Carter Graham’s two homers lift Lookouts past Clingstones

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Interstat) — Carter Graham homered twice and drove in four runs as the Chattanooga Lookouts defeated the Columbus Clingstones 4-3 on Thursday at AT&T Field.

Columbus took a 1-0 lead in the third inning. Graham hit a two-run homer in the bottom half to put Chattanooga ahead 2-1. Jordan Groshans tied it with a solo homer in the fourth, and John Gil’s RBI single in the seventh gave Columbus a 3-2 lead. Graham answered with a two-run homer in the eighth, scoring Cam Collier.

The Lookouts improved to 55-69. The Clingstones fell to 57-61. Both teams had six hits.

Brody Jessee earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief, striking out two. Samuel Strickland took the loss. Ian Mejia started for Columbus and allowed two earned runs over six innings with nine strikeouts. Luke Hayden struck out seven over five innings for Chattanooga. Tyler LaPorte struck out three in a scoreless inning, and Jose Montero allowed one run over two innings.

Groshans hit a solo homer for Columbus. Gil and Kevin Kilpatrick Jr. each drove in a run. Johnny Ascanio went 2-for-3 for Chattanooga.

Attendance was 4,014. Game time was 2:22.