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WP: Chris Mabeus (1-0) HR: SAC Jon Weber (1) off Shawn Sedlacek IWA Russ Johnson (3) off Britt Reames TIME: 3:31 Jon Weber's three-run homer was the big blow to the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) as the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) defeated the Cubs 4-3 to win the 2004 PCL Championship. The River Cats have now won back-to-back PCL Championships. In the 1st inning, Trenidad Hubbard singled and advanced to second base on a wild pitch. Denny Hocking drew a walk before Russ Johnson doubled to drive in Hubbard and Hocking. Matt Watson and Graham Koonce walked and Jon Weber homered as the River Cats took a 3-2 lead in the 2nd inning. In the 5th inning, Mike Edwards doubled and later scored on Mike Rivera's infield single as the River Cats extended the lead to 4-2. Johnson solo-homered for the Cubs in the home half of the 5th inning to close out the scoring in the game (and in the PCL 2004 season). Neither starter in the game seemed very effective. Sacramento's Britt Reames went 4 2/3 innings, giving up 3 runs and 6 hits while walking 4 and striking out 6. Shawn Sedlacek started for the Cubs and gave up 4 runs and 7 hits in 4 1/3 innings. Filed 09/17/2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WP: Ron Flores (1-0) HR: IWA Russ Johnson (2) off Joe
Blanton SAC Nelson Cruz (1) off Renyel Pinto TIME: 3:20 The Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) scored three runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to come from behind to defeat the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) 5-4 in Game 2 of the 2004 PCL Championship Series. With the victory, the River Cats hold a 2-0 series lead and only need to win one more game to become PCL Champions. In the 1st inning, Steve Stanley reached on an error and advanced to third base on another error on the play before scoring on Dan Johnson's sacrifice flyout as the River Cats took a 1-0 lead. Donny Leon solo-homered for the Cubs in the 2nd inning to tie the game at 1-1, but Sacramento's Nelson Cruz responded with a solo-homer of his own in the home half of the 2nd inning as the River Cats regained the lead at 2-1. In the 3rd inning, Trenidad Hubbard led off with a single and advanced to second base on a wild pitch. Bill Selby doubled to drive in Hubbard and Gookie Dawkins' single brought home Selby as the Cubs led 3-2. Russ Johnson solo-homered in the 7th inning as the Cubs extended the lead to 4-2. Sacramento went to work in the bottom of the 9th inning. Graham Koonce drew a leadoff walk and John Baker walked. Adam Morrissey entered the game to pinch-run for Koonce and Jon Weber sacrifice bunted to advance Morrissey and Baker a base before Mike Rouse's groundout scored Morrissey. Stanley's single plated Baker to tie the game at 4-4. Mark Kiger singled and Johnson walked to load the bases for Mike Edwards, who drew a walk as Stanley trotted home with the game winning run. Filed 09/15/2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WP: John Rheinecker (1-1) HR: SAC Graham Koonce (2) off Jimmy
Anderson TIME: 2:54 Graham Koonce homered twice and drove in five runs as the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) continued the defense of their 2003 PCL Championship crown with a 10-5 victory over the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) to take a 1-0 series lead in the best-of-five 2004 PCL Championship Series. Trenidad Hubbard led off the game with a double and scored on Donny Leon's single as the Cubs led 1-0. In the 3rd inning, Sacramento's Steve Stanley singled and advanced to second base on Mark Kiger's sacrifice bunt. Dan Johnson drew a walk and Mike Edwards reached on a fielder's choice to retire Johnson from the basepaths while Stanley moved to third base. Matt Watson singled to drive in Stanley and Koonce followed with a three-run homer as the River Cats led 4-1.In the 4th inning, Stanley singled and Johnson was intentionally walked before Watson singled to drive them in as the River Cats extended the lead to 6-1. Sacramento added two more runs to the lead in the 5th inning. Mike Rivera reached on an error and Nelson Cruz doubled. Mike Rouse singled to plate Rivera and Stanley singled to drive in Cruz. Iowa's Hubbard walked to lead off the 6th inning and scored on Russ Johnson's double. Leon doubled and Bill Selby singled to drive in Johnson and Leon. Gookie Dawkins' single drove in Selby as the Cubs trailed by three runs at 8-5. In the home half of the 6th inning, Watson walked and Koonce followed with a homer as Sacramento closed out the scoring in the contest. Filed 09/14/2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WP: Kevin McGlinchy (1-0) HR: IWA Gookie Dawkins (1) off Billy Sylvester OKL Pete Zoccolillo (1)
