NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION Nashville Sounds (21-5) vs. Charlotte Knights (8-18) LHP Aaron Ashby (2-0, 3.92) vs. RHP Mike Wright (1-1, 2.74) Game #27/Road Game #15 • Friday, June 4, 2021 • Truist Field • 6:04 p.m. (CDT) • MiLB TV • ESPN 94.9 FM UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SOUNDS VS. KNIGHTS DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CDT) TV/RADIO 2021: 3-0 at Nashville: 0-0 All-Time: 3-0 at Charlotte: 3-0 Saturday 6/5 at Charlotte RHP Bowden Francis (1-0, 3.60) RHP Jonathan Stiever (1-1, 6.00) 6:04 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM Date Site Result Sunday 6/6 at Charlotte RHP Alec Bettinger (0-0, 0.00) TBD 1:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/1 Charlotte W, 6-4 Tuesday 6/8 Indianapolis TBD TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/2 Charlotte W, 7-4 Wednesday 6/9 Indianapolis TBD TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/3 Charlotte W, 15-4 Thursday 6/10 Indianapolis TBD TBD 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/4 Charlotte Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and Charlotte Knights play game four of a six-game series tonight SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS in Charlotte. The Nashville Sounds tied a franchise record as they won their 15th straight game with a 15-4 6/5 Charlotte Series (W-L-T): 3-0-1 victory over the Charlotte Knights last night at Truist Field. Tonight, left-hander Aaron Ashby gets the ball for 6/6 Charlotte Series Openers: 3-2 the Sounds against right-hander Mike Wright for the Knights. 6/22 Nashville Series Finales: 3-1 Aaron Ashby: 23-year-old Aaron Ashby makes his sixth start for the Sounds tonight. The left-hander had Series Sweeps: 2-0 another solid outing on 5/29 at Columbus. He pitched 5.2 innings and gave up three runs (two earned) 6/23 Nashville Home Games: 9-3 as he won his second straight start. He set season-highs in innings pitched, strikeouts (9), pitches (95) Road Games: 12-2 and strikes (62). In Ashby's 2019 campaign, he went 5-10 with a 3.50 ERA in 24 games (23 starts) with 6/24 Nashville Day Games: 2-1 Advanced-A Carolina and Single-A Wisconsin. He was named the Brewers Minor League Pitcher of the 6/25 Nashville Year and a Mid-Season Midwest League All-Star. He spent 2020 at the Brewers Alternate Training Site. Night Games: 19-4 The Missouri native was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 4th round of the 2018 First-Year Player 6/26 Nashville vs. RHP: 14-4 Draft. vs. LHP: 7-1 6/27 Nashville vs. NL Affiliate: 9-3 Mike Wright: 31-year-old Mike Wright starts for Charlotte in game four of the set tonight. The right- vs. AL Affiliate: 12-2 hander is 1-1 with a 2.74 ERA (7 ER/23.0 IP) in four games (all starts) with the Knights in 2021. In his last outing on 5/28 at Norfolk, Wright covered 7.0 IP and surrendered two runs on five hits and struck out Sounds Knights Lead After 6: 18-0 five. In 2020, the right-hander pitched for the NC Dinos of the Korean Baseball Organization, he helped Trail After 6: 2-5 guide them to their first KBO Championship. Wright was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd 21-5 Record 8-18 Tied After 6: 1-0 round of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft. 9-3 Home 2-12 Lead After 7: 18-0 Trail After 7: 1-5 2021 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following number of days in the Triple-A East Southeast Divi- 12-2 Road 6-6 sion standings in 2021: First: 10, Second: 5, Third: 1, Fourth: 13, Fifth: 2, Sixth: 0, Seventh: 0. Tied After 7: 2-0 W15 Streak L4 Lead After 8: 18-0 A Chance at History: The Sounds tied a franchise record winning their 15th straight game last night at Trail After 8: 0-5 Charlotte. They matched the 1999 Sounds and 2018 Sounds, the 1999 team had a 15-game winning streak 5-0 Last 5 1-4 Tied After 8: 1-0 from June 2-20. They lost in Tucson, Arizona on June 22 in an 8-7, 13-inning affair. In 2018, the Sounds 10-0 Last 10 1-9 Scoring First: 16-2 won 15 consecutive games from July 29-August 14. The streak ended on August 15 in a 3-1 loss to Round Rock at First Horizon Park. Opp. Scoring First: 5-3 .259 BA .252 Scoring 4+ Runs: 17-3 Inside the Streak: During Nashville's current 15-game winning streak, the team is hitting .259 (132-for- Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 9-5 509) with 36 doubles, 31 home runs and 81 walks. The team has scored 106 runs and is averaging 7.07 runs 49 HR 33 Scoring 3 or < Runs: 4-1 per game. The pitching staff has compiled a 2.78 ERA (42 ER/136.0 IP) and has allowed only 86 hits and 166 R 139 Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 11-0 52 walks to go along with 152 strikeouts. 