NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION Nashville Sounds (52-47) vs. Gwinnett Stripers (58-41) RHP Colin Rea (0-2, 8.10) vs. RHP Bryce Elder (1-0, 3.60) Game #100/Home Game #52 • Friday, August 27, 2021 • First Horizon Park • 7:05 p.m. (CDT) • MiLB TV • 94.9 FM UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SOUNDS VS. STRIPERS 2021: 12-8 at Nashville: 6-2 DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CDT) TV/RADIO All-Time: 12-8 at Gwinnett: 6-6 Saturday 8/28 Gwinnett LHP Ethan Small (1-0, 1.23) RHP José Rodríguez (4-3, 6.02) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM Date Site Result Sunday 8/29 Gwinnett TBD TBD 6:15 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/18 Nashville W, 9-8 Tuesday 8/31 @ Louisville TBD TBD 5:30 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/19 Nashville W, 5-4 (10) Wednesday 9/1 @ Louisville TBD TBD 5:30 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/20 Nashville W, 3-1 5/21 Nashville W, 3-2 Thursday 9/2 @ Louisville TBD TBD 5:30 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/22 Nashville W, 2-1 SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and Gwinnett Stripers play the fourth of a six-game set at First Horizon Park tonight. Gwinnett has won the first three games in the series. Right-hander Colin Rea 5/23 Nashville W, 1-0 Series (W-L-T): 6-4-6 starts for the Sounds tonight against right-hander Bryce Elder for the Stripers. 6/15 Gwinnett L, 2-1 Series Openers: 9-8 6/16 Gwinnett L, 9-3 Series Finales: 9-7 Colin Rea: 31-year-old Colin Rea makes his third start of the 2021 season tonight. Rea is 0-2 with an 6/17 Gwinnett W, 3-2 Series Sweeps: 2-0 8.10 ERA in his first two starts with Nashville. He last pitched on August 21 in a start at Memphis and 6/18 Gwinnett L, 8-7 (10) Home Games: 29-22 allowed 4 runs on 8 hits in 3.2 innings. Prior to signing a minor league contract with Milwaukee, the Road Games: 23-25 right-hander was previously pitching for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in Japan. in 2020, Rea pitched 6/20 Gwinnett W, 6-2 Day Games: 7-4 14.0 innings for the Chicago Cubs and compiled a 5.79 ERA. The Iowa native went 5-5 in 20 appear- 7/6 Gwinnett W, 8-0 Night Games: 45-43 ances with a 4.82 ERA in 2016 with San Diego and Miami. He was selected by the Padres in the 12th 7/7 Gwinnett W, 9-5 round of the 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft. vs. RHP: 42-36 7/8 (1) Gwinnett L, 7-2 vs. LHP: 10-11 7/8 (2) Gwinnett L, 6-0 vs. NL Affiliate: 28-35 Bryce Elder: 22-year-old Bryce Elder pitches for the Stripers in game four of the series tonight. The vs. AL Affiliate: 24-12 right-hander is making his second start with Gwinnett after being promoted from Double-A Missis- 7/9 Gwinnett W, 3-1 sippi on August 17. Elder started the season in Advanced-A Rome and went 2-1 with a 2.60 ERA in 9 Lead After 6: 39-8 7/10 Gwinnett L, 8-4 starts before he went 7-1 with a 3.21 ERA in 9 starts with Mississippi. Overall, in 2021, he is 10-2 with Trail After 6: 6-34 a 2.97 ERA in 19 starts, covering 106.0 innings. He has allowed 80 hits and 40 walks to go along with 7/11 Gwinnett W, 7-0 Tied After 6: 7-3 121 strikeouts. Elder’s Triple-A debut was on August 20 at Louisville where he picked up a win. He 8/24 Nashville L, 3-1 Lead After 7: 40-4 went 5.0 innings and allowed 2 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks with 6 strikeouts. The Braves drafted Elder 8/25 Nashville L, 5-4 (10) Trail After 7: 5-33 in the 5th round of the 2020 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Texas. Tied After 7: 6-4 8/26 Nashville L, 2-1 Lead After 8: 40-3 2021 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following number of days in the Triple-A East Southeast 8/27 Nashville Trail After 8: 0-31 Division standings in 2021: First: 23, Second: 59, Third: 5, Fourth: 23, Fifth: 2, Sixth: 0, Seventh: 0. 