2009 News and Game Summary
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Sacramento River Cats Advance to PCL Championship
2009 Pacific Conference Championship
Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) 13
Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) 8
WP: Shawn Chacon (1-0)
LP: Gaby Hernandez (0-1)
HR:
TAC Chris Shelton (1) off Chacon in the 3rd inning
TAC Matt Tuiasosopo (1) off Patterson in the 6th inning
SAC Chris Carter (4) off Hernandez in the 1st inning
TIME: 3:39 ATT: 7,432
On Saturday evening, the Sacramento River Cats defeated the
Tacoma Rainiers to claim the 2009 Pacific Conference
Championship title by three games to one game.
Chris Carter homered for Sacramento, meaning he has homered
in every game in the series for the River Cats. Sacramento
plated seven runs over the first two frames, held off a Rainiers
charge of five runs over the next several innings, and then
the River Cats scored six runs in the 7th inning to put the game
away.
The PCL Championship starts Tuesday evening in Memphis.
Tuesday and Wednesday's games are in Memphis, while
the venue changes to Sacramento for games on Friday
and (if necessary) on Saturday and Sunday. All games
should be available on MILB.TV since both Memphis and
Sacramento streamed their home games this season.
If Sacramento wins the Championship, it will be three
straight PCL Championships for the River Cats.
Filed 09/14/2009
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September 11, 2009 - MEM 1, ALB 0
PCL American Conference Championship - Memphis wins series 3-0 |
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WP: Evan MacLane (1-0)
LP: Tim Corcoran (0-1)
SV: Pete Parise (2) |
Home Runs:
MEM David Freese (1) off Corcoran in the 2nd inning |
TIME: 2:25 ATT: 5,628 |
| Albuquerque's season ended in heartbreaking fashion on Friday evening as the
Memphis Redbirds (AAA Cardinals), on the strength of a David Freese 2nd inning solo homer,
defeated the Isotopes 1-0 to win the 2009 PCL American Conference Championship. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME:
Jamie Hoffmann: 2x4 (.444 AVG)
Xavier Paul: 2x4, 1K (.250 AVG)
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DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Xavier Paul started in center field and went 2x4 with a strikeout.
Will Ohman pitched to one batter in the 8th inning and walked a batter.
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'TOPES NOTES:
Tonight's game finalized Albuquerque's franchise record for the latest calendar date they have played
a game in a season (September 11th). . . .
Tim Corcoran started for Albuquerque and tossed 6 innings, allowing 6 hits, the solo homer, walked
1 and fanned 4. Evan MacLane started for Memphis and threw 7 scoreless innings, while allowing 5
hits and fanning 6 Isotopes. . . .
Albuquerque is 1-2 in road playoff games in Isotopes franchise history. . . .
The Isotopes played their fourth 1-0 game of the season and have lost three of those games. All-time,
Albuquerque is 5-9 in 1-0 games. . . .
The Isotopes long, cold winter may have begun with tonight's loss, but this web page should be
active for the rest of the postseason with coverage of the Pacific Conference finals, the PCL
Championship, and the Triple-A Championship game. Also, look for any news that affects the
Isotopes such as more Isotopes joining the Dodgers now that the season is over or hot stove
signings that specifically affect the Isotopes.
2009 Pacific Conference Championship
River Cats lead series 2-1
Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) 13
Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) 2
WP: Jerome Williams (1-0)
LP: Andrew Baldwin (0-1)
HR:
SAC Chris Carter (3) off Baldwin in the 3rd inning
SAC Brett Wallace (2) off Silva in the 7th inning
SAC Matt Carson (1) off Manuel in the 8th inning
TIME: 2:45 ATT: 11,894
Chris Carter homered for the third straight game and Brett
Wallace homered and drove in four runs as the River Cats
took a 2-1 series lead with a 13-2 victory over Tacoma at
Raley Field in Sacramento. Game Four is Saturday night
in Sacramento.
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| Filed 09/11/2009 |
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September 10, 2009 - MEM 8, ALB 6
PCL American Conference Championship - Memphis leads series 2-0 |
| Isotopes Park |
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| Albuquerque Isotopes |
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WP: Tyler Norrick (1-0)
LP: Scott Strickland (0-1)
SV: Mike Parise (1) |
Home Runs:
MEM Tyler Greene (1) off Alvarado in the 5th inning
ALB Xavier Paul (1) off Scherer in the 6th inning |
TIME: 3:26 ATT: 3,714 |
| With a three run lead going into the 9th inning and Isotopes closer Scott
Strickland on the mound, one would think the game was in control and Albuquerque would head
to Memphis with a series knotted up at 1-1. One would be wrong on Thursday night as Strickland
was not his dominant self. Strickland allowed five runs in the 9th inning as the Memphis Redbirds
(AAA Cardinals) rallied to come from behind to defeat Albuquerque 8-6 to take a 2-0 series lead
in the 2009 American Conference Championship Series. |
| In the 1st inning, Tony Abreu singled into center field, advanced to second base on
Xavier Paul's sacrifice bunt and scored on Blake DeWitt's double to right field as the Isotopes quickly
led 1-0. |
| Memphis took the lead in the 4th inning. David Freese reached on an error and Mark Hamilton
singled to right field. Mark Shorey was hit by a pitch to load the bases. An out later, a wild pitch brought Freese
home and then Shane Robinson sacrifice flied out to right field to drive in Shorey. |
| Albuquerque tied it at 2-2 in their half of the 4th inning. JD Closser singled to right-center
field, advanced to second base on Chin-Lung Hu's single, took third base on Isotope starter Giancarlo
Alvarado's excellent sacrifice bunt, and scored on passed ball. |
| Tyler Greene solo homered to left field in the 5th inning as Memphis regained
the lead at 3-2. |
| Albuquerque deadlocked the game at 3-3 with a run in the home half of the 5th inning.
Blake DeWitt reached on an error and two outs later, DeWitt advanced to third base on Dee Brown's single
to right field and scored on Hu's single that ricocheted off of Redbirds starter PJ Walters. |
| The Isotopes regained the lead in the 6th inning. With one out, Xavier Paul
homered to right field. DeWitt followed with a single to right field and scored on Hector Luna's double
to left-center field. |
| The Isotopes increased the lead to 6-3 in the 7th inning. Jamie Hoffmann singled to
left field, stole second base, advanced to third base on Paul's groundout, and scored on a wild pitch. |
| Strickland entered the game in the 9th inning and pinch-hitter Donovan Solano
greeted him with a single to center field. Jon Jay followed with a single to center and Greene drew a walk
to load the bags. Jarrett Hoffpauir reached on a fielder's choice with Solano out at home plate and
Freese fouled out to Isotopes first baseman Luna for the second out of the inning. Mark Hamilton
singled to right field to drive in Jay and Greene as the Redbirds drew to a run down at 5-3. Pinch-hitter
Allen Craig singled to right field to drive in Hoffpauir with the game tying run and Brandon Yarbrough
doubled to right center to drive in Hamilton and Craig with the go-ahead runs. Robinson singled
with Yarbrough thrown out at home plate for the final out of the inning. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME:
Jamie Hoffmann: 1x2, 1R, 1 K, .400 AVG
Xavier Paul: 1x4, 1R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, .125 AVG
Josh Lindblom 2 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0 HR, 0.00 ERA
Brent Leach 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0 HR, 0.00 ERA
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DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Xavier Paul was the centerfielder and went 1x4 with a homer, RBI, and a run scored.
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'TOPES NOTES:
Albuquerque must win all 3 games in Memphis to advance to the PCL Championship Series. Any
single loss and the Isotopes are eliminated from the playoffs and their season is done. . . .
The Isotopes were 4-4 in Memphis in the 2009 regular season, and all-time, Albuquerque is
24-31 in games at Autozone Park. . . .
Albuquerque has yet to win a home playoff game in their franchise history. They are 0-4 in
home playoff games with tonight's defeat. . . .
Scott Strickland's blown save was only his 3rd blown save of the season. . . .
Albuquerque drew 7,374 combined for the two home games and for the season, adding in regular season
attendance, Albuquerque has drawn 609,503. . . .
The series continues Friday evening in Memphis with a 6:05 PM start time. Probables are
RHP Tim Corcoran (2-0, 4.71) for the Isotopes and LHP Evan MacLane (8-11, 4.02) for the
Redbirds. . . .
2009 Pacific Conference Championship Series - Game 2
Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) 5
Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) 2
Series tied 1-1
WP: Garrett Olson (1-0)
LP: Chad Reineke (0-1)
SV: Mike Koplove (1)
HR:
SAC Chris Carter (2) off Olson in the 3rd inning
SAC Eric Munson (1) off Wells in the 8th inning
TAC Mike Wilson (1) off Reineke in the 2nd inning
TIME: 2:45 ATT: 2,588
Tacoma's Garrett Olson had a great outing, tossing 6
innings while allowing 5 hits and just a solo homer
to Sacrameto's Chris Carter and fanned 6 River Cats
and Mike Wilson two-run homered for Tacoma as the
Rainiers evened up the best-of-five series at 1-1.
The series changes venues to Sacramento for games
3 and 4 and (if necessary) game 5.
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| Filed 09/10/2009 |
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September 9, 2009 - MEM 6, ALB 2
PCL American Conference Championship - Memphis leads 1-0 |
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WP: Jaime Garcia (1-0)
LP: Eric Stults (0-1) |
Home Runs:
MEM Jarrett Hoffpauir (1) off Pollok in the 8th inning |
TIME: 2:33 ATT: 3,660 |
| Isotopes starter Eric Stults allowed 11 hits and 5 runs in 6 innings and the
Memphis Redbirds (AAA Cardinals) put up a few early game runs and cruised to a 6-2 victory over
Albuquerque in Game 1 of the 2009 PCL American Conference Championship on Wednesday
evening. |
| In the 1st inning, Jon Jay and Tyler Greene singled and Jarrett Hoffpauir followed with a single
to drive in Jay. Greene advanced to third base on David Freese's groundout and scored on Brian Barden's
groundout as Memphis led 2-0. |
| The Redbirds added to their lead in the 2nd inning. Shane Robinson singled, Redbirds
starter Jaime Garcia doubled, and Jay grounded out to drive in Robinson. Garcia advanced to third on
the play and scored on Greene's single as Memphis led 4-0. |
| Greene tripled and scored on Hoffpauir's single in the 5th inning as Memphis increased
the lead to 5-0. |
| JD Closser reached on an error and pinch-hitter Sergio Garcia popped out before
the rains came. After the rain delay, Tony Abreu tripled home Closser and an out later, Hector Luna
singled home Abreu as the Isotopes trailed 5-2. |
| Hoffpauir solo homered in the 8th inning for the final run of the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME:
Jamie Hoffmann: 1x3, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts, .333 AVG
Xavier Paul: 0x4, 3 strikeouts, .000 AVG
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DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Xavier Paul started in center field and went 0x4 with 3 strikeouts.
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'TOPES NOTES:
There was a 2 hour, 21 minute rain/lightning delay in the 6th inning. It was the 6th rain delay
at Isotopes Park this season. . . .
Jamie Hoffmann rejoined the Isotopes just in time for the start of the playoffs. The Dodgers
signed Hoffmann as a free agent and assigned him to Albuquerque. Hoffmann had been
designated for assignment by the Dodgers late in the regular season to make 40-man roster
room for one of the Dodgers' trade acquisitions. OF Scott Van Slyke was placed on the reserve
list to make Isotope roster room for Hoffmann. . . .
Albuquerque turned their first triple play since August 28, 2007 and third triple play in franchise
history. In the 6th inning, Memphis' Brian Barden walked, Mark Shorey singled, and Mike Pagnozzi hit a ball towards
Isotopes shortstop Chin-Lung Hu. Hu tagged out Barden for the first out, stepped on second base to
force Shorey out, and then threw the ball to Hector Luna at first base to retire Pagnozzi. . . .
The Isotopes are 0-3 in playoff games at Isotopes Park. . . .
Memphis starter Jaime Garcia allowed one unearned run and a hit in 5 1/3 innings while fanning 6
Isotopes. . . . 12 Isotope batters struck out in the game, led by Xavier Paul's three strikeouts and
two strikeouts each by Jamie Hoffmann and Mitch Jones. . . .
Tony Abreu, Hector Luna, and Hoffmann each had one hit and accounted for all of Albuquerque's
hits in the game. . . .
Game 2 of the American Conference Championship is Thursday night at Isotopes Park. It is
a must-win game for Albuquerque because the Isotopes do not want to go to
Memphis one game away from being eliminated and have to sweep Memphis at Autozone Park
just to advance to the PCL Championship. Probables are RHP Giancarlo Alvarado (13-10, 3.49)
for the Isotopes and RHP PJ Walters (8-10, 4.54) for the Redbirds.
2009 Pacific Conference Championship Game 1:
Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) 8
Tacoma Tigers (AAA Mariners) 2
Sacramento leads series 1-0
WP: Chris Gissell (1-0)
LP: Chris Seddon (0-1)
HR:
SAC Chris Carter (1) off Seddon in the 1st inning
SAC Brett Wallace (1) off Seddon in the 5th inning
TIME: 2:41 ATT: 2,287
Sacramento plated five runs in the first two frames and cruised
to victory. Former-Isotope Seddon allowed 7 runs and 7 hits
in 6 1/3 innings of work.
