NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION Nashville Sounds (38-22) vs. Louisville Bats (24-35) LHP Blaine Hardy (2-4, 4.24) vs. RHP Riley O'Brien (4-3, 4.70) Game #61/Home Game #32 • Wednesday, July 14, 2021 • First Horizon Park • 7:05 p.m. (CDT) • MiLB TV • 94.9 FM UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SOUNDS VS. BATS DAY DATE OPPONENT SOUNDS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME (CDT) TV/RADIO 2021: 4-3 at Nashville: 4-3 All-Time: 106-92 at Louisville: 0-0 Thursday 7/15 vs. Louisville RHP Josh Lindblom (3-0, 1.04) RHP Bo Takahashi (2-4, 6.04) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM Date Site Result Friday 7/16 vs. Louisville LHP Ethan Small (1-0, 1.23) RHP Austin Goudeau (1-2, 5.57) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 6/29 Nashville W, 8-2 Saturday 7/17 vs. Louisville RHP Thomas Jankins (1-4, 6.66) RHP Hunter Greene (1-3, 5.24) 7:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 102.5 FM 6/30 Nashville L, 2-1 Sunday 7/18 vs. Louisville RHP Alec Bettinger (1-2, 3.34) RHP Michael Mariot (1-2, 3.12) 6:15 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 7/1 Nashville L, 5-2 7/2 Nashville W, 4-3 (10) Tuesday 7/20 at Jacksonville TBD TBD 6:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 7/3 Nashville L, 7-3 Tonight's Game: The Nashville Sounds and Louisville Bats play game two of a six-game series tonight. The SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Sounds walked off on the Bats with a 2-1 win when Tim Lopes drove in Cooper Hummel with the winning 7/4 Nashville W, 9-3 Series (W-L-T): 5-1-4 run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th inning on Tuesday night at First Horizon Park. Left-hander 7/13 Nashville W, 2-1 Blaine Hardy starts for Nashville against right-hander Riley O'Brien for Louisville. Series Openers: 7-4 7/14 Nashville Series Finales: 7-3 Blaine Hardy: 34-year-old Blaine Hardy is scheduled to make his 15th appearance (sixth start) for the 7/15 Nashville Series Sweeps: 2-0 Sounds tonight. He is 0-3 with a 1.88 ERA (3 ER/14.1 IP) as a reliever and 2-1 with a 5.95 ERA (13 ER/19.2 7/16 Nashville Home Games: 20-11 IP) as a starter. He made his last start on July 8 at Gwinnett and gave up season-highs in hits (8), runs (5) Road Games: 18-11 and walks (3). The left-hander went 1-1 with a 4.47 ERA in 39 games with Detroit in 2019. He spent nearly 7/17 Nashville Day Games: 5-3 three weeks on the injured list from April 22-May 10 with a left forearm strain and was placed on the 60-day 7/18 Nashville injured list on August 8 with a left elbow injury. Night Games: 33-19 8/10 Louisville vs. RHP: 30-19 Riley O'Brien: 26-year-old Riley O'Brien starts for the Bats tonight. The right-hander is 4-3 with a 4.70 8/11 Louisville vs. LHP: 8-3 ERA in 11 games (all starts) with Louisville in 2021. In 53.2 innings, he has allowed 28 runs on 44 hits 8/12 Louisville vs. NL Affiliate: 22-15 and 29 walks to go along with 55 strikeouts. Opposing Triple-A batters are hitting .222 against him. vs. AL Affiliate: 16-7 O'Brien last pitched on July 9 at home against Memphis and allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits 8/13 Louisville Lead After 6: 30-3 in 5.0 innings. He walked two and struck out four in his fourth win of the season. O'Brien pitched at the 8/14 Louisville Trail After 6: 5-16 Advanced-A and Double-A levels in 2019 and went 7-6 with a 3.16 ERA in 20 games (17 starts). He was 8/15 Louisville Tied After 6: 3-1 drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 8th round of the 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of the College 8/31 Louisville Lead After 7: 31-1 of Idaho. Trail After 7: 5-15 9/1 Louisville 2021 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following number of days in the Triple-A East Southeast Division 9/2 Louisville Tied After 7: 2-2 standings in 2021: First: 23, Second: 30, Third: 1, Fourth: 13, Fifth: 2, Sixth: 0, Seventh: 0. Lead After 8: 30-1 9/3 Louisville Trail After 8: 