Griff Erickson of the Chattanooga LookoutsThis wasn’t exactly what the Chattanooga Lookouts had in mind.
Needing a strong showing against the first-place Jackson Generals to make a run at the Southern League’s North Division first-half title, the Lookouts lost Tuesday night at AT&T Field for the third time in four games. Chih-Hsien Chiang drove in three runs as Jackson prevailed 5-4, pushing the Lookouts seven games out with 11 games remaining.
“We had a chance tonight and we had a chance the first game, and I think it’s been a good series,” Lookouts manager Carlos Subero said. “They’ve just played better, but like I’ve always said, if you don’t have that little dot saying you’ve been eliminated, you’ve got to keep going.”
The Lookouts still have six games left with the Generals this half, including this morning’s series finale, and they essentially have to win all six to have any kind of chance.
“Who says we can’t?” catcher Griff Erickson said. “We know what we’ve got to do. Sometimes baseball goes your way and sometimes it doesn’t, and we need it to go our way.”