20-year old Jay Bruce showed Monday night why he is rated one of the top prospects in baseball.
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photo by Tim Evearitt (file photo)
Chattanooga pounded out 16 hits and got shutout pitching from James Avery and Brock Till to down Huntsville, 10-0.
Chattanooga (6-2) is in first-place in the Southern League's North Division.
Lefty Jay Bruce, who hit two home runs for the Lookouts, was 4-6 with five RBI. Bruce is hitting .444 since joining Chattanooga from Class-A Sarasota despite going 0-5 in his first game. He now has three homers in Southern League action.
The Lookouts put the game away with eight runs in the first three innings.
Avery (7-7), who yielded three hits over eight innings, has not given up a run in this last two starts.
Ryan Hanigan was 3-4; Adam Rosales and Luis Bolivar were 2-5; Drew Anderson was 2-6. Enrique Cruz was the only Chattanooga starter without a hit.
Till threw a scoreless ninth inning.
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The teams play again Tuesday night.