CHATTANOOGA      AB  R  H BI  BIRMINGHAM       AB  R  H BI

 S Perez SS        4  0  0  0  C Durham CF       4  0  0  0 

 A Beattie 2B      4  0  1  0  D Sandoval 2B     4  0  1  0 

 D Stenson 1B      4  0  0  0  J Reed RF         3  1  0  0 

 J Chamblee RF     4  1  1  0  G Alvarez 3B      3  0  1  0 

 G Senjem DH       3  0  1  1  S Bikowski LF     4  0  2  1 

 W Caceres PR      0  1  0  0  C Maldonado DH    4  0  0  0 

 R Correll LF      2  0  0  0  J Hamilton 1B     3  0  1  0 

 A Diaz CF         3  0  1  1  S Morales C       2  0  0  0 

 M Schramek 3B     2  0  0  0  T Nicholson 2B    2  0  0  0 

 B Peterson C      3  0  0  0  J Piniella PR     0  0  0  0 

                               G Reyes SS        0  0  0  0 

 TOTALS           29  2  4  2  TOTALS           29  1  5  1
 

 CHATTANOOGA               000 000 020 --  2

 BIRMINGHAM                000 100 000 --  1
 

 E--G Alvarez, D Stenson. DP--CHATTANOOGA 2, 

 BIRMINGHAM 1. LOB--CHATTANOOGA 2, BIRMINGHAM 5. 

 2B--S Bikowski, J Chamblee. CS--J Reed, J 

 Chamblee. S--S Morales, R Correll.

                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR

  CHATTANOOGA

 J Hall (W,6-7)                     7   4   1   0   2   7   0

 J Barreto                          1   0   0   0   0   0   0

 B Bevel                            0   0   0   0   1   0   0

 K Keller (S,3)                     1   1   0   0   0   1   0

  BIRMINGHAM

 N Cotts (L,8-5)                    7   3   2   2   0   5   0

 S Dunn                             1   1   0   0   1   0   0

 J Bajenaru                         1   0   0   0   0   0   0
 

 SO--CAT: G Senjem, A Diaz, B Peterson, M 

 Schramek, R Correll. BIR: J Hamilton 2, T 

 Nicholson, S Bikowski, S Morales, G Alvarez, C 

 Maldonado, D Sandoval. BB--CAT: M Schramek. BIR: T

 Nicholson, G Alvarez, J Reed. T--2:13. A--4,912.

 

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Ticker) -- Guye Senjem and Alejandro Diaz

each drove in a run in the top of the eighth inning to lead the

Chattanooga Lookouts to a 2-1 victory over the Birmingham

Barons. Senjem singled home Jim Chamblee, who opened the inning

with a double, and Diaz produced a run-scoring single to score

Wilmy Caceres, who pinch ran for Senjem. Josh Hall (6-7), who

struck out 13 batters in his previous start, allowed just an

unearned run and four hits over seven-plus innings, striking out

seven, to pick up the win. Kris Keller worked a scoreless ninth

to post his third save for Chattanooga, which won its third

straight game. Neal Cotts (8-5) faced the minimum, allowing only

one hit, over the first seven innings but gave up two hits and

both runs in the eighth without retiring a batter to suffer the

loss. Scott Bikowski hit an RBI single and a double for

Birmingham, which lost for the fifth time in its last six games.

7 IP?!? No Walks? Nice. To Bad the Barons "O" couldn't get some more runs for Neal.

That looks like one of his best starts all season. Too bad he lost.

mnf, nice recap and thanks

Yeah, the strikeouts dropped to 5 in 7IP, but I will take it with 7K's. Maybe he got some good Don Cooper advice at the Futures Game.

That looks like one of his best starts all season.  Too bad he lost.

Today was easily Cotts best outing of the year. He faced the minimum through 7 innings, giving up just one hit (erased on a double play). He had retired 19 straight going into the 8th. He gave up a 2B and a single to start the 8th which tied the score. Dunn relieved and allowed the other runner to score, which was credited to Cotts.

 

Great outing and a really tough one to lose. If I am correct, Cotts only threw around 75 pitches.