Cincinnati's No. 3 prospect, Jonathan India, has had little trouble with Double-A pitchers going 3-for-4 Thursday and hitting .308.
photo by Tim Evearitt
The Chattanooga Lookouts bounced back from Wednesday's loss and found themselves back in the win column Thursday night as they topped the Generals 4-2.
Chattanooga hitters dominated with 11 hits in the game to just three for the visiting Generals.
Jackson starter Matt Peacock entered Thursday with five wins in his past six starts, but he was on the ropes early.
RHP Brad Markey made his home Lookouts debut in grand fashion holding Jackson scoreless through five innings with six strikeouts.
Cincinnati Reds No.
3 prospect, Jonathan India, continues to smash the baseball extending his hitting to six straight games, going 3-for-4, with a double and a run scored.
The Lookouts got things going offensively in the second inning scraping together back-to-back hits from Tyler Stephenson and Calten Daal. Chattanooga would take advantage of their base runners as they went up early 1-0, thanks to an Alberti Chavez fielders choice scoring Stephenson.
Both teams would trade zeroes until the sixth inning where the Lookouts found themselves in some trouble.
The bases were full of Generals as Pavin Smith drew a walk to even the score at 1-1. Fortunately, reliever RHP Brandon Finnegan found his way out of the jam retiring Arizona's Diamondback' top prospect Seth Beer on an infield ground-out to end the rally.
Chattanooga would get respond in the bottom half of the sixth tallying three runs to go up 4-1.
Jonathan India doubled igniting the bats at the plate scoring Stuart Fairchild to make it 2-1.
Tyler Stephenson reached base with a hit-by-pitch, then a Calten Daal double play would score Gavin LaValley to make it 3-1.
Alberti Chavez drove in the Lookouts fourth run with a line-shot up the middle to score India with the final run of the inning and the game's final score, 4-1.
LHP Juan Martinez would close the door in the eighth and ninth inning as he struck out three of the seven batters faced earning his ninth save of the year.
Lookouts game highlights (from redsminorleagues.com)
Michael O’Neill went 1-4.
Stuart Fairchild went 1-3 with a walk and a run scored.
Gavin LaValley went 2-4 with a run scored.
Jonathan India went 3-4 with a double, run scored, and he had an RBI.
Tyler Stephenson went 1-3 with a double and a run scored. He was also hit by a pitch.
Calten Daal went 1-4.
Alberti Chavez went 1-3 with an RBI.
Brad Markey went 1-2 with a double at the plate. He threw 5.0 hitless innings with 6 strikeouts on the mound.
Jesse Stallings threw a perfect inning with 2 strikeouts.
Juan Martinez threw 2.0 shutout innings with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts.
The Lookouts will try to make it two straight over the Generals Friday evening. Game time is 7:15 first pitch as LHP Packy Naughton (6-7, 2.99 ERA) gets the start vs. RHP Emilio Vargas (3-3, 4.39 ERA)