2008 News and Game Summary
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September 10 2008 - OKL 11, SAC 2
PCL Championship Game 2 - Series tied 1-1 |
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WP: Steve Rowe (1-0)
LP: Chris Gissell (1-1) |
Home Runs:
OKL Casey Benjamin (3) off Chris Gissell in the 1st inning
OKL Max Ramirez (2) off Justin Dowdy in the 5th inning
OKL Chris Shelton (1) off Justin Dowdy in the 6th inning
SAC Chris Denorfia (4) off Derek Lee in the 1st inning |
TIME: 3:12 ATT: 13,388 |
| The Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) homered three times, scoring enough runs
on the homers to defeat the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) 11-2 on Wednesday evening to tie
the best-of-five PCL Championship Series at a game apiece. |
| In Oklahoma's first inning, Casey Benjamin led off the game with a homer. Ryan Roberts
followed with a single, Chris Shelton singled and Nate Gold walked to load the bases. John Mayberry drew a
base on balls as Roberts trotted home and Max Ramirez grounded into a double play with Shelton scoring as
the Redhawks led 3-0 after a half-inning of play. |
| The River Cats scored their only runs of the game in their half of the 1st inning. Chris
Denorfia, the first Sacramento batter, solo homered. An out later, Carlos Gonzalez, Wes Bankston and Brooks
Conrad singled to load the bases and Matt Murton grounded out to bring home Gonzalez. |
| In the 4th inning, Ramirez and Travis Metcalf walked and Jason Ellison singled to load
the bases. Ben Harrison drew a walk, bringing home Ramirez and Roberts singled, driving in Metcalf and
Ellison as the Redhawks led 6-2. |
| Ramirez solo homered in the 5th inning, and in the 6th inning, Harrison walked,
Benjamin singled and Shelton three-run homered to extend the lead to 10-2. |
| The Redhawks scored their final run in the 8th inning when Gold singled home Benjamin. |
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| NOTES:
Redhawks starter Derek Lee pitched 4 innings, allowing 2 runs and 5 hits. River Cats starter
Chris Gissell allowed 6 of Oklahoma's 11 runs in 4 innings and allowed six hits. . . .
The loss was Sacramento's first PCL Championship series loss in club history - the Vancouver
Canadians moved to Sacramento beginning in the 2000 season. Sacramento is 10-1 all-time in the PCL
Championship Series. . . .
The series resumes Friday night after taking Thursday off. Probables on Friday night when the
rest of the series changes venue to AT-T Bricktown Ballpark are RHP Vincent Mazzaro (1-0, 2.57)
for the River Cats and RHP Tommy Hunter (1-0, 1.50) for the Redhawks.
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September 9, 2008 - SAC 8, OKL 4
PCL Championship Game 1 - Sacramento leads series 1-0 |
| Raley Field |
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WP: Brett Anderson (1-0)
LP: Elizardo Ramirez (0-2) |
Home Runs:
OKL John Mayberry (2) off Brett Anderson in the 2nd inning
OKL John Mayberry (3) off Jared Lunsford in the 8th inning
OKL Casey Benjamin (2) off Brett Anderson in the 3rd inning
OKL Ryan Roberts (2) off Henry Rodriguez in the 9th inning
SAC Justin Knoedler (2) off Elizardo Ramirez in the 5th inning
SAC Casey Rogowski (2) off Zach Parker in the 7th inning |
TIME: 2:46 ATT: 8,708 |
| In the opener of the 2008 PCL Championship Series, the Sacramento River Cats
(AAA Athletics) overcame four Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) homers in a 8-4 victory over Oklahoma
on Tuesday evening. |
| Travis Buck doubled and scored on Carlos Gonzalez's single in the 1st inning as the
River Cats led 1-0. |
| John Mayberry solo-homered in the 2nd inning and Casey Benjamin solo homered
in the 3rd inning as the Redhawks led 2-1 after three innings of play. |
| The River Cats reclaimed the lead in the 5th inning. Gregorio Petit singled and scored on
Justin Knoedler's homer. Chris Denorfia followed with a single, advanced to second base when Buck walked,
and scored on Gonzalez's double. |
| Sacramento extended their lead in the 7th inning. Denorfia and Gonzalez singled and Wes Bankston
doubled to drive them in. An out later, Casey Rogowski two-run homered as the River Cats led 8-2. |
| Mayberry hit his second solo homer of the night in the 8th inning and Ryan Roberts solo
homered in the 9th inning for Oklahoma's final runs of the game. |
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| NOTES:
Redhawks starter Erasmo Ramirez allowed four runs and 9 hits in 6 innings. River Cats starter
Brett Anderson allowed 2 runs and 6 hits in 5 innings. . . .
The River Cats have scored no fewer than eight runs in any of the five postseason games they have
played so far. . . .
Sacramento's Brett Anderson earned his first Triple-A victory in the contest. . . .
Probables in the second game of the series on Wednesday evening are RHP Chris Gissell (1-0, 1.50)
for the River Cats and LHP Derek Lee (1-0, 0.00) for the Redhawks.
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September 7, 2008 - OKL 16, IOWA 5
PCL American Conference Championship - Oklahoma wins series 3-2 |
| AT-T Bricktown Ballpark |
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WP: Tommy Hunter (1-0)
LP: Randy Wells (1-1) |
Home Runs:
IWA Andres Torres (1) off Tommy Hunter in the 1st inning
IWA Andres Torres (2) off Kazuo Fukumori in the 9th inning
OKL Travis Metcalf (2) off Randy Wells in the 4th inning
OKL Travis Metcalf (3) off Jesse Estrada in the 8th inning
OKL Ben Harrison (2) off Jesse Estrada in the 8th inning
OKL Jason Ellison (1) off Justin Berg in the 6th inning
OKL John Mayberry (1) off Edward Campusano in the 7th inning
OKL Ryan Roberts (3) off Randy Wells in the 5th inning |
TIME: 3:00 ATT: 3,965 |
| The Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) brought out their hitting sticks, connecting
for six homers to account for 14 of their 16 runs in a 16-5 victory over the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs)
to claim the 2008 American Conference Championship. |
| Andres Torres solo homered as the Cubs led 1-0 in the 1st inning. |
| The Redhawks got on the scoreboard and took the lead in the 4th inning. Ryan
Roberts was hit by a pitch, John Mayberry and Max Ramirez drew walks, and Travis Metcalf grand-slam
homered to give Oklahoma a 4-1 advantage. |
| Roberts solo homered in the 5th inning, and in the 6th inning, Mayberry and
Ramirez singled and scored on Jason Ellison's three-run homer as the Redhawks led 8-1. |
| Oklahoma added more runs the scoreboard in the 7th inning. Nate Gold walked
and scored on Mayberry's homer. Two outs later, Ellison walked, Ben Harrison singled and Casey
Benjamin reached on an error to load the bases. Roberts walked to bring in Ellison and Chris
Shelton drew a walk as Harrison scored. |
| Bobby Scales singled, advanced to third base on Jason Dubois' double and scored
on Josh Kroeger's sacrifice fly as the Cubs pulled to ten runs down at 12-2 in the 8th inning. |
| Oklahoma finished their offensive eruption in their half of the 8th inning. Mayberry
singled and scored on Metcalf's second homer of the contest. Ellison doubled and scored on Harrison's
two-run homer as Oklahoma led 16-2. |
| Iowa scored their final three runs in the 9th inning. Jake Fox walked,
Sam Fuld doubled and scored on Torres second homer of the game, a three-run shot. |
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| NOTES:
Cubs starter Randy Wells allowed five runs in 5 innings with 3 hits, two of those homers. Redhawks
starter Tommy Hunter allowed a run and 6 hits in 6 innings. . . .
The Redhawks won their first conference title since 1999 today. . . .
The Redhawks will play the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) in the best-of-five
2008 PCL Championship beginning on Tuesday evening. The first two games will be played
in Sacramento and the third game and games four and five (if necessary) will be played in
Oklahoma. If the Redhawks can win the PCL Championship, they will play in their home ballpark
for the Triple-A Championship against the International League Champion in the 2008 Bricktown
Showdown game.
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September 6, 2008 - OKL 9, IOWA 6
PCL American Conference Championship - Series tied 2-2 |
| AT-T Bricktown Ballpark |
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WP: Michael Ballard (1-0)
LP: Jason Stanford (0-1)
SV: Joselo Diaz (1) |
Home Runs:
IWA Bobby Scales (1) off Michael Ballard in the 1st inning
OKL Casey Benjamin (1) off Carmen Pignatiello in the 8th inning
OKL Max Ramirez (1) off Jason Stanford in teh 1st inning |
TIME: 3:05 ATT: 4,309 |
| The Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) defeated the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) 9-6 on Saturday
evening to stay alive in the best-of-five 2008 American Conference Championship series. |
| In the 1st inning, Andres Torres walked, stole second base, Felix Pie reached on an error,
and Bobby Scales three-run homered to give the Cubs a 3-0 lead after a half-inning of play. |
| The Redhawks were up for outdoing the Cubs in their half of the 1st inning. Casey
Benjamin, Nate Gold, and John Mayberry drew walks and Max Ramirez cashed in with a grand-slam homer
as the Redhawks led 4-3 after one inning. |
| Chris Shelton singled and later scored on Travis Metcalf's sacrifice fly in the 3rd inning
as Oklahoma led 5-3. |
| The Cubs tied the game the next half-inning. Anthony Richie doubled, Andres Blanco
singled and Torres singled to drive in Richie. Pie followed with a single to drive in Blanco. |
| Gold's sacrifice fly brought Ben Harrison home in the bottom of the 4th inning as the
Redhawks regained the lead at 6-5. |
| The Redhawks added some insurance runs in the 7th inning. Shelton doubled and
scored on Mayberry's double. Metcalf's ground-rule double brought home Mayberry as Oklahoma led 8-5. |
| Iowa's Scales sacrifice flied out to plate Sam Fuld in the top of the 8th inning, while
Benjamin solo homered for the Redhawks in the bottom of the 8th inning to close out the scoring in the game. |
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| NOTES:
Cubs starter Jason Stanford allowed 6 runs and 5 hits in 3 innings, while Redhawks starter Michael
Ballard allowed 5 runs (4 earned) and 11 hits in 5 innings. . . .
The two clubs meet Sunday afternoon to determine the American Conference champion. Probables
are RHP Randy Wells (1-0 in the series) for the Cubs and RH Tommy Hunter (No Record
in the series) for the Redhawks.
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September 6, 2008 - SAC 8, SLC 3
PCL Pacific Conference Championship - Sacramento wins series 3-1 |
| Franklin Covey Field |
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WP: Vincent Mazzaro (1-0)
LP: Nick Adenhart (0-1) |
Home Runs:
SAC Donnie Murphy (4) off Nick Adenhart in the 2nd inning
SAC Chris Denorfia (3) off Nick Adenhart in the 5th inning
SAC Travis Buck (1) off Nick Adenhart in the 1st inning
SLC Bobby Wilson (3) off Brad Kilby in the 9th inning |
TIME: 2:41 ATT: 3,563 |
| Donnie Murphy homered and drove in four total runs in Sacramento
River Cats' (AAA Athletics) 8-3 victory over the Salt Lake Bees (AAA Angels). Sacramento
won the 2008 Pacific Conference Championship with the victory and advances to the 2008 PCL
Championship playoffs. |
| Travis Buck solo homered as Sacramento led 1-0 after an inning of play. |
| The River Cats added to their lead in the 2nd inning - Casey Rogowski singled and
scored on Donnie Murphy's homer. |
| Freddy Sandoval singled home Gary Patchett in the 3rd inning and Matt Brown
singled and later scored on Adam Pavkovich's sacrifice fly in the 4th inning as the Bees pulled to a run
down at 3-2. |
| Chris Denorfia solo-homered in the 5th inning as the River Cats doubled up the Bees
4-2 and Sacramento added three more runs in the 6th inning. Carlos Gonzalez singled, advanced to
second base on a wild pitch, and scored on Wes Bankston's single. Jeff Baisley reached on an error and Murphy
doubled to drive in Bankston and Baisley. |
| In the 9th inning, each club exchanged single runs. Denorfia doubled and later scored
on Buck's sacrifice fly for Sacramento, while Bobby Wilson solo homered for Salt Lake. |
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| NOTES:
Bees starter Nick Adenhart allowed 7 runs (5 earned) and 8 hits in 5.2 innings. Adenhart allowed
all three River Cats homers. River Cats starter Vincent Mazzaro allowed 2 runs and 5 hits in 7 innings. . . .
Sacramento hit 16 homers in the four game series. . . . The Bees had the best record in the PCL in 2008
but won't have the opportunity to be the 2008 PCL Champion. . . .
The River Cats await the winner of the American Conference Championship between the
Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) and Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) which will have a champion
determined on Sunday. The PCL Championship series begins on Tuesday evening.
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September 5, 2008 - IOWA 2, OKL 1
PCL American Conference Championship - Iowa leads 2-1 |
| AT-T Bricktown Ballpark |
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WP: Mitch Atkins (1-0)
LP: Brian Gordon (0-1)
SV: Hector Carrasco (1) |
TIME: 2:41 ATT: 5,885 |
| In the first two games where both clubs combined for no fewer than 8 runs in each
game, tonight's contest was a pitching duel with the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) defeating the Oklahoma
Redhawks (AAA Rangers) 2-1 to take a 2-1 advantage in the best-of-five 2008 American Conference
Championship series. |
| In the 1st inning, Andres Torres singled, stole second base, tagged up and advanced
to third base on Felix Pie's flyout, and scored on Bobby Scales' single as the Cubs led 1-0. |
| Iowa made it 2-0 in the 6th inning. Torres singled, advanced to third base on Pie's
single and scored on Scales' sacrifice flyout. |
| The Redhawks tried to rally to tie the game in the bottom of the 9th inning
with two outs. John Mayberry drew a walk, advanced to second base on a wild pitch and scored
when Max Ramirez reached on an error. Pinch-runner Craig Gentry advanced to second base on
a wild pitch before Travis Metcalf struck out swinging to end the game. |
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| NOTES:
Iowa starter Mitch Atkins allowed no runs and 4 hits in 7 innings and struck out 7. Oklahoma starter
Brian Gordon allowed both Iowa runs an d9 hits in 7 innings and struck out 6. . . .
The Redhawks look to stay alive in the series with a victory on Saturday. Probables are Michael
Ballard for the Redhawks and Mike Burns for the Cubs.
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September 5, 2008 - SAC 13, SLC 5
PCL Pacific Conference Championship - Sacramento leads 2-1 |
| Franklin Covey Field |
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WP: Chris Gissell (1-0)
LP: Shane Loux (0-1) |
Home Runs:
SAC Donnie Murphy (2) off Giancarlo Alvarado in the 5th inning
SAC Donnie Murphy (3) off Giancarlo Alvarado in the 5th inning
SAC Chris Denorfia (2) off Shane Loux in the 1st inning
SAC Carlos Gonzalez (1) off Shane Loux in the 3rd inning
SAC Justin Knoedler (1) off Giancarlo Alvarado in the 7th inning
SLC Bobby Wilson (2) off Henry Rodriguez in the 8th inning |
TIME: 2:55 ATT: 6,156 |
| For the second night in a row, the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics)
connected for five homers off of Salt Lake Bees (AAA Angels) pitching in a 13-5 victory over the
Bees on Friday evening. With the win, the River Cats take a 2-1 lead in the 2008 PCL Pacific
Conference Championship series. |
| Chris Denorfia solo homered to give Sacramento the lead after a half-inning of play. |
| In the bottom of the 1st inning, Salt Lake's Freddy Sandoval reached on an error,
advanced to second base on Matt Brown's single and scored on Bobby Wilson's single to tie the game at 1-1. |
| Sacramento regained the lead in the 3rd inning. Justin Knoedler doubled and scored on
Denorfia's single. An out later, Carlos Gonzalez homered. |
| The River Cats added to their lead in the 5th inning. Donnie Murphy homered to
lead off the inning. The Bees became generous with two outs - Travis Buck singled and after Gonzalez's foul popup was
dropped for an error, the Bees committed a second error when Gonzalez put the ball in play and Buck scored
on the play to give Sacramento a 6-1 lead. |
| In the 6th inning, Matt Brown reached on an error and scored on Dee Brown's single.
Brown advanced to second base on Wilson's single, tagged up and moved on to third base on Adam
Pavkovich's flyout, and scored on Adam Morrissey's single. |
| The River Cats took a three run lead and opened it up to seven runs in the 7th inning.
Murphy and Knoedler back-to-back homered to lead off the inning. Denorfia singled, Buck reached on
an error, and a double-steal was executed before Wes Bankston brought them home with a two-run
single as the River Cats led 10-3. |
| Wilson solo homered for the Bees in the 8th inning. |
| In the 9th inning, the River Cats added three more runs. Gonzalez singled, Brooks
Conrad doubled, and Jeff Baisley two-run doubled, driving in Gonzalez and Conrad. Murphy's single
brought home Baisley with Sacramento's final run of the game. |
| Peter Bourjos singled and scored on Sandoval's double in the bottom of the 9th inning
for the final run of the game. |
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| NOTES:
River Cats starter Chris Gissell went 6 innings, allowing 3 runs (1 earned) and 7 hits. Bees starter
Shane Loux, on a rehabiliation assignment start from the Angels, lasted 3 innings, allowing
four runs and 5 hits and allowed two homers. . . .
The River Cats have had a player homer twice in a game in all three games of the series.
Jeff Baisley accomplished the feat in Game 1, Brooks Conrad in Game 2 and Donnie Murphy
tonight. . . .
The series continues Saturday as the Bees look to win to stay alive in the series. Probables are
RHP Vincent Mazzaro for the River Cats and RHP Nick Adenhart for the Bees.
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September 4, 2008 - OKL 6, IOWA 2
PCL American Conference Championship - Series tied 1-1 |
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WP: Derek Lee (1-0)
LP: J.R. Mathes (0-1) |
Home Runs:
OKL Travis Metcalf (1) off J.R. Mathes in the 3rd inning |
TIME: 2:52 ATT: 3,093 |
| The Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) batted around and scored five early runs
en route to a 6-2 victory over the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) on Thursday evening in Des Moines. The
Redhawks victory ties the best-of-five 2008 American Conference Championship series at a game apiece. |
| In Oklahoma's big 5-run 2nd inning, John Mayberry reached on an error with one out
but was erased from the basepaths when Max Ramirez reached on a fielder's choice. Travis Metcalf walked and
Jason Ellison singled to drive in Ramirez and Ben Harrison followed with a single to drive in Metcalf. Casey
Benjamin brought home Ellison and Harrison with a double and Ryan Roberts singled to drive in Kroeger. |
| Metcalf solo homered in the 3rd inning to extend Oklahoma's lead to 6-0. |
| Iowa took until the 8th inning to plate their only runs of the game to avoid the shutout.
Andres Blanco singled, Andres Torres doubled and Blanco scored on Bobby Scales' groundout. Jason Dubois
walked to put runners on the corners and Josh Kroeger singled to left field to bring Torres home. |
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| NOTES:
Redhawks starer Derek Lee did not allow a run in 6 1/3 innings. Iowa starter J.R. Mathes allowed
all six Redhawks runs in his five innings of work. . . .
Games 3 and 4 and a game 5 if necessary will be played at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in
Oklahoma City. Probables are Brian Gordon for the Redhawks and Mitch Atkins for the Cubs.
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September 4, 2008 - SAC 8, SLC 3
PCL Pacific Conference Championship - Series tied 1-1 |
| Raley Field |
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WP: Sean Gallagher (1-0)
LP: Anthony Ortega (0-1)
SV: Brett Anderson (1) |
Home Runs:
SAC Brooks Conrad (2) off Anthony Ortega in the 2nd inning
SAC Brooks Conrad (3) off Henry Bonilla in the 8th inning
SAC Casey Rogowski (1) off Anthony Ortega in the 2nd inning
SAC Donnie Murphy (1) off Anthony Ortega in the 5th inning
SAC Chris Denorfia (1) off Anthony Ortega in the 5th inning |
TIME: 2:33 ATT: 11,188 |
| The Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) belted five homers in the contest, accounting
for seven of their eight runs in a 8-3 victory over the Salt Lake Bees (AAA Angels). Sacramento's victory
ties up the 2008 Pacific Conference Championship series at 1 game apiece. |
| Brooks Conrad and Casey Rogowski solo homered in the 2nd inning as the River Cats
led 2-0. |
| In the 5th inning, Jeff Baisley singled and scored on Donnie Murphy's homer. Chris
Denorfia homered later in the inning as the River Cats extended their lead to 5-0. |
| Salt Lake scored all their runs in the 7th inning. With two outs, Terry Evans walked,
Gary Patchett singled and Christopher Walker doubled to drive in Evans and Patchett. Bradley Coon followed
with a single to plate Walker. |
| Sacramento closed out the scoring in the 8th inning. Travis Buck bunt singled,
stole second base and scored on Wes Bankston's double before Conrad followed with a two-run homer. |
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| NOTES:
Bees starter Anthony Ortega allowed 5 runs in 5 innings and gave up four homers. River Cats
starter Sean Gallagher, on a rehabiliation assignment from the Athletics, allowed no runs over
his 5 innings of work. . . .
The rest of the series changes venue to Franklin Covey Field in Salt Lake for games three and four and
a fifth game if necessary. Probables on Friday evening are RHP Shane Loux for the Bees and RHP
Chris Gissell for the River Cats.
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| Filed 09/04/2008 |
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Albuquerque Isotopes - Triple-A
affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers???
Speculation of who might be the Isotopes MLB parent club for
2009 has become very interesting.
Two Las Vegas, Nevada papers recently published articles about
the Los Angeles Dodgers / Las Vegas 51s and the status of their
affiliation.
It was reported that the Dodgers wanted to sign a renewal for
the Player Development Contract with Las Vegas by Opening
Day, then decided to wait until the All-Star Break, and then
postponed it again until after the season. The 51s President
was reported as saying the Dodgers and 51s are not even
talking about a renewal, leaving the door open that the Dodgers
may want to wait a while longer and talk with the Isotopes
about becoming their parent club. The Dodgers were
the parent club of the Albuquerque Dukes from 1972-2000.
The lack of renewing an affiliation deal between the Dodgers
and 51s even appears to have delayed the renaming of the
Las Vegas franchise - potentially to the "Las Vegas Dodgers".
It appears the Dodgers are holding out because they want
a Triple-A club with better facilities than what the 51s can
offer with Cashman Field in Las Vegas. If that is the
case, the Dodgers are choosing quality facilities over
the close proximity of Las Vegas to Los Angeles.
Isotopes General Manager John Traub refused to
comment to the Las Vegas newspapers, but told
Albuquerque television station KOB-TV that Isotope
fans should not write off the Marlins yet because talks
are still in progress for a possible Player Development
Contract renewal between the Isotopes and Marlins.
In other player development news, the Indians are
breaking ties with their Triple-A affiliate the Buffalo
Bisons and appear to be wanting to sign a deal
with the Triple-A Columbus Clippers. The Blue
Jays are thought to be the favorite for Buffalo to
sign an affiliation deal.
The Blue Jays became available for a new
Triple-A club when the Blue Jays
General Manager confirmed the club will not
renew their current affiliation with the Syracuse
Chiefs.
The Triple-A scorecard currently stands at
eight clubs looking to either renew or sign with
a new Major League club for affiliation.
Filed 09/03/2008
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September 3, 2008 - IWA 10, OKL 3
PCL American Conference Championship - Iowa leads 1-0 |
| Principal Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
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R |
H |
E |
| Oklahoma Redhawks |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
. |
3 |
9 |
0 |
| Iowa Cubs |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
X |
. |
10 |
14 |
1 |
WP: Randy Wells (1-0)
LP: Elizardo Ramirez (0-1) |
Home Runs:
OKL Ben Harrison (1) off Randy Wells in the 5th inning
IWA Jason Dubois (1) off Elizardo Ramirez in the 6th inning |
TIME: 2:25 ATT: 3,072 |
| The Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs), trailing in a tight-contest 2-1 going into their half of the 6th inning,
exploded for eight runs in the frame to put away the Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) 10-3 in the opener of their
2008 American Conference best-of-five Championship Series. |
| Back-to-back doubles from Bobby Scales and Jason Dubois put the Cubs on the
scoreboard in the 1st inning. |
| John Mayberry reached on a fielder's choice and scored on Max Ramirez's double
in the 4th inning as Oklahoma tied the game, and in the 5th inning, Ben Harrison solo homered as the
Redhawks led 2-1. |
| Iowa's big 6th inning started when Scales drew a walk and advanced to second
base on a passed ball before scoring on Dubois' two-run homer. Josh Kroeger singled, Luis Figueroa
singled and Anthony Richie singled, bringing home Kroeger. Andres Blanco safely reached on a sacrifice
bunt as Figueroa raced home to score and Felix Pie singled to left field, driving in Richie and Blanco.
