Chattanooga and Carolina went back-and-forth during the early portion of Friday night's game; however, the Lookouts were able to pull away,
thanks to a two-run seventh inning, in a 4-3 victory at AT&T Field.
The victory improves Chattanooga's record to 6-6.
The Lookouts entered the scoreboard in the first. James Tomlin led off
with a triple and eventually found his way home on a fielding error
by Mudcats starting pitcher Travis Wood, who could not handle a
comebacker up the middle.
Carolina tied the score in the top of the second in atypical fashion.
Todd Frazier led of with a double and found his way to third on an
Eric Eymann ground out. A balk committed by Lookouts starting pitcher
J.D. Durbin enabled Frazier to score.
Russ Mitchell wasted little time getting the Lookouts back on top,
as he blasted a solo shot to give Chattanooga a 2-1 lead. The see-saw
battle continued in third, as Jose Castro hit an RBI triple to, once again,
tie up the score.
Both teams remained deadlocked until the seventh, when the Lookouts
scored two runs, facilitated by some slopping pitching by
Ruben Medina (1-4). Mitchell led off with a hit by pitch and
trekked to third on a one-out single by Tommy Giles. A subsequent
passed ball enabled Mitchell to score. A Medina wild pitch then
advanced Giles to third. Red-hot Ramon Nivar followed with an RBI
single to give the Lookouts a 4-2 edge.