Ibandel Isabel hit his 13th home run of the season and Chris Okey hit his fourth homer of the week as the Chattanooga Lookouts returned to their winning ways Saturday night with a 7-4 win over Birmingham at AT&T Field.
The Lookouts clinched the five-game series and improved to 25-22 before an announced crowd of 3,665.
Birmingham took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI double by Trey Michalczewski, but Okey connected on a three-run homer to left in the fourth to put the Lookouts up 3-1. The Barons (19-29) pulled into a 3-3 tie in the fifth on Louis Alaexander Basabe’s two-run double to right, but Chattanooga regained its two-run lead later in the fifth on Isabel’s two-run homer to right-center.
The Lookouts grabbed their largest advantage at 6-3 in the sixth on an RBI by Alfredo Rodriguez, who led Chattanooga with three hits.
Chattanooga and Birmingham will wrap up their series at 6:15 p.m. Sunday, with fireworks scheduled to follow. Tony Santillan (1-2, 3.50) is scheduled to start for the Lookouts, with Kodi Medeiros (0-6, 6.68) scheduled for the Barons.