NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION Nashville Sounds (7-5) vs. Gwinnett Stripers (9-4) LHP Wade LeBlanc (0-1, 7.94) vs. RHP Jasseel De La Cruz (1-0, 1.93) Game #13/Home Game #8 • Wednesday, May 19, 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: 1-0 at Nashville: 1-0 All-Time: 1-0 at Gwinnett: 0-0 Thursday 5/20 vs. Gwinnett LHP Eric Lauer (NR) RHP Jose Rodriguez (0-0, 2.25) 6:35 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM Date Site Result 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 5/18 Nashville W, 9-8 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 5/19 Nashville Sunday 5/23 vs. Gwinnett TBD RHP Kyle Wright (0-2, 6.75) 2:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/20 Nashville 5/21 Nashville Tuesday 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 second of a six-game series. SOUNDS BY THE NUMBERS Jace Peterson and Hernán Pérez delivered two-out, run-scoring hits in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift 5/23 Nashville Series (W-L-T): 1-0-1 the Nashville Sounds to a 9-8 win over the Gwinnett Stripers Tuesday night at First Horizon Park. Left-hander 6/15 Gwinnett Wade LeBlanc gets the ball for Nashville against right-hander Jasseel De La Cruz for Gwinnett. Series Openers: 1-2 6/16 Gwinnett Series Finales: 1-1 Wade LeBlanc: 36-year-old Wade LeBlanc makes his third start tonight for the Sounds. He has thrown 5.2 6/17 Gwinnett Series Sweeps: 0-0 innings and has given up five runs on four hits with five walks and seven strikeouts. LeBlanc is in his second 6/18 Gwinnett Home Games: 4-3 stint with the Milwaukee organization after beginning the 2021 season with the Baltimore Orioles. He Road Games: 3-2 made 6 appearances with Baltimore (1 start) and went 0-1 with a 9.45 ERA in 6.2 innings. He started 6/19 Gwinnett Day Games: 0-1 against Oakland on April 24 and allowed 4 runs in 1.2 innings and was designated for assignment the 6/20 Gwinnett next day. Milwaukee signed LeBlanc to a minor league contract on May 4 and assigned him to Nashville. Night Games: 7-4 The Major League veteran has a career record of 46-47 with a 4.55 ERA in 240 big league games. He 7/6 Gwinnett vs. RHP: 6-4 was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 2006 MLB First-Year Player Draft. 7/7 Gwinnett vs. LHP: 1-1 vs. NL Affiliate: 4-3 Jasseel De La Cruz: 23-year-old Jasseel De La Cruz gets the ball for the second time for Gwinnett tonight. 7/8 Gwinnett vs. AL Affiliate: 3-2 He has pitched 4.2 innings and has allowed one run on three hits with five strikeouts. In 2020, the right- 7/9 Gwinnett hander was recalled to the major-league roster for the first time in his career on September 15. He was Lead After 6: 5-0 optioned the following day without appearing in a game. 7/10 Gwinnett Trail After 6: 1-5 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: 12, Fifth: 2, Sixth: 0, Seventh: 0. Trail After 7: 0-5 8/25 Nashville Off on the Right Foot: Nashville won their first series opener of the season last night. The Sounds fell to 8/26 Nashville Tied After 7: 1-0 Toledo 8-6 and to Memphis 18-6 in previous series openers. Lead After 8: 5-0 8/27 Nashville Trail After 8: 0-5 Start the Streaks: Dustin Peterson and Corey Ray have hit safely in their last five games. Peterson is 8/28 Nashville batting .316 (6-for-19) with seven runs, two doubles and four RBI. Ray is batting .389 (7-for-18) with Tied After 8: 0-0 8/29 Nashville Scoring First: 5-2 two runs, two doubles and three RBI. Zach Green (5 games, 5/5-11) and Dee Strange-Gordon (8 games, 5/4-Present) are the only other Sounds to have five-game hit streaks. 9/14 Gwinnett Opp. Scoring First: 2-3 Scoring 4+ Runs: 7-3 Comeback Bid: The Sounds posted their first win when trailing after six innings last night and recorded 9/15 Gwinnett Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 3-5 their largest comeback win (three runs). 9/16 Gwinnett Scoring 3 or < Runs: 0-1 9/17 Gwinnett Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 4-0 Braves In Town: For the first time in team history, the Sounds are playing against the Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. However, it is not the first time the Sounds are playing against an Atlanta affiliate. 