The Nashville Sounds and Omaha Storm Chasers were postponed due to rain at Werner Park on Saturday night. The contest will be made up Monday at 5:05 p.m. CT as part of a doubleheader consisting of two seven-inning games.

Sunday afternoon’s 2:05 p.m. nine-inning game will continue as originally scheduled, and the five-game series concludes Tuesday night at 7:05 p.m. before the Sounds return to First Tennessee Park on Wednesday to host the Iowa Cubs in a five-game series.

The 2018 season is the Sounds’ 41^st 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.

The Nashville Sounds’ winning streak ended at four on Friday night with a 10-1 loss to the Omaha Storm Chasers at Werner Park in the opener of a five-game series.

With the wind blowing out to left field all night, Anthony Garcia belted a home run, his team-high 13^th of the year, but Omaha swatted five homers. James Naile gave up two runs in the bottom of the first inning and needed 39 pitches to complete the frame. He lasted four innings on 91 pitches and took the loss.

Garcia went deep off Trevor Oaks in the top of the second to cut the deficit to 2-1, but that turned out to be the Sounds’ only run. Oaks went six innings and beat the Sounds for the second time this season. Omaha made it a rout with eight runs over their final three innings of offense. Kyle Finnegan allowed two two-run homers in the sixth, Jeremy Bleich yielded three wind-aided solo homers in the seventh, and infielder-Melvin Mercedes allowed one run in the eighth to save the bullpen.

The Sounds continue the five-game series Saturday night when Raul Alcantara (3-1, 5.09) makes the start against Omaha’s Scott Barlow (1-2, 4.85). First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

The 2018 season is the Sounds’ 41^st 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.

The Coffee County Middle School cheerleaders capped off a spectacular week of camp on Wednesday returning home with an impressive haul of hardware.  The Raider cheer squad cleaned up at the UCA camp at MTSU garnering three 1st place team awards and a top 4 individual finish.  Additionally, a pair of Raider cheerleaders were selected to the All-American team and the squad was invited to perform at the 2019 Citrus Bowl.

Coaches Tami Weaver and Laina Meeker took their 14 member cheer team to MTSU to compete in their first ever “away camp.”  Coach Weaver was ecstatic with her squad’s performance calling them “the most coachable group” she has worked with.  Coffee Middle won three 1st place awards highlighted by 1st place in the “Band Routine” competition.  Individually, McKenzie Givens captured a Top 4 finish in the “Jump Off” competition.  Raider cheerleaders Audrey Barton and Alexia Mears were selected as UCA All-Americans.

The coaches and cheerleaders from the CCMS squad have accepted an invitation to be guests on the July 7th edition of the Coffee Coaches Show.  The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast each Saturday morning LIVE from the showroom of Al White Ford/Lincoln.  The Coffee Coaches Show is heard exclusively here on Thunder Radio.

The Nashville Sounds came from behind in the ninth inning to defeat the Oklahoma City Dodgers 10-9 and complete the four-game sweep. Beau Taylor’s four-RBI effort spurred the comeback win for the Sounds as the two teams combined for 19 runs on 28 hits and five lead changes.

The Sounds entered the ninth inning down 9-7 but a leadoff walk to Ramon Laureano sparked a rally. Jake Smolinski then singled to put runners on the corners with no outs. Anthony Garcia cut the deficit in half with a base hit. Taylor then delivered the game-winning hit as he ripped a two-run triple into the gap in right center field to complete the comeback. It was the second three-run deficit the Sounds overcame on the night. The

Oklahoma City went out in front with a run in the first and two in the second to take a 3-0 advantage.

The Sounds muscled up on Oklahoma City’s Guillermo Moscoso in the fourth inning to take a 5-3 lead. Smolinski started off the frame with a bang. Nashville’s center fielder smacked a solo shot to left field to pull the Sounds within a pair of runs. After a Garcia walk, Taylor went yard for his first home run of the campaign to tie the game. Two more walks from Moscoso kept the rally going and Nick Martini capitalized by yanking a two-run double to right field.

The lead was brief, however, as two Sounds errors proved costly. Throwing errors by third baseman Sheldon Neuse and shortstop Jorge Mateo allowed Oklahoma City to score three runs in the frame and go back in front.

The back-and-forth game continued in the fifth as Nashville loaded the bases with no outs. After a pair of strikeouts, the possibility of a golden opportunity wasted was looming, but Steve Lombardozzi came through with a base hit up the middle to plate a pair of runs and regain the lead for Nashville. The Dodgers posted a single run in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings to put themselves in position to salvage a game in the series but the Sounds had other plans.

Taylor’s ninth-inning heroics propelled the Sounds to victory and put Nashville in position to match its season-long winning streak of five games Friday night. It was the first series sweep of the season for Nashville.

The Sounds travel to Nebraska for a five-game series against the Omaha Storm Chasers. Game one is scheduled for Friday night at Werner Park. An All-Star pitching matchup will pit right-hander James Naile (5-6, 3.93) for the Sounds against right-hander Trevor Oaks (4-3, 2.05) for the Storm Chasers. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

Post-Game Notes

• With tonight’s 10-9 win, the Sounds improved to 37-40.
• The Sounds have four one-run wins in the last 48 hours and are now 16-13 in one-run games in 2018.
• After Thursday night’s 10-9 game, the Sounds and Dodgers have played seven straight one-run games against each other.
• Nick Martini extended his consecutive on-base streak to 58 games with his single to lead off the game. Martini’s streak is the longest by a Nashville player in the Pacific Coast League era and is the longest active streak in professional baseball. Since April 14, Martini has reached safely in every game he has played in with the Sounds. The 58-game on-base streak is the longest in the Pacific Coast League since at least 2009 when MLBAM began tracking the statistic.
• With his three hits Thursday night, Nick Martini has now hit safely in a PCL-leading 19 straight road games.
• Sheldon Neuse committed two errors Thursday night, his third multi-error game of the season. There has been a total of seven multi-error games by Sounds players in 2018.
• The game lasted three hours and 41 minutes, making it the longest nine-inning game of the season for the Sounds.

The 2018 season is the Sounds’ 41^st 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.

Motlow State Community College basketball star Janna Lewis has been selected as one of only 40 student-athletes in the nation to participate in the 10th Annual National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Women’s Basketball Coaches Association All-Star weekend, beginning July 26 in Atlanta.

Lewis, a rising sophomore from Butler High School in Louisville, was named the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) Freshman of the Year following her outstanding 2017-18 season at Motlow, where she averaged 16.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 1.5 assists for the Lady Bucks. She was also named first team all-conference.

Lewis is the first Motlow women’s player selected for the all-star event. Motlow men’s star Jaylen Barford was selected for the men’s all-star event three years ago in Las Vegas and was named the Most Outstanding Player following the event.

Practices and meetings in Atlanta will be held July 26 and 27, with games taking place on July 28 and 29. Entering her sophomore season at Motlow, Lewis is expected to be the centerpiece of Head Coach LaTanya Collins’ second Motlow team, which will open practice Oct. 1.

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