The players are returning for the Chattanooga Lookouts, and so are the wins.
Chattanooga completed a 10-game homestand to open the second half of its Southern League schedule Saturday night with an 8-4 triumph over the Tennessee Smokies. Given that the homestand was against Montgomery and Tennessee, which finished last and next-to-last in the North Division’s first-half race, a 5-5 split wasn’t exactly what the Lookouts had desired.
Yet Ibandel Isabel and Taylor Trammell have returned from the injured list, with Isabel connecting on a two-run double to center field Saturday as the Lookouts won their second straight.
“What we’re really going through now is just trying to get healthy,” Lookouts manager Pat Kelly said. “We’ve been a little banged up, but we’ve got Isabel back and Trammell back now. The thing that’s been good in all this is that some other guys have gotten some playing time.
“We’ve gotten Michael Beltre out there, and we’ve gotten (Gavin) LaValley and (Mitch) Nay full-time work at the corners, and that’s really helped a lot.”