List of Nashville Sounds no-hitters

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Manny Parra pitched Nashville's second perfect game and sixth no-hitter on June 25, 2007.
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Jim Deshaies pitched Nashville's first no-hitter on May 4, 1984.

Since the Nashville Sounds minor league baseball team was established in Nashville, Tennessee, in the 1978 season, its pitchers have pitched six no-hitters, which include two perfect games. The feats were accomplished by a total of eight different pitchers. All but one was achieved at Nashville's first home ballpark, Herschel Greer Stadium. One occurred while the team was a member of the Double-A Southern League, two while in the Triple-A American Association, and three in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League (PCL). Of the three nine-inning perfect games pitched in the over 100-year history of the PCL, two have been thrown by members of the Sounds.[1]

The team's first no-hitter was Jim Deshaies' 5–1 win over the Columbus Astros on May 4, 1984.[2] In the second inning, Deshaies walked three batters and hit another, accounting for the only Astros run of the game, the second game of a seven-inning doubleheader. The second no-hitter was thrown by Bryan Kelly on July 17, 1985.[2] Jack Armstrong pitched the club's third no-hitter on August 7, 1988.[2] The previous night, Indianapolis Indians pitchers Randy Johnson and Pat Pacillo pitched a no-hit game against the Sounds, but lost.[3] That game was won by Nashville when Lenny Harris walked to first base, stole second base, stole third base, and then came home, scoring on a groundout.[3] This was the first time in American Association history that teams played in back-to-back no-hit games.[3]

On April 7, 2003, John Wasdin became the first Sounds player to pitch a perfect game.[4][5] This was only the second nine-inning complete perfect game in the 100-year history of the PCL.[1] Wasdin threw 100 pitches, striking out 15 batters.[4][5] On July 15, 2006, pitchers Carlos Villanueva (6 IP), Mike Meyers (2 IP), and Alec Zumwalt (1 IP) combined to pitch Nashville's fifth no-hit game.[6] Most recently, Manny Parra pitched the franchise's second perfect game on June 25, 2007.[7][8] Parra threw 107 pitches and struck out 11 hitters in the third nine-inning complete perfect game in PCL history.[1][8]

Table key

Score
Game score with Sounds runs listed first
(#)
Number of innings in a game that was shorter or longer than 9 innings
Indicates a perfect game
£
Pitcher was left-handed

No-hitters

Date Pitcher Score Opponent Location Notes Ref
May 4, 1984 Deshaies, JimJim Deshaies£ 5–1 (7) Columbus Astros Herschel Greer Stadium [2]
July 17, 1985 Kelly, BryanBryan Kelly 6–0 Oklahoma City 89ers Herschel Greer Stadium
  • First Sounds no-hitter by a right-handed pitcher
  • Largest margin of victory in a Sounds no-hitter
 [2]
August 7, 1988 Armstrong, JackJack Armstrong 4–0 Indianapolis Indians Herschel Greer Stadium [2]
April 7, 2003 Wasdin, JohnJohn Wasdin 4–0 Albuquerque Isotopes Herschel Greer Stadium [4][5]
July 15, 2006 Villanueva, CarlosCarlos Villanueva (6 IP)
Mike Meyers (2 IP)
Alec Zumwalt (1 IP)		 2–0 Memphis Redbirds Herschel Greer Stadium
  • First Sounds combined no-hitter
  • Smallest margin of victory in a Sounds no-hitter
 [6]
June 25, 2007 Parra, MannyManny Parra¶£ 3–0 Round Rock Express Dell Diamond [7][8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Pacific Coast League No-hit Games". Pacific Coast League. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Eleven No-Hitters Thrown in Sounds History". 2015 Nashville Sounds Media Guide. Minor League Baseball. 2015. p. 67. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Back-to-Back No-Hitters at Greer Stadium". 2015 Nashville Sounds Media Guide. Minor League Baseball. 2015. p. 18. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Wasdin Perfect Game". Nashville Sounds. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Hopp, Jessica (April 8, 2003). "Wasdin Throws A Perfect Game". The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Rega, Marissa (July 15, 2006). "Nashville Trio Combines on No-hitter". Minor League Baseball. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 McConnell, Ryan (June 25, 2007). "Sounds' Parra Perfect In His Second PCL Start". Minor League Baseball. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Parra Throws Sounds' Second Perfect Game". The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee). June 26, 2007.