PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Jackson Hurls One-Hitter In 7-1 Sounds Triumph

May 7, 2007 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE - Zach Jackson made quick work of the Round Rock Express on Monday morning at Greer Stadium, twirling a complete-game one-hitter to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 7-1 victory in front of a packed house of 11,394 fans in the finale of a four-game homestand.

Jackson (5-2) took the Pacific Coast League lead with his fifth victory and did so in dominating fashion, retiring the final 16 Express batters in order while throwing 89 pitches and facing only 28 batters, one over the minimum. His lone hit allowed was a fourth-inning Brooks Conrad homer and he struck out three batters while walking none.

The complete-game effort was the Sounds' first nine-inning outing by a starter since Jackson worked all nine frames of a victory last August 16 against New Orleans. The one-hitter was Nashville's best effort since Carlos Villanueva combined with a pair of relievers on a no-hitter on July 15, 2006 against Memphis.

Jackson's effort followed less than 24 hours after Yovani Gallardo worked a gem against the Express on Sunday afternoon (7.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R).

The first-place Sounds (18-13) notched their fifth win in the last seven games overall and their ninth victory in the club's last 10 home contests at Greer Stadium.

The majority of the standing room only crowd in attendance were schoolchildren from approximately 40 area schools at the game as a reward for reaching their reading goals as part of the highly-successful Nashville Sounds Reading Club program.

Callix Crabbe (2-for-3) got the Sounds started in the first inning when he led off with a solo homer to right off Express starter Chad Reineke. The blast was his second of the year and Nashville's first game-opening home runs since Kennard Bibbs opened a July 23, 2006 contest at Oklahoma with a roundtripper.

Nashville doubled its lead to 2-0 in the second when Brad Nelson drew walk and later scored on Chris Barnwell's two-out RBI double down the right-field line. Barnwell paced the Nashville offense with a 3-for-3 day that included a pair of doubles.

Conrad put the visitors on the board and broke up Jackson's no-hitter with a two-out solo homer to left in the fourth, the infielder's team-leading sixth longball of the year. It was the first ball hit out of the infield against Jackson on the afternoon.

The Sounds put the game out of reach with a five-run seventh against Reineke. All five runs scored unearned following a two-out throwing error by Round Rock shortstop Danny Klassen. Vinny Rottino highlighted the frame with a two-run single before Andy Abad followed with a run-scoring knock of his own to extend his hitting streak to eight games, matching the longest by a Nashville player this season.

Reineke (2-3) took the loss for the Express after allowing seven runs (two earned) on seven hits over 7 2/3 innings. He walked three batters and struck out six in the contest.

The Sounds travel to Colorado Springs on Tuesday morning to begin an eight-game road trip with the 8:35 p.m. CT opener of a four-game series against the Sky Sox (AAA-Rockies).

Right-hander R.A. Dickey (1-4, 5.58) will start Tuesday's series opener for Nashville and face Colorado Springs right-hander Marc Kaiser (2-1, 4.07).

Nashville concludes its road trip with a four-game stop in Salt Lake (AAA-Angels) before returning to Greer Stadium on Thursday, May 17.

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