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TIME: 2:44 Micah Hoffpauir and Gookie Dawkins each drove in a pair of runs as the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) defeated the Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) 6-2 to win the American Conference Championship Series. The Cubs will meet the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) in the PCL Championship Series best-of-five series, beginning on Tuesday evening in Sacramento. Donny Leon doubled, Dawkins walked and Hoffpauir doubled to drive in Leon and Dawkins. Fernando Lunar doubled to plate Hoffpauir as the Cubs led 3-0. Denny Hocking walked to lead off the 3rd inning and later scored on Bill Selby's double as the Cubs extended the lead to 4-0. In the 6th inning, Selby walked and Dawkins homered as the Cubs led 6-1. Solo homers by Pete Zoccolillo (4th inning) and Jason Jones (7th inning) provided the only runs the Redhawks scored. Kevin McGlinchy went 6 2/3 innings for the Cubs, giving up 3 hits and 2 runs in the Iowa victory. Filed 09/12/2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WP: John Koronka (1-0) HR: IWA Bill Selby (1) off John Hudgins TIME: 2:40 David Kelton and Bill Selby each had two-run hits in the Iowa Cubs' (AAA Cubs) 5-2 victory over the Oklahome Redhawks (AAA Rangers). The Cubs tied the series at 2-2 and stayed alive in the best-of-five American Conference Championship Series. The deciding game is scheduled for Sunday afternoon at SBC Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City. In the 1st inning, Jason Conti singled, advanced to second base on Ramon Nivar's single, moved to third base when former-Isotope Chad Allen grounded into a double play and scored on Pete Zoccolillo's single as the Redhawks led 1-0. In the 4th inning, Denny Hocking and Russ Johnson singled. Two outs later, Gookie Dawkins singled to plate Hocking and Kelton tripled to drive in Johnson and Dawkins as the Cubs led 3-1. Johnson singled to lead off the 6th inning and Selby followed with a home run as the Cubs extended the lead to 5-1. Oklahoma closed out the scoring in the contest in the 7th inning. Santiago Perez singled, moved to second base on Conti's single, advanced to third base on Nivar's single and scored on Allen's sacrifice flyout. John Koronka tossed 6 1/3 innings of two-run, 10-hit ball for the Cubs. Filed 09/11/2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WP: Adam Pettyjohn (1-0) TIME: 3:06 The Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) scored all five runs in three consecutive innings as they defeated the Portland Beavers (AAA Padres) 5-2 to win the best-of-five Pacific Conference Championship Series three games to one game. The River Cats have earned a spot in the PCL Championship Series and will play the winner of Sunday's American Conference Championship Series Game 5 beginning on Tuesday evening in Sacramento. In the 1st inning, Bobby Scales reached on a dropped fly ball and scored on Jon Knott's double as the Beavers got off to a good start at 1-0. In the 3rd inning, Nelson Cruz infield singled and Mark Kiger drew a walk. Dan Johnson later singled to plate them both as the River Cats took a 2-1 lead. In the home half of the 3rd inning, Humberto Quintero doubled and scored on Knott's double as the Beavers tied the game at 2-2. Portland was unable to hold the lead. In the 4th inning, Matt Watson doubled and scored on Mike Rivera's single as the River Cats led 3-2. In the 5th inning, Steve Stanley was hit by a pitch and Johnson walked. Mike Edwards doubled to plate Stanley and Watson was intentionally walked to load the bases. An out later, Rivera was hit by a pitch as Johnson trotted home to make it 5-2 River Cats. Filed 09/11/2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WP: Sam Narron (1-0) HR: OKL Adrian Gonzalez (1) off Shawn