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| Filed 09/09/2009 |
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Mitch Jones Named PCL Hitter of the Week
Mitch Jones won the final PCL HItter of the Week award for 2009.
Jones hit .480 for the week (12x25) with 2 homers and 10 RBI.
It was the second Hitter of the Week award for Jones in 2009
and Jones is the only Isotope to win a Hitter of the Week award
this season.
The PCL Pitcher of the Week is former-Isotope Gaby Hernandez
of the Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners). Hernandez made
two starts, most importantly on Monday in a winner-take-all
game against the Colorado Springs Sky Sox to determine
the PCL Pacific Conference Northern Division winner.
Hernandez won both starts for the week and had a 1.80
ERA (3 earned runs in 15 innings pitched) while
fanning 11, walking 5 and allowing 8 hits.
Filed 09/08/2009
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September 7, 2009 - Isotopes (80-64)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +11.0 Games |
2009 PCL American Conference
Southern Division Champions! |
| Principal Park |
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WP: Brent Leach (2-0)
LP: Jeff Samardzija (6-6) |
Home Runs:
ALB Mitch Jones (35) off Samardzija in the 5th inning |
TIME: 2:46 ATT: 8,720 |
| Mitch Jones belted his league leading 35th homer and drove in two runs and
Xavier Paul also added two runs as the Isotopes concluded the regular season portion of their
schedule with a 7-2 victory over the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs). Albuquerque heads into the playoffs
having won six of their last nine ballgames. |
| In the 4th inning, Blake DeWitt singled, advanced to third base on Hector Luna's
single, and scored on a wild pitch as the Isotopes grabbed the first lead of the game. |
| Iowa took advantage of Isotopes miscues in the home half of the 4th inning to
tie the game. Matt Camp walked, stole second base, and scored on a pair of Isotope throwing errors
on the play. |
| Albuquerque regained the lead for good in the 5th inning. Scott Van Slyke drew a
pinch-hit walk, Tony Abreu singled and advanced to second base on a throwing error, and both scored on
Xavier Paul's double. An out later, Jones two-run homered as the Isotopes led 5-1. |
| Albuquerque added their final two runs in the 7th inning. Paul drew a one out walk
and scored on DeWitt's triple. Pinch-hitter Sergio Garcia then doubled home DeWitt. |
| In the bottom of the 7th inning, Darwin Barney doubled home Steve Clevenger
with the final run of the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Xavier Paul: 31 G, 116 AB, 13 R, 38 H, 10 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 16 RBI, 10 BB, 23 K, 8 SB, .328 AVG
Brent Leach 18 APP, 2-0, 1 SV, 6.75 ERA, 18.2 IP, 17 H, 14 ER, 16 BB, 20 K, 2 HR
Travis Schlichting 13 APP, 0-0, 0 SV, 1.42 ERA, 12.2 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 8 BB, 7 K, 0 HR |
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Two rehabbing players made appearances for the Isotopes in the regular season finale. Xavier
Paul played in center field and went 1x4 with a double, two runs scored, 2 RBI, and walked
and struck out once. Paul also committed a throwing error.
Travis Schlichting made his first appearance as a rehabber with Albuquerque instead of being on the
active roster and tossed an inning, allowing an unearned run, a walk and fanned one.
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| 'TOPES NOTES:
With the conclusion of the season today, Albuquerque firmed up the franchise record for most wins in a
season (80), least losses in a year (64) and most road wins (38). Albuquerque ended the campaign with a franchise record-tying
11 game division lead over the Oklahoma City Redhawks, a franchise tying best 16 games over .500 record,
and was in sole possession of first place since June 16th. . . .
The Dodgers assigned P Travis Schlichting to Albuquerque on a rehabilitation assignment. . . .
Albuquerque also played on the latest calendar date in franchise history today (September 7th) and will
extend that mark due to postseason play. . . .
For the second year in a row, an Isotope has won the Joe Bauman Home Run Award, awarded for
the most homers in the minor leagues. Mitch Jones hit homer number 35 today to become tied
atop the leaderboard with Lancaster Jethawks (Advanced Class-A) slugger Jon Gaston. The tiebreaker
is RBIs and Jones had 103 while Gaston had 100. Jones receives the Joe Bauman Trophy and a
check for $7,000 -- $200 for each homer hit. Jones also established himself in Isotopes history with
the second most homers in a season behind Dallas McPherson's 42 from the 2008 campaign when McPherson
won the Joe Bauman Home Run Award. It is fitting Isotope players have won the award, considering
Joe Bauman blasted 72 homers in 1954 playing for the Roswell (NM) Rockets, a professional baseball
record that stood until 2001 when Barry Bonds broke it with 73 homers. . . .
Albuquerque and Iowa completed their season series today and Albuquerque took 9 of the 16 games -- 5-3 at
Isotopes Park and 4-4 at Principal Park. All-time, Iowa holds a 58-54 series lead. . . .
The Isotopes are 4-3 in Labor Day contests, with a 3 game winning streak. . . .
Albuquerque played in front of 1,046,891 fans at home and on the road in 2009. 58% percent of those fans
attended games at Isotopes Park. . . .
The Isotopes did not allow a homer in the Iowa series. Albuquerque pitching has not allowed a homer
in a franchise best six series' in a season. . . . .
Albuquerque's regular season September stats: 4-3 record, 1-2 at home and 3-1 on the road, .278
batting average, 3.19 team ERA, 35 runs scored, 3 stolen bases, and 5 homers. . . .
The long hitting streaks as the Isotopes end regular season play are Mitch Jones (9 games) and
JD Closser (6 games). . . .
A former Isotope fan favorite hung up his spikes on Monday. Round Rock Express (AAA Astros) player
John Gall announced his retirement before Monday's Express game against the Omaha Royals (AAA
Royals). Gall played in 2007 and 2008 for Albuquerque. In 113 games in 2007, Gall hit .300
with 13 homers and 58 RBI. The following season for the Isotopes, Gall played an abbreviated
98 games and hit .312 with 12 homers and 76 RBI. The season was abbreviated as Gall played
for Team USA in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing where he and Team USA were bronze medal winners.
For the Express in 2009, Gall played in 125 games and hit .246 with 9 homers and 45 RBI. Gall
appeared in 33 major league games, some with the St. Louis Cardinals and some with the Florida Marlins,
and hit .246 with 2 homers and 11 RBI. . . .
The final division was decided on Monday in a head-to-head matchup. The Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) defeated
the Colorado Springs Sky Sox (AAA Rockies) 11-2 in their Labor Day contest. The Rainiers and Sky Sox are
tied in winning percentage so the Rainiers clinched the PCL Pacific Conference Northern Division on a tie-breaker. The Rainers will
meet the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) in the Pacific Conference Championship series with the
winner of that series meeting the Isotopes or Redbirds in the PCL Championship Series. . . .
After an off-day Tuesday, the Isotopes open the 2009 American Conference Championship series against
the Memphis Redbirds (AAA Cardinals) at Isotopes Park on Wednesday evening. Probables are LHP
Eric Stults (5-4, 5.20) for the Isotopes and LHP Jaime Garcia (2-0, 3.86) for the Redbirds.
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| Filed 09/07/2009 |
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September 6, 2009 - Isotopes (79-64)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +11.0 Games |
2009 PCL American Conference
Southern Division Champions! |
| Principal Park |
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WP: Jay Jackson (1-0)
LP: JD Durbin (0-6)
SV: Blake Parker (22) |
Home Runs:
ALB JD Closser (2) off Jackson in the 4th inning |
TIME: 2:21 ATT: 7,033 |
| Isotopes starter JD Durbin turned in a quality game (6 innings of 8 hit, 3-run ball) but
he got no run support as the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) defeated the Isotopes 3-1 on Sunday afternoon. The
loss snapped a three-game Isotope winning streak. |
| In the 1st inning, Matt Camp and John-Ford Griffin singled with one out. Matt Craig
singled to drive in Camp and Brad Snyder reached on a fielder's choice as Griffin scored to give Iowa
a 2-0 lead. |
| JD Closser solo homered in the 4th inning for Albuquerque's lone run of the game. |
| Iowa scored the final run in their half of the 4th inning. Snyder singled and scored
on Mark Johnson's triple. Shortly after, Johnson was caught stealing home. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Xavier Paul: 30 G, 112 AB, 11 R, 37 H, 9 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, 9 BB, 22 K, 8 SB, .330 AVG
Josh Lindblom 20 APP, 3-0, 1 SV, 2.54 ERA, 39 IP, 34 H, 11 ER, 12 BB, 36 K, 3 HR |
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Xavier Paul played in center field and went 1x5 wtih a strikeout. Paul singled in the 1st inning,
flied out in the 2nd, 5th and 7th innings, and struck out in the 9th inning.
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| 'TOPES NOTES:
There was another Isotope transaction on Sunday. P Marlon Arias was placed on the Disabled
List and P Alberto Bastardo was transferred from Class-AA Chattanooga to Albuquerque. . . .
The Isotopes saw their four game winning streak against the Cubs end with the loss. . . .
Luis Maza went hitless in four at-bats to snap a 7-game hitting streak. . . .
There is only one division left to claim and it will be decided on Monday. In the PCL Pacific
Conference Northern Division, the Tacoma Rainiers and Colorado Springs Sky Sox will play each other
and the winner will clinch the division and face the Sacramento River Cats in the Pacific
Conference finals. . . .
The series, and regular season, concludes on Monday afternoon. Probables are RHP
Henry Bonilla (3-11, 6.27) for the Isotopes and RHP Jeff Samardzija (6-5, 4.06) for
the Cubs.
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| Filed 09/06/2009 |
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September 5, 2009 - Isotopes (79-63)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +11.0 Games |
2009 PCL American Conference
Southern Division Champions! |
| Principal Park |
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| Iowa Cubs |
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WP: Tim Corcoran (2-0)
LP: Ezequiel Astacio (0-1) |
TIME: 2:34 ATT: 6,014 |
| Isotopes starter Tim Corcoran tossed 7 innings, allowing a run and 3 hits while fanning 7 and his teammates
aided him with a five-run 6th inning as the Isotopes defeated the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) 8-3 on Saturday
evening. Albuquerque has won three straight, while the Cubs were knocked out of playoff contention with
the loss. |
| Blake DeWitt doubled and scored on Mitch Jones' single in the 3rd inning as the
Isotopes were the first on the scoreboard. |
| The Redbirds tied the game in the bottom of the 3rd inning on So Taguchi's
single before Albuquerque regained the lead in the 4th inning. Dee Brown doubled, stole third
base and scored on JD Closser's double. |
| The Isotopes put the game away with their big 6th inning. Brown led off the
inning with a walk and Chin-Lung Hu doubled. Closser walked to load the bags and after Corcoran
flew out, Tony Abreu brought home Brown and Hu with a single. Luis Maza sacrifice flied out to
drive in Closser and Blake DeWitt tripled home Abreu. DeWitt proceeded to score on a throwing
error on the play as the Isotopes led 7-1. |
| The Isotopes scored their final run in the 7th inning. Hector Luna walked,
advanced to third base on Brown's double, and scored on Hu's single. |
| Darwin Barney doubled home a run and scored on Doug Deeds' sacrifice
flyout for Iowa's final runs of the game in the 8th inning. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Brent Leach 17 APP, 1-0, 1 SV, 7.56 ERA, 16.2 IP, 17 H, 14 ER, 15 BB, 16 K, 2 HR |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Isotopes found out on Saturday night who they will be meeting in the 2009 American Conference
Championship playoffs that begin at Isotopes Park on Wednesday evening. With the Isotopes knocking
out the Iowa Cubs from playoff contention, that left just the Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) and
Memphis Redbirds (AAA Cardinals) as possible foes. On Saturday, Nashville lost and Memphis
swept a doubleheader to clinch the PCL American Conference Northern Division.
The first two games of the playoffs will be in Albuquerque and game three (and four and five, if
necessary) will be played in Memphis. For the Redbirds, it is their first playoff appearance since
the 2000 season. Albuquerque holds a 10-6 advantage over the Redbirds in games played so
far in 2009. . . .
Isotope playoff-related things were learned in the last couple of days. The Isotopes starting
probable for the opener on Wednesday is Eric Stults with Giancarlo Alvarado expected to pitch
game 2 on Thursday. Also, it was announced former-Dodgers manager (and current Dodgers
executive) Tommy Lasorda will throw out the first pitch before Game 1 of the American Conference
Championship. . . .
The Isotopes welcomed OF Scott Van Slyke to the team on Saturday from Class-A Inland
Empire. Van Slyke is the son of former major-leaguer Andy Van Slyke. The younger Van Slyke
played in 132 games for the 66ers, hitting .294 (146x496) with 23 homers and 100 RBI. To
make room for Van Slyke, the Isotopes placed C Ryan Arp on the Disabled List. . . .