Scales doubled, driving in Torres and a wild pitch brought Pie home as the Cubs led 9-2. |
| Jake Fox walked and scored on Figueroa's double in the 7th inning for Iowa's final run,
and in the 8th inning, Harrison singled and later scored on Chris Shelton's double for the Redhawks final
run. |
|
| NOTES:
The Redhawks starter Elizardo Ramirez allowed 8 runs in 5 1/3 innings, while Cubs starter Randy
Wells allowed 2 runs in 6 innings. . . .
The series continues Thursday evening with the probables J.R. Mathes for the Cubs and
Derek Lee for the Redhawks.
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| Filed 09/03/2008 |
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September 3, 2008 - SLC 13, SAC 10
PCL Pacific Conference Championship - Salt Lake leads series 1-0 |
| Raley Field |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Salt Lake Bees |
2 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
13 |
19 |
1 |
| Sacramento RiverCats |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
. |
10 |
14 |
0 |
WP: Nick Green (1-0)
LP: Brad Knox (0-1)
SV: Jason Bulger (1) |
Home Runs:
SLC Matt Brown (1) off Brad Knox in the 1st inning
SLC Matt Brown (2) off Brad Kilby in the 5th inning
SLC Freddy Sandoval (1) off Brad Knox in the 1st inning
SLC Bobby Wilson (1) off Brad Kilby in the 6th inning
SAC Jeff Baisley (1) off Nick Green in the 4th inning
SAC Jeff Baisley (2) off Nick Green in the 5th inning
SAC Brooks Conrad (1) off Nick Green in the 2nd inning |
TIME: 3:32 ATT: 10,847 |
| Salt Lake Bees' (AAA Angels) Matt Brown had four hits, homered twice and drove in
four runs and the Bees scored five runs in two different innings as they outslugged the Sacramento
River Cats (AAA Athletics) 13-10 in the opener of the Pacific Conference best-of-five Championship series. |
| Freddy Sandoval and Brown back-to-back homered in the 1st inning as Salt Lake led 2-0. |
| Sacramento took the lead in the 2nd inning. Brooks Conrad led off the inning with a
homer. Jeff Baisley and Gregorio Petit singled and Chris Denorfia reached on an error with Baisley scoring on
the play. Travis Buck's single brought home Petit as the River Cats led 3-2. |
| The Sacramento lead would be short-lived as the Bees scored their first five-run inning
of the game. Bradley Coon, Sandoval and Brown all singled to lead off the inning with Coon scoring on Brown's
single. Bobby Wilson doubled to drive in Sandoval and Adam Pavkovich was intentionally walked. Terry
Evans singled to drive in Brown and Wilson and Gary Patchett singled to drive in Pavkovich as the Bees led
7-3. |
| Baisley solo-homered for Sacramento as the River Cats trailed 7-4 after four innings
of play. |
| Salt lake scored their final five-run inning of the game in the 5th inning. Pavkovich, Evans and
Patchett drew walks to lead off the inning. Christopher Walker sacrifice flied out to drive in Pavkovich and after Coon
grounded out, Sandoval ground-rule doubled to drive in Evans and Patchett. Brown followed with a two-run
homer as Salt Lake had a 12-4 advantage. |
| In the home half of the 5th inning, Conrad singled and scored on Matt Murton's double and Baisley
followed with a two-run homer. |
| Wilson solo homered for Salt Lake's final run of the game in the 6th inning. |
| For Sacramento in the bottom of the 6th inning, Justin Knoedler singled, Denorfia doubled
Knoedler to third base, and Buck sacrifice flied out to bring home Knoedler. After Carlos Gonzalez was hit
by a pitch, Wes Bankston reached on an fielder's choice with Denorfia scoring on the play as the Bees
trailed 13-9. |
| The River Cats scored their final run in the 8th inning when Baisley drew a walk with the
bases loaded to bring home Buck. |
|
| NOTES:
Bees starter Nick Green allowed 7 runs (5 earned) in 5 innings and allowed three homers. River Cats
starer Brad Knox allowed 7 runs and 11 hits in 2 1/3 innings. . . .
Salt Lake set postseason game franchise records with 19 hits and 13 Runs Batted In. . . . In a losing
cause, Sacramento's Jeff Baisley went 4x4 with 2 homers, 4 RBI and was a triple shy of hitting for
the cycle. . . .
The series continues Thursday evening. Probables are Anthony Ortega for the Bees and
Sean Gallagher for the River Cats. . . .
|
| Filed 09/03/2008 |
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Isotopes Individual and Team Bests for 2008
With the Isotopes having completed their sixth season in
franchise history, here are some of the individual and team
best statistics accomplished in 2008:
Individual
-------------
Home Runs - Dallas McPherson (42)
Wins - Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (13)
Walks Drawn - Dallas McPherson (67)
Games Appeared In - Brandon Villafuerte (62)
Hits Allowed - Bobby Keppel (208)
Earned Runs Allowed - Bobby Keppel (106)
Strikeouts (Pitchers) - Chris Seddon (126)
Walks Allowed - Chris Seddon (69)
Team
--------
Least Amount of 1-Run Games: 30
Least Amount of 1-Run Wins: 16
Least Amount of 1-Run Losses: 14
Most Runs Scored - 812
Least Amount of Triples - 33
Most Homers - 197
Most RBI - 772
Most Strikeouts (Batters) - 1,123
Most Team Hits Allowed - 1,439
Most Walks Allowed - 543
Most Strikeouts (Pitchers) - 977
Least Wild Pitches - 45
Filed 09/02/2008
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Marlins Call Up Four Isotopes
As part of September 1st roster expansion, the Marlins promoted
four Isotopes. They are C Mike Rabelo, IF Robert Andino, IF
Dallas McPherson and P Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz.
Rabelo was promoted and placed on the major-league
disabled list since he is still injured.
Andino played in 43 games with Albuquerque after beginning
the season in Florida, and hit .287 with 6 homers, 26 RBI
and stole 9 bases.
McPherson played in 127 games for the Isotopes, hitting .275
with a minor-league best 42 homers. McPherson drove in 98
runs.
De La Cruz established an Isotopes single-season best with 13
victories, going 13-8 with a 4.34 ERA. In 147 1/3 innings of
work, De La Cruz allowed 139 hits and struck out 118.
Filed 09/01/2008
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September 1, 2008 - Isotopes (68-75)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 2nd Place, -7.5 Games |
| Dell Diamond |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
1 |
5 |
2 |
| Round Rock Express |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
0 |
8 |
1 |
WP: Bobby Keppel (9-11)
LP: Josh Muecke (8-13) |
Home Runs:
ALB Michael Ryan (9) off Josh Muecke in the 4th inning |
TIME: 1:35 ATT: 9,393 |
| Bobby Keppel tossed a complete game shutout and Michael Ryan's 4th inning
homer provided the only run as the Isotopes ended their 2008 season with a 1-0 victory over the
Round Rock Express (AAA Astros) in a franchise record shortest 9-inning game time of 1 hour, 35 minutes. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Bobby Keppel (W, 9-11) |
9.0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 117 G, 434 AB, 67 R, 116 H, 22 2B, 5 3B, 19 HR, 55 RBI, 52 BB, 133 K, 20 SB, .267 AVG
Brett Hayes 37 G, 116 AB, 21 R, 34 H, 3 2B 1 3B, 5 HR, 17 RBI, 4 BB, 23 K, 0 SB, .293 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Isotopes won three out of the four games in the series with Round Rock and 39,292 fans attended.
In 2008, the Express won seven out of the 16 contests. All-time, the series is tied 32-32 with Albuquerque
21-11 at Isotopes Park and 11-21 at Dell Diamond. . . .
Bobby Keppel tossed Albuquerque's second complete game shutout of the season - Daniel Barone has
the other one - and Isotopes pitching had four shutouts in 2008 and Keppel was the starter in three out of
the four shutouts. . . .
The Isotopes are 1-1 in 1-0 contests in 2008. Albuquerque played their 10th 1-0 game in franchise
history and are 4-6 in those ten contests. . . .
The Isotopes are 3-3 in season-closing contests. . . .
The Isotopes played a great final month of the season, going from a franchise-record 18 games below
.500 on August 6th to finishing the season 7 games below .500. . . .
Dallas McPherson has unofficially won Minor League Baseball's Round-Tripper Award. Awarded to the
minor leaguer with the most home runs each season, McPherson ended with 42 homers and appears
to have the most homers of any minor leaguer through games of September 1st. If made official,
McPherson will take home the Joe Bauman trophy and $8,400 in cash for his 42-homer effort. . . .
So far, no Isotope players have been chosen to participate in the Arizona Fall League in October
and early November. . . .
Tucson said goodbye to Triple-A baseball on Monday evening with a 7-2 loss to the Salt Lake
Bees. The Sidewinders, a Diamondbacks affiliate, is moving to Reno for the 2009 season and
Albuquerque will be playing four games in Reno's brand new ballpark in 2009 and Albuquerque fans'
first chance to see the Reno ballclub will be for four games in 2010. The Reno club's
name has not been announced yet and Reno management says the brand new ballpark, with the
groundbreaking in February 2008, is on schedule to host the first home game of the 2009 season.
Tucson is not saying goodbye to professional baseball as a club will be fielded in the independent
Golden Baseball League. The club name will be the Tucson Toros, the former name of the Triple-A
team before becoming Sidewinders, and the home games will be played at Hi Corbett Field, the
ballpark the Toros used to play their Triple-A games in. . . .
The Isotopes season may be over, but keep checking this website for updates on the PCL
Conference Championships, the PCL Championship and the PCL-IL championship game, the
Bricktown Showdown. Also keep monitoring for news of who the Isotopes will be affiliated with
in 2009. Albuquerque's player development contract with the Florida Marlins expired after today's
game and it has not been announced yet if the Marlins and Isotopes will renew the contract or if
there will be brand new faces on the field and in the dugout in 2009 with a change in
major league affiliation. . . . Isotopes new 2008 franchise season best stats and individual new season records will
be posted tomorrow.
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| Filed 09/01/2008 |
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August 31, 2008 - Isotopes (67-75)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 2nd Place, -8.5 Games |
| Dell Diamond |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
. |
2 |
7 |
1 |
| Round Rock Express |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
1 |
7 |
1 |
WP: Brandon Villafuerte (7-3)
LP: Chad Paronto (0-2)
SV: Ross Wolf (1) |
TIME: 4:01 ATT: 10,556 |
| Isotopes starter Chris Seddon had a great outing, striking out 9 and allowing a run in 7
innings, but he was not around when John Gall singled home a run in the 12th inning to give Albuquerque a
2-1 victory over the Round Rock Express (AAA Astros) on Sunday evening in Round Rock. |
| In the 2nd inning, Michael Ryan doubled, advanced to third base on Jason Wood's single,
and scored on Andrew Beattie's single as Albuquerque led 1-0. |
| Edwin Maysonet walked, took second base on a wild pitch, and scored on J.R. Towles
double to the left field wall in the 3rd inning as the Express tied the game at 1-1. |
| Great pitching dominated until the 11th inning when Round Rock had a great opportunity
to win the game. Rad Sadler doubled with one out and Mark Saccomanno was intentionally walked. Nick
Gorneault singled up the middle and Isotopes centerfielder Jai Miller threw a perfect strike to Isotopes catcher
Paul Hoover to nail Sadler at the plate. Saccomanno over-ran second base on the play and was tagged out
in a rundown for the final out of the inning. |
| In the 12th inning, pinch-hitter Dallas McPherson walked, advanced to second base when Robert Andino laid down a sacrifice bunt, and
after Miller was intentionally walked, Gall singled to left field to bring McPherson home with the eventual game winning run. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Chris Seddon |
7.0 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
0 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 116 G, 430 AB, 67 R, 115 H, 22 2B, 5 3B, 19 HR, 55 RBI, 52 BB, 132 K, 19 SB, .267 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
With the win, the Isotopes have guaranteed they won't have their worst record in the six
seasons of existance. . . .
The Isotopes went homerless, snapping a 16 consecutive-game homer streak, a franchise record. . . .
The Isotopes just completed a solid August, going 18-11 for their best record of any month this season and
the best August in the six year history of the club. Albuquerque was 10-3 at home and 8-8 on the road. . . .
Other August totals: 179 runs scored, 26 stolen bases, and 40 homers. . . .
The Isotopes are 5-5 in extra inning contests in 2008. . . .
Albuquerque has 16 last at-bat victories in 2008 and John Gall had the game-winning or go-ahead RBI
in four of those. . . .
Chris Seddon tied a team season high with 9 strikeouts in an outing. . . .
Albuquerque concludes their season on Monday afternoon. Probables in the season finale are
RHP Bobby Keppel (8-11, 6.35) for the Isotopes and LHP Josh Muecke (8-12, 5.05) for the
Express.
|
| Filed 08/31/2008 |
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August 30, 2008 - Isotopes (66-75)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 2nd Place, -8.5 Games |
| Dell Diamond |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
. |
9 |
12 |
0 |
| Round Rock Express |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
1 |
4 |
0 |
WP: Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (13-8)
LP: Josh Miller (8-9) |
Home Runs:
ALB Dallas McPherson (41) off Josh Miller in the 1st inning
ALB Dallas McPherson (42) off Josh Miller in the 5th inning
ALB Michael Ryan (8) off Josh Miller in the 1st inning |
TIME: 2:45 ATT: 9,831 |
| Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz tossed eight innings, allowing 3 hits and a run as
he earned his franchise record 13th victory of the season and Dallas McPherson homered twice and
drove in 5 runs as Albuquerque won at Dell Diamond for the first time in 2008, a 9-1 victory over
the Round Rock Express (AAA Astros). |
| In the 1st inning, Jai Miller singled and scored on McPherson's monster homer to
center field that landed on top of a huge equipment shed just behind the center field wall at the 400 mark.
Ryan followed with a solo homer as the Isotopes staked De La Cruz to a 3-0 lead before De La Cruz
even threw his first pitch of the game. |
| In the 5th inning, Robert Andino doubled, Miller singled and McPherson homered
once again onto the top of the equipment shed, just to the left of where he belted his first homer of the
evening as the Isotopes led 6-0. |
| The Express avoided being shut out in the 6th inning. Edwin Maysonet walked,
advanced to third base on Val Majewski's single and scored when J.R. House grounded into a
double play. |
| Albuquerque added their final three runs in the 9th inning. Paul Hoover doubled, pinch-hitter
Chase Lambin walked and Andino doubled to drive them in. Tagg Bozied's single brought home Andino to
cap the scoring in the game. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (W, 13-8) |
8.0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 115 G, 426 AB, 67 R, 114 H, 22 2B, 5 3B, 19 HR, 55 RBI, 50 BB, 132 K, 18 SB, .268 AVG
Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz 25 APP, 13-8, 4.34 ERA, 147.1 IP, 139 H, 71 ER, 60 BB, 118 K, 13 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Albuquerque was 0-5 at Dell Diamond in 2008 and 0-9 against the Express in Round Rock going back to
2007 until their victory tonight. If Albuquerque can secure one more victory at Dell Diamond in one
of the remaining two games, the Isotopes can avoid tying for their worst season in franchise history. . . .
Dallas McPherson and Michael Ryan's homers extended Albuquerque's consecutive-game homer streak
to 16 games, adding to the franchise record. . . .
With his two homers, Dallas McPherson moved into a second-place tie in modern Albuquerque professional baseball
history for homers in a season with Danny Walton of the 1977 Dukes (42 homers). McPherson is two homers away from
tying the modern Albuquerque single season homer mark. . . .
Dallas McPherson has four multi-homer games this season - a pair of 3-homer games and a pair of
2-homer games. . . .
Isotope batters have back-to-back homered nine times in 2008. . . .
A day after losing by the worst margin in a road game in 2008 (10 runs), the Isotopes won by the
best winning margin in a road game in 2008 (8 runs). . . .
The 2008 PCL Manager of the Year is Pat Listach of the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs). Listach guided
the Cubs to the PCL American Conference Northern Division title. . . .
The Isotopes play their final evening game of the season on Sunday. Probables are LHP Chris Seddon
(10-9, 5.28) for the Isotopes and RHP Alberto Arias (4-4, 3.78) for the E-train.
|
| Filed 08/30/2008 |
|
|
August 29, 2008 - Isotopes (65-75)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 3rd Place, -8.5 Games |
| Dell Diamond |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
. |
2 |
7 |
1 |
| Round Rock Express |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
. |
12 |
15 |
0 |
WP: Runelvys Hernandez (8-8)
LP: Dallas Trahern (5-11)
SV: Fernando Nieve (6) |
Home Runs:
ALB Chase Lambin (14) off Runelvys Hernandez in the 6th inning
RR Yordany Ramirez (12) off Justin Miller in the 6th inning |
TIME: 3:17 ATT: 9,512 |
| Round Rock Express (AAA Astros) starter Runelvys Hernandez allowed 2 runs to the
Isotopes in 6 1/3 innings and the Express scored six runs in the 7th inning, an inning that saw three Isotope
ejections, as the Express defeated the Isotopes 12-2 in the opener of Albuquerque's final series of the season.
The loss dropped the Isotopes to third place in the division. |
| J.R. Towles doubled and scored on Ray Sadler's drive over the head of Isotopes
center fielder Jai Miller to score Round Rock's first run of the game in the 4th inning. |
| The Express added to the lead in the 5th inning. Edwin Maysonet doubled, Val Majewski
walked, and a wild pitch advanced both runners into scoring position before Towles drew a walk to load the
bases. Sadler grounded into a double play, bringing home Maysonet and Mark Saccomanno singled
to drive in Majewski as Round Rock led 3-0. |
| Chase Lambin solo homered for Albuquerque in the 6th inning to get the Isotopes on the
scoreboard. |
| In the home half of the 6th inning, Chris Johnson doubled and scored on Yordany
Ramirez's two-run homer to left field. Later in the inning, Maysonet reached on a fielder's choice, stole second base,
and scored on Towles' single to give the Express a 6-1 lead. |
| The Isotopes scored their final run of the game in the 7th inning. Dallas McPherson
walked, advanced to third base on Michael Ryan's single, and scored on John Gall's sacrifice flyout. |
| The Express added their final runs of the game to the scoreboard in their half of the
7th inning. Saccomanno singled and scored on Tommy Manzella's double down the left field line. Johnson singled to
put runners on the corners and Isotopes reliever Scott Nestor drilled Ramirez with a pitch.
Home Plate umpire Victor Carapazza immediately tossed Nestor from the game because Carapazza
thought Nestor intentionally hit Ramirez - Ramirez had homered the previous inning. Isotopse manager Dean Treanor was ejected for
standing up for Nestor and Isotopes reliever Steve Woodard was tossed by Third Base umpire D.J.
Reyburn before even tossing a pitch, arguing while taking warmup tosses. After the 25 minute stoppage in play
due to the ejections, Isotopes reliever Ross Wolf allowed a Maysonet single to drive in Manzella. With the bases
loaded, Majewski singled to drive in Johnson and Towles walked, bringing home Ramirez. Sadler followed with a walk,
scoring Maysonet and Saccomanno sacrifice flied out to drive in Majewski for the final run of the game. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Dallas Trahern (L, 5-11) |
5.0 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 114 G, 421 AB, 65 R, 111 H, 22 2B, 4 3B, 19 HR, 55 RBI, 50 BB, 131 K, 18 SB, .264 AVG
Brett Hayes 36 G, 113 AB, 21 R, 33 H, 3 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 17 RBI, 4 BB, 23 K, 0 SB, .292 AVG
Scott Nestor 54 APP, 1-1, 0 SV, 7.44 ERA, 61.2 IP, 53 H, 51 ER, 49 BB, 64 K, 9 HR
Dallas Trahern 21 APP, 5-11, 6.16 ERA, 111 IP, 141 H, 76 ER, 45 BB, 71 K, 20 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Chase Lambin's homer extended Albuquerque's consecutive games with a homer streak to 15, adding
to the franchise record. . . .
The Isotopes have lost their last nine contests at Dell Diamond going back to 2007. . . .
The 10 run loss was Albuquerque's worst road loss of the season. . . .
The Isotopes grounded into a season-high four double plays. . . .
Dallas Trahern earned his 11th loss, tying him with Bobby Keppel for most losses on the team in 2008. . . .
Two clubs in the PCL finished their 2008 season with tonight's contest. The New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA Mets)
defeated the Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) 11-10 in 11 innings. The rest of the series in New Orleans
has been cancelled due to the threat of Hurricane Gustav and the need to get residents of that area
evacuated. . . .
The series continues Saturday evening. Probables are RHP Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (12-8, 4.52)
for the Isotopes and RHP Josh Miller (8-8, 5.22) for the Express.
|
| Filed 08/29/2008 |
|
|
August 28, 2008 - Isotopes (65-74)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 2nd Place, -8.5 Games |
| Herschel Greer Stadium |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
. |
4 |
7 |
2 |
| Nashville Sounds |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
3 |
13 |
0 |
WP: Carlos Martinez (2-2)
LP: Tim Dillard (6-1)
SV: Brandon Villafuerte (7) |
Home Runs:
ALB Brett Hayes (5) off Lindsay Gulin in the 3rd inning |
TIME: 3:05 ATT: 6,353 |
 Brett Hayes homered and drove in three runs and the Isotopes plated two 9th inning
runs to come from behind to defeat the Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) 4-3 in the series finale.
In the 1st inning, Hernan Iribarren singled, advanced to second base on an error during the
play, moved on to third base on Tony Gwynn Jr.'s single and scored on former-Isotope Joe Dillon's single as the
Sounds led 1-0.
Hayes solo homered in the 3rd inning to tie the game at 1-1.
Nashville regained the lead in the bottom of the 4th inning. Chris Woodward singled,
Vinny Rottino doubled and a wild pitch brought Woodward home. Iribarren's single drove in Rottino to
give the Sounds a 3-1 advantage. |
| Consecutive 7th inning singles from Jason Wood, Andrew Beattie, and Hayes brought
home Wood as the Isotopes trailed by a run at 3-2. |
| Albuquerque took the lead in the 9th inning. Wood singled, advanced to second
base on pinch-hitter John Gall's groundout and scored on Hayes' single. Chase Lambin and Robert Andino
drew walks to load the bases and Jai Miller lifted a sacrifice fly to bring Hayes home with the eventual
game winning run. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Tim Corcoran |
6.0 |
12 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 113 G, 418 AB, 65 R, 109 H, 22 2B, 4 3B, 19 HR, 55 RBI, 49 BB, 131 K, 17 SB, .261 AVG
Brett Hayes 35 g, 110 AB, 21 R, 33 H, 3 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 17 RBI, 4 BB, 23 K, 0 SB, .300 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
In Isotopes transactions Thursday, IF Lee Mitchell and P Jarrett Santos were each sent to Class-AA
Carolina and P Nick McCurdy joined the Isotopes. McCurdy started 2008 with the York Revolution
of the independent Atlantic League, tossing 53 innings of relief and compiling a 1-2 record with 8 saves and
a 2.04 ERA. The Marlins purchased McCurdy's contract and assigned him to Class-A Greensboro. McCurdy
then advanced to Class-AA Carolina (17 innings pitched between Greensboro and Carolina) before reporting
to Albuquerque. . . .
The Isotopes played their final matchup with the Sounds tonight and Albuquerque took the season series
8-7 with one game lost to the schedule due to a rainout. The Isotopes took this rain-shortened three game
series 2-1 and 10,116 attended. All-time, Nashville hold a 51-43 advantage. . . .
Brett Hayes' homer extended Albuquerque's consecutive game homer streak to 14, adding to the franchise
record. . . .
Nelson Cruz of the Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) was named the 2008 PCL MVP on Thursday.
Cruz hit .342 with 37 homers and 99 RBI and had 24 stolen bases, all stats in the top five in the league in the various categories
before his recent promotion to the Rangers. . . .
The final PCL playoff spot was sealed when the Salt Lake Bees (AAA Angels) won the PCL Pacific
Conference Northern Division on Wednesday. The PCL playoffs will feature the Bees and Sacramento
River Cats (AAA Athletics) in the Pacific Conference Finals and the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) and Oklahoma
Redhawks (AAA Rangers) in the American Conference Finals with each winner meeting to determine the
overall 2008 PCL Champion. . . .
With the Isotopes still unsigned with the Florida Marlins and no news of a pending renewal of the
Player Development Contract that expires at the end of the season, two MLB clubs are out of the
running for Albuquerque to potentially sign with. The Omaha Royals/Kansas City Royals and the
Portland Beavers/San Diego Padres each renewed their Player Development Contracts as announced on
Thursday. . . .
