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Tennessee and Chattanooga battled back-and-forth throughout
Wednesday’s matinee game, but two big rallies in the latter
portion of the game enabled the Smokies to come away with a 15-7 victory.
Tennessee got on the board early with a Steve Clevenger two-RBI double in the first frame. The Lookouts, however, countered in the second
with a Craig Tatum double, which brought home Tonys Gutierrez.
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The Lookouts added another two runs in the third to take the lead.
Daryl Thompson doubled and Shaun Cumberland walked ahead of a trio of singles from Drew Anderson, Michael Griffin, and Craig Tatum.
The Smokies took back the lead in the fifth off of a Matt Matulia
solo shot and Nate Spears sac fly.
Mimicking prior trends of lead-swapping, the Lookouts added three
runs in the fifth on a Jerry Gil three-run shot.
A Cody Strait solo shot in the sixth gave the Lookouts a 7-4 advantage.
Tennessee would reclaim the lead in the seventh by scoring five runs.
Two walks, two singles, and an error fueled the Smokies’ rally.
Already with a 10-7 lead, the Smokies then added six more runs in the ninth.
Matt Avery (1-0) earned the win for the Smokies in relief, despite yielding
four runs in three innings.
Greg Rienhard threw three shutout innings to notch his second save of the season for the Smokies.
Derrik Lutz dropped to 1-2 on the season after throwing 0.1 innings
and yielding five runs (three earned) to begin the seventh.
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