Center fielder Shannon Wilkinson made an unbelievable catch of a drive by Birmingham's Eddy Alvarez.
photo by Tim Evearitt
The Birmingham Barons defeated the Chattanooga Lookouts, 6-0, in front of a crowd of 4,419 at AT&T Field.
The game began as a pitchers duel between White Sox Number One Prospect Carson Fulmer and Lookouts starting pitcher DJ Baxendale.
DJ Baxendale threw six innings of shutout ball.
For the first six innings both pitchers traded putting zeroes on the board. Both Fulmer and Baxendale finished the game only allowing four hits in six innings while striking out six batters.
With a scoreless game going into the seventh, Alex Wimmers came into the game. He gave up two runs on four hits in the 7th inning which proved to be enough to take the loss.
Nick Burdi made his 2016 debut with a perfect inning. He needed just 12 pitches, nine of them strikes, to get three ground balls.
Jake Reed came on for the ninth inning and got the first two batters out. He then issued a walk and it was followed by a double.
After that, there were a couple of Engelb Vielma errors and a triple, so Reed was charged with four runs but just one was earned.
Offensively the Lookouts had seven hits but were unable to bunch many together. No one had more than one hit, and Dalton Hicks had the only extra base hit, his second double.
Sunday the Lookouts and the Barons play each other in an afternoon matinee. Gates for tomorrow's 2:15 game open at 1:00 p.m.
Carson Fulmer showed why he is the White Sox top pitching prospect.
photo by Tim Evearitt