MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Biscuits got back to .500 on Wednesday night with a hard-fought 4-2 victory over the Chattanooga Lookouts at Riverwalk Stadium. The loss dropped the Lookouts into a tie with Montgomery for second place in the North Division of the Southern League. Both teams share the same record of 33-33 in the final week of the first half.
The Lookouts fell behind early and just were unable to mount much of a rally the rest of the way.
DJ Baxendale started. In just three innings, he gave up three runs on nine hits and a walk. He struck just one out. The Biscuits recorded 11 base hits through the first four innings, but would only get one more the rest of the way.
Raul Fernandez came on and gave up one run on three hits over his three innings. Mason Melotakis struck out two in his inning. Omar Bencomo struck out one in a perfect inning.
The Lookouts had six hits. Levi Michael had the lone extra-base hit, his fifth triple of the year. Zach Granite had an RBI single. Travis Harrison was 1-3 and added a sacrifice fly.
Chris Kirsch was on the mound for Montgomery, and the left-hander delivered a solid performance hurling six innings of two-run ball, allowing just one earned run on three hits with four strikeouts en route to his fourth win of the season. Before giving up his first run of the game, Kirsch pitched 13 2/3consecutive shutout innings for the Biscuits.
The Lookouts scored a couple of runs on an error and a groundout in the sixth, but Jeff Ames pitched two shutout innings of relief and Kyle Bird induced a game-winning double play with runners on first and second and one out in the ninth to seal the win.
The Biscuits will send Chih-Wei Hu (2-3) to the hill against Ryan Eades (3-2, 4.15) Thursday at 8:05 PM at Riverwalk Stadium.
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