Chattanooga Lookouts

September 01, 2008 2:15 PM ET

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Huntsville	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0
Chattanooga	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	2	8	0

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W: Pedro Viola (4-7); L: Alexandre Periard (2-4); SV: Joe Valentine (4)

Lookouts Unveil New Look

Today, the Lookouts unveiled the sketches for their 2009 uniforms. Los Angeles Dodgers officials De Jon Watson (Assistant GM, Director of Player Development) and Joseph Reaves (Director of International Operations) joined Lookouts President/GM/Owner/Director of Global Expansion Frank Burke in a Tuesday afternoon press conference. Please click on the links to see photos from the press conference! [More]

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Blue Skies Ahead for the Lookouts

The Chattanooga Lookouts and Los Angeles Dodgers have officially announced that the two franchises have entered into a two-year player development contract.

With the agreement, the Lookouts will become the “AA” affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Southern League from 2009-10. The Dodgers had previously been affiliated with the Jacksonville Suns; an affiliation which lasted eight seasons. Prior to the new agreement with the Dodgers, the Lookouts had been the “AA” affiliate of t [More]

Lookouts Win 2-1 in Season Finale

Pedro Viola pitched a gem of a game to lead the Lookouts to a 2-1 win over the Huntsville Stars in Monday afternoon action at AT&T Field.

Both teams remained scoreless until the fourth, when the Lookouts scored two. Chris Heisey singled to begin the inning and stole second after a Justin Turner fly out. Tonys Gutierrez and Sean Henry both walked to load the bases. Drew Anderson followed with a single to plate Heisey. Eric Eymann then hit a sacrifice fly to put the score at 2-0.

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Stars Endure Lookouts, 4-3, in Extra Innings

Chattanooga and Huntsville battled back-and-forth all during Sunday night’s game. As such, it would take extra innings to finally disclose the 4-3 outcome in which Huntsville came away victorious.

Brae Wright and Sam LeCure dueled against each other for five innings without relinquishing a run; however, both starters cracked in the sixth to break one stalemate, while creating another in the process.

Cole Gillespie scored the first Huntsville run via the most efficient means p [More]

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Lookouts Trump Stars, 5-2

On a night in which the Lookouts honored former manager Carl Ermer, whose first year with the Lookouts was 1953, it was a fitting and coincidental 5-3 win for the Lookouts against the Huntsville Stars in Saturday night action at AT&T Field.

Michael Garciaparra gave the Stars an early lead by knocking a solo shot off of the scoreboard in left to give the Stars a 1-0 lead.

Chattanooga waited until the fourth to enter the scoreboard. With one out, Justin Turner walked and advance [More]

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Stars Outshine Lookouts, 6-2

Ozzie Chavez had a big day at the plate to lead the Huntsville Stars to a 6-2 win over the Lookouts in Friday night action at AT&T Field.

Huntsville jumped off to an early lead in the second on the wings of an Ozzie Chavez two-run shot over the right field wall off of Lookouts starting pitcher James Avery (7-8), who made his first start for the Lookouts since returning from the 2008 Summer Olympics in which he played for Team Canada.

Chattanooga, however, countered in the bot [More]

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Lookouts Slam Two Grand Slams in 11-7 Win

Huntsville and Chattanooga both flexed their offensive muscles in an 11-7 slugfest at AT&T Field in Thursday night action.

Huntsville jumped out of the gate with a vengeance, scoring four runs in the first inning off of Camilo Vazquez (3-3). A Michael Garciaparra three-run shot capped the rally.

The Lookouts, however, would not be undone, as they countered with six runs in the bottom portion of the first. An Eric Eymann grand slam accounted for the majority of the damage. Hunt [More]

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Homestand Highlights

The Lookouts will embark upon their final homestand of the 2008 season this Thursday against the Huntsville Stars.

In addition to the plethora of promotions, fans will have the opportunity to purchase select game-used jerseys from the Lookouts for only $50. On Friday (Gray Road), Saturday (Red Road), and Sunday (Home Pinstripe) there will be a sign-up sheet in the concourse for fans to purchase the aforementioned jerseys on a first-sign-up, first-given basis. The first person to sign- [More]

Dorn Tabbed Southern League Hitter of the Week

Dorn led the Southern League with 14 hits and tied for the top spot with three home runs during the week, building on the momentum created in his final game of the previous week. Entering the week on the heels of a two-hit performance that included a grand slam on August 16, Dorn recorded six more multi-hit games in succession. The 24-year-old Dorn connected for a seventh-inning homer in a 9-3 victory against Jacksonville on Thursday. He added a two-run blast to begin the scoring in a 6-4 trium [More]

Too Little, Too Late for Lookouts in 6-5 Loss

Chattanooga faced an early 6-0 deficit but crawled within one run in the late inning. The Suns, however, staved off several rallies by the Lookouts to come away with a 6-5 win in Friday night action at AT&T Field.

