The Chattanooga Lookouts fell to the Rocket City Trash Pandas, 8-6 in 11 innings on Saturday night.
The game started off great for the home team. After a 1-2-3 inning, Jose Torres led off the bottom of the first with a single and Austin Callahan smacked a RBI triple. Francisco Urbaez then belted a two-run homer to make it 3-0.
Rocket City tied it up with three runs in the third, but starting pitcher Kevin Abel shut them down after that, finishing his night by only allowing those three innings in seven innings. Abel also tied his career-high with nine strikeouts.
With the game tied in the fourth, Ruben Ibarra blasted a RBI double to give the team the 4-3 lead. They added one more run on a Tyler Callihan run in the fifth. Chattanooga held on to their lead until the eighth when Rocket City scored three runs on three hits and a walk.
Former Vol Christian Moore had a tough night at the plate for the Trash Pandas going 0-5 with 3 strikeouts. The Lookouts and Trash Pandas will conclude their series on Sunday with a 2:15 scheduled first pitch.