by | May 20, 2013 · 10:32 pm

Smokies and Lookouts split doubleheader

Alberto Cabrera earned his fourth win of the season with a dazzling complete game performance in game one. Photo Courtesy: Roger C. Hoover

Alberto Cabrera earned his fourth win of the season with a dazzling complete game performance in game one. Photo Courtesy: Roger C. Hoover

The Tennessee Smokies and Chattanooga Lookouts split a doubleheader at AT&T Field with the Smokies winning Game 1 9-2 and the Lookouts walking off with a 1-0 win in Game 2.  Tennessee’s loss in Game 2 snaps their four-game winning streak.

Game 1: Tennessee 9 Chattanooga 2

Paced by a seven-run fourth inning, the Tennessee Smokies took Game 1 over the Lookouts 9-2.  Alberto Cabrera (4-1) went the distance for the first complete game for a Smokies pitcher this season.   He scattered two runs on five hits with six strikeouts in his seven innings.

Yasiel Puig put the Lookouts on top 1-0 in the bottom of the first inning with a two-out, RBI single that scored Rafael Ynoa.

Cabrera helped himself out in the top of the 3rd inning doubling deep to center field to score Jonathan Mota to tie the game at 1-1.

Tennessee broke it open with seven runs in the top of the 4th.  Christian Villanueva delivered the Smokies the lead in the top of the 4th inning launching his third home run of the season, a two-run shot, to make it 3-1.  After a Rubi Silva ground-rule double brought home a run, Matt Szczur hit a two-run double to make a five-run lead.  Arismendy Alcantara drove in the final two runs of the inning with a two-run double of his own to cap off the seven-run frame and give the Smokies an 8-1 lead.

Leading 8-2 in the top of the 7th, Tim Torres plated Alcantara with a sacrifice fly for the final run in the game and a 9-2 lead.

AUDIO RECAP: SMOKIES  9   Lookouts  2

Game 2: Chattanooga 1 Tennessee 0

In Game 2, Blake Smith scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 7th inning for the game’s only run and a 1-0 Chattanooga victory.

The Lookouts loaded the bases with one out in the seventh against Smokies reliever Marcus Hatley.  Hatley struck out Gorman Erickson but the pitch was wild and went to the backstop and it allowed Smith to score from third base.

Starters Eric Jokisch and Rob Rasmussen both pitched well but didn’t factor in the decision.  Jokisch tossed six scoreless innings allowing three hits with six strikeouts.  Rasmussen went the first five innings for the Lookouts yielding just four hits with five strikeouts.

The Smokies and Lookouts will finish their five-game series tomorrow night at 7:15 ET when Tennessee sends right-hander Matt Loosen (1-1, 8.24) to the mound against Chattanooga righty Ross Stripling (1-0, 2.25) at AT&T Field.

The Pilot/Oscar Mayer Pregame Show with studio hosts Danny Will and Michael Wottreng begins at 7:00 p.m on our flagship station, The Sports Animal WNML AM 990 and  in progress on FM 99.1  in Knoxville. You can always listen to the broadcast in it’s entirely on smokiesbaseball.com as well as the Smokies mobile app.  To listen online, click here. Mick Gillispie will have the first pitch from Chattanooga at 7:15 p.m.

Danny Will is a Senior Broadcast Assistant for the Smokies Radio Network. You can follow Danny on Twitter here: @DannyWillSays

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by | May 19, 2013 · 7:44 pm

‘The Process’ Buddy Ball

‘The Process’ is the story of the 2013 Tennessee Smokies, the Chicago Cubs Double-A affiliate. In episode one, Buddy Bailey talks about his expectations for the Smokies.  Eric Jokisch has thrived since joining the Smokies last season. The Tennessee Skipper talks about his progress, the ability of Justin Bour, and the skill of Jae-Hoon Ha.

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by | · 3:45 pm

Smokies and Lookouts washed out in Chattanooga

Rain caused Sunday's game to be postponed until Monday. Photo Courtesy: Mick Gillispie

Rain caused Sunday’s game to be postponed until Monday. Photo Courtesy: Mick Gillispie

The Tennessee Smokies and Chattanooga Lookouts were postponed due to rain Sunday afternoon at AT&T Field.  The game will be made up as part of a seven-inning doubleheader tomorrow evening beginning at 5:15 ET.

In Game 1, Tennessee will send righty Alberto Cabrera (3-1, 3.86) to the mound against Chattanooga right-hander Andres Santiago (2-4, 5.17).  Game 2 will begin approximately 30 minutes after Game 1 and Eric Jokisch will make the start for the Smokies against fellow lefthander Rob Rasmussen (2-2, 3.13) for the Lookouts.

