CHATTANOOGA, TN -- The Chattanooga Lookouts jumped out to an early lead again on Friday night at AT&T Field and won the second game of a five-game series over the Mississippi Braves, 6-1. Ray-Patrick Didder finished the night 2-for-2 with a walk to lead the M-Braves offensively.
CHATTANOOGA, TN -- The Chattanooga Lookouts jumped out to an early lead again on Friday night at AT&T Field and won the second game of a five-game series over the Mississippi Braves, 6-1. Ray-Patrick Didder finished the night 2-for-2 with a walk to lead the M-Braves offensively.
Michael Mader (L, 3-3) made his third consecutive start for the Braves on Friday night and struggled early, before settling in during the middle innings. Mader gave up a two-out, two-run double to Tanner English in the second inning and Chattanooga (17-23, 53-56) went ahead 2-0.
The newest Chattanooga Lookout, Luke Raley, acquired by Minnesota in the Brian Dozier deal with the Dodgers hit his 18th homer of the season in the third inning. Brent Rooker walked prior, so the two-run homer pushed their advantage to 4-0. Chris Paul followed with a single and Jaylin Davis doubled him in to make it 5-0.
Didder got the M-Braves (21-20, 50-61) on the scoreboard in the top of the fifth inning with a two-out single to left scoring Daniel Lockhart all the way from first base. Didder reached base safely three times on Friday night and has reached in 21 of 23 games with the M-Braves.
Mader pitched a scoreless fourth and fifth inning and racked up a new career-high nine strikeouts over 5+ innings. The southpaw from Florida gave up five runs on eight hits and walked four.
Chattanooga starter Dietrich Enns (W, 1-5) picked up the win with 5.0 innings of one-run baseball. Tyler Wells (S, 1) pitched the final 4.0 innings in his Double-A debut to earn the save.
M-Braves relievers Rex Brothers, Thomas Burrows and Josh Graham combined to allow just one run over the final four innings with one walk and five strikeouts. Chattanooga scored their final run in the seventh inning against Burrows on an RBI single by Jaylin Davis. The run was the first allowed by the former Alabama Crimson Tide in five games.
The M-Braves and Lookouts will play game three of the five-game series on Saturday night at AT&T Field. RHP Enderson Franco (4-7, 3.56) starts for the M-Braves against a to be determined starter for Chattanooga. First pitch is set for 6:15 pm CT with coverage beginning at 6:00 pm CT on 103.9 WYAB and the free TuneIn Radio App.
The Braves have just ten remaining home games in the 2018 season. We return home for a five-game series against the Chattanooga Lookouts, August 14-18. For tickets and updated promotions visit mississippibraves.com and for tickets, mississippibraves.com/tickets. For more information or to book a group, call the M-Braves Front Office at 601.932.8788 or 888-BRAVES4.
