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NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION Nashville Sounds (13-5) vs. Columbus Clippers (8-10) LHP Blaine Hardy (1-0, 3.18) vs. RHP Kevin Herget (NR) Game #19/Road Game #7 • Wednesday, May 26, 2021 • Huntington Park • 6:05 p.m. (CDT) • MiLB TV • ESPN 94.9 FM UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SOUNDS VS. CLIppERS DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CDT) TV/RADIO 2021: 1-0 at Nashville: 0-0 All-Time: 11-11 at Columbus: 1-0 Thursday 5/27 at Columbus RHP Zack Godley (1-0, 1.29) RHP Eli Morgan (0-1, 3.95) 6:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM Date Site Result Friday 5/28 at Columbus RHP Alec Bettinger (0-0, 0.00) LHP Kirk McCarty (3-0, 2.66) 6:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/25 Columbus W, 8-2 Satuday 5/29 at Columbus LHP Aaron Ashby (1-0, 4.20) RHP Matt Koch (1-0, 2.16) 6:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/26 Columbus Sunday 5/30 at Columbus LHP Wade LeBlanc (1-1, 3.78) TBD 1:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/27 Columbus Tuesday 6/1 at Charlotte TBD TBD 6:04 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/28 Columbus SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and Columbus Clippers play game two of a six-game series tonight at Hun- tington Park. Nashville won last night's series opener, 8-2, behind three home runs and solid performance by Wade 5/29 Columbus Series (W-L-T): 2-0-1 LeBlanc. Tonight, left-hander Blaine Hardy starts for Nashville against right-hander Kevin Herget for Columbus. 5/30 Columbus Series Openers: 2-2 Series Finales: 2-1 Blaine Hardy: 34-year-old Blaine Hardy makes his third start of the season and fifth appearance overall. Hardy 7/27 Nashville Series Sweeps: 1-0 is 1-0 with a 3.18 ERA in 11.1 innings. He has allowed 4 runs on 8 hits and 4 walks to go along with 13 strikeouts. 7/28 Nashville Home Games: 9-3 The last time out, Hardy went 1.0 inning out of the bullpen against Gwinnett on May 23. The left-hander went Road Games: 4-2 1-1 with a 4.47 ERA in 39 games with Detroit in 2019. He spent nearly three weeks on the injured list from April 7/29 Nashville Day Games: 1-1 22-May 10 with a left forearm strain and was placed on the 60-day injured list on August 8 with a left elbow 7/30 Nashville Night Games: 12-4 injury. 7/31 Nashville vs. RHP: 9-4 vs. LHP: 4-1 Kevin Herget: 30-year-old Kevin Herget gets the ball for the Clippers in game two of the series. The right- 8/1 Nashville vs. NL Affiliate: 9-3 hander is making his 2021 debut after being signed to a minor league deal by Cleveland just yesterday. Herget last pitched in 2019 when he was with the St. Louis Cardinals organization. He only appeared in two games for vs. AL Affiliate: 4-2 Sounds Clippers Lead After 6: 10-0 the GCL Cardinals after spending majority of the season on the injured list. In 2018 he went 9-11 with a 4.61 ERA in 28 games (22 starts) with Triple-A Memphis. Herget was a 39th round pick by St. Louis in the 2013 First- Trail After 6: 2-5 13-5 Record 8-10 Year Player Draft. Tied After 6: 1-0 9-3 Home 2-5 Lead After 7: 10-0 2021 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following number of days in the Triple-A East Southeast Division Trail After 7: 1-5 standings in 2021: First: 1, Second: 5, Third: 1, Fourth: 13, Fifth: 2, Sixth: 0, Seventh: 0. 