The Isotopes continue their trend lately of having new franchise bests. The Isotopes have won
a franchise best 79 games in a season, have a franchise best 11 game lead in their division, and
tied a franchise best by being 16 games over the .500 mark. Albuquerque also tied a franchise
best by winning their 37th game on the road. . . .
A key to Albuquerque winning in 2009 appears to be outhitting their opponents. The Isotopes are 69-9,
a plus-60-game differential, when the Isotopes outhit their opponents. . . .
Hector Luna went hitless in four at-bats to snap a 9-game hitting streak. The current long Isotope
hitting streaks are Mitch Jones (8 games) and Luis Maza (7 games). . . .
The series continues on Sunday afternoon in Des Moines. Probables are RHP JD Durbin (0-5, 6.91)
for the Isotopes and LHP James Russell (3-3, 3.27) for the Cubs.
|
| Filed 09/05/2009 |
|
September 4, 2009 - Isotopes (78-63)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +9.5 Games |
2009 PCL American Conference
Southern Division Champions! |
| Principal Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
5 |
8 |
1 |
| Iowa Cubs |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
. |
1 |
5 |
1 |
WP: Giancarlo Alvarado (13-10)
LP: Mitch Atkins (8-12) |
Home Runs:
ALB Tony Abreu (11) off Atkins in the 3rd inning |
TIME: 2:45 ATT: 6,357 |
| Giancarlo Alvarado was outstanding for the Isotopes tonight, tossing 6 innings
while allowing no runs and 3 hits and earned his franchise-record tying 13th win of the season as the Isotopes
defeated the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) 5-1 in the series opener in Des Moines on Friday evening. |
| Tony Abreu was in the starting lineup and homered with Xavier Paul on base in the
3rd inning as the Isotopes led 2-0. |
| In the 4th inning, Hector Luna reached on an error, JD Closser singled and both
scored on Sergio Garcia's double as the Isotopes built the lead to 4-0. |
| Abreu doubled, advanced to third base on a groundout, and scored on Mitch Jones'
single in the 5th inning as the Isotopes led 5-0. |
| The Cubs were finally able to score against Isotopes pitching in their last at-bats. Matt
Craig singled, advanced to second base on defensive indifference, and scored on Brad Snyder's double. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Xavier Paul: 29 G, 107 AB, 11 R, 36 H, 9 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, 9 BB, 21 K, 8 SB, .336 AVG
|
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Xavier Paul started in center field and went 0x4 with a run scored, a walk and a strikeout.
Paul grounded out in the 1st inning, walked and scored on Tony Abreu's homer in the 3rd inning, flew
out in the 4th inning, grounded out again in the 6th inning, and struck out in the 9th inning.
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
P Dwayne Pollok was activated from the Disabled List on Friday. . . .
Albuquerque won its 78th game tonight, tying a franchise record for most victories in a season. . . .
Giancarlo Alvarado's 13th victory tied him with Eulogio De La Cruz (2008) for the most victories
in a single season. . . .
The Isotopes are back to a franchise record-tying 9.5 game division lead over the Oklahoma City Redhawks
(AAA Rangers). . . .
Mitch Jones drove in his 100th run of the season tonight. . . .
Hector Luna extended his hitting streak to 9 games. . . .
Tony Abreu was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. . . .
Randy Ruiz of the Las Vegas 51s (AAA Blue Jays) is the 2009 PCL MVP. Ruiz currently leads the
league in RBIs (106), doubles (43), and extra base hits (70). Ruiz is in the top 10 in the league in
batting average (.320), runs scored (81), slugging percentage (.584), and home runs (25). . . .
Isotopes groundskeeper Jarad Alley's string of PCL Turf Manager of the Year came to an end. Alley won the 2007 and 2008
PCL Turf Manager of the Year awards and the 2009 PCL Turf Manager of the Year is Reno Aces
grounds manager Eric Blanton. Alley is leaving the Isotopes to become assistant groundskeeper
for the Minnesota Twins. . . .
The series continues on Saturday evening. Probables are RHP Tim Corcoran (1-0, 5.82) for the Isotopes
and RHP Ezequiel Astacio (0-0, 18.00) for the Cubs.
|
| Filed 09/04/2009 |
|
September 3, 2009 - Isotopes (77-63)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +8.5 Games |
2009 PCL American Conference
Southern Division Champions! |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Round Rock Express |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
. |
4 |
12 |
2 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
. |
5 |
11 |
0 |
WP: Scott Strickland (2-1)
LP: Casey Daigle (4-3) |
Home Runs:
RR Lou Santangelo (4) off Choi in the 7th inning
ALB Dee Brown (19) off Capellan in the 6th inning |
TIME: 2:39 ATT: 8,939 |
| Luis Maza's 9th inning single brought Chin-Lung Hu home with the
game winning run as the Isotopes concluded their 2009 regular season home schedule
with a 5-4 walkoff win over the Round Rock Express (AAA Astros). |
| In the 1st inning with two outs, Blake DeWitt walked and scored on an error
when Mitch Jones singled and the Express comitted two errors on the play. |
| Mark Saccomanno doubled and scored on Yordany Ramirez's single in the
2nd inning as the Express tied the game at 1-1. |
| Round Rock took the lead in the 3rd inning when Chris Johnson singled
home a run and Saccomanno sacrifice flied out to bring home another run to give the Express
a 3-1 lead. |
| Albuquerque tied the game in their half of the 3rd inning. DeWitt was hit
by a pitch with two outs and scored on Jones' double. Hector Luna followed with a single
to drive in Jones. |
| The Isotopes got a solo homer from Dee Brown in the 6th inning and Lou
Santangelo solo homered in the 7th inning for Round Rock as the E-train tied the game at 4-4. |
| In the bottom of the 9th inning, Hu led off with a single and advanced to second
base on Tony Abreu's sacrifice bunt. After pinch-hitter Mike Rose struck out, Maza singled to
drive in Hu for the game-winning run. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Xavier Paul: 28 G, 103 AB, 10 R, 36 H, 9 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, 8 BB, 20 K, 8 SB, .350 AVG
|
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Xavier Paul made another start in center field on Thursday and went 0x3 with a walk and
two strikeouts. Paul struck out in the 1st inning, grounded out in the 3rd inning, walked in the
5th inning, struck out in the 7th inning and was replaced in the field in the bottom of the 7th
inning.
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
When the Isotopes and Dodgers announced their affiliation last winter, there was a lot of buzz around
town about the Dodgers returning. That talk was converted into action as 8,939
attended tonight's game, helping Albuquerque establish a new single-season record attendance
of 602,129. The new mark breaks 2008's old record attendance of 593,606 by 8,523 fans. The Isotopes
also established a new per-game attendance of 8,363, beating the old mark by 2 fans per game.
Albuquerque also was helped by Mother Nature as no games were postponed or cancelled in 2009,
making it the first time the Isotopes had all 72 openings and did not lose a
gate due to postponement or cancellation. . . .
For a comparison to the Albuquerque Dukes, the Dukes' best attendance mark at the Albuquerque
Sports Stadium (capacity 10,500) was 390,652. The Isotopes' new record bests that mark
by 211,477. . . .
The Isotopes and Express played their final matchup of 2009 tonight. The teams split this series as well as
the 16-game season series. All-time, the series is tied with 40 wins apiece. . . .
Albuquerque has 42 home wins, the most in any season in franchise history. The Isotopes also
set a new franchise best with 29 wins against teams in their division. . . .
Tonight was the Isotopes' 12th last at-bat win and first walk-off win since July 18th when A.J. Ellis
had a pinch-hit walkoff single. . . .
Hector Luna singled to extend his hitting streak to 8 games. . . .
Former-Isotope and current Express player Reggie Abercrombie was ejected by Home Plate umpire
John Tumpane in the 9th inning after Abercrombie struck out. . . .
As leaked on Wednesday, the PCL league office made it official on Thursday by naming Isotopes manager
Tim Wallach as Manager of the Year. Wallach is the first Isotope to win Manager of the Year
and the third manager between the Dukes and Dodgers to win the honor (Terry Collins in
1988 and Kevin Kennedy in 1990). The last PCL award left is the Most Valuable Player to be named on
Friday and if any Isotope is to win it, you would think it could be Mitch Jones for his monster year at
the plate, Chin-Lung Hu for his strong post All-Star break play in helping the Isotopes make the playoffs, or
Scott Strickland for blowing away the league in saves (32) and helping Albuquerque secure
many of their 77 victories to-date. . . .
The Isotopes close out the regular season with a four-game series in Des Moines against the Iowa
Cubs (AAA Cubs). It is unlikely this might be a preview of the 2009 PCL American Conference Finals
because the Cubs are 2.5 games back in their division with four games left to play. Memphis leads
the PCL American Conference Northern Division by a half game over Nashville going into the final series of the season and the Isotopes may
not know their playoff opponent until the end of action on Labor Day. Probables in the opener are
RHP Giancarlo Alvarado (12-10, 3.63) for the Isotopes and RHP Mitch Atkins (8-11, 6.56) for
the Cubs. Atkins won PCL Pitcher of the Week last week.
|
| Filed 09/03/2009 |
|
September 2, 2009 - Isotopes (76-63)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +8.5 Games |
2009 PCL American Conference
Southern Division Champions! |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Round Rock Express |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
4 |
7 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
. |
2 |
11 |
0 |
WP: Polin Trinidad (6-5)
LP: Henry Bonilla (3-11)
SV: Armando Benitez (1) |
Home Runs:
RR Jason Smith (6) off Bonilla in the 3rd inning
RR Tommy Manzella (9) off Leach in the 6th inning
ALB Mitch Jones (34) off Trinidad in the 8th inning |
TIME: 2:46 ATT: 7,514 |
| The Isotopes are not playing like a playoff-bound team. They are in the midst of
a losing homestand and have not strung together more than two wins so far in the 12 games they've played
in their final regular season homestand. The Isotopes dropped their second straight game tonight, a 4-2
loss to the Round Rock Express (AAA Astros). |
| Jason Smith solo homered in the 3rd inning to get the Express on the scoreboard,
and in the 4th inning, Mark Saccomanno singled and scored on Matt Kata's double as the Express led 2-0. |
| The Express increased the lead to 4-0 in the 6th inning when Chris Johnson was
plunked by a pitch with two outs and scored on Tommy Manzella's homer. |
| Albuquerque got on the scoreboard in their half of the 6th inning. Xavier Paul
singled and was replaced by pinch runner Sergio Garcia. Garcia advanced to second base on Blake DeWitt's
single and scored on Hector Luna's single. |
| Mitch Jones solo homered with two outs in the 8th inning to close out the scoring in the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Xavier Paul: 27 G, 100 AB, 10 R, 36 H, 9 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, 7 BB, 17 K, 8 SB, .360 AVG
Josh Lindblom 19 APP, 3-0, 1 SV, 2.61 ERA, 38 IP, 33 H, 11 ER, 12 BB, 35 K, 3 HR
Brent Leach 16 APP, 1-0, 1 SV, 7.47 ERA, 15.2 IP, 16 H, 13 ER, 14 Bb, 15 K, 2 HR |
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Xavier Paul was in the starting lineup after having been a pinch-hitter yesterday. Paul singled in
the 1st, 3rd and 6th innings before being replaced by a pinch runner.
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
In transactions on Wednesday, the Dodgers recalled IF Doug Mientkiewicz from his rehab assignment
and P Marlon Arias was transferred from Class-A Inland Empire to Albuquerque. . . .
The Isotopes were just shy of setting a single season attendance mark tonight. The crowd of 7,514
drew the Isotopes 416 fans short of tying the attendance record. Weather permitting on Thursday night,
the final home game of the regular season, the Isotopes will break the record and may set two
other franchise attendance-related records. . . .
Mitch Jones continues to lead the PCL and all of minor league baseball in homers. His 34 dingers
tie him with Val Pascucci for the second highest single season Isotopes homer total. The franchise
record of 42 by Dallas McPherson seems unreachable for Jones considering there are five games left in
the season. . . .
Many Albuquerque media outlets are reporting that Tim Wallach is the PCL Manager of the Year, but
the PCL league office does not make an official announcement about the PCL Manager of the Year
until Thursday. . . .
Henry Bonilla went 4 innings, allowing 2 runs and 5 hits while fanning 3 in a spot start. Bonilla
earned his team-leading 11th defeat and has lost his last six pitching decisions. . . .
Bud Norris of the Express is the 2009 PCL Pitcher of the Year. Norris went 4-9 with a league-best 2.63 ERA for
the Express and was promoted to the Astros on July 29th. Norris was a PCL All-Star and played in the
Triple-A All-Star game in Portland. Others receiving votes included Lenny DiNardo of Omaha (Royals),
the Isotopes' Charlie Haeger, and Kevin Pucetas of Fresno (Giants). . . .
