The Chattanooga Lookouts concluded a busy April at AT&T Field on Saturday night with a 12-0 loss to the Montgomery Biscuits.
Saturday was the 13th home game for the Lookouts in baseball's first month, with 50,264 fans so far filing into the facility in its 17th season. Only Jacksonville had more fans attend home games this past month in the 10-member Southern League.
"It's been fantastic," Lookouts general manager Rich Mozingo said. "We've had a fantastic offseason and a tremendous start for the season. Chattanoogans have been showing up in droves and having a great time."
Lookouts officials did not have as much fun out of the gate last season, when they had just six scheduled April home games, two of which were rained out.
Chattanooga's attendance is always higher in April and May than in the scorching months that follow. The Lookouts averaged 4,108 fans at AT&T Field through the first two months last year before finishing with an average of 3,414.
"Most people don't want April games because kids are in school, but we happen to do very well in April in Chattanooga," Mozingo said. "We would love to request a lot of April games every year, but our biggest issue is Riverbend (in June). Our one request that we are allowed every year is to be out of town during Riverbend, and because of that we actually have a lot less flexibility with other parts of the schedule.
"We're fortunate when we get this many games in April, and it's unfortunate when we don't."
Montgomery pounced on Chattanooga starting pitcher Omar Bencomo, scoring six runs in the first two innings. Jake Hager's two-run home run to left field capped a five-run second inning for the Biscuits, and Jake Bauers continued the onslaught with a two-run homer to right in the sixth.
The Lookouts (9-14) were held to one hit, that being Mitch Garver's two-out single to right in the fourth.
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