Sounds rally in seventh to beat Gwinnett, take five of six

Three runs in the bottom of the seventh flipped a 3-1 deficit and gave Nashville a 4-3 win over Gwinnett on Sunday, a finish that matched the shape of the Sounds’ week as much as the final score. Nashville did not just survive the finale at First Horizon Park. It kept finding a way to close tight games and ended the set by taking five of six from the Stripers.

The rally started with Cooper Pratt, who opened the inning with a leadoff single, then stole second to extend his on-base streak to 21 straight games. Luis Lara followed with a single that cut the gap to 3-2, and the inning kept moving when Gwinnett walked Mattos and Jeferson Quero to load the bases. Ramón Rodríguez grounded into a double play, but Lara scored on the play to tie the game, and Freddy Zamora then pushed across the go-ahead run with a single to right-center.

Nashville had already kept itself close with an early solo home run from Luis Matos, his second homer of the season, after Gwinnett had twice nudged in front. The Sounds trailed 2-0 before Matos’ blast and then fell behind 3-1 before the seventh-inning break. By the time the inning ended, Nashville had turned a one-run deficit into a one-run lead without needing a single extra-base hit in the frame.

Garrett Stallings set the tone on the mound by working four innings and allowing two runs on five hits while striking out five. Jared Koenig, back from the major league side on rehab, worked around a single in the fifth by facing four batters, and Junior Fernández followed with a clean sixth before giving up two hits and a run in the seventh. Craig Yoho and Blake Holub then handled the final two innings, one apiece, to lock down the win.

The result pushed Nashville to 33-22 and left Gwinnett at 29-25, with the Sounds continuing to build momentum inside a 75-game home slate that opened March 31 at First Horizon Park in Germantown. Sunday also fit the bigger picture around this roster: Nashville entered 2026 with 14 returning players from last season, nine members of Milwaukee’s 40-man roster, and two of the Brewers’ top four prospects in Cooper Pratt and Jett Williams. For a club that has been Milwaukee’s top affiliate for 15 seasons, the latest comeback showed the same trait that carried the week, late-game poise that can turn a series before the bullpen ever has to ask for help.