The series concludes on Thursday evening as Albuquerque plays their last regular season game of
the season. Probables are LHP Eric Stults (5-4, 5.28) for the Isotopes and RHP Jose Capellan
(2-10, 7.38) for the E-train.
|
| Filed 09/02/2009 |
|
September 1, 2009 - Isotopes (76-62)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +8.5 Games |
2009 PCL American Conference
Southern Division Champions! |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Round Rock Express |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
. |
12 |
13 |
4 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
. |
7 |
11 |
1 |
WP: Armando Benitez (1-0)
LP: Cory Wade (1-1) |
Home Runs:
RR Tommy Manzella (8) off Wade in the 8th inning
RR JR Towles (4) off Durbin in the 1st inning |
TIME: 3:07 ATT: 6,729 |
| Down big early, Albuquerque overcame their largest defecit of the season to tie
the game and eventually took the lead, but all that effort was for naught as the Round Rock Express
(AAA Astros) plated six late game runs to defeat Albuquerque 12-7. |
| JR Towles solo homered in the 1st inning as the Express quickly led 1-0. |
| The Express added to their lead in the 2nd inning. Tommy Manzella doubled, Mark
Saccomanno singled and Matt Kata ground-rule doubled to drive in Manzella. An out later, Express
starter Mark McLemore reached on an error as Saccomanno scampered home. Kata scored on
former-Isotope Reggie Abercrombie's fielder's choice and Abercrombie flew around the bases to score
on Towles double. Towles scored on Brian Bogusevic's single as the Express plated five runs to
lead 6-0. |
| The Isotopes had a big rally of their own in their half of the 2nd inning. JD Closser
drew a leadoff walk and Luis Maza singled. Sergio Garcia reached on catcher's interference to load
the bases and Isotopes starter JD Durbin tripled into left field to clear the bases. Chin-Lung Hu
struck out before Blake DeWitt singled home Durbin. Hector Luna followed with a single and both
scored on Mitch Jones' double as the Isotopes tied the game at 6-6. |
| The game remained deadlocked until the bottom of the 7th inning. Jones
singled, advanced to second base when Dee Brown reached on an error, took third base on Closser's
fielder's choice, and scored on Maza's sacrifice flyout as the Isotopes led 7-6. |
| Round Rock won the game in the 8th inning with a big inning. Kata and Jason
Smith singled to lead off the frame and former-Isotope John Gall entered the game as a pinch hitter
and struck out. Abercrombie doubled home Kata to tie the game and Towles sacrifice flied out to
bring home Smith with what would be the game winning run. Bogusevic singled home Abercrombie
and then stole second base before scoring on Chris Johnson's single. Manzella completed the
scoring with a two-run homer as the Express added a six run inning to the scoreboard to lead 12-7. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Xavier Paul: 26 G, 97 AB, 10 R, 33 H, 9 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, 7 BB, 17 K, 8 SB, .340 AVG
|
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
OF Xavier Paul began his rehab assignment with Albuquerque and made a 6th inning pinch-hit
appearance. Paul reached on an error and advanced to second base on Chin-Lung Hu's sacrifice
bunt before being stranded there after Blake DeWitt and Hector Luna flew out to end the inning.
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The first round of September 1st callups, plus recent Dodger acquisitions, made Tuesday quite
busy in the transactions department. P Scott Elbert, C AJ Ellis, and OF Jason Repko were
all recalled by the Dodgers. C Ryan Arp was activated from the Isotopes Disabled List and
C Mike Rose was transferred from Class-AA Chattanooga to Albuquerque. OF Jamie Hoffmann
was designated for assignment and P Travis Schlicting was moved to the Dodgers 60-day disabled
list in order to free up Dodgers 40-man roster room for recently acquired Jon Garland and Jim Thome.
Finally OF Xavier Paul began a rehab assignment with the Isotopes and does not count against
Albuquerque's active 24-man roster. Currently, the Isotopes have 2 free roster spots on the active
roster. . . .
The Isotopes inched closer to a franchise record season attendance mark on Tuesday night. The
Isotopes drew 6,729, bringing them 7,930 fans away from the all-time season attendance record
that was set in the 2008 season. It should be interesting to see if the Isotopes can draw a larger
than normal schoolnight crowd on Wednesday to break the attendance record or if it will come down
to the final home game attendance on Thursday to set the new record. . . .
The loss tonight snapped a four-game winning streak in games against the Express in 2009. . . .
The PCL announced Tuesday that Eric Young, Jr. of the Colorado Springs Sky Sox (AAA Rockies)
is the PCL Rookie of the Year. Young Jr. hit .299 with 7 homers and 43 RBI in 119 games prior
to his promotion to the Rockies on August 24th. Young led the league in steals (58) and runs
scored (118) at the time of his recall. Others receiving votes were Alcides Escobar of Nashville (Brewers), John Hester of
Reno (Diamondbacks) and Bud Norris of Round Rock (Astros). . . .
Matt Carson of the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) is the PCL Hitter of the Week.
Carson hit .455 (10x22) with 4 homers and 7 RBI during the award week. . . .
Mitch Atkins of the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) is the PCL Pitcher of the Week. Atkins made
and won both of his starts for the week and allowed 2 earned runs in 13 innings of work.
Atkins allowed 9 hits, 3 walks and fanned 13. . . .
The series continues on Wednesday evening. Probables are RHP Henry Bonilla (3-10, 6.37) for
the Isotopes and LHP Polin Trinidad (5-5, 4.95) for the Express.
|
| Filed 09/01/2009 |
|
August 31, 2009 - Isotopes (76-61)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +9.5 Games |
2009 PCL American Conference
Southern Division Champions! |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Round Rock Express |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
4 |
9 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
X |
. |
6 |
11 |
1 |
WP: Josh Lindblom (3-0)
LP: Casey Daigle (4-2)
SV: Scott Strickland (32) |
Home Runs:
RR Mark Saccomanno (15) off Corcoran in the 6th inning |
TIME: 2:39 ATT: 6,430 |
| Despite clinching a division title last night, the Isotopes showed they are not just playing
out the string of regular season games. Down 4-1 in the 7th inning, Albuquerque came up with a big inning
to take the lead and eventually defeat the Round Rock Express (AAA Astros) 6-4 in the series opener on
Monday evening at "The Lab". |
| In the 2nd inning, Chris Johnson walked, advanced to second base on Mark Saccomanno's
single, and scored when Jason Smith laid down a sacrifice bunt and reached on an error. An out later, Brian
Esposito singled Saccomanno home as the Express led 2-0. |
| A.J. Ellis scored Albuquerque's first run in the 3rd inning. Ellis drew a leadoff walk,
advanced to second base on Tony Abreu's single, and scored on Chin-Lung Hu's single. |
| Johnson singled and scored on Saccomanno's homer in the 6th inning as the Express
extended their lead to 4-1. |
| Albuquerque's game-winning inning was the 7th inning. Jamie Hoffmann led off with
a walk and Jason Repko doubled. Ellis walked to load the bases and pinch-hitter Mitch Jones doubled
to drive in Hoffmann and Repko. Ellis scored and Jones advanced to third base on a wild pitch as Albuquerque
tied the game at 4-4. Jones then scored on Abreu's sacrifice flyout to give the Isotopes the lead. Hu doubled
and scored on Hector Luna's double as the Isotopes added an insurance run to lead 6-4. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 68 G, 257 AB, 44 R, 73 H, 14 2B, 3 3B, 8 HR, 48 RBI, 32 BB, 37 K, 10 SB, .284 AVG
Josh Lindblom 18 APP, 3-0, 1 SV, 2.75 ERA, 36 IP, 33 H, 11 ER, 12 BB, 31 K, 3 HR
Brent Leach 15 APP, 1-0, 1 SV, 7.24 ERA, 13.2 IP, 15 H, 11 ER, 14 BB, 12 K, 1 HR |
'TOPES NOTES:
The Pacific Coast League started their awards week with the naming of the 2009 end of season
All-Star team. Mitch Jones and Scott Strickland were the Isotopes representatives on the team.
The 2009 PCL Postseason All-Star Team:
C John Hester - Reno (Diamondbacks)
1B Randy Ruiz - Las Vegas (Blue Jays)
2B Eric Young Jr. - Colorado Springs (Rockies)
3B Esteban German - Oklahoma City (Rangers)
SS Alcides Escobar - Nashville (Brewers)
OF John Bowker - Fresno (Giants)
OF Terry Evans - Salt Lake (Angels)
OF Matt Miller - Colorado Springs (Rockies)
DH Mitch Jones - Albuquerque (Dodgers)
RHP Bud Norris - Round Rock (Astros)
LHP Lenny DiNardo - Omaha (Royals)
RP Scott Strickland - Albuquerque (Dodgers)
Looking at the awards coming up, it seems very possible that Isotopes could win
two of the four awards left to name. . . .
The Isotopes may be affected by one of the major acquisitions the Dodgers made
on Monday. While the Jim Thome transaction won't affect the Isotope roster with players
headed to the White Sox, the Jon Garland acquisition with a player headed to the Diamondbacks may. It is rumored that the player to be named later in that
deal is Tony Abreu, so he may be leaving the Isotopes before the regular season ends or
the playoffs begin. . . .
Accidentally left out of yesterday's TOPES NOTES was the fact Mitch Jones' 33rd homer in yesterday's
game not only leads the PCL but also leads all of minor league baseball. Through Monday's game,
Jones is still atop the Round Tripper Award leaderboard. . . .
Some Isotopes August figures: 18-13 (9-9 at home, 9-4 on the road), .310 team batting average, 4.91
team ERA, 183 runs scored, 19 stolen bases, and 35 homers hit. The 18 wins tied the best August
(wins wise) in franchise history but it was not the best August with regards to winning percentage or
games above the .500 mark for the month. The 183 runs scored was the most for Albuquerque in any
month in 2009. . . .
Albuquerque is 18-12 in two-run contests in 2009. . . .
The series continues on Tuesday evening. Probables are RHP JD Durbin (0-5, 7.54) for the
Isotopes and LHP Mark McLemore (5-10, 4.63) for the Express.
|
| Filed 08/31/2009 |
|
August 30, 2009 - Isotopes (75-61)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +9.5 Games |
2009 PCL American Conference
Southern Division Champions! |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Memphis Redbirds |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
. |
4 |
5 |
1 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
2 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
X |
. |
8 |
11 |
3 |
WP: Giancarlo Alvarado (12-10)
LP: Adam Ottavino (7-12)
SV: Scott Strickland (31) |
Home Runs:
ALB Mitch Jones (33) off Ottavino in the 1st inning |
TIME: 2:55 ATT: 9,842 |
| Giancarlo Alvarado tossed six innings, allowing a run and three hits while fanning five,
and went 2x3 with a bat, knocking in 3 runs to help his cause as the Isotopes clinched the 2009 PCL
American Conference Southern Division crown with a 8-4 victory over the Memphis Redbirds (AAA Cardinals). |
| In the 1st inning, Sergio Garcia was hit by a pitch to lead off the game for Albuquerque. Garcia
was erased from the basepaths on Blake DeWitt's fielder's choice before Mitch Jones launched a homer to
right-center field to give Albuquerque a 2-0 lead. |
| In the 2nd inning, Luis Maza infield singled and scored on A.J. Ellis' triple into the
right field corner. Alvarado singled into right field to drive in Ellis. Garcia reached on an error and DeWitt
singled to right field to load the bases before Jones sacrifice flied out to right field to drive in Alvarado. Garcia tagged up to third
base on the play and scored on a wild pitch as the Isotopes led 6-0. |
| Albuquerque scored their final runs in the 3rd inning. Jamie Hoffmann drew a walk and
Maza singled to right field. Ellis walked to load the bags and Alvarado singled home Hoffmann and Maza
with a flare single to center field as the Isotopes led 8-0. |
| Memphis scored their first run in the 6th inning. Jon Jay doubled down the right field line
and scored on Tyler Green's triple to left-center field. |
| In the division clinching last half-inning, Hyang-Nam Choi took the mound for Albuquerque
and gave up a walk to David Freese. Mark Hamilton singled to right field before Brian Barden and Daniel
Descalso each struck out. Matt Pagnozzi walked to load the bases and pinch-hitter Jarrett Hoffpauir hit
a fly ball to right field. Either Isotopes right fielder Hoffmann misplayed the ball or the wind blew it around. Whatever
the case, Hoffmann was charged with a two-base error when the ball dropped in and Freese and Hamilton
came around to score. Jay reached on an error when shortstop Garcia could not make a play on a routine
grounder to short. With a save situation in place, Isotopes closer Scott Strickland entered the game
and induced Greene to fly out to Repko in center field for the final out of the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 67 G, 255 AB, 43 R, 73 H, 14 2B, 3 3B, 8 HR, 48 RBI, 30 BB, 37 K, 10 SB, .286 AVG
|
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Will Ohman pitched the 8th inning and allowed a leadoff single to Jon Jay before striking
out Tyler Greene and getting Allen Craig to ground into a double play.
