NASHVILLE SOUNDS GAME INFORMATION Nashville Sounds (24-12) vs. Gwinnett Stripers (19-18) RHP Thomas Jankins (0-2, 11.05) vs. RHP Connor Johnstone (1-4, 5.40) Game #37/Road Game #19 • Wednesday, June 16, 2021 • Coolray Field • 6:05 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: 6-1 at Nashville: 6-1 All-Time: 6-1 at Gwinnett: 0-0 Thursday 6/17 at Gwinnett RHP Bowden Francis (2-1, 2.12) RHP Kyle Wright (1-2, 4.05) 6:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM Date Site Result Friday 6/18 at Gwinnett RHP Alec Bettinger (1-2, 3.46) RHP Jasseel De La Cruz (0-2, 4.97) 6:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 102.5 FM 5/18 Nashville W, 9-8 Saturday 6/19 at Gwinnett TBD TBD 5:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/19 Nashville W, 5-4 (10) Sunday 6/20 at Gwinnett TBD TBD 2:05 p.m. MiLB TV / 94.9 FM 5/20 Nashville W, 3-1 5/21 Nashville W, 3-2 Tuesday 6/22 vs. Charlotte TBD TBD 7:05 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 game two of a six-game series tonight at Coolray Field. Gwinnett took game one last night, 2-1. Right-hander Thomas Jankins starts for the 5/23 Nashville W, 1-0 Series (W-L-T): 3-0-3 Sounds against right-hander Connor Johnstone for the Stripers. 6/15 Gwinnett L, 2-1 Series Openers: 3-4 6/16 Gwinnett Thomas Jankins: 25-year-old Thomas Jankins makes his eighth appearance (sixth start) for Nashville. Series Finales: 3-3 6/17 Gwinnett Series Sweeps: 2-0 He has gone 0-2 with an 11.05 ERA (27 ER/22.0 IP). Jankins last pitched on June 10 against the India- Home Games: 12-6 napolis Indians at home. He went 3.1 innings and allowed 3 runs on 1 hit and 1 walk with 4 strikeouts. 6/18 Gwinnett Road Games: 12-6 In 2019, Jankins went 11-5 with a 4.19 ERA in 25 games (23 starts) with Triple-A San Antonio and Dou- 6/19 Gwinnett Day Games: 2-3 ble-A Biloxi. He finished tied for fifth in the Pacific Coast League for wins (10), logged 10 quality starts 6/20 Gwinnett Night Games: 22-9 and four starts of 6+ IP and one or less runs allowed. The Massachusetts native was named a Southern League All-Star in 2018 after he went 10-9 with a 4.42 ERA with Double-A Biloxi. The Brewers drafted 7/6 Gwinnett vs. RHP: 17-11 Jankins in the 13th round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft. 7/7 Gwinnett vs. LHP: 7-1 7/8 Gwinnett vs. NL Affiliate: 12-7 Connor Johnstone: 26-year-old Connor Johnstone gets the ball for Gwinnett in game two tonight. The vs. AL Affiliate: 12-5 right-hander is 1-4 with a 5.40 ERA in nine games (seven starts) with Gwinnett in 2021. He last pitched 7/9 Gwinnett Lead After 6: 20-0 on June 13 at Memphis and went 2.0 in a start against the Redbirds. He allowed 1 run on 3 hits in Gwin- 7/10 Gwinnett Trail After 6: 3-12 nett's 7-6 loss. In 28.1 innings in 2021, Johnstone has allowed 17 runs on 27 hits. He has only issued one 7/11 Gwinnett Tied After 6: 1-0 walk to go along with 20 strikeouts. In his minor league career, the Californian is 12-12 with a 4.06 ERA 8/24 Nashville Lead After 7: 21-0 in 77 games (29 starts). Atlanta drafted him in the 21st round of the 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft Trail After 7: 1-11 out of Wake Forest. 8/25 Nashville Tied After 7: 2-0 8/26 Nashville Lead After 8: 21-0 2021 Standings: The Sounds have spent the following number of days in the Triple-A East Southeast 8/27 Nashville Division standings in 2021: First: 22, Second: 5, Third: 1, Fourth: 13, Fifth: 2, Sixth: 0, Seventh: 0. Trail After 8: 0-11 8/28 Nashville Tied After 8: 1-0 Vs. Johnstone: Connor Johnson pitched against Nashville in relief on May 18 and started on May 22. He 8/29 Nashville Scoring First: 19-2 has faced the following Nashville players in 2021: Mario Feliciano: 0-1; Derek Fisher: 1-2; Zach Green: 9/14 Gwinnett Opp. Scoring First: 5-10 1-3, 2 K; Luke Maile: 0-2; Hernan Perez: 1-3, K; Dustin Peterson: 0-2; Jace Peterson: 1-2, HR, 2 RBI; 9/15 Gwinnett Scoring 4+ Runs: 20-4 Corey Ray: 0-3, K; Weston Wilson: 0-2. Opp. Scoring 4+ Runs: 10-9 9/16 Gwinnett Scoring 3 or < Runs: 4-7 June Arms Race: Nashville's pitching continued to excel in the month of June with another solid 9/17 Gwinnett Opp. Scores 3 or < Runs: 12-3 performance last night. During the month of June, Nashville pitching is among Triple-A leaders in hits 9/18 Gwinnett Hit a HR: 21-6 allowed (1st, 73), WHIP (1st, 1.10), average against (1st, .183), ERA (2nd, 3.49), earned runs (2nd, 43) Allow a HR 13-9 and runs (T-3rd, 51). 