Sedlacek TIME: 2:41 Jason Jones went 3-for-4 with a homer and five RBI to lead the Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) to a 10-4 victory over the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs). The Redhawks took a 2-1 series lead in the American Conference Championship Series and needs one more victory in the next two games to earn a berth in the PCL Championship Series. Trenidad Hubbard led off the game with a single and scored on Russ Johnson's single as the Cubs led 1-0. Marshall McDougall singled, former-Isotope Adrian Gonzalez doubled and Jason Jones followed with a home run as the Redhawks took a 3-1 lead. Iowa regained the lead at 4-3 in the 3rd inning. Hubbard and Johnson singled and Donny Leon's double plated Hubbard. Gookie Dawkins singled to drive in Johnson and Bill Selby reached on a fielder's choice as Leon scored McDougall singled and scored on Jones' double in the 4th inning as the Redhawks tied the game at 4-4. Oklahoma put the game away in the 6th inning. Pete Zoccolillo singled to lead off the inning, McDougall singled and Gonzalez followed with a walk to load the bases. Jones' single plated Zoccolillo and Santiago Perez singled to drive in McDougall and Gonzalez. Jason Conti reached on a fielder's choice and Ramon Nivar singled to drive in Jones and Conti as the Redhawks led 9-4. Gonzalez solo-homered in the 7th inning to close out the scoring in the game. Filed 09/10/2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WP: Britt Reames (1-0) HR: SAC Dan Johnson (2) off Chris
Oxspring TIME: 3:07 A trio of Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) homered in a 6-4 victory over the Portland Beavers (AAA Padres) on Friday evening in Portland, Oregon. With the victory, the River Cats took a 2-1 series lead in the Pacific Conference Championship Series and only need a victory to advance to the PCL Championship Series. Mike Edwards homered to lead off the 2nd inning as the River Cats led 1-0. In the 3rd inning, Mike Rouse singled and Dan Johnson followed with a home run as the River Cats extended the lead to 3-0. In the home half of the 3rd inning, Freddy Guzman walked and stole second base. Bernie Castro drew a walk and both executed a double steal. Humberto Quintero singled to drive them in as the Beavers edged to a run down at 3-2. Sacramento came right back with more runs. Nelson Cruz walked and Mark Kiger homered as the River Cats led 5-2. Portland's Jon Knott doubled and later scored on J.J. Furmaniak's double-play groundout in the 6th inning. Ben Risinger and Bobby Scales singled and Guzman walked to load the bases in the 7th inning before Knott drew a walk to plate Risinger as the Beavers made the game interesting but the Beavers were unable to eventually tie the game in the next two innings. Beavers starter and Australian Athens-Olympics silver medalist Chris Oxspring lasted 4 innings, giving up 5 hits and 5 runs (all earned). He walked 3 and struck out 6 and allowed all 3 homers in the contest. Filed 09/10/2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WP: Kameron Loe (1-0) HR: IWA Russ Johnson (1) off Kameron Loe TIME: 2:39 The Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) scored three runs in the 6th inning to come from behind to defeat the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) 4-2 to even the best-of-five American Conference Championship Series at 1-1. Denny Hocking tripled in the 1st inning and Russ Johnson followed with a home run as Iowa led 2-0. The rest of the game was all Redhawks. Jason Conti singled and
scored on Pete Zoccolillo's single as the Redhawks cut the defecit to a run
at In the 6th inning, former-Isotope Chad Allen doubled and scored on Zoccolillo's double. Two outs later, Jason Jones singled and Santiago Perez bunt singled as Zoccolillo raced home. Ramon Nivar's double drove in Jones as the Redhawks took a 4-2 lead. Filed 09/09/2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WP: Joe Blanton (1-0) HR: SAC Graham Koonce (1) off Brad Baker TIME: 2:39 Graham Koonce went 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBI as the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) defeated the Portland Beavers (AAA Padres) 7-3 to even up the Pacific Conference Championship Series best-of-five series at 1-1. The series moves to Portland for Games 3 and 4 and 5 (if necessary). With one out in the 1st inning, John Baker