The Chattanooga Lookouts owned a 3-0 lead at Jacksonville when play was suspended due to rain in the top of the fifth inning of their Southern League baseball game Monday night.
Aderlin Mejia, hitting in the ninth spot in the Lookouts’ lineup, hit a solo home run to right field in the top of the inning just before officials postponed the rest of the game. Chattanooga third baseman Stephen Wickens scored in the first inning on a groundout after he reached on a one-out double. Cleanup hitter Max Kepler scored in the top of the fourth on a double by Adam Walker.
The resumption of Monday’s game is slated for today at 5:35 p.m. Game four of the series is scheduled to follow.
David Hurlbut (3-4, 6.37 ERA) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Lookouts in the full game, with Matt Tomshaw (3-5, 2.78) scheduled for the Suns.
Walker was named Monday the Southern League player of the month for June. Walker hit .317 in the 25 games with 28 RBIs and 72 total bases, and he led all of minor league baseball with 11 home runs.