Sounds Extend Winning Streak to 14 Games with Walk-Off at First Tennessee Park
Anthony García's walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Nashville Sounds to a dramatic, come-from-behind, 6-5 win over the Round Rock Express in front of 6,215 fans at First Tennessee Park Monday night. The win extended Nashville's winning streak to 14 games, one shy of matching
The Sounds erased a 5-1 deficit with three runs in the eighth and two in the ninth to score their eighth walk-off win of the season.
Trailing 5-1 in the bottom of the eighth,
The bullpen tandem of
Facing former Sounds hurler
Garcia took a first-pitch strike before lining a base hit down the left-field line to easily score Barreto from second to give the Sounds a 6-5 win.
Game two of the four-game series is scheduled for Tuesday night at First Tennessee Park. Right-hander
Post-Game Notes
- With tonight's 6-5 win, the Sounds improved to 65-55 on the season.
- The Sounds extended their season-best winning streak to 14 games and have set a season-high mark of 10 games over .500.
- The 14-game winning streak is the second-longest winning streak in franchise history.
- Tonight's walk-off win was Nashville's eighth of the season.
- The four-run comeback win was Nashville's second-largest comeback win of the season (5 runs - 7/30 at Salt Lake).
- Dustin Fowler had another multi-hit effort, his sixth straight multi-hit game and 22nd in 40 games with the Sounds.
- Dean Kiekhefer threw a scoreless ninth inning and improved to 8-0 on the season.
The 2018 season is the Sounds' 41st in franchise history and fourth as the Oakland Athletics' top affiliate. Single-game tickets are available now by calling (615) 690-4487 or by visiting www.nashvillesounds.com.