Sean White pitched five scoreless innings and Onil Joseph went 3-for-4 with two RBIs to lead Mississippi past Chattanooga, 5-1, on Friday.
The Lookouts maintained their two-game lead over West Tenn since the D-Jaxx also lost Friday. Eight games remain in the season's first half.
White (4-3) scattered four singles and struck out one in his second consecutive scoreless outing.
Steve Kelly (7-4) took the loss after giving up five runs (four earned) on seven hits in six innings. He walked one and struck out three.
Joseph doubled and scored in the third, singled in the fourth and added a two-run double in the sixth as the Braves opened a 5-0 lead.
Anderson Machado's eighth-inning sacrifice fly provided the lone run for the first-place Lookouts (38-24). Chris Dickerson went 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored.
Mississippi has won nine of its last 11 games.
The teams play three more games in Mississippi before the Lookouts move on to finish the first half with five games at Tennessee.
Each game can be heard at AM 1310 radio or over the Internet at www.lookouts.com.
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Adapted from Minor League Baseball website.