The Birmingham Barons won 9-6 over the Chattanooga Lookouts to win the Southern League North Championship before 2,245 at AT&T Field on Friday night. This will be the second year in a row that the Barons and Biscuits will play for the Southern League Championship title.
Starting pitcher Riley Gowens went three innings, allowing five hits, three runs (one earned), and three walks, while striking out six. Lucas Gordon (1-0, 3.00) gets the win in relief, going three innings, giving up three hits, one earned run, and one walk with five strikeouts. Phil Fox pitched 0.2 innings, giving up one hit, two earned runs, and two walks with one strikeout. Adyson Coffee pitched 1.1 innings, allowing only a walk while striking out one. Caleb Freeman gets his first save of the playoffs, throwing a perfect ninth inning.
The Barons score first in the game when DJ Gladney singled on a line drive to center field, scoring William Bergolla. Coden Connor hit a sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Sam Antonacci, and the Barons led 2-0. The Lookouts scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning on RBI from Ruben Ibarra and Jay Allen. The game was tied at 2-2…