The Isotopes head to Round Rock, Texas on Friday to open the final four-game series of the season
against the Round Rock Express (AAA Astros). Probables are RHP Dallas Trahern (12-8, 4.52) for
the Isotopes and RHP Runelvys Hernandez (7-8, 5.02) for the Express. The Round Rock Express
website should have video game highlights after each game is completed.
|
| Filed 08/28/2008 |
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|
August 27, 2008 - Isotopes (64-74)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 2nd Place, -9.5 Games |
| Herschel Greer Stadium |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
4 |
5 |
2 |
| Nashville Sounds |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
. |
5 |
10 |
0 |
WP: Erasmo Ramirez (3-4)
LP: Carlos Martinez (1-2) |
Home Runs:
ALB Tagg Bozied (26) off Troy Cate in the 4th inning
ALB Michael Ryan (7) off Troy Cate in the 4th inning
NSH Mat Gamel (1) off Bobby Keppel in the 2nd inning
NSH Jay Gibbons (5) off Bobby Keppel in the 6th inning
NSH Brendan Katin (17) off Bobby Keppel in the 6th inning
NSH Tony Gwynn Jr. (2) off Carlos Martinez in the 9th inning |
TIME: 2:24 ATT: 1,679 |
| Home runs played a big part in Wednesday afternoon's game against the Nashville
Sounds (AAA Brewers). Nashville scored all five runs via the longball, including a walk-off homer by Tony
Gwynn Jr. in the 9th inning, as the Sounds defeated the Isotopes 5-4. |
| Nashville's Mat Gamel hit his first Triple-A homer in the 2nd inning to get the Sounds
on the scoreboard. |
| Tagg Bozied and Michael Ryan solo homered for Albuquerque in the 4th inning as Albuquerque
took the lead. |
| The Isotopes extended their lead in the 5th inning. Lee Mitchell doubled and scored on
Isotopes starter Bobby Keppel's double. Robert Andino drew a walk and both runners executed a double steal
before Bozied sacrifice flied out to bring home Keppel to give Albuquerque a 4-1 lead. |
| In the 6th inning, Jay Gibbons solo homered and Brendan Katin homered with Vinny Rottino
on base later in the inning as the Sounds tied the game at 4-4. |
| Nashville did not waste any time winning the game in the 9th inning as leadoff batter
Gwynn Jr. promptly homered to right-center field. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Bobby Keppel |
6.0 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 112 G, 416 AB, 65 R, 109 H, 22 2B, 4 3B, 19 HR, 54 RBI, 48 BB, 131 K, 17 SB, .262 AVG
Scott Nestor 53 APP, 1-1, 0 SV, 6.90 ERA, 61.1 IP, 50 H, 47 ER, 49 BB, 64 K, 9 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Isotopes groundskeeper Jarad Alley has added another award to his trophy case. For the second
year in a row, the Pacific Coast League has named Alley the PCL Sports Turf Manager of the Year. . . .
Michael Ryan has homered in two straight games. . . .
Albuquerque has homered in 13 consecutive games, establishing a new franchise record. The
former record of 12 consecutive games with a homer was set on three different occasions until
it was broken today. . . .
The crowd of 1,679 at Herschel Greer Stadium was the smallest crowd Albuquerque has played in front
of in 2008. . . .
The Pacific Coast League named Salt Lake Bees (AAA Angels) pitcher Shane Loux the 2008 PCL
Pitcher of the Year. Loux went 12-6 with a 3.98 ERA and earned a promotion to the Angels in early
August. Others receiving consideration for the award was Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz of the Isotopes and
Jason Johnson of the Las Vegas 51s (AAA Dodgers). . . .
The series concludes Thursday evening. Probables are RHP Tim Corcoran (0-0, 4.50) for the Isotopes
and LHP Lindsay Gulin (7-7, 3.63) for the Sounds.
|
| Filed 08/27/2008 |
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|
August 26, 2008 - Isotopes (64-73)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 2nd Place, -8.5 Games |
| Herschel Greer Stadium |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
. |
9 |
10 |
0 |
| Nashville Sounds |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
. |
8 |
13 |
2 |
WP: Chris Seddon (10-9)
LP: Chris Narveson (6-13)
SV: Brandon Villafuerte (6) |
Home Runs:
ALB Michael Ryan (6) off Chris Narveson in the 5th inning
NSH Brendan Katin (16) off Chris Seddon in the 1st inning |
TIME: 3:15 ATT: 2,084 |
| Michael Ryan's homer highlighted a five-run 5th inning as Albuquerque took
the lead and then held off a late Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) rally in a 9-8 victory on Tuesday evening. |
| In the 1st inning, Jai Miller and Tagg Bozied drew one out walks. Dallas McPherson
reached on an error to load the bases and a passed ball brought Miller home. Michael Ryan followed with
a double that drive in Bozied to give Albuquerque a 2-0 lead. |
| The Sounds took the lead in their half of the 1st inning. Chris Woodward and former-Isotope
Joe Dillon walked with one out and scored on Brendan Katin's homer. Adam Heether singled, advanced to third
base on Mat Gamel's single, and scored on Vinny Rottino's fielder's choice as the Sounds led 4-2. |
| Miller singled, took second base on a wild pitch, tagged up and advanced to third
base on Bozied's flyout and scored on McPherson's groundout as the Isotopes trailed by a run at 4-3 in
the 3rd inning. |
| Albuquerque regained the lead in the 5th inning. Robert Andino and Bozied walked
and McPherson doubled to drive in Andino to tie the game. Ryan three-run homered to give Albuquerque
the lead and Chase Lambin drew a walk and scored on Lee Mitchell's double as Albuquerque had a 8-4
advantage. |
| In the 8th inning, Carlos Corporan singled to drive in Gamel as the Sounds trailed by
three at 8-5. |
| Bozied walked and later scored on Lambin's double in the 9th inning as Albuquerque
extended their lead back to four runs heading into Nashville's last at-bat. |
| In the bottom of the 9th inning, Woodward singled and Dillon doubled before Katin
sacrifice flied out to drive in Woodward. Heether singled to put runners on the corners and Heether
advanced to second base on defensive indifference before Gamel singled to drive in Dillon and Heether to
pull Nashville to a run down with two outs. Rottino flew out to center field to end the threat and the game. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Chris Seddon (W, 10-9) |
5.0 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 111 G, 412 AB, 65 R, 109 H, 22 2B, 4 3B, 19 HR, 54 RBI, 48 BB, 130 K, 17 SB, .265 AVG
Brett Hayes 34 G, 106 AB, 19 R, 30 H, 3 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 14 RBI, 4 BB, 23 K, 0 SB, .283 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
P Justin Miller, outrighted to Albuquerque from the Marlins last week, accepted the assignment and
joined the Isotopes. OF John Gall also joined the club, returning from his participation on the Beijing
2008 Olympics USA Baseball Team. OF Tommy Murphy was placed on the Disabled List. . . .
The Sounds announced that the opener of this series against Albuquerque was that postponed due
to rain will not be made up, so Albuquerque will not play a full 144-game schedule in 2008. . . .
Albuquerque is 13-13 in one run contests in 2008. . . .
Michael Ryan was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. . . .
Michael Ryan's homer gave Albuquerque a homer in 12 consecutive games, tying a franchise record. . . .
The Pacific Coast League named Josh Whitesell of the Tucson Sidewinders (AAA Diamondbacks) the
2008 PCL Rookie of the Year. At the time of the naming of the award, Whitesell was hitting .324
with 24 homers and 102 RBIs. Others receiving votes were Will Venable of the Portland Beavers (AAA
Padres), Freddy Sandoval of the Salt Lake Bees (AAA Angels) and Christian Colonel of the Colorado
Springs Sky Sox (AAA Rockies). . . . .
Albuquerque and Nashville play an afternoon game on Wednesday. Probables are RHP Bobby Keppel
(8-11, 6.36) for the Isotopes and LHP Troy Cate (2-3, 5.53) for the Sounds.
|
| Filed 08/26/2008 |
|
|
2008 All-PCL Team Named; McPherson on the Squad
The Pacific Coast League kicked off their awards week with the
naming of the 2008 All-PCL Team. Albuquerque's Dallas
McPherson made the team at Designated Hitter.
The 2008 All-PCL Team:
C - Rob Johnson (Tacoma Rainiers)
1B - Joe Koshansky (Colorado Springs Sky Sox)
2B - Eric Patterson (Sacramento River Cats)
3B - Brandon Wood (Salt Lake Bees)
3B - Matt Brown (Salt Lake Bees) and
Jamie D'Antona (Tucson Sidewinders)
OF - Nelson Cruz (Oklahoma Redhawks)
Nick Stavinoha (Memphis Redbirds)
Terry Tiffee (Las Vegas 51s)
DH - Dallas McPherson (Albuquerque Isotopes)
RHP - Shane Loux (Salt Lake Bees0
LHP - Gio Gonzalez (Sacramento River Cats)
RP - Jason Bulger (Salt Lake Bees)
Filed 08/25/2008
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|
|
August 25, 2008 - Isotopes Rained Out
Bozied Wins PCL Weekly Award
The Isotopes and Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) were rained
out in the series opener in Nashville on Monday night due to
the precipitation from Tropical Depression Fay. No makeup
has been announced and it is possible the game will not be
made up since neither team is in playoff contention.
It was a bad weather day in general for the PCL, with the
Isotopes contest and two others postponed due to rain or
wet grounds, for three total out of eight games scheduled.
The probables for Tuesday's contest, weather permitting,
remain the same - LHP Chris Seddon (9-9, 5.21) for
Albuquerque and LHP Chris Narveson (6-12, 5.14)
for the Sounds.
It was Albuquerque's fourth road postponement this
season and fifth overall for the 2008 campaign.
Albuquerque's Tagg Bozied won a PCL Hitter of the Week
honor. For the week, Bozied hit .520 (13x25) with 3 homers
and 12 RBI.
Isotope hitters have been well rewarded by the league in the
weekly award, having taken five Hitter of the Week
awards in 2008.
The PCL Pitcher of the Week went to Nashville's Lindsay
Gulin. Gulin made two starts and won both of them,
tossing 13 innings while allowing 1 run (0.69 ERA)
and struck out 14 batters.
Filed 08/25/2008
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|
|
2008 Isotopes End of Season Awards Announced
In a pregame ceremony before the last home game of the 2008
season, the Isotope End of Season award winners were announced.
They are:
MVP: Dallas McPherson
Fan Favorite: Dallas McPherson
Power Hitter: Dallas McPherson
Mr. Hustle: Chris Barnwell
Best Defensive Player: Chris Barnwell
Pitcher of the Year: Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz
Most Community Minded: Dean Treanor
It is interesting to note McPherson is the first player to win more
than two awards in a single season and Treanor is the first
Manager to win a end of season Isotope player award. Treanor
was singled out for his "Treanor's Troops" program where he
travels around the community talking to at-risk kids as well as
making visits to schools, hospitals and clinics.
McPherson's three total awards trails only Jason Wood, who won
three MVP awards and a Fan Favorite award for a total of four
awards in past seasons.
Filed 08/24/2008
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|
|
August 24, 2008 - Isotopes (63-73)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 2nd Place, -9.0 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| New Orleans Zephyrs |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
. |
7 |
8 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
. |
6 |
8 |
0 |
WP: Jonathan Niese (5-1)
LP: Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (12-8)
SV: Carlos Muniz (9) |
Home Runs:
NRL Trot Nixon (12) off Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz in the 5th inning
ALB Jai Miller (19) off Eddie Camacho in the 8th inning |
TIME: 3:05 ATT: 13,576 |
| In Albuquerque's final home game of 2008, it was a night of celebration. The 2008
Isotopes were celebrated, the Isotope season awards were handed out, and a record season attendance
mark was set. It was not a celebration on the scoreboard, a 7-6 defeat to the New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA
Mets). The loss knocked Albuquerque out of playoff contention with eight games left in the season. |
| In the 2nd inning, Michel Abreu was hit by a pitch and scored on former-Isotope Chris Aguila's triple
to the top of Isotopes Hill. An out later, Robinson Cancel singled up the middle to bring home Aguila as
the Zephyrs led 2-0. |
| New Orleans added two more runs in the 4th inning. Abreu singled to left field and Aguila singled
to right field. Both runners advanced a base on a passed ball and a wild pitch brought home Abreu while
advancing Aguila to third base. Andy Green followed with a sacrifice fly to left field to drive in Aguila. |
| Ramon Martinez singled to deep short and scored on Trot Nixon's two-run homer to left-center
field as the Zephyrs led 6-0. |
| Albuquerque got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the 5th inning. Chase Lambin singled
to left field and pinch-hitter Lee Mitchell drew a walk. Robert Andino singled to drive in Lambin and Tagg
Bozied sacrifice flied out to bring home Mitchell as Albuquerque trailed 6-2. |
| The Isotopes edged closer in the 6th inning. Jason Wood flared a single to left field and
Jai Miller singled. After Paul Hoover's infield-fly-rule out and Brett Hayes flyout, pinch-hitter Michael Ryan
singled to right field to bring home Wood and Miller. |
| With Albuquerque down by two runs, the Zephyrs scored a very important run in the
7th inning to give them a three run cushion at 7-4. Anderson Machado led off the inning with a walk, stole
second base, advanced to third base by tagging up on Jesus Feliciano's flyout to center, and scored on
Martinez's single. |
| Wood singled and scored on Miller's homer to left-center field in the 8th inning as
Albuquerque trailed by a run at 7-6, and Albuquerque went down in order the rest of the frame and
down in order in the 9th inning as they failed to score the game tying run. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (L, 12-8) |
5.0 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 110 G, 408 AB, 63 R, 107 H, 22 2B, 4 3B, 19 HR, 54 RBI, 47 BB, 129 K, 17 SB, .262 AVG
Brett Hayes 33 G, 101 AB, 19 R, 30 H, 3 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 14 RBI, 4 BB, 20 K, 0 SB, .297 AVG
Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz 24 APP, 12-8, 4.52 ERA, 139.1 IP, 136 H, 70 ER, 56 BB, 113 K, 13 HR
Scott Nestor 52 APP, 1-1, 0 SV, 7.09 ERA, 59.2 IP, 49 H, 47 ER, 48 BB, 62 K, 9 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
With a crowd of 13,576, Albuquerque shattered the single-season record attendance mark. 593,606
fans came through the turnstiles in 2008, a per-game average of 8,361. The previous marks were
582,839 (2006) and 8,304 per-game (2007), resulting in beats of 10,767 attendance and 57 more fans
per game. Weather was nicer than usual in 2008 but not perfect - the 71 home openings ties a franchise record set in 2003
and 2005, meaning Albuquerque has never had all 72 home openings in any of their six seasons of play.
3,473,913 have come through the turnstiles in six seasons, putting Isotopes Management in a good spot,
good weather and good promotions in 2009 pending, of setting another milestone all-time Isotopes Park
attendance mark late in the season. . . .
The 13,576 attendance was the 6th best regular season attendance in Isotopes Park history and second
largest crowd of 2008. To put in perspective how many large crowds have attended games at Isotopes Park in six years, the Isotopes Park
first game attendance mark of 12,215 in 2003 is the 35th largest regular season crowd. . . .
John Gall will be rejoining the Isotopes sometime during the Nashville series. Gall and the rest of the USA
Olympic Baseball Team won a Bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. . . .
Albuquerque and New Orleans played their final game of 2008. The Isotopes took four out of the five
games in the series and 54,149 attended the five games. The series attendance mark set a franchise
record for a five-game series, eclipsing the mark of 48,656 set in a 2007 series with the Memphis Redbirds (AAA
Cardinals). With tonight's loss, the Zephyrs snapped a five
game losing streak to the Isotopes in games played at Isotopes Park. The Isotopes have never swept a five game
series and are 0-2 in 2008 in the fifth game of a series. . . .
In 2008, New Orleans took 7 out of the 16 games. Albuquerque was 6-2 at Isotopes Park and
1-7 at Zephyr Field. All-time, Albuquerque holds a 48-47 advantage. . . .
Tagg Bozied went hitless in four at-bats to snap a 11-game hitting streak. . . .
Albuquerque can tie a franchise record for most consecutive games with a homer if they homer
tomorrow evening at Herschel Greer Stadium. The Isotopes have homered in their last 11
games. . . .
The Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) clinched the PCL American Conference Northern Division,
setting up a playoff matchup with the Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) to determine the
American Conference Champion. With the Sacramento Rivercats (AAA Athletics) having already clinched the
PCL Pacific Conference Southern Division, they are waiting the Northern Division winner, potentially
the Salt Lake Bees (AAA Angels). Salt Lake has a magic number of four to clinch the division with
the Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) trying hard to play their way into the playoffs. . . .
Albuquerque plays their second to last series of the season beginning on Monday evening. Probables
for the series opener against the Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) in Nashville are LHP Chris Seddon
(9-9, 5.21) for the Isotopes and LHP Chris Narveson (6-12, 5.14) for the Sounds. Despite being eliminated
from playoff contention, Albuquerque has something to play for - avoiding the worst single-season record
in the six seasons of the franchise and some individual players are playing for potential call-up to the Marlins
at the end of the season.
|
| Filed 08/24/2008 |
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|
August 23, 2008 - Isotopes (63-72)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 2nd Place, -9.0 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| New Orleans Zephyrs |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
1 |
11 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
X |
. |
9 |
12 |
0 |
WP: Dallas Trahern (5-10)
LP: Nelson Figueroa (4-7) |
Home Runs:
ALB Robert Andino (6) off Nelson Figueroa in the 3rd inning |
TIME: 2:27 ATT: 12,742 |
| Dallas Trahern pitched eight innings, allowed a first inning run, but then settled down to toss seven
scoreless frames, and Robert Andino two-run homered and Michael Ryan drove in three runs as
Albuquerque defeated the New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA Mets) 9-1 for the Isotopes' fifth straight victory. |
| Jesus Feliciano led off the game with a triple and scored on Andy Green's single
as New Orleans had their only lead in the game at 1-0 after a half inning of play. |
| In the 3rd inning, Brett Hayes tripled and scored on Trahern's single. Andino
followed with a two-run homer as the Isotopes led 3-1. |
| Jason Wood singled and scored on Andrew Beattie's triple in the 4th inning. Hayes
sacrifice flied out to bring home Beattie to extend Albuquerque's lead to 5-1. |
| Dallas McPherson doubled and scored on Ryan's single in the 5th inning and in the
7th inning, Andino walked, Tagg Bozied singled and McPherson drew a walk to load the bases ahead of
Ryan's single to drive in Andino and Bozied. Wood sacrifice flied out to drive in McPherson with the final
run of the game. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Dallas Trahern (W, 5-10) |
8.0 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Brett Hayes 32 G, 100 AB, 19 R, 30 H, 3 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 14 RBI, 4 BB, 20 K, 0 SB, .300 AVG
Dallas Trahern 20 APP, 5-10, 6.20 ERA, 106 IP, 135 H, 73 Er, 40 BB, 67 K, 20 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
P Taylor Tankersley was placed on the Disabled List on Saturday, potentially freeing up roster room
for P Justin Miller. Miller, after being designated for assignment earlier in the week, cleared waivers
and was outrighted from the Marlins to Albuquerque. It has not been reported yet if Miller accepted the
assignment to Albuquerque or declined the assignment and became a free agent. . . .
The crowd of 12,742 is the 20th largest regular-season crowd in Isotopes Park history. . . .
Albuquerque's nice little winning streak means they won't set a franchise record for the earliest
elimination from the playoffs date. . . .
Tagg Bozied singled to extend his hitting streak to 11 games. . . .
The Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) became the first PCL club to clinch a playoff spot
on Saturday evening. . . .
Albuquerque plays their final home game of the 2008 season on Sunday evening. Albuquerque will look for the really
rare five-game series sweep, the 2008 Isotopes will be celebrated, a single-season attendance record will be set, and unfortunately the game
may eliminate Albuquerque from playoff contention -- all it will take is an Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers)
win or an Albuquerque loss. Probables are RHP Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (12-7, 4.35) for the Isotopes
and LHP Jonathan Niese (4-1, 3.66) for the Zephyrs.
|
| Filed 08/23/2008 |
|
|
August 22, 2008 - Isotopes (62-72)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 2nd Place, -9.0 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| New Orleans Zephyrs |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
. |
7 |
9 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
. |
8 |
10 |
1 |
WP: Carlos Martinez (1-1)
LP: Eddie Kunz (0-1) |
Home Runs:
NRL Trot Nixon (11) off Tim Corcoran in the 4th inning
NRL Chris Aguila (26) off Tim Corcoran in the 6th inning
NRL Michel Abreu (14) off Carlos Martinez in the 9th inning
ALB Tagg Bozied (25) off Willie Collazo in the 4th inning
ALB Michael Ryan (5) off Eddie Kunz in the 9th inning |
TIME: 2:44 ATT: 9,541 |
| Robert Andino's game winning RBI single in the bottom of the 9th inning capped a five-run
comeback as the Isotopes defeated the New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA Mets) 8-7 on Friday evening. Albuquerque
is riding a four game winning streak and has in the past couple of games moved from the basement of the division into a tie for
second place. |
| It took until the 4th inning for either team to score. In the top of the 4th inning, Jesus
Feliciano walked and stole second base ahead of Trot Nixon's homer as the Zephyrs led 2-0. |
| Tagg Bozied solo homered as Albuquerque cut the defecit in half at 2-1 after four
innings of play. |
| Nixon walked and scored on former-Isotope Chris Aguila's homer in the 6th inning as
New Orleans extended their lead to 4-1. |
| The Isotopes edged closer in the 7th inning. Jason Wood and Andrew Beattie singled
and Jai Miller's single drove in Wood. Paul Hoover reached on a fielder's choice while Beattie scored as
the Isotopes found themselves down by a run at 4-3. |
| New Orleans put up what they thought would be insurance runs in the 9th inning. Michel
Abreu homered with one out. Another out later, Andy Green walked, stole second base, advanced to third
base on an error during the play and scored on Nixon's single. Nixon went to second base on a wild pitch
and scored on former-Isotope Val Pascucci's double as the Zephyrs led 7-3 going into Albuquerque's
last at-bat. |
| Bozied got things off on the right foot with a leadoff walk. Wood singled to put
runners on the corners and Beattie reached on a fielder's choice as Bozied scored and Wood was
erased at second base. Miller struck out before Hoover doubled to drive in Beattie. Pinch-hitter
Michael Ryan two-run homered to tie the game and Dallas McPherson doubled and scored on
Andino's single for the game-winning run. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Tim Corcoran |
6.0 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 109 G, 405 AB, 61 R, 105 H, 22 2B, 4 3B, 18 HR, 52 RBI, 46 BB, 129 K, 17 SB, .259 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Final John Gall Team USA Update: Gall and his USA Olympic Baseball team won the Bronze medal!
Team USA fell to Team Cuba 10-2 in the semifinal round, denying Team USA the opportunity to play for
the Gold medal. Gall played left field and went 0x4 in the loss. In the Bronze medal game, Team USA
defeated Team Japan 8-4 and Gall did not play. Gall ended up playing in 8 out of the 9 games in the
Beijing Olympics and hit .242 (8x33) with 4 doubles, a homer, 5 RBI, 2 walks, 7 strikeouts and 5 runs scored. . . .
Tommy Murphy went hitless to snap a 16-game hitting streak, the best on the Isotopes team so far
in 2008. Tagg Bozied hit safely to extend his streak to 10 games. . . .
Michael Ryan had Albuquerque's third pinch-hit homer of 2008 and the 9th in franchise history. . . .
The Zephyrs swiped four bases, the most by an Isotope opponent in a game in 2008. . . .
Albuquerque has 14 last at-bat victories in 2008. . . .