9/18 Gwinnett Hit a HR: 6-4 When the Sounds were in the Double-A Southern League, they matched up against the Savannah Braves 9/19 Gwinnett Allow a HR 5-4 from 1978-83 and the Greenville Braves in 1984. Hit 2+ HR: 4-2 Allow 2+ HR: 2-3 Start Me Up: Thomas Jankins recorded the longest start by a Sounds pitcher in the 2021 season on May Sounds Stripers Outhit Opponent: 5-2 16. He worked 5.2 IP and gave up four runs on nine hits. 7-5 Record 9-4 Tie in Hits: 0-0 Come Early, Come Often: The Sounds are averaging a Minor League Baseball best 5,339 fans per game. 4-3 Home 4-2 Outhit by Opponent: 2-3 The next closest franchise is Triple-A Albuquerque with a 4,908 average per game. 3-2 Road 5-2 Record 10+ Hits: 3-0 Allow 10+ Hits: 1-3 The Milwaukee Era: A new era of Nashville Sounds baseball began on February 12, 2021 when the club W1 Streak L1 Commit an Error: 4-2 announced its affiliation with the Milwaukee Brewers. The affiliation with Milwaukee came after the 3-2 Last 5 3-2 Sounds signed a 10-year Professional Development License (PDL) with Major League Baseball as part Commit No Errors: 3-3 of the 20-team Triple-A East League. Within the Triple-A East League, the Sounds are a member of the 7-3 Last 10 7-3 Walk-Off Wins: 1 seven-team Southeast Division. .262 BA .276 Walk-Off Losses: - 20 HR 23 Extra-Innings: 1-0 Top Prospects: Nashville opened the 2021 season with four players on the roster who are listed on MLB Sounds starter 6+IP: 0-0 Pipeline’s Top-30 Milwaukee prospects. Catcher Mario Feliciano is the No. 5 prospect, left-handed pitcher 69 R 96 Aaron Ashby is the No. 7 prospect, outfielder Corey Ray is the No. 24 prospect and left-handed pitcher 105 K (Bat) 134 Sounds starter 7+ IP: 0-0 Clayton Andrews is the No. 25 prospect. Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 46 BB (Bat) 80 Longest Win Streak: 3 How Sweet It Is: Manager Rick Sweet is at the helm for the Sounds in 2021, as he was in 2014 when he 6.12 ERA 3.86 Longest Losing Streak: 2 led the club to a 77-67 record. Sweet has managed for all or parts of 30 seasons in the minor leagues and has compiled a managerial record of 2,035-1,926. The 2,035 wins are 11th-most all-time among all minor 123 K (Pitch) 134 THIS DATE IN HISTORY league managers. 10th on the list is Lefty O’Doul who won 2,094 games from 1935-57. 65 BB (Pitch) 39 On May 19, 2017, Nashville That Doesn’t Hurt So Bad: The Sounds have five Major League rehabbers on the roster. Infielder Daniel 72 R Allowed 58 shutout Sacramento 6-0 and Robertson (April 26 - concussion), infielder/outfielder Jace Peterson (April 23 - cryotherapy on left 18 HR Allowed 16 allowed just three hits between thumb), infielder/outfielder Tim Lopes (March 8 - right oblique), RHP Eric Yardley (May 1 - right shoul- .975 Fielding Pct. .980 starter Paul Blackburn and der strain) and RHP Bobby Wahl (April 10 - right oblique strain) are all on the current roster. relievers Tucker Healy and Tyler Sturdevant. Both Renato Nunez UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS and Ryan Lavarnway homered • The first co-branded University of Tennessee for the Sounds. apron giveaways presented by First Horizon to the first 500 fans. • Throwback Thursday presented by Budweiser – the Sounds will wear throwback uniforms to commemorate the team’s original uniform style from 1978. Fans can purchase Pepsi fountain soda and Budweiser products at a discounted rate. WWW.NASHVILLESOUNDS.COM @NASHVILLESOUNDS FIRST HORIZON PARK 19 JUNIOR GILLIAM WAY NASHVILLE, TN 37219 TONIGHt’S STARTER - LHP WADE LEBLANC HT/WT: 6’2”/195 40-MAN ROSTER: No BORN: August 7, 1984 in Lake Charles, Louisiana (36) SERVICE TIME: 7.131 RESIDES: Lake Charles, Louisiana FIRST MLB WIN: 9/15/08 w/ San Diego at Colorado ACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on May 4, 2021 FIRST MLB STRIKEOUT: 9/3/08 w/ San Diego at Los Angeles-NL (Casey Blake) CAREER STATISTICS YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP 2006 Eugene 1-0 4.29 7 3 0 0 0 21.0 19 10 10 0 0 6 20 1 Fort Wayne 4-1 2.20 7 7 0 0 0 32.2 31 8 8 1 1 10 27 0 2007 Lake Elsinore 6-5 2.64 16 16 0 0 0 92.0 72 32 27 5 1 17 90 7 San Antonio 7-3 3.45 12 11 0 0 0 57.1 48 22 22 8 0 19 55 1 2008 Portland 11-9 5.32 26 25 0 0 0 138.2 136 85 82 21 7 42 139 2 SAN DIEGO 1-3 8.02 5 4 0 0 0 21.1 29 19 19 7 0 15 14 0 2009 Portland 4-9 3.87 24 20 0 0 0 121.0 109 54 52 15 2 31 95 9 SAN DIEGO 3-1 3.69 9 9 0 0 0 46.1 35 19 19 6 4 19 30 0 2010 Portland 0-1 7.20 2 2 0 0 0 10.0 13 8 8 1 0 1 15 0 SAN DIEGO 8-12 4.25 26 25 0 0 0 146.0 157 69 69 24 2 51 110 2 2011 Tucson 9-1 4.30 17 17 0 0 0 106.2 108 54 51 8 1 28 92 1 SAN DIEGO 5-6 4.63 14 14 0 0 0 79.2 84 42 41 7 1 28 51 1 2012 New Orleans 5-5 3.74 16 16 0 0 0 98.2 91 43 41 10 1 20 91 5 MIAMI 2-5 3.67 25 9 0 0 0 68.2 71 30 28 7 1 19 43 1 2013 Oklahoma City 3-1 4.71 19 7 0 0 1 49.2 55 26 26 5 0 16 47 5 HOUSTON 0-0 7.11 4 0 0 0 0 6.1 9 10 5 1 1 5 2 0 MIAMI 1-5 5.18 13 7 0 0 0 48.2 63 30 28 6 2 15 31 0 2014 Salt Lake 10-4 4.43 22 22 1 0 0 128.0 143 68 63 11 4 42 119 1 LOS ANGELES-AL 1-1 3.45 10 3 0 0 0 28.2