was hit by a pitch and advanced to second base on Dan Johnson's single. Mike Edwards single plated Baker as the River Cats led 1-0. In the 3rd inning, Baker and Johnson walked and Matt Watson's single drove in Baker. Watson stole second base and Mike Rose walked to load the bases and Graham Koonce singled to drive in Johnson and Watson as the River Cats extended the lead to 4-0. Edwards and Watson both reached on errors to lead off the 5th inning and Rose singled to drive in Edwards as the River Cats led 5-0. Watson singled and Koonce shortly thereafter homered in the 7th inning as the River Cats built the lead to 7-0. Portland avoided the shutout in the 8th inning as they tried to climb back into the game. Jake Gautreau doubled and Alex Fernandez singled. Freddy Guzman's double drove in Gautreau. An out later, Humberto Quintero reached on an error as Fernandez and Guzman scored. Joe Blanton went 7 1/3 innings for the River Cats, allowing 7 hits and a run while walking one and striking out 9. Filed 09/09/2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WP: Jimmy Anderson (1-0) TIME: 2:26 In front of a small crowd of 2,625, the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) scored two runs in the 5th inning and held off the Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) 2-1 to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five American Conference Championship Series. In the 3rd inning, Jason Jones walked and scored on Jason Conti's triple as the Redhawks led 1-0. In the 5th inning, Denny Hocking singled and advanced to second base on an error. Russ Johnson singled to plate Hocking and Donny Leon's single drove in Johnson as the Cubs took the lead at 2-1. In the pitching duel, Ryan Snare started for the Redhawks and gave up no runs and four hits in 4 1/3 innings of work before he had to leave with a groin injury. Jimmy Anderson started for the Cubs and gave up a single run and four hits in 7 innings. Filed 09/08/2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WP: Brian Sweeney (1-0) HR: POR Jon Knott (1) off Chris Mabeus SAC Dan Johnson (1) off Brian Sweeney TIME: 2:52 Jon Knott went 3-for-5 with a homer, four RBI and two runs scored as the Portland Beavers (AAA Padres) defeated the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) 7-2 to take a 1-0 best-of-five series lead in the Pacific Conference Championship Series on Wednesday evening. In the 1st inning, Freddy Guzman singled and scored on Jon Knott's single as the Beavers took a quick 1-0 lead. In the 2nd inning, Jake Gautreau doubled and scored on Alex Fernandez's infield single as the Beavers added to the lead at 2-0. Knott singled and scored on Gautreau's single in the 3rd inning as the Beavers led 3-0. Dan Johnson homered to lead off the 6th inning as the River Cats got on the scoreboard. Mike Edwards followed with a triple and scored on Matt Watson's sacrifice flyout as the River Cats cut the defecit to a run at 3-2. The Beavers put the game away in the 7th inning. With one out, Bernie Castro and Humberto Quintero singled and Knott homered to left field. Yamid Haad walked and advanced to second base on J.J. Furmaniak's walk before Ben Risinger singled to plate Haad as the Beavers led 7-2. Filed 09/08/2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WP: Clint Sodowsky (9-7) HR: ABQ Joe Dillon (29) off Sam
Narron TIME: 2:28 It is not apparent if Joe Dillon had a homer goal or just wanted to live up to his new billing. Dillon, just named the Isotopes' Power Hitter of the Year, belted a pair of homers to reach the 30 homer mark at the AAA-level as the Isotopes defeated the PCL Eastern Division champion Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) 10-7 to end the 2004 campaign on a positive note. Dillon solo-homered to left-center field in the 1st inning as the Isotopes quickly led 1-0. In the 2nd inning, former-Isotope Adrian Gonzalez walked and Danny Ardoin singled. Santiago Perez's single to left field drove in Gonzalez and Jeff Picker doubled to right field to drive in Ardoin as the Redhawks led 2-1. With one out in the 3rd inning, Derek Wathan doubled and scored on Jason Wood's double to right field. Dillon followed with a homer to left field and Mike Colangelo solo-homered to left field as the Isotopes led 5-2. Oklahoma stormed right back in the 4th inning. Jason Jones singled