NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION Nashville Sounds (8-5) vs. Gwinnett Stripers (9-5) LHP Eric Lauer (NR) vs. RHP José Rodríguez (0-0, 2.25) Game #14/Home Game #9 • Thursday, May 20, 2021 • First Horizon Park • 6:35 p.m. (CDT) • MiLB TV • ESPN 94.9 FM UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SOUNDS VS. STRIPERS DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CDT) TV/RADIO 2021: 2-0 at Nashville: 2-0 All-Time: 2-0 at Gwinnett: 0-0 Friday 5/21 vs. Gwinnett RHP Thomas Jankins (0-2, 13.50) LHP Kyle Muller (0-0, 11.57) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM Date Site Result Saturday 5/22 vs. Gwinnett RHP Alec Bettinger (0-1, 0.00) RHP Bryse Wilson (1-0, 0.00) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/18 Nashville W, 9-8 Sunday 5/23 vs. Gwinnett TBD RHP Kyle Wright (0-2, 6.75) 2:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/19 Nashville W, 5-4 (10) Tuesday 5/24 at Columbus TBD TBD 6:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/20 Nashville 5/21 Nashville Wednesday 5/25 at Columbus TBD TBD 6:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/22 Nashville Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds host the Gwinnett Stripers tonight in the third of a six-game series. SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS The Nashville Sounds came away with yet another thrilling win at First Horizon Park when they walked off the 5/23 Nashville Series (W-L-T): 1-0-1 Gwinnett Stripers with a 5-4 victory in 10 innings Wednesday night. Left-hander Eric Lauer gets the ball for 6/15 Gwinnett Nashville against right-hander José Rodríguez for Gwinnett. Series Openers: 1-2 6/16 Gwinnett Series Finales: 1-1 Eric Lauer: 25-year-old Eric Lauer makes his first start for the Sounds tonight. He went 0-1 with a 2.81 6/17 Gwinnett Series Sweeps: 0-0 ERA (5 ER/16.0 IP) in four games (two starts) with Milwaukee before being optioned to Nashville on 6/18 Gwinnett Home Games: 5-3 May 15. In 2020, Lauer went 0-2 with a 13.09 ERA in 4 games (2 starts) with Milwaukee. He made his Road Games: 3-2 debut with the Brewers on July 26 at Chicago-NL. The left-hander was San Diego’s Opening Day starter 6/19 Gwinnett Day Games: 0-1 on March 28, 2019 vs. San Francisco and earned a win after he tossed 6.0 shutout innings. He became the 6/20 Gwinnett 2nd-youngest pitcher in Padres history to start an opener, behind only Clay Kirby (1972). He was drafted Night Games: 8-4 by San Diego in the first round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft. 7/6 Gwinnett vs. RHP: 7-4 7/7 Gwinnett vs. LHP: 1-1 José Rodríguez: 25-year-old José Rodríguez gets the ball tonight for the Stripers. The right-hander has vs. NL Affiliate: 5-3 pitched in one game for Gwinnett, he worked 4.0 innings and gave up one run on one hit. Atlanta signed 7/8 Gwinnett vs. AL Affiliate: 3-2 the Venezuela native to a Minor-League deal on April 21. He spun 1.2 scoreless innings in 2020 with Los 7/9 Gwinnett Angeles-AL in 2020. He was named a California League Mid-Season All-Star in 2017 (Inland Empire) and Lead After 6: 5-0 a Midwest League Mid-Season All-Star in 2016 (Burlington). 7/10 Gwinnett Trail After 6: 2-5 7/11 Gwinnett Tied After 6: 1-0 2021 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following number of days in the Triple-A East Southeast Divi- 8/24 Nashville Lead After 7: 6-0 sion standings in 2021: First: 0, Second: 0, Third: 1, Fourth: 13, Fifth: 2, Sixth: 0, Seventh: 0. Trail After 7: 1-5 8/25 Nashville Sounds at a Glance: The Sounds have won five of their last seven games and eight of their last 11. They 8/26 Nashville Tied After 7: 1-0 have not lost consecutive games since 5/4-5. Lead After 8: 5-0 8/27 Nashville Trail After 8: 0-5 Comeback Bid: Nashville won their second straight game when trailing after the sixth inning, and their 8/28 Nashville first when trailing after the seventh. Tied After 8: 1-0 8/29 Nashville Scoring First: 5-2 Extra, Extra: The Sounds improved to 2-0 in extra-innings last night with a 10th inning, walk-off double 9/14 Gwinnett Opp. Scoring First: 3-3 by Zach Green (last - 5/15 vs. Memphis). Scoring 4+ Runs: 8-3 9/15 Gwinnett Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 4-5 Flash Gordon: Dee Strange-Gordon has hit safely in nine straight games...he is batting .359 (14-for-39) 9/16 Gwinnett Scoring 3 or < Runs: 0-1 with 9 runs, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home and 2 RBI during the streak. 