PCL1 Nashville Sounds

Pettyjohn Dominant Again In 7-3 Sounds Victory

August 15, 2007 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Adam Pettyjohn carried a perfect game into the seventh inning and three Nashville batters hit home runs to lead the Sounds to a 7-3 victory over the New Orleans Zephyrs on Wednesday afternoon at Greer Stadium.

Pettyjohn (10-3) retired the first 19 batters in order before Fernando Tatis broke up his perfect game bid with a one-out double down the left field line in the top of the seventh inning that just eluded the outstretched glove of third baseman Jose Macias. It was the only hit the southpaw allowed over his seven scoreless innings of work.

The left-hander picked up his seventh win in his last eight trips to the hill and earned his 14th overall win of the year to pull into a tie for the minor-league lead. He lowered his ERA to 3.43 through 14 starts with the Sounds.

With the victory, Nashville (74-50) temporarily upped its lead in the PCL American Conference Northern Division to five games over Iowa, which plays at Omaha later Wednesday evening.

The Sounds took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning with a pair of back-to-back homers against New Orleans starter Dave Williams. Catcher Mike Rivera led off with a line-drive solo shot to left and outfielder Laynce Nix (3-for-4) followed with a solo bomb down the right field line. The longballs were their 16th and 17th of the season, respectively, and were Nashville's second set of back-to-back jacks in 2007.

Drew Anderson doubled the Nashville advantage to 4-0 in the fifth with a two-run, two-out, opposite-field double down the left field line that plated Pettyjohn and Callix Crabbe.

Nashville added three more runs against Williams in the bottom of the seventh. Macias (2-for-3) led off the frame with his first home run of the year, a solo shot to left-center. Vinny Rottino (2-for-4) plated a pair of runs with a two-run single later in the frame to up the lead to 7-0 and chase the left-hander from the contest.

Zephyrs outfielder Chad Hermansen broke up the Sounds' bid for their league-leading 11th shutout of the season by belting a two-out, three-run home run to left off reliever Marino Salas to bring the score to its final 7-3. The blast was the 11th of the year for Nashville's all-time home run leader; Hermansen belted 92 roundtrippers as a member of the Sounds during parts of five seasons from 1998-2002.

Williams (2-2) took the loss after giving up seven runs on 11 hits over his 6 1/3 innings of work for the Z's.

The teams continue the series with a 7 p.m. contest on Thursday evening at Greer. Right-hander Mark DiFelice (2-1, 2.78) will man the bump for Nashville to face Z's southpaw Adam Bostick (5-5, 5.49).

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