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Rick Sweet Moves to Second in All-Time in Minor League Managerial Wins

Nashville Outlasts Charlotte as Teams Trade Late Runs
By Cory Hilborne
August 4, 2026

NASHVILLE (August 2, 2026) – Nashville's 5-3 win in Sunday's series finale over Charlotte moved Rick Sweet into second place all-time for managerial wins in Minor League Baseball History. After seeing the Knights take their first lead in the eighth inning, Nashville responded with a three-run eighth and stranded the

NASHVILLE (August 2, 2026) – Nashville's 5-3 win in Sunday's series finale over Charlotte moved Rick Sweet into second place all-time for managerial wins in Minor League Baseball History. After seeing the Knights take their first lead in the eighth inning, Nashville responded with a three-run eighth and stranded the bases-loaded in the ninth inning to preserve the comeback win and earn a series split.

Right-hander Brett Wichrowski started the game with three hitless innings in his second start of the series. He struck out three and worked around a leadoff walk to begin the game, facing the minimum over his 3.0 IP and fifth Triple-A start. He was relieved in the fourth by Gerson Garabito who worked a 1-2-3 inning. The Knights collected their first hit of the night with a leadoff triple for Ryan Galanie in the top of the fifth, who later scored on a sacrifice fly to even the score at 1-1.

Nashville's first run of the night came via a RBI double off the bat of Brewers no. 30-rated prospect Brock Wilken in the bottom of the third inning off right-hander Jose Urquidy. It was the third two-bagger of the series for Wilken and scored Luis Matos, who reached ahead of him on a fielder's choice that forced Eduardo Garcia off the base bath after starting the inning with a single. Garcia put Nashville back in front in the bottom of the fifth with a solo home run, and second of the series after also leaving the yard Wednesday night.

Garabito worked the bulk of the relief effort for Nashville, covering 3.2 IP total and allowed the one run on a pair of hits with two strikeouts and a walk without a decision. Blake Holub inherited a pair of baserunners in the top of the seventh and walked the first man he faced to load the bases. Holub escaped the jam with a groundout and faced just two batters in his team-leading 36th appearance of the season. Rehabber Joel Kuhnel began the top of the eighth for his first appearance of his Major League rehab assignment and first appearance since July 2. After allowing a one-out double to Andy Weber, Kuhnel faced fellow rehabber Austin Hays with two outs. Hays got the better of the right-hander, hitting a two-run home run just outside of the reach of a leaping Tyler Black along the left field wall to give the Knights a 3-2 lead. A second straight extra-base hit, and third in total allowed by Kuhnel was the end of the line as the mist continued falling at First Horizon Park. Will Childers took over for his first appearance back with Nashville since July 11th and his fourth straight Triple-A appearance against the Knights. He proceeded to leave the runner in scoring position stranded, sending the game to the bottom of the eighth with Nashville in search of some runs.

Akil Baddoo chopped an infield single just over the pitcher's mound and saw each of the next two batters behind him reach as well. Luke Adams drew a walk while Jeferson Quero laced a single to load the bases. Black evened the score with a long fly ball into right field and deep enough for Baddoo to scamper home and Adams to advance to third. Darrien Miller took care of the rest with a two-RBI double into the right field corner as Nashville regained a 5-3 advantage heading to the ninth.

Childers issued free passes to three of the first four Knights batters in the top of the ninth as Charlotte loaded the bases with just one out. The one out proved massive with Childers inducing a ground ball to Adams who started the game-ending 5-4-3 double play to secure the win.

Nashville will visit in-state rival Memphis for the start of a six-game series against the Redbirds on Tuesday night at AutoZone Park.

POSTGAME NOTES:

SWEET VICTORY: Manager Rick Sweet secured win number 2,497 and now has the second-most managerial wins in Minor League Baseball History with the Sounds taking down the Knights Sunday night 5-3. Sweet now sits 33 games behind the all-time winningest minor league manager, Stan Wasiak (2,530) with 42 games left in the 2026 season.

WHAT A CHILLER: Right-hander Will Childers secured his first win of the season in his first game back with the Sounds since July 11 against Charlotte. He finished the night working 1.1 hitless innings but did issue three walks. It marked just his second win of the season, with both now coming over his last three appearances after earning his first win on July 26 with Double-A Biloxi. The win was his first with Nashville since August 19 of the 2025 season against the Louisville Bats. Childers has posted a 3-3 record with a 4.86 ERA in 49 appearances (one start) in his first two seasons for the Sounds. The 25-year-old ranks tied for first with Yerlin Rodriguez in total appearances (141) and ranks fourth in saves (17) among Brewers' minor league pitchers since the 2023 season.

GAR-THREE-A: Eduardo Garcia belted his third home run against the Knights this season with a leadoff solo blast in the bottom of the fifth inning off of Jose Urquidy. The home run marked Garcia's second long ball this week, with the first one coming on Wednesday night. His first career Triple-A homer came on July 10 against Charlotte on a two-run homer at Truist Field. Two of his three home runs this season have been go-ahead blasts He tallied his third multi-hit game of the season for the Sounds and second in his last three games after having just one through his first 32 games with Nashville and none over a 29-game stretch entering Friday night. Since the start of his professional campaign in 2019, Garcia ranks first in hits (455) and doubles (96), second in triples (17) and total bases (726), fourth in RBI (247) and runs (263) and eighth in homers (47) among Brewers' minor league hitters.

STREAKY: Darrien Miller extended his on-base streak to 14 consecutive games Sunday night, drawing a walk in the bottom of the fourth inning. Miller finished the night going 1-for-3 with a double and two RBI, marking his second straight game with a multi-RBI. It's the third time in his minor league career with consecutive multi-RBI games. He did it for the first time in his career on June 30-July 1, 2023, with High-A Wisconsin and earlier this season with Double-A Biloxi on May 14-15. His 14-game on-base streak continues to be the longest-active on-base streak for the Sounds and is the 10th-longest on-base streak on the team this season, while the multi-RBI game was his fourth overall with the Sounds this season in 19 games. He has posted a .356 batting average (16-for-45), eight XBH, 13 RBI and five runs since the start of his on-base streak on July 5. In seven games against the Knights this season, Miller hit .455 (10-for-22) with five XBH and 7 RBI.

WILKEY WAY: Brock Wilken extended his on-base streak to 12 consecutive games in Sunday's series finale against the Knights, going 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI for his seventh multi-hit game of the season. It was the second time this week with multiple doubles in the same game, something that he had only done twice in his career entering the week when he did so over a three-game span with Double-A Biloxi from June 12-14 of last season against Chattanooga. The Brewers no. 30-rated prospect leads the team in RBI (58) and doubles (19) this season. He is the third player on the Sounds to record 2+ doubles two or more times this season joining Jeferson Quero and Luis Lara, who each also did it twice. He ranks tied for fifth in doubles (19) and tied for seventh in RBI with Brady Ebel (58) among full-season minor league hitters in the Brewers' farm system this season.

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