Chattanooga Lookouts pitchers churned out the strikeouts Friday night. They also delivered plenty of walks in a 4-3, 11-inning loss to the Huntsville Stars at AT&T Field.
The game was tied at 3 after five innings and stayed that way until the top of the 11th, when Lookouts reliever Geison Aguasviva walked four batters, including one for the go-ahead run with the bases loaded.
Down 4-3, Chattanooga had the bases loaded with nobody out in the bottom of the inning against Stars reliever Jesus Sanchez. Two line-drive outs later, Nick Buss’s ground ball to second base ended the game.
A quintet of Lookouts hurlers combined for a season-high 19 strikeouts, surpassing the previous high of 15. They also combined for 12 walks, eclipsing the previous high of nine.
The Stars (23-18) had seven hits to 11 by the Lookouts (19-23), but all those walks gave Huntsville the extra chances it needed.