Niko Goodrum hit his second home run of the season for the Lookouts.
photo by Tim Evearitt
Sunday's game at Jacksonville went down to the wire but the result was the same for Chattanooga, another loss. The tying run was stranded at second base when the final out occurred with the Lookouts on the losing end of a 3-2 game.
Inning-by-inning game Recap
Jacksonville jumped out to an early lead in the first inning against Lookouts starter D.J. Baxendale. The second hitter of the game clubbed a solo home run to make it 1-0, and later with the bases loaded Niko Goodrum’s first error in double-A allowed a second run to score.
Baxendale would recover and finish four innings with just the two runs allowed on three hits and a walk. He struck out four.
Madison Boer would pitch the next two scoreless innings, working around three walks and one hit to keep the score at 2-0.
In the top of the sixth, Max Kepler drew a walk with two outs, and Adam Brett Walker drove him in with a double to make it 2-1.
Chattanooga then tied it at two in the seventh as Goodrum made up for his earlier error with a solo blast, his second home run in the Southern League.
Jacksonville managed to manufacture that run back in the bottom of the inning however, as a leadoff walk and sacrifice bunt put the go-ahead run in scoring position. D.J. Johnson got the second out of the inning, but an RBI single would do the trick for the Suns. J.T. Chargois pitched a scoreless eighth inning, walking two.
Chattanooga threatened in each of the eighth and ninth innings, but was unable to push the tying run across home. Walker started the eighth with a single, and stole second base to put himself in scoring position but the next three batters were retired, ending up stranding him on third. In the ninth, Stephen Wickens doubled with two outs, but Kennys Vargas popped out to end the game.
Leadoff man Levi Michael was 2-5 on the day with a double, and Wickens and Walker both added doubles in multi-hit efforts.
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The Suns and Lookouts will square off again Monday night from Bragan Field with a first pitch set for 7:05 p.m. ET.
The Suns will send out right-hander Jake Esch (6-4, 3.57 ERA) while the Lookouts will counter with lefty Jason Wheeler (0-1, 6.35 ERA).