Lookouts Top The Wahoos

August 22, 2015

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos (30-24, 55-67) fell to the Chattanooga Lookouts (24-28, 67-53) by a score of 7-2 Friday night to force a Saturday rubber match. 4,572 witnessed the game at Pensacola Bayfront Stadium.

Despite the loss, the Blue Wahoos gained full control of first place in the Southern League South Standings. Mobile dropped both games of a doubleheader against Jacksonville as Mississippi fell in their game to Birmingham. Mobile and Mississippi are tied for second, half a game behind Pensacola.

Wahoos starter Cody Reed (3-2) earned the loss as he allowed four runs on nine hits through 5.0 innings. D.J. Baxendale (6-4) earned the win for the Lookouts, also pitching 5.0 innings but only allowing a run on five hits.

The Wahoos’ offense was highlighted by Alex Blandino’s ground-rule double in the third inning. Blandino lifted a ball opposite-field that carried beyond the reach of Travis Harrison and bounced over the wall in right. It would be the only RBI of the night for the Wahoos.

The Lookouts jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first after Adam Brett Walker doubled down the line in left.

The Wahoos tried to respond in the bottom half after a Marquez Smith double put two runners in scoring position. A strikeout, however, brought an end to the inning.

Chattanooga pounced again in the third with a pair of runs, one of which came on a Shannon Wilkerson solo homer to left-center.

The Lookouts made it 4-0 in the fifth after Walker’s second double of the game. The inning would be Reed’s last of the night.

Pensacola got on the board in the fifth inning, as Blandino’s ground-rule double brought Ryan Wright home from second. However, the Wahoos left a pair of runners stranded in scoring position.

Levi Michael extended the lead by three runs in the sixth with a deep opposite-field shot to right field, making the score 7-1 in favor of the Lookouts.

The Wahoos put another one on the board in the bottom of the ninth as Beau Amaral scored on a wild pitch.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News, Sports