Albuquerque and New Orleans meet again on Saturday evening. Probables are RHP Dallas Trahern
(4-10, 6.61) for the Isotopes and RHP Nelson Figueroa (4-6, 4.18) for the Zephyrs.
|
| Filed 08/22/2008 |
|
|
August 21, 2008 - Isotopes (61-72)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 3rd Place, -10.0 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| New Orleans Zephyrs |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
. |
8 |
15 |
1 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
X |
. |
16 |
20 |
0 |
WP: Bobby Keppel (8-11)
LP: Bobby Parnell (1-2) |
Home Runs:
NRL Chris Aguila (25) off Bobby Keppel in the 6th inning
NRL Michel Abreu (13) off Bobby Keppel in the 6th inning
NRL Andy Green (7) off Bobby Keppel in the 6th inning
ALB Robert Andino (5) off Eddie Camacho in the 5th inning
ALB Jai Miller (18) off Eddie Camacho in the 5th inning |
TIME: 3:01 ATT: 10,310 |
| A spectacular school-night crowd of 10,310 saw a great game. Robert Andino
hit for the cycle, almost every Isotope starting batter knocked in at least one run, Bobby Keppel
won to snap a personal five-game losing streak, and Andino and Jai Miller powered the Isotopes into
the record books in Albuquerque's 16-8 victory over the New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA Mets) on Thursday
evening at "The Lab". |
| In the 2nd inning, Michael Ryan singled and scored on Andrew Beattie's double. Beattie
advanced to third base on an error and scored on Brett Hayes' single. |
| Albuquerque added to their lead in the 3rd inning. Andino tripled, Tommy Murphy
walked, and Tagg Bozied singled to drive in Andino. An out later, Ryan tripled to drive in Murphy and Bozied
and Miller sacrifice flied out to bring home Ryan as the Isotopes led 6-0. |
| The Isotopes continued adding runs to the scoreboard in the 4th inning. Isotopes starter
Keppel singled, Andino singled and Murphy singled to drive in Keppel. Bozied singled to drive in Andino. After
Murphy advanced to third base on a passed ball, Ryan sacrifice flied out to drive in Murphy as the Isotopes
led 9-0. |
| Anderson Machado doubled and scored on Zephyr relieve Eddie Camacho's double in the
5th inning as the Zephyrs got on the scoreboard. |
| In the bottom of the 5th inning, Miller and Andino each solo homered to extend the
Isotopes' lead to 11-1. |
| Andy Green solo homered to lead off the 6th inning for New Orleans. Trot Nixon walked
and Michel Abreu homered. Former-Isotope Chris Aguila followed with a solo homer as the Zephyrs trailed
11-5. |
| The Isotopes got those runs back and more in their half of the 6th inning. Bozied
and Dallas McPherson singled to lead off the inning. After Ryan struck out, Beattie singled to drive in
Bozied. Miller was hit by a pitch and Hayes singled to drive in McPherson. With the bases loaded, Isotopes
reliever Jarrett Santos singled to drive in Beattie and Miller and Andino doubled to bring home Hayes as
the Isotopes led 16-5. |
| Abreu doubled home Green in the 7th inning and former Isotope Val Pascucci and Jesus
Feliciano singled home runs in the 8th inning to close out the scoring in the game. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Bobby Keppel (W, 8-11) |
5.0 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 108 G, 402 AB, 61 R, 104 H, 22 2B, 4 3B, 18 HR, 51 RBI, 45 BB, 128 K, 17 SB, .259 AVG
Brett Hayes 31 G, 97 AB, 18 R, 29 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 4 BB, 19 K, 0 SB, .299 AVG
Scott Nestor 51 APP, 1-1, 0 SV, 7.18 ERA, 57.2 IP, 48 H, 46 ER, 45 BB, 59 K, 9 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Robert Andino's cycle was the fourth Isotopes cycle in franchise history and the first one since Derek
Wathan's cycle on July 1, 2004. All four cycles occurred at Isotopes Park. . . .
Andino tied an Isotopes franchise record with 5 hits in the game. . . .
Jai Miller's homer in the 5th inning tied the Isotopes franchise record for most homers in season (183 homers,
tied with the 2005 Isotopes squad) and Andino's homer later in the inning inked the 2008 squad into the record books. . . .
Only Dallas McPherson and Bobby Keppel were the starters without an RBI in the game. . . .
Tommy Murphy singled to extend his hitting streak to 16 games. Tagg Bozied extended the team's
current second best hitting streak to 9 games. . . .
Bobby Keppel last won on June 14, 2008 against Omaha before tonight's victory. . . .
New Orleans' Michel Abreu was close to hitting for a cycle of his own. Abreu was a triple shy of
hitting for the cycle. . . .
The countdown to the final Isotopes home game of 2008 continues. Friday evening marks the first game
of the last weekend home series. Probables are RHP Tim Corcoran
(0-0, 0.00) for the Isotopes and LHP Willie Collazo (4-8, 4.05) for the Zephyrs.
|
| Filed 08/21/2008 |
|
|
August 20, 2008 - Isotopes (60-72)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 3rd Place, -11.0 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| New Orleans Zephyrs |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
5 |
12 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
X |
. |
7 |
10 |
1 |
WP: Steve Woodard (1-2)
LP: Eude Brito (0-1)
SV: Brandon Villafuerte (5) |
Home Runs:
NRL Andy Green (5) off Chris Seddon in the 1st inning
NRL Andy Green (6) off Chris Seddon in the 2nd inning
NRL Jesus Feliciano (3) off Chris Seddon in the 1st inning
ALB Andrew Beattie (11) off Eude Brito in the 6th inning
ALB Brett Hayes (4) off Eude Brito in the 6th inning |
TIME: 2:58 ATT: 7,980 |
| Andrew Beattie's grand-slam homer highlighted a six-run 6th inning as the Isotopes
came from behind to defeat the New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA Mets) 7-5 in the series opener on Wednesday
evening. Albuquerque has won two straight games and moved out of the basement in the PCL American
Conference Southern Division standings. |
| Solo homers from Andy Green and Jesus Feliciano put New Orleans in the lead at 2-0
after a half inning of play. |
| Tommy Murphy doubled and scored on Tagg Bozied's double in the bottom of the 1st
inning as the Isotopes cut the defecit in half at 2-1. |
| Zephyrs starter Ruddy Lugo singled and scored on Green's homer in the 2nd inning, and
in the 3rd inning, Gustavo Molina doubled and later scored on Feliciano's single as the Zephyrs led 5-1. |
| In Albuquerque's big 6th inning, Bozied walked, Dallas McPherson singled, Michael Ryan
struck out, and Jason Wood drew a walk to load the bases ahead of Beattie's grand slam homer. Brett
Hayes followed with a solo homer. Chase Lambin singled, Robert Andino popped out, Murphy
singled, and Bozied singled to drive in Lambin as Albuquerque led 7-5. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Chris Seddon |
2.2 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 107 G, 399 AB, 59 R, 103 H, 22 2B, 4 3B, 17 HR, 50 RBI, 45 BB, 128 K, 17 SB, .258 AVG
Brett Hayes 30 G, 93 AB, 17 R, 27 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 3 BB, 19 K, 0 SB, .290 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
John Gall Team USA update: The USA Olympic baseball team, scoreless with Japan after 10 innings,
scored four runs in the special 11th inning tiebreaker format and went on to defeat Japan
4-2. John Gall went 1x5 with 1 strikeout and drove in one run during the 11th inning. Team USA
finished the preliminary round 5-2 and earned a 3rd seed. In a semifinal game to be played Friday,
Team USA will play Team Cuba with the winner advancing to the Gold Medal game while the loser
will play in the Bronze Medal game. . . .
Tommy Murphy extended his hitting streak to 15 games. Murphy's hitting streak is overshadowing
a good one currently put together by Tagg Bozied (8 games). . . .
Albuquerque has four grand-slam homers in 2008 - one each by Andrew Beattie, Jai Miller,
George Lombard, and Chris Barnwell. . . .
The series continues on Thursday evening. Probables are RHP Bobby Keppel (7-11, 6.34) for the
Isotopes and RHP Bobby Parnell (1-1, 4.91) for the Zephyrs.
|
| Filed 08/20/2008 |
|
|
August 19, 2008 - Isotopes (59-72)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -11.0 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Memphis Redbirds |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
3 |
7 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
X |
. |
4 |
8 |
0 |
WP: Ross Wolf (5-2)
LP: Kelvin Jimenez (1-5)
SV: Brandon Villafuerte (4) |
Home Runs:
ALB Tagg Bozied (24) off Jess Todd in the 1st inning
ALB Tommy Murphy (4) off Kelvin Jimenez in the 8th inning |
TIME: 2:42 ATT: 7,477 |
| Albuquerque came back in the 8th inning, led by a Tommy Murphy solo homer and
a Jai Miller sacrifice fly later in the inning as the Isotopes defeated the Memphis Redbirds (AAA Cardinals)
4-3 in the series finale on Tuesday evening. |
| In the 1st inning, Tyler Greene singled and stole second base ahead of Rico Washington's
walk and Josh Phelps' hit-by-pitch to load the bases. David Freese doubled to drive in Greene and Washington
as Memphis led 2-0 after a half-inning of play. |
| Tagg Bozied solo homered in the 1st inning as the Isotopes cut the defecit in
half at 2-1. |
| The two clubs exchanged single runs in the 6th inning. Freese singled home Washington
in the top half, Robert Andino doubled and later scored on Bozied's sacrifice fly in the bottom half as Memphis
held a 3-2 advantage. |
| Murphy solo homered to lead off the bottom of the 8th inning to tie the game. An out
later, Dallas McPherson walked, Michael Ryan singled McPherson to third base, and Miller sacrifice flied
out to bring home McPherson with the eventual game winning run. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz |
6.0 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 106 G, 399 AB, 59 R, 103 H, 22 2B, 4 3B, 17 HR, 50 RBI, 44 BB, 128 K, 17 SB, .258 AVG
Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz 23 APP, 12-7, 4.35 ERA, 134.1 IP, 129 H, 65 ER, 55 BB, 112 K, 12 HR
Scott Nestor 51 APP, 1-1, 0 SV, 7.31 ERA, 56.2 IP, 48 H, 46 ER, 43 BB, 59 K, 9 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
John Gall Team USA update: Team USA clinched a medal-round berth with a 4-2 victory over
Chinese Taipei on Tuesday. Gall helped out Team USA's cause with a solo homer. Gall
went 2x3 in the game with the solo homer, a double, a RBI and two runs scored. . . .
The Isotopes and Redbirds swept the official series 2-2, while Memphis took 3 out of the 5 games if
you count the completion of a suspended game during the series. 30,211 fans attended at Isotopes
Park. . . .
Today was the final game of 2008 between the Isotopes and Redbirds, and Albuquerque won 9 out of
the 16 games in the season series (4-4 at Isotopes Park and 5-3 at Memphis). All-time, Albuquerque
leads the series 54-44. . . .
Tommy Murphy extended his hitting streak to 14 games, continuing his Isotope season-high streak. . . .
Albuquerque's Andrew Beattie was ejected by Home Plate umpire Will Robinson in the 6th inning. Beattie
has been tossed from a game three times in 2008. . . .
The Isotopes play their final series of the season beginning Wednesday evening. The New Orleans
Zephyrs (AAA Mets) provide the opposition in the unusual five-game series. Probables in the
opener are LHP Chris Seddon (9-9, 4.98) for the Isotopes and RHP Ruddy Lugo (7-11, 4.92)
for the Zephyrs.
|
| Filed 08/19/2008 |
|
|
August 18, 2008 - Isotopes (58-72)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -12.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Memphis Redbirds |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
. |
6 |
9 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
5 |
12 |
0 |
WP: Ron Flores (6-4)
LP: Carlos Martinez (0-1)
SV: Kelvim Jimenez (12) |
Home Runs:
MEM David Freese (24) off Carlos Martinez in the 10th inning
ALB Tagg Bozied (23) off Blake Hawksworth in the 1st inning |
TIME: 3:15 ATT: 7,426 |
| Tagg Bozied homered and drove in four total runs, but the effort was not enough
as David Freese homered in the 10th inning to give the Memphis Redbirds (AAA Cardinals) a 6-5
victory over Albuquerque. |
| In the 1st inning, Brendan Ryan singled, Tyler Greene walked and two outs later, Freese
walked ahead of Rico Washington's bases-clearing double down the right field line as the Redbirds led 3-0 before
Albuquerque even came to bat. |
| Bozied solo homered in the bottom of the 1st inning as the Isotopes trailed 3-1 after
an inning of play. |
| Memphis added to their lead in the 2nd inning. With two outs, Ryan walked,
Greene singled and Nick Stavinoha doubled to drive them in for a 5-1 lead. |
| Tommy Murphy singled, stole second base and scored on Bozied's double in the 3rd inning
and in the 5th inning, Lee Mitchell walked, Robert Andino singled, Andino stole second base and Bozied
singled to drive in Mitchell and Andino as the Isotopes trailed 5-4. |
| Michael Ryan walked, advanced to third base on Andino's single and scored on Murphy's
single in the 7th inning to tie the game 5-5. |
| The game remained knotted until the 10th inning when Freese solo homered with
one out for the eventual game winning run. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Dallas Trahern |
5.0 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 105 G, 396 AB, 59 R, 102 H, 22 2B, 4 3B, 17 HR, 49 RBI, 44 BB, 127 K, 16 SB, .258 AVG
Brett Hayes 29 G, 90 AB, 16 R, 26 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 2 BB, 19 K, 0 SB, .289 AVG
Dallas Trahern 19 APP, 4-10, 6.61 ERA, 98 IP, 125 H, 72 ER, 40 BB, 61 K, 20 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
P Rick VandenHurk, whose outing was limited due to 2 innings yesterday due to injury, was placed
on the Disabled List with a right thumb fracture. Joining Albuquerque is one of the Corcoran brothers.
Last season, Roy Corcoran played with Albuquerque and joining the team today is brother Tim Corcoran. . . .
John Gall Team USA update: The USA Olympic baseball team on Monday defeated China 9-1 in a game that saw six
hit batsmen, two rough plays at home plate and three ejections (China manager Jim Lefebvre for arguing about the rough
play, and China's assistant coach Steve Ontiveros and reliever Chen Kun were ejected after Team USA's
Matt LaPorta was beaned with a pitch and suffered a mild concussion). Gall was the left fielder and
went 1x5 with a RBI double and a run scored. Team USA can clinch a medal-round berth with a victory
over Chinese Taipei on Tuesday. . . .
Tommy Murphy extended his hitting streak to 13 games, an Isotope season high. . . .
Tagg Bozied was a triply shy of hitting for the cycle. . . .
The Isotopes are 4-5 in extra inning contests. . . .
Memphis' David Freese has homered in all three games in the series and also in the game that was
completed after having been suspended by rain in Memphis. Freese also had the game winning RBI in both
of the extra inning contests played this series. . . .
Joe Koshansky of the Colorado Springs Sky Sox (AAA Rockies) is the PCL Hitter of the Week. Koshansky
hit .611 (12x18) for the week wtih 4 homers and 15 RBI. . . . Brandon McCarthy of the Oklahoma Redhawks
(AAA Rangers) is the PCL Pitcher of the Week. McCarthy started two games and went 1-0 with a 0.00
ERA (no earned runs in 13 innings). McCarthy allowed 4 total hits and struck out 11. . . .
Albuquerque and Memphis play each other for the final time in 2008 on Tuesday evening. Probables
are RHP Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (12-7, 4.35) for the Isotopes and RHP Jess Todd (1-0, 1.35)
for the Redbirds.
|
| Filed 08/18/2008 |
|
|
August 17, 2008 - Isotopes (58-71)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -12.0 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Memphis Redbirds |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
2 |
5 |
1 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
. |
4 |
9 |
0 |
WP: Brandon Villafuerte (6-3)
LP: Jason Motte (4-3) |
Home Runs:
MEM David Freese (23) off Scott Nestor in the 4th inning
MEM Brendan Ryan (2) off Scott Nestor in the 3rd inning
ALB Robert Andino (4) off Jason Motte in the 7th inning |
TIME: 2:04 ATT: 6,906 |
 Robert Andino's three-run walkoff homer gave the Isotopes a 4-2 victory over the
Memphis Redbirds (AAA Cardinals) on Sunday evening in the regularly scheduled game for Sunday.
Albuquerque had dropped the completion of a suspended game to the Redbirds 12-6 earlier in the afternoon.
Andino tripled to the right-center field wall and scored when Tommy Murphy reached on an error as the
Isotopes grabbed a 1-0 lead after an inning of play. |
| Brendan Ryan solo homered in the 3rd inning and David Freese solo homered in the 4th inning
as the Redbirds took the lead at 2-1. |
| In the final frame of the shortened regularly scheduled game, the 7th inning, Brett Hayes
and Chase Lambin singled with one out and Andino followed with the walkoff homer to give Albuquerque the victory. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Rick VandenHurk |
2.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 104 G, 391 AB, 59 R, 101 H, 21 2B, 4 3B, 17 HR, 49 RBI, 44 BB, 124 K, 16 SB, .258 AVG
Brett Hayes 28 G, 86 AB, 16 R, 25 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 2 BB, 18 K, 0 SB, .291 AVG
Scott Nestor 50 APP, 1-1, 0 SV, 7.44 ERA, 55.2 IP, 47 H, 46 ER, 42 BB, 57 K, 9 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Isotopes starter Rick VandenHurk pitched 2 innings, 22 pitches worth, and had to
leave due to injury when he injured his pitching hand while trying to bunt a ball in the bottom of the 2nd inning. . . .
Tommy Murphy had two hits, extending his hitting streak to 12 games, tying him for the longest
Isotope hitting streak of 2008. . . .
Robert Andino's homer was the third Isotope walkoff homer of 2008. . . .
The series continues Monday evening. Probables are RHP Dallas Trahern (4-10, 6.48) for the
Isotopes and RHP Blake Hawksworth (3-7, 6.94) for the Redhawks.
|
| Filed 08/17/2008 |
|
|
August 17, 2008 - Isotopes (57-71)
Game was suspended June 20th in Memphis,
Completed August 17th in Albuquerque |
| Autozone Park / Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
6 |
11 |
0 |
| Memphis Redbirds |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
X |
. |
12 |
13 |
1 |
WP: John Wasdin (5-6)
LP: Jarrett Santos (0-1) |
Home Runs:
ALB Lorenzo Scott (2) off Matt Clement in the 1st inning
ALB Chase Lambin (5) off Matt Clement in the 3rd inning
MEM John Wasdin (1) off Jarrett Santos in the 4th inning
MEM Brendan Ryan (1) off Jarrett Santos in the 4th inning
MEM David Freese (11) off Steve Woodard in the 5th inning
MEM Josh Phelps (10) off Steve Woodard in the 6th inning |
TIME: 2:45 ATT: 9,758 |
| After three innings of play, the game between the Isotopes and Memphis
Redbirds (AAA Cardinals) was suspended with the Isotopes leading 6-1. When the game
resumed in Albuquerque, the Redbirds blasted their way to victory, homering four times to account for 10
runs in a 12-6 win over the Isotopes. |
| Redbirds starter Matt Clement, on a MLB rehabilitation assignment start, gave up
a homer to the first batter of the game, Lorenzo Scott. Jai Miller and Chris Barnwell singled and
an out later, Tagg Bozied doubled to right field to drive ithem in. Andrew Beattie's single to center
field brought home Bozied as Albuquerque led 4-0 before Memphis even touched the lumber. |
| David Feese singled home Nick Stavinoha in the 2nd inning as the Redbirds
got on the scoreboard. |
| Chase Lambin's homer with Paul Hoover on board in the 3rd inning extended
Albuquerque's lead to 6-1. |
| After the third inning was completed, both teams waited two hours and 13
minutes before the game was suspended. |
| When the game resumed in Albuquerque, the Redbirds went to work to chip away
at the defecit. Jarrett Hoffpauir singled and Freese was hit by a pitch with one out. A passed ball
allowed both runers to advance into scoring position. Mark Johnson grounded out to bring home
Hoffpauir and Redbirds pitcher John Wasdin two-run homered. Tyler Greene doubled and scored
on Brendan Ryan's homer as the Redbirds tied the game at 6-6 after four innings of play. |
| Josh Phelps was hit by a pitch, Hoffpauir singled, and Freese three-run homered in
the 5th inning as the Redbirds led 9-6, and Greene and Ryan singled ahead of Phelps' three-run homer
in the 6th inning to make it 12-6 Memphis. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Bobby Keppel |
3.0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 103 G, 388 AB, 59 R, 101 H, 21 2B, 4 3B, 17 HR, 49 RBI, 44 BB, 124 K, 16 SB, .260 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Lorenzo Scott's leadoff homer was Albuquerque's third of the season, and Scott has added one
more leadoff homer since the time this game was suspended. Jai Miller has the other
two Isotope leadoff homers of 2008. . . .
June 20th was the final action the Isotopes and Redbirds played in Memphis in 2008. The Isotopes
won five out of the eight games at Autozone Park, counting today's resumed game as an
away game. . . .
The Isotopes blew their biggest lead of the season to lose the game today (5 runs).
|
| Filed 08/17/2008 |
|
|
August 16, 2008 - Isotopes (57-70)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -11.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Memphis Redbirds |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
. |
8 |
13 |
1 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
7 |
11 |
1 |
WP: Mark Worrell (3-3)
LP: Ross Wolf (4-2)
SV: Randy Flores (1) |
Home Runs:
MEM Josh Phelps (28) off Bobby Keppel in the 1st inning
MEM David Freese (21) off Bobby Keppel in the 5th inning
ALB Tommy Murphy off Jason Motte in the 9th inning |
TIME: 3:37 ATT: 8,402 |
| Down 7-3 in the 9th inning, Robert Andino doubled home two runs and Tommy
Murphy two-run homered to tie the game, but the effort was eventually wasted as the Memphis Redbirds
(AAA Cardinals) tallied for a 12th inning run to defeat Albuquerque 8-7 in 12 innings. Albuquerque
has lost two straight games. |
| In the 1st inning with two outs, Nick Stavinoha singled and scored on Josh
Phelps' homer. |
| Andino singled, stole second base and scored on Tommy Murphy's single in the
home half of the 1st inning as Albuquerque trailed 2-1. |
| In the 4th inning, Brendan Ryan doubled home a run and Redbirds starter Mitchell
Boggs laid down a sacrifice bunt that brought home a run as the Redbirds extended their lead to 4-1. |
| Tagg Bozied doubled and later scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 4th inning
to halve the defecit at 4-2. |
| In the 5th inning, Jarrett Hoffpauir doubled, Phelps reached on an error, and David
Freese three-run homered as the Redbirds led 7-2. |
| Bozied was hit by a pitch and scored on Michael Ryan's double in the 6th inning
as the Isotopes trailed 7-3. |
| The Isotopes valiently fought to tie the game in the 9th inning. Paul Hoover drew a
one out walk and an out later, pinch-hitter Jason Wood walked. Andino doubled to drive in Hoover and
Wood and Murphy two-run homered to tie the game at 7-7. |
| In the 12th inning, Stavinoha reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second
base on Phelps' single, and scored on Freese's double for the eventual game winning run. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Bobby Keppel |
5.0 |
9 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 102 G, 385 AB, 58 R, 100 H, 21 2B, 4 3B, 17 HR, 49 RBI, 42 BB, 123 K, 16 SB, .260 AVG
Brett Hayes 27 G, 83 AB, 15 R, 23 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 2 BB, 18 K, 0 SB, .277 AVG
Scott Nestor 49 APP, 1-1, 0 SV, 7.38 ERA, 53.2 IP, 45 H, 44 ER, 42 BB, 55 K, 7 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
IF Lee Mitchell was transferred from Class-AA Carolina to Albuquerque on Saturday. Mitchell spent
his first five games of the 2008 campaign with the Isotopes before being sent to Carolina. In 88 games
with the Mudcats, Mitchell hit .234 (68x290) with 5 homers and 49 RBI. . . .
There was a one hour, 11 minute weather delay during the game. . . .
The Isotopes are 4-4 in extra inning games. . . .
The loss snapped Albuquerque's five-game home winning streak. . . .
Fans attending the game had a good chance of seeing their favorite Isotope appear in the game.
Dean Treanor used a season-high 18 players in the game, and with 24 man rosters, only six
players did not appear in the game. . . .
Tommy Murphy extended his hitting streak to 11 games. Andrew Beattie's six game hitting streak was snapped with a 0x5 effort. . . .
Memphis' David Freese was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. . . .
On Sunday afternoon, the Redbirds and Isotopes will complete a game suspended by rain in Memphis
before playing the regularly scheduled game, shortened to 7 innings. Expected to take the mound to
complete the suspended game are RHP Jarrett Santos (0-0, 0.00) for the Isotopes and RHP John Wasdin
(8-6, 3.95) for Memphis. Scheduled to take the bump in the regularly scheduled game are RHP
Rick VandenHurk (2-1, 4.60) for Albuquerque and RHP Clayton Mortensen (5-4, 4.91) for Memphis.
|
| Filed 08/16/2008 |
|
|
August 15, 2008 - Isotopes (57-69)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -10.5 Games |
| Rosenblatt Stadium |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
2 |
5 |
2 |
| Omaha Royals |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
X |
. |
8 |
11 |
0 |
WP: Roman Colon (4-5)
LP: Chris Seddon (9-9)
SV: Yasuhiko Yabuta (2) |
Home Runs:
ALB Tagg Bozied (22) off Roman Colon in the 4th inning |
TIME: 2:31 ATT: 9,587 |
| The Isotopes dug themselves into an early 7-0 hole after 3 innings and were
unable to make a comeback in losing to the Omaha Royals (AAA Royals) 8-2 on Friday evening.
