With their seventh consecutive loss hanging in the balance Monday night at Smokies Park, the Tennessee Smokies fought back and pulled out a hard-fought 8-6 win over visiting West Tenn before a crowd of 1,792, snapping the season-long six-game losing skid.

On a wet and chilly night in Kodak, the Smokies used a total of six pitchers and banged out eleven hits to survived a seesaw battle to finally pull out a victory on the final night of their homestand.

The Smokies (10-15), in last place in the Southern League’s North Division, will begin a five-game series at South Division foe Jacksonville on Wednesday.

Monday’s game went back and forth until things really got intriguing in the eighth inning with the Smokies up 4-3.

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