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Sounds to Host Texas Rangers Winter Caravan at Ole Smoky Distillery & Yee-Haw Brewing Co. Tomorrow

January 28, 2020 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


The Nashville Sounds will host the Texas Rangers Winter Caravan at Ole Smoky Distillery and Yee-Haw Brewing Co. at 6th and Peabody tomorrow, Wednesday, January 29.

Live music by Payton Taylor begins at 5:00 p.m. and the Sounds Q&A session with recently named Manager Darwin Barney, current Texas Rangers Nick Solak and Brett Martin, and Rangers Director of Minor League Operations Paul Kruger to follow at 6:00.

Media is welcome to attend the caravan event at Ole Smoky Distillery & Yee-Haw Brewing Co. at 6th and Peabody. Barney, Martin, Solak and Nashville Sounds General Manager Adam Nuse will be available for interviews from 5:00-5:30 p.m.

Martin, 24, is a Morristown, Tenn. native and pitched in 10 games for the Sounds before making his Major League debut in 2019. In 10 appearances with Nashville, Martin recorded a 0.71 ERA (1 ER/12.2 IP) with 19 strikeouts. The left-hander made his big-league debut on April 19 vs. Houston and pitched in 51 games for Texas last year.

Solak, 25, played in 30 games for the Sounds last year after the Rangers acquired him in a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays on July 13. The top prospect out of the University of Louisville hit .347 with 23 runs, 16 extra-base hits and 27 RBI with Nashville before being promoted to Texas on August 20. He spent the rest of the season with the Rangers and hit .293 with 19 runs, 12 extra-base hits and 17 RBI in 33 games.

The family-friendly event is free to the public and will include live music, player autographs, a Q&A session hosted by Sounds radio broadcaster Jeff Hem and Ole Smoky Distillery & Yee-Haw Brewing Co. at 6th and Peabody's traditional trivia Wednesday with a baseball focus.

On Wednesday afternoon the Sounds and Rangers contingent will visit Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt where they will visit Seacrest Studios and spend time with patients and families.

The 2020 season begins on Thursday, April 9 when the Sounds host the Iowa Cubs at 6:35 p.m. 2020 season ticket memberships are on sale through the Nashville Sounds ticket office. For more information on membership packages, call 615-690-4487, or e-mail tickets@nashvillesounds.com.


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