Jacksonville used a trio of singles, including RBI singles from Juan Gonzalez and Gabriel Gutierrez, to jump off to a 2-0 lead in the first.

Back-to-back solo shots from Russell Mitchell and Juan Gonzalez increased the Suns’ lead to 4-0 in the third.

The Sun [More]

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Lookouts Blast Suns, 9-3

The Lookouts combined to hit four homers en route to a 9-3 win over the Jacksonville Suns in Thursday night action at AT&T Field.

Jacksonville got off to the early lead, courtesy of a Rusell Mitchell three-run blast in the first inning.

Back-to-back solo shots by Justin Turner and Chris Valaika in the bottom of the second for the Lookouts helped negate Mitchell’s blast.

Chattanooga scored two more runs in the third frame to take the 4-3 lead. Michael DeJesus began the [More]

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Suns Edge Lookouts, 2-1

Chattanooga and Jacksonville combined for 18 hits but only three runs in a 2-1 Jacksonville win at AT&T Field in Wednesday afternoon action.

The Lookouts entered the scoreboard for the first and final time in the second inning. Singles from Justin Turner and Drew Anderson began the rally. Eric Eymann followed with a force out to short, putting runners on the corners. Chris Denove then hit a soft grounder to third, scoring Turner.

Jacksonville retaliated with two runs in the to [More]

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Wood Flirts with No-Hitter in 3-1 Win

It took 7.2 innings of baseball until the Suns finally got a hit against Lookouts starting pitcher Travis Wood in a 3-1 finish at AT&T Field in Tuesday night action.

Chattanooga scored their first run of the game in the first frame. With one out, Chris Heisey doubled to left and found his way home on a subsequent Chris Valaika RBI single.

The Lookouts augmented their lead in the third with two more runs. Drew Anderson began the rally with a single and advanced on an Eric DuBos [More]

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Suns Endure Lookouts, 5-4

Jacksonville took an early lead, but the Lookouts fought back to bring the game to extra innings. All was for naught, however, as Jacksonville came away with a 5-4 victory in extra innings in Monday night action at AT&T Field.

Jacksonville jumped on Lookouts starting pitcher Ben Jukich early on in the game. A Jukich offering was golfed over the left field wall by Russell Mitchell to give the Suns a 3-0 lead.

The Suns added another run to their lead in the second on an Ivan De [More]

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Smokies Trump Lookouts, 9-7

Sunday afternoon’s contest between the Lookouts and the Tennessee Smokies proved to be a fitting bookend to a series that began as a slugfest and evolved into anything but one in the middle three games. Both teams, once again, flexed their offensive muscles in a 9-7 finish at AT&T Field that ended with the Smokies coming away with the win.

The Lookouts struck first in the third inning. Justin Turner began the rally with a two-out single and advanced to second on a subsequent Danny Dor [More]

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Lookouts Blank Smokies, 2-0

If rationing runs was ever a concept based in reality, the Smokies and Lookouts would have starved in Thursday night’s contest after gorging themselves in a bountiful feast at yesterday’s game. A day after both teams combined to score 34 runs, Chattanooga and Tennessee combined to score only two runs.

Starting pitcher Ben Jukich, who returned to Chattanooga after a brief stint with Louisville, led the Lookouts to a 2-0 victory at AT&T Field.

The Lookouts entered the scoreboar [More]

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Lookouts Edge Smokies, 4-2

The Lookouts rolled to their third straight victory over the Tennessee Smokies in a 4-2 finish at AT&T Field in Saturday night action.

The Lookouts entered the scoreboard in the first frame. Sean Henry led off with a walk and came home on a Justin Turner RBI double off of the right field wall. Eric Eymann followed with a single to give the Lookouts an early 2-0 lead. Jake Fox halved the Lookouts’ lead in the fourth by slamming a solo shot deep over the left center field wall.

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LeCure and Geronimo Combine to Throw a Two-Hitter

Lookouts starting pitcher Sam LeCure flirted with perfection, throwing seven perfect innings before yielding a hit in Friday night’s contest against the Tennessee Smokies. In a 4-0 finish, LeCure and Ramon Geronimo combined to throw the second shutout in as many days for the Lookouts.

Chattanooga entered the scoreboard in the first. Danny Dorn hit a single with two outs and scampered home on a Sean Henry triple off of the center field wall. The Lookouts struck again in the third with [More]

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