8/28 Nashville Tied After 8: 9-5 8/29 Nashville Scoring First: 37-15 Tight Teams: The Sounds and Stripers have played 21 times with Nashville holding a 12-9 series lead 9/14 Gwinnett Opp. Scoring First: 15-31 into tonight’s game. 13 of the 21 games have been decided by one or two runs, with three of the games Scoring 4+ Runs: 44-11 (May 19, June 18 and August 25) needing extra innings to decide the outcome. Overall, in games 9/15 Gwinnett Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 20-37 decided by two or less runs, the Sounds are 24-21. 9/16 Gwinnett Scoring 3 or < Runs: 7-32 9/17 Gwinnett The Senior Circuit is a Problem: Nashville continues to struggle against National League affiliates Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 29-8 9/18 Gwinnett Hit a HR: 40-19 and enters tonight’s game with a 28-35 record against NL teams. Comparatively, the Sounds are 24-12 9/19 Gwinnett Allow a HR 26-34 against American League affiliates. Having the designated hitters has helped the Sounds throughout the season. The DH spot for Nashville has put together a .282 batting average (35-for-124) with 9 dou- Hit 2+ HR: 24-5 Sounds Stripers Allow 2+ HR: 8-18 bles, 5 home runs, 18 RBI and 28 walks compared to only 28 strikeouts. Nashville has only one series Outhit Opponent: 38-11 remaining against an AL affiliate – September 22-26 when they host Triple-A Columbus. 52-47 Record 58-41 Tie in Hits: 3-2 29-22 Home 30-18 Quality Stuff: Josh Lindblom turned in his team-leading sixth quality start last night (6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 Outhit by Opponent: 11-33 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K) and Nashville’s 22nd of the season. Alec Bettinger is second on the club with four 23-25 Road 28-23 Record 10+ Hits: 27-7 quality starts. The Sounds are now 13-11 when their starter goes at least 6.0 innings. L3 Streak W3 Allow 10+ Hits: 6-24 1-4 Last 5 4-1 Commit an Error: 23-28 Dahl’s Damage: Outfielder David Dahl extended his hitting streak to seven games with a double in 2-8 Last 10 8-2 Commit No Errors: 28-19 last night’s game. He has hit safely in every game he has played in with the Sounds and is hitting .414 Walk-Off Wins: 8 (12-for-29) with 7 runs, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run and 3 RBI in the seven contests. .244 BA .249 Walk-Off Losses: 5 113 HR 134 Extra-Innings: 7-5 Hot August Nights: As the weather has gotten hotter, so has outfielder Matt Lipka’s bat. With three 488 R 517 Sounds starter 6+IP: 13-11 more hits last night, Lipka is now hitting .333 (19-for-57) over 19 games in the month of August. In the 967 K (Bat) 941 Sounds starter 7+ IP: 1-1 19 contests, Lipka has 13 runs, 3 doubles, 3 home runs, 11 RBI, 5 walks and 8 stolen bases. Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 416 BB (Bat) 392 Longest Win Streak: 15 Trending in the Wrong Direction: Wins have been hard to come by lately for the Sounds. After last 4.29 ERA 3.94 Longest Losing Streak: 7 night's loss, the club has lost 12 of their last 15 games. 937 K (Pitch) 926 353 BB (Pitch) 339 THIS DATE IN HISTORY How Sweet It Is: Manager Rick Sweet is closing in on the career milestone of 2,100 managerial wins 469 R Allowed 409 On this date in 2016, the Sounds at the minor league level. Entering play today, Sweet has been at the helm for 2,083 wins, spanning got a strong performance from all or parts of 30 seasons in the minor leagues dating back to 1987. His 2,083 wins are the 11th-most 95 HR Allowed 105 Dillon Overton, and big offensive all-time among all minor league managers. 10th on the list is Lefty O’Doul who won 2,094 games from .978 Fielding Pct. .983 games from Matt Olson and Joey 1935-57. Wendle in a 2-1 win in Memphis. Overton allowed one run in six UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS innings and earned the win. Olson The Milwaukee Era: A new era of Nashville Sounds baseball began on February 12, 2021 when the went 3-for-5 with two doubles and club announced its affiliation with the Milwaukee Brewers. The affiliation with Milwaukee came after Saturday, August 28 two runs scored while Wendle went the Sounds signed a 10-year Professional Development License (PDL) with Major League Baseball as • Gates open at 6:00 p.m. 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI.