The Chattanooga Lookouts survived a two-run ninth inning for the Tennessee Smokies and won 4-3 in their Southern League baseball matchup Thursday night at AT&T Field.
Adam Brett Walker II was 3-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and the deciding run as the Lookouts won for the fourth time in five games. That raised the first-half North champions' second-half league record to 20-25.
After the Smokies (23-23) opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the top of the fourth inning, Chattanooga immediately went ahead 2-1. Stephen Wickens reached base on an error, reached second on an error on his steal attempt, stole third and scored on D.J. Hicks' single to center field. Hicks took third on Walker's first double and scored on a Niko Goodrum single.
Max Kepler doubled and scored on Walker's single to left in the sixth, and Walker doubled and moved around for a 4-1 lead in the eighth on Goodrum's groundout and a Heiker Meneses single. Starting pitcher Brett Lee gave up five hits in 7 2/3 innings for the win, and Brandon Peterson got the last out of the Smokies' eighth and then his second save despite giving up four singles and the two runs in the ninth.
The teams play again at 7:15 tonight.