Daniel Palka hit two homers Thursday after blasting two homer's in Wednesday's game.
photo by Tim Evearitt
Despite giving up a run in the bottom of the first to fall behind 0-1, the Lookouts hung tough and took the lead after scoring runs in back-to-back-to-back innings to pull ahead 3-1 after six innings and then hung on for the 4-2 victory.
As a team the Lookouts struck out 12 times to go along with just 2 walks, but still managed to push enough runs across to win a game.
Only two Chattanooga hitters had multi-hit games, Zach Granite and Daniel Palka who hit a pair of home runs for the second night in a row! Granite was 2-5 with a double and a strikeout from the leadoff position. Palka provided a 2-4 night with a pair of solo home runs (and a pair of strikeouts). Palka now leads the Southern League with 11 homers and is sixth in slugging.
David Hurlbut earned his third win of the year to even his record at 3-3 with 6.1 innings of seven hit, one run ball. He walked one and struck out two.
He was replaced by Mason Melotakis who earned his fifth hold of the year by finishing the fifth. Luke Westphal earned a hold as well, his first of the year, despite giving up a run in the eighth. Jake Reed earned his second save of the year, closing out the game with a two-strikeout ninth.
The teams play game four of their series tonight at Regions Field in Birmingham. Chattanooga returns home Sunday.
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Besides getting two hits, Zack Granite stole his 24th base of the year.
photo by Tim Evearitt