The Chattanooga Lookouts aren’t done yet.
Just as they yielded the first half of the Southern League’s North Division race to the Jackson Generals and came back and won the second half, they took the first step Saturday night in doing the same thing in the teams’ playoff series.
Returning to AT&T Field after trailing 2-0 in the best-of-five series, the Lookouts won 1-0 as four pitchers combined on a three-hitter. That forces a game at 2:15 game today at AT&T and the hope of a deciding fifth game Monday night.
Chattanooga scored in the bottom of the eighth inning even after Brahiam Maldonado was picked off by catcher Jesus Sucre after leading off with an infield single and taking second base on a throwing error. Gorman Erickson and Rafael Ynoa hit back-to-back doubles to left field for the run.
Ynoa was caught trying to steal third, but Steve Ames pitched around one hit in the ninth for the save.
Chris Reed started on the mound and allowed only one hit, but Onelki Garcia was even more impressive with three hitless innings that included seven strikeouts. Jose Dominguez allowed only one hit in two innings and got the win.
Maldonado was 2-for-3.