NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION Nashville Sounds (0-0) vs. Toledo Mud Hens (0-0) RHP Josh Lindblom (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Matt Manning (0-0, 0.00) Game #1/Road Game #1 • Tuesday, May 4, 2021 • Fifth Third Field • 5:35 p.m. (CDT) • MiLB TV • ESPN 94.9 FM UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SOUNDS VS. MUD HENS DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CDT) TV/RADIO 2020: 0-0 at Nashville: 0-0 All-Time: 0-0 at Toledo: 0-0 Wednesday 5/5 at Toledo RHP Thomas Jankins (0-0, 0.00) RHP Drew Hutchison (0-0, 0.00) 5:35 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM Date Site Result Thursday 5/6 at Toledo LHP Blaine Hardy (0-0, 0.00) RHP Logan Shore (0-0, 0.00) 5:35 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/4 Toledo Friday 5/7 at Toledo LHP Wade LeBlanc (0-0, 0.00) RHP Rony Garcia (0-0, 0.00) 6:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/5 Toledo Saturday 5/8 at Toledo LHP Aaron Ashby (0-0, 0.00) RHP Wily Peralta (0-0, 0.00) 4:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/6 Toledo Sunday 5/9 at Toledo TBD TBD 1:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/7 Toledo SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight’s Game: The Nashville Sounds return to action tonight for Opening Day in Toledo. To- night’s game marks the beginning of the 2021 season and a six-game series between the two clubs. 5/8 Toledo Series (W-L-T): 0-0-0 5/9 Toledo Series Openers: 0-0 Josh Lindblom: 33-year-old Josh Lindblom gets the ball for the Sounds in the season opener. The Series Finales: 0-0 right-hander is making a Major League rehab start after being placed on Milwaukee’s 10-day in- 8/3 Nashville Series Sweeps: 0-0 jured list on April 24 with right knee effusion. Lindblom has made five appearances for Milwaukee 8/4 Nashville Home Games: 0-0 in 2021 and is 0-0 with a 10.97 ERA. The Indiana native was forced into unexpected action his last time out after Brewers starter Brett Anderson left the April 23 game with just one out in the bottom 8/5 Nashville Road Games: 0-0 of the first inning. Lindblom tossed 3.2 innings for Milwaukee but was tagged for eight earned Day Games: 0-0 runs, matching a career-high. He did not factor into the decision of Milwaukee’s 15-2 loss to the 8/6 Nashville Night Games: 0-0 Cubs. Lindblom was signed a three-year deal with the Brewers on December 16, 2019. 8/7 Nashville vs. RHP: 0-0 vs. LHP: 0-0 Matt Manning: 23-year-old Matt Manning starts for the Mud Hens in the opener. The right- 8/8 Nashville vs. NL Affiliate: 0-0 hander last pitched in 2019 and went 11-5 with a 2.56 ERA in 24 games, all starts. Manning tossed vs. AL Affiliate: 0-0 a career-high 133.2 innings and struck out 148 batters while limiting them to a .192 average. His Lead After 6: 0-0 2019 season earned him a variety of accolades, including Eastern League Pitcher of the Year and Eastern League Mid-Season and Post-Season All-Star. MLB Pipeline lists Manning as Detroit’s #3 Trail After 6: 0-0 prospect on their Top-30 list. While he didn’t pitch in official games in 2020, he spent the season Tied After 6: 0-0 at Detroit’s Alternate Training Site in Erie. The California native was the ninth overall selection in Lead After 7: 0-0 the 2016 First-Year Player Draft out of Sheldon (CA) High School. Sounds Mud Hens Trail After 7: 0-0 Tied After 7: 0-0 2021 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following number of days in the Triple-A East South- 0-0 Record 0-0 Lead After 8: 0-0 east Division standings in 2021: First: 0, Second: 0, Third: 0, Fourth: 0, Fifth: 0, Sixth: 0, Seventh: 0. 