Chattanooga Lookouts' Nick Gordon poses during the Lookouts picture day Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at AT&T Field.The Chattanooga Lookouts seem to be winning every time they take the field these days. A more relevant topic is which Lookouts player will inflict the most damage.
After Nick Gordon and Engelb Vielma each went 3-for-5 with two RBIs in Friday's 8-1 pummelling of Pensacola and Edgar Corcino went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in Saturday's 5-1 dumping of the Blue Wahoos, designated hitter Travis Harrison was happy to make his mark Sunday.
Harrison's two-out single down the right-field line in the sixth inning scored Jonathan Rodriguez and LaMonte Wade to erase a 2-1 deficit and propel the Lookouts to a 4-2 triumph in the first seven-inning game of a doubleheader at AT&T Field.
The win was the sixth straight for Chattanooga, and the Lookouts made it seven in a row with a 3-2 victory in eight innings in the second game. Wade was the hero of that contest, singling to center with none out in the eighth to score Corcino.
"We're playing better baseball," Harrison said. "The lineup is getting stabilized, and people are starting to learn about each other. We've got a lot of guys playing well and a lot of guys contributing. It's been a team effort."
Chattanooga's productive week turned a 10-13 record into 17-13 heading into tonight's series opener at Montgomery. The Lookouts also have gone 8-2 during their past 10 games against Jackson and Pensacola, who entered Sunday as the Southern League's two division leaders.
"It was just time," Gordon said. "We've got team chemistry now, and we had to get a feel for things. Things go your way and don't go your way in baseball, and you've got to make adjustments. I think we're doing that right now."
Gordon, the top prospect in the Minnesota Twins organization, is hitting a robust .336 in his first season in Class AA. Vielma is hitting. 319, while Wade is at .304.
Harrison is in his third season with the Lookouts, having watched the 2015 team mold itself into a league champion and last year's bunch go 75-65.
"Every team is just a little bit different," Harrison said. "We have some new guys who are playing well, and to see them get comfortable in their spot is really fun. Nick Gordon has been playing great, and LaMonte Wade as of late has been playing great.
"It's been fun."
The Lookouts also seem to be mastering the art of ending on a high, having won five of six series finales so far this season. Their 17-13 record is good for only third in the North Division, but it's also the third-best record in the league.
Nobody is debating who the league's hottest team is right now.
"There is nothing that we do overly great, but our pitching is pretty good and our bullpen is really good," Harrison said. "We do everything pretty solid, and I think that's going to be the way we'll have to beat these teams. We'll have to do things just a little bit better than they do."
Said Gordon: "Teams are still figuring out their personalities, but as long as we go out and do what I know we can do, we'll definitely be hard to beat."
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