Lookouts win behind combined one-hitter

A fan gets a ball signed by a Chattanooga player during the Lookouts' home baseball game against the Jackson Generals at AT&T Field on Friday, July 5, 2019, in Chattanooga, Tenn.
A fan gets a ball signed by a Chattanooga player during the Lookouts' home baseball game against the Jackson Generals at AT&T Field on Friday, July 5, 2019, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

The Chattanooga Lookouts gave away 10 times more cars than hits Saturday night at AT&T Field.

There were 10 winners at the annual Used Car Night promotion that resulted in a packed house of 6,373, but Renae Martinez collected the only hit for the Jackson Generals in a 3-0 loss to the Lookouts. Reiver Sanmartin, Brandon Finnegan and Juan Martinez combined on Chattanooga's one-hitter, with Sanmartin allowing the hit in his six stellar innings of work.

Finnegan had three strikeouts in his two innings of relief, while Martinez pitched a perfect ninth that included a pair of strikeouts as the Lookouts improved to 17-31 in the Southern League's second half and to 53-64 overall.

The Lookouts took a 2-0 lead in the third inning when Michael O'Neill doubled to left field to score Alberti Chavez and Michael Beltre. They made it 3-0 in the fourth on a Chavez double to center that scored Jonathan India.

Saturday night's game sold out about 10 hours before Sanmartin's first pitch.

The finale of the five-game series is set for 2:15 p.m. Sunday. Chattanooga and Jackson have split the first four contests of the set.

The Lookouts have just one more home series this season - five games against the Montgomery Biscuits on Aug. 23-27.

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