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Curry Slam Leads Suns Past Lookouts

Published on August 29, 2010 under Southern League (SL1)
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Chattanooga, Tenn. - Ryan Curry belted a two-out, grand slam home run in the eighth inning and lifted the Jacksonville Suns (76-57, 36-27) to a 9-4 win over the Chattanooga Lookouts (63-69, 30-33) in front of 4,916 Sunday afternoon at AT&T Field.

Garrett Parcell (5-7) dealt two scoreless innings of relief for the winning decision. Lookouts reliever Mario Alvarez (6-6) took the loss and was charged with the first two runs of the eighth inning grand slam.

The Suns opened the scoring in the first inning against Lookouts starter Rubby de la Rosa. A Lorenzo Scott walk, Kevin Mattison infield hit and Vinny Rottino single loaded the bases with no outs for Matt Dominguez, who singled to left to score Scott and Mattison for a 2-0 lead.

Chattanooga countered in the bottom of the first against Suns starter Tom Koehler. Dee Gordon walked, moved to second on a sacrifice, stole third base (his 50th stolen base of the season) and scored on a Jerry Sands sacrifice fly for a 2-1 score.

The Lookouts took the lead in the fourth inning. Sands reached on a leadoff error before Alex Garabedian hit a home run off the left field scoreboard for a 3-2 Chattanooga lead.

The Suns got Koehler off the hook for a loss in the fifth inning when Scott doubled, moved to third on a sacrifice and scored on a Rottino single for a 3-3 score.

Jacksonville took the lead for good in the eighth inning. Alvarez entered from the bullpen and allowed a Rottino double and Dominguez single to put runners at first and third with no outs. Following a strikeout, Alvarez left the game for left-hander James Adkins, who struck out left-hander Brandon Tripp. Javy Guerra next entered for the Lookouts and walked pinch-hitter Jason Delaney before Ryan Curry connected for a grand slam home run to left-centerfield, opening a 7-3 Suns lead.

The Suns added two ninth inning runs against Lookouts reliever Cole St. Claire when Tripp doubled home Mattison and Dominguez for a 9-3 lead. The Lookouts scored in the bottom of the inning when Sands walked and later came in on an Eddy Perez groundout for a 9-4 final.

Suns RH Jose Rosario will face Tennessee Smokies LH Jeremy Papelbon in game one of a three-game series at the Baseball Grounds on Tuesday August 31. Tickets are available through the Suns box office at 358-2846 or by visiting jaxsuns.com.

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