Kyle Russell’s one-out single to right in the ninth inning scored Jerry Sands as the Chattanooga Lookouts rallied Wednesday afternoon for a 3-2 victory over Mobile at AT&T Field.
Chattanooga’s scant postseason chances were kept alive in the eighth inning when Dee Gordon’s one-out single to center scored Matt Wallach to tie the game. Gordon committed a two-out throwing error earlier in the eighth that enabled Evan Frey to reach, and Frey stole second and scored on a Chris Rahl single to center to give the BayBears a 2-1 advantage.
“I think we’re just trying to take this all in stride and finish the year out strong and hopefully get to the playoffs,” Gordon said.
The Lookouts, who were held hitless until the seventh inning, improved to 28-31 with 11 games remaining. They trail Tennessee by nine games in the Southern League’s second-half race and trail West Tenn by six games in the wild-card race.
Wednesday may have been the final AT&T Field appearance this season for Lookouts pitcher Chris Withrow, who was the opening-day starter and began the year rated by Baseball America as the No. 2 prospect in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. Withrow has endured a tumultuous season but was solid Wednesday, allowing a run on four hits in seven innings while striking out five.