Gaylord Perry pitched a no-hitter October 8 and Pasco defeated Long Beach 7-0. Perry took a perfect game into the eighth inning at Gesa Stadium, retiring the first 23 batters he faced before walking Tony Lazzeri with two outs. Perry got pinch hitter Pop Lloyd on a fly ball to center to finish the frame. He wrapped up the no-no with a 1-2-3 ninth, getting pinch hitters Derrek Lee and Greg Luzinski on a groudout and a strikeout, respectively, and recording the final out when Kenny Lofton hit a soft grounder to Albert Pujols at first base.
Gaylord Perry
Perry, 13-17, struck out six and walked one, and threw 113 pitches in the gem, 79 for strikes.
Pasco got all they needed in the bottom of the first when Spotswood Poles singled with one out, stole second base, and scored on a base hit by Kirby Puckett off Long Beach starter Cliff Lee. The P's put away the game with three in the second on home run by Brandon Phillips. They scored another run in the fifth and two in the seventh.
Perry's was the third no-hitter pitched in the A to Z League this season. Teammate Jim Palmer turned the trick in July, coincidentally also against Long Beach, and Lon Warneke pitched one against Ephrata in September.
Box score
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
0000 L's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0000 P's 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 x 7 13 0 6 0
L's AB R H BI AVG P's AB R H BI AVG
Lofton cf 4 0 0 0 .237 Phillips,B 2b 5 2 2 3 .236
Larkin,B ss 3 0 0 0 .276 Poles cf 2 2 1 1 .275
Lynn,F rf 3 0 0 0 .240 Puckett rf 4 0 1 1 .279
Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 .000 Pujols 1b 4 1 3 0 .271
Leonard,B 1b 3 0 0 0 .261 Posey c 4 0 2 1 .260
Lankford lf 2 0 0 0 .242 Pafko lf 4 0 2 1 .242
Labine p 0 0 0 0 .000 Petrocelli 3b 4 0 0 0 .242
Lemon,C rf 1 0 0 0 .244 Pesky ss 4 1 1 0 .227
Lazzeri 2b 2 0 0 0 .244 Perry,Ga p 4 1 1 0 .119
Lansford 3b 2 0 0 0 .246 35 7 13 7
Lloyd,P ph 1 0 0 0 .254
Longoria 3b 0 0 0 0 .251
Lombardi,E c 2 0 0 0 .255
Lee,Der ph 1 0 0 0 .222
Lee,Cl p 1 0 0 0 .000
Luzinski lf 2 0 0 0 .276
27 0 0 0
L's INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Lee,Cl L 0-6 4.0 8 5 5 0 3 61 46 9.11
Labine 2.2 3 2 2 1 1 44 25 3.52
Lavelle 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 14 9 4.65
8.0 13 7 7 1 4 119 80
P's INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Perry,Ga W 13-17 9.0 0 0 0 1 6 113 79 3.46
9.0 0 0 0 1 6 113 79
LB : Luzinski inserted at lf in the 5th
Lemon,C inserted at rf in the 7th
Lloyd,P batted for Lansford in the 8th
Longoria inserted at 3b in the 8th
Lee,Der batted for Lombardi,E in the 9th
2B-Posey(18), Pafko(15). 3B-Phillips,B(5). HR-Phillips,B(11).
RBI-Phillips,B 3(28), Poles(10), Puckett(40), Posey(47), Pafko(54).
SB-Poles(10). K-Leonard,B 2, Lankford, Lazzeri, Luzinski 2, Puckett 2, Posey,
Petrocelli. BB-Lazzeri, Poles. SF-Poles.
GWRBI: Puckett