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Smokies Walk it off on Elvis Night 

May 31, 2024

Written by Logan Foody The Tennessee Smokies beat the Chattanooga Lookouts 3-2 to even the series on Friday Night. The Smokies (29-20) tied the game in the bottom of the Ninth inning as Yohendrick Pinango scored on a throwing error by the Lookouts' second baseman Tyler Calihan. The Smokies then

Written by Logan Foody

The Tennessee Smokies beat the Chattanooga Lookouts 3-2 to even the series on Friday Night.

The Smokies (29-20) tied the game in the bottom of the Ninth inning as Yohendrick Pinango scored on a throwing error by the Lookouts' second baseman Tyler Calihan. The Smokies then walked it off in the bottom of the Tenth inning via a Luis Verdugo RBI single scoring Christian Franklin.

Yohendrick Pinango went 2-4 on the night and picked up his first Double-A RBI in the bottom of the fourth inning for the Smokies.

Brandon Birdsell (2-4) pitches six innings for the Smokies tonight while only allowing two hits and punching out three lookouts. Right-hander Blake Whitney (4-0) picked up his fourth win on the year pitching 1.2 innings of relief. Vin Timpanelli (0-2) picked up the loss for Chatanooga (14-35). Chase Petty pitched five strong innings for the Lookouts only giving up one earned run.

The Smokies look to the lead in the series on Saturday Night at 7 p.m. ET.