Danny Will is a Senior Broadcast Assistant for the Smokies Radio Network. You can follow Danny on Twitter here: @DannyWillSays

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by | May 18, 2013 · 10:59 pm

Surging Smokies win third straight

Arismendy Alcantara crushed his fifth home run of the year in the Smokies victory Saturday night. Photo Courtesy: Roger C. Hoover

Arismendy Alcantara crushed his fifth home run of the year in the Smokies victory Saturday night. Photo Courtesy: Roger C. Hoover

Arismendy Alcantara went 3-for-4 with a home run as the Tennessee Smokies won their third straight game with a 7-5 victory over the Chattanooga Lookouts. The Smokies are now 6-1 on their ten-game road trip.

Trailing 7-4 entering the bottom of the 9th, the Lookouts mounted a rally against Smokies reliever Brian Schlitter. C.J. Retherford drove home a run with an RBI single to get within two, but Blake Smith struck out with the tying run on second base to end the game.

Dallas Beeler (4-2) picked up the win for the Smokies pitching six innings allowing three runs, two of them earned, on four hits. Chris Reed (1-5) took the loss allowing five runs, three earned, in five innings of work.

Tennessee (22-19) wasted no time getting to MLB rehabber Scott Elbert with a run in the first. Matt Szczur led off with a single and came around to score the game’s first run on an RBI double by Ronald Torreyes.

Yasiel Puig tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the first inning with an RBI groundout to shortstop that scored Joc Pederson.

The Smokies regained the lead in the top of the second inning with two more runs. With one out, Anthony Giansanti plated Jonathan Mota with an RBI triple to make it 2-1. Giansanti came into score two batters later on an RBI double by Szczur.

Chattanooga (16-26) answered back with two runs in the bottom of the third. With two outs, Smith hit a two-run double to left field that scored Pederson and Puig and tied the game at 3-3.

After regaining the lead 4-3 in the 6th, the Smokies added some insurance runs in the 7th. Szczur and Torreyes reached to start the inning and Alcantara brought home Szczur with an RBI double. Christian Villanueva made it 6-3 two batters later with an RBI single.

The Lookouts scored a run in the bottom of the 8th with an RBI infield single by Brian Cavazos-Galvez, but Alcantara got the run right back in the top of the 9th with a solo home run, his fifth of the season.

The Smokies and Lookouts will continue their five-game series tomorrow afternoon at 2:15 ET when Tennessee sends right-hander Alberto Cabrera (3-1, 3.86) to the mound against Chattanooga righty Andres Santiago (2-4, 5.17) at AT&T Field.

The Pilot/Oscar Mayer Pregame Show with studio hosts Danny Will and Michael Wottreng begins at 2:00 p.m on our flagship station, The Sports Animal WNML AM 990 and  in progress on FM 99.1  in Knoxville. You can always listen to the broadcast in it’s entirely on smokiesbaseball.com as well as the Smokies mobile app.  To listen online, click here. Mick Gillispie will have the first pitch from Chattanooga at 2:15 p.m.

AUDIO RECAP: SMOKIES  7   Lookouts  5

Danny Will is a Senior Broadcast Assistant for the Smokies Radio Network. You can follow Danny on Twitter here: @DannyWillSays

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by | · 8:06 pm

Smokies’ Favorite Baseball Memory

Smokies infielder Jonathan Mota won a Florida State League championship in 2008 with the Daytona Cubs. Photo Courtesy: Roger C. Hoover

Smokies infielder Jonathan Mota won a Florida State League championship in 2008 with the Daytona Cubs. Photo Courtesy: Roger C. Hoover

Hundreds of games a year, thousands of miles traveled sometimes causes games and seasons to run together. Five current Tennessee Smokies, Ty Wright, Marcus Hatley, Justin Bour, Jonathan Mota, and Tim Torres, spoke about their favorite baseball memory thus far in their careers.

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by | May 17, 2013 · 10:34 pm

Four-run second enough for Smokies win

The Smokies have reeled off six wins in their last seven games after a 4-3 win Friday night in Chattanooga. Photo Courtesy: Roger C. Hoover

The Smokies have reeled off six wins in their last seven games after a 4-3 win Friday night in Chattanooga. Photo Courtesy: Roger C. Hoover

The Tennessee Smokies scored four times in the second inning and it proved to be enough as they won the series opener over the Chattanooga Lookouts 4-3.  Tennessee has now won six of their last seven games.

The Lookouts had the tying run on third base with two outs in the bottom of the 9th but Zach Rosscup struck out Chris Jacobs to end the game.