Albuquerque's seven-game winning streak was snapped and the Isotopes failed in their quest to
sweep their second series in a row. |
| In the 1st inning, Joey Gathright bunt singled to lead off the inning for Omaha,
Gookie Dawkins walked and an out later, Kila Kaaihue walked to load the bases. Ryan Shealy was
hit by a pitch as Gathright trotted home and Damon Hollins reached on an error as Dawkins and Kaaihue
scored to give Omaha a 3-0 lead. |
| Omaha added to the lead in the 3rd inning. Brayan Pena and Shealy singled and
Hollins walked to load the bases. Chad Spann singled to drive in Pena and Shealy and former-Isotope
Josh Labandeira singled to drive in Hollins. Spann advanced to third base on Chris
Lubanski's flyout and scored when Gathright reached on an error. |
| Tagg Bozied solo homered to get the Isotopes on the scoreboard in the 4th inning,
and in the 6th inning, Brett Hayes singled and later scored on Bozied's double as the Isotopes trailed 7-2. |
| Consecutive 7th inning singles by Kaaihue, Hollins and Spann brought Kaaihue home with
Omaha's final run of the game. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Chris Seddon (L, 9-9) |
6.0 |
6 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 101 G, 379 AB, 58 R, 99 H, 20 2B, 4 3B, 17 HR, 49 RBI, 42 BB, 122 K, 16 SB, .261 AVG
Brett Hayes 26 G, 82 AB, 15 R, 23 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 2 BB, 17 K, 0 SB, .280 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Marlins purchased the contract of C Paul LoDuca late Friday evening. LoDuca, in his
7 game stint with Albuquerque, hit .423 (11x26) with 7 RBI. The Marlins designated P Justin
Miller for assignment, meaning Miller might end up in Albuquerque if he clears waivers, gets assigned
to Albuquerque, and accepts the assignment. . . .
John Gall Team USA update: The USA Olympic baseball team kept their medal hopes alive
with a 5-4 comeback victory versus Team Canada on Saturday in Beijing. Gall went 2x4 with a RBI single in the win. Team
USA has Sunday off and plays Monday against Team China. . . .
The Isotopes took three out of the four games in the series and 20,197 attended the four games at
Rosenblatt Stadium. The contest marked the final matchup of 2008 between the Isotopes and Royals
and the Isotopes won 11 out of the 16 games in the season series (5 out of 8 in Albuquerque and
6 out of 8 in Omaha). All-time, Albuquerque leads the series 59-37. . . .
Tagg Bozied was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. Bozied has homered in his last two games. . . .
Andrew Beattie singled to extend his hitting streak to 6 games. . . .
There were quite a few Isotope ejections in the 7th inning. Dallas McPherson and Dean Treanor
were tossed by Home Plate umpire Victor Carapazza after McPherson grounded out. Paul LoDuca
was tossed by Carapazza later in the inning right after being called out on strikes. . . .
The Isotopes return home for their final homestand of the 2008 season, both in unusual five-game
series formats. One of the five-game series (New Orleans Zephyrs, later in the homestand) was
scheduled, whlle the series that begins Saturday evening is a normally scheduled four game series
with the addition of the completion of a game played earlier in the season that was suspended
due to rain in Memphis. The homestand could see some new ink added to the Isotopes record books, both
on the field and off the field. Probables in the opener are RHP Bobby Keppel (7-11, 6.17) for the
Isotopes and RHP Clayton Mortensen (5-4, 4.91) for the Redbirds (AAA Cardinals).
|
| Filed 08/15/2008 |
|
|
August 14, 2008 - Isotopes (57-68)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -10.5 Games |
| Rosenblatt Stadium |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
. |
5 |
8 |
0 |
| Omaha Royals |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
2 |
9 |
0 |
WP: Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (12-7)
LP: Matt Wright (3-9)
SV: Brandon Villafuerte (3) |
Home Runs:
ALB Dallas McPherson (40) off Matt Wright in the 4th inning
ALB Tagg Bozied (21) off Matt Wright in the 4th inning
ALB Paul Hoover (6) off Matt Wright in the 6th inning
OMA Brayan Pena (3) off Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz in the 3rd inning |
TIME: 2:42 ATT: 5,201 |
| Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz tossed 8 1/3 innings, allowing 2 runs and striking out 9
to earn his franchise record 12th victory of the season and Dallas McPherson, Tagg Bozied, and Paul Hoover
provided the power as the Isotopes defeated the Omaha Royals (AAA Royals) 5-2 to continue their winning
streak, now at 7 games. |
| In the 2nd inning, Omaha's Ryan Shealy scored when former-Isotope Josh Labandeira
grounded into a double play, and Brayan Pena solo-homered in the 3rd inning as Omaha led 2-0. |
| Back-to-back solo homers from Tagg Bozied and Dallas McPherson in the 4th inning
tied the game at 2-2. It was McPherson's 40th homer, best in all of American professional baseball. |
| Jason Wood walked, stole second and took third base on a wild pitch before scoring
on Paul Hoover's two run homer in the 6th inning to give Albuquerque the lead at 4-2. |
| The Isotopes added their final run in the 9th inning. Chase Lambin ground-rule doubled
with two outs and scored on Andrew Beattie's single. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (W, 12-7) |
8.1 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 100 G, 377 AB, 58 R, 99 H, 20 2B, 4 3B, 17 HR, 49 RBI, 41 BB, 121 K, 16 SB, .263 AVG
Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz 22 APP, 12-7, 4.35 ERA, 128.1 IP, 124 H, 62 ER, 52 BB, 108 K, 12 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
John Gall Team USA update: The USA Olympic Baseball team, tied with Cuba 3-3 going into the 11th inning,
lost to Cuba 5-4 using the special 11th inning tiebreaker rules to determine the winner. Gall went 1x4 with
a RBI double and struck out twice. Team USA is 1-2 so far and plays Canada on Saturday (Beijing time). Gall's cumulative stats through 3 games:
3x12 (.250) with 2 doubles, one RBI and 2 runs scored. . . .
There have been seven back-to-back Isotope homers in 2008 - Tagg Bozied and Dallas McPherson
have two of those. . . .
Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz has struck out 9 batters in a game three times in 2008 - tying for a Isotopes
pitching staff season best. . . .
The Isotopes are expected to send LHP Chris Seddon (9-8, 4.87) to the mound on Friday evening as
Albuquerque looks for their second straight series sweep. The Royals are expected to counter
with RHP Roman Colon (3-5, 4.56).
|
| Filed 08/14/2008 |
|
|
August 13, 2008 - Isotopes (56-68)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -10.5 Games |
| Rosenblatt Stadium |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
. |
9 |
11 |
1 |
| Omaha Royals |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
7 |
10 |
0 |
WP: Taylor Tankersley (2-1)
LP: Jeff Fulchino (3-4)
SV: Brandon Villafuerte (2) |
Home Runs:
OMA Ryan Shealy (19) off Dallas Trahern in the 1st inning
OMA Damon Hollins (13) off Dallas Trahern in the 1st inning |
TIME: 3:11 ATT: 2,499 |
| Paul LoDuca's 9th inning two-run single snapped a 7-7 tie to give the
Isotopes an eventual 9-7 victory over the Omaha Royals (AAA Royals) in Omaha on Wednesday
evening. Albuquerque's win streak is now six games. |
| The game did not start off too well for Albuquerque. In the 1st inning wth two outs, Brayan
Pena reached on an error, Kila Kaaihue singled and Ryan Shealy three-run homered. Damon Hollins followed
with a solo homer as the Royals led 4-0. |
| Albuquerque got on the scoreboard in the 3rd inning. Andrew Beattie drew a one out
walk, advanced to third base on Robert Andino's single and scored on Tommy Murphy's single. |
| In the 5th inning, Paul Hoover singled, Beattie doubled and Andino doubled to drive
them both in as Albuquerque pulled to a run down at 4-3. |
| The Royals extended their lead in the home half of the 5th inning. Gookie Dawkins
singled and scored on Pena's double. Kaaihue walked and an out later, each runner advanced into scoring
position on a balk before Matt Tupman singled to drive them in for a 7-3 Omaha lead. |
| Albuquerque pulled to 7-5 in the 7th inning. Beattie walked, stole second base and
scored on Murphy's triple. Tagg Bozied grounded out, bringing home Murphy. |
| Albuquerque made their final push to win the game in the 9th inning. Beattie walked and
Andino singled. Beattie stole third base and Andino stole second base before Murphy drew a walk. Bozied
doubled to drive in Beattie and Andino to tie the game, and an out later, LoDuca singled for the
eventual game winning runs - driving in Murphy and Bozied. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Dallas Trahern |
4.2 |
8 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 99 G, 373 AB, 58 R, 98 H, 19 2B, 4 3B, 17 HR, 49 RBI, 40 BB, 119 K, 16 SB, .263 AVG
Dallas Trahern 18 APP, 4-10, 6.48 ERA, 93 IP, 119 H, 67 ER, 35 BB, 58 K, 20 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
John Gall Team USA update: Gall and his USA Olympic Baseball team are 1-1 after two games.
In early Wednesday's 8-7 heartbreaking defeat to South Korea, Gall went 0x5 with 3 strikeouts. In
Wednesday evening's 7-0 rain-shortened victory over the Netherlands, Gall fared better, going 2x3
with a double, 2 runs scored, walked once and struck out once. . . .
Andrew Beattie tied an Isotopes franchise record with four runs scored in the contest. . . .
Tommy Murphy extended his hitting streak to 10 games. . . .
The Isotopes have 11 last at-bat wins in 2008. . . .
The victory was Dean Treanor's 350th regular season victory as Isotopes manager. . . .
The first PCL club has been eliminated from playoff contention. The Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers)
were eliminated on Wednesday evening from winning the PCL American Conference Northern Division.
Albuquerque's elimination number in the PCL American Conference Southern Division is 10. . . .
Albuquerque hopes to keep the winning streak going on Thursday evening. Probables are RHP
Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (11-7, 4.50) for the Isotopes and RHP Matt Wright (3-8, 5.65) for
the Royals. De La Cruz is looking for his franchise record 12th victory of the season.
|
| Filed 08/13/2008 |
|
|
August 12, 2008 - Isotopes (55-68)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -10.5 Games |
| Rosenblatt Stadium |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
. |
11 |
15 |
2 |
| Omaha Royals |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
5 |
7 |
2 |
WP: Rick VandenHurk (2-1)
LP: Tyler Lumsden (3-11) |
Home Runs:
ALB Andrew Beattie (10) off Brad Salmon in the 5th inning
ALB Michael Ryan (4) off Brad Salmon in the 5th inning
OMA Ryan Shealy (18) off Steve Woodard in the 6th inning |
TIME: 2:48 ATT: 2,910 |
| Michael Ryan and Andrew Beattie each homered in a key 8-run 5th inning as the
Isotopes came from behind to defeat the Omaha Royals (AAA Royals) 11-5 in the series opener at
Rosenblatt Stadium on Tuesday evening. Albuquerque has won their last five games. |
| In the 1st inning, Brayan Pena reached on an error with one out. Kila Kaaihue
singled to put runners on the corners and Ryan Shealy singled, bringing Pena home. Damon Hollins grounded
out to advance both runners into scoring position and Matt Tupman singled to drive them in to give Omaha
a 3-0 lead. |
| Pena walked, stole second base and scored on Hollins' single in the 3rd inning as
Omaha built the lead to 4-0. |
| In the 4th inning, Albuquerque put together some two-out magic to get on the
scoreboard. Paul LoDuca singled, Jason Wood singled and Ryan singled to drive in LoDuca and
Wood. |
| In the 5th inning, Beattie led off the frame with a single and scored on
Robert Andino's double. Tommy Murphy singled and promptly stole second base before Dallas
McPherson singled to drive in Andino and Murphy. LoDuca singled and an out later, Ryan three-run
homered. Jai Miller walked, stole second base and scored on Beattie's two run homer. When the
inning was finished, Albuquerque sent 12 batters to the plate to score eight runs and turned a 4-2
defecit into a 10-4 lead. |
| Shealy solo-homered in the 6th inning for Omaha's final run, and in the 8th inning, the
Isotopes scored their final run of the game off former Eldorado High School / UNM pitcher Greg Atencio.
Andino reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second base on Murphy's walk, and scored on
McPherson's single. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Rick VandenHurk (W, 2-1) |
5.0 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
0 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 98 G, 368 AB, 58 R, 98 H, 19 2B, 4 3B, 17 HR, 49 RBI, 40 BB, 117 K, 16 SB, .266 AVG
Scott Nestor 48 APP, 1-1, 0 SV, 7.62 ERA, 52 IP, 45 H, 44 ER, 42 BB, 54 K, 7 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
P Jarrett Santos was transferred from Class-AA Carolina to Albuquerque on Tuesday. Santos played
with Class-A Jupiter and Class-AA Carolina in 2008. While with Carolina, Santos appeared in 28 games, starting
3 of them, and compiled a 4-1 record with a 3.10 ERA. . . .
Tommy Murphy extended his hitting streak to 9 games. . . .
Rick VandenHurk struck out 9 Royals, tying a team season mark for most strikeouts by an Isotopes pitcher in a
game. . . .
Albuquerque has scored double-digit runs in 3 straight contests. . . .
The series continues on Wednesday evening. Probables are RHP Dallas Trahern (4-10, 6.52) for
the Isotopes and RHP Carlos Rosa (4-3, 4.25) for the Royals.
|
| Filed 08/12/2008 |
|
|
August 11, 2008 - Isotopes (54-68)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -10.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Oklahoma Redhawks |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
7 |
15 |
1 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
X |
. |
13 |
16 |
1 |
WP: Ross Wolf (4-1)
LP: Michael Ballard (1-3)
SV: Brandon Villafuerte (1) |
Home Runs:
OKL Nate Gold (22) off Bobby Keppel in the 5th inning
ALB Jai Miller (17) off Kameron Loe in the 8th inning
ALB Robert Andino (3) off Joselo Diaz in the 7th inning |
TIME: 3:34 ATT: 7,228 |
| Jai Miller grand-slam homered and drove in five total runs as the Isotopes
defeated the Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) 13-7 to sweep the series from the division-leading
Rangers. Albuquerque has won four straight games. |
| Drew Meyer doubled and scored on Chris Shelton's single in the 1st inning as the
Redhawks got on the scoreboard first. |
| In the bottom of the 1st inning, Robert Andino and Tommy Murphy singled. An out later,
Jason Wood reached on a fielder's choice with Andino out and Paul LoDuca singled to drive in Murphy and
Wood to give Albuquerque a 2-1 lead. |
| Ben Harrison singled home John Mayberry in the 2nd inning to tie the game at 2-2. |
| The deadlock would be short-lived as Andrew Beattie doubled and later scored on a groundout
as Albuquerque staked a 3-2 advantage. |
| In the 3rd inning, the Redhawks would once again tie the game only to have Albuquerque
break the tie. Ryan Roberts singled home Shelton in the top half, Tagg Bozied doubled and scored on LoDuca's
single in the bottom half. |
| Albuquerque finally gained the advantage for good in the 4th inning. Chase Lambin doubled and
Brett Hayes singled to drive in Lambin. An out later, Murphy walked and Hayes and Murphy executed a double
steal before Bozied reached on an error as Hayes scored. Wood singled to drive in Murphy and
Miller singled home Bozied as the Isotopes led 8-3. |
| Isotopes starter Bobby Keppel's wildness brought the Redhawks uncomfortably
close in the 5th inning. Keppel issued walks to Meyer and Shelton before Nate Gold followed with a three-run
homer to bring Oklahoma to two runs down at 8-6. |
| Gold sacrifice flied out in the 6th inning to draw Oklahoma to a run down at 8-7, but
the Redhawks would never be able to tie the game. |
| Robert Andino solo-homered in the 7th inning, and in the 8th inning, Bozied walked, Wood
and LoDuca singled to load the bases, and Miller delivered the dagger to the Redhawks' heart with a grand-slam
homer that turned a 9-7 Isotopes lead to 13-7. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Bobby Keppel |
4.0 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 97 G, 364 AB, 57 R, 97 H, 19 2B, 4 3B, 17 HR, 49 RBI, 39 BB, 114 K, 15 SB, .266 AVG
Brett Hayes 25 G, 79 AB, 14 R, 22 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 2 BB, 17 K, 0 SB, .278 AVG
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| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Marlins recalled P Logan Kensing from Albuquerque on Monday after the Marlins placed
former-Isotope Doug Waechter on the major-league disabled list. . . .
Albuquerque swept their first series of the season at home and it was the second series sweep
of the season (the other being at Memphis in April). 32,091 fans attended the four games. . . .
The game marked the final game of 2008 between the Isotopes and Redhawks. In the season
series, the Redhawks won 9 of the 16 games, but Albuquerque won five out of the eight games
played at Isotopes Park. All-time, Oklahoma holds a 53-42 advantage. . . .
Albuquerque's home winning streak is 5 games, tied for the longest this season. . . .
Robert Andino was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. . . .
Tommy Murphy extended his hitting streak to 8 games. . . .
Jai Miller is on a homer streak, having homered in his last 3 contests. Miller hit the third
Isotope grand-slam homer of the season tonight. . . .
Brandon Villafuerte is the fifth different Isotopes reliever to earn a save in 2008. . . .
Micah Hoffpauir of the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) is the PCL Hitter of the Week. Hoffpauir hit .444 (12x27)
for the week with 5 homers and 11 RBI. It is Hoffpauir's second PCL weekly award win of the season. . . .
Enrique Gonzalez of the Portland Beavers (AAA Padres) is the PCL Pitcher of the Week. Gonzalez
made two starts for the award period and won both of them, allowing just one earned run in 10 innings
of work (0.90 ERA) while striking out 12. . . .
The Isotopes hit the road for a four-game series to Omaha to play the Omaha Royals (AAA Royals)
beginning on Tuesday evening. Probables in the opener are RHP Rick VandenHurk (1-1, 5.91)
for the Isotopes and LHP Dusty Hughes (2-1, 4.95) for the LIl' Kings.
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| Filed 08/11/2008 |
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August 10, 2008 - Isotopes (53-68)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -11.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Oklahoma Redhawks |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
. |
5 |
13 |
1 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
X |
. |
13 |
15 |
1 |
WP: Chris Seddon (9-8)
LP: Kazuo Fukumori (0-5) |
Home Runs:
OKL Joaquin Arias (6) off Steve Woodard in the 6th inning
ALB Jai Miller (16) off Joselo Diaz in the 7th inning
ALB Michael Ryan (3) off Wes Littleton in the 8th inning |
TIME: 3:20 ATT: 7,832 |
| Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) rehabing starter Doug Mathis held Albuquerque
hitless for three innings, and when Mathis was pulled due to pitch count, the Isotopes' lumber woke up
starting with a 5-run 4th inning against a new pitcher en-route to a 13-5 victory over the Redhawks on Sunday evening at "The
Lab". Albuquerque has won three straight games. |
| The Redhawks got on the scoreboard against Isotopes starter Chris Seddon in the 1st inning.
Joaquin Arias led off the game with an infield single and advanced to second base on a wild pitch. An
out later, Chris Shelton singled to right field to advance Arias to 3rd base, and Nate Gold doubled to center
field to bring Arias home and move Shelton to third base. Ryan Roberts flew out to center field and Shelton
tagged up to try to score on the play. Isotope center fielder Tommy Murphy's throw to catcher Paul LoDuca
was perfect to tag out Shelton at home plate for the final out of the inning to keep it a 1-0 defecit to the Redhawks. |
| After Mathis left the game, the Isotopes went to work against Redhawks reliever
Kazuo Fukumori in the 4th inning. Murphy walked and Tagg Bozied doubled to drive in Murphy to tie the game. Dallas McPherson
walked and LoDuca doubled to drive in Bozied and McPherson to give the Isotopes the lead and Jason
Wood singled to drive home LoDuca. An out later, Wood stole second base and scored on Andrew Beattie's
single as the Isotopes led 5-1. |
| Albuquerque added more runs to the scoreboard in the 5th inning. Murphy singled,
stole second base and scored on Bozied's single. McPherson walked and after LoDuca flew out and Michael
Ryan struck out, Wood singled to drive in Bozied and Jai Miller singled to drive in McPherson to stake
Albuquerque to a 8-1 lead. |
| In the 6th inning, John Mayberry doubled and tried to score on former-Isotope Nick
Trzesniak's single, but Murphy nailed his second runner of the game at home plate to deny the run.
Casey Benjamin tripled to bring home Trzesniak and Arias followed with a two-run homer as the Redhawks
halved the defecit to 8-4. |
| Wood doubled and scored on Miller's two-run homer in the 7th inning as the Isotopes
led 10-4. |
| Trzesniak doubled, advanced to third base on an error during the play, and scored
on a wild pitch as the Redhawks scored their final run of the game in the 8th inning. |
| In the home half of the 8th inning, LoDuca singled with one out and scored on
Ryan's homer. Wood reached on an error and scored on Miller's triple for the final run of the game. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Chris Seddon (W, 9-8) |
5.2 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 96 G, 360 AB, 56 R, 95 H, 19 2B, 4 3B, 16 HR, 44 RBI, 38 BB, 112 K, 15 SB, .264 AVG
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| 'TOPES NOTES:
P Daniel Barone was placed on the Disabled List with a right elbow strain and IF Kevin Randel was
transferred from Albuquerque to Class-A Jamestown on Sunday. . . .
Albuquerque welcomed their 500,000th fan of the 2008 season to Isotopes Park on Sunday evening.
The Isotopes have drawn 502,018 in 61 home gates. . . .
Paul LoDuca played his first game for the Isotopes in the field, at catcher, and went 2x4 with a double, 2 RBI,
2 runs scored, and walked and struck out one time each. . . .
Tommy Murphy extended his hitting streak to 7 games. . . .
Jai Miller was a double short of hitting for the cycle in the game. . . .
The Isotopes find themselves looking to sweep the series from division-leading Oklahoma on
Monday evening. Probables are RHP Bobby Keppel (7-11, 5.94) for the Isotopes and LHP
Michael Ballard (1-2, 8.10) for the Redhawks.
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| Filed 08/10/2008 |
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August 9, 2008 - Isotopes (52-68)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -12.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Oklahoma Redhawks |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
2 |
7 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
X |
. |
8 |
10 |
1 |
WP: Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (11-7)
LP: Brian Gordon (3-4) |
Home Runs:
ALB Tagg Bozied (20) off Brian Gordon in the 1st inning
ALB Jai Miller (15) off Yukinaga Maeda in the 8th inning
ALB Paul Hoover (5) off Brian Gordon in the 2nd inning
ALB Robert Andino (2) off Brian Gordon in the 2nd inning
ALB Michael Ryan (2) off Brian Gordon in the 1st inning |
TIME: 2:51 ATT: 8,831 |
| Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz tossed seven innings, allowing two runs (one earned) to ink
his name in the Isotope record books and his teammates provided the power, homering five times to tally
seven out of the eight runs in a 8-2 victory over the divison-leading Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers)
on Saturday evening. |
| Albuquerque was off and running in the 1st inning. Robert Andino led off with a single,
Tommy Murphy singled, and Tagg Bozied three-run homered. Two outs later, Michael Ryan solo homered
as Albuquerque led 4-0. |
| Solo homers from Paul Hoover and Andino extended the lead to 6-0 after two innings of
play. |
| In the 4th inning, Jai Miller singled, advanced to second base when Hoover was hit
by a pitch, Chase Lambin grounded out to advance Miller to third base, and Andino lifted a sacrifice
fly to bring Miller home to give Albuquerque a 7-0 lead. |
| Ben Harrison doubled and later scored on an error in the 5th inning and Nate Gold
doubled and scored on Ryan Roberts' double in the 6th inning as the Redhawks trimmed Albuquerque's
lead to 7-2. |
| Miller solo homered in the 8th inning to close out the scoring in the game. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (W, 11-7) |
7.0 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 95 G, 355 AB, 55 R, 92 H, 19 2B, 3 3B, 15 HR, 40 RBI, 38 BB, 111 K, 15 SB, .259 AVG
Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz 21 APP, 11-7, 4.50 ERA, 120 IP, 115 H, 60 ER, 52 BB, 99 K, 11 HR
Scott Nestor 47 APP, 1-1, 0 SV, 7.76 ERA, 51 IP, 45 H, 44 ER, 42 BB, 54 K, 7 HR
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| 'TOPES NOTES:
C/IF Alberto Concepcion was transferred from Albuquerque to Class-AA Carolina on Saturday. . . .
Paul LoDuca made his Isotopes debut in the game as the DH and went 0x4 with a strikeout. . . .
Eulogio De La Cruz earned his 11th victory of the season, inking him in the Isotopes record books
along with Jeff Fulchino (in 2005) for the most victories by an Isotope in a single season. . . .
Tommy Murphy hit safely to extend his hitting streak to 6 games. . . .
The Isotopes and Redhawks meet again on Sunday evening at "The Lab". Probables are LHP
Chris Seddon (8-8, 4.87) for the Isotopes and RHP Doug Mathis (5-0, 3.55) for the Redhawks.
Mathis was sent to the Redhawks from the Texas Rangers on a MLB Rehabilitation Assignment
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| Filed 08/09/2008 |
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August 8, 2008 - Isotopes (51-68)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -13.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Oklahoma Redhawks |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
4 |
13 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
X |
. |
5 |
10 |
3 |
WP: Taylor Tankersley (1-1)
LP: Elizardo Ramirez (9-5)
SV: Logan Kensing (3) |
Home Runs:
OKL Nate Gold (21) off Ross Wolf in the 6th inning
OKL Joaquin Arias (5) off Dallas Trahern in the 5th inning
ALB Tagg Bozied (19) off Elizardo Ramirez in the 7th inning |
TIME: 2:53 ATT: 8,200 |
| Tagg Bozied's three-run, 7th inning homer turned a 4-2 Isotopes defecit into a 5-4
lead and the Isotopes held off the Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) over the final two frames to take
the 5-4 victory in the series opener on a soggy Friday evening. With the win, Albuquerque snapped a
five-game losing streak. |
| In the 1st inning, Bozied drew a two out walk, advanced to third base on Dallas McPherson's
single and scored on Michael Ryan's single. |
| The Isotopes extended the lead to 2-0 in the 2nd inning. Chase Lambin singled,
Brett Hayes was hit by a pitch, and Tommy Murphy doubled to left-center field to drive in Lambin. |
| Nate Gold doubled and later scored on a groundout in the 4th inning and Joaquin
Arias solo homered in the 5th inning as the Redhawks tied the game at 2-2. |
| Gold solo homered to lead off the 6th inning as the Redhawks took the lead. Ryan
Roberts singled, advanced to second base when John Mayberry reached on an error, and scored on
Ben Harrison's single as the Redhawks led 4-2. |
| In the 7th inning, Hayes and Andino singled and Bozied three-run homered to
stake Albuquerque to a 5-4 lead. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Dallas Trahern |
5.0 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 94 G, 351 AB, 53 R, 90 H, 19 2B, 3 3B, 14 HR, 39 RBI, 38 BB, 109 K, 15 SB, .256 AVG
Brett Hayes 24 G, 75 AB, 13 R, 21 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 2 BB, 16 K, 0 SB, .280 AVG
Dallas Trahern 17 G, 4-10, 6.52 ERA, 88.1 IP, 111 H, 64 ER, 32 BB, 56 K, 18 HR
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| 'TOPES NOTES:
Paul LoDuca, a former Albuquerque Duke, is returning to Albuquerque! LoDuca, recently released by
the Washington Nationals, signed a minor league deal with the Marlins and was assigned to Albuquerque.
In 46 games with the Nationals, LoDuca hit .230 in 139 at-bats. . . .
The start of the game was delayed 1 hour, 36 minutes by rain. Due to the lengthy rain delay,
Isotopes management has decided to enact the rain-check policy to reward their fans for
their patience. Any ticket for Friday's game may be exchanged only at the Isotopes Park Box
Office for a ticket of equal or lesser value to any of the remaining 2008 regular season
home games, pending seat availability. . . .
The Isotopes snapped a six-game losing streak to the Redhawks with tonight's victory. . . .
The series continues on Saturday evening. Probables are RHP Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (10-7, 4.70)
for the Isotopes and RHP Brian Gordon (3-3, 4.50) for the Redhawks. It will be De La Cruz's third attempt
to earn an Isotope franchise-record tying 11th victory of the season.
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| Filed 08/08/2008 |
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August 7, 2008 - Day Off
The Isotopes and the rest of the Pacific Coast League enjoyed
their last off-day of the season.
Albuquerque returns to action with a four-game homestand
beginning on Friday evening, weather permitting. The division-
leading Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers) provide the opposition.
Probables in the opener are RHP Dallas Trahern (4-10.6.70)
for the Isotopes and RHP Elizardo Ramirez (9-4, 4.29) for the
Redhawks.
The Isotopes have enough games left in the season that if
the Isotopes were to be swept in the series, the Isotopes
would not be eliminated from playoff contention.
Filed 08/07/2008
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August 6, 2008 - Isotopes (50-68)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -14.5 Games |
| Cheney Stadium |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
0 |
4 |
1 |
| Tacoma Rainiers |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
X |
. |
8 |
10 |
0 |
WP: Scott Shoemaker (3-3)
LP: Rick VandenHurk (1-1) |
Home Runs:
TAC Matt Tuiasosopo (8) off Rick VandenHurk in the 3rd inning
TAC Matt Tuiasosopo (9) off Taylor Tankersley in the 6th inning
TAC Victor Diaz (23) off Rick VandenHurk in the 1st inning |
TIME: 2:38 ATT: 7,658 |
| Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) starter Brandon Morrow, sent by the Mariners to Tacoma to work his way from
reliever to starter, and three Rainiers relievers combined on a four-hit shutout of the Isotopes. The Rainiers
defeated the Isotopes 8-0 to sweep the four game series at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma. Albuquerque has
lost their last five games. |
| Isotopes starter Rick VandenHurk was scored upon by the Rainiers immediately in the game. In
the 1st inning, Prentice Redman led off with a single. An out later, VandenHurk uncorked a wild pitch
as Prentice raced to second base and Tug Hulett drew a walk. Victor Diaz followed with a three-run
homer to give Tacoma a 3-0 lead. |
| Matt Tuiasosopo solo-homered in the 3rd inning to extend the lead to 4-0. |
| Redman and Craig Wilson each doubled home runs in the 4th inning, and Tuisosopo
two-run homered, his second homer of the game, in the 6th inning to tack on Tacoma's final runs. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Rick VandenHurk (L, 1-1) |
3.2 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 93 G, 351 AB, 53 R, 90 H, 19 2B, 3 3B, 14 HR, 39 RBI, 38 BB, 109 K, 15 SB, .256 AVG
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| 'TOPES NOTES:
P Carlos Martinez was transferred from Class-AA Carolina to Albuquerque. As the Isotopes roster
currently stands, both Martinez and C Paul Hoover are inactive, waiting for the roster moves to be
made to bring those players onto the active roster. . . .
The Isotopes and Rainiers played their one and only series of the season and 21,322 fans attended the
four games. All-time, and despite being swept in this series, Albuquerque holds a 14-10 advantage. Tacoma
holds a 8-4 advantage in games played at Cheney Stadium. . . .
Albuquerque has been swept in a series four times in 2008. . . .
Albuquerque is currently a franchise-record 18 games below the .500 mark. . . .
Only two Isotopes (Dallas McPherson and Robert Andino) made it to third base in the contest. . . .
Jason Wood went hitless in three at-bats to snap a 9-game hitting streak. . . .
Albuquerque was shutout for the sixth time in 2008, and the first time since July 20th at New Orleans. . . .
Albuquerque and the rest of the Pacific Coast League enjoy their final off-day of the season on
Thursday. The Isotopes return home for their second to last homestand on Friday, a four-game
series against the division-leading Oklahoma Redhawks (AAA Rangers).
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| Filed 08/06/2008 |
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August 5, 2008 - Isotopes (50-67)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -14.5 Games |
| Cheney Stadium |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
. |
3 |
10 |
0 |
| Tacoma Rainiers |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
X |
. |
5 |
13 |
0 |
WP: Andrew Baldwin (8-5)
LP: Daniel Barone (1-5)
SV: Oscar Villarreal (1) |
Home Runs:
ALB Chase Lambin (12) off Oscar Villarreal in the 8th inning
ALB Michael Ryan (1) off Andrew Baldwin in the 4th inning
TAC Rob Johnson (9) off Daniel Barone in the 2nd inning |
TIME: 2:21 ATT: 3,713 |
| Isotopes starter Daniel Barone was not able to build on his last outing, a 3-hit,
complete-game shutout. Barone ended up with quite a different fate, allowing five runs in 4 1/3 innings
and homers from Chase Lambin and Michael Ryan were not enough to help the Isotopes in a 5-3
defeat to the Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) on Tuesday evening. Albuquerque has lost four
straight games. |
| Rob Johnson homered with Shawn Garrett on base in the 2nd inning as
Tacoma led 2-0. |
| The Isotopes halved the defecit in the 4th inning when Ryan hit his first
homer in an Isotopes uniform. |
| In the bottom of the 4th inning, Victor Diaz walked, Garrett singled and Jon Nelson
doubled them home to give Tacoma a 4-1 lead. |
| Singles from Tommy Murphy, Robert Andino and Dallas McPherson in the 5th inning
scored Murphy as the Isotopes trailed 4-2. |
| Craig Wilson singled home Matt Tuiasosopo in the 5th inning as Tacoma built their
lead to 5-2, and Albuquerque's Lambin solo-homered in the 8th inning for the final run of the game. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Daniel Barone (L, 1-5) |
4.1 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Brett Hayes 23 G, 73 AB, 12 R, 20 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 2 BB, 16 K, 0 SB, .274 AVG
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| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Marlins activated C Matt Treanor from the major-league disabled list and optioned C Paul
Hoover to Albuquerque. Hoover had quite a run with the Marlins, having been on the big league
club about a month and a half. Hoover appeared in 13 games and hit .200 (8x40) with no homers and
2 RBI. . . .
Albuquerque's losing streak have dropped them to a franchise-record-tying worst 17 games below the .500 mark. . . .
The Isotopes, having started their Pacific Northwest road swing with a promising 3-0 record, now find
themselves having lost their last four games and looking to avoid the series sweep to Tacoma on Wednesday afternoon as they send RHP
Rick VandenHurk (1-0, 1.29) to the mound. Tacoma is expected to counter with RHP Brandon
Morrow (No Record). Morrow was just sent down from the Mariners so he can look to convert
from a reliever to a starter. Morrow will be on a 35 pitch pitch-count.
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| Filed 08/05/2008 |
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|
August 4, 2008 - Isotopes (50-66)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -14.5 Games |
| Cheney Stadium |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
. |
6 |
8 |
2 |
| Tacoma Rainiers |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
X |
. |
12 |
10 |
1 |
WP: Ryan Rowland-Smith (2-0)
LP: Chris Seddon (8-8)
SV: Jorge Sosa (4) |
Home Runs:
ALB Chase Lambin (11) off Mumba Rivera in the 8th inning
TAC Matt Tuiasosopo (7) off Chris Seddon in the 4th inning
TAC Wladimir Balentien (18) off Chris Seddon in the 4th inning
TAC Jon Nelson (1) off Steve Woodard in the 5th inning |
TIME: 3:27 ATT: 3,562 |
| Chris Seddon allowed seven runs (six earned) in 3 2/3 innings and the Isotopes
were not able to overcome the early defecit as the Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) defeated the
Isotopes 12-6 on Monday evening. Albuquerque has dropped three straight games. |
| Albuquerque got on the scoreboard first, in the 2nd inning. Andrew Beattie drew a one
out walk, advanced to third based on Jai Miller's ground-rule double, and scored on Chase Lambin's
sacrifice flyout. |
| Rob Johnson singled home Craig Wilson in the home half of the 2nd inning as Tacoma
tied the game at 1-1. |
| Tacoma struck again in the 4th inning. Prentice Redman drew a two-out, bases-load
walk to give Tacoma the lead. Matt Tuiasosopo hit a grand-slam homer and Wladimir Balentien followed
with a solo homer as the Rainiers built a comfortable 7-1 lead. |
| Jon Nelson added a solo homer in the 5th inning as the Rainiers extended their lead
to 8-1. |
| In the 6th inning, Tagg Bozied drew a leadoff walk, advanced to second base an
out later on Jason Wood's single, and after Andrew Beattie flew out and Miller walked to load the bases,
Chase Lambin singled to drive in Bozied. |
| The Isotopes edged closer in the 8th inning. Dallas McPherson doubled and Wood and
Beattie walked to load the bases. Miller sacrifice flied out to drive in McPherson and Lambin followed
with a three-run homer as the Isotopes trailed by two runs at 8-6. |
| The Rainiers added breathing room and secured their victory in their half of the 8th inning. Redman
walked, Tuiasosopo reached on an error and Balentien laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance both runners into
scoring position. Victor Diaz was intentionally walked before Wilson singled to drive in Redman. Nelson
was hit by a pitch to bring Tuiasosopo home and Johnson doubled to drive in Diaz and Wilson with the final
two runs of the game. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Chris Seddon (L, 8-8) |
3.2 |
5 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 92 G, 348 AB, 53 R, 90 H, 19 2B, 3 3B, 14 HR, 39 RBI, 38 BB, 108 K, 15 SB, .259 AVG
Brett Hayes 22 G, 70 AB, 12 R, 20 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 2 BB, 16 K, 0 SB, .286 AVG
Scott Nestor 46 APP, 1-1, 0 SV, 7.92 ERA, 50 IP, 44 H, 44 ER, 41 BB, 53 K, 7 HR
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| 'TOPES NOTES:
Here is a John Gall update. The U.S. Olympic Team finished their four game exhibition series against
Team Canada with a 3-1 record and is now off to Beijing for the Games. Gall started in all four games
and hit .250 (4x16) with no homers and 3 RBI. Gall scored four runs and one of his hits was a double. . . .
Jason Wood extended his hitting streak to 9 games. . . .
Isotopes pitching has allowed an opponent grand-slam homer in two out of the last three contests. . . .
Josh Phelps of the Memphis Redbirds (AAA Cardinals) is the PCL Hitter of the Week. Phelps hit .346 (9x28)
for the week with 7 homers and 15 RBI. . . . Wade LeBlanc of the Portland Beavers (AAA Padres) is the
PCL Pitcher of the Week. LeBlanc made two starts and won both of them, tossing 13 innings, allowing
no runs, and striking out 17 batters. . . .
The Isotopes look to win their first game of the series against the Rainiers on Tuesday evening. Probables are
RHP Daniel Barone (1-4, 6.23) for the Isotopes and RHP Andrew Baldwin (7-5, 5.10) for the Rainiers.
|
| Filed 08/04/2008 |
|
|
August 3, 2008 - Isotopes (50-65)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -13.5 Games |
| Cheney Stadium |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
. |
3 |
8 |
2 |
| Tacoma Rainiers |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
X |
. |
5 |
9 |
3 |
WP: Ryan Feierabend (7-1)
LP: Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (10-7)
SV: Jared Wells (18) |
TIME: 2:23 ATT: 6,389 |
| Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz allowed five runs (two of those earned) in 7 innings and the
Rainiers scored all five runs in the 2nd inning and held off the Isotopes 5-3 in the series opener in Tacoma
on Sunday evening. |
| In that 2nd inning, Tacoma's Craig Wilson reached on an error and an out later, Jon
Nelson reached on catcher interference. Luis Valbuena walked to load the bases and Oswaldo Navarro doubled
to drive in Wilson and Nelson. Tug Hulett's double drove in Valbuena and Navarro. Rob Johnson singled to
put runners on the corners and Wladimir Balentien grounded out to bring home Hulett to give Tacoma a 5-0 lead. |
| Albuquerque got on the scoreboard in the 3rd inning. Tommy Murphy singled, advanced to second
base on an error during the play and scored on Tagg Bozied's single. |
| Jason Wood singled, advanced to third base on Chase Lambin's double and scored
on Alberto Concepcion's single in the 4th inning, and Bozied walked and later came around to score on
Andrew Beattie's single in the 8th inning for Albuquerque's final run of the game. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (L, 10-7) |
7.0 |
8 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 91 G, 345 AB, 53 R, 89 H, 18 2B, 3 3B, 14 HR, 38 RBI, 37 BB, 107 K, 15 SB, .258 AVG
Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz 20 APP, 10-7, 4.70 ERA, 113 IP, 109 H, 59 ER, 51 BB, 93 K, 11 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
P Kenny Baugh was transferred from Albuquerque to Class-A Jamestown. . . .
Tonight's defeat snapped a four-game winning streak against the Rainiers in games played at
Cheney Stadium. . . .
Jason Wood singled to extend his hitting streak to 8 games. . . .
Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz has failed in two outings so far to earn his franchise record-tying
11th victory of the season. . . .
The series continues on Monday evening. Probables are LHP Chris Seddon (8-7, 4.57) for
the Isotopes and LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith (1-0, 2.84) for the Rainiers.
|
| Filed 08/03/2008 |
|
|
August 2, 2008 - Isotopes (50-64)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -13.5 Games |
| PGE Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
. |
1 |
4 |
0 |
| Portland Beavers |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
X |
. |
9 |
10 |
0 |
WP: Wade LeBlanc (10-7)
LP: Dallas Trahern (4-10) |
Home Runs:
PORT Peter Ciofrone (12) off Dallas Trahern in the 1st inning
PORT Paul McAnulty (6) off Taylor Tankersley in the 6th inning |
TIME: 2:49 ATT: 9,690 |
| The Isotopes, held to just four hits and didn't score until the 9th inning, failed
in their mission for a series sweep, losing to the Portland Beavers (AAA Padres) 9-1 on Saturday
evening. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak. |
| Peter Ciofrone solo homered with one out in the 1st inning to get Portland on the
board. Will Venable followed with a walk and stole second base before Paul McAnulty drew a walk of
his own. Vince Sinisi singled to load the bases and Luke Carlin walked, bringing home Venable. Tom
King sacrifice flied out to drive in McAnulty as the Beavers led 3-0 after an inning of play. |
| Ciofrone singled home Matt Antonelli in the 4th inning as Portland extended their
lead to 4-0, and Portland put five more runs on the scoreboard in the 6th inning. Antonelli doubled
with one out and scored on Beavers starter Wade LeBlanc's single. Brett Dowdy walked and Isotopes
reliever Scott Nestor's wild pitch advanced both runners into scoring position. Ciofrone walked to load
the bases and Nestor gave way to Taylor Tankersley. Tankersley struck out Venable for the second out
before McAnulty launched a grand-slam homer to right field. |
| In the 9th inning, pinch-hitter Andrew Beattie struck out to lead off the inning. Tommy
Murphy walked and Robert Andino struck out before Tagg Bozied doubled to bring home Murphy with
Albuquerque's only run of the game. Jason Wood singled to put runners on the corners before Jai Miller
struck out to end the game. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Dallas Trahern (L, 4-10) |
5.0 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 90 G, 342 AB, 53 R, 89 H, 18 2B, 3 3B, 14 HR, 38 RBI, 36 BB, 107 K, 15 SB, .260 AVG
Brett Hayes 21 G, 66 AB, 12 R, 20 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 1 BB, 14 K, 0 SB, .303 AVG
Scott Nestor 45 APP, 1-1, 0 SV, 8.08 ERA, 49 IP, 44 H, 44 ER, 40 BB, 51 K, 7 HR
Dallas Trahern 16 APP, 4-10, 6.70 ERA, 83.1 IP, 105 H, 62 ER, 31 BB, 53 K, 17 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Isotopes and Beavers played in their last matchup of the season. The Isotopes may have
taken the 2008 series 3-1, but the Beavers hold the all-time advantage, 14-10, and Portland has
an 8-4 advantage in games played at PGE Park. 30,692 attended the four game series. . . .
Tommy Murphy went hitless in three at-bats to snap a 11-game hitting streak. . . .
Jason Wood had three of Albuquerque's four hits in the game and extended his hitting streak to 7 games. . . .
Former Isotope (and current New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA Mets) player Val Pascucci hit three homers
and had 5 total RBI in New Orleans' 8-7 victory over the Tucson Sidewinders (AAA Diamondbacks) in
10 innings at Zephyr Field tonight. . . .
The Isotopes bus north on Interstate-5 to Tacoma to begin a four game series on Sunday evening.
Probables are RHP Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (10-6, 4.84) for the Isotopes and LHP
Ryan Feierabend (6-1, 1.98) for the Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners).
|
| Filed 08/02/2008 |
|
|
August 1, 2008 - Isotopes (50-63)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -12.5 Games |
| PGE Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
. |
4 |
7 |
0 |
| Portland Beavers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
1 |
3 |
0 |
WP: Rick VandenHurk (1-0)
LP: Carlos Guevara (0-2)
SV: Logan Kensing (2) |
Home Runs:
PORT Will Venable (12) off Rick VandenHurk in the 4th inning |
TIME: 2:39 ATT: 5,956 |
 Isotopes starter Rick VandenHurk made his 2008 Isotopes debut after being recently
optioned from the Marlins and tossed 7 innings while allowing 2 hits and just a solo homer, and Robert
Andino, also recently optioned from the Marlins, ripped an 8th inning two-run double to give Albuquerque
their go-ahead runs in an eventual 4-1 victory over the Portland Beavers (AAA Padres) on Friday evening
in Portland, Oregon. Albuquerque has won four straight games.
Venable solo homered with one out in the 4th inning as the Beavers took a 1-0 lead. |
| The Isotopes tied up the game in the 5th inning. Andrew Beattie led off the frame
with a single, advanced to second base on a passed ball, moved on to third base on Brett Hayes'
groundout, and scored on VandenHurk's sacrifice fly. |
| The game remained deadlocked at 1-1 until the 8th inning. Hayes doubled, pinch-hitter
Chase Lambin struck out, Tommy Murphy drew a walk and Andino doubled to drive in Hayes and Murphy to
give Albuquerque a 3-1 lead. |
| Jai Miller tripled and scored on Beattie's sacrifice fly in the 9th inning for Albuquerque's
final run of the game. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Rick VandenHurk (W, 1-0) |
7.0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 89 G, 338 AB, 53 R, 89 H, 18 2B, 3 3B, 14 HR, 38 RBI, 36 BB, 104 K, 15 SB, .263 AVG
Brett Hayes 20 G, 63 AB, 12 R, 20 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 1 BB, 14 K, 0 SB, .317 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
IF Manuel Mayorson was transferred to Class-AA Carolina from Albuquerque to make room for
IF Robert Andino. . . .
Tommy Murphy singled to extend his hitting streak to 11 games. . . .
The Albuquerque pitching staff tied last night's season best mark of allowing 3 hits in a game. . . .
The Isotopes, looking for the series sweep, are expecting to send RHP Dallas Trahern (4-9, 6.66)
to the mound to face Portland's LHP Wade LeBlanc (9-7, 5.88) on Saturday evening.
|
| Filed 08/01/2008 |
|
|
July 31, 2008 - Isotopes (49-63)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -13.5 Games |
| PGE Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
. |
3 |
8 |
0 |
| Portland Beavers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
0 |
3 |
0 |
WP: Daniel Barone (1-4)
LP: Chad Reineke (5-10) |
Home Runs:
ALB Andrew Beattie (9) off Chad Reineke in the 7th inning
ALB Tommy Murphy (2) off Chad Reineke in the 6th inning |
TIME: 2:19 ATT: 10,154 |
 Daniel Barone tossed a complete game, 3-hit shutout and struck out 8 Beavers to earn his first Isotope
victory of 2008 as the Isotopes defeated the Portland Beavers (AAA Padres) 3-0 on Thursday
evening at PGE Park. Albuquerque has won three straight games.
Barone finally got some run support from his teammates in the 6th inning. Tommy
Murphy solo-homered in the 6th inning and Andrew Beattie solo-homered in the 7th inning to stake
Barone to a 2-0 lead. |
| Dallas McPherson ground-rule doubled and scored on Jai Miller's single in the 8th inning
for the final run of the game. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Daniel Barone (W, 1-4) |
9.0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 88 G, 334 AB, 52 R, 88 H, 18 2B, 2 3B, 14 HR, 38 RBI, 36 BB, 102 K, 15 SB, .263 AVG
Brett Hayes 19 G, 59 AB, 11 R, 19 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 1 BB, 14 K, 0 SB, .322 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Isotopes roster is relatively unscathed from the MLB trade deadline activity. Former Isotope (and
current Class-AA Carolina Mudcat) P Gaby Hernandez is Seattle bound, traded to the Mariners for P
Arthur Rhodes. To make roster room for Rhodes, the Marlins made a tough decision by optioning
IF Robert Andino to Albuquerque. . . .
Albuquerque went 10-18 in July, 7-8 at home and 3-10 on the road. Despite struggling during the
month, the Isotopes did not have their worst July in franchise history. . . .
Other July Isotope statistics: 137 runs scored, 36 homers, and 40 stolen bases. . . .
Tommy Murphy's homer extended his hitting streak to 10 games. . . .
Daniel Barone tossed Albuquerque's first complete game shutout of 2008 (and the first one since Nic Ungs in May 2006) and the
sixth in franchise history. It was Albuquerque's third complete game of the
season. . . . Barone's 9 inning outing tied a franchise record for the most innings pitched by a starter. . . .
