LOOKOUTS 1, SMOKIES 0
Saturday’s recap: Travis Harrison’s home run to left-center field to open the ninth inning broke a scoreless tie and catapulted Chattanooga to the series-opening victory. Lookouts starting pitcher David Hurlbut scattered eight hits over eight scoreless innings before turning it over in the ninth to Trevor Hildenberger, who allowed a walk and a single before collecting his 13th save. The Lookouts improved to 10-6 in the Southern League’s second half and to 46-40 overall.
Next up: Game two of a five-game series at Tennessee is this afternoon at 5:05.
Pitchers: Tyler Jay (0-0, 0.00 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Lookouts, with Tyler Skulina (3-7, 4.93) scheduled for the Smokies. Jay was picked sixth overall by Minnesota in last year’s draft out of the University of Illinois.