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Isotopes named their 2009 team award winners in an on-field presentation before the game. MVP was Mitch
Jones, Fan Favorite was Chin-Lung Hu, Most Community Minded was Dwayne Pollok, Power Hitter Award
went to Jones, Mr. Hustle was Jason Repko, Defensive Player of the Year also went to Repko, and
Pitcher of the Year was Scott Strickland. Jarad Alley was recognized on-field for his seven seasons of groundskeeping
efforts as he gets ready to leave the Isotopes to become assistant groundskeeper with the Minnesota
Twins. Alley was presented with a white Isotopes home jersey with "ALLEY" and uniform number 1 on the back. . . .
The Isotopes have won two division titles in their seven years of play. Tonight's clinching was the
earliest title clinching - their 136th game of the season. In their debut season of 2003, the Isotopes clinched the
division in their final game of the season. It is the second straight division title for an Albuquerque
Dodgers-affiliated team, as the Dukes won their division in their final season in 2000 and then this
season in the Isotopes' first season as a Dodgers affiliate. The division title was the first one for a Dodgers-affiliated
Triple-A team since the Las Vegas 51s won their division in 2002. Hopefully Albuquerque will have
better playoff luck this season as the 2000 Dukes and the 2003 Isotopes both lost in the first round.
Albuquerque's first round home playoff games will be September 9th and 10th and tickets are on sale
by going to the Isotopes website for links to buy tickets online or for info on the various places to
buy tickets in person. The opponent is not known as the PCL American Conference Northern
Division has a superb three-way race going on. The Memphis Redbirds hold a half-game lead
over the Iowa Cubs and Nashville Sounds with eight games left to play for Iowa and Nashville and
nine games left to play for Memphis. . . .
The Redbirds and Isotopes played their last regular season game of 2009 tonight and Albuquerque
won 10 out of the 16 games (6-2 at Isotopes Park, 4-4 at Autozone Park). All-time, Albuquerque
holds a 64-50 series advantage. . . .
The 9.5 game lead is Albuquerque's largest division lead in franchise history. . . .
Albuquerque wore their Sunday Dodger-blue like alternate uniforms for the last time in 2009 tonight.
During this season, Albuquerque was 5-6 while wearing that version of their uniform. . . .
Giancarlo Alvarado earned his 12th victory, moving him ahead of Charlie Haeger (now with the
Dodgers) for the team lead. . . .
Albuquerque completes their regular season home schedule with a four game series against the
Round Rock Express (AAA Astros). Probables in the opener are RHP Tim Corcoran (1-0, 6.32)
for the Isotopes and LHP Josh Muecke (7-9, 4.61) for the E-train.
|
| Filed 08/30/2009 |
|
August 29, 2009 - Isotopes (74-61)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +8.5 Games |
Magic Number To Clinch Division:  |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Memphis Redbirds |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
. |
11 |
13 |
1 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
. |
9 |
14 |
2 |
WP: Jaime Garcia (2-0)
LP: Eric Stults (5-4) |
Home Runs:
MEM Allen Craig (26) off Bonilla in the 8th inning
MEM Jon Jay (9) off Stults in the 4th inning
MEM Matt Pagnozzi (5) off Stults in the 3rd inning
ALB Jamie Hoffmann (7) off Garcia in the 1st inning
ALB Jamie Hoffmann (8) off Ostlund in the 8th inning
ALB Mitch Jones (32) off Kinney in the 9th inning
ALB Blake DeWitt (7) off Kinney in the 9th inning
ALB Hector Luna (17) off Ostlund in the 8th inning |
TIME: 3:07 ATT: 13,085 |
| In front of the 19th largest regular season crowd in Isotopes Park history, the fans
were treated to the second home run derby of the series as both teams combined for 8 homers that accounted for 17 of
the 20 runs scored in the Memphis Redbirds (AAA Cardinals) 11-9 victory over Albuquerque. Albuquerque's
magic number was reduced to 2 because of an Oklahoma City Redhawks loss earlier in the evening. |
| Albuquerque's only lead of the game came in the 1st inning. With one out,
Blake DeWitt walked, took second base on an error on a pickoff attempt, and Hector Luna was hit by a pitch
before Jamie Hoffmann homered to left-center field as Albuquerque led 3-0. |
| Memphis took the lead with one bat swing in the 3rd inning. Jon Jay doubled, advanced
to third on a groundout, and scored on Allen Craig's single. MLB rehabber Troy Glaus singled and David Freese
reached on an error to load the bags and Matt Pagnozzi cleared them wtih a grand-slam homer as the
Redbirds led 5-3. |
| Redbirds starter Jaime Garcia singled and scored on Jay's two-run homer in the 4th
inning as the Redbirds extended the lead to 7-3. |
| Jay was in the middle of things again in the 6th inning. Jay singled and took third
on Tyler Greene's double. Craig sacrifice flied out to bring home Craig and Greene scored on a wild pitch
as Memphis led 9-3. |
| Jay singled and scored on Craig's homer in the 8th inning as Memphis led 11-3. |
| Albuquerque had a late game rally. In the 8th inning, Hector Luna homered to lead off
the inning. Mitch Jones doubled and scored on Hoffmann's second homer of the game as the Isotopes
creeped to five runs down at 11-6. |
| In the bottom of the 9th inning, Luis Maza singled and scored on DeWitt's two-run homer. An out
later, Jones belted a solo homer as the Isotopes inched to two runs down. Hoffmann
struck out swinging to end the rally and the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 66 G, 252 AB, 42 R, 72 H, 14 2B, 3 3B, 8 HR, 48 RBI, 29 BB, 37 K, 10 SB, .286 AVG
Brent Leach 14 APP, 1-0, 1 SV, 7.82 ERA, 12.2 IP, 14 H, 11 ER, 14 BB, 11 K, 1 HR |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Mitch Jones leads the PCL with 32 homers and is in a three-way tie atop the Joe Bauman Round-Tripper
Award standings, an award given to the minor leaguer with the most homers. Jones was a triple away from
hitting for the cycle. . . .
The Isotopes tied season-bests in homers hit in a game (5), homers in an inning (2), combined homers
in a game (8), and grounded into double plays (4). . . .
The homer allowed to Memphis' Mike Pagnozzi was the third Isotope grand-slam allowed this season. . . .
Memphis' Jon Jay was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. . . .
The series concludes on Sunday evening. Probables are RHP Giancarlo Alvarado (11-10, 3.72)
for the Isotopes and RHP Adam Ottavino (7-11, 4.36) for the Redhawks. 2009 Isotope Player end of
season Award winners will also be named in a pre-game ceremony.
|
| Filed 08/29/2009 |
|
August 28, 2009 - Isotopes (74-60)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +8.5 Games |
Magic Number To Clinch Division:  |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Memphis Redbirds |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
. |
7 |
10 |
2 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
X |
. |
8 |
13 |
1 |
WP: Scott Elbert (2-1)
LP: Oneli Perez (3-3)
SV: Scott Strickland (30) |
Home Runs:
MEM Tyler Greene (13) off Felix in the 8th inning
MEM Allen Craig (25) off Strickland in the 9th inning
ALB Jamie Hoffmann (6) off Perez in the 5th inning |
TIME: 3:08 ATT: 7,944 |
| The Isotopes plated six runs in the 5th inning to take what was thought to
be a commanding lead, only to find themselves holding off a late Memphis Redbirds (AAA Cardinals)
charge as the Isotopes took the game 8-7. Albuquerque holds a franchise record 8.5 game lead in
their division and the magic number for clinching the division was reduced to 3. |
| Brian Barden scored the first run for Memphis in the 4th inning. Barden singled,
advanced to second base on Matt Pagnozzi's single, and scored on Shane Robinson's single. |
| Dee Brown manufactured the first Isotope run in the home half of the 4th inning. Brown
walked, stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on Jamie Hoffman's sacrifice flyout to
center. |
| Albuquerque had their big run inning in the 5th inning. Isotopes starter Scott Elbert
doubled and an out later, scored on Blake DeWitt's double. Hector Luna reached on an error and Brown
singled home DeWitt. JD Closser sacrifice flied to drive in Luna before Hoffman two-run homered to
bring Brown home. Consecutive singles from Jason Repko, Chin-Lung Hu and Sergio Garcia brought
Repko home as the Isotopes led 7-1. |
| Memphis started their late-game rally in the 7th inning. Daniel Descalso was
hit by a pitch and advanced to second base on a groundout. Jarrett Hoffpauir doubled home
Descalso. Hoffpauir went to third base on a wild pitch and scored on Allen Craig's single. |
| The Redbirds inched closer in the 8th inning when Tyler Greene three-run
homered to move Memphis to a run down at 7-6. |
| The Isotopes added what ended up being a very important run in the 8th inning.
DeWitt singled and advanced to second base on an error during a pickoff attempt. An out later,
Brown singled home DeWitt as Albuquerque led 8-6. |
| Craig solo homered in the 9th inning for Memphis' last gasp before Isotopes
closer Scott Strickland struck out the next three batters for his 30th save of the season. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 65 G, 247 AB, 40 R, 70 H, 14 2B, 3 3B, 6 HR, 43 RBI, 29 BB, 35 K, 10 SB, .283 AVG
Scott Elbert 8 APP, 2-1, 3.74 ERA, 33.2 IP, 34 H, 14 ER, 14 BB, 38 K, 2 HR
Josh Lindblom 17 APP, 2-0, 1 SV, 2.83 ERA, 35 IP, 32 H, 11 ER, 12 BB, 29 K, 3 HR
Brent Leach 13 APP, 1-0, 1 SV, 8.49 ERA, 11.2 IP, 14 H, 11 ER, 14 BB, 11 K, 1 HR |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Isotopes auctioned off special pink jerseys and raised $6,210 for the Susan G. Komen
Foundation. A jersey worn by Manny Ramirez when he had his rehab stint with Albuquerque
was won by a lucky fan for $1,900. Jason Repko's jersey earned the second most money with
$650 and Chin-Lung Hu's jersey was third with $300. . . .
Albuquerque's 74 wins ties for the second most wins in a season in franchise history. Albuquerque
might be able to reach the franchise record of 78 wins considering there are 10 games left. . . .
Tony Abreu went hitless in five at-bats to snap a 16-game hitting streak. . . .
Isotopes pitching tied a season high by fanning 14 batters. . . .
The series continues on Saturday evening. Probables are LHP Eric Stults (5-3, 5.26) for
the Isotopes and LHP Jaime Garcia (1-0, 4.09) for the Redbirds.
|
| Filed 08/28/2009 |
|
August 27, 2009 - Isotopes (73-60)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +7.5 Games |
Magic Number To Clinch Division:  |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Memphis Redbirds |
1 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
. |
11 |
14 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
. |
7 |
13 |
0 |
WP: Evan MacLane (6-11)
LP: Henry Bonilla (3-10) |
Home Runs:
MEM Allen Craig (24) off Pollok in the 1st inning
MEM Tyler Greene (11) off Pollok in the 3rd inning
MEM Tyler Greene (12) off Bonilla in the 4th inning
MEM David Freese (8) off Wade in the 9th inning
MEM Troy Glaus (3) off Pollok in the 3rd inning
ALB Mitch Jones (31) off MacLane in the 1st inning
ALB Jason Repko (16) off MacLane in the 1st inning
ALB Luis Maza (5) off Parise in the 9th inning |
TIME: 3:02 ATT: 9,383 |
| Thursday evening was homer night at The Lab. The Memphis Redbirds (AAA
Cardinals) slugged five homers, accounting for 10 of their runs and the Isotopes slugged three homers,
accounting for 6 of their runs, and in the end it was the Redbirds taking a 11-7 victory over Albuquerque.
The loss was not devastating for the Isotopes in that their magic number was reduced to five due to
the second-place Oklahoma City Redhawks being swept in a doubleheader. |
| Allen Craig got things going with a solo homer in the top of the 1st inning to
stake Memphis to a 1-0 lead. |
| Albuquerque answered with some fireworks of their own in the home half of the
inning. With one out, Blake DeWitt and Hector Luna singled and Mitch Jones hit his league-leading
31st homer of the season. An out later, Jamie Hoffmann singled and scored on Jason Repko's
two-run homer as Albuquerque led 5-1. |
| In the 2nd inning, David Freese singled, advanced to third base on Daniel
Descalso's single, and scored on Shane Robinson's sacrifice flyout as Memphis trailed 5-2. |
| In the 3rd inning, Jon Jay singled and scored on
Tyler Greene's two-run homer. Craig followed with a single and scored on MLB rehabilitating Troy Glaus'
homer as Memphis led 6-5. |
| In the home half of the 3rd inning, Repko tripled with two outs and scored on
A.J. Ellis' single as the Isotopes tied the game at 6-6. |
| The tie did not last very long as Jay was hit by a pitch wtih two outs in the
4th inning and scored on Greene's second homer of the game as Memphis led 8-6. |
| The Redbirds added insurance runs in the 9th inning. Craig and Glaus
singled ahead of Freese's three run homer as Memphis extended the advantage to 11-6. |
| Luis Maza solo homered in the bottom of the 9th inning to close out the scoring
in the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 64 G, 245 AB, 39 R, 69 H, 14 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 40 RBI, 28 BB, 35 K, 10 SB, .282 AVG
|
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Will Ohman pitched 2/3 of the 8th inning tonight in his rehab outing, the first during his current
rehab stint that he has worked in back to back games instead of every other game.
