Stripers’ Bats Come Alive to Back Elder in 10-0 Rout of Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Bryce Elder looked the part of a reigning National League All-Star in his return to Gwinnett, striking out seven over 6.1 scoreless, two-hit innings in the Stripers’ (2-1) 10-0 rout of the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (1-2) at 121 Financial Ballpark. Andrew Velazquez and Ryan Casteel each drove
Sounds Come Up Short Against Bulls
NASHVILLE – Despite compiling 11 hits, the Nashville Sounds (55-48, 15-14) could not come up with a big hit when they needed it, falling 4-2 to the Durham Bulls (57-48, 17-13) on Thursday night at First Horizon Park. Evan McKendry (8-4) was greeted poorly by his former team in his
VanMeter Plays Hero as Sounds Swamp Tides with Three-Run Ninth
NORFOLK, Va. – Down to their final three outs, the Nashville Sounds (54-45, 14-11) put together a ninth inning comeback for the ages, capped off by Josh VanMeter’s go-ahead two-run blast to give the Sounds a 5-4 win over the Norfolk Tides (62-37, 14-11) on Saturday night at Harbor Park.
Late Homers Lead Hot Chickens to Eight Inning Win
NASHVILLE – The Nashville Hot Chickens (48-37, 8-3) took the lead with two solo shots in the sixth and held on to take a weather-shortened 7-6 victory over the Columbus Clippers (39-46, 6-5) in seven and a half innings on Sunday afternoon at First Horizon Park. Play was stopped in
Nashville Gets Hot In 5-3 Win
NASHVILLE – The Nashville Hot Chickens (47-37, 7-3) jumped out to an early lead and didn’t look back, toppling the Columbus Clippers (39-45, 6-4) 5-3 in yet another dramatic contest on Friday night at First Horizon Park. Skye Bolt’s bases-clearing triple in the third inning proved to be the decisive
Sounds Stuff Redbirds in Series Finale
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Nashville offense supported Caleb Boushley’s (W, 5-4) first quality start of the season as the Sounds (45-35, 5-1) handled the Memphis Redbirds (40-41, 1-5) 8-2 on Monday night at AutoZone Park. The Sounds have now won 14 of their last 18 games. Nashville’s first few innings
Sounds, Tides Battle to Doubleheader Split
NASHVILLE – The Nashville Sounds (38-33) took game one of a doubleheader against the Norfolk Tides (47-24), smashing two homers in a 7-1 victory. The Tides took control early and forced the doubleheader split with a 3-0 win in game two at First Horizon Park on Thursday night. Keston Hiura
Late Offensive Outburst Powers Sounds Past Bulls
Durham, N.C. – The Nashville Sounds (21-20) overcame a slow start at the plate with back-to-back big innings, taking an 8-4 victory over the Durham Bulls on Thursday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Three runs in the seventh, followed by five in the eighth, proved to be plenty enough
Hiura's Single Gives Sounds Another Walk Off Win Over Omaha
NASHVILLE – The Nashville Sounds (14-11) made it back-to-back walk-off wins on Saturday night with a 6-5 victory in 10 innings over the Omaha Storm Chasers in front of 9,833 fans at First Horizon Park. Nashville has clinched the series with their fourth triumph over Omaha this week. With one
Sounds Slip Up in Loss to Omaha
NASHVILLE – The Nashville Sounds (12-11) were unable to pull off the comeback on a rainy Thursday night at First Horizon Park as they lost their first game of the series to the Omaha Storm Chasers by a 2-1 final. After a 44-minute rain delay before the first pitch, the
Sounds Tally Two Walk-Off Wins in Opening Night Doubleheader
NASHVILLE – The Nashville Sounds led off the season with back-to-back walk-off victories in a doubleheader in front of 7,879 fans at First Horizon Park on Saturday night. Tyler Naquin’s heroics via a two-run homer gave the Sounds a 3-1 win in game one, and Skye Bolt scored on a
Soderstrom leads next wave of talent to Oakland
Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each system and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in their organization. Click here to locate your favorite club. After failing to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2017, the
State of the System: Oakland A’s
Starting in October and running through the end of the year, MiLB.com's State of the System series will evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each Major League organization, highlights prospects who've made the biggest strides in 2020 and offers a peek at 2021. So much was different during the 60-game
Prospects in the Athletics' 2020 player pool
As part of the new rules for the 2020 Major League season, each of the 30 organizations will maintain a 60-man player pool for the duration of the campaign. Some members of the player pool will feature on the active Major League roster while others will work out at an
Bolt goes yard again to give Aviators edge
Every postseason team needs a hero. Skye Bolt is hammering his way into that role for Las Vegas.The A's No. 16 prospect bashed his third homer in as many games on Friday, propelling the Aviators to an 11-4 victory over the Sacramento and a 2-1 lead in the best-of-5 Pacific Coast
Lefty Luzardo headlines A's All-Stars
Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each system and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in their organization. Click here to locate your favorite club.The American League West was full of storylines going into 2018. The Astros were coming
Dalbec breaks out big bat for Mesa
It might be the fall, but there's no sign Bobby Dalbec's bat is going to cool off any time soon. The sixth-ranked Boston prospect homered and drove in four runs as part of a three-hit effort to lead Mesa in an 18-2 thumping of Surprise at Surprise Stadium. Dalbec has seven
Bolt caps breakout year with AFL stint
Skye Bolt has heard the word in connection with his baseball career so often, he sometimes knows it's coming before anybody even says it.Enigma."I've run into that word a time … or 12," he said with a laugh. "It's a cliché. … It's something that motivates you and something that
MiLB announces August Players of the Month
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Minor League Baseball today announced the Player of the Month Award winners for each of the 16 leagues for the month of August. Each winner will receive an award from Minor League Baseball in recognition of the honor.Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (Yankees) right-hander Michael King went 3-0 with
Gorman leads Player of the Week honorees
Barely old enough to vote, Nolan Gorman is making himself a household name in Minor League circles. Just six weeks into his professional career, the 19th overall pick has been selected as the Appalachian League Offensive Player of the Week for July 30 through Aug. 5 after going 12-for-23 with
Bolt strikes perfectly for Ports at plate
Ballplayers often say hitting is contagious. Whatever got into Class A Advanced Stockton on Thursday night was likely brought to them by Skye Bolt."You see the guy in front of you drive a baseball well, that gives you confidence that you're going to get something to hit and that you