4-2 Road 6-5 Tied After 7: 2-0 W7 Streak L2 Lead After 8: 10-0 First Place Sounds: For the first time in the 2021 season the Nashville Sounds sit in first place in the Triple-A Trail After 8: 0-5 East Southeast Division. Nashville surpassed Jacksonville with its win and Jacksonville's loss last night. The 5-0 Last 5 1-4 Tied After 8: 1-0 Sounds are a half-game ahead of both Jacksonville and Durham who are both 13-6. 8-2 Last 10 3-7 Scoring First: 9-2 Opp. Scoring First: 4-3 LeBlanc's Quality Outing: Last night's starter Wade LeBlanc accomplished two feats a Nashville pitcher had not .250 BA .245 Scoring 4+ Runs: 9-3 yet done in 2021. The southpaw is the first Nashville starter to log a quality start and he's the first to go at least 6.0 Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 4-5 innings. 27 HR 21 Scoring 3 or < Runs: 4-1 91 R 78 Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 9-0 On a Roll: Nashville’s 7-game winning streak is their longest the club has had in nearly three years and is also Hit a HR: 11-4 tied for the longest active winning streak in Minor League Baseball. The Double-A Somerset Patriots (New York 169 K (Bat) 179 Yankees) have also won seven straight games. The last time a Sounds team won six or more games was the 15- Allow a HR 8-4 63 BB (Bat) 68 Hit 2+ HR: 5-2 game winning streak that matched a franchise record from July 29-August 14, 2018. Allow 2+ HR: 2-3 4.50 ERA 4.79 Pitching In: Since Nashville allowed eight runs to Gwinnett in a 9-8 win on May 18, the pitching staff has been Outhit Opponent: 11-2 178 K (Pitch) 156 Tie in Hits: 0-0 on a roll. In the six games since, Nashville hurlers have posted a 1.47 ERA (9 ER/55.0 IP). In the 55.0 innings, they have yielded only 26 hits and 19 walks to go along with 55 strikeouts. Outhit by Opponent: 2-3 84 BB (Pitch) 82 Record 10+ Hits: 5-0 Clutch Long Ball: Out of the 27 total home runs the Sounds have hit, 11 of them have been game-tying or go- 82 R Allowed 92 Allow 10+ Hits: 1-3 ahead homers. Keston Hiura's go-ahead homer in the second inning of Sunday's game held up in the 1-0 win. Commit an Error: 6-3 21 HR Allowed 19 Commit No Errors: 6-3 The Milwaukee Era: A new era of Nashville Sounds baseball began on February 12, 2021 when the club .979 Fielding Pct. .986 Walk-Off Wins: 2 announced its affiliation with the Milwaukee Brewers. The affiliation with Milwaukee came after the Sounds Walk-Off Losses: - signed a 10-year Professional Development License (PDL) with Major League Baseball as part of the 20-team UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Extra-Innings: 2-0 Triple-A East League. Within the Triple-A East League, the Sounds are a member of the seven-team Southeast Sounds starter 6+IP: 1-0 Division. The Sounds' 12-game, 13-day road trip Sounds starter 7+ IP: 0-0 continues tonight in Columbus. The team Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 Top Prospects: Nashville opened the 2021 season with four players on the roster who are listed on MLB does not return to First Horizon Park Longest Win Streak: 7 Pipeline’s Top-30 Milwaukee prospects. Catcher Mario Feliciano