Brent Rooker and Jimmy Kerrigan hit home runs for the Chattanooga Lookouts on Wednesday night as they opened a five-game series against Jackson at AT&T Field with a 5-3 victory.
For Rooker, who is in his first full professional season, the homer was his 21st of the year.
The Lookouts took a 2-0 lead in the second inning, when Luis Arraez and Jaylin Davis opened with singles and scored on a Zander Wiel two-out single to center. Rooker led off the fifth with his homer to make it 3-1, while Kerrigan’s two-run blast in the sixth made it 5-1.
Wednesday’s first pitch was delayed 43 minutes by rain and wet conditions, with the game drawing an announced crowd of 1,432.