Regular Season
The Nashville Sounds started the 1979 season at the bottom of the rankings before improving in late May and June. After winning 20 out of 31 games, the team moved into first-place, only a half-game in front of the number two Memphis Chicks on the next-to-last day of the first half. Memphis defeated Nashville on the last day of the half, pulling into first-place and leaving the Sounds in second-place.
Nashville and Memphis approached the end of the second half as the top two teams in the division. The Sounds trailed the Chicks by half game with two games left to play, both against Memphis. The first game was rained-out, forcing a split doubleheader on the last day of the season. Nashville won the afternoon contest in 12 innings by a score of eight runs to seven. Later that night, they beat Memphis three to one to capture the second half Western Division title.
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