Chattanooga Pounds Out 7-5 Win

Published on April 15, 2008 under Southern League (SL1)
Huntsville Stars News Release


Sean Henry drove in three runs and Craig Tatum finished a triple shy of hitting for the cycle in Chattanooga's 7-5 win over Huntsville on another brisk night Tuesday in the second of a five-game set at Joe Davis Stadium. Huntsville dropped to 7-5 on the season and lost for the first time at home to fall two games behind North Division leading Carolina, while the Lookouts improved to 6-6. The temperature was 57 degrees at first pitch but dipped to 45 degrees by the time the game ended.

Derek Miller and Daryl Thompson were locked in a pitchers' duel for five innings, with Mat Gamel's first home run of the season in the fourth inning giving the home team the lead. Miller left after his second five inning scoreless performance at home, allowing four hits, walking four and fanning two and was followed by Ben Stanczyk, who struggled mightily in his third appearance of the season.

Henry and Tatum launched back-to-back home runs in the sixth to give the visitors the lead. Thompson, the reigning Southern League Pitcher of the Week, was taken out after 5 2/3 innings, giving up a single run on five hits, while striking out seven. He has allowed only one earned run over 17 2/3 frames in his first three starts at the double-A level.

Michael Griffin doubled in a run, Henry tripled home a pair and scored on a double by Tatum, who then scored on a BJ Szymanksi single to complete a rally in the seventh that produced five runs, the most that Stars have allowed in any frame this season. Stanczyk suffered the loss after yielding seven runs on eight hits, including five for extra bases, over two innings.

Danny Herrera, who had also not allowed an earned run in 10 2/3 innings entering the game, retired the first three batters he faced after taking over for Thompson before allowing five straight two-out singles in the home seventh that, coupled with two Szymanksi errors on the same play, produced four runs. Derrick Lutz came on and gave up an Alcides Escobar single before setting Gamel down on a ground ball out to end the threat. Lutz retired the Stars in order in the eighth and Josh Roenicke threw a perfect ninth to record his second save.

The series continues Wednesday morning with left-hander David Welch taking the hill for Huntsville against Lookouts' right-hander Ramon Ramirez. Coverage of the game begins at 10:20 am central time and can be heard locally on SportsRadio 730 WUMP and through the internet at www.huntsvillestars.com.

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