Meadows Fires Two-Hit Shutout At Royals
Published on July 18, 2003 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release
OMAHA -- Nashville right-hander Brian Meadows made a run at tossing the Sounds' second perfect game of the season but settled for a complete-game, two-hit shutout in a 2-0 victory over the Omaha Royals on Friday evening at Rosenblatt Stadium in the second game of a four-game series.
The 27-year-old Meadows opened the contest by retiring the first 21 Royals batters before outfielder Dee Brown led off the bottom of the eighth with a double off the wall in left-center to end the perfect game and no-hit bid. Mike Kelly recorded a one-out single in the ninth for Omaha's only other hit of the contest, as Meadows improved his record to 7-0 in PCL play.
Meadows' dominating performance resulted in Nashville's league-leading 10th shutout victory and sixth complete game of the year. He fanned two and did not walk a batter in the outing, extending his amazing streak to 69 2/3 innings since he last issued a base on balls at the Triple-A level.
The Sounds broke a scoreless tie in the top of the fifth inning when manager Trent Jewett called for and Aaron Holbert perfectly executed a suicide squeeze bunt to plate Tomas de la Rosa from third to give the visitors a 1-0 advantage.
Nashville home run leader J.J. Davis doubled the lead an inning later by belting his 19th longball of the year, a one-out solo shot to left off Omaha starter Ryan Baerlocher. The roundtripper pulled the Sounds outfielder into a tie for second in the Pacific Coast League homer race.
Meadows (7-0) became the first PCL hurler this season to string together seven consecutive victories with the impressive win, while Baerlocher (3-5) was the tough-luck loser after allowing only two runs on five hits over eight innings of work.
The teams continue their series on Saturday evening with a 6:05 p.m. meeting. Right-hander Ryan Vogelsong (8-6, 4.80) takes the hill for the Sounds to face Omaha right-hander Mike Fyhrie (6-1, 3.99).
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