounds starter 6+IP: 0-0 .935 Fielding Pct. .973 Sounds starter 7+ IP: 0-0 Top Prospects: Nashville opened the 2021 season with four players on the roster who are listed Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 on MLB Pipeline’s Top-30 Milwaukee prospects. Catcher Mario Feliciano is the No. 5 prospect, UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Current Streak 2L left-handed pitcher Aaron Ashby is the No. 7 prospect, outfielder Corey Ray is the No. 24 prospect Longest Win Streak: - and left-handed pitcher Clayton Andrews is the No. 25 prospect. The Sounds’ home opener is scheduled Longest Losing Streak: 2 for Tuesday, May 11 at First Horizon How Sweet It Is: Manager Rick Sweet is at the helm for the Sounds in 2021, as he was in 2014 when Park. The opener kicks off a 12-game, THIS DATE IN HISTORY he led the club to a 77-67 record. Sweet has managed for all or parts of 30 seasons in the minor 13-day homestand through May 23. The leagues and has compiled a managerial record of 2,031-1,923. The 2,031 wins are 11th-most all-time On May 7, 2016, Zach Neal fired among all minor league managers. 10th on the list is Lefty O’Doul who won 2,094 games from Sounds host the Memphis Redbirds, eight dominant innings to lead 1935-57. Triple-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardi- the Sounds to a 2-1 win over the nals, from May 11-16, and the Gwinnett Memphis Redbirds at First Ten- That Doesn’t Hurt So Bad: Three Major League rehabbers joined the Sounds for Opening Day in Stripers, Triple-A affliate of the Atlanta nessee Park. Neal allowed one Toledo. Right-hander Josh Lindblom (April 24 - right knee effusion), outfielder Derek Fisher (April Braves, from May 18-23. run on three hits. He didn’t walk 1 - strained left hamstring) and infielder/outfielder Jace Peterson (April 23 - cryotherapy on left a batter and struck out four. thumb) are all on the current roster. Bruce Maxwell’s run-scoring single in the seventh snapped Toledo History: It has been a while, but these two teams are not complete strangers. The Sounds a 1-1 tie and proved to be the and Mud Hens played each other from 1988-1991 when the Sounds were a Cincinnati Reds affiliate game-winner. in the American Association. Nashville leads the all-time series, 12-10, but trail 9-4 in games played in Toledo. WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST HORIZON PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 TONIGHt’S STARTER - LHP AARON ASHBY HT/WT: 6’2”/187 40-MAN ROSTER: No BORN: May 24, 1998 in Kansas City, Missouri (22) SERVICE TIME: 0.00 RESIDES: Kansas City, Missouri FIRST MLB WIN: N/A ACQUIRED: Drafted by Milwaukee in the 4th round of the 2018 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 2018 Helena 1-2 6.20 6 3 0 0 1 20.1 18 15 14 3 2 8 19 3 Wisconsin 1-1 2.17 7 7 0 0 0 37.1 40 9 9 1 0 9 47 1 2019 Wisconsin 3-4 3.54 11 10 1 0 0 61.0 47 29 24 4 5 28 80 3 Carolina 2-6 3.46 13 13 0 0 0 65.0 54 31 25 1 3 32 55 3 Minor League Totals 7-13 3.53 37 33 1 0 1 183.2 159 84 72 9 10 77 201 10 LAST OUTING: Ashby last pitched in an official game on August 30, 2019 when he was with Advanced-A Carolina.