Ohman got Jarrett Hoffpauir to fly out to second base and then struck out Jon Jay.
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Breaking one of the longer transaction droughts of the season, the Dodgers purchased the contract of
P Vicente Padilla from Albuquerque and optioned IF Tony Abreu to Albuquerque. To make room on the
Dodgers 40-man roster for Padilla, the Dodgers transferred P Jason Schmidt from the 15-day Disabled List
to the 60-day Disabled List. The move ends Schmidt's season and possibly his Dodger career. If this
is the end of Schmidt's Dodger career, then Schmidt made 10 starts during his 3 year, $47 million
Dodgers contract term. . . .
Albuquerque's loss snapped a five game winning streak against the Redbirds in games at Isotopes
Park. . . .
Tony Abreu appeared in the game as a pinch-hitter and had no official at-bat because he was hit
by a pitch, thus preserving his 16 game hitting streak. . . .
The eight combined homers was the most in an Isotopes game in 2009. The five homers allowed was
an Isotopes pitching season high. . . .
Henry Bonilla earned his 10th loss, tying him with Giancarlo Alvarado for the team lead and
Bonilla has lost his last five pitching decisions. An interesting fact is that Bonilla and Alvarado have
combined for exactly one third of Albuquerque's losses in 2009. . . .
There have been more eliminations from playoff contention in the PCL. Recently added to the list
of those going home when the season is over are the Portland Beavers (AAA Padres), Fresno Grizzlies
(AAA Giants), Omaha Royals (AAA Royals) and in their first season, the Reno Aces (AAA Diamondbacks).
The elimination of the Aces meant that the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) became the first
PCL club to claim a playoff spot, winning the Pacific Conference Southern Division. . . .
The series' middle game is on Friday evening. Probables are LHP Scott Elbert (1-1, 4.40) for
the Isotopes and RHP Oneli Perez (3-2, 2.84) for the Redbirds.
|
| Filed 08/27/2009 |
|
August 26, 2009 - Isotopes (73-59)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +7.0 Games |
Magic Number To Clinch Division:  |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Memphis Redbirds |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
2 |
3 |
2 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
X |
. |
6 |
10 |
0 |
WP: Tim Corcoran (1-0)
LP: P.J. Walters (7-10) |
Home Runs:
ALB Hector Luna (16) off Walters in the 5th inning
ALB Blake DeWitt (6) off Ostlund in the 7th inning |
TIME: 2:39 ATT: 7,143 |
| It looks like Memphis is what Albuquerque needed to get rid of the Nashville blues.
Albuquerque took the previous series opener against Nashville before dropping the final three games of the series. Tonight,
the Memphis Redbirds (AAA Cardinals) followed to start a five-game series and the Isotopes
defeated the Redbirds 6-2. |
| Albuquerque got off to a good start. In the 1st inning, Chin-Lung Hu doubled and scored
on a wild pitch. |
| Memphis took a lead in the 4th inning. With the bags loaded, Allen Craig singled
home Jon Jay to tie the game and David Freese lifted a sacrifice fly to bring Mark Hamilton home with
the go-ahead run. |
| Albuquerque regained the lead in their half of the 4th inning. Mitch Jones
drew a leadoff walk, Dee Brown singled, and JD Closser singled home Jones to tie the game. Jason
Repko grounded out to drive in Brown as Albuquerque led 3-2. A.J. Ellis singled Closser to third base
and Tim Corcoran reached on a sacrifice bunt. An error on the play allowed Closer to score to
make it 4-2 Albuquerque. |
| Hector Luna solo-homered in the 5th inning and Blake DeWitt solo-homered in the
7th inning as Albuquerque tacked on their final runs of the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 63 G, 241 AB, 38 R, 68 H, 14 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 40 RBI, 27 BB, 35 K, 10 SB, .282 AVG
|
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Will Ohman made his third appearance in his current rehab stint with Albuquerque. Ohman
tossed the 8th inning and was perfect while fanning one of the batters.
Ohman has made six total appearances for Albuquerque so far over two rehab stints and is
0-0 with a 1.50 ERA. In 6 innings of work, Ohman had allowed 2 hits, 1 run, 1 homer, 3 walks and
fanned 7.
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Isotopes finally welcomed their 4 Millionth fan to Isotopes Park on Wednesday after
several days of anticipation of the milestone event. Juli Otero is the lucky fan and
she was acknowledged on the field when the game became official. Otero won an Isotopes
prize-pack that included a 2009 Isotopes autographed bat, a commemorative jersey, and four
free American Airlines tickets to anywhere in North America. For the record, the Isotopes
drew their 3 Millionth fan on May 8, 2008 against the Tucson Sidewinders. . . .
Tim Corcoran earned his first victory for Albuquerque, tossing 5 innings and allowing 2 runs on 2 hits
and fanned 8. Albuquerque pitching (Corcoran, Francisco Felix, Will Ohman, and Scott Strickland)
struck out 12 batters and just allowed three total hits to the Redbirds. . . .
The Isotopes have won all five games played so far against the Redbirds at Isotopes Park in 2009. . . .
The series continues on Thursday evening. Probables are RHP Dwayne Pollok (3-4, 5.55)
for the Isotopes and LHP Evan MacLane (5-11, 4.06) for the Redbirds.
|
| Filed 08/26/2009 |
|
August 25, 2009 - Isotopes (72-59)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +6.5 Games |
Magic Number To Clinch Division: |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Nashville Sounds |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
. |
4 |
10 |
2 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
. |
1 |
4 |
1 |
WP: Mike Jones (1-1)
LP: Giancarlo Alvarado (11-10)
SV: Chris Smith (16) |
Home Runs:
NSH J.J. Hardy (3) off Alvarado in the 1st inning
ALB Jason Repko (15) off Jones in the 7th inning |
TIME: 2:48 ATT: 6,476 |
| Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) starter Mike Jones dominated the Isotopes in the
game, tossing 7 2/3 innings while allowing 4 hits and just a solo homer and fanning 7 Isotopes as the Sounds left town
with a 4-1 victory over the Isotopes. Albuquerque has dropped three straight games. |
| J.J. Hardy solo-homered in the 1st inning as Nashville took a quick 1-0 lead. |
| Nashville added to their lead in the 4th inning. Mat Gamel reached on a fielder's choice,
Adam Heether doubled, and both came around to score on Tike Redman's single. |
| Nashville made it 4-0 in the 7th inning. Patrick Arlis singled, advanced to second
base on Jones' sacrifice bunt, and scored on Corey Patterson's single. |
| Jason Repko solo homered in the 7th inning as the Isotopes avoided being
shut out. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 62 G, 239 AB, 38 R, 68 H, 14 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 40 RBI, 27 BB, 35 K, 10 SB, .285 AVG
Josh Lindblom 16 APP, 2-0, 1 SV, 2.91 ERA, 34 IP, 31 H, 11 ER, 12 BB, 26 K, 3 HR |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Albuquerque and Nashville played their final regular season game of 2009 tonight. In the series,
Nashville won three out of the four games and 27,640 attended for a per-game average of 6,910.
In 2009, each team won 8 games in the season series and all-time, Nashville holds a 59-51 series
advantage (28-27 advantage over Albuquerque at Isotopes Park and 31-24 advantage at Herschel
Greer Stadium). . . .
The Isotopes were just shy of welcoming their 4 Millionth fan to Isotopes Park on Tuesday evening.
The 967th fan through the turnstiles on Wednesday will be the milestone fan and will enjoy some
prizes from the Isotopes. . . .
A.J. Ellis went hitless in four at-bats to snap a 14-game hitting streak. . . .
Giancarlo Alvarado earned his 10th loss tonight, leading the team in losses. Alvarado
also is the active leader on the team in wins with 11, tied with Charlie Haeger who is
currently with the Dodgers. . . .
Albuquerque's three game home losing streak ties for their longest of the season. . . .
The Isotopes open up a five-game series with the Memphis Redbirds (AAA Cardinals) starting
on Wednesday evening. Probables in the opener are RHP Tim Corcoran (0-0, 7.27) for
the Isotopes and RHP P.J. Walters (7-9, 5.04) for the Redbirds. Memphis is currently leading the
PCL American Conference Northern Division and if the Isotopes can clinch the Southern Division
and Memphis can hold off Nashville and the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) in the Northern Division, this
series would be a preview of the American Conference Championship playoffs.
|
| Filed 08/25/2009 |
|
August 24, 2009 - Isotopes (72-58)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +6.5 Games |
Magic Number To Clinch Division:  |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Nashville Sounds |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
. |
11 |
14 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
. |
5 |
14 |
1 |
WP: Chris Cody (7-7)
LP: Eric Stults (5-3) |
Home Runs:
NSH Corey Patterson (3) off Ohman in the 8th inning |
TIME: 3:14 ATT: 4,626 |
| Eric Stults tossed five innings and allowed 7 runs (6 earned) on 9
hits as the Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) defeated the Isotopes 11-5 on Monday evening.
Albuquerque has dropped back to back games for the first time since August 4-5. |
| In the 2nd inning, Jamie Hoffmann doubled, advanced to third base on Dee Brown's
groundout, and scored on JD Closser's single as the Isotopes took their only lead of the game. |
| Nashville took their first lead of the game in the 3rd inning. John Raburn and Patrick
Arlis each singled and Chris Cody laid down a sacrifice bunt but ended up reaching on an error on the
play to load the bases. After Adam Stern struck out, Corey Patterson doubled to drive in Raburn and Arliss
to give Nashville a 2-1 lead. J.J. Hardy followed with a single to drive in Cody and Patterson as the
Sounds extended the lead to 4-1. |
| In the home half of the 3rd inning, Isotopes starter Stults doubled and
Chin-Lung Hu and Hector Luna were hit by pitches to load the bases. Mitch Jones drew a walk
to bring Stults home. |
| The Isotopes tied the game at 4-4 in the 4th inning. Consecutive one-out singles
by A.J. Ellis, Stults and Hu loaded the bases and Blake DeWitt brought Ellis home with a sacrifice
fly. Luna followed with a single to drive in Stults with the game tying run. |
| Albuquerque's effort to tie up the game went for naught as Nashville
reclaimed the lead in the 5th inning. With the bases loaded, Adam Heether singled home Stern and Hardy
and Tike Redman singled to reload the bases before Raburn sacrifice flied out to drive in Almonte as
the Sounds led 7-4. |
| The Sounds added more breathing room in the 7th inning. Almonte walked and
Heether doubled to drive him in. Heether advanced to third base on a groundout and scored on Raburn's
single. Arlis doubled home Raburn as Nashville led 10-4. |
| Patterson solo homered for Nashville's final run of the game in the 8th inning, and in
the bottom of the 8th inning, Jason Repko doubled, advanced to third base on Hu's single, and scored
on DeWitt's single for the final Isotopes run of the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 61 G, 235 AB, 38 R, 68 H, 14 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 40 RBI, 27 BB, 35 K, 10 SB, .289 AVG
Brent Leach 12 APP, 1-0, 1 SV, 7.59 ERA, 10.2 IP, 12 H, 9 ER, 14 BB, 11 K, 1 HR |
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Will Ohman made another rehab appearance and tossed one inning and allowed a run and a hit
on a homer and struck out one.
Ohman pitched the 8th inning and allowed an inning leadoff homer to Corey Patterson before getting
a pair of groundouts and completing his inning of work with a strikeout of Adam Heether. |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Isotopes did not draw enough fans to reach the 4 Million fan mark in franchise history on Monday
night. A strong showing on Tuesday should reach the milestone or it may take until Wednesday if
the attendance on Tuesday night is going to be similar to Monday's draw. . . .
After Albuquerque pretty much dominated opponents at home in July (13-2 record at home), the
loss dropped Albuquerque's August home record to 5-6. . . .
A.J. Ellis extended his hitting streak to 14 games. . . .
Isotopes manager Tim Wallach was ejected by Home Plate umpire John Brammer in the 7th inning
for arguing balls and strikes. In 130 Isotope games in 2009, it was just Wallach's second ejection. . . .
Nashville's Corey Patterson was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. . . .
If the Isotopes are going to be overtaken in the division race, it will only be by the Oklahoma City
Redhawks (AAA Rangers). The New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA Marlins) were eliminated from playoff contention tonight,
the third PCL team to be eliminated. Out of the four team PCL American Conference Southern
Division, only the Isotopes and Redhawks are still in playoff contention. . . .
Brian Buchanan of the Omaha Royals (AAA Royals) is the PCL Hitter of the Week. Buchanan
hit .333 (6x18) with 2 homers and 12 RBI during the week. . . .
Wade LeBlanc of the Portland Beavers (AAA Padres) is the PCL Pitcher of the Week. LeBlanc
made two starts, went 2-0 and compiled a 0.69 ERA (1 ER in 13 IP). LeBlanc fanned
12 batters over the two outings. . . .
