Thorpe Throttles Pensacola Friday Night In Chattanooga's 5-0 Shutout Of the Wahoos

Chattanooga Lookouts starting pitcher Lewis Thorpe threw 4 2/3 hitless innings to lead the home team to the 5-0 shutout win over the Pensacola BlueWahoos in front of a crowd of 4,142.  

Thorpe was lights out the entire night, retiring the first 11 batters he faced before an error in the fourth inning. The southpaw surrendered his first hit of the night to Tyler Featherston in the fifth.

Thorpe finished the night striking out seven batters in seven innings while only allowing two hits.  

The 10th-ranked Twins prospect had a 3.00 ERA over 15 innings in four previous July outings, but he stretched out in Friday night's tilt at AT&T Field.

"I think just what was working was fastball command and locating my breaking stuff," Thorpe said. "The change-up wasn't really working, but I still had my slider and curveball in my back pocket, which I could throw for strikes and get down when I was 0-2 and could strike a couple guys out, which was nice."

"Being able to go seven innings is huge. I would like to be able to go nine," Thorpe said. "They were putting the ball in play and it was just working out for me. It's good to save the bullpen, too."

Chattanooga provided plenty of offensive support for their starter. For the third time this series Lookouts slugger Brent Rooker launched a first inning home run. He now has 20 homers on the year and is 11 away from tying Adam Brett Walker's team record of 31 set in 2015. 

Chattanooga added four more runs in the fourth on a sacrifice fly and a two-run double by Alex Perez and a Jimmy Kerrigan RBI single.  

Friday night's shutout win was the team's first since May 29th against the Birmingham Barons. 

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Saturday, the team leaves to take on the Tennessee Smokies for five games. Chattanooga returns home on August 2nd for 10 home games in 11 days. To get tickets for next homestand, including Used Car Night on August 4th call the Lookouts ticket office at 423-267-4849.