Chattanooga Lookouts 106-56 vs. Dobson Ranch Bashers 108-54

series 3-3

Game 1 – Oakland Coliseum, Oct 1st – The Chattanooga Lookouts, who won the Aaron Division of the NL, took on the Dobson Ranch Bashers, who won the Clemente Division, 2 heavy weight teams, the Lookouts with 106 wins during the season vs the Bashers with 108 wins… Framber Valdez was starting in Game 1 for the Lookouts vs Blake Snell for the Bashers. The temperature was 63 degrees with no wind. Snell opened the game by getting the 1st two batters, then with 2 outs Paul Goldschmidt doubled before Snell got Ketel Marte to strike out to end the threat. Valdez was good until 2 outs in the bottom of the 2nd Inning when Josh Naylor doubled,  then, with 2 outs Julio Rodriguez in the 8th spot, hit an RBI single to score Naylor and make it Bashers 1, Lookouts 0. Julio then stole 2B; hitting 9th was Brooks Lee the 2B, who had to fill in for Nico Hoerner who could Nnot play. Lee then slapped a single, to plate Julio for a 2-0 Bashers’ lead. The game stayed like this until the bottom of the 4th inning when Julio Rodriguez hit a HR, to make it 3-0. Snell, worked his way through 5-1/3 innings allowing only 2 hits and 2 walks with 8 strikeouts…. Valdez only went 4 Innings, allowing 3 runs…. His line was 4 innings, 5 hits, 2 walks, and 3 strikeouts with 1 HR and 3 earned runs allowed. In the Top of the 7th the Lookouts finally got goingwith Carmen Mlodzinski, with 1 out, Jordan Westburg doubled, then Connor Norby singled him home to make it 3-1 Bashers, Tim Herrin came in to put out the fire, after Herrin walked Otto Lopez, Herrin got Brandon Doyle to ground out and end the threat… In the Bottom of the 7th, with Eric Miller on the mound, Connor Wong singled, and then with 1 out, Francisco Lindor hit a 2-run homer to ice the game, and make it 5-1 Bashers. In the bottom of the 8th, the Bashers added 1 more run for the 6-1 final. Julio Rodriguez was 4 for 4 with 3 runs scored and 2 RBI’s including a double and a HR.

Game 2 – Oct 2nd – Michael Lorenzen for the Lookouts vs Seth Lugo for the Bashers. 71 Degrees and no wind. In the top of the 2nd, Ketel Marte doubled and moved to 3B on a ground out, with1out, Jordan Westburg hit a SF to score Marte and make it 1-0 Lookouts for their 1st lead of this playoff series. In the Bottom of the 2nd, with 1 out, Jose Miranda the DH, hit a double, then Manny Machado stepped to the plate deposited a fastball over the LF wall to make it Bashers 2, Lookouts 1. Then the pitching on both sides stepped up; Seth Lugo would go 6 innings, allow only 1 hit with 1 walk, and only 1 strikeout, but no HR’s allowed and he allowed ONLY 1 earned run, he left with a 2-1 Lead. His counterpart Micheal Lorenzen would go 5 innings, allow only 4 hits, 1 walk, and 1 strikeout, but he allowed  2 earned runs. The bullpen came in, for both teams in the top of the 7th , with 2 outs, Bryan Hudson the lefty, was facing Westburg who in the 2nd inning hit a SF to put the Lookouts ahead 1-0, this time, Westburg, took Hudson, DEEP and out of LF, for a home run, to tie the score at 2-2 apiece…. Both closers came in, for the Lookouts, Eli Morgan the 8th inning, setup manfor the Lookouts, got in trouble with multiple runners on, so in came the Lookouts’ closer Carlos Estevez, who put of the fire in the bottom of the 8th with 2 runs on, and 2 outs, Estevez got pinch hitter Josh Naylor to fly out to end the threat. In the Top of the 9th, the Bashers’ closer Edwin Diaz came in, and got Paul Goldschmidt to fan, then with 1 out, Ketel Marte, hit a long fly ball that was just short of being a dinger and was caught at the wall. Riley Greene lined out of RF to end the top of the 9th. In the bottom of the 9th, Rob Refsnyder opened the 9th with a double, and was in scoring position with no outs when Manny Machado stepped to the plate. Manny hit a long fly ball, that had a chance to go out to LCF, but the ball was off the wall for a double and Refsynder scored from 2nd base to win the game. Bashers win 3 to 2 in walk off fashion. Manny Machado was 2 for 4, with all 3 RBI’s, a 2-run homer, and a game winning double.

