Lookouts make seven errors in 7-3 loss

The Chattanooga Lookouts had 10 defenders on the field in the third inning and still couldn't keep Huntsville from scoring.

Yes, 10 guys in blue made defensive plays against the Stars in that frame of the Lookouts' 7-3 loss Friday night.

One of them was a ball boy who made the smoothest pick of the inning, especially considering Chattanooga made three errors in one inning and seven in all before fireworks illuminated the sky.

"It's self-explanatory, and I think it's the first time I've ever been involved in a seven-error game," Lookouts manager Carlos Subero said. "That's seven errors by one professional baseball team.

"It got to a point where it was embarrassing. Somebody has to stop it."

The left-field ball boy snatched a hard bouncer that shot past Lookouts third baseman Pedro Baez. Just one problem, though: It was a fair ball, resulting in a ground-rule double that prevented Huntsville from scoring a run - at the moment.

Huntsville third-base coach Al LeBeouf put his hands on his head, then must have figured, "Nice play, kid," especially after Sean Halton scored a couple of minutes later.

Erik Komatsu hit a grand slam over the right-field pavilion, pushing Huntsville's lead to 6-1 before a sellout crowd of 6,211.

The Lookouts coaching and training staff headed to the mound to examine starter Steven Jackson, who immediately departed with an injury. He threw 63 pitches, allowed six runs (four earned) and had no strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings of work.

The Stars scored two runs off Jackson in the top of the second. Chattanooga's Kyle Russell cut the lead in half with a homer in the bottom of the second.

Lookouts reliever David Pfeiffer surrendered a fifth run in the top of the third after Jackson left. But he had an RBI double in the bottom of the inning to get Chattanooga within 7-2. He allowed one unearned run and five hits in 3 2/3 innings.

Scott Van Slyke pulled the Lookouts within a grand slam of a tie when he doubled home Brad Coon in the eighth inning.

"I've never seen seven errors before in my life, but that's the way things go," said Jaime Pedroza, who went 2-for-4. "We did it early and we had plenty of ballgame to make up for it. And we made the mistakes being aggressive, which is OK."

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