DJ Baxdendale started for Chattanooga in place of Greg Peavey who was moved to AAA Rochester.
photo by Tim Evearitt
The Chattanooga Lookouts (43-25) edged the Jacksonville Suns (23-40) by a 6-5 score Sunday afternoon from AT&T Field with nearly 3,000 fans looking on.
With projected starter Greg Peavey getting called up to Triple-A Rochester, DJ Bazendale toed the rubber for the Lookouts. He threw three scoreless innings before turning the ball over to Tim Shibuya who did not fare well. Shibuya gave up five earned runs on eight hits and two wallks.
Brandon Peterson was next (W, 1-0) churning out 2 1/3 scoreless and hitless innings out of the bullpen while not walking a batter and striking out five. J.T. Chargois (S, 5) nailed down his fifth save after tossing a scoreless ninth for the Lookouts.
Miguel Sano and Adam Brett Walker II each hit a home run in the sixth inning to carry the Lookouts (43-25) to a 6-5 win over the Jacksonville Suns (29-40). Today's win was the team's 43rd of the first half which is the most by a Lookouts team in a half since 2006 when they went 44-26 in the first half under manager Jayhawk Owens.
Inning-by-Inning game Recap
Jarred Cosart, in his Major League rehab start for Miami, worked five frames surrendering one run (earned) on three hits while walking six and striking out six. Brian Ellington hurled a scoreless pair of innings while striking out five in relief for the Suns. Kyle Fischer (0-1) generated one inning out of the bullpen for Jacksonville allowing five runs (all earned) on four hits (two home runs) while walking and striking out a batter.
Jarred Cosart, on a rehab assignment from Miami, started for the Suns.
The scoring would begin in the bottom of the first for Chattanooga, after Cosart offered up a pair of walks to Sano and Kepler, setting the table for Travis Harrison's RBI single to push the Lookouts in front 1-0.
Miguel slides across home plate safely as catcher Chadd Krist applies a late tag.
In the top of the fourth, Major League rehabbing Michael Morse blasted a solo home run to the opposite field in right-center to tie the game at one.
In the fifth inning, Lookouts reliever Tim Shibuya, gave up three-straight base hits to Chadd Krist, Kenny Wilson, and Carlos Lopez to load the bases with one out. Following a strike out of David Adams, Morse ripped a two-run single to put the Suns ahead 3-1.
In the sixth Jacksonville got their first two runners aboard with nobody out. Terrence Dayleg would bring in a run after his groundout to make it a 4-1 contest. Kenny Wilson added an RBI triple to push Jacksonville's scoreboard edge to 5-1.
With the Suns now turning to the bullpen arm of Fischer, Chattanooga would get a runner on prior to Walker's two-run blast over the left-field wall to trim Jacksonville's edge to 5-3. Then with two runners on, it was Sano who put the Lookouts on top with one swing after his three-run blast over the right field wall made the tally 6-5 in the Lookouts favor.
Miguel Sano hit his 13th home run of the season Sunday, a three-run shot.
Leading by a run in the bottom of the ninth, relievers Peterson and J.T. Chargois combined to clinch the win for Chattanooga.
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Following the three-day All-Star Break, the Lookouts open the second half against the Biscuits in Montgomery.
The Lookouts, who finished the first-half season in first place, will be aiming to win the second-half as well.
photo by Chattanooga Lookouts