Game 3 – C​o​merica Park – Riley Greene’s towering two-run homer in the second inning and Jonah Heim’s go-ahead RBI single in the fourth proved just enough for the Chattanooga Lookouts, who held on to defeat the Dobson Ranch Bashers 3-2 in a game ​t​hat featured a 31-minute rain delay in the seventh inning. The Bashers struck first on Ramon Laureano’s solo shot in the second and tied it an inning later when Julio Rodriguez crushed a 359-foot homer to left​, his second of the series. But Greene answered immediately, turning on a hanging breaker and depositing it 377 feet over the right-center wall to give Chattanooga its first lead. The Lookouts added what turned out to be the winning run in the fourth when Greene doubled, advanced to third on a groundout, and scored easily on Heim’s clean single up the middle. Dobson Ranch mounted threats in the sixth, seventh, and ninth but came up empty each time. Nico Hoerner doubled leading off the sixth and reached third with one out, only to be stranded. In the ninth, pinch-hitter Jose Miranda was hit by a pitch off Chattanooga closer Clay Holmes, and Manny Machado lined a single to put the tying run on third with one out. But Josh Naylor bounced into a crushing 3-6-​3 double play​ giving Chattanooga the victory.

Game 4 – October 4 – In a playoff game that felt like it was played inside a pinball machine, the Chattanooga Lookouts outlasted the Dobson Ranch Bashers 8-5 Saturday night in Game 4 of their National League Division Series, riding a pair of early 2-run homers to victory. The tone was set in the bottom of the first. After leadoff man Lawrence Butler laced a double, Paul Goldschmidt crushed a two-run shot to right-center and Jordan Westburg followed two batters later with another two-run homer to left. Just like that, in the span of nine pitches, Chattanooga turned a 1-0 deficit into a 4-1 lead before many fans had even found their seats on a crisp 62-degree night at Comerica Park. Dobson Ranch answered immediately. Manny Machado led off the second with a solo blast, and two batters later Julio Rodríguez smoked a game-tying two-run homer (389 feet) to left, his third of the postseason. An inning later, Connor Wong manufactured a run the old-fashioned way – single, stolen base, bases-loaded sac fly by Machado – to put the Bashers back in front 5-4. But Chattanooga refused to flinch. A throwing error by third baseman Machado allowed Brenton Doyle’s leadoff double to score in the third, and Westburg came through again with a two-out single to plate Goldschmidt and reclaim the lead. The Lookouts tacked on two more in the fourth on an Butler RBI double and a Goldschmidt sacrifice fly, building an 8-5 cushion they would not relinquish. From there, the bullpens took over. The Lookouts’ late-inning trio of Erik Miller, Aaron Bummer, and closer Clay Holmes slammed the door despite some ninth-inning traffic. Holmes worked around a leadoff single and a walk, inducing a game-ending grounder from Francisco Lindor to seal the victory. Goldschmidt (1-for-3, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R) and Westburg (3-for-4, HR, 3 RBI) did the heavy lifting for Chattanooga. Rodríguez (2-for-4, 2-run HR) and Wong (2-5) kept Dobson Ranch in it, but the Bashers went 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position and left 8 men on base.

