Nashville rallies for walk-off win over Iowa, completes sweep
Nashville erased a 3-1 deficit with a three-run ninth, and Eddys Leonard capped the sweep with the Sounds’ second walk-off against Iowa in three days.
A three-run bottom of the ninth turned a quiet afternoon into a sweep-sealing celebration at First Horizon Park, as Nashville beat Iowa 4-3 and stretched its winning streak to seven games. Eddys Leonard delivered the walk-off hit, giving the Sounds their second walk-off over the Cubs in the series and underscoring a club that is beginning to finish games with authority.
For most of the day, Nashville was not sharp enough to put Iowa away. Tyson Hardin, making his Triple-A debut for Milwaukee’s No. 17 prospect, gave the Sounds the kind of start that keeps a game within reach. He tied his career high with seven innings, earned his eighth career quality start and worked through traffic with poise, even after Iowa took an early lead and later pushed back in the middle innings.
Iowa opened the scoring in the second on a sacrifice fly by Scott Kingery, then nudged back in front after a sequence that included a double steal and a disputed tagging play. Nashville finally answered in the sixth when Brewers No. 3 prospect Jett Williams blasted a two-out solo home run to tie it 1-1, a swing that kept the Sounds from slipping too far behind while Hardin continued to grind.
The game tilted again in the seventh, when Kingery lined an RBI double to give Iowa the lead after Hardin had retired nine straight batters at one point. James Triantos added an RBI single in the ninth to make it 3-1, leaving Nashville with one inning to save both the game and the series.
That last push came quickly. The Sounds loaded the bases on back-to-back walks and a single by Luis Lara, then Leonard ended it with the hit that completed the comeback. The rally gave Nashville a 4-3 win before 6,513 fans and pushed the club to 26-19, while Iowa fell to 18-26 and lost for the seventh straight time.
The sweep finished off a week in which Nashville handled Iowa repeatedly, winning 9-3, 6-4, 12-1 and then 4-3. After already walking off the Cubs earlier in the series, the Sounds showed a different kind of Triple-A edge on Sunday: a good start, a few missed chances, a late deficit and then the late burst that separated a contender from a team still searching for answers.
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