Blue Wahoos Drop Game One To Lookouts

May 10, 2016

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos woes on the road continued Monday against the Chattanooga Lookouts who got 17 hits to roll to a, 12-3, victory at AT&T Field.

Pensacola fell to 7-9 on the road, while they are 11-4 at home. The Blue Wahoos are now 18-13 and in second place in the Southern League South Division. Meanwhile, Chattanooga improved to 14-17.

Chattanooga jumped on Pensacola starter Sal Romano in the third inning, scoring five runs and sending nine men to the plate. Romano, the No. 15 prospect in the Cincinnati Reds organization according to MLB.com, was rolling until then striking out three Lookout batters and allowing just one hit.

In all, Chattanooga scored seven runs on nine hits off of Romano in three innings. Romano fell to 1-2 with a 5.23 earned-run average.

D.J. Baxendale, a tenth round Minnesota Twins selection in 2012, threw seven innings, giving up three earned runs on five hits and three walks. Baxendale, who has played parts of four seasons in Double-A, improved to 2-4 with a 3.07 ERA.

Pensacola scored first when right fielder Brandon Dixon hit a sacrifice fly to center field that scored first baseman Kyle Parker in the second inning to put the Blue Wahoos on top, 1-0.

However, in the bottom of the third inning, Chattanooga got a double and four singles to go ahead, 5-1.

The Lookouts DH Travis Harrison singled to right field to score third baseman T.J. White, 1-0. First baseman D.J. Hicks then hit a liner to center field to drive in second baseman Ryan Walker and center fielder Shannon Wilkerson for a 3-1 lead. Chattanooga catcher Mitch Garver then drove in two more on a double to center field that scored Harrison and Hicks to go ahead 5-1.

Chattanooga scored two more off Romano in the fourth to take a 7-1 lead over Pensacola. Walker tripled to right field to drive in White and then Wilkerson singled to right to score Walker.

Pensacola did get two more runs back in the top of the sixth inning when Parker hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score left fielder Tony Renda and then second baseman Alex Blandino scored on a wild pitch by Chattanooga starter Baxendale to make the score, 7-3.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, Chattanooga’s Walker singled in Hicks and Garver. Wilkerson then singled up the middle to score White to put the Lookouts on top, 10-3.

Garver, who went 3-5 with two runs scored and four RBIs, completed Chattanooga’s scoring on a two-run smash to left center in the eighth inning for a 12-3 Lookout win.

Pensacola shortstop Calten Daal extended his hitting streak to nine games, going 1-2 with two walks. He is hitting .469.

Tony Renda went 1-4 and scored a run and extended his hitting streak to eight games. He’s hitting .305 for the Blue Wahoos this season.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Sports, TOP sports