and Ardoin doubled. Perez's single to left field plated Jones and Pickler's double to right field drove in Ardoin and Perez. Ramon Nivar's grounder advanced Pickler to third base and Pickler scored on Jason Conti's sacrifice flyout to center field as the Redhawks led 6-5. In the 5th inning, Dillon and Colangelo singled and Josh Wilson's double to right-center field drove in Dillon. Drew Niles singled to right field plated Colangelo and Wilson as the Isotopes regained the lead at 8-6. Rob Ryan tripled down the right field line and Ryan Jorgensen homered to left field in the 8th inning as the Isotopes extended the lead to 10-6. Oklahoma finished their scoring in the 9th inning. Jason Conti singled, advanced to second base on former-Isotope Chad Allen's single, went to third base on Pete Zoccolillo's fielder's choice and scored on Gonzalez's fielder's choice. Isotopes Starter: Prospect Watch: Ryan Jorgensen 2x4 (.259), R (20), 2B (11), HR (8), 2 RBI (29) Michael Neu 1 IP (38 1/3), 2 H (47), 1 ER (27), 0 BB, 0 K (ERA:
6.34) 'Topes Notes: The Isotopes took three out of the four games in the series against the Redhawks. For the season series, Oklahoma won 9 out of the 16 games. . . . Due to two fewer home dates in 2004, the Isotopes just missed (by 1,260 fans) eclipsing last year's inaugural season attendance mark. In 2003, the Isotopes drew 576,867 fans and in 2004 the Isotopes drew 575,607 fans. The Isotopes played in front of 996,396 fans at home and on the road in 2004, just missing the million fan mark. The Isotopes did average more fans per game in 2004 (8,223 fans per game in 2004 compared to 8,012 fans per game in 2003). . . . Joe Dillon had four multi-homer games in 2004 and ended up with 39 homers in Class-AA and Class-AAA in 2004. . . . The Isotopes tied a season-high with 10 extra base hits in a game and tied a franchise-record with four homers in a game. . . . Joe Dillon and Mike Colangelo had the Isotopes' fourth back-to-back homers of the season. . . . Jason Wood extended his hitting streak to 8 games with a 1x5 performance. . . . Larry Sutton, who hit .370 in 2004, was injured the last part of the season and did not get enough at-bats in 2004 to qualify for the PCL Batting title. . . . Clint Sodowsky tied an Isotopes franchise record with his 9th pitching victory. Aaron Small and Mike Nannini set and tied the franchise record earlier in the series against Oklahoma. Sodowsky's victory was his first victory since July 21st against New Orleans (AAA Astros). . . . In PCL news, the Fresno Grizzlies and San Francisco Giants extended their player development contract through the 2006 season. . . . The Best-of-Five PCL Conference Championship Series' begin on Wednesday evening. Oklahoma travels to the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) and the Portland Beavers (AAA Padres) travel to the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics). . . . Coming to this web page in the next few days: 2004 Isotopes By-The-Numbers and recaps of all the PCL playoff action. Filed 09/06/2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WP: Michael Nannini (9-10) HR: OKL Jason Jones (13) off Michael Nannini TIME: 2:26 The Isotopes hammered long-time former major leaguer Scott Erickson en route to a 9-2 victory over the PCL Eastern Division champion Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) on Sunday evening at "The Lab". In the 1st inning with two outs, Joe Dillon was hit by a pitch and scored on Matt Padgett's double to left field as the Isotopes led 1-0. Rob Ryan walked, stole second base and scored on Drew Niles' single to right field as the Isotopes extended the lead to 2-0. In the 3rd inning, Joe Dillon walked, stole second base and scored on Padgett's triple to left-center field. Josh Wilson singled to right-center field to plate Padgett as the Isotopes extended the lead to 4-0. In the 4th inning, the Isotopes once again got to Erickson. Niles and Jason Wood singled and Joe Dillon singled and on an error on the play Niles scored while Wood moved to third base and Dillon moved into scoring position. Wood then scored on a wild pitch as the Isotopes led 6-0. Oklahoma got on the scoreboard in the 5th inning. Jason Jones solo-homered to right field, Santiago Perez singled and Danny Ardoin doubled to right field to drive in Perez as the Redhawks cut the defecit