The 3 hits allowed was the fewest number of hits allowed in a game this season. . . .
The series continues on Friday evening. RHP Rick VandenHurk (No record) makes his 2008
Isotopes debut for Albuquerque after his recent demotion from the Marlins, while the Beavers are
expected to counter with LHP Cesar Ramos (9-7, 5.76).
|
| Filed 07/31/2008 |
|
|
July 30, 2008 - Isotopes (48-63)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -14.5 Games |
| PGE Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
. |
6 |
6 |
0 |
| Portland Beavers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
. |
5 |
10 |
0 |
WP: Logan Kensing (1-0)
LP: Edwin Moreno (5-3) |
Home Runs:
ALB Dallas McPherson (39) off Edwin Moreno in the 9th inning
PORT Brett Dowdy (5) off Logan Kensing in the 8th inning
PORT Paul McAnulty (5) off Bobby Keppel in the 6th inning |
TIME: 2:28 ATT: 4,892 |
| Dallas McPherson belted his league-leading 39th homer in the top of the
9th inning as the Isotopes came from behind to defeat the Portland Beavers (AAA Padres) 6-5
in their series opener in Portland, Oregon on Wednesday evening. |
| Albuquerque broke the 0-0 deadlock in the 5th inning. Michael Ryan and Kevin
Randel singled with one out and Chase Lambin tripled them home. Brett Hayes grounded out to drive in
Lambin as the Isotopes led 3-0. |
| Paul McAnulty solo homered in the 6th inning as the Beavers got on the scoreboard. |
| The Beavers took a 5-3 lead in the 8th inning. Peter Ciofrone doubled with one out and Will
Venable singeld ahead of McAnulty's sacrifice fly to drive in Ciofrone. Vince Sinisi singled and Brett Dowdy
followed with a three-run homer. |
| In the 9th inning, Tommy Murphy singled to lead off the inning, Manuel Mayorson flied out
and Tagg Bozied was hit by a pitch before McPherson hit a 1-0 pitch over the right-center field wall to put
Albuquerque ahead 6-5. |
| Isotopes reliever Logan Kensing allowed a one out walk, but settled down to get the
final two outs to preserve the Isotope victory. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Bobby Keppel |
7.1 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Brett Hayes 18 G, 55 AB, 11 R, 17 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 1 BB, 14 K, 0 SB, .309 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
P Bobby Keppel was activated from the Temporary Inactive List to make tonight's start and P
Chris Michalak was released. The Marlins optioned P Taylor Tankersley to Albuquerque late Wednesday
to make major league roster room to activate P Anibal Sanchez. . . .
With tonight's victory, the Isotopes snapped a seven-game losing streak to Portland in games played at PGE Park. . . .
Manuel Mayorson went hitless in four at-bats to snap a 8-game hitting streak. Tommy Murphy had two
singles to extend his hitting streak to 9 games. . . .
Dallas McPherson has had a hand in two out of Albuquerque's 10 last at-bat wins in 2008. . . .
Portland's Peter Ciofrone hit safely in the contest, extending his hitting streak to an incredible 27 games. . . .
The series continues on Thursday evening. Probables are RHP Daniel Barone (0-4, 7.86) for the Isotopes
and RHP Chad Reineke (0-0, 3.00) for the Beavers.
|
| Filed 07/30/2008 |
|
|
July 29, 2008 - Isotopes (47-63)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -15.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Fresno Grizzlies |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
. |
6 |
12 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
X |
. |
13 |
20 |
0 |
WP: Chris Seddon (8-7)
LP: Victor Santos (5-5) |
Home Runs:
FRE Dan Ortmeier (1) off Ross Wolf in the 8th inning
ALB Brett Hayes (3) off Victor Santos in the 3rd inning
ALB Kevin Randel (1) off Jesse Foppert in the 5th inning |
TIME: 3:06 ATT: 8,525 |
 Jason Wood, Kevin Randel and Brett Hayes each drove in three runs as
the Isotopes avoided the series sweep, defeating the Fresno Grizzlies (AAA Giants) 13-6 on
Tuesday evening at "The Lab". Albuquerque snapped a four game losing streak with the victory.
Jai Miller drew a one out walk and scored on Randel's double as the Isotopes
led 1-0. |
| The Grizzlies took the lead in the 3rd inning. With one out, Justin
Leone singled, stole second base and Scott McClain was hit by a pitch before Brian Horwitz doubled home
Leone. Travis Ishikawa singled home McClain and Horwitz as Fresno led 3-1. |
| The only Fresno lead of the night did not last long as the Isotopes plated six runs in
their half of the 3rd inning. Manuel Mayorson and Tagg Bozied singled and each runner advanced a base
on a wild pitch. Dallas McPherson walked to load the bases and Wood singled home Mayorson. Miller drove
in Bozied and McPherson scored when Randel reached on a fielder's choice. Hayes followed with a three-run
homer as Albuquerque led 7-3. |
| Wood singled home Mayorson in the 4th inning to extend the lead to 8-3. |
| Leone doubled and scored on McClain's single in the 5th inning as Fresno added another
run to the scoreboard. |
| Albuquerque put more runs on the scoreboard in their half of the 5th inning. Kevin
Randel hit his first Triple-A homer to lead off the inning. An out later, pinch-hitter Andrew Beattie singled
and Tommy Murphy followed with a single. Mayorson flied out with Beattie tagging up on the play to advance
to third base. Murphy stole second base before Bozied singled to drive in Beattie. McPherson's single
brought home Murphy as Albuquerque led 11-4. |
| The Isotopes plated their final two runs of the game in the 7th inning. Mayorson
doubled with one out and scored on Bozied's double. McPherson singled to advance Bozied to third base
and Wood sacrifice flied out to bring home Bozied. |
| Dan Ortmeier solo homered in the 8th inning and in the 9th inning, Denker walked,
advanced to second base on defensive indifference, moved on to third base on McClain's groundout and scored
on Horwitz's single. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Chris Seddon (W, 8-7) |
5.0 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 87 G, 330 AB, 52 R, 87 H, 18 2B, 2 3B, 14 HR, 37 RBI, 36 BB, 100 K, 15 SB, .264 AVG
Brett Hayes 17 G, 52 AB, 11 R, 17 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 1 BB, 14 K, 0 SB, .327 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
There was an 18 minute delay in the bottom of the 8th inning with Tommy Murphy at the plate due to the brief power outage that
affected Albuquerque. . . .
The Isotopes snapped a four game losing streak to the Grizzlies at Isotopes Park. . . .
Fresno won three out of the four games in the series and 32,821 attended the series. Fresno and
Albuquerque played their only series of the 2008 season and Fresno holds a 13-11 all-time advantage.
The Isotopes hold a 7-5 advantage in games played at Isotopes Park. . . .
70,648 fans attended the just-completed eight game homestand against Sacramento and Fresno and the Isotopes
went 4-4 during the homestand. There are only 13 home games left
in the season so purchase your tickets and enjoy the Isotopes a few more times before the long
offseason without baseball arrives. . . .
Tommy Murphy and Manuel Mayorson each extended their hitting streaks to 8 games. . . .
Kevin Randel was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. . . .
The Isotopes hit the road for an eight-game roadtrip to the Pacific Northwest for the final two series against
Pacific Conference foes. The first stop is to the 2009 Triple-A All-Star game host Portland Beavers (AAA Padres).
The Beavers are the former Dukes franchise that moved to Portland and changed their name and affiliation. Probables in the opener at
PGE Park are RHP Bobby Keppel (7-11, 6.29) for the Isotopes and RHP Josh Geer (6-7, 4.08)
for the Beavers.
|
| Filed 07/29/2008 |
|
|
July 28, 2008 - Isotopes (46-63)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -15.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Fresno Grizzlies |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
. |
7 |
5 |
1 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
. |
3 |
8 |
0 |
WP: Matt Palmer (5-9)
LP: Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (10-6) |
Home Runs:
FRE Scott McClain (22) off Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz in the 5th inning |
TIME: 2:40 ATT: 6,961 |
| Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz allowed six runs in 6 innings of work, failing to earn
his franchise record tying 11th victory of the season as the Fresno Grizzlies defeated the Isotopes
for the third straight night, this time by a 7-3 final. |
| In the 1st inning, Jake Wald led off the game with a walk and two outs later, Wald
stole second base before scoring on Scott McClain's double to right field. Justin Leone was hit by a pitch
and Brian Horwitz drew a walk to load the bases and De La Cruz uncorked consecutive wild pitches to
bring in McClain and Horwitz as the Grizzlies quickly led 3-0. |
| Brett Hayes singled to lead off the Isotopes' 3rd inning, advanced to second base on
De La Cruz's sacrifice bunt, and scored on Manuel Mayorson's single as the Isotopes got on the scoreboard. |
| Travis Ishikawa walked and scored on McClain's homer in the 5th inning as the Grizzlies
extended their lead to 5-1. |
| Horwitz scored when Guillermo Rodriguez grounded into a double play in the 6th inning
and McClain singled home Wald in the 7th inning as Fresno led 7-1. |
| In the home half of the 7th inning, Hayes was plunked by a pitch with one out,
advanced to second base on a wild pitch, moved on to third base when Chase Lambin grounded out, and
scored on Tommy Murphy's double. |
| The Isotopes plated their final run in the 8th inning when Tagg Bozied doubled and
later scored on Kevin Randel's single. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (L, 10-6) |
6.0 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 86 G, 326 AB, 51 R, 85 H, 18 2B, 2 3B, 14 HR, 36 RBI, 35 BB, 99 K, 15 SB, .261 AVG
Brett Hayes 16 G, 47 AB, 10 R, 14 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 14 K, 0 SB, .298 AVG
Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz 19 APP, 10-6, 4.84 ERA, 106 IP, 101 H, 57 ER, 49 BB, 87 K, 11 HR
Scott Nestor 44 APP, 1-1, 0 SV, 7.40 ERA, 48.2 IP, 42 H, 40 ER, 38 BB, 51 K, 7 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Marlins recalled P Taylor Tankersley from Albuquerque on Monday. . . .
The Isotopes have lost their last four contests and are a franchise-record 17 games below the .500 mark. . . .
Chase Lambin went hitless in two at-bats to snap an eight-game hitting streak. Tommy Murphy
and Manuel Mayorson each hit safely to extend their hitting streaks to 7 games. . . .
Fresno's Scott McClain was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. . . .
Koyie Hill of the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) is the PCL Hitter of the Week after hitting .647 (11x17)
with 3 homers and 10 RBI. . . .
John Wasdin of the Memphis Redbirds (AAA Cardinals) is the PCL Pitcher of the Week. Wasdin
was moved back into a starters role and made two starts, tossing 13 innings and allowing just an
earned run for a ERA of 0.69. Wasdin earned the victory in one of his two starts for the week. . . .
LHP Chris Seddon (7-7, 4.46) is expected to take the mound on Tuesday evening, hoping to pitch well for
the Isotopes to avoid a series sweep. The Grizzlies are expected to counter with RHP Victor Santos
(5-4, 4.89)
|
| Filed 07/28/2008 |
|
|
July 27, 2008 - Isotopes (46-62)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -15.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Fresno Grizzlies |
0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
. |
8 |
8 |
1 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
. |
7 |
12 |
3 |
WP: Pat Misch (6-3)
LP: Dallas Trahern (4-9)
SV: Kevin Gryboski (7) |
Home Runs:
FRE Travis Ishikawa (7) off Dallas Trahern in the 3rd inning
FRE Travis Ishikawa (8) off Kenny Baugh in the 7th inning
FRE Brett Harper (12) off Logan Kensing in the 9th inning
ALB Dallas McPherson (36) off Pat Misch in the 4th inning
ALB Dallas McPherson (37) off Pat Misch in the 6th inning
ALB Dallas McPherson (38) off Vinny Chulk in the 8th inning
ALB Brett Hayes (1) off Pat Misch in the 3rd inning
ALB Brett Hayes (2) off Pat Misch in the 7th inning |
TIME: 2:42 ATT: 8,293 |
 Brett Hayes hit his first two homers in an Isotopes uniform on Sunday night,
but his effort was overshadowed by Dallas McPherson's three-homer game and a risky, debatable decision
by Isotopes manager Dean Treanor on the final play of the game. Despite five Albuquerque homers, all solo shots,
the Isotopes dropped a 8-7 decision to the Fresno Grizzlies (AAA Giants).
Fresno took a 4-0 lead in the 2nd inning with help from a couple of Albuquerque miscues. With one out, Brian Horwitz and Justin Leone
each singled to right field. Travis Denker drew a walk to load the bases and Eliezer Alfonzo singled to left field to
drive in Horwitz and Leone. An error on McPherson allowed Alfonzo to advance into scoring position on the play. Grizzlies
starter Pat Misch singled to right field to drive in Denker and Jake Wald struck out. On Wald's strikeout play, Misch
got caught up in a rundown before Albuquerque noticed Alfonzo leaning too far off third base and got Alfonso
caught up in a rundown. Isotopes catcher Hayes had an errant throw to McPherson during the rundown,
allowing Alfonzo to score on the error. |
| Travis Ishikawa belted his first homer of the game to right-center field in the 3rd inning
to extend Fresno's lead to 5-0. |
| Hayes solo homered to left field in the bottom of the 3rd inning to get Albuquerque on
the scoreboard in what would be the first of seven straight frames with an Isotope tally. |
| In the 4th innig, Denker drew a leadoff walk. After tagging up on Alfonzo's flyout to
left field and advancing to third base when Misch reached on an error, Wald's bat broke as he singled into
left field to drive in Denker with Fresno's sixth run of the game. |
| McPherson hit his first homer of the game to left field in the 4th inning. In the 5th inning,
Hayes doubled to right-center field, advanced to third base on Isotope starter Dallas Trahern's sacrifice bunt, and
scored on Tommy Murphy's groundout as the Isotopes cut the defecit in half at 6-3. |
| McPherson solo-homered to center field, high up into the batting eye shrubs, as the Isotopes
trailed by two runs after six innings of play. |
| Both clubs exchanged homers in the 7th inning - Ishikawa in the top half and Hayes in the bottom half with
each homer being the players' second homer of the game. |
| McPherson homered to right field in the 8th inning, his league-leading 38th homer, as the Isotopes pulled to a run
down at 7-6. |
| Fresno got what ended up being a very important run when pinch-hitter Brett Harper
solo homered to left field off Isotopes reliever Logan Kensing in the top of the 9th inning. |
| The Isotopes, trailing by two in the bottom of the 9th inning, made things exciting
down to the very last play of the game. Pinch-hitter Michael Ryan lined out to Grizzlies first baseman Ishikawa
for the first out. Murphy singled into right field, and after Manuel Mayorson flew out for the second
out, took second base on defensive indifference and advanced to third base on a wild pitch. Tagg Bozied
hit a grounder to Grizzlies third baseman Scott McClain, who mishandled the ball for an error. It could
be that McClain got distracted by trying to figure out if he wanted to field the ball and come home to get
Murphy out at home plate or take the sure out at first base to end the game. Murphy scored on the blunder
to pull Albuquerque to 8-7 and McPherson stepped up to the plate and hit a fly ball to shallow center field.
Grizzlies shortstop Wald ran into the outfield with his back to the plate and was unable to catch the ball for the final out.
Bozied was off and running on the play and at third base, Bozied either missed a stop sign or Treanor
decided to take a risk and wave him home. The throw to the plate was good enough for Grizzlies catcher
Alfonzo to field the ball, take the brunt of a collision and hold onto the ball to tag Bozied out at home plate for the final out of the game. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Dallas Trahern (L, 4-9) |
4.0 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 85 G, 323 AB, 51 R, 85 H, 18 2B, 2 3B, 14 HR, 36 RBI, 34 BB, 98 K, 15 SB, .263 AVG
Brett Hayes 15 G, 44 AB, 8 R, 13 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 13 K, 0 SB, .295 AVG
Dallas Trahern 15 APP, 4-9, 6.66 ERA, 78.1 IP, 100 H, 58 ER, 27 BB, 51 K, 16 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Isotopes placed P Bobby Keppel on the Temporary Inactive List to make roster room for
P Dallas Trahern to be activated to make tonight's start. The Marlins announced late Sunday that
P Rick VandenHurk has been optioned to Albuquerque. VandenHurk started out the season with
Class-AA Carolina and was recalled later by the Marlins. . . .
The Isotopes are 8-10 in one run contests. . . . The Isotopes are a season-worst 15.5 games out of
the first place in the division and a franchise record-tying 16 games below the .500 mark. . . .
Dallas McPherson became the first Isotope to have a pair of three homer games in a single season.
McPherson's three homer game also tied a franchise record that he, Chris Aguila, Mark Little,
Todd Sears and Brett Carroll share.
McPherson's 13 total bases was one total base shy of the franchise record for a game and McPherson
continues to add to his Isotopes franchise record mark for homers in a season (38). McPherson moved into third
all-time in modern Albuquerque professional baseball history, passing Billy Ashley (37 homers - 1994) and Paul
Konerko (37 homers - 1997) from the Albuquerque Dukes era. McPherson is six homers away with 36 games to
play or complete (most on the road) to tying the modern Albuquerque professional baseball record of 44 homers
set by Greg Brock with the 1982 Dukes. . . .
Chase Lambin singled to extend his hitting streak to 8 games. Manuel Mayorson and Tommy Murphy
are not far behind with 6 game hitting streaks. . . .
The Isotopes have committed three errors twice out of the last three contests and has a 1-7 record when
having three errors in a game. . . .
Albuquerque tied franchise records with scores in seven straight innings and tallys in seven total innings. . . .
Albuquerque hopes to finally get in the win column against the Grizzlies on Monday evening.
Probables are RHP Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (10-5, 4.59) for the Isotopes and RHP
Matt Palmer (4-9, 4.03) for the Grizzlies.
|
| Filed 07/27/2008 |
|
|
July 26, 2008 - Isotopes (46-61)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -14.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Fresno Grizzlies |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
. |
5 |
10 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
. |
3 |
11 |
0 |
WP: Steve Hammond (2-4)
LP: Daniel Barone (0-4)
SV: Kevin Gryboski (6) |
Home Runs:
FRE Nate Schierholtz (15) off Daniel Barone in the 4th inning
FRE Brian Horwitz (6) off Daniel Barone in the 4th inning |
TIME: 3:11 ATT: 9,042 |
| Isotopes starter Daniel Barone allowed four runs to the Fresno Grizzlies (AAA Giants)
in 5 1/3 innings of work in the Isotopes' 5-3 loss to the Grizzlies in the opener of a four-game series
at "The Lab" on Saturday evening. |
| Albuquerque got on the scoreboard first in the 3rd inning. Manuel Mayorson doubled,
advanced to third base on a wild pitch, and scored on Dallas McPherson's double. |
| A pair of solo homers by Nate Schierholtz and Brian Horwitz in the 4th inning gave
the Grizzlies a 2-1 lead. |
| Barone had another misstep in the 5th inning. Grizzlies starter Steve Hammond was plunked
by a pitch to lead off the inning and then stole second base. Jake Wald singled to drive in Hammond, Dan Ortmeier singled
to put runners on the corners and Schierholtz sacrifice flied out to drive in Wald as the Grizzlies extended their
lead to 4-1. |
| In the home half of the 5th inning, Tommy Murphy singled, advanced to second base on
a groundout, moved on to third base on Tagg Bozied's single and scored on McPherson's groundout. |
| Brett Harper singled home a run in the 8th inning as the Grizzlies scored their final run
of the game. |
| In the bottom of the 9th inning, Michael Ryan tripled with two outs and scored on Murphy's
single for the final run of the game. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Daniel Barone (L, 0-4) |
5.1 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 84 G, 319 AB, 51 R, 85 H, 18 2B, 2 3B, 14 HR, 36 RBI, 34 BB, 97 K, 15 SB, .266 AVG
Scott Nestor 43 APP, 1-1, 0 SV, 7.55 ERA, 47.2 IP, 42 H, 40 ER, 38 BB, 50 K, 7 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Andrew Beattie went hitless in a pinch-hit at-bat to snap an eight-game hitting streak.
Chase Lambin hit safely to extend his hitting streak to 7 games. . . .
The series continues on Sunday evening, weather permitting, as former Hurricane Dolly remnants
continue to move through New Mexico. Probables are RHP Dallas Trahern (4-8, 6.42) for the
Isotopes and LHP Pat Misch (5-3, 5.30) for the Grizzlies.
|
| Filed 07/26/2008 |
|
|
July 25, 2008 - Isotopes (46-60)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -13.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Sacramento River Cats |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
. |
7 |
15 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
. |
4 |
8 |
3 |
WP: Dan Meyer (10-5)
LP: Bobby Keppel (7-11)
SV: Bret Prinz (2) |
Home Runs:
ALB Chase Lambin (10) off Chris Farley in the 9th inning |
TIME: 2:40 ATT: 13,390 |
| Looking for the series sweep, Isotopes starter Bobby Keppel was not able to
end his personal losing streak and help out his team. Keppel allowed seven runs in his 6 1/3
innings of work, including a five-run 4th inning, as the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics)
left the Duke City after taking a 7-4 victory over the Isotopes on Friday evening. Albuquerque's
three-game winning streak was snapped with the loss. |
| Keppel ran into trouble in the 4th inning after tossing three scoreless innings.
Chris Denorfia and Daric Barton singled and Casey Rogowski walked to load the bases. Landon
Powell reached on an error as Denorfia and Barton scored. Donnie Murphy doubled to drive in Rogowski
and an out later, Danny Putnam singled home Powell and Murphy as the River Cats led 5-0. |
| Manuel Mayorson singled and Dallas McPherson walked ahead of Jason Wood's
double into the left field corner as the Isotopes got on the scoreboard in their half of the 4th inning. |
| Putnam doubled home Travis Buck in the 6th inning and Denorfia scored on
Rogowski's double in the 7th inning as the River Cats extended their lead to 7-2. |
| Albuquerque provided one last bit of fireworks in the game before the fans
enjoyed the post-game fireworks show. Jai Miller drew a bottom-of-the-ninth-inning walk with one out and
Chase Lambin followed with a homer to right field. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Bobby Keppel (L, 7-11) |
6.1 |
11 |
7 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 83 G, 315 AB, 51 R, 84 H, 18 2B, 2 3B, 14 HR, 36 RBI, 34 BB, 95 K, 15 SB, .267 AVG
Brett Hayes 14 G, 40 AB, 5 R, 10 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 12 K, 0 SB, .250 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Another day, another Isotopes roster move. P Marcus Gwyn was released so he could sign a contract
to play baseball in Japan and P Chris Michalak was activated from the Disabled List. . . .
The Isotopes and River Cats completed their only series of the season and Albuquerque won
three out of the four games with a total series attendance of 37,827. Albuquerque is 11-13 all-time against
the River Cats, with a 6-6 all-time record at Isotopes Park. . . .
The crowd of 13,390 was the second largest home crowd of 2008 and the eighth largest regular season
crowd in Isotopes Park history. . . .
The series win was Albuquerque's first series win since June 13-16 against the Omaha Royals (AAA Royals) at Isotopes Park.
The Isotopes snapped a season-best five game home winning streak with tonight's loss. . . .
Bobby Keppel has lost his last five pitching decisions. . . .
