WP: Brett Evert (1-0)
LP: Andrew Lorraine (0-1)

HR:

NSH Steve Scarborough (2) off Cha Seung Baek in the 3rd inning 
           Nelson Cruz (3) off  Andrew Lorraine in the 13th inning

TIME: 4:05
ATT: 5,233

Nelson Cruz's three-run homer in the 13th inning led the Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) to a 5-2 victory over the Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners).  With the victory, the Sounds won the 2005 Pacific Coast League Championship Series in a three-game sweep, ending a drought of 23 years since the last league title (a Double-A Southern League title in 1982 for the Nashville franchise).

Steve Scarborough solo-homered to left field in the 3rd inning as the Sounds took a 1-0 lead.

Nashville extended the lead to 2-0 in the 6th inning.  Cruz reached on a two-base fielding error and scored on Mike Rivera's single to center field.

Tacoma tied the game in the 7th inning with two runs.  With one out, Wiki Gonzalez and Aaron Rifkin singled and T.J. Bohn Jr. doubled to center field to drive them both in.

The game remained tied until the 13th inning.  Corey D. Hart reached on an error and Tony Zuinga walked ahead of Cruz's homer to left field as the Sounds scored the eventual game-winning runs.

Cruz was named the PCL Championship Series MVP.

WP: Tommy Phelps (1-0)
LP: Jesse Foppert (0-1)

HR:

TAC T.J. Bohn Jr. (2) off Tommy Phelps in the 6th inning
           Justin Leone (2) off  Tommy Phelps in the 5th inning
          Abraham Nunez (1) off Tommy Phelps in the 1st inning

NSH Steve Scarborough (1) off Masao Kida in the 8th inning 

TIME: 2:50 
ATT: 5,230

The Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) scored nine runs in the first four innings and took advantage of five Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) errors in a 11-5 victory in Game 2 of the Pacific Coast League Championship Series.  Nashville has a commanding 2-0 series lead with the rest of the series to be played in Tacoma.  Tacoma will have to win all three games on their home turf if they want to be PCL Champions.

Justin Leone walked and former-Isotope Abraham Nunez homered to left-center field in the 1st inning as the Rainiers led 2-0.

The Sounds cut the defecit in half in their half of the 1st inning.  Trent Durrington walked, advanced to second on an error during a pickoff attempt, stole third base and scored on an error on the throw from the catcher.

The Sounds took the lead in the 2nd inning.  Tony Zuniga singled to center field, Warrne Morris singled to right field and Nelson Cruz doubled to center field to drive in Zuniga.  Two outs later, Durrington infield singled to drive in Morris and Cruz scored on an error during the play as the Sounds led 4-2.

Nashville extended the lead in the 3rd inning.   Vinny Rottino reached on a fielder's choice, Brad Nelson walked and Zuniga was hit by a pitch to load the bases.  Rottino scored on a wild pitch by Tacoma starter Jesse Foppert and Cruz singled to left field to drive in Nelson and Zuniga as the Sounds led 7-2.

Nashville added two more in the 4th inning.  With one out, Durrington infield singled and Krynzel singled to right field.  Nelson reached on a throwing error as Durrington and Krynzel scored.

Leone solo-homered to left field for the Rainiers in the 5th inning and in the 6th inning, Hunter Brown walked and scored on T.J. Bohn Jr.'s homer to center field as Tacoma trimmed the defecit to four runs at 9-5.

Nashville closed out the scoring in the contest with two runs in the 8th inning.  Scarborough solo-homered to left-center field to lead off the inning.  Rottino singled to right field, advanced to third base on Nelson's double to right field, Zuniga was hit by a pitch to load the bases and Morris drew a walk as Rottino trotted home.

Former-Isotope Tommy Phelps allowed five runs and five hits in six innings, an effort good enough to earn the winning decision in the game.

WP: Ben Hendrickson (1-0) 
LP: Bobby Livingston (0-1)
SV: Mike Adams (1)

HR:

TAC T.J. Bohn Jr. (1) off  Brett Evert in the 6th inning
          Wiki Gonzalez (1) off Ben Hendrickson in the 1st inning 
          Justin Leone (1) off  Ben Hendrickson in the 5th inning

NSH Nelson Cruz (1) off Bobby Livingston in the 2nd inning
          Nelson Cruz (2) off Bobby Livingston in the 4th inning
          Tony Zuniga (1) off Bobby Livingston in the 4th inning
         Tony Zuniga (2) off Bobby Livingston in the 5th inning
         Mike Rivera (1) off Bobby Livingston in the 4th inning

TIME: 2:48
ATT: 4,091

The Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) blasted their way to victory (five homers in all, including multi-homer games from Nelson Cruz and Tony Zuniga) as they defeated the Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) 8-6 in the opener of the PCL Championship Series.

Shin-Soo Choo led off the game with a ground-rule double, advanced to third base on Justin Leone's sacrifice bunt and scored on former-Isotope Abraham Nunez's sacrifice flyout.  Wiki Gonzalez followed with a  solo-homer to left-center field as the Rainiers built a 2-0 lead in the 1st inning.

Cruz solo-homered to left-center field in the bottom of the 2nd inning as the Sounds cut the defecit in half at 2-1.

Zuniga, Cruz and Mike Rivera back-to-back-to-back solo-homered in the 4th inning as the Sounds took a 4-2 lead.

Choo singled to lead off the 5th inning and scored on Leone's homer to left-center field as the Rainiers tied the game at 4-4, but the Rainiers quickly struck back to regain the lead in their half of the 5th inning.  Vinny Rottino singled to center field and scored on Zuniga's homer to left field to give the Sounds a 6-4 lead.

T.J. Bohn Jr. homered to left-center field as the Rainiers cut the defecit to a run at 6-5 in the 6th inning.

In Nashville's half of the 6th inning, Chris Barnwell infield singled and scored on Steve Scarborough's double to left field.  Scarborough took third on the throw and scored on Trent Durrington's infield single as Nashville led 8-5.

Hunter Brown walked in the 8th inning, advanced to third base on a pair of groundouts and scored on Asdrubal Cabrera's single to center field as the Rainiers closed out the scoring in the contest.

The Rainiers starter, Bobby Livingston, had a game to forget.  In 5 innings, Livingston gave up 6 runs, 8 hits and allowed all five Nashville homers.

WP: Gary Glover (2-0) 
LP: Michael Tejera (0-1)

HR:

OKL Keith McDonald (2) off Mike Meyers in the 5th inning  
           Chris Richard (2) off Mike Meyers in the 4th inning

TIME: 2:54
ATT: 2,310

The Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) hammered former-Isotope Michael Tejera as the Sounds defeated the Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) 7-3 to win the American Conference Championship Series.  The Sounds will be meeting the Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) in the PCL Championship Series. 

With two outs in the 2nd inning, Nashville's Ryan Knox singled to left field and scored on Chris Barnwell's double to right field.  Steve Scarborough singled to right field to drive in Barnwell as the Sounds led 2-0.

The Sounds extended the lead to 4-0 in the 3rd inning.  Corey D. Hart doubled to center field and scored on Mike Rivera's single to left field.  Rivera then scored on Nelson Cruz's single to center field.

Chris Richard solo-homered to center field in the 4th inning as the Redhawks got on the scoreboard.  Will Smith walked in the 5th inning and Keith McDonald followed with a homer to left-center field as the Redhawks trailed by a run at 4-3.

The Sounds put the game away in the 6th inning.  Cruz was hit by a pitch and Knox walked.  Barnwell bunt singled to load the bases and a wild pitch brought Cruz home.  Trent Durrington sacrifice-flied out to center field as Knox scampered home to give the Sounds a 6-3 lead.

Nashville added their last run in the 8th inning.  Cruz reached on an error, stole second base and scored on Barnwell's single to center field.

WP: Jeff Heaverlo (1-0) 
LP: Jairo Garcia (0-1)
SV: Sean Green (1)

HR:

TAC Justin Leone (1) off Mike Ziegler in the 6th inning

SAC  Jermaine Clark (2) off Emiliano Fruto in the 9th inning

TIME: 4:12 
ATT: 4,592

The Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) tallied three times in the 11th inning to defeat the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) 5-2 to win the American Conference Championship Series.  The Rainiers will meet the Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) in the PCL Championship Series.

Former-Isotope Abraham Nunez doubled to right field and later scored on Aaron Rifkin's sacrifice flyout as the Rainiers took a 1-0 lead in the 4th inning.

