NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION Nashville Sounds (26-14) vs. Charlotte Knights (16-24) RHP Thomas Jankins (0-3, 10.33) vs. RHP Reynaldo Lopez (0-4, 8.31) Game #41/Home Game #19 • Tuesday, June 22, 2021 • First Horizon Park • 7:05 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: 3-3 at Nashville: 0-0 All-Time: 3-3 at Charlotte: 3-3 Wednesday 6/23 vs. Charlotte RHP Bowden Francis (2-1, 2.45) RHP Alex McRae (1-2, 6.11) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 102.5 FM Date Site Result Thursday 6/24 vs. Charlotte LHP Ethan Small (0-0, 0.00) RHP Mike Wright (4-1, 2.32) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/1 Charlotte W, 6-4 Friday 6/25 vs. Charlotte RHP Alec Bettinger (1-2, 3.00) RHP Jonathan Stiever (2-3, 6.03) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/2 Charlotte W, 7-4 Saturday 6/26 vs. Charlotte TBD RHP Jimmy Lambert (1-0, 4.26) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 102.5 FM 6/3 Charlotte W, 15-4 Sunday 6/27 vs. Charlotte TBD RHP Reynaldo Lopez (0-4, 8.31) 6:15 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/4 Charlotte L, 1-0 SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and the Charlotte Knights play the first of a six-game series tonight at First Horizon Park. It marks the second series the teams have played against each other 6/5 Charlotte L, 4-0 Series (W-L-T): 3-1-3 - the Sounds and the Knights split the first six-game set on June 1-6. Right-hander Thomas Jankins 6/6 Charlotte L, 3-2 (6) Series Openers: 3-4 starts for Nashville against right-hander Reynaldo López for Charlotte. Series Finales: 4-3 6/22 Nashville Thomas Jankins: 25-year-old Thomas Jankins makes his ninth appearance (seventh start) for the Series Sweeps: 2-0 6/23 Nashville Home Games: 12-6 Sounds tonight. He is 0-0 with a 3.38 ERA (1 ER/2.2 IP) in 2 appearances out of the bullpen vs. the Road Games: 14-8 Knights this season. He last pitched on June 16 at Gwinnett and covered 5.0 innings and gave up 4 6/24 Nashville runs on 5 hits and struck out 3. In 2019, Jankins went 11-5 with a 4.19 ERA in 25 games (23 starts) Day Games: 3-3 6/25 Nashville Night Games: 23-11 with Triple-A San Antonio and Double-A Biloxi. He finished tied for fifth in the Pacific Coast League for wins (10), logged 10 quality starts and four starts of 6+ IP and one or less runs allowed. The Mas- vs. RHP: 19-13 6/26 Nashville sachusetts native was named a Southern League All-Star in 2018 after he went 10-9 with a 4.42 ERA vs. LHP: 7-1 with Double-A Biloxi. The Brewers drafted Jankins in the 13th round of the 2016 First-Year Player 6/27 Nashville vs. NL Affiliate: 14-9 Draft. vs. AL Affiliate: 12-5 Sounds Knights Lead After 6: 21-1 Reynaldo López: 27-year-old Reynaldo López makes his seventh start for Charlotte tonight. He last Trail After 6: 4-13 pitched on June 15 vs. Jacksonville and went 4.2 innings and gave up 3 runs on a season-high 8 hits. 26-14 Record 16-24 Tied After 6: 1-0 He got the ball on June 2 vs. Nashville and pitched just 2.0 innings and gave up 2 runs on 2 hits. Prior 12-6 Home 12-11 Lead After 7: 22-1 to the 2021 season, the last time he pitched in Triple-A was in 2017 when he made 22 starts for Char- Trail After 7: 2-12 lotte. He pitched for the White Sox from 2017-2020. López was part of the December 7, 2016 trade that 14-8 Road 4-13 Tied After 7: 2-0 sent outfielder Adam Eaton to the Washington Nationals. W1 Streak W1 Lead After 8: 23-1 2021 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following number of days in the Triple-A East Southeast Trail After 8: 0-12 2-3 Last 5 3-2 Tied After 8: 1-0 Division standings in 2021: First: 23, Second: 9, Third: 1, Fourth: 13, Fifth: 2, Sixth: 0, Seventh: 0. Scoring First: 20-4 5-5 Last 10 5-5 The Sounds vs. López: The Sounds face Reynaldo López for the second time season, they last faced Opp. Scoring First: 6-10 him on June 2 in a 7-4 win. Nashville hit .250 (2-for-8) with a double and 4 walks against the right- .253 BA .246 Scoring 4+ Runs: 21-5 hander with Pablo Reyes and Dylan Cozens driving in a run apiece. Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 10-11 61 HR 57 Scoring 3 or < Runs: 5-8 Double Digits for Hiura: Hiura has reached base in a team-best 19 consecutive games, batting .412 223 R 205 Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 14-3 (28-for-68) with 14 runs, 8 doubles, 5 home runs, 14 RBI and 13 walks. He had his first multi-homer Hit a HR: 22-7 game of the season on June 20 at Gwinnett and the sixth of his career (last – 8/7/19 at PIT). Hiura hit 410 K (Bat) 415 Allow a HR 13-11 safely in 12 straight games from May 18-June 16. 185 BB (Bat) 116 Hit 2+ HR: 14-4 Allow 2+ HR: 3-10 First Loss in a Series: The Sounds lost their first series of the season to Gwinnett on June 15-20. The 3.89 ERA 5.47 Outhit Opponent: 22-6 Stripers won 3 of the 5 games at Coolray Field. Nashville has won 3 series’, tied 3 and lost 1. 403 K (Pitch) 390 Tie in Hits: 1-1 Outhit by Opponent: 3-7 Stay Hot: Infielder/outfielder Jamie Westbrook had his 10-game hit streak snapped on Sunday but has 160 BB (Pitch) 224 reached base safely in 11 straight games. He is batting .455 (20-for-44) with 9 runs, 6 doubles, 2 home Record 10+ Hits: 12-3 runs, 11 RBI and 4 walks during that span. He has multi-hit efforts in 7 of his last 11 games. 174 R Allowed 242 Allow 10+ Hits: 1-6 Commit an Error: 14-9 Vs. Charlotte: Nashville and Charlotte met for a 6-game series on June 1-6 with the Sounds winning 41 HR Allowed 58 Commit No Errors: 12-5 the first 3 games of the set and the Knights winning the last 3. On June 4, Charlotte snapped Nash- .976 Fielding Pct. .983 Walk-Off Wins: 2 ville’s 15-game winning streak with a 1-0 win. Walk-Off Losses: 1 Extra-Innings: 2-1 Another Streak for Pérez: Pérez has hit safely in 7 straight games for the second time this season. UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Sounds starter 6+IP: 4-2 Pérez is batting .406 (13-for-32) with 2 doubles and 5 RBI during the streak. He has also recorded Wednesday, June 23 Sounds starter 7+ IP: 1-1 4 consecutive multi-hit games. Pérez is 1 of 4 Sounds to have 2 hit streaks of at least 5 games (Zach • Gates open at 6:00 p.m. Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 Green, Corey Ray and Dustin Peterson). • The first of two Dolly Parton Legends Longest Win Streak: 15 Wind-Up Racer giveaway to the first 750 Longest Losing Streak: 4 Grand Slam: Zach Green hit the first grand slam of the year for Nashville in the third inning of fans presented by First Horizon. Friday night's contest. It was the first grand slam hit by a Sound since August 13, 2019 at Sacramento THIS DATE IN HISTORY (Andy Ibáñez). On June 22, 1990, 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 set a single-game franchise led the club to a 77-67 record. Sweet has managed for all or parts of 30 seasons in the minor leagues record with seven stolen bases and has compiled a managerial record of 2,053-1,935. The 2,053 wins are 11th-most all-time among in a game against Denver. all minor league managers. 10th on the list is Lefty O’Doul who won 2,094 games from 1935-57. The 2009 team matched the feat on July 25, 2009 against The Milwaukee Era: A new era of Nashville Sounds baseball began on February 12, 2021 when the Oklahoma City. club announced its affiliation with the Milwaukee Brewers. The affiliation with Milwaukee came after the 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 - RHP THOMAS JANKINS HT/WT: 6’3”/220 40-MAN ROSTER: No BORN: July 2, 1995 in Worcester, Massachusetts (25) SERVICE TIME: 0.00 RESIDES: Lafayette, Indiana FIRST MLB WIN: N/A ACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on December 16, 2019 FIRST MLB STRIKEOUT: N/A CAREER STATISTICS YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP 2016 Helena 0-0 3.09 4 2 0 0 0 11.2 12 6 4 2 0 2 14 2 Wisconsin 0-2 3.20 8 7 0 0 0 25.1 33 10 9 0 0 6 21 1 2017 Wisconsin 9-8 3.62 27 24 0 0 0 141.2 141 66 57 14 4 32 121 13 2018 Biloxi 10-9 4.42 23 21 0 0 0 130.1 130 69 64 13 7 36 95 17 Colorado Springs 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 2019 Biloxi 1-0 2.25 2 2 1 0 0 12.0 8 4 3 0 0 2 11 1 San Antonio 10-5 4.38 23 21 0 0 0 123.1 137 67 60 17 7 32 88 7 2021 Nashville 0-3 10.33 8 6 0 0 0 27.0 38 32 31 7 2 13 18 4 Minor League Totals 30-27 4.31 96 83 1 0 0 476.1 501 254 228 53 20 125 372 45 LAST OUTING: Jankins last pitched on June 16 at Gwinnett and took his third consecutive loss.