The series concludes on Tuesday evening. Probables are RHP Giancarlo Alvarado (11-9, 3.68)
for the Isotopes and RHP Mike Jones (0-1, 13.50) for the Sounds.
|
| Filed 08/24/2009 |
|
August 23, 2009 - Isotopes (72-57)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +7.5 Games |
Magic Number To Clinch Division: |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Nashville Sounds |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
. |
6 |
12 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
. |
5 |
10 |
1 |
WP: Chase Wright (8-7)
LP: Hyang-Nam Choi (9-2)
SV: Chris Smith (15) |
Home Runs:
NSH Joe Koshansky (21) off Choi in the 8th inning
NSH Adam Heether (14) off Elbert in the 2nd inning
NSH Erick Almonte (1) off Choi in the 7th inning
ALB Hector Luna (15) off Wright in the 1st inning |
TIME: 2:59 ATT: 6,703 |
| After an hour and a half rain delay to start the game, Hector Luna drove in four
runs but the effort was not enough to help the Isotopes win as Isotopes reliever Hyang-Nam Choi had
an off night, giving up the go-ahead and insurance runs as the Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers)
defeated the Isotopes 6-5 on Sunday evening. |
| Luis Maza singled and scored on Luna's two-run homer in the 1st inning as
the Isotopes led 2-0. |
| Adam Heether solo-homered in the 2nd inning and Corey Patterson walked and
later scored on a fielder's choice in the 3rd inning as the Sounds tied the game at 2-2. |
| Nashville took their first lead in the 5th inning when Adam Stern doubled and
scored on Erick Almonte's double. |
| The lead did not last very long as Albuquerque tied up the game in their
half of the 5th inning. JD Closser singled, advanced to second base on Jason Repko's single, moved
to third base on A.J. Ellis' sacrifice bunt, and scored on Chin-Lung Hu's sacrifice flyout. |
| Choi started his uncharacteristic outing in the 7th inning. Patterson doubled and
an out later, Almonte homered to give Nashville the lead for good. |
| With Choi still on the mound in the 8th inning, Joe Koshansky homered with
two out as the Sounds added what later would prove to be a very important run. |
| Albuquerque's only serious rally left in the game happened in the bottom of
the 8th inning. Pinch-hitter Sergio Garcia and Hu singled and both advanced into scoring position
on a wild pitch. After Maza struck out swinging, Luna two-run singled to drive in Garcia and Hu
to pull the Isotopes to a run down at 6-5. Mitch Jones singled and Jamie Hoffmann grounded out
to put both runners in scoring position before Closser grounded out to end the inning and kill the
rally. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 60 G, 230 AB, 37 R, 67 H, 13 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 40 RBI, 27 BB, 35 K, 10 SB, .291 AVG
Scott Elbert 7 APP, 0-1, 4.40 ERA, 28.2 IP, 31 H, 14 ER, 12 BB, 30 K, 2 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Isotopes are 4-6 when they wear their Sunday home blue "Dodgers"-like uniforms. Next Sunday evening
is the final game of 2009 in which they will wear those jerseys. . . .
Hyang-Nam Choi won his last seven pitching decisions, tying an Isotope franchise record, and was
pitching great until tonight when he allowed 3 runs in 2 innings and earned the loss to snap his winning
streak. . .
With the decent attendance of 6,703 on Sunday evening, the Isotopes are unlikely to welcome their
4 millionth fan to Isotopes Park on Monday. The milestone is much more likely to happen on Tuesday. . . .
A.J. Ellis singled to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. . . .
The series continues on Monday evening. Probables are LHP Eric Stults (5-2, 4.69) for the Isotopes
and LHP Chris Cody (6-7, 4.69) for the Sounds.
|
| Filed 08/23/2009 |
|
August 22, 2009 - Isotopes (72-56)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +8.0 Games |
Magic Number To Clinch Division:  |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Nashville Sounds |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
. |
4 |
7 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
X |
. |
8 |
15 |
0 |
WP: Vicente Padilla (1-0)
LP: Tim Dillard (10-7) |
Home Runs:
NSH Adam Stern (1) off Padilla in the 5th inning |
TIME: 3:08 ATT: 9,835 |
| Vicente Padilla made his one and probably only start for the Isotopes after being
signed as a free agent by the Dodgers and allowed two runs and three hits in 5 innings and earned
the victory as the Isotopes defeated the Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) 8-4 in the series opener
Saturday evening. The Isotopes extended their division lead to a franchise-record eight games and
their magic number to clinch the division reached single digits. |
| Albuquerque quickly led 2-0 in the 1st inning. Sergio Garcia and Luis Maza led off
with singles into left field and Hector Luna singled into right field to drive in Garcia. Dee Brown
grounded out to bring Maza home. |
| The Isotopes extended their lead in the 3rd inning. Maza singled, Luna doubled,
and Dee Brown doubled to drive them both in. Brown advanced to third base on JD Closser's groundout
and scored on Jamie Hoffmann's single. Jason Repko was plunked by a pitch and A.J. Ellis singled
home Hoffmann as the Isotopes led 6-0. |
| Padilla walked John Raburn and allowed a homer to Adam Stern in the 5th inning
as the Sounds got on the scoreboard and trailed 6-2. |
| Garcia walked and later scored on Luna's single in the 6th inning as the Isotopes
added to their lead at 7-2. |
| The Sounds pulled closer in the 8th inning. Joe Koshansky walked
with one out and scored on Adam Heether's double. Another out later, pinch-hitter Erick Almonte doubled
to drive in Heether as the Sounds trailed 7-4. |
| Albuquerque scored the final run of the game in their half of the 8th inning. Maza
walked, advanced to second base when Luna was hit by a pitch, moved on to third base on Brown's
fielder's choice, and scored on Closser's single. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 59 G, 226 AB, 37 R, 67 H, 13 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 40 RBI, 27 BB, 35 K, 10 SB, .296 AVG
Brent Leach 11 APP, 1-0, 1 SV, 8.38 ERA, 9.2 IP, 12 H, 9 ER, 14 BB, 9 K, 1 HR |
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Will Ohman started his second rehab assignment of the season with Albuquerque and pitched the 9th inning and
allowed a hit, walk and strikeout.
In the 9th inning, Ohman allowed a leadoff double to Patrick Arliss, then got Adam Stern to pop
out to shortstop before Corey Patterson drew a walk. J.J. Hardy flew out to center and Joe
Koshansky struck out to end the game.
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Vicente Padilla did not come to Albuquerque on a rehab assignment as stated in the game
summary yesterday. Padilla was assigned to Albuquerque just like any player that might sign
a free agent deal and be sent to the minors. To make roster room for Padilla, P JD Durbin
was placed on the DL with a right ankle sprain. When Padilla gets promoted to the Dodgers
later next week to make a start, he will have to have his contract purchased and the Dodgers
will have to clear up 40-man roster and 25-man active roster room for him, so the moves the Dodgers
will have to make could affect the Isotopes roster. . . .
Albuquerque welcomed their half-millionth fan of the season (507,315) tonight in their 60th home game. The
Isotopes are nearing the 4 millionth Isotopes Park total fan milestone, likely to be set on Monday with a great
attendance or on Tuesday for sure. . . .
A.J. Ellis extended his hitting streak to 12 games. . . .
The Isotopes have eliminated the first team in their division from playoff contention. The Round
Rock Express (AAA Astros) were eliminated from the playoffs after today's games as they are
17 games back in the division with 16 games left to play. The Las Vegas 51s (AAA Blue Jays)
were the first team to be eliminated from playoff contention a few days ago when they were
eliminated in the Pacific Conference Southern Division. New Orleans in the Isotopes' division
appears to be the next team in the league headed for elimination. . . .
The series continues on Sunday evening. Probables are LHP Scott Elbert (1-1, 4.74) for the
Isotopes and LHP Chase Wright (7-7, 4.24) for the Sounds.
|
| Filed 08/22/2009 |
|
August 21, 2009 - Isotopes (71-56)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +7.0 Games |
Magic Number To Clinch Division:  |
| Aces Ballpark |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
3 |
5 |
2 |
| Reno Aces |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
X |
. |
7 |
8 |
2 |
WP: Billy Buckner (9-3)
LP: JD Durbin (0-5)
SV: Jose Marte (2) |
Home Runs:
ALB Chin-Lung Hu (6) off Buckner in the 1st inning |
TIME: 2:48 ATT: 9,263 |
| Albuquerque let a 3-0 lead get away, giving up five runs to the Reno Aces (AAA
Diamondbacks) in the 4th inning as Reno came from behind to win 7-3. The loss snaps an
Albuquerque four-game winning streak. |
| Chin-Lung Hu lead off the game with a homer as the Isotopes wasted no time
in taking a 1-0 lead. |
| The Isotopes extended their lead in the 4th inning. Mitch Jones and Dee Brown singled
and JD Closser reached on an error as Jones scored. Jamie Hoffmann grounded into a double play
as Brown scored to give Albuquerque a 3-0 lead. |
| The Aces took the lead that was never relinquished in the 4th inning. With
one out, Ruben Gotay singled and Brandon Allen and Cole Gillespie walked to load the bags. Luke Carlin
singled home Gotay and with the bases still loaded, Ed Rogers doubled to clear them. Agustin Murillo's
single brought home Rogers as the Aces led 5-3. |
| Gillespie tripled and scored on Rogers' groundout in the 6th inning and Gillespie
singled and later stole home in the 8th inning for Reno's final run of the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 58 G, 221 AB, 36 R, 65 H, 13 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 39 RBI, 27 BB, 34 K, 10 SB, .294 AVG
Josh Lindblom 15 APP, 2-0, 1 SV, 2.81 ERA, 32 IP, 28 H, 10 ER, 10 BB, 26 K, 3 HR |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
P Henry Bonilla was activated from the Disabled List. On Saturday, the Dodgers will assign
pitchers Vicente Padilla and Will Ohman to Albuqurque to begin rehabilitation assignments. . . .
The Isotopes and Aces completed their only series of the season and Albuquerque won three out of the
four games. For the roadswing to Nevada, Albuquerque won six out of the eight contests against the
Aces and Las Vegas 51s. Albuquerque is 3-1 all-time against Reno and at Aces Ballpark. . . .
Tonight's game also completed the regular season games against Pacific Conference foes and Albuquerque went
17-15 in 2009 against that conference. All-time, the Isotopes are 108-113 against the Pacific
Conference. . . .
Chin-Lung Hu's leadoff homer was his first of the season and team-record 6th leadoff homer in a single
season. Tony Abreu, currently with the Dodgers, has the other five leadoff homers in 2009. . . .
Cole Gillespie's steal of home plate was the first one the Isotopes allowed since May 25, 2009 when
Mike McCoy of the Colorado Springs Sky Sox (AAA Rockies) stole home against the Isotopes at
Isotopes Park. . . .
The Isotopes return home for a franchise-longest 13 game homestand. The homestand is the
last homestand of the regular season but might not be the last home games for Albuquerque if
the Isotopes can get the division clinched. Probables in the opener against the Nashville
Sounds (AAA Brewers) are RHP Vicente Padilla (No Record) for Albuquerque and RHP
Tim Dillard (10-6, 4.34) for the Sounds. There is no word if the "Padilla Flotilla" is
going to be in the stands on Saturday evening.
|
| Filed 08/21/2009 |
|
August 20, 2009 - Isotopes (71-55)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +7.0 Games |
Magic Number To Clinch Division: |
| Aces Ballpark |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
. |
5 |
11 |
2 |
| Reno Aces |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
4 |
7 |
1 |
WP: Hyang-Nam Choi (9-1)
LP: Doug Slaten (3-2)
SV: Scott Strickland (29) |
Home Runs:
ALB Blake DeWitt (5) off Valdez in the 2nd inning |
TIME: 3:53 ATT: 6,050 |
| The Isotopes achieved a franchise milestone in exciting fashion. Down
4-1 after 4 innings, the Isotopes plated four unanswered runs, including scoring the game-winning run
on an error in the 9th inning, to defeat the Reno Aces (AAA Diamondbacks) 5-4. With the victory, the
Isotopes won their 500th regular season game in just under seven full seasons of play. |
| Birthday boy Blake DeWitt solo homered in the 2nd inning as the Isotopes
got on the scoreboard. |
| Reno stormed back to take the lead in the 4th inning. Ruben Gotay drew a leadoff
walk and scored on Ed Rogers' double. Abraham Nunez and Travis Blackley walked to load the bags.
After Blackley was picked off first base, Brandon Watson two-run doubled, scoring Rogers and Nunez. Watson
advanced to third base on a fielding error on the play and scored on Chris Young's groundout as the Aces
scored four runs to lead 4-1. |
| Albuquerque began their comeback in the 6th inning. DeWitt tripled and scored
on another birthday boy's double (Jamie Hoffmann). Hoffmann advanced to third on A.J. Ellis' groundout
and scored on Dee Brown's single as the Isotopes trailed by a run at 4-3. |
| In the 8th inning, Ellis doubled with two outs and scored on pinch-hitter JD Closser's
single as the Isotopes tied the game at 4-4. |
| Albuquerque won the game in the 9th inning. Hector Luna singled with one out,
Mitch Jones drew a walk, and DeWitt reached on an error. DeWitt's grounder to first was fielded
by first baseman Brandon Allen. Allen tried to get the force out at second base but his throw was
wild and Luna scored on the error. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 57 G, 217 AB, 36 R, 65 H, 13 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 39 RBI, 27 BB, 34 K, 10 SB, .300 AVG
Brent Leach 10 APP, 1-0, 1 SV, 9.35 ERA, 8.2 IP, 12 H, 9 ER, 13 BB, 8 K, 1 HR |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Isotopes are 500-485 in regular-season franchise history, a .508 winning percentage. Counting the one
playoff appearance in 2003 in their all-time record, Albuquerque is 501-488. . . .
