Chattanooga Lookouts fall 3-0 in playoff opener

By David Paschall September 7, 2012 2 min read

Lookouts

Jackson starting pitcher James Paxton struck out nine batters and allowed three hits in six innings to stake the Generals to a 1-0 lead over Chattanooga in Thursday night’s Southern League North Division playoff opener, and the Generals went on to claim a 3-0 home victory.

Heavy rain delayed the game before the top of the seventh inning.

The Generals scored their first run in the third inning, when Brad Miller led off with a single to right field, went to second on a sacrifice and scored on Mike Zunino’s double to center. Luis Nunez, Jake Lemmerman and Nick Buss were responsible for the three hits against Paxton, but the Lookouts never advanced a runner past second base against him.

Jackson’s Francisco Martinez and Stefen Romero hit RBI doubles off Chattanooga reliever Yimi Garcia in the seventh after play resumed.

Yoervis Medina and Logan Bawcom (a former Lookout) pitched scoreless relief for Jackson.

David Paschall

David Paschall has covered sports at the Chattanooga Times Free Press since 1999 and wrote for the Chattanooga Free Press in the nine years before that. David has mostly covered college athletics, with a focus on the University of Georgia from 2000 to 2019 and the University of Tennessee since 2020. He grew up in Chattanooga and is a graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received multiple writing awards and has served as a Heisman Trophy voter since 2003. He has also worked in radio in Chattanooga and has been on the SEC Network's "Classic Rewind" series since 2014. David and his wife, Kelly, have three children — Conner, Emily and Spencer.

Contact David Paschall at dpaschall@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6524.