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Chattanooga Lookouts looking to continue surging in the second half

Staff File Photo by Dan HenryChattanooga Lookouts first baseman Max Kepler bats against the Jackson Generals in Chattanooga. Staff File Photo by Dan HenryChattanooga Lookouts first baseman Max Kepler bats against the Jackson Generals in Chattanooga.

By David Paschall June 25, 2015 4 min read

For only the second time in the 16 seasons the Chattanooga Lookouts have played at AT&T Field, they’ll enter the second half of their Southern League schedule already assured of a playoff spot.

So it’s time to put things on cruise control, right?

“Nothing changes,” said Lookouts first baseman and left fielder Max Kepler, who leads the league in hitting. “We’re going to go out with the same mindset every day.”

The Lookouts claimed the North Division first-half title with a 43-25 record, closing with 14 wins in 16 games. The first-year Class AA affiliates of the Minnesota Twins open the second half tonight in Montgomery.

Chattanooga is 34-14 since May 1 and 7-1 since the big-league promotion of center fielder Byron Buxton, but more can be done, Twins player development director Brad Steil said.

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.