Lookouts' catcher Tyler Stephenson slugged a two-run homer in Tuesday's loss.
photo by Tim Evearitt
KODAK, TN - The Tennessee Smokies (10-7) defeated the Chattanooga Lookouts (6-11) 11-4 Tuesday night at Smokies Stadium.
The Smokies scored a run in each of the first five innings en route to a season-high 11 runs.
Tyler Stephenson socked a two-out, two-run home run to left in the first to start the scoring.
Tennessee answered with three runs in the bottom half of the first inning.
The Smokies sent ten men to the plate in the fourth and scored five runs to blow the game open.
The first five men to bat all recorded a hit and scored in the inning. Young drove in Caro with an RBI-double and Garcia followed with a two-run double. After Chattanooga's RHP
Aaron Fossas recorded the first out, Myers hit an RBI-double to score Garcia. Pereda grounded into a fielder's choice, scoring Higgins, for the tenth run.
Burks' RBI-ground-rule double in the fifth ran the Smokies lead to 11-3. The Smokies' 11 runs and 14 hits are both season highs.
RHP Cory Abbott (W, 2-0) earned his second win. Abbott allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits in six innings. He also struck out six and walked two. Major League Rehabber LHP Xavier Cedeno walked one, surrendered a hit, but did not allow a run in two-thirds of an inning.
Nico Hoerner left the game in the second inning after being hit in the forearm with a pitch.
Lookouts' game highlights (from redsminorleagues.com)
Jose Siri went 0-2 with 3 walks, a steal, and a run scored.
Ibandel Isabel went 3-4 with a walk.
Tyler Stephenson went 1-5 with a 2-run home run.
Mitch Nay went 1-4 with a walk and a run scored.
Brantley Bell went 1-4 with a walk and a run scored.
Narciso Crook went 1-4.
Luis Gonzalez went 1-4 with an RBI.
Ty Boyles went 1-1 with a walk at the plate. He threw 3.1 shutout innings of relief with 5 strikeouts on the mound.
Box Score
The Smokies and Lookouts conclude their series Wednesday morning at Smokies Stadium at 11:30 AM ET.
RHP Zach Hedges (0-0, 5.40) gets the start for the Smokies, while the Lookouts counter with RHP Tony Santillan (0-1, 1.84).