Kyle Hendricks (3-2) earned his second straight win pitching seven strong innings yielding three runs on six hits with three strikeouts.  Zach Lee (3-3) suffered the loss for Chattanooga surrendering four runs on five hits in five innings of work.  Rosscup came on in the 9th inning and recorded his first save of the season.

Tennessee (21-19) sent nine batters to the plate against Lee in their four-run second inning.  After Ty Wright and Rafael Lopez reached to start the inning, Christian Villanueva hit an RBI double for the game’s first run. Rubi Silva then reached on a third strike in the dirt and Lopez scored from third base to double the lead.   Then with two outs and the bases loaded, Ronald Torreyes delivered a two-run single to left field for a 4-0 Smokies lead.

Chattanooga (16-25) got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the 4th inning.  Joc Pederson reached on a one-out single and came around to score on Yasiel Puig’s RBI double to cut the deficit to 4-1.

The Lookouts closed within a run in the bottom of the seventh thanks to a towering two-run home run by Jacobs, his third of the season, to make it 4-3.

The Smokies and Lookouts will continue their five-game series tomorrow night at 7:15 ET when Tennessee sends right-hander Dallas Beeler (3-1, 3.14) to the mound against Chattanooga lefty Chris Reed (1-4, 5.49) at AT&T Field.

The Pilot/Oscar Mayer Pregame Show with studio hosts Danny Will and Michael Wottreng begins at 7:00 p.m on our flagship station, The Sports Animal WNML AM 990 and  in progress on FM 99.1  in Knoxville. You can always listen to the broadcast in it’s entirely on smokiesbaseball.com as well as the Smokies mobile app.  To listen online, click here. Mick Gillispie will have the first pitch from Chattanooga at 7:15 p.m.

AUDIO RECAP: SMOKIES  4   Lookouts  3

Danny Will is a Senior Broadcast Assistant for the Smokies Radio Network. You can follow Danny on Twitter here: @DannyWillSays

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by | May 16, 2013 · 11:12 pm

Wright powers Smokies to 6-4 victory

Ty Wright blasted his first two home runs of the year for Tennessee driving in four runs. Photo Courtesy: John Shadrick

Ty Wright blasted his first two home runs of the year for Tennessee driving in four runs. Photo Courtesy: John Shadrick

Ty Wright hit his first two home runs of the season as the Tennessee Smokies took the finale of their five-game series over the Jackson Generals 6-4 at Generals Park.  The Smokies took four of five games in Jackson and are now 5.5 games back of first place Birmingham.

Tennessee (20-19) wasted no time getting on the scoreboard as Ty Wright launched a two-run home run in the top of the 1st, his first of the season, for a 2-0 lead.

Jackson (16-22) battled right back to tie the game with two runs in the bottom of the first.  Vinnie Catricala beat out an infield single that scored Leon Landry and John Hicks scored on a Rafael Lopez passed ball to even up the contest at 2-2.

Wright connected with his second two-run home run of the game in the top of the 3rd inning to give the Smokies the lead back at 4-2.  It’s the first time in his minor league career that Wright has had a multi-home run game.

The Generals were able to rally back again to tie the game with a run in the 3rd and the 4th.  Catricala hit a solo home run, his first of the season in the 3rd and James Jones scored on an RBI groundout by Landry in the 4th to tie the game at 4-4.

Smokies starter Matt Loosen left after four innings of work and didn’t factor in the decision. He allowed four runs on three hits and a season-high six walks.

A two-out rally for the Smokies in the 6th inning put them back in front.  Lopez brought in Christian Villanueva with an RBI double and Jonathan Mota scored on a Forrest Snow wild pitch to push the Smokies lead to 6-4.

A.J. Morris (2-0) pitched three perfect innings out of the bullpen to earn the victory for the Smokies. Snow (1-5) suffered the loss allowing two runs in two innings.

The Smokies will begin a series with the Chattanooga Lookouts tomorrow night at7:15 when Tennessee sends right-hander Kyle Hendricks (2-2, 2.63) to the mound against Chattanooga righty Zach Lee (3-2, 2.61) at AT&T Field.

The Pilot/Oscar Mayer Pregame Show with studio hosts Danny Will and Michael Wottreng begins at 7:00 p.m on our flagship station, The Sports Animal WNML AM 990 and  in progress on FM 99.1  in Knoxville. You can always listen to the broadcast in it’s entirely on smokiesbaseball.com as well as the Smokies mobile app.  To listen online, click here. Mick Gillispie will have the first pitch from Chattanooga at 7:15 p.m.

AUDIO RECAP: SMOKIES  6   Generals  4

Danny Will is a Senior Broadcast Assistant for the Smokies Radio Network. You can follow Danny on Twitter here: @DannyWillSays

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