Brock Wilken Drives In 3, Extends On-Base Streak to 25 Games

Nashville swept a Thursday doubleheader against the Louisville Bats at Louisville Slugger Field. The Sounds took game one, 3-1, behind strong pitching from Coleman Crow and a two-hit effort from Blake Perkins. In game two, Nashville broke it open with a four-run fifth inning and held on for a 9-6 win behind Eddys Leonard’s three RBI.

Game 1: Nashville 3, Louisville 1

Crow, the Brewers’ No. 26 prospect, made his fifth start of the season and his second straight in a doubleheader for Nashville. The right-hander followed his 5.2 scoreless innings last Thursday at First Horizon Park with another strong outing in game one. After allowing a leadoff single and a walk, Crow limited the damage to one run when Edwin Arroyo scored on a wild pitch.

The Sounds got their first baserunner in the third when Luis Matos singled and stole second, but he was stranded there. In the fourth, back-to-back walks by Cooper Pratt and Luis Lara set up Brock Wilken’s RBI single to tie the game at 1-1. Nashville moved ahead in the fifth when Pratt drove in Jacob Hurtubise, who had walked and advanced to third on a single by Perkins. In the seventh, Jordyn Adams hit a two-out pinch-hit triple, and Perkins followed with his second hit and first RBI for Nashville to make it 3-1.

After a shaky first inning, Crow settled in and retired 10 of the next 11 batters he faced. He worked around a leadoff single and a two-out hit batter in the fifth, then struck out back-to-back hitters in the sixth after giving up another leadoff single. Brewers’ No. 28 prospect Craig Yoho recorded a three-pitch strikeout to end the sixth and strand a runner at first. Yoho returned for the seventh, retired the side in order, and earned his first save of the season.

Game 2: Nashville 9, Louisville 6

Thomas Pannone worked through a rough start in game two. Louisville opened with three straight singles to take a 1-0 lead, then added another run before loading the bases on three consecutive walks. Pannone limited the damage by striking out Dayne Leonard to escape the inning with the Sounds trailing 2-0. In the second, two two-out singles and another walk loaded the bases again, but Pannone got Michael Toglia to line out and end the threat.

Kaleb Bowman entered with two outs in the third, allowed a single, and stranded Louisville’s seventh runner of the game. In the fourth, Matos hit a two-run homer—his second hit of the doubleheader—to tie it at 2-2. Louisville answered quickly when Arroyo homered off Bowman to restore a one-run lead, but Bowman followed a hit batter and a walk with back-to-back strikeouts to leave two more runners on base.

Jett Williams opened Nashville’s four-run fifth with a leadoff single for his second hit of the game. Pratt and Lara followed to load the bases, and back-to-back walks gave the Sounds a 4-3 lead. With one out and the bases still loaded, Leonard lined a two-run double into the right-center gap to extend the lead to 6-3.

Peter Strzelecki inherited two runners when he relieved Bowman in the fifth and faced the top of Louisville’s order. Arroyo answered with a two-RBI triple to pull the Bats within 6-5, but Strzelecki retired the next two hitters to preserve the lead and strand the tying run at third. Williams drew a leadoff walk in the sixth, and Wilken sparked another two-out rally with an RBI single. Wilken later scored on Louisville’s third bases-loaded walk of the game to push Nashville’s lead to 8-5. Strzelecki then struck out two in the bottom of the inning to work around a one-out double.

Ethan Murray led off the seventh with his second home run of the season, giving Nashville its largest lead at 9-5. After Strzelecki retired the next three batters, Drew Rom took over in the bottom of the seventh. Arroyo, already sitting on three hits and needing a double for the cycle, drove in his fourth run with a single to right-center, cutting the deficit to two. Rom recorded a strikeout for the second out but then allowed another single, bringing Rece Hinds to the plate as the potential tying run. Rom responded with a four-pitch strikeout to finish the sweep.

Postgame Notes:

GOT ITS PERKS: In his first game of the season with Nashville, Blake Perkins had two hits and an RBI in game one of Thursday’s doubleheader. It was his first appearance for the Sounds since last July. Since the start of the 2023 season, Perkins has played 49 games for Nashville and owns a .296 average with 20 RBI and 22 extra-base hits. He opened this year with Milwaukee, where he went 5-for-46 (.109) with three doubles and five RBI in 19 games. Thursday marked his first multi-hit game since he went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI in Game 1 of the National League Division Series against the Chicago Cubs on October 4, 2025. It was his 14th multi-hit game with Nashville since the start of 2023.

25 FOR 25: Brock Wilken finished the doubleheader 2-for-6 with three RBI, two walks, and two runs scored, extending his on-base streak to 25 games dating to April 10. He also hit safely in both games, pushing his hitting streak to five. The Brewers’ No. 21 prospect opened his Triple-A career 3-for-50 over his first 15 games, but over his last 20 he is batting .277 (18-for-65) and has a hit in 13 of his last 15. His 25-game on-base streak is the second-longest active streak in the International League and the fifth-longest in Triple-A. His three RBI on Thursday moved him into a three-way tie for the Nashville lead with Eddys Leonard and Jeferson Quero. His 24 walks lead the team and are tied for eighth-most in the International League.

MIGHTY MATOS: Luis Matos recorded a hit in both games of the doubleheader, including his first home run of the season and his first since August 29, 2025, with San Francisco. The homer ended a 24-game drought during which he had just two extra-base hits. Matos is batting .364 (4-for-11) through his first four games with Nashville and has reached base in all four.

JETT IT GO: Brewers’ No. 3 prospect Jett Williams recorded his ninth multi-hit game of the season by going 2-for-4 in game two after being held hitless in game one. Since the start of May, he has posted three multi-hit games in six contests and is batting .354 (17-for-48) with three doubles, two home runs, nine RBI, and 10 runs scored over his last 13 games. His nine multi-hit games rank second on the team behind Luis Lara and Eddys Leonard, who each have 11.

PITCH AND CROW: Coleman Crow earned his fourth win of the season with another strong start in game one on Thursday. The Brewers’ No. 26 prospect worked 5.2 innings and allowed one run on three hits with four strikeouts and two walks. His four wins are tied for the third-most in the International League, behind Buffalo’s Brendon Little and Omaha’s Beck Way, who each have five. They are also tied for the second-highest single-season total of his career and already match his output from his injury-shortened 2025 season in 12 games. Over his last two starts, Crow is 2-0 with a 0.79 ERA in 11.1 innings. Since allowing a career-high eight earned runs on April 24 in Charlotte, he has given up just four hits while striking out 11.