Matos’ 4-RBI Night Lifts Nashville Sounds Past First-Place Indians 6-4

NASHVILLE—The Nashville Sounds snapped Indianapolis momentum with a decisive eighth-inning rally Sunday night at First Horizon Park, handing the first-place Indianapolis Indians a 6-4 loss and splitting the series.

Luis Matos powered the win with a 4-RBI performance, including a towering 438-foot two-run home run that flipped the game in Nashville’s favor. The shot was the second-furthest homer by a Sounds player this season, behind Eddys Leonard’s 445-foot blast.

Indianapolis struck first in the top of the third inning. After a leadoff single and a walk put runners on early, Tyson Hardin managed to record two outs before Johnathan Rodriguez delivered an RBI single to right field. The hit plated Derek Berg and Mitch Jebb, giving the Indians a 2-0 lead.

Nashville responded in the bottom half of the third. Ethan Murray and Eduardo Garcia opened the inning with back-to-back singles, and two batters later Bo Naylor lined an RBI single into left field, scoring Murray to cut the deficit to one.

The Sounds took their first lead in the fourth. Akil Baddoo reached base on an Indy fielding error, setting the table for Matos. He crushed the 438-foot blast to left, giving Nashville a one-run advantage. One frame later, Naylor added to the lead with a solo home run to make it

4-2.

While Nashville saw Indianapolis tie the game in the seventh, the Sounds reclaimed control in the eighth. Will Childers worked a scoreless stretch earlier, and after three straight quiet innings, Blake Burke led off the eighth with a single. Brock Wilken followed with a walk, putting runners in scoring position. Matos then delivered again, lining a two-run triple into the right-field corner to score Burke and Wilken and put Nashville ahead 6-4.

Jared Koenig closed the ninth with a 1-2-3 inning for his first save since September 18, 2025.

Postgame, the Sounds noted they scored 97 runs in the third inning—more than any other inning through 121 games—and that Matos ended a 26-game homerless drought with Sunday’s go-ahead drive.

With Monday off, Nashville begins a six-game road series at Norfolk from August 18-23 before heading to Jacksonville.