The Associated Press

CLINTON, Iowa –  Scott Dunn struck out 12 in a perfect game Thursday, only the third ever in the Midwest League and first since 1975, as the Clinton LumberKings beat the Lansing Lugnuts 7-0.

Saturday, August 05, 2000

CLINTON, Iowa –  Scott Dunn struck out 12 in a perfect game Thursday, only the third ever in the Midwest League and first since 1975, as the Clinton LumberKings beat the Lansing Lugnuts 7-0.

Clinton is a Class A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. The Lugnuts are in the Chicago Cubs system.

Dunn struck out the side in the ninth inning. The biggest threat to the righthander’s perfect game came in the eighth when he got down 3-0 to Pete Zoccolillo, but Zoccolillo popped up a 3-1 pitch to third base.

Dunn, 22, lives in San Antonio and attended Texas, where he was an honorable mention all-Big 12 pick in 1999. He is 10-2 this season.

Cincinnati took him 308th overall in the 1999 draft.