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Smokies Take Key Game One in Dominating Fashion over Lookouts

May 29, 2023 - Southern League (SL)
Knoxville Smokies News Release


KODAK, Tenn. - In a matchup that pitted the two top teams in the Southern League North, the Smokies cruised to a 10-1 win to maintain first place.

The Smokies got on the board first in the bottom of the first thanks to a two-out rally. After Owen Caissie walked and Chase Strumpf doubled, BJ Murray hit a double over the center fielder to score both runners, giving Tennessee a 2-0 lead.

Caissie added to the Smokies' lead his next time up when he hit a long solo home run to right-center field, his Southern League-leading 11th on the season, making it a 3-0 game.

Pete Crow-Armstrong continued the hot bats for the Smokies in the fifth with a three-run double on a line-drive to center field that scored Andy Weber, Haydn McGeary, and Cole Roederer, making the score 6-0.

Starter Kohl Franklin pitched five scoreless innings, allowing only 1 hit and recording five strikeouts. Upon his exit in the sixth, the Lookouts got on the board when Rece Hinds hit an RBI single to cut the deficit to 6-1. Strumpf blew the game wide-open in the sixth with a line drive double to left field that brought in three runs and widened the margin to 9-1.

The Smokies added on one more for good measure in the bottom of the eighth, when a Strumpf sacrifice fly scored Crow-Armstrong, making it a 10-1 game. The Lookouts then went down 1-2-3 in the ninth, securing the victory.

The series continues Wednesday night (5/31) at 7:00 PM EDT. Both children and adults will be able to participate in our second annual Spelling Bee Night.

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