0-0 Home 0-0 Trail After 8: 0-0 Tied After 8: 0-0 The Long Layoff: Tonight’s game marks the first for the Sounds since September 2, 2019 when they 0-0 Road 0-0 Scoring First: 0-0 played the San Antonio Missions in a 13-inning, 3-hour and 45-minute marathon at First Horizon Park. The Sounds walked off with a 6-5 win in the bottom of the 13th inning. The number of days - Streak - Opp. Scoring First: 0-0 between games is an astounding 609. Scoring 4+ Runs: 0-0 0-0 Last 5 0-0 Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 0-0 Opening Day History: Heading into year number 43, the Sounds are 19-23 all-time on Opening Day. 0-0 Last 10 0-0 Scoring 3 or < Runs: 0-0 In season openers on the road, the Sounds are 6-13 all-time. The last time Nashville opened a season Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 0-0 on the road was in 2018 when they blanked New Orleans, 11-0. .--- BA .--- Hit a HR: 0-0 0 HR 0 Allow a HR 0-0 The Milwaukee Era: A new era of Nashville Sounds baseball began on February 12, 2021 when the Hit 2+ HR: 0-0 club announced its affiliation with the Milwaukee Brewers. The affiliation with Milwaukee came 0 R 0 after the Sounds signed a 10-year Professional Development License (PDL) with Major League Allow 2+ HR: 0-0 Baseball as part of the 20-team Triple-A East League. Within the Triple-A East League, the Sounds 0 K (Bat) 0 Outhit Opponent: 0-0 are a member of the seven-team Southeast Division. Tie in Hits: 0-0 0 BB (Bat) 0 Outhit by Opponent: 0-0 There’s History Here: The Sounds enjoyed 10 years as the Brewers’ top affiliate from 2005-14. The Record 10+ Hits: 0-0 2005 season culminated with the Sounds winning the Pacific Coast League Championship – the .--- ERA .--- Allow 10+ Hits: 0-0 City of Nashville’s most recent championship in any sport. Nashville compiled a 723-713 (.503) 0 K (Pitch) 0 Commit an Error: 0-0 record during the 10-year stretch and made three consecutive postseason berths from 2005-07. In Commit No Errors: 0-0 2007, the Sounds won 89 games, the second-most in franchise history (97 in 1980). 0 BB (Pitch) 0 Walk-Off Wins: - Top Prospects: Nashville opens the 2021 season with four players on the roster who are listed 0 R Allowed 0 Walk-Off Losses: - on MLB Pipeline’s Top-30 Milwaukee prospects. Catcher Mario Feliciano is the No. 5 prospect, Extra-Innings: 0-0 left-handed pitcher Aaron Ashby is the No. 7 prospect, outfielder Corey Ray is the No. 24 prospect 0 HR Allowed 0 Sounds starter 6+IP: 0-0 and left-handed pitcher Clayton Andrews is the No. 25 prospect. .--- Fielding Pct. .--- 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 Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS Current Streak - he led the club to a 77-67 record. Sweet has managed for all or parts of 30 seasons in the minor Longest Win Streak: - leagues and has compiled a managerial record of 2,031-1,922. The 2,031 wins are 11th-most all-time The Sounds’ home opener is scheduled Longest Losing Streak: - among all minor league managers. 