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Lookouts End Stars' Win Streak

May 12, 2009 - Southern League (SL1)
Huntsville Stars News Release


Chattanooga posted five runs in the first inning and the early offense stood up in a 6-3 win over Huntsville Tuesday night in the second of a five-game set at Joe Davis Stadium. The Lookouts improved to 13-19 on the season, while the Stars dipped to 15-13 and saw their season-high five-game win streak snapped. Huntsville maintained its' one-game lead in the North Division over Tennessee, which fell 1-0 at home to West Tenn.

James Tomlin belted the third pitch of the game from Jeremy Jeffress for his first home run of the season to stake the visitors to a very quick lead. Andrew Lambo then walked with one out, moved to second base on a walk to Josh Bell and scored on a base hit by Gaby Martinez to make it 2-0. Bell scored on a Russ Mitchell sacrifice fly to make it 3-0 before Juan Gonzalez, after a walk to JD Closser, doubled in Martinez and Closser to finish off the rally. Jeffress has been scored on in the first inning in all four of his starts at home, while not allowing a run in the first inning in any of his three road turns.

Bell doubled in Tomlin in the second inning to make it 6-0 and Jeffress was removed after a two-out walk to Martinez. The right-hander suffered the loss to fall to 1-2 after giving up four hits, walking five and fanning one. Mike McClendon tossed 3 1/3 shutout innings before Casey Baron threw two shutout frames and Derrick Ellison and Juan Sandoval each worked a scoreless inning. The four bullpen pitchers combined to allow two hits and strike out six while not issuing a walk.

Lookout's starter Travis Chick worked out of a runners at first and third and one out jam in the second and got Drew Anderson to fly out with the bases loaded to end the third. The Stars broke through in the fifth when Adam Stern doubled, stole third and scored on an Adam Heether fly ball. Chick grabbed the win after allowing that lone run on four hits over five innings during which he walked three and struck out three.

Josh Lindblom took over in the sixth and gave up three singles that loaded the bases with one out before JR Hopf's pinch-hit sacrifice fly plated Anderson to make it 6-2. Stern singled in Vinny Rottino to cut the lead to three before Lindblom was replaced by Carmen Cali, who got Heether to ground out to end the frame. Cali tossed a scoreless seventh inning and was followed by Travis Schlichting, who worked a shutout eighth inning, and JD Durbin, who threw a scoreless ninth to record his first save.

The series continues Wednesday night with southpaw Bobby Bramhall taking the hill for Huntsville against Lookouts' left-hander Scott Elbert. Coverage of the game begins at 6:45 pm central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

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