Hitting Frenzy Ends with Chattanooga Lookouts Beating Mississippi Braves 17-11 (Yikes!) - AA, Southern League

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Sunday afternoon’s match-up between Chattanooga and Mississippi could be described in numerous ways; however, “pitchers’ dual” would not be one, as the Lookouts came away with a 17-11 win.

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Mississippi scored four runs in the first off of Lookouts starting pitcher James Avery. A Van Pope three-run shot highlighted the M-Braves’ rally.

Shaun Cumberland led off the first for the Lookouts with a double and eventually found his way home on a Justin Turner ground out to third. Mississippi, however, tacked-on two more runs in the second to extend their lead to 6-1.

Chattanooga came roaring back in the third by plating seven runs. Shaun Cumberland hit a two-run shot to account for part of the rally, while an Eric Eymann bases loaded double accounted for three more runs. Eymann would end the game with a Lookouts season-high eight RBIs.

The M-Braves tacked-on another run in the fourth, but, once again, the Lookouts retaliated in grand fashion. This time, they would come away with four runs, three of which resulting from a bases-loaded Eric Eymann double.

After a rain delay, the Lookouts offense picked up where they left off. A Tonys Gutierrez single prefaced doubles by Sean Henry and Eymann. With three more runs on the board, the Lookouts now held a 15-7 edge.

After two more runs from Mississippi in the eighth, the Lookouts negated the M-Braves’ effort by scoring two more runs of their own. Cody Strait hit an RBI double and eventually crossed home plate on a Danny Dorn single.

After a rough start to the ninth in which he yielded two runs, Derrik Lutz settled down and induced a game-ending double play to give the Lookouts a 17-11 win.

Robert Manuel (2-0) earned the win for the Lookouts, after throwing three shutout innings in relief.

Tommy Hanson dropped to 1-1 on the season for the M-Braves. In 2.2 innings of work, he yielded eight runs.

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