The Bats offense managed only 5 hits, but they made the most of those. Jolbert Cabrera went 2-3 with a double and 3 runs batted in. Jay Bruce hit his 10th homerun of the season and went 2-4 with 2 runs scored and an rbi. Drew Anderson had the other hit. He also scored a run and drove in a run.
Matt Maloney improved to 5-2 on the season with the win. Maloney went 6.1 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits and a walk while striking out 4. Jon Adkins picked up his 8th save of the season by pitching a scoreless 9th inning. Adkins now has a 1.09 ERA in 24.2 innings of relief.
Chattanooga 17 – Mississippi 11
The Lookouts added a field goal late to put Mississippi down by a touchdown. Eric Eymann went 3-5 with 3 doubles, scored 3 runs, and had 8 RBIs! The 8 rbis matched Eymann’s total for the season. Cody Strait also had 3 hits in 5 at-bats. He scored twice and had 3 rbis. Numerous Lookouts had 2 hits in the game, including: Shaun Cumberland, Chris Valaika, Tonys Gutierrez, Sean Henry, and Craig Tatum. Cumberland had a double and a homerun, scored twice, and had 2 rbis. Gutierrez and Henry both scored 3 times while Tatum drove in 2.
Despite the 28 runs scored and 31 total hits between the two teams, one Lookouts pitcher had a decent game. Robert Manuel pitched 3 scoreless innings in relief, allowing just 1 hit while striking out 4. Of course, out of the 9 total pitchers used in this game, he is the only one with an ERA below 4!
Jose Castro and Todd Frazier each went 2-4 with a run scored for the Reds. One of Frazier’s two hits was a double. Chris Heisey had 2 runs batted in along with a double in a 1-3 game.
Rafael Gonzalez dropped to 2-3 on the year by giving up 7 runs on 8 hits and a walk. His ERA went up to 7.36 in 22 innings pitched.
The Dragons had 7-hits in the game and Brandon Waring had 3 of them. Waring went 3-4 with a solo homerun and 2 runs scored. The homerun was Waring’s 9th of the season. Justin Reed added a solo homerun as well, his 4th of the season.
Enerio Del Rosario picked up the loss and fell to 2-2 on the season. Del Rosario allowed 3 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks while striking out 3 in 6.1 innings pitched. Enerio still has an ERA of 1.41 in 38.1 innings pitched.