9/19 Gwinnett Hit 2+ HR: 13-3 Allow 2+ HR: 3-6 Double Digits for Hiura: Infielder Keston Hiura has hit safely in 11 games, the longest streak by a Sounds Stripers Outhit Opponent: 20-5 Sounds player in 2021. Since May 18, Hiura is hitting .500 (18-for-36) with 9 runs, 2 doubles, 3 home 24-12 Record 19-18 runs, 10 RBI and 8 walks during the streak. It's the second-longest active streak in the Triple-A East Tie in Hits: 1-0 12-6 Home 11-8 Outhit by Opponent: 3-7 behind only Durham's Wander Franco (12 games). It's the first time a Sounds player has put together a hitting streak of 10 or more games since Nick Solak had an 18-game streak from July 30-August 18, 12-6 Road 8-10 Record 10+ Hits: 11-1 2019. Allow 10+ Hits: 1-5 L3 Streak W1 2-3 Last 5 2-3 Commit an Error: 14-7 Have a Series: Infielder/outfielder Jamie Westbrook had quite the series against Indianapolis and Commit No Errors: 10-5 continued with another multi-hit game last night. Dating back to the start of the Indianapolis series on 3-7 Last 10 4-6 Walk-Off Wins: 2 June 8, Westbrook has hit safely in every game. During the seven-game stretch, Westbrook hit .448 (13- .250 BA .252 Walk-Off Losses: - for-29) with 5 runs, 4 doubles, 2 home runs, 10 RBI and 1 walk. 56 HR 47 Extra-Innings: 2-0 Sounds starter 6+IP: 4-2 Close as Can Be: Nashville's six-game series sweep of Gwinnett from May 18-23 was nearly as close as a series 204 R 201 Sounds starter 7+ IP: 1-1 can get. The Sounds won five of the six games by one run and the other game by two runs. Nashville only 363 K (Bat) 346 Sounds starter 8+ IP: 0-0 scored 23 runs and hit .223 as a team but the pitching staff limited the Stripers to a .189 team average and only 169 BB (Bat) 190 16 runs. Longest Win Streak: 15 3.96 ERA 3.73 Longest Losing Streak: 4 How Sweet It Is: Manager Rick Sweet is at the helm for the Sounds in 2021, as he was in 2014 when 363 K (Pitch) 349 THIS DATE IN HISTORY he led the club to a 77-67 record. Sweet has managed for all or parts of 30 seasons in the minor leagues 151 BB (Pitch) 116 and has compiled a managerial record of 2,051-1,933. The 2,051 wins are 11th-most all-time among all 153 R Allowed 147 On June 16, 2008, Sounds utili- minor league managers. 10th on the list is Lefty O’Doul who won 2,094 games from 1935-57. tyman Vinny Rottino extended 36 HR Allowed 37 his hitting streak to 24 games. The Milwaukee Era: A new era of Nashville Sounds baseball began on February 12, 2021 when the club .977 Fielding Pct. .986 It was the longest hitting streak announced its affiliation with the Milwaukee Brewers. The affiliation with Milwaukee came after the in the Pacific Coast League UPCOMING EVENTS & PROMOS that season, and is Nashville's Sounds signed a 10-year Professional Development License (PDL) with Major League Baseball as part second-longest streak streaks 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. The Sounds return to First Horizon Park began to be tabulated in 1998. on Tuesday, June 22 to begin a 12-game, 13-day homestand against the Charlotte Knights (June 22-27) and Louisville Bats (June 29-July 4). 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 0-2 11.05 7 5 0 0 0 22.0 33 28 27 5 2 12 15 3 Minor League Totals 30-26 4.28 95 82 1 0 0 471.1 496 250 224 51 20 124 369 44 LAST OUTING: Jankins last pitched on June 10 vs.