0-15 Home is Where the Sounds Are: The Sounds will play 19 home games at First Horizon Park over the next 9/4 Louisville Tied After 8: 6-2 27 days. They host Louisville for six games from July 13-18, Columbus comes to town for six games July 9/5 Louisville Scoring First: 28-8 27-August 1 and Toledo visits Nashville for a seven-game series August 3-8. The Sounds have already played Opp. Scoring First: 10-13 30 (19-11) home games in 2021 – the second-most in the Triple-A East behind only Iowa’s 34 home games at Principal Park. Sounds Bats Scoring 4+ Runs: 31-5 38-22 Record 24-35 Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 14-17 Vs. O'Brien: Nashville faced Riley O'Brien at First Horizon Park on July 1 and only pushed across one run Scoring 3 or < Runs: 6-13 in 5.1 innings against the right-hander. The following active Sounds have faced O'Brien in 2021: Tim Lopes: 20-11 Home 14-14 Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 21-3 1-3, 3B; Cooper Hummel: 0-2, BB, K; Zach Green: 0-2, 2 K; Matt Lipka: 0-2, K; Weston Wilson: 1-2, 3B; Troy 18-11 Road 10-21 Stokes Jr.: 0-1, BB; Mitch Longo: 0-2. Hit a HR: 29-9 W2 Streak L3 Allow a HR 18-16 Walk-Off Wins: Last night's walk-off win was Nashville's seventh of the season and their second over Louis- 3-2 Last 5 2-3 Hit 2+ HR: 18-4 ville (7/2). Five of the seven walk-offs have come in the 10th inning. Allow 2+ HR: 5-12 6-4 Last 10 5-5 Outhit Opponent: 29-7 Westbrook Finds A Way: Infielder Jamie Westbrook has reached base safely in a team-high 25 consecutive .251 BA .238 Tie in Hits: 2-1 games and has hit safely in 22 of those games. Since June 8 when the streak started, he is hitting .378 (37-for- 81 HR 39 98) with 19 runs, 9 doubles, 6 home runs, 26 RBI and 6 walks. His on-base percentage during the 25 games is Outhit by Opponent: 7-13 318 R 236 Record 10+ Hits: 20-3 .421. 612 K (Bat) 440 Allow 10+ Hits: 3-11 Big Birthday for Bettinger: Sounds right-hander Alec Bettinger started last night's game on his 26th 247 BB (Bat) 225 Commit an Error: 16-11 birthday. Bettinger, who was born in Alexandria, Virginia, matched a career-high with 12 strikeouts (2x, last Commit No Errors: 22-11 - 6/7/19 vs. Pensacola) and pitched 6.0 shutout innings. 3.88 ERA 4.14 Walk-Off Wins: 7 590 K (Pitch) 591 Milner Shuts the Door: Reliever Hoby Milner tossed a scoreless inning last night and is yet to allow a run Walk-Off Losses: 1 232 BB (Pitch) 222 Extra-Innings: 4-2 with the Sounds in 15.1 IP. The left-hander has recorded four saves and is holding opponents to a 0.64 batting average. 259 R Allowed 263 Sounds starter 6+IP: 8-4 56 HR Allowed 68 Sounds starter 7+ IP: 1-1 The Reinforcements: Among the several roster moves the Sounds have made over the last few weeks is Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 trading for Matt Lipka and Kevin Kramer. The duo has combined to play 20 games for the Sounds and have .980 Fielding Pct. .982 Longest Win Streak: 15 combined to hit .301 (19-for-63) with 8 runs, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 7 RBI, 9 walks and 3 stolen Longest Losing Streak: 4 bases. The two have also made several stellar defensive plays. UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS 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 Thursday, July 15 club to a 77-67 record. Sweet has managed for all or parts of 30 seasons in the minor leagues and has compiled • Gates open at 6:00 p.m. On July 14, 2017, the Sounds a managerial record of 2,068-1,944. The 2,068 wins are 11th-most all-time among all minor league managers. • Throwback Thursday presented by Bud- belted five home runs as part 10th on the list is Lefty O’Doul who won 2,094 games from 1935-57. weiser – the Sounds will wear throwback of a 13 run, 19 hit outburst uniforms to commemorate the team’s against the El Paso Chihuahuas. The Milwaukee Era: A new era of Nashville Sounds baseball began on February 12, 2021 when the club Matt Olson clubbed a solo shot, announced its affiliation with the Milwaukee Brewers.