Justin Leone solo-homered to left field in the 6th inning as the Rainiers extended the lead to 2-0.

Down to their last at-bat of the season, Sacramento's Jermaine Clark provided the home fans some excitement with a homer to right field with Andre Ethier on-base to tie the game at 2-2.

Tacoma won the game in the 11th inning.  Wiki Gonzalez was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning and Hunter Brown reached on an error.  Brown advanced to second base on defensive indifference and Ryan Christianson singled to left field to drive in Gonzalez.  T.J. Bohn Jr. walked and Asdrubal Cabrera singled to center field to drive in Brown and Christianson as the Rainiers led 5-2.

WP: Dennis Sarfate (1-0) 
LP: Kelvin Jimenez (0-1)
SV: Jeff Bennett (2)

HR:

NSH Nelson Cruz (1) off Kelvin Jimenez in the 4th inning 
           Trent Durrington (1) off Kelvin Jimenez in the 5th inning

TIME: 2:44
ATT: 3,775

Dennis Sarfate allowed a run and four hits in 5 innings of work as the Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) defeated the Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) 3-1 to force a pivotal Game 5 on Sunday evening.  Sunday's winner will win the American Conference Championship Series and advance to the PCL Championship Series.

In the 4th inning, Rashad Eldridge doubled to left field, advanced to third base on a wild pitch and scored on Ruddy Yan's single to right field as Oklahoma led 1-0.

Nashville took the lead in their half of the 4th inning.  Brad Nelson doubled to left field and scored later in the inning on Nelson Cruz's homer to right-center field.

Trent Durrington solo-homered to left field in the 5th inning to extend the Nashville lead to the final score of 3-1.

WP: Josh Rupe (1-0)
LP: Tommy Phelps (0-1)
SV: Jose Veras (2)

HR:

OKL Ruddy Yan (1) off  Tommy Phelps in the 3rd inning

TIME: 2:32
ATT: 5,137

Josh Rupe tossed eight innings of one-run, four-hit ball as the Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) defeated the Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) 2-1.  The Redhawks lead the best-of-five American Conference Championsip Series 2-1 and can wrap up a series win with a victory on Saturday or Sunday (if necessary, if Nashville wins Saturday).

Nashville scored their only run in the 2nd inning.  Brad Nelson singled to right field, stole second base and scored on Warren Morris' single to right field.

Oklahoma tied the game in the 3rd inning when Ruddy Yan solo-homered to left-center field off former-Isotope Tommy Phelps.

Oklahoma scored the eventual game-winning run in the 4th inning.  Esteban German reached on a fielder's choice, stole second base and scored on Rashad Eldridge's single to right field.

WP: Jesse Foppert (1-0)
LP: Mike Saipe (0-1)
SV: Masao Kida (1)

HR:

SAC Jack Cust (1) off Jesse Foppert in the 1st inning 

TIME: 3:08
ATT: 10,127

Justin Leone's two-run single keyed a three-run 6th inning as the Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) snapped a 2-2 tie to pull away from the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics).  With the 7-4 victory, the Rainiers stayed alive in the best-of-five Pacific Conference Championship Series.  Sacramento holds a 2-1 series lead and could wrap up the series with a win at home on Saturday or Sunday (if necessary, if Tacoma wins Saturday).

Andre Ethier singled to center field and an out later, Jack Cust homered to left-center field as Sacramento took a 2-0 lead in the 1st inning.

Tacoma tied the game in the 3rd inning.  Asdrubal Cabrera and Shin-Soo Choo singled and Leone grounded into a double-play as Cabrera scored.  Former-Isotope Abraham Nunez walked, Wiki Gonzalez walked and Aaron Rifkin singled to center field to drive in Nunez.

Tacoma took the lead they would never relinquish in the 6th inning.  Rene Rivera doubled to center field with one out and Cabrera walked.  Choo singled to center field to drive in Rivera and Leone singled to left field to drive in Cabrera and Choo as the Rainiers led 5-2.

Sacramento added a run to their tally in the 6th inning.  Hiram Bocachica walked, advanced to third base on Cust's single and scored on Brant Colamarino's groundout.

Sacramento made the game interesting in the 8th inning.  Bocachica singled to left field, Cust singled to left field to advance Bocachica to third base and Shawn Garrett sacrifice flied out to center field to bring home Bocachica as the River Cats trailed by a run at 5-4.

