Nashville Sounds News

The Metro Council next week will vote on a three-year lease extension for the Nashville Sounds at Greer Stadium.

River Cats starter Bruce Billings turned in a quality start to post the victory, striking out eight batters while allowing three runs on four hits over six innings of action.

Nashville, TN - Middle Tennessee native Sonny Gray threw six shutout innings to lead the Sacramento River Cats to a 5-2 victory over the Gray , who grew up in nearby Smyrna, Tennessee and later starred at Vanderbilt, pitched as a professional for the first time in his hometown and authored a quality-start win for the third straight outing.

The Nashville Sounds scored a season-high 11 runs, including a six-spot in the seventh inning to break a 5-5 tie, in an 11-7 victory over the Fresno Grizzlies on Thursday at Greer Stadium.

Tied 2-2 in the seventh with runners on the corners and one out, shortstop Blake Davis, who was already two-for-two on the day, lofted a ball into left field for a sacrifice-fly to drive in the go-ahead run.

ROB WOOTEN Relief pitcher Stats through Monday: In three relief appearances the past week, Wooten threw five scoreless innings.

The Sounds avoided a winless road trip by rallying from four runs down to defeat the Round Rock Express 9-5 on Monday at Dell Diamond.

The Nashville Sounds let an eighth-inning lead get away in dropping their seventh straight game Friday, losing 5-4 to the Round Rock Express in 12 innings.

Left fielder Stats through Monday: Over the past six games, Halton has gone 8-for-21 and watched his season average rise to .277 after hitting under .200 for much of the season.

The Oklahoma City RedHawks opened a four-game series at the Bricktown Ballpark on Monday night with a 9-8 win over the Nashville Sounds.

The teams will make up the game as part of a 2:05pm CT doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at Greer, when the two teams will play a pair of seven-inning games.

Halton cracked his third double of the contest with one out in the final frame and moved to third on Caleb Gindl's groundout.

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Nashville erupted for season highs of 11 runs and 14 hits in the victory. Cole Garner highlighted the offensive outburst with a seventh-inning grand slam, the outfielder's team-leading fourth home run of the year.