When Chattanooga Lookouts third baseman Travis Denker committed a fielding error three batters into Sunday afternoon’s game at AT&T Field, it was forgotten when a groundout in the ensuing at-bat ended the first inning.
Nearly four hours later, Denker wasn’t as fortunate. His fielding gaffe with two out in the 12th inning resulted in Josh Ford’s grounder getting down the left-field line and scoring Ryan Wheeler and Taylor Harbin to propel Mobile to a 7-5 victory.
“I don’t know what it is, but I’m pretty bummed about it,” Denker said. “I’m just going to take a thousand more ground balls and try to get better.”
Mobile entered last Wednesday’s six-game series opener at AT&T Field on a 10-game winning streak and quickly earned No. 11 with a 6-3 victory, but the Lookouts and BayBears have split the four games since. The BayBears (18-6) comfortably lead the Southern League’s South Division second-half race, as do the Lookouts (14-10) in the North.
The two teams could meet again in September, but Lookouts manager Carlos Subero would like for one thing to change between now and then.