Travis Harrison was the hitting hero for the Lookouts in Saturday's victory.
photo by Tim Evearitt
For the second straight night Travis Harrison delivered in the clutch for the Chattanooga Lookouts. Tonight the third baseman drove in all three runs in the team's 3-2 win over the Tennessee Smokies before a crowd of 4,765 at AT&T Field.
Harrison kicked off his night in the third inning with an RBI single to bring home Zack Granite who reached on a walk.
Chattanooga held the one-run advantage until the fifth when Tennessee loaded the bases and plated a run on a double play ball.
The Smokies took the lead an inning when Mark Zagunis belted a homer off of Aaron Slegers. Slegers only gave up those two runs on the night and finished the game striking out six batters in six innings.
With Slegers out of the game Corey Williams came on and shutdown the Smokies to keep the game close. The lefty only allowed two hits in two innings while recording three strikeouts.
With the tying and go-ahead runs in scoring position, Harrison, who delivered the walk-off base-hit in the 11th inning on Friday, came through again with the decisive blow. The 23-year old ripped a shot into left-center field, scoring both runners. Harrison stopped at second with a two-run double to put Chattanooga up, 3-2.
Tennessee brought the heart of their lineup to the plate in the top of the ninth, but could not even the score. The 3-2 score would hold as Trevor Hildenberger blew through the visitors batting order to earn his fifth save of the season.
Sunday is the final game of the series between the Lookouts and the Smokies. Game time for the game is 6:15 p.m. Fans who come out to tomorrow's game will be able to catch post-game fireworks presented by Ace.
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