Nashville shuts out Gwinnett behind pitching and Quero’s big night

Jeferson Quero drove in two runs and Nashville’s bullpen held Gwinnett hitless over the final five innings in a 3-0 shutout at First Horizon Park. The Sounds scored just enough, then let the pitching staff squeeze the game shut.

The win on June 25 gave Nashville its fourth shutout of the season and pushed the Sounds to 45-33. Gwinnett fell to 39-38 and was blanked for the fifth time in 2026. Nashville also took the series lead, 2-1, after opening the set with a 12-5 win on June 23 and dropping the middle game 8-5 on June 24.

Lyon Richardson made his first career start for Nashville and handled the first four innings without a run, allowing two hits and striking out three. Reiss Knehr followed and earned his team-leading sixth win. The bullpen did not allow a hit over the final five innings.

The Sounds opened the scoring in the third when Brock Wilken launched his sixth home run of the season. Nashville kept adding pressure in the fourth as Tyler Black drew a walk, stole his 11th base, and later scored on Quero’s sacrifice fly. Quero then delivered the clincher in the sixth, lining a two-out RBI single to make it 3-0 and cap a night that counted as his 17th multi-hit game of the season.

Gwinnett’s best chance came in the fifth, when the Stripers loaded the bases with no outs on three walks. Nashville escaped without damage, finishing the inning on a routine groundout to Ethan Murray at second base. Junior Fernandez handled the seventh and eighth with clean innings, and Peter Strzelecki, back for his first appearance since May 13 against Iowa, closed it out for his second save.