NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION Nashville Sounds (24-9) vs. Indianapolis Indians (16-17) RHP Alec Bettinger (1-1, 2.16) vs. RHP Max Kranick (0-1, 4.82) Game #34/Home Game #17 • Saturday, June 12, 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: 3-1 at Nashville: 3-1 All-Time: 142-149 at Indianapolis: 0-0 Sunday 6/13 Indianapolis RHP Zack Godley (3-1, 1.73) TBD 2:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM Date Site Result Tuesday 6/15 at Gwinnett RHP Josh Lindblom (1-0, 0.00) TBD 6:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/8 Nashville L, 6-1 Wednesday 6/16 at Gwinnett RHP Thomas Jankins (0-2, 11.75) TBD 6:05 p.m. MiLB TV/ 94.9 FM 6/9 Nashville W, 9-4 Thursday 6/17 at Gwinnett RHP Bowden Francis (2-1, 2.12) TBD 6:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/10 Nashville W, 6-3 Friday 6/18 at Gwinnett RHP Alec Bettinger (1-1, 216) TBD 6:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/11 Nashville W, 14-1 Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and Indianapolis Indians play the fifth of a six-game set tonight at First SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Horizon Park. Bowden Francis tossed 7.0 dominant, shutout innings and the offense tallied a 5-run third in- 6/12 Nashville Series (W-L-T): 3-0-2 ning, 4-run sixth inning and a 5-run eighth as the Nashville Sounds pummeled the Indianapolis Indians, 14-1, 6/13 Nashville Series Openers: 3-3 in front of a crowd of 9,541 Friday night at First Horizon Park. Right-hander Alec Bettinger starts for Nashville against right-hander Max Kranick for Indianapolis. Series Finales: 3-2 Sounds Indians Series Sweeps: 2-0 Alec Bettinger: 25-year-old Alec Bettinger makes his fourth appearance (third start) for Nashville. He Home Games: 12-4 has gone 1-1 with a 2.16 ERA (2 ER/8.1 IP). Bettinger was tagged with his first loss of the season on 6/6 24-9 Record 16-17 Road Games: 12-5 at Charlotte. He pitched 2.1 innings and gave up two runs on four hits. The right-hander has made three 12-4 Home 9-3 Day Games: 2-2 appearances (one start) with Milwaukee and is 0-1 with a 14.00 ERA (14 ER/9.0 IP). He went 5-7 with a 3.44 ERA in 26 games (26 starts) in 2019 with Double-A Biloxi. The right-hander was named Brewers Minor Night Games: 22-7 League Pitcher of the Month for July after going 1-1 with a 2.81 ERA. Additionally, he finished among South- 12-5 Road 7-14 vs. RHP: 17-8 ern League leaders in starts (T-1st), strikeouts (2nd), innings pitched (2nd), WHIP (2nd, 1.07), opponents W3 Streak L3 vs. LHP: 7-1 batting average (4th, .223) and ERA (6th). vs. NL Affiliate: 12-4 3-2 Last 5 1-4 vs. AL Affiliate: 12-5 Max Kranick: 23-year-old Max Kranick starts for the Indians tonight. The right-hander is making his third start for Indianapolis. He has compiled a 0-1 record with a 4.82 ERA (5 ER/9.1 IP) to go along with 6-4 Last 10 5-5 Lead After 6: 20-0 7 strikeouts. He has made 3 starts for Double-A Altoona this season going 1-0 with a 4.02 ERA (7 ER/15.2 Trail After 6: 3-9 IP) and 16 strikeouts. Kranick made 20 starts for Advanced-A Bradenton in 2019, he went 6-7 with a 3.79 .249 BA .221 Tied After 6: 1-0 ERA (46 ER/109.1 IP) with 78 strikeouts. He was selected by Pittsburgh in the 11th round of the 2016 Lead After 7: 21-0 First-Year Player Draft. 53 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- 198 R 133 Tied After 7: 2-0 sion standings in 2021: First: 18, Second: 5, Third: 1, Fourth: 13, Fifth: 2, Sixth: 0, Seventh: 0. Lead After 8: 21-0 328 K (Bat) 334 Trail After 8: 0-8 June Arms Race: As Nashville's winning streak took off in late May, the pitching has continued to have 159 BB (Bat) 132 Tied After 8: 1-0 success in the month of June. The staff has a 6-4 June record and have recorded a league-best 2.96 ERA Scoring First: 19-2 (28 ER/85.0 IP). They have combined for 100 strikeouts, a 0.98 WHIP and are holding opposing hitters to 3.84 