The Chattanooga Lookouts twice had three-runs leads but lost 7-6 at Montgomery in Southern League baseball Friday night.
The visitors couldn't hold a 3-0 lead after two innings or a 6-3 advantage in the eighth. Joey Rickard's three-run homer capped a four-run Montgomery eighth, and Parker Markel came on to hold off the Lookouts in the top of the ninth in the Biscuits' second straight win of the second half. Chattanooga had the bases loaded when Adam Brett Walker II was picked off first to end the game.
Miguel Sano went 3-for-5 with three doubles and an RBI and Max Kepler, the Lookouts' leading hitter at .342, was 2-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs. Levi Michael was 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs.
Game three of the five-game series in Montgomery is tonight at 7:35 EDT. Brett Lee (5-2, 5.14 ERA) is scheduled to start on the mound for the Lookouts, while the Biscuits will make a game-day decision.