Game 5 – In a crisp October afternoon at Comerica Park, the Chattanooga Lookouts built an insurmountable lead before weathering a furious ninth-inning comeback attempt by the Dobson Ranch Bashers, securing a 7-4 win on October 5, 2025. With winds gusting at 19 MPH out to left field and temperatures hovering at 63 degrees, the Lookouts’ offense exploded in the middle innings, tallying three runs in the fourth, two in the fifth, one in the sixth, and another in the seventh. Ketel Marte was a standout for Chattanooga, delivering a key single in the fourth, a two-run double in the fifth, and a solo homer in the seventh that pushed the lead to 7-0. The Bashers, meanwhile, were stifled for eight innings, managing just two hits and stranding runners as Lookouts pitchers struck out seven and induced multiple groundouts. The game’s turning point came in the fourth when Chattanooga broke the scoreless tie. Paul Goldschmidt doubled and advanced on a wild pitch before Marte’s single brought him home. Riley Greene followed with a double, and Jordan Westburg struck out, but Nolan Norby’s two-run double extended the lead to 3-0. The Lookouts continued their assault in the fifth, with Marte’s double plating two more after reliever Tim Herrin entered for Dobson Ranch. Greene’s infield single and ​Brenton Doyle’s RBI double in the sixth added insurance, while Marte’s 332-foot homer in the seventh seemed to seal the deal. However, an injury to Greene in the seventh cast a shadow over Chattanooga’s dominant performance, though it didn’t impact the outcome. The Bashers mounted a dramatic rally in the ninth against relievers Nate Pearson and Fernando Cruz, smashing three home runs to cut the deficit to 7-4. Connor Wong ​t​eed off with​ one out, hitting a 357-foot solo shot, followed by Jose Miranda’s two-run homer (355 feet) and Manny Machado’s solo blast (392 feet). Despite the late surge, Vinnie Pasquantino’s flyout ended the threat, leaving Dobson Ranch with six hits total and no errors on either side. The game clocked in at 3:14, highlighting Chattanooga’s efficient control as they outhit the Bashers 11-6 and capitalized on timely pitching changes to clinch the victory.

Game 6 – Chattanooga at Dobson Ranch, October 7, 2025. It was 67 Degrees with a 11 MPH wind IN from LCF. The game featured Framber Valdez  for Chattanooga  and Seth Lugo for Dobson Ranch. In the Bottom of the 1st Inning, Romy Gonzalez leads off with a single, goes to 2B on a wild pitch, Connor Wong strikes out; that was the 2nd out, then Francisco Lindor hit a 2 out single toscore Gonzalez to make it Bashers 1 Lookouts 0. In the Bottom of the 4th Inning, with 2 outs, Manny Machado hits a 2 out single, then Josh Naylor hits a single, and Manny goes to 3B on the play. Julio Rodriguez hits another single to score Machado and make it Bashers 2 Lookouts 0. Pitching was dominant in this game, Valdez only goes 4.2 innings due to a high pitch count, his final line was 4.2 innings, 6 hits,  6 strikeouts and 2 earned runs. Lugo goes a strong 6.1  Innings, allows only 3 hits and 3 walks, but no earned runs. The Bullpens took over for the Lookouts,  Nate Pearson, Fernado Cruz, and Eric Miller combined to go 3.2 innings, allowing a hit and not walking anyone to go with 3 strikeouts. For the Bashers,  Bryan Hudson, got the last 2 outs in the top of the 7th,Edwin Uceta in the 8th allows 1 walk, and gets 2 strikeouts. In the top of the 9th, Bashers’ closer Edwin Diaz comes in to hold down a 2-0 Lead… Facing the heart of the Lookouts order, Diaz strikes out Ketel Marte to open the 9th, then Riley Greene lines a triple down the RF Line. With 1 out, and Greene on 3B, Jordan Westburg steps up and hits a long fly ball towards deep LF, Ian Happ catches it, but Greene races home to make it Bashers 2 Lookouts 1. Diaz fanned Jake McCarthy to  to end the game. The Bashers got 7 hits to the Lookouts’ 4. Chattanooga had the games ONLY extra base hits, Westburg’s double and Greene’s triple. The series is now tied at 3 games apiece…

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