to four runs at 6-2. Wilson doubled and later scored on Niles's sacrifice flyout to left field in the home half of the 5th inning as the Isotopes led 7-2. In the 8th inning, Niles walked and advanced to second base on a wild pitch. Derek Wathan walked and both runners came home on Dillon's double to left field as the Isotopes closed out the scoring in the contest. Prospect Watch: Josh Wilson 2x3 (.275), R (31), 2B (11), RBI (22), BB (19), K (51) Michael Nannini (W, 9-10) 7 IP (151 1/3), 4 H (156), 2 ER (89), 0 BB, 'Topes Notes: Michael Nannini tied an Isotope franchise record for most victories in a season (9 victories). Aaron Small set the franchise record on Friday before Nannini tied it tonight. . . . The Isotopes tied a season-high by scoring in five consecutive innings (innings 1-5). . . . Jason Wood went 2x3 to extend his hitting streak to 7 games. . . . The Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) won on Sunday afternoon while the Colorado Springs Sky Sox (AAA Rockies) lost so the Cubs clinched the PCL Central Division title. In the first round of the playoffs, Iowa and Oklahoma will face each other while the Portland Beavers (AAA Padres) and Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) will play each other. The winners of each series will meet in the PCL Championship Series. Keep reading this web page after the Isotopes season as there will be scores and news from all the PCL playoff action as well as Isotope off-season transactions and news. . . . The Isotopes close out their 2004 campaign on Monday afternoon. Pitching probables are LHP Matt Blank (4-8, 6.22) for the Isotopes and LHP Sam Narron (8-2, 4.10) for the Redhawks. Filed 09/05/2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WP: Kameron Loe (5-2) HR: OKL Adrian Gonzalez (12) off Scott Sanders ABQ Joe Dillon (28) off Kameron Loe TIME: 2:19 Former-Isotope Adrian Gonzalez's homer was worth more than Joe Dillon's homer as the Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) defeated the Isotopes 2-1 on Saturday evening at "The Lab". In the 1st inning, Dillon solo-homered to left-center field as the Isotopes scored their only run of the game. In the 6th inning with two outs, Pete Zoccolillo drew a walk and Gonzalez homered to center field as the Redhawks took a lead they would never relinquish at 2-1. Kameron Loe, the Redhawks starter, gave up a run and 5 hits in 7 innings of work while striking out 7 and walking 1 as he dueled Sanders. Sanders' line is below. Isotopes Starter: Prospect Watch: Ryan Jorgensen 0x3 (.254), 2 K (50) 'Topes Notes: With two home dates left, the Isotopes may fall just short of achieving two attendance milestones in 2004. The Isotopes need to average 11,373 fans in the next two games in order to eclipse the inaugural 2003 season attendance mark. The Isotopes will need to average 12,546 fans over the last two games in order to play in front of a million fans in 2004. If the Isotopes do end up short of both milestones, a rainout at Isotopes Park in July could be blamed for costing the Isotopes a home date to add to the attendance totals. . . . Jason Wood went 2x4 to extend his hitting streak to 6 games, while Oklahoma's Santiago Perez went 0x4 to snap an 8-game hitting streak. . . . The Isotopes tied their franchise record for most games below the .500 mark (12 games). . . . Since Scott Sanders' last victory on July 24th against Omaha (AAA Royals) in game two of a doubleheader, Sanders has four no-decisions and four losing decisions. . . . In PCL Central Division race news, both the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) and Colorado Springs Sky Sox (AAA Rockies) won this evening so the Sky Sox remain one game back of the Cubs with two games left to play. The Sky Sox/New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA Astros) contests on Sunday and Monday will be aired on Altitude Sports and Entertainment regional sports network if you want to watch the Sky Sox try to win the division. . . . Pitching probables for Game 3 of the series on Sunday evening are RHP Mike Nannini (8-10, 5.42) for the Isotopes and RHP Scott Erickson (0-0, 9.00) for the Redhawks. Filed 09/04/2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WP: Aaron Small (9-9) HR: OKL Pete Zoccolillo (23) off Aaron Small ABQ Derek Wathan (10) off Ryan Snare TIME: 2:06 Aaron Small pi |