1984 Nashville Sounds season

MiLB yearly infobox
name = Nashville Sounds
season = 1984
misc =
class = Double-A
y1 = 1978
league = Southern League
y2 = 1978
division = Western Division
y3 = 1978
MLB = New York Yankees
y4 = 1980
ballpark = Herschel Greer Stadium
y5 = 1978
city = city-state|Nashville|Tennessee
y6 = 1978
owners = Larry Schmittou
(Principal owner)
gm = George Dyce
managers = Jim Marshall
television = WZTV
radio = WSIX
baseballcube = http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1984/10313.shtmlThe Nashville Sounds' by|1984 season was the franchise's seventh year of play. The team finished the regular season with a record of 74 wins and 73 losses. In post-season play, the team had one win and three losses; they were eliminated in the Western Division championship series.

Regular season

On May 4 1984, Nashville's Jim Deshaies pitched the first no-hitter in franchise history in the second game of a seven-inning Doubleheader against the Columbus Astros, a 5–1 victory. The Astros scored their only in the second inning when Deshaies walked three batters and hit another. [Traughber, Bill. [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/news/newsarchive.asp?newsId=1664 "Looking Back: Sounds No-Hitters."] Nashville Sounds. 30 June 2005. Retrieved on 23 April 2008.]

The Sounds finished the first half of the season with a 38–33 record. This put them in second place behind the Knoxville Blue Jays. The team started the second half slowly with a 3–10 record. Falling as low as nine games below .500, Nashville eventually worked its way to the top of the standings and had a three game lead with 13 left to play. Then, with only three games left in the season, they dropped down to third place after going 2–11. The Sounds faced elimination against the Memphis Chicks in the next-to-last game of the season. Going into the ninth inning, Nashville held a 4–2 lead. The Chicks then drew three walks and a single, and Nashville committed an error, giving the Chicks three runs and a 5–4 lead. In the bottom of the ninth, Nashville's Erik Peterson scored a two-out, two-run double to record the win. The next night, they defeated the Birmingham Barons in a 7–1 victory which included five Sounds home runs—three by Dan Pasqua—to tie for first place. The following night, the teams met in a playoff game to determine the second half champion. Nashville won the game 3–2.Squires, Tom. "1984 Review." "The Nashville Sounds 1985 Official Souvenir Program". 1985: 10.]

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