Tacoma added some breathing room in the 9th inning.  Gonzalez reached on a fielding error to lead off the inning and Michael Garciaparra entered the game as a pinch-runner.  Garciaparra advanced to second base on a passed ball and Rifkin singled to left field.  Hunter Brown sacrifice flied out to bring home Garciaparra and Rifkin was caught stealing second base.  T.J. Bohn Jr. singled to right field, stole second base and scored on Rivera's single to left field as the Rainiers made it the final score of 7-4.

WP: R.A. Dickey (1-0) 
LP: Mitch Stetter (0-1)
SV: Jose Veras (1)

HR:

NSH Dave Krynzel (1) off  R.A. Dickey in the 7th inning
         Warren Morris (1) off  Kevin Gryboski in the 8th inning

TIME: 2:52 
ATT: 3,676

The Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) scored five times in the 7th inning to come back from a 3-2 defecit to eventually defeat the Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) 7-5 to even the American Conference Championship Series at 1-1.

Oklahoma's Drew Meyer singled to left field and two outs later, Jason Botts walked.  Esteban German singled to right field to drive in Meyer as the Redhawks led 1-0.

Nashville tied the game in the 5th inning.  Warren Morris walked, advanced to third base on consecutive singles by Julio Mosquera and Steve Scarborough, and scored on Trent Durrington's single to center field.

Tony Zuniga doubled to left field and scored on Morris' single to left field as the Sounds took a 2-1 lead in the 6th inning.

Oklahoma tied the game in the bottom half of the 6th inning.  German and Rashad Eldrige walked and German advanced to third base when Will Smith grounded into a double play.  Keith McDonald singled to left field to drive in German to make it a 2-2 contest.

Nashville regained the lead in the 7th inning at 3-2 when Dave Krynzel solo-homered to right field.

Oklahoma roared back to take the lead they would never relinquish in the home half of the 7th inning.  Meyer infield singled and Ian Kinsler walked.  Chris Richard laid down a sacrifice bunt and was safe on the play due to an error as the bases became loaded.  Botts infield singled as Meyer scored and the bases remained loaded.  German doubled to left field to drive in Kinsler and Richard and Eldridge singled to right field to drive in Botts and German as the Redhawks built a 7-3 lead.

Nelson Cruz singled to left field ahead of Morris' homer to left field as the Sounds closed out the scoring in the contest.

WP: Chris Mabeus (1-0)
LP: Andrew Lorraine (0-1)
SV: Jairo Garcia (1)

HR:

SAC Jermaine Clark (1) off Masao Kida in the 9th inning

TIME: 3:04
ATT: 3,243

The Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) tallied five unanswered runs in the final three innings to come back to defeat the Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) 7-4 to take a commanding 2-0 best-of-five Pacific Conference Championship Series lead.

Jermaine Clark tripled and scored on Hiram Bocachica's single to right field.  Bocachica later scored on Shawn Garrett's double to left field as the River Cats led 2-0 in the 4th inning.

Tacoma took a 3-2 lead in their half of the 4th inning.  Justin Leone reached on a fielder's choice and former-Isotope Abraham Nunez walked.  Wiki Gonzalez doubled to left field to drive in Leone and Nunez scored on Bucky Jacobsen's infield single.  Hunter Brown's sacrifice fly brought home Gonzalez.

Tacoma extended the lead to 4-2 in the 5th inning.  T.J. Bohn Jr. doubled to left field, Shin-Soo Choo walked and Leone walked to load the bases and Nunez sacrifice flied out to left field to drive in Bohn Jr.

Sacramento started their rally in the 7th inning.  Andrew Beattie singled and Andre Ethier reached safely on a fielder's choice.  Charles Thomas sacrifice bunted both runners up a base and Tom Gregorio sacrifice flied out to right field to drive in Beattie.

In the 8th inning, Bocachica doubled to right field and scored on Jack Cust's double to right field.  Garrett walked and Beattie singled to right field to drive in Cust as the River Cats led 5-4.

In the 9th inning, the River Cats added breathing room when Gregorio infield singled, was replaced by pinch-runner John Baker, and Clark two-run homered to right field to make it the final score of 7-4.