10th on the list is Lefty O’Doul who won 2,094 games from for Tuesday, May 11 at First Horizon 1935-57. Park. The opener kicks off a 12-game, THIS DATE IN HISTORY That Doesn’t Hurt So Bad: Three Major League rehabbers will join the Sounds for Opening Day in 13-day homestand through May 23. The On this date in 1984, Jim De- Toledo. Right-hander Josh Lindblom (April 24 - right knee effusion), outfielder Derek Fisher (April Sounds host the Memphis Redbirds, shaies threw the first no-hitter 1 - strained left hamstring) and infielder/outfielder Jace Peterson (April 23 - cryotherapy on left Triple-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardi- in Sounds team history. The thumb) are all on today’s roster. nals, from May 11-16, and the Gwinnett no-no was of 7-inning variety Stripers, Triple-A affliate of the Atlanta against Columbus. Toledo History: It has been a while, but these two teams are not complete strangers. The Sounds Braves, from May 18-23. and Mud Hens played each other from 1988-1991 when the Sounds were a Cincinnati Reds affiliate in the American Association. Nashville leads the all-time series, 12-8, but trailed 7-4 in games played in Toledo. WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST HORIZON PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 TONIGHt’S STARTER - RHP JOSH LINDBLOM HT/WT: 6’3”/241 40-MAN ROSTER: Yes BORN: June 15, 1987 in Lafayette, Indiana (33) SERVICE TIME: 2.151 RESIDES: Lafayette, Indiana FIRST MLB WIN: 8/15/11 w/ Los Angeles-NL v. Houston ACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on December 16, 2019 FIRST MLB STRIKEOUT: 6/5/11 w/ Los Angeles-NL at Cincinnati (Drew Stubbs) CAREER STATISTICS YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP 2008 Great Lakes 0-0 1.86 8 8 0 0 0 29.0 14 6 6 2 1 4 33 0 Jacksonville 0-0 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 5 2 2 0 1 1 4 1 2009 Chattanooga 3-5 4.71 14 11 0 0 0 57.1 55 35 30 4 5 14 46 3 Albuquerque 3-0 2.54 20 3 0 0 1 39.0 34 11 11 3 3 12 36 1 2010 Albuquerque 3-2 6.54 40 10 0 0 0 95.0 143 79 69 12 7 32 84 6 2011 Chattanooga 1-3 2.13 34 0 0 0 17 42.1 30 10 10 3 4 14 54 2 LOS ANGELES-NL 1-0 2.73 27 0 0 0 0 29.2 21 9 9 0 2 10 28 3 2012 LOS ANGELES-NL 2-2 3.02 48 0 0 0 0 47.2 42 16 16 9 3 18 43 1 PHILADELPHIA 1-3 4.63 26 0 0 0 1 23.1 19 15 12 4 1 17 27 1 2013 Round Rock 8-4 3.08 20 18 0 0 0 108.0 86 39 37 12 7 31 79 2 TEXAS 1-3 5.46 8 5 0 0 0 31.1 35 19 19 4 0 11 21 2 2014 Sacramento 4-3 5.79 17 16 0 0 0 84.0 92 60 54 10 3 26 60 1 OAKLAND 0-0 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 4.2 5 2 2 1 1 2 2 0 2015 Lotte (KBO) 13-11 3.56 32 32 2 1 0 210.0 196 86 83 28 12 52 180 12 2016 Lotte (KBO) 10-13 5.28 30 30 1 1 0 177.1 197 109 104 28 9 77 148 7 2017 Indianapolis 0-2 4.06 17 4 0 0 0 37.2 37 17 17 5 3 8 33 1 PITTSBURGH 0-0 7.84 4 0 0 0 0 10.1 18 9 9 0 0 3 10 0 Lotte (KBO) 5-3 3.72 12 12 0 0 0 72.2 66 31 30 10 2 18 76 3 2018 Doosan (KBO) 15-4 2.88 26 26 0 0 0 168.2 142 56 54 16 8 38 157 10 2019 Doosan (KBO) 20-3 2.50 30 30 0 0 0 194.2 165 57 54 13 6 29 189 6 2020 MILWAUKEE 2-4 5.16 12 10 0 0 0 45.1 42 26 26 6 3 16 52 2 2021 MILWAUKEE 0-0 10.97 5 0 0 0 0 10.2 17 13 13 4 3 7 9 1 Major League Totals 7-12 4.70 131 16 0 0 1 203.0 199 109 106 28 13 84 192 10 Minor League Totals 22-19 4.27 171 71 0 0 18 497.1 496 259 236 51 33 142 429 17 Foreign League Totals 63-34 3.55 130 130 3 3 0 823.1 766 339 325 95 37 214 750 39 LAST OUTING: Lindblom’s last outing was on April 23 at Chicago-NL.