Lookouts game notes
June 3, 2006 - Southern League (SL1)
Chattanooga Lookouts News Release
THE LAST GAME- The Lookouts get back on track with a win tonight over the Montgomery Biscuits, 5-1. This was the Lookouts second win in their last six games. Two, two run homers off the bats of Joey Votto and Anderson Machado, resurrected the Lookouts' offense. Lookouts starter Josh Hall was stellar through 5.2 innings. He allowed only one run on three hits with seven strikeouts. Hall is a perfect 2-0 with the Lookouts this season.
The Lookouts bats got hot in the third inning, as they put two runs across the plate off the bat of Joey Votto. Chris Dickerson drew a two out walk and Votto stepped up to the plate and drilled a two run home run over the right field pavilion. Chattanooga put another duce on the board in the fourth. Javier Colina got the inning going with a double and then Anderson Machado decided to follow Votto's act with a two run shot of his own. The Lookouts iced the game with a run in the sixth when Machado tripled to score Asadoorian from first, who had singled with two outs.
The Biscuits only run came in the second inning. Christianson led the inning off with a double and came around to score on another double by Pridie. Josh Hall and the Lookouts pen shut the Biscuits bats down from there. Brock Till pitched a perfect 2.1 innings and then David Shafer pitched the ninth and allowed a hit, but no runs.
PROBABLE STARTER: LHP Tyler Pelland will take the mound for the Lookouts tonight. In 11 starts this season, Pelland has posted a 3-1 record with a 3.63 ERA. In 52.0 innings this season, he has allowed 30 runs, 21 earned, on 55 hits. He has also surrendered the third highest walk total in the league, 33, and has struck out 38, while the opponents are batting .281 against him. In his last outing on May 29th, Pelland pitched 5.0 innings and allowed one run on only four hits, while walking four and striking out six. Despite such a stellar outing, he did factor into the decision. In 2005 in Sarasota, Pelland went 5-8 with a 4.05 ERA in 15 starts and 15 relief appearances. He went 2-4 (3.94, 59.1 IP, 26 ER) in starts and 3-4 (4.19, 43 IP, 20 ER) in relief outings. He was acquired from the Boston Red Sox on 8/18/03 as the player to named later in the trade that sent RHP Scott Williamson to the Red Sox for current Lookouts' starter Phil Dumatrait.
The Biscuits will counter with RHP Tony Peguero for his 11th start of the season. To date, he is 5-5 with a 3.09 ERA. In 67.0 innings of work, he has given up 29 runs, 23 earned, on 59 hits, while striking out 47 and issuing 13 free passes. His last start on May 29th against Jacksonville, Peguero took the loss after tossing 6.2 innings, giving up seven runs, six earned, on six hits.
MONTGOMERY SERIES PROBABLE ROTATION:
Sat: LHP Tyler Pelland (3-1, 3.63) vs. RHP Tony Peguero (5-5, 3.09)
Sun: RHP Steve Kelly (6-3, 3.13) vs. RHP Jim Magrane (7-3, 2.04)
Mon: LHP Phil Dumatrait (3-4, 3.62) vs. RHP Chris Flinn (1-5, 5.66)
Tue: RHP Travis Chick (2-2, 4.44) vs. LHP Jason Cromer (0-0, 0.90)
NEWS 'N' NOTES:
- The Lookouts are 12-9 this season against South Division teams.
- As a team, Chattanooga is batting .283 against right-handed pitching this season.
- With last night's win, coupled by a loss by the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx, the Lookouts now lead the North Division by 1.5 games over the D'Jaxx. The first half of the season ends on June 18th and the Lookouts have 14 more games to keep their hold on a playoff birth.
ORGANIZTION REPORT:
Cincinnati Reds: 30-24, 2nd place in the NL Central Division.
Louisville Bats: 24-29, 3rd place in the International League (AAA) West Division.
Sarasota Reds: 23-31, 6th place in the Florida State League (High A) West Division.
Dayton Dragons: 26-29, 5th place in the Midwest League (Low A) Eastern Division.
THIS DATE IN BASEBALL HISTORY:
1888 - "Casey at the Bat," the most popular baseball piece ever written, first appeared in the San Francisco Examiner. Writer Ernest L. Thayer was paid $5.00 for his poem.
1937 - Josh Gibson, Negro league star, hit a ball in Yankee Stadium which, if it had not hit the rim of the stadium, would have traveled an estimated 700 feet.
1995 - Pedro Martinez of Montreal pitched a perfect game . . . but only for . . . nine innings. He gave up a hit to Bip Roberts in the 10th. The Expos beat the San Diego Padres, 1-0, in 10 innings, when Mel Rojas entered in relief to gain the save.
2006 SERIES: MTG: (1-0) Home: 1-0 Road: 0-0
DATE: PLACE: W-L/SCORE: WP/REC: LP/REC: SAVE: HIGHLITE:
6/2 CHA Win/5-1 Hall/2-0 Sonnanstine/3-5 none A. Machado: 2-3, 3B, HR, 3 RBI, R
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