Lookouts ambush Stars

By Aaron Morse

Corey Smith drove in four runs and Jaime Pedroza drove in three as the Chattanooga Lookouts (10-7, 43-43) ran over the Huntsville Stars (8-9, 41-46) by a score of 11-2 Thursday night.

The Lookouts jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first against Stars’ starter Michael Bowman. Back-to-back walks issued to Trayvon Robinson and Jerry Sands set up Smith, who showed why he’s the Southern League’s RBI leader as he blasted a three-run homer to left.

Walks were the story of the night for Bowman as he issued a season-high seven in his six innings of work.

Huntsville got two runs back in the fifth as Andy Machado walked, Chuck Caufield singled and Dayton Buller delivered a two-RBI double.

But after that it was all Lookouts as they got to Bowman for three more runs in the sixth inning. Two consecutive walks started the inning. Andrew Lambo, Jaime Pedroza, and Kyle Russell smacked three straight singles to make the score 6-2.

The Lookouts kept the attack going with three runs in the seventh and two more in the eighth against Stars’ reliever Mark Willinsky.

Bowman (7-8) took the loss while Brent Leach (4-1) picked up the win with six innings of work.

The Stars managed only four hits on the night while the Lookouts picked up 10. Smith, Pedroza, and Dee Gordon tallied multi-hit games for Chattanooga.