NASHVILLE (Interstat) — The Memphis Redbirds will visit the Nashville Sounds on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, at First Horizon Park in Nashville, Tennessee, for an International League (AAA) matchup. The forecast at game time calls for 95 degrees and rain.

Memphis enters at 79-66. Nashville is 75-68. Coleman Crow is slated to start for Memphis and carries an 8-2 record. Memphis has won the first four games of the current series at Nashville after a 9-3 victory Saturday, an 8-6 win Friday, a 14-1 rout Thursday and an 11-1 win Wednesday. Nashville took Tuesday’s opener 5-4.

Jared Shuster is a player to watch for Memphis. Over his last nine appearances, Shuster has allowed three earned runs in 14 2/3 innings, striking out 16 and allowing six hits. He worked 2 1/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts in Saturday’s win and followed a 2-inning, two-strikeout scoreless outing Thursday. His longest recent outing was three innings Sept. 4 against Durham, when he allowed two earned runs and struck out four. He also tossed two scoreless innings with three strikeouts Sept. 1 against Durham. In Saturday’s game, Trey Paige went 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs, while Josh Fleming pitched 4 2/3 innings, allowing five hits and three earned runs with one strikeout.

Bryse Wilson is a player to watch for Nashville. He worked four scoreless innings with three hits, one walk and five strikeouts in Saturday’s loss. In his previous appearance against Memphis on Tuesday, Wilson allowed four hits over 2 1/3 scoreless innings with two strikeouts. Wilson has not allowed an earned run in his last two appearances against Memphis, covering 6 1/3 innings. Brandon Lockridge hit a home run and drove in two runs Saturday, and Blake Holub pitched one inning, allowing one hit and one earned run with two strikeouts.

Memphis has won six of the last 10 meetings between the teams. The Redbirds recently took two of three from Norfolk, including a 3-2 win Sept. 13 and an 8-1 win Sept. 12. Memphis also beat Norfolk 11-10 on Sept. 8 before dropping three straight from Sept. 9-11. Nashville dropped its previous series at Durham, losing four of six. The Sounds won 3-0 on Sept. 7 and 5-1 on Sept. 10, but lost 10-2 on Sept. 9, 6-3 on Sept. 11, 2-1 on Sept. 12 and 7-2 on Sept. 13. After this game, Memphis is scheduled to return home for a series against Rochester beginning Tuesday, Sept. 22.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Memphis 6, Nashville 3. Interstat’s ELO system gives Nashville a 52.4 percent probability to win.