Elliot Soto’s one-out single to center field in the bottom of the eighth inning scored Bijan Radenmacher with the deciding run Tuesday night as the Tennessee Smokies won 7-6 over visiting Chattanooga and clinched supremacy in the Southern League series.
While the Smokies improved to 11-6, the Lookouts fell to 8-10 despite a four-RBI night from first baseman Dalton Hicks, who is hitting .362 this month.
Hicks had a two-run home run to right-center in the third inning. The Lookouts scored three times in the sixth to take a 6-5 lead, getting a Mike Gonzales homer to right-center and a Hicks single to center that scored Adam Walker and Byron Buxton.
The finale of the five-game series in Kodak, Tenn., is today at noon. D.J. Baxendale (2-0, 0.95 ERA) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Chattanooga, with Felix Pena (2-0, 1.53) scheduled for the Smokies.