Tommy Giles launched two home runs to support seven strong innings from Travis Chick
in Chattanooga's 4-1 win over Huntsville in the last of a six-game set Saturday
evening at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars took four out of six to begin the second
half and are 42-33 overall, while the Lookouts are 32-43 overall. Chattanooga leads
the season series 8-7, as the two teams have split ten games in Huntsville.Giles belted his first home run of the night with two outs in the second inning to give the Looks a 1-0 lead against Josh Butler. It was the second time in the series that Giles took the Stars' right-hander deep in the second inning to give the visitors the early lead.
James Tomlin doubled with one out in the third, moved to third base on a Ramon Nivar single and scored to make it 2-0 on a base hit by Eddy Perez, who had been just one for 15 in the series before the single. Butler struck out Tomlin to end the fourth inning with runners at second and third and got Mike Rose to ground into an inning-ending double play to end the fifth. Butler suffered the loss after giving up two runs on five hits, while walking three and fanning five over five frames in the shortest of his three starts with Huntsville. Giles belted his second homer of the night, a two-out shot off of Mike McClendon in the sixth inning to push the visitors lead to 3-0. It was only the second long ball allowed by the Stars' right-hander in 49 innings of work.
Chick stranded a runner at third base in each of the first three frames and retired 10 in a row before Chuck Caufield led off the seventh inning with his first triple of the season and scored on a JR Hopf ground ball out. Chick closed his performance by striking out pinch-hitter Jonathan Lucroy with a runner at first to end the seventh. The right-hander gave up three hits, walked two and fanned six in his longest outing of the year to improve to 6-3.
Andrew Lambo drew a one-out walk in the eighth inning off of Casey Baron, moved to second base on a Giles bunt base hit, to third base on a Justin Sellers ground out and scored on a Hopf passed ball to make it 4-1. Victor Garate tossed a scoreless eighth inning and Matt Sartor retired the side in order in the ninth to end the game and earn his fifth save.
The Stars open a six-game series in Sevierville, TN Sunday afternoon with right-hander Donovan Hand starting for Huntsville against Tennessee right-hander Marcos Mateo. Coverage of the game begins at 3:45 pm central time and can be heard through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.
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