Lookouts one win from title

The Chattanooga Lookouts are coming home in need of one more win — with two chances to get it — to earn a share of the Southern League title.

T.J. White homered and Felix Jorge allowed just three hits in six innings as the Lookouts beat the Montgomery Biscuits 2-0 Friday night at Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium in the North Division championship series.

Chattanooga leads the best-of-five series 2-1 entering tonight’s game at AT&T Field, where the first pitch is set for 7:15. If necessary, a decisive fifth game would be played at 6:15 p.m. Sunday, also at AT&T.

Jorge got the better end of a duel with Montgomery starter Genesis Cabrera, who scattered five hits in as many innings but gave up a two-run homer to White in the fourth. Jonathan Rodriguez singled with one out, and White followed with his drive to left field.

Chattanooga had runners on first and second in the third, but Cabrera got a pair of flyouts to end that threat. The Lookouts had two on with two outs in the fifth, but Cabrera escaped with a strikeout.

Jorge struck out four and walked one before yielding to Todd Van Steensel, who struck out three and was perfect in two innings. Gabriel Moya hit a batter with one out but then got a popout and strikeout to earn his second save of the series.

The Southern League announced Wednesday that the league championship series would not be played next week because of the threat of Hurricane Irma, and that the division series winners would be crowned co-champions.

The South Division series involves two Florida teams, and Pensacola finished a sweep of Jacksonville with a 5-4 win in 12 innings Friday night.