Dan Rohlfing cleared the bases in the fourth inning with his grand slam homer.
photo by Tim Evearitt
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Braxton Lee drove in Michael Russell with a sacrifice hit in the fifth inning, leading the Montgomery Biscuits to a 9-4 win over the Chattanooga Lookouts on Monday. The loss ended the Lookouts seven-game winning streak.
Dan Rohlfing’s fourth inning grand slam put the Lookouts up 4-1, but Montgomery scored the next eight unanswered.
The sacrifice hit by Lee started the scoring in a three-run inning and cut the Chattanooga lead to 4-3. Later in the inning, Montgomery tied the game when Alec Sole hit an RBI single and then took the lead when Lee scored on a wild pitch.
The Biscuits later added two runs in both the sixth and seventh innings. .
Lookouts starting pitcher,Fernando Romero, didn’t have his best stuff on Monday, allowing nine hits in 5 2/3 innings. He allowed seven runs (five earned). He hit a batter and threw 94 pitches (63 strikes). Romero struck out four and got 12 ground ball outs.
Randy Rosario struck out two, allowing two runs (one earned) in 1 2/3 innings and Mason Melotakis struck out three in an inning. Both walked one batter.
LaMonte Wade reached base safely four times (single, double and two walks). He’s brought his batting average up to .321.
Nick Gordon and Engelb Vielma each added singles and are batting .330 and .316 respectively. Gordon committed his sixth error of the season.
The Lookouts drop to 17-14 after suffering their first loss in May.
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The teams play game two of their series Tuesday night. Paul Clemens starts for Chattanooga and Greg Harris for Montgomery.