WP: Gary Glover (1-0) 
LP: Derek Lee (0-1)
SV: Jeff Bennett (1)

HR:

OKL Keith McDonald (1) off Alec Zumwalt in the 6th inning 
          Chris Richard (1) off Gary Glover in the 3rd inning  

TIME: 3:06 
ATT: 3.372

Despite a pair of two-run Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) homers, the Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) were able to manufacture enough runs to take a 5-4 victory over the Redhawks in the opener of the American Conference Championships.  The Sounds led the best-of-five series 1-0.

In Nashville's 3rd inning, Chris Barnwell singled to right field and advanced to second base on Steve Scarborough's sacrifice bunt.  Trent Durrington was hit by a pitch and both runners advanced a base on Dave Krynzel's groundout.  Vinny Rottino singled to center field to drive in Barnwell and Durrington.  A wild pitch moved Rottino to third base and Tony Zuniga doubled to center field to drive in Rottino as the Sounds led 3-0.

Oklahoma's Ian Kinsler singled to right field and Chris Richard followed with a home run to center field as the Redhawks cut the defecit to a run at 3-2.

Ryan Knox singled to left field, advanced to third base on Barnwell's single and scored on Scarborough's sacrifice flyout to right field in the 4th inning as the Sounds extended the lead to 4-2.

Nashville's Mike Rivera doubled to center field, advanced to third base on Knox's single to right field and scored on Barnwell's sacrifice flyout to right field in the 6th inning as the Sounds led 5-2.

Oklahoma's Esteban German doubled to right field and scored on Keith McDonald's home to left field as the Redhawks pulled to a run down at 5-4.

WP: Adam Johnson (1-0) 
LP: Damian Moss (0-1)

TIME: 2:58 
ATT: 3,659

The Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) scored six unanswered runs in the 6th and 7th innings to come from behind to defeat the Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) 7-3 in the series opener in Tacoma.  Sacramento leads the best-of-five series 1-0.

Sacramento took a quick 1-0 lead in the 1st inning.  Hiram Bocachica singled to left field with one out and Bobby Smith singled to center field.  A wild pitch advanced both runners a base and Bocachica scored on a passed ball.

Tacoma responded in their half of the 1st inning to take the lead.  With one out, Justin Leone and Abraham Nunez singled and Wiki Gonzalez drew a walk to load the bases.  Aaron Rifkin sacrifice flied out to right field to drive in Leone and Hunter brown two-run singled to center field, driving in Nunez and Gonzalez as the Rainiers led 3-1.

The rest of the contest was all River Cats.  In the 6th inning, Smith and Jack Cust singled and Shawn Garrett walked to load the bases.  An out later, Andre Ethier sacrifice flied out to left field to drive in Smith and John Baker doubled to right field to drive in Cust and Garrett as the River Cats led 4-3.

Sacramento added insurance runs in the 7th inning.  Bocachica doubled to left field and advanced to third on a wild pitch.  Smith singled to left field to drive in Bocachica.  Cust doubled on a hard hit to Rainiers first baseman Rifkin and Garrett walked to load the bases.  Andrew Beattie walked as Smith trotted home and Cust scored on Ethier's groundout as the River Cats built a 7-3 lead.

WP: Adam Wainwright (10-10) 
LP: Travis Smith (7-8)
SV: Brian Falkenborg (6)

HR:

MEM Skip Schumaker (7) off Travis Smith in the 1st inning 

TIME: 2:13 
ATT: 11,623

Adam Wainwright allowed five hits and a run in 6 innings as the Memphis Redbirds (AAA Cardinals) defeated the Isotopes 4-2 in the final game of the 2005 season.

Memphis' Skip Schumaker solo-homered to right field in the 1st inning as the Redbirds quickly led 1-0.

Jason Wood singled to center field and scored on Matt Padgett's double to left field as the Isotopes tied the game at 1-1 in the 4th inning.

Memphis immediately regained the lead in their half of the 4th inning.  With two outs, Chris Duncan walked and advanced to second base on a passed ball.  John Nelson drew a walk and Brad Cresse doubled to center field to drive in Duncan and Nelson as Memphis led 3-1.

Cresse doubled to center field, advanced to third base on Milko Jaramillo's single to right field and scored on Schumaker's sacrifice fly to center field as Memphis extended the lead to 4-1.

Albuquerque scored their final run of the game (and the season) in the 9th inning.  Ryan Jorgensen doubled to right field and scored on Eric Reed's single to right field.

