The Mississippi Braves' four-run ninth inning Tuesday night kept the Chattanooga Lookouts from keeping pace with the Southern League's North Division leaders.
The Braves won 6-3 at AT&T Field. That dropped Chattanooga to three games behind Montgomery in the division standings with first-half champion Jackson a half-game behind the Biscuits.
Montgomery won 3-0 at Mobile and is 38-26 for the half, 72-62 for the season. Jackson won 3-1 at Biloxi and is 37-26 with a playoff spot already secured, and Chattanooga now is 35-29 for the half and 71-63 overall. With six games left, the Lookouts need to win the second-half title or have Jackson win and Montgomery fall behind the Lookouts overall.
After a 2:15 game against the Braves today, the Lookouts play their last five games at Jackson.
In the ninth inning Tuesday, Mississippi's Ozzie Albies quickly tied the game at 3 with a home run off Raul Fernandez (3-2). Dustin Peterson singled and Carlos Franco walked with one out, and Joey Meneses hit a two-run single with two outs and scored on a single by Connor Lien.
The Lookouts took a 2-0 lead on RBI singles by Tanner Witt and Edgar Corcino in the second and third innings, but the Braves got even in the fifth, when Albies singled with one out, stole second and scored on a single by Dustin Peterson, who scored on Carlos Franco's double. A Witt double and a Zach Granite single put Chattanooga back ahead in the seventh.
Witt was 3-for-4.