Chattanooga Lookouts catcher Tyler Stephenson cuts up with teammates in the dugout before Thursday’s game against the Montgomery Biscuits at AT&T Field.The nucleus of this season’s Chattanooga Lookouts reached the Single-A Midwest League’s semifinals two years ago and played in the high Single-A Florida State League championship series last September.
They have known nothing but winning seasons in their baseball development, and catcher Tyler Stephenson expects that to continue in Double-A.
“I think we’re going to be good at everything,” Stephenson said. “From being with the same guys these last two years, when all of us are together, it’s pretty special. Hopefully we can stay together as long as we can.”
Chattanooga evened its record at 2-2 Sunday afternoon at AT&T Field, scoring eight consecutive runs against Montgomery to turn a 5-3 deficit in the fifth inning into an 11-5 lead entering the ninth in its eventual 11-7 triumph over the Biscuits. TJ Friedl’s single to right field that scored Alfredo Rodriguez and Luis Gonzalez pulled the Lookouts into a 5-5 tie, and they went ahead for good on Jose Siri’s inside-the-park home run to right that scored Friedl.
Highlighting Chattanooga’s four-run eighth was a Gonzalez double to left that scored Gavin LaValley and Narcisco Crook.