Prospect / High Interest Watch (through games of 09/04/05):

Joe Dillon 98 G, 80 R, 126 H, 21 2B, 1 3B, 24 HR, 72 RBI, 57 BB, 59 K, 11 SB, .631 SLG, .360 AVG 
Jason Stokes (DL) 13 G, 12 R, 13 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 15 RBI, 3 BB, 16 K, 2 SB, .674 SLG, .283 AVG
Derek Wathan (DL) 83 G, 34 R, 58 H, 14 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, 36 RBI, 19 BB, 40 K, 10 SB, .364 SLG, .232 AVG
Josh Wilson 142 G, 88 R, 135 H, 31 2B, 6 3B, 17 HR, 82 RBI, 48 BB, 112 K, 17 SB, .440 SLG, .259 AVG
Eric Reed  38 G, 19 R, 51 H, 5 2B, 4 3B, 1 HR, 19 RBI, 3 BB, 28 K, 15 SB, .404 SLG, .307 AVG

Jeff Fulchino 11-7, 5.06 ERA, 0 SV, 153.0 IP, 179 H, 102 R, 86 ER, 21 HR, 67 BB, 101 K 
Franklyn Gracesqui 0-0, 6.10 ERA, 1 SV, 10.1 IP, 11 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 2 HR, 10 BB, 12 K

THIS DAY IN ISOTOPES HISTORY:  In 2004, Matt Padgett, Joe Dillon and Drew Niles each drove in a pair of runs in a 9-2 Isotopes victory over the Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) at Isotopes Park.  Miki Nannini allowed two runs and four hits in 7 innings of work. 

WP: Jeff Fulchino (11-7)
LP: Chris Gissell (8-8)
SV: Brad Clontz (3)

TIME: 2:12
ATT: 13,315

Jeff Fulchino allowed a run and 5 hits in 7 innings in the Isotopes' 3-1 victory over the Memphis Redbirds (AAA Cardinals) on Sunday evening.

Despite the win, the Isotopes were eliminated from playoff contention as the Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) defeated the Omaha Royals (AAA Royals) 10-8.  Oklahoma is 1.5 games ahead of the Isotopes with only one game left to play in the season, thus the reason the Isotopes will be going home for the year after tomorrow's game.

With one out in the 2nd inning, Mike Colangelo tripled to center field and scored on Matt Erickson's single to right field.  Erickson advanced to third base on John Pachot's single to center field and scored on Isotope starter Jeff Fulchino's single to center field as Albuquerque led 2-0.

Chris Duncan doubled to right field and scored on former-Isotope Chad Allen's infield single with a fielding error as the Redbirds cut the defecit in half at 2-1.

Pachot doubled to left field, moved to third base on Fulchino's sacrifice bunt and scored on Eric Reed's sacrifice flyout to center field in the 7th inning as the Isotopes added an insurance run.

Prospect / High Interest Watch (through games of 09/03/05):

Joe Dillon 97 G, 80 R, 126 H, 21 2B, 1 3B, 24 HR, 72 RBI, 56 BB, 59 K, 11 SB, .637 SLG, .363 AVG 
Jason Stokes (DL) 13 G, 12 R, 13 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 15 RBI, 3 BB, 16 K, 2 SB, .674 SLG, .283 AVG
Derek Wathan (DL) 83 G, 34 R, 58 H, 14 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, 36 RBI, 19 BB, 40 K, 10 SB, .364 SLG, .232 AVG
Josh Wilson 141 G, 88 R, 134 H, 31 2B, 6 3B, 17 HR, 82 RBI, 48 BB, 112 K, 17 SB, .441 SLG, .259 AVG
Eric Reed  37 G, 19 R, 51 H, 5 2B, 4 3B, 1 HR, 18 RBI, 3 BB, 27 K, 15 SB, .414 SLG, .315 AVG

Jeff Fulchino 10-7, 5.24 ERA, 0 SV, 146.0 IP, 174 H, 101 R, 85 ER, 21 HR, 65 BB, 97 K 
Franklyn Gracesqui 0-0, 6.10 ERA, 1 SV, 10.1 IP, 11 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 2 HR, 10 BB, 12 K

THIS DAY IN ISOTOPES HISTORY:  In 2003, the Isotopes earned their only playoff win in franchise history.  In the American Conference Championship Series Game 2, the Isotopes tallied four times in the 1st inning and held on to defeat the Nashville Sounds (AAA Pirates in 2003) 7-5 in a contest played at Herschel Greer Stadium in Nashville. 