ERA 4.14 a .168 batting average. The WHIP and batting average against are the best marks in the Triple-A East in Opp. Scoring First: 5-7 June. 336 K (Pitch) 313 Scoring 4+ Runs: 20-3 Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 10-7 Hiura We Go: Keston Hiura extended his hitting streak to 9 games last night, tied for the longest streak 134 BB (Pitch) 117 Scoring 3 or < Runs: 4-5 by a Sound in 2021 (Dee Strange-Gordon 5/4-19). He is hitting .500 (15-for-30) with 9 runs, 2 doubles, 3 136 R Allowed 142 Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 12-2 home runs, 10 RBI and 4 walks during the streak. Hit a HR: 21-5 Bowden’s Honor: Tonight’s starter Bowden Francis was named the Milwaukee Brewers organizational 31 HR Allowed 36 Allow a HR 13-7 Pitcher of the Month for May (along with RHP Taylor Floyd). The right-hander made 5 starts (4 with .977 Fielding Pct. .982 Hit 2+ HR: 13-2 Double-A Biloxi, 1 with Nashville) and went 4-1 with a 3.81 ERA (11 ER/26 IP). Francis allowed 22 hits Allow 2+ HR: 3-4 and 8 walks during the month of May to go along with 34 strikeouts, while holding opposing batters to a Outhit Opponent: 20-3 .220 average. UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Tie in Hits: 1-0 Big Margins: Last night's 13-run victory was Nashville’s largest margin of victory in 2021. The previous Sunday, June 13 Outhit by Opponent: 3-6 was an 11-run win on 6/3 at Charlotte. • The second co-branded University of Record 10+ Hits: 11-0 Tennessee apron giveaway presented by Allow 10+ Hits: 1-4 Home Field Advantage: The Sounds are 12-4 at First Horizon Park this season, which is the second-best First Horizon to the first 750 fans. Commit an Error: 14-5 home record in the Triple-A East, trailing only Omaha (15-3). Nashville has won 9 of their last 10 games • Youth Sports Day for McCabe Park at home. Commit No Errors: 10-4 Little League with discounted tickets Walk-Off Wins: 2 Career-High for Westbrook: Jamie Westbrook matched a career-high last night with 5 RBI (2x, last - available. Email tickets@nashvillesounds. Walk-Off Losses: - 8/2/19 vs. Omaha). Additionally, he has hit safely in four straight games, batting .500 (8-for-16) with 2 com for more details. Extra-Innings: 2-0 doubles, 2 home runs and 9 RBI. • Postgame Kids Run the Bases presented Sounds starter 6+IP: 4-2 by First Horizon. Honors for Ashby: Aaron Ashby was named Triple-A East Pitcher of the Week for his play from 5/31-6/6. Sounds starter 7+ IP: 1-1 He joins Tyrone Taylor as Sounds players to win a weekly league honor. The left-hander 's lone start was Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 6/4 at Charlotte, he struck out a season-high 11 batters and allowed 1 unearned run on 2 hits in 7.0 IP. Longest Win Streak: 15 Ashby was tagged with a tough-luck loss in Nashville’s 1-0 setback. Ashby is among Triple-A East League Longest Losing Streak: 4 leaders in batting average against (2nd, .168), strikeouts (3rd, 42) and ERA (8th, 3.34). THIS DATE IN HISTORY 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 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 2019, Tim Dillard has compiled a managerial record of 2,051-1,930. The 2,051 wins are 11th-most all-time among all minor led the Sounds to a 2-0 win over league managers. 10th on the list is Lefty O’Doul who won 2,094 games from 1935-57. the Las Vegas Aviators. He shutout Las Vegas over 5.2 innings and The Milwaukee Era: A new era of Nashville Sounds baseball began on February 12, 2021 when the club limited them to just 2 hits and announced its affiliation with the Milwaukee Brewers. The affiliation with Milwaukee came after the 3 walks. Locke St. John, Jake Sounds signed a 10-year Professional Development License (PDL) with Major League Baseball as part Lemoine and Josh Fields finished of the 20-team Triple-A East League. Within the Triple-A East League, the Sounds are a member of the the 2-hit shutout.