The Fresno Grizzlies (AAA Giants) come to Albuquerque for a four-game series beginning on
Saturday evening. Weather could be dicey for the Saturday and Sunday contests, with the
moisture from former Hurricane Dolly entering the state of New Mexico and thus forecasts
call for 40 percent chance of precipitation from scattered showers in Albuquerque both
evenings. With Fresno playing the only four games of the season against Albuquerque,
games will have to be played or lost to the schedule. Probables for Saturday evening's
contest are RHP Daniel Barone (0-3, 8.07) for the Isotopes and LHP Steve Hammond
(1-4, 6.63) for the Grizzlies.
|
| Filed 07/25/2008 |
|
|
July 24, 2008 - Isotopes (46-59)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -13.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Sacramento River Cats |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
. |
8 |
11 |
2 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
. |
9 |
13 |
0 |
WP: Kenny Baugh (3-1)
LP: Jeff Gray (1-7) |
Home Runs:
SAC Joe Gaetti (12) off Chris Seddon in the 2nd inning
SAC Chris Denorfia (1) off Chris Seddon in the 5th inning
ALB Dallas McPherson (35) off Kirk Saarloos in the 7th inning
ALB Alberto Concepcion (1) off Kirk Saarloos in the 6th inning
ALB Tagg Bozied (18) off Jeff Gray in the 10th inning
ALB Jai Miller (14) off Jeff Gray in the 10th inning |
TIME: 3:05 ATT: 9,857 |
| Jai Miller, in his first game back from the disabled list, walkoff homered in the
bottom of the 10th inning as the Isotopes defeated the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) 9-8
on Thursday evening at "The Lab". |
| Sacramento staked themselves to a big early lead. In the 2nd inning, Landon Powell
singled, Donnie Murphy walked and Joe Gaetti three run homered. An out later, Cliff Pennington singled,
stole second base, Gregorio Petit walked and Eric Patterson doubled home Pennington. Chris Denorfia lifted
a sacrifice fly to bring Petit home as the River Cats led 5-0. |
| Albuquerque got on the scoreboard in the 3rd inning. Alberto Concepcion singled with one out,
Brett Hayes singled and after Tommy Murphy grounded out to advance both runners a base, Manuel Mayorson
doubled to drive them in. |
| Denorfia solo-homered in the 5th inning to extend Sacramento's lead to 6-2. |
| In the 5th inning, Hayes and Murphy each reached on an error. Mayorson singled to drive
in Hayes and Chase Lambin sacrifice flied out to bring home Murphy as the Isotopes trailed by two at 6-4. |
| Concepcion solo-homered in the 6th inning to bring Albuquerque closer and Albuquerque
took the lead in the 7th inning on a historic homer. Lambin singled with one out and McPherson launched
a homer to right-center field, his Isotopes single-season record 35th homer. |
| Sacramento did not waste any time deadlocking the game. In the 8th inning, Pennington
drew a two-out walk, Petit singled, Patterson walked to load the bases and Denorfia reached on a fielder's
choice as Pennington scampered home. |
| The game remained tied through 9 innings and headed into extra innings. Pennington was
once again in the thick of things as Sacramento took the lead in the 10th inning. Pennington walked with one out,
advanced to third base on Petit's single and scored on Patterson's single. |
| Bozied led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a homer to left field to tie the game and Miller
stepped up to the plate and drilled a 1-0 pitch way over the left field wall for the game winning homer. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Chris Seddon |
6.0 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jai Miller: 82 G, 313 AB, 50 R, 84 H, 18 2B, 2 3B, 14 HR, 36 RBI, 32 BB, 95 K, 15 SB, .268 AVG
Brett Hayes 13 G, 36 AB, 5 R, 9 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 12 K, 0 SB, .250 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
OF Jai Miller was activated from the Disabled List and OF George Lombard was placed on the
disabled list. It has been said Lombard reinjured his shoulder and is facing season-ending shoulder
surgery. The Isotopes placed OF John Gall on the Temporary Inactive List so Gall can compete
in the Olympics and the Marlins signed OF Michael Ryan to a minor league contract and assigned
him to Albuquerque. Ryan has not played in any American professional baseball league in 2008 and saw
action with the Indianapolis Indians (AAA Pirates) in 2007. Ryan played in the major leagues with
the Minnesota Twins in 2002-2005. For his major-league career, Ryan played in 127 games and hit
.265 (69x260) with 7 homers and 33 RBI. . . .
The Isotopes are in the midst of their longest home winning streak of the season, 5 games. . . .
Dallas McPherson regained the American professional baseball leagues lead in homers with his 35th homer
tonight. McPherson has homered in each of his last three contests. . . .
Tagg Bozied was a triple short of hitting for the cycle on his 29th birthday. . . .
Kenny Baugh earned the victory in each of the back-to-back Isotopes walkoff homer wins. . . .
The Isotopes look for their first series sweep since the mid-April on Friday evening. Probables are
RHP Bobby Keppel (7-10, 6.16) for the Isotopes, looking to snap a personal four-game losing pitching
decision streak, and RHP Dan Meyer (9-5, 4.75) for the River Cats.
|
| Filed 07/24/2008 |
|
|
July 23, 2008 - Isotopes (45-59)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -14.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Sacramento River Cats |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
6 |
9 |
1 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
. |
7 |
7 |
1 |
WP: Kenny Baugh (2-1)
LP: Bret Prinz (0-1) |
Home Runs:
SAC Danny Putnam (14) off Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz in the 1st inning
SAC Joe Gaetti (11) off Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz in the 2nd inning
ALB Dallas McPherson (34) off Bret Prinz in the 8th inning
ALB George Lombard (3) off Jose Garcia in the 4th inning |
TIME: 2:44 ATT: 7,285 |
 There is something very magical about the Albuquerque Dukes threads. Wearing those
special throwback threads and on his 28th birthday, Dallas McPherson celebrated with a walkoff homer in the
bottom of the 8th inning as the Isotopes/Albuquerque Dukes defeated the Sacramento River Cats (AAA
Athletics) 7-6 in the regularly scheduled game for Wednesday.
A pair of solo homers gave the River Cats a 2-0 lead. Danny Putnam homered in
the 1st inning and Joe Gaetti homered in the 2nd inning. |
| In the 3rd inning, Chase Lambin led off with a single and Alberto Concepcion walked.
An out later, Tommy Murphy doubled to drive in Lambin and Manuel Mayorson lifted a sacrifice fly to bring
home Concepcion. Murphy stole third base and scored on an error on River Cats catcher Landon
Powell on the play as the Isotopes led 3-2. |
| In the 4th inning, Powell and Travis Buck singled and Gaetti walked to load the
bases. Richie Robnett reached on a fielder's choice as Powell scored and Eric Patterson singled
to drive in Buck. Isotopes starter Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz uncorked two consecutive wild pitches
with Robnett scoring on the first one and Patterson on the second one as the River Cats regained the
lead at 6-3. |
| George Lombard solo homered in the home half of the 4th inning and in the 5th inning,
Murphy drew a one out walk, stole second and third bases, and scored on John Gall's single. |
| In the scheduled final frame, the 7th inning, Kevin Randel singled, advanced to
second base on Murphy's sacrifice bunt, and scored on Mayorson's single to tie the game at 6-6 and
the contest headed into extra innings. |
| McPherson led off the bottom of the 8th inning with a homer to center field for his first walkoff
homer as an Isotope. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz |
4.1 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Brett Hayes 12 G, 32 AB, 3 R, 8 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 11 K, 0 SB, .250 AVG
Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz 18 APP, 10-5, 4.59 ERA, 100 IP, 98 H, 51 ER, 43 BB, 83 K, 10 HR
Scott Nestor 42 APP, 1-1, 0 SV, 7.42 ERA, 47.1 IP, 41 H, 39 ER, 36 BB, 49 K, 7 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
OF Lorenzo Scott was placed on the Disabled List with a right pinky finger dislocation and IF Kevin
Randel was transferred from Class-A Jupiter to Albuquerque. Randel has played at two other minor
league baseball levels in 2008. With Class-A Jupiter, Randel played in 73 games, hitting .326 with
14 homers and 52 RBI. Randel played four games at Class-AA Carolina. hitting .333 (4x12) with no
homers and no RBI. . . .
The Isotopes are a perfect 4-0 when wearing the Albuquerque Dukes throwback uniform. . . .
Albuquerque has evened their extra innings record at 3-3. . . .
Dallas McPherson's walkoff homer was the first Isotope walkoff homer since Val Pascucci's homer on
April 21, 2007. There have been 8 walkoff homers in Isotopes franchise history. . . .
McPherson's homer also tied an Isotope single season franchise homer mark - tying him with
Pascucci at 34 homers in a season and McPherson is tied with Nelson Cruz of the Oklahoma Redhawks
(AAA Rangers) for the homer lead in all of American professional
baseball. McPherson homered in both the completion of the suspended game and the
regularly scheduled game today. . . .
Tagg Bozied went hitless in three at-bats to snap an eight-game hitting streak. . . .
Kenny Baugh earned his first victory since April 28th. . . .
Albuquerque's Alberto Concepcion has exhibited a temper as of late. Concepcion was ejected by Home Plate
umpire John Brammer after being called out on strikes to end the 6th inning. It was Concepcion's second
ejection out of the last three games he has appeared in. . . .
The series continues Thursday evening. Probables are LHP Chris Seddon (7-7, 4.22)
for the Isotopes and RHP Kirk Saarloos (8-3, 4.50) for the River Cats.
|
| Filed 07/23/2008 |
|
|
July 22, 2008 - Isotopes (44-59) |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Sacramento River Cats |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
3 |
5 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
1 |
2 |
0 |
WP: Brandon Villafuerte (5-3)
LP: Jay Marshall (1-3)
SV: Logan Kensing (1) |
Home Runs:
SAC Casey Rogowski (13) off Steve Woodard in the 4th inning
ALB Dallas McPherson (33) off Brad Knox in the 3rd inning
ALB Manuel Mayorson (1) off Brad Knox in the 4th inning |
TIME: 4:06 ATT: 7,295 |
| The Isotopes were on the scoreboard and threatening to score more runs when
rains and hail arrived at Isotopes Park on Tuesday evening. After a one hour, 10 minute delay, the game was suspended
due to rain and resumed on Wednesday afternoon. When the game resumed, Manuel Mayorson's
homer highlighted a five-run 4th inning as Albuquerque tied the game and Brett Hayes drove in two
with a single in the 8th inning to snap a 13-13 tie as Albuquerque eventually outslugged Sacramento 16-13. |
| In the 1st inning with one out, Sacramento's Chris Denorfia singled and Danny Putnam
followed with a single to put runners on the corners. Isotopes starter Steve Woodard uncorked a wild
pitch as Denorfia scored and Putnam advanced to second base. Putnam advanced to third base
on another wild pitch and scored on Casey Rogowski's sacrifice flyout to center field. |
| In the 2nd inning, Cliff Pennington singled, advanced to third base on Richie Robnett's
single and scored on Gregorio Petit's groundout as the River Cats added another run to the scoreboard. |
| With the rain starting to fall, Dallas McPherson singled to left field and scored on
Tagg Bozied's triple as Albuquerque got on the scoreboard. With Bozied on third base and no outs, the
umpires called for a delay and the game was eventually suspended. When the game resumed at that
point Wednesday, with Brad Knox instead of Gio Gonzalez on the mound, Jason Wood grounded out, Chase
Lambin struck out, and George Lombard was able to single to drive in Bozied. Hayes flew out to end
the inning as Albuquerque trailed 3-2. |
| In the 3rd inning, Putnam, Rogowski and Travis Buck singled to load the bases
with no outs. After Woodard got two pop-outs, Petit singled to drive in Putnam and Rogowski. Justin
Knoedler's double brought home Buck and Petit as the River Cats extended their lead to 7-2. |
| In the home half of the 3rd inning, Mayorson drew a one out walk, John Gall walked,
and Dallas McPherson followed with a homer to right field as Albuquerque pulled to within two at 7-5. |
| Sacramento quickly got those three runs back in the top of the 4th inning. Denorfia and
Putnam singled ahead of Rogowski's homer to center field. |
| The Isotopes tied the game in the bottom of the 4th inning. Lambin singled to lead off
the half-inning and scored on Lombard's triple. Lombard scored on Hayes' double and Tommy Murphy singled
ahead of Mayorson's first homer in an Isotopes uniform to tie the game at 10-10. |
| Albuquerque held the River Cats scoreless in the top of the 5th inning before adding
a run in the bottom of the frame when Lombard doubled and scored on Murphy's single. |
| Sacramento tied the game at 11-11 in the top of the 6th inning when Denorfia
walked, advanced to second base on an error during a pickoff attempt, advanced to third base on a groundout,
and scored on Rogowski's second sacrifice flyout of the game. |
| Albuquerque regained and extended the lead over their next two at-bats. Gall walked
and later scored on Wood's single in the 6th inning and consecutive singles by Hayes, Murphy and
Mayorson in the 7th inning brought Hayes home to give Albuquerque a 13-11 lead. |
| In the 8th inning, Petit two-run singled to tie the game at 13-13. |
| Albuquerque finally took the lead for good in the bottom of the 8th inning. McPherson
and Bozied singled, Wood laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance both runners into scoring position, and
after Lambin was intentionally walked to load the bases, Lombard reached on a fielder's choice with
McPherson out at home plate. Hayes singled to drive in Bozied and Lambin and Murphy singled
to drive in Lombard with the final run of the game. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Steve Woodard |
4.0 |
13 |
10 |
10 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Brett Hayes 11 G, 32 AB, 3 R, 8 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 11 K, 0 SB, .250 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
OF George Lombard was activated from the Disabled List on Tuesday and was a homer shy
of hitting for the cycle in the contest. . . .
The Isotopes have had six home games suspended in their history, and Tuesday night was their first one of
the season. . . .
Albuquerque snapped a three-game losing streak to the River Cats with the victory. . . .
Sacramento seems to bring out the longest 9-inning contests when they visit Isotopes Park. The River
Cats and Isotopes established the longest 9-inning game in Isotopes Park history with their 4 hour,
6 minute game. The previous longest 9-inning Isotopes Park contest was August 5, 2004 with Sacramento
as the visitor. . . .
The Isotopes set season-highs with 22 hits in the game and the most combined hits by both teams in
a game (37). . . .
Albuquerque also tied a franchise record with the most innings with a score (7) and the most
consecutive innings with a score (7). . . .
Tommy Murphy tied a franchise record with 5 hits in the game. . . .
John Gall was the only Isotopes batter without a hit, going hitless in four at-bats to snap a 6-game
hitting streak. Tagg Bozied extended his hitting streak to 8 games. . . .
Steve Woodard tied a team season-high with 10 runs given up in the contest. . . .
Casey Rogowski had a great game for Sacramento, going 3x4 with a three-run homer, two sacrifice
flyouts, and 5 RBI.
|
| Filed 07/23/2008 |
|
|
July 22, 2008 - Isotopes Suspended, Rain |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Sacramento River Cats |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
. |
3 |
5 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
. |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| The Isotopes were on the scoreboard and threatening to score more runs when
rains and hail arrived at Isotopes Park. After a one hour, 10 minute delay, the game was suspended
due to rain and will be resumed on Wednesday afternoon with Wednesday's regularly scheduled
contest, shortened to 7 innings, to follow. |
| In the 1st inning with one out, Sacramento's Chris Denorfia singled and Danny Putnam
followed with a single to put runners on the corners. Isotopes starter Steve Woodard uncorked a wild
pitch as Denorfia scored and Putnam advanced to second base. Putnam advanced to third base
on another wild pitch and scored on Casey Rogowski's sacrifice flyout to center field. |
| In the 2nd inning, Cliff Pennington singled, advanced to third base on Richie Robnett's
single and scored on Gregorio Petit's groundout as the River Cats added another run to the scoreboard. |
| With the rain starting to fall, Dallas McPherson singled to left field and scored on
Tagg Bozied's triple as Albuquerque got on the scoreboard. With Bozied on third base and no outs, the
umpires called for a delay and the game was eventually suspended. |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
OF George Lombard was activated from the Disabled List on Tuesday. . . .
The Isotopes have had six home games suspended in their history, and tonight was their first one of
the season. . . . With Sacramento only in town for four games, the Isotopes should hope that the
weather is not as bad as tonight for the rest of the series to try to avoid losing games to the schedule.
|
| Filed 07/22/2008 |
|
|
July 21, 2008 - Isotopes (43-59)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -14.5 Games |
| Zephyr Field |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
. |
2 |
7 |
1 |
| New Orleans Zephyrs |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
. |
3 |
7 |
1 |
WP: Ivan Maldonado (2-3)
LP: Brandon Villafuerte (4-3) |
TIME: 2:51 ATT: 2,947 |
| Daniel Barone had his start moved up a day and tossed 7 2/3 innings, striking out 9
and allowing no runs, but it was a pair of former Isotopes who won the game for the New Orleans
Zephyrs (AAA Mets) in a 3-2 victory over Albuquerque in 10 innings. Albuquerque has lost their
last three contests. |
| It was not until the 8th inning that the Isotopes became the first team to
get on the scoreboard. Tommy Murphy drew a two-out walk, stole second base and scored on
John Gall's double. |
| Chase Lambin tripled and scored on Alberto Concepcion's single in the 9th inning
as the Isotopes extended their lead to 2-0 going into the bottom of the 9th inning. |
| Jesus Feliciano and Andy Green singled to lead off the bottom of the 9th inning. John
Rodriguez laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance both runners into scoring position, and former-Isotope
Val Pascucci singled to drive them in to tie the game. |
| In the 10th inning, Gustavo Molina singled and was replaced by pinch-runner
Anderson Machado. Anderson Hernandez bunt popped out and Abraham Nunez flew out before
former-Isotope Chris Aguila doubled to drive in Machado with the game winning run. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Daniel Barone |
7.2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
0 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Brett Hayes 10 G, 27 AB, 1 R, 5 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 11 K, 0 SB, .185 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
P Dallas Trahern was placed on the Disabled List prior to today's game, thus moving up Daniel Barone's
start a day early. . . .
The Zephyrs took three out of the four games in the series and 20,534 attended. New Orleans won 7
out of the 8 games played against Albuquerque at Zephyr Field in 2008. The Zephyrs come to Albuquerque
for five games in August to close out the 2008 season series between the two clubs. . . .
With their short losing streak, Albuquerque is back to a franchise-record-tying 16 games below the .500 mark. . . .
Albuquerque is 2-3 in extra inning contests in 2008. . . .
Hitting streaks extended in the game were Lorenzo Scott (9 games) and John Gall (6 games). . . .
Chase Lambin turned in a sombrero, tying a 2008 team season-high with 4 strikeouts in a game. . . .
Wladimir Balentien of the Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) is the PCL Hitter of the Week. Balantien
hit .563 (9x16) with 4 homers and 8 RBI. . . . Brandon Knight of the New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA Mets)
is the PCL Pitcher of the Week after his performance against the Isotopes on Saturday. Knight, recently
named to the 2008 USA Olympic baseball team, struck out 12 Isotopes, allowed 3 hits and no runs in
6 innings and earned the victory. . . .
Albuquerque returns home for an eight game homestand against a couple of Pacific Conference opponents.
First up is the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics). The Isotopes have yet to name a probable, perhaps
a starting pitcher transferred from Class-AA Carolina will make the start, while the River Cats are expected
to counter with LHP Gio Gonzalez (7-6, 4.34).
|
| Filed 07/21/2008 |
|
|
July 20, 2008 - Isotopes (43-58)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -14.5 Games |
| Zephyr Field |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
0 |
5 |
1 |
| New Orleans Zephyrs |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
X |
. |
6 |
8 |
0 |
WP: Ruddy Lugo (7-8)
LP: Bobby Keppel (7-10) |
Home Runs:
NRL Ruddy Lugo (1) off Bobby Keppel in the 2nd inning
NRL Michel Abreu (10) off Bobby Keppel in the 3rd inning |
TIME: 2:35 ATT: 3,559 |
| New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA Mets) starter Ruddy Lugo and reliever Tim McNab
combined on a five-hit shutout and Lugo helped his own cause with a two-run homer and four total RBI as the Zephyrs
defeated the Isotopes 6-0 on Sunday afternoon in Metarie, Louisiana. The Isotopes have
dropped two straight games. |
| In the 1st inning, Abraham Nunez walked with one out, advanced to second base on
John Rodriguez's single, tagged up and moved to third base on Michel Abreu's flyout and scored on
former-Isotope Chris Aguila's single. |
| Anderson Machado doubled and scored on Lugo's homer in the 2nd inning and Abreu
solo-homered in the 3rd inning as the Zephyrs led 4-0. |
| The Zephyrs scored their final two runs with two outs in the 6th inning. Anderson
Hernandez reached on a fielder's choice, Machado walked, and Lugo doubled to the right-center field gap
to drive them in. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Bobby Keppel (L, 7-10) |
5.2 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Brett Hayes 9 G, 26 AB, 1 R, 5 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 10 K, 0 SB, .192 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Albuquerque All-Star IF Chris Barnwell was placed on the Temporary Inactive List and IF Manuel Mayorson was promoted
to Albuquerque from Class-AA Carolina. Mayorson appeared in 85 games with the Mudcats in 2008,
hitting .310 (90x290) with no homers, 26 RBI and 20 stolen bases. . . .
The Isotopes have been shut out five times in 2008 and New Orleans has two of those shutouts, both at
Zephyr Field. . . .
Lorenzo Scott extended his hitting streak to 8 games with a single. . . .
Bobby Keppel became the first Isotope to reach double-digit losses and has lost his last four pitching decisions. . . .
Albuquerque's Alberto Concepcion was ejected by First Base Umpire Chris Tiller in the 9th inning. . . .
The series concludes on Monday afternoon. Probables are RHP Dallas Trahern (4-8, 6.42) for
the Isotopes and RHP Brian Stokes (9-8, 4.67) for the Zephyrs.
|
| Filed 07/20/2008 |
|
|
July 19, 2008 - Isotopes (43-57)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -13.5 Games |
| Zephyr Field |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
. |
1 |
5 |
2 |
| New Orleans Zephyrs |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
X |
. |
5 |
9 |
0 |
WP: Brandon Knight (5-1)
LP: Chris Seddon (7-7) |
Home Runs:
NRL Chris Aguila (19) off Chris Seddon in the 1st inning
NRL Val Pascucci (19) off Chris Seddon in the 1st inning
Anderson Machado (3) off Chris Seddon in the 1st inning |
TIME: 2:48 ATT: 5,769 |
| In a game televised on the COX Sports Television Louisiana HD regional sports network,
New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA Mets) starter Brandon Knight dominated the Isotopes over his six innings,
striking out 12 and allowing 3 hits and no runs, as the Zephyrs defeated the Isotopes 5-1. The Isotopes had a three game winning streak
snapped with the loss. |
| The Zephyrs took batting practice off Isotopes starter Chris Seddon in the 1st inning. Anderson
Machado led off with a solo homer to left field. Andy Green drew a walk but was picked off before former
Isotope Chris Aguila solo homered to left field. Another former Isotope, Val Pascucci, followed with a solo
homer to center field as the Zephyrs led 3-0 after one inning of play. |
| In the 3rd inning, Aguila and Pascucci drew back-to-back walks with one out off
Seddon. After Aguila and Pascucci executed a double steal, Michel Abreu singled to right center field to
drive them in as New Orleans extended their lead to 5-0. |
| Albuquerque finally got on the scoreboard in the 8th inning. Tommy Murphy doubled
into the left field corner with two outs and scored on Tagg Bozied's single to left field. |
|
| ISOTOPES STARTER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| Chris Seddon (L, 7-7) |
2.1 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
MARLIN PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Brett Hayes 8 G, 23 AB, 1 R, 5 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 8 K, 0 SB, .217 AVG
Scott Nestor 41 APP, 1-1, 0 SV, 7.86 ERA, 44.2 IP, 40 H, 39 ER, 36 BB, 45 K, 7 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Although their clubs are facing each other in the series, Zephyrs starter Brandon Knight will be a
teammate of John Gall's on the 2008 U.S. Olympic baseball team. . . .
Albuquerque tied a franchise record for a 9-inning game with 16 strikeouts. Knight struck out 12 Isotopes, the
most by an opposing pitcher in an outing in 2008 and two short of the franchise record for most strikeouts
in a game by an opposing pitcher. . . .
Hitting streaks extended in the game: Lorenzo Scott (7 games) and Tagg Bozied (6 games). . . .
Isotope opponents have back-to-back homered four times in 2008, with three of those occuring in the
1st inning. . . .
The series continues on Sunday afternoon. Probables are RHP Bobby Keppel (7-9, 5.98) for
the Isotopes and RHP Ruddy Lugo (6-8, 5.27) for the Zephyrs.
|
| Filed 07/19/2008 |
|
|
July 18, 2008 - Isotopes (43-56)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 4th Place, -12.5 Games |
| Zephyr Field |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
. |
7 |
7 |
0 |
| New Orleans Zephyrs |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
1 |
6 |
0 |
WP: Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz (10-5)
LP: Claudio Vargas (3-2) |
Home Runs:
ALB John Gall (12) off Tim McNab in the 7th inning
NRL Chris Aguila (18) off Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz in the 6th inning |
TIME: 3:05 ATT: 8,259 |
 The television lights treated Albuquerque much better tonight than the earlier in the season.
The last time the Isotopes and New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA Mets) played in front of a COX Sports Television
Louisiana HD regional sports network audience, former-Isotope Val Pascucci belted a walk off homer. Tonight,
Eulogio "Frankie" De La Cruz looked a little rusty but was wildly effective in earning his 10th victory as the
Isotopes defeated the Zephyrs 7-1 to snap a franchise-record-tying 10 game road losing streak.
In the 2nd inning, Dallas McPherson drew a leadoff walk and Tagg Bozied doubled
to center field. Zephyrs center fielder Jesus Feliciano appeared to have the batted ball tracked, but wasn't
able to make the catch. Chase Lambin ripped a single to right field to drive in McPherson and Lorenzo
Scott lifted a sacrifice fly to left field to bring in Bozied as Albuquerque led 2-0. |
| The Zephyrs had a good chance to put some runs on the board in the 4th inning but
was denied by great Isotopes defense. John Rodriguez le
| |
