Lookouts Open Series Beating Pensacola Monday With A 12-3 Rout

Lookouts infielder Ryan Walker had himself quite the home debut for the Lookouts, collecting four hits and leading his team to a 12-3 win over Pensacola.  

The game began in Pensacola's favor as they scratched out a run on a sacrifice fly by Brandon Dixon in the second.

That one run lead was eradicated by the Lookouts offense in the bottom of the third as their offense kicked into gear.

Center fielder Shannon Wilkerson gave it the old college-try but could not make the catch of Donald Lutz's second-inning blast off the wall. 

After the third inning started with T.J. White reaching base on an error, both Walker and Shannon Wilkerson singled to load the bases. Zach Granite struck out for the first out of the inning, but Travis Harrison was able to knock White in with a single and keep the bases loaded. D.J. Hicks had a two-run single of his own and the Lookouts had a 3-1 lead. Chattanooga wasn’t done, though. Mitch Garver doubled to score both Harrison and Hicks and the lead was pushed to 5-1.

Chattanooga tacked on more runs an inning later on a Walker RBI triple and a Wilkerson single. Pensacola cut the lead down to four in the sixth, but didn't score again.

The night continued to go Chattanooga's way as they scored three more runs in seventh and two more in the eighth.

The offense came to play, led by Garver who drove in four and was a triple short of the cycle. Wilkerson had three hits and drove in two. Walker went 4-for-4 with a triple and three RBI in his AA home debut. Only Granite failed to get a hit.

D.J. Baxendale earned his second win of the season. He allowed three runs on five hits and three walks. He struck out five. The righty now has an ERA of 3.07 on the year.

Mason Melotakis and Luke Westphal each pitched a scoreless frame.

Tuesday night, new Lookouts pitcher Nick Greenwood takes the mound for his first start in a Lookouts uniform. Game time is set for 7:15  p.m. with gates opening at 6:00 p.m.

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