is the No. 5 prospect, left-handed pitcher until Tuesday, June 8 when the Indianap- Longest Losing Streak: 2 Aaron Ashby is the No. 7 prospect, outfielder Corey Ray is the No. 24 prospect and left-handed pitcher Clayton olis Indians come to town for a six-game Andrews is the No. 25 prospect. series. Tuesday, June 8 is the first Tito's THIS DATE IN HISTORY Tail Waggin' Tuesday of the season and On this date in 2019 the Sounds How Sweet It Is: Manager Rick Sweet is at the helm for the Sounds in 2021, as he was in 2014 when he led the it's Peanut Free Night presented by Aller- collected 16 hits on their way to club to a 77-67 record. Sweet has managed for all or parts of 30 seasons in the minor leagues and has compiled gy, Asthma and Sinus Center. a 9-5 win over the Round Rock a managerial record of 2,040-1,926. The 2,040 wins are 11th-most all-time among all minor league managers. Express. Matt Davidson, Hunter 10th on the list is Lefty O’Doul who won 2,094 games from 1935-57. Cole and Jett Bandy hit home runs. Jose Altuve, Kyle Tucker and Yordan Alvarez were in the Round Rock lineup. WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST HORIZON PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 TONIGHt’S STARTER - LHP BLAINE HARDY HT/WT: 6’2”/218 40-MAN ROSTER: No BORN: March 14, 1987 in Seattle, Washington (34) SERVICE TIME: 4.108 RESIDES: Pequot Lakes, Minnesota FIRST MLB WIN: 6/30/14 w/ Detroit v. Oakland ACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on January 28, 2021 FIRST MLB STRIKEOUT: 6/14/14 w/ Detroit v. Kansas City (Nori Aoki) CAREER STATISTICS YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP 2008 Idaho Falls 1-0 4.15 21 0 0 0 4 34.2 34 18 16 5 0 8 34 1 2009 Burlington 4-4 2.05 36 3 0 0 9 92.1 71 26 21 3 7 17 94 4 2010 NW Arkansas 1-0 0.69 12 0 0 0 4 26.0 11 2 2 0 1 8 16 0 Omaha 3-4 3.49 28 8 0 0 3 67.0 65 30 26 9 1 21 48 2 2011 NW Arkansas 2-1 1.59 19 0 0 0 8 39.2 28 11 7 2 2 16 41 6 Omaha 2-3 7.14 23 0 0 0 0 29.0 38 25 23 7 1 19 23 0 2012 NW Arkansas 1-1 2.61 10 0 0 0 3 20.2 17 8 6 3 2 9 13 4 Omaha 3-2 3.79 30 0 0 0 1 54.2 68 24 23 6 0 22 45 1 2013 Erie 2-2 1.63 16 0 0 0 1 27.2 16 8 5 1 0 22 45 1 Toledo 6-1 1.69 14 9 1 1 0 64.0 46 12 12 7 2 19 53 1 2014 Toledo 3-2 2.68 20 6 0 0 0 47.0 35 14 14 2 1 13 53 1 DETROIT 2-1 2.54 38 0 0 0 0 39.0 34 12 11 1 1 20 31 1 2015 DETROIT 5-3 3.08 70 0 0 0 0 61.1 61 23 21 2 1 22 55 5 2016 Lakeland 0-0 6.00 2 2 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 6 1 Toledo 1-0 1.72 32 0 0 0 1 31.1 20 6 6 1 1 5 19 1 DETROIT 1-0 3.51 21 0 0 0 0 25.2 25 11 10 2 0 12 20 1 2017 Toledo 7-3 3.10 34 2 0 0 3 40.2 32 14 14 1 0 5 45 3 DETROIT 1-0 5.94 35 0 0 0 0 33.1 46 24 22 7 0 13 28 1 2018 Toledo 3-0 1.03 9 4 0 0 0 26.1 14 3 3 0 0 4 34 1 DETROIT 4-5 3.56 30 13 0 0 1 86.0 79 37 34 10 2 22 66 2 2019 Lakeland 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 DETROIT 1-1 4.47 39 0 0 0 0 44.1 38 24 22 10 0 13 29 0 2021 Nashville 1-0 3.18 4 2 0 0 0 11.1 8 4 4 3 0 4 13 0 Major League Totals 14-10 3.73 233 13 0 0 1 289.2 283 131 120 32 4 102 229 13 Minor League Totals 40-23 2.68 312 36 1 1 37 618.1 505 207 184 50 19 183 566 26 LAST OUTING: Hardy’s last outing was a 1.0-inning appearance out of the bullpen in the series finale against Gwinnett.