9/17 Gwinnett Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 4-0 Hot Start for Hiura: Keston Hiura has hit safely in four of his six games with the Sounds...batting .348 9/18 Gwinnett Hit a HR: 6-4 (8-for-23) with 4 runs, 5 doubles and 3 RBI. Allow a HR 6-4 9/19 Gwinnett Hit 2+ HR: 4-2 Braves In Town: For the first time in team history, the Sounds are playing against the Triple-A affiliate Allow 2+ HR: 2-3 of the Atlanta Braves. However, it is not the first time the Sounds are playing against an Atlanta affiliate. Sounds Stripers Outhit Opponent: 6-2 When the Sounds were in the Double-A Southern League, they matched up against the Savannah Braves 8-5 Record 9-5 from 1978-83 and the Greenville Braves in 1984. Tie in Hits: 0-0 5-3 Home 4-2 Outhit by Opponent: 2-3 The Milwaukee Era: A new era of Nashville Sounds baseball began on February 12, 2021 when the club 3-2 Road 5-3 Record 10+ Hits: 4-0 announced its affiliation with the Milwaukee Brewers. The affiliation with Milwaukee came after the Allow 10+ Hits: 1-3 Sounds signed a 10-year Professional Development License (PDL) with Major League Baseball as part W2 Streak L2 Commit an Error: 4-2 of the 20-team Triple-A East League. Within the Triple-A East League, the Sounds are a member of the 3-2 Last 5 3-2 seven-team Southeast Division. Commit No Errors: 4-3 7-3 Last 10 6-4 Walk-Off Wins: 2 Top Prospects: Nashville opened the 2021 season with four players on the roster who are listed on MLB .263 BA .272 Walk-Off Losses: - Pipeline’s Top-30 Milwaukee prospects. Catcher Mario Feliciano is the No. 5 prospect, left-handed pitcher 20 HR 24 Extra-Innings: 2-0 Aaron Ashby is the No. 7 prospect, outfielder Corey Ray is the No. 24 prospect and left-handed pitcher Sounds starter 6+IP: 0-0 Clayton Andrews is the No. 25 prospect. 74 R 100 115 K (Bat) 141 Sounds starter 7+ IP: 0-0 How Sweet It Is: Manager Rick Sweet is at the helm for the Sounds in 2021, as he was in 2014 when he Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 led the club to a 77-67 record. Sweet has managed for all or parts of 30 seasons in the minor leagues and 47 BB (Bat) 82 Longest Win Streak: 3 has compiled a managerial record of 2,036-1,926. The 2,036 wins are 11th-most all-time among all minor 5.81 ERA 3.87 Longest Losing Streak: 2 league managers. 10th on the list is Lefty O’Doul who won 2,094 games from 1935-57. 130 K (Pitch) 144 THIS DATE IN HISTORY That Doesn’t Hurt So Bad: The Sounds have five Major League rehabbers on the roster. Infielder Daniel 67 BB (Pitch) 40 Robertson (April 26 - concussion), infielder/outfielder Jace Peterson (April 23 - cryotherapy on left On May 20, 2000 the Sounds set thumb), infielder/outfielder Tim Lopes (March 8 - right oblique), RHP Eric Yardley (May 1 - right shoul- 76 R Allowed 63 a team record by collecting 24 der strain) and RHP Bobby Wahl (April 10 - right oblique strain) are all on the current roster. 19 HR Allowed 16 hits at Colorado Springs. They .977 Fielding Pct. .979 matched the feat the very next night as well. The only other UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS 24-hit game for the Sounds was on August 4, 2011 at Colorado Friday night is the first Reba McEntire Springs. 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WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST HORIZON PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 TONIGHt’S STARTER - LHP ERIC LAUER HT/WT: 6’3”/200 40-MAN ROSTER: Yes BORN: June 3, 1995 in Elyria, Ohio (25) SERVICE TIME: 2.057 RESIDES: Desert Ridge, Arizona FIRST MLB WIN: 5/6/18 w/ San Diego vs. Los Angeles-NL ACQUIRED: By Milwaukee along with Luis Urías and a PTBNL, in exchange for FIRST MLB STRIKEOUT: 4/24/18 w/ San Diego at Colorado (David Dahl) RHP Zach Davies and OF Trent Grisham on November 27, 2019 CAREER STATISTICS YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP 2016 AZL Padres 0-1 6.75 2 2 0 0 0 4.0 7 5 3 1 0 1 7 0 Tri-City 1-0 1.44 7 7 0 0 0 25.0 17 4 4 0 0 7 28 2 Fort Wayne 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2017 Lake Elsinore 2-5 2.79 12 12 0 0 0 67.2 65 25 21 4 3 19 84 3 San Antonio 4-3 3.93 10 9 0 0 0 55.0 52 25 24 6 0 17 48 0 2018 Lake Elsinore 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 El Paso 2-1 2.53 4 4 0 0 0 21.1 13 6 6 1 1 9 22 0 SAN DIEGO 6-7 4.34 23 23 0 0 0 112.0 127 61 54 15 6 46 100 2 2019 SAN DIEGO 8-10 4.45 30 29 0 0 0 149.2 158 82 74 20 5 51 138 4 2020 MILWAUKEE 0-2 13.09 4 2 0 0 0 11.0 17 16 16 2 2 9 12 1 2021 MILWAUKEE 1-1 2.81 4 2 0 0 0 16.0 17 9 5 5 0 2 16 0 Major League Totals 15-20 4.65 61 56 0 0 0 288.2 319 168 149 42 13 108 266 7 Minor League Totals 9-10 2.93 37 36 0 0 0 178.0 157 65 58 12 4 55 195 5 LAST OUTING: Lauer pitched 3.0 innings and surrendered three runs on four hits (two home runs) on May 14 vs.