WP: Bill Pulsipher (6-7) 
LP: Donovan Osborne (5-3)
SV: Brian Falkenborg (5)

HR:

MEM Chad Allen (11) off Donovan Osborne in the 1st inning

TIME: 2:56
ATT: 12,628

Bill Pulsipher was dominant for the Memphis Redbirds (AAA Cardinals), giving up 4 runs (3 earned) in 8 innings with 15 strikeouts in Memphis' 6-4 victory over the Isotopes on Saturday evening in Memphis.

With the loss, the Isotopes playoff chances became real slim.  The Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) came up with a run in the bottom of the 9th inning to defeat the Omaha Royals (AAA Royals) 3-2.  The Redhawks win, coupled with the Isotopes' loss, moved the Redhawks to 1.5 games ahead of the Isotopes in the PCL American Conference Southern Division playoff race with 2 games left to play.  For the Isotopes to win the division and advance to the playoffs, Albuquerque would have to win both contests left and Oklahoma would have to lose both their contests.

In the 1st inning, John Gall walked and former-Isotope Chad Allen followed with a homer to left field as the Redbirds led 2-0.

Jason Wood singled to right field and scored on Chris Ashby's single to left field in the 2nd inning as the Isotopes cut the defecit to a run at 2-1.

Memphis extended the lead in the 4th inning.  Robinson Cancel walked and an out later, John Nelson doubled to right field.  Bo Hart was intentionally walked to load the bases and Skip Schumaker singled to center field to drive in Cancel and Nelson.  Gall's single to center field brought home Hart as Memphis led 5-1.

Ashby singled to left field to lead off the 5th inning, Matt Erickson reached on an error during a sacrifice bunt and Eric Reed singled to right field to drive in Ashby.

In the home half of the 5th inning, Brandon Berger singled to left field, stole second base, and scored on a wild pitch with an error on the play as the Redbirds led 6-2.

Albuquerque started a late game rally attempt in the 7th inning.  Erickson reached on a bunt single and advanced to second base on a throwing error on the play.  Matt Padgett reached on an error as Erickson moved on to third base and Eric Reed reached on a fielder's choice as Erickson scampered home.

In the 8th inning, Joe Dillon doubled to left field and scored on Todd Sears' single to center field as the Isotopes cut the defecit to two runs at 6-4 and that is as close as Albuquerque would get.

Donovan Osborne worked 4 innings for the Isotopes, giving up 6 hits and 5 runs (all earned) while walking 4 and striking out 2.

Prospect / High Interest Watch (through games of 09/02/05):

Joe Dillon 96 G, 79 R, 125 H, 20 2B, 1 3B, 24 HR, 72 RBI, 56 BB, 57 K, 11 SB, .638 SLG, .364 AVG 
Jason Stokes (DL) 13 G, 12 R, 13 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 15 RBI, 3 BB, 16 K, 2 SB, .674 SLG, .283 AVG
Derek Wathan (DL) 83 G, 34 R, 58 H, 14 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, 36 RBI, 19 BB, 40 K, 10 SB, .364 SLG, .232 AVG
Josh Wilson 140 G, 88 R, 134 H, 31 2B, 6 3B, 17 HR, 82 RBI, 48 BB, 109 K, 17 SB, .445 SLG, .262 AVG
Eric Reed  36 G, 19 R, 50 H, 5 2B, 4 3B, 1 HR, 16 RBI, 3 BB, 25 K, 14 SB, .420 SLG, .318 AVG

Jeff Fulchino 10-7, 5.24 ERA, 0 SV, 146.0 IP, 174 H, 101 R, 85 ER, 21 HR, 65 BB, 97 K 
Franklyn Gracesqui 0-0, 6.30 ERA, 1 SV, 10.0 IP, 10 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 2 HR, 9 BB, 12 K

THIS DAY IN ISOTOPES HISTORY:  In 2004, Aaron Small tossed a 9-hit, 2-run complete game and Derek Wathan homered and drove in three runs as the Isotopes defeated the Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) 9-2 at Isotopes Park.