264 K (Bat) 273 Hit a HR: 19-4 Two for Peterson: Jace Peterson posted the Sounds third multi-homer game of the season and the second Allow a HR 13-4 of his career last night in Charlotte (last – July 13, 2019 at Durham). 124 BB (Bat) 76 Hit 2+ HR: 12-2 Allow 2+ HR: 3-3 Walk This Way: Last night, the Sounds set a franchise record with 14 walks (previous: 13, June 29, 2002 4.07 ERA 6.16 at Iowa). Outhit Opponent: 18-2 263 K (Pitch) 265 Tie in Hits: 0-0 Ashby Rolling: In his last two starts, Ashby is 2-0 with a 1.69 ERA (2 ER/10.2 IP) and has 15 punchouts. Outhit by Opponent: 3-3 Minus his six-run outing on 5/18 vs. Gwinnett, the left-hander is 2-0 with a 1.58 ERA (3 ER/17.1 IP) in 113 BB (Pitch) 179 Record 10+ Hits: 9-0 four starts. Nashville is 5-0 when Ashby takes the hill. 114 R Allowed 179 Allow 10+ Hits: 1-3 Commit an Error: 12-2 Hits = A Winning Formula: In last night's 15-4 win, Nashville collected nine hits compared to Charlottes 27 HR Allowed 43 four. It was the 20th time the Sounds have outhit their opponent. They are now 18-2 when recording more Commit No Errors: 9-3 hits than their opponent. .977 Fielding Pct. .973 Walk-Off Wins: 2 Walk-Off Losses: - In The History Book: The Sounds have the club's best record through the first 26 games of the season at Extra-Innings: 2-0 21-5. The 2003 and 2006 Nashville Sounds' teams each started 18-8 through the first 26 contests. UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Sounds starter 6+IP: 3-0 Grass Is Always Greener: Sounds infielder Zach Green is among Triple-A East League leaders in several The second half of the current 12-game, Sounds starter 7+ IP: 1-0 offensive categories, including home runs (1st, 9), RBI (1st, 27), extra-base hits (T-7th, 13), slugging per- 13-day road trip continues tonight as the Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 centage (8th, .619) and total bases (8th, 52). Sounds visit Charlotte. The team does not Longest Win Streak: 15 return to First Horizon Park until Tues- Longest Losing Streak: 2 Road Warriors: The Sounds have won 12 straight games on the road and are averaging eight runs per day, June 8 when the Indianapolis Indians game during that span. come to town for a six-game series. Tues- THIS DATE IN HISTORY day, June 8 is the first Tito's Tail Waggin' How Sweet It Is: Manager Rick Sweet is at the helm for the Sounds in 2021, as he was in 2014 when he On June 4, 2016 the Sounds led the club to a 77-67 record. Sweet has managed for all or parts of 30 seasons in the minor leagues and Tuesday of the season and it's Peanut Free thumped the Omaha Storm has compiled a managerial record of 2,048-1,926. The 2,048 wins are 11th-most all-time among all minor Night presented by Allergy, Asthma and Chasers 13-5 on 14 hits. The league managers. 10th on the list is Lefty O’Doul who won 2,094 games from 1935-57. Sinus Center. Sounds drew 10 walks in the game and hit three home runs The Milwaukee Era: A new era of Nashville Sounds baseball began on February 12, 2021 when the club (Joey Wendle, Matt McBride, announced its affiliation with the Milwaukee Brewers. The affiliation with Milwaukee came after the and Andrew Lambo). Sounds signed a 10-year Professional Development License (PDL) with Major League Baseball as part of the 20-team Triple-A East League. Within the Triple-A East League, the Sounds are a member of the seven-team Southeast Division. 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 (23) 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 2021 Nashville 2-0 3.92 5 5 0 0 0 20.2 15 10 9 2 0 16 28 1 Minor League Totals 9-13 3.57 42 38 1 0 1 204.1 174 94 81 11 10 93 229 11 LAST OUTING: Ashby picked up his second straight win of the 2021 cam- paign on 5/29 at Columbus.