Albuquerque holds a franchise-best 7 game lead in the division (over the Oklahoma City Redhawks)
and are 16 games above the .500, tying a franchise-best mark. . . .
The 3 hour, 53 minute game was Albuquerque's longest 9-inning game of the season. . . .
With Albuquerque's 70th victory on Wednesday evening, it was the quickest the Isotopes have
reached the 70 win plateau. . . .
The Isotopes have won their last four road contests, a season best. . . .
A.J. Ellis doubled to extend his hitting streak to 11 games. . . .
Isotope pitchers were wild in the game, walking a franchise-record 12 batters. . . .
Hyang-Nam Choi tied an Isotope franchise record by earning his 7th straight winning decision. All
of Choi's wins have been in relief so he's been the benefactor of many late Isotope comebacks. Choi
last lost on July 7th at Nashville just as the Isotopes were playing their last several games going into the
Triple-A All-Star Game break. . . .
In Baseball America's "Best Tools" annual issue, the magazine named Tim Wallach the "Best Manager Prospect"
in the Pacific Coast League. Wallach, in his third season of managing at any level and first season at
the Triple-A level, has guided the Isotopes to a 71-55 mark, good for the second best record in the PCL
and it appears the Isotopes are headed towards postseason play. . . .
With Isotopes Director of Field Operations Jarad Alley leaving the Isotopes at the end of the season to
work as an assistant groundskeeper with the Minnesota Twins, the Isotopes announced on Thursday that
Shawn Moore, currently the Manager of Field Operations, will replace Alley. Casey Griffin will become the
new Manager of Field Operations. . . .
The Isotopes look for their second road series sweep of the season on Friday evening when they send RHP JD Durbin (0-4, 6.61)
to the mound to face Reno's RHP Billy Buckner (8-3, 3.20).
|
| Filed 08/20/2009 |
|
August 19, 2009 - Isotopes (70-55)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +6.0 Games |
Magic Number To Clinch Division:  |
| Aces Ballpark |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
. |
4 |
10 |
1 |
| Reno Aces |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
2 |
7 |
0 |
WP: Eric Stults (5-2)
LP: Hector Ambriz (6-9)
SV: Scott Strickland (28) |
Home Runs:
ALB Chin-Lung Hu (5) off Ambriz in the 7th inning
RENO Augustin Murillo (2) off Stults in the 4th inning |
TIME: 2:49 ATT: 5,676 |
| Eric Stults allowed two runs in 6 innings and Chin-Lung Hu solo homered and
Jamie Hoffmann knocked in two runs as the Isotopes defeated the Reno Aces (AAA Diamondbacks)
4-2 to win their third straight contest. |
| In the 2nd inning, Mitch Jones doubled, advanced to third base on JD Closser's ground out,
and scored on Jamie Hoffmann's ground out as the Isotopes led 1-0.. |
| Aces starter Hector Ambriz doubled, advanced to third base on Ed Rogers' sacrifice bunt,
and scored on Brandon Allen's single as the Aces tied the game at 1-1 in the 3rd inning. |
| Albuquerque regained the lead in the 4th inning. Jones tripled and Closser walked with
one out before Hoffmann singled home Jones. Closser advanced to third base on the single and scored on Jason
Repko's single as the Isotopes led 3-1. |
| The Aces pulled to a run down at 3-2 on Agustin Murillo's solo homer in the home
half of the 4th inning. |
| Hu solo homered in the 7th inning to close out the scoring in the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 56 G, 213 AB, 35 R, 63 H, 12 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 38 RBI, 26 BB, 33 K, 10 SB, .296 AVG
Scott Elbert 6 APP, 0-1, 0 SV, 4.74 ERA, 24.2 IP, 26 H, 13 ER, 11 BB, 24 K, 1 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Dodgers placed P Hiroki Kuroda on the Disabled List with a concussion on Wednesday and
recalled IF Tony Abreu from Albuquerque. . . .
The Dodgers also signed P Vicente Padilla to a contract and will send him to Albuquerque to make
a start on Saturday against the Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) when the Isotopes return to
Albuquerque. . . .
The Isotopes are a season-high 15 games above .500 and hold a franchise record-tying 6 game division
lead over the Oklahoma City Redhawks (AAA Rangers). . . .
Albuquerque is 17-11 in games decided by two runs. . . .
With Abreu headed to the majors with his 16 game hitting streak protected, the current longest
hitting streak belongs to A.J. Ellis, who hit safely in his 10th straight game tonight. . . .
The series continues on Thursday evening. Albuquerque's active victories leader, RHP Giancarlo
Alvarado (11-9, 3.56) is expected to take the mound against Reno's RHP Cesar Valdez
(6-5, 4.60).
|
| Filed 08/19/2009 |
|
August 18, 2009 - Isotopes (69-55)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +5.0 Games |
Magic Number To Clinch Division:  |
| Aces Ballpark |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
8 |
13 |
1 |
| Reno Aces |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
. |
4 |
4 |
0 |
WP: Dwayne Pollok (3-4)
LP: Daniel Cabrera (0-1) |
Home Runs:
ALB Mitch Jones (30) off Cabrera in the 1st inning
RENO Ruben Gotay (11) off Pollok in the 2nd inning
RENO Cole Gillespie (10) off Wade in the 9th inning |
TIME: 2:31 ATT: 5,219 |
| At first blush, the Isotopes really seem to enjoy the new Aces Ballpark. Albuquerque
plated six 1st inning runs, highlighted by Mitch Jones' grand-slam homer, and went on to defeat the Reno
Aces (AAA Diamondbacks) 8-4 in the series opener on Tuesday evening. |
| Aces starter Daniel Cabrera only lasted the first inning and saw his ERA climb to 54.00. Tony Abreu singled,
Chin-Lung Hu doubled, and Blake DeWitt drew a walk ahead of Jones' grand-slam homer. Dee Brown walked and JD
Closser singled to put runners on the corners before Jamie Hoffmann sacrifice flied out to bring home Brown.
A.J. Ellis drew a walk and Isotopes starter Dwayne Pollok laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance both
runners into scoring position. A wild pitch brought Closser home with the sixth run before Abreu grounded
out to end the inning. |
| Ruben Gotay solo homered for the Aces in the 2nd inning. |
| Pollok scored Albuquerque's seventh run in the 4th inning. Pollok singled, advanced to
second base on Abreu's single, moved on to third base on Hu's single, and scored when DeWitt grounded into
a double play. |
| Ellis doubled, advanced to third base on Pollok's sacrifice bunt, and scored on Abreu's
sacrifice flyout as the Isotopes extended their lead to 8-1. |
| Reno scored some junktime runs in the 9th inning. Brandon Allen walked, advanced
to second base on defensive indifference, Gotay walked, and Cole Gillespie three-run homered. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 55 G, 209 AB, 35 R, 61 H, 12 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 36 RBI, 26 BB, 33 K, 10 SB, .292 AVG
Josh Lindblom 14 APP, 2-0, 1 SV, 2.70 ERA, 30 IP, 25 H, 9 ER, 10 BB, 24 K, 3 HR |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
IF Sergio Garcia was activated from the Disabled List and C Ryan Arp and IF
Brett Harper were both placed on the DL, Harper with a right hand injury. . . .
The Isotopes are a season-high 14 games above the .500 mark. . . .
Tony Abreu extended his hitting streak to 16 games and A.J. Ellis now has a 9-game hitting streak. . . .
Mitch Jones leads the PCL in homers with 30 and is in a three-way tie for first place in the Round-Tripper Award
standings, an award for the minor leaguer with the most homers in a season. Jones grand-slam
homer was his third grand-slam and Albuquerque's eighth grand-slam of the
season. . . .
Sean Rodriguez of the Salt Lake Bees (AAA Angels) is the PCL Hitter of the Week. Rodriguez
hit .727 (8x11) during the week with 3 homers and 8 RBI. . . .
Luis Mendoza of the Oklahoma City Redhawks (AAA Rangers) is the PCL Pitcher of the Week.
Mendoza's lone start of the week was memorable as he tossed a no-hitter against the Salt
Lake Bees while walking 6 and fanning 6. . . .
There was yet another no-hitter tossed in the PCL. On Tuesday evening, Colorado Springs Sky
Sox (AAA Rockies) pitchers Jhoulys Chacin, Joel Peralta, Juan Rincon, and Randy Flores combined
to no-hit the Oklahoma City Redhawks. It was Colorado Springs' second no-hitter of the season (and
the first PCL club to have two no-hitters in the same season since 1991) and it was the second
no-hitter tossed in Oklahoma City in the last five days. . . .
The series continues on Wednesday evening. Probables are LHP Eric Stults (4-2, 4.93) for
the Isotopes and RHP Hector Ambriz (6-8, 6.07) for the Aces.
|
| Filed 08/18/2009 |
|
August 17, 2009 - Isotopes (68-55)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +4.0 Games |
Magic Number To Clinch Division: |
| Cashman Field |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
. |
4 |
11 |
1 |
| Las Vegas 51s |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
. |
3 |
8 |
1 |
WP: Brent Leach (1-0)
LP: Edward Buzachero (3-2)
SV: Scott Strickland (27) |
Home Runs:
LVG Kevin Howard (11) off Corcoran in the 2nd inning |
TIME: 2:51 ATT: 3,536 |
| Doug Mientkiewicz's sacrifice flyout in the 9th inning brought home the game
winning run as the Isotopes defeated the Las Vegas 51s (AAA Blue Jays) 4-3 in the series finale in
Las Vegas on Monday evening. |
| In the 1st inning, Mientkiewicz reached on a fielder's choice, advanced
to third base on Jamie Hoffmann's single, and scored on Mitch Jones' groundout as the Isotopes
grabbed a 1-0 lead. |
| The Isotopes extended their lead to 2-0 in the 2nd inning. Jason Repko
drew a one-out walk, stole second base, advanced to third base on a throwing error on the play,
and scored on A.J. Ellis' single. |
| Kevin Howard solo-homered in the bottom of the 2nd inning to get Las Vegas
on the scoreboard and Howie Clark singled and later scored on an error in the 3rd inning as
the 51s tied the game at 2-2. |
| The game remained deadlocked until the 8th inning. Hoffmann singled, advanced
to second base on Hector Luna's single, and scored on Luis Maza's single as the Isotopes led 3-2. |
| Jason Lane doubled home Howard in the 8th inning as the 51s re-tied the game
at 3-3. |
| The Isotopes reclaimed the lead for good in the 9th inning. Ellis drew a leadoff
walk and advanced to second base on a balk. 51s manager Mike Basso was ejected for arguing the
balk and an out later, Ellis moved to third base on a wild pitch and scored on Mientkiewicz's sacrifice
flyout. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 54 G, 205 AB, 35 R, 61 H, 12 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 35 RBI, 26 BB, 33 K, 10 SB, .298 AVG
Brent Leach 9 APP, 1-0, 1 SV, 12.15 ERA, 6.2 IP, 10 H, 9 ER, 11 BB, 7 K, 1 HR |
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Doug Mientkiewicz was the Designated Hitter and went 0x4 with a run scored and a RBI. Mientkiewicz
snapped a nine game hitting streak by going hitless.
Mientkiewicz reached on a fielder's choice and later scored in the 1st inning, grounded out to second
base in the 2nd inning, grounded out to first in the 5th inning, grounded into a double play in the 7th
inning, and knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly in the 9th inning.
Mientkiewicz likely has ended his rehab stay with the team because there will not be a DH tomorrow
when the Isotopes play the Reno Aces, the Diamondbacks Triple-A affiliate. Mientkiewicz's overall
rehab stint with Albuquerque so far: 11 games, .306 average (15x49), 9 runs scored, 6 doubles, 1 triple,
1 homer, 10 RBI, 1 walk, and 6 strikeouts. |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Isotopes and 51s completed their only series of the season tonight. The Isotopes took three
out of the four games and 19,925 attended at Cashman Field for a per-game average of 4,981.
All-time, Albuquerque holds a 22-6 series advantage and a 12-4 advantage at Cashman Field. . . .
Tony Abreu extended his hitting streak to 15 games. Doug Mientkiewicz went hitless
to snap a 9-game streak and Jason Repko went hitless to snap a 10-game hitting streak. . . .
Mientkiewicz has provided two game-winning sacrifice flies during his rehabilitation assignment
and the Isotopes won two of the games in the series with the 51s in their last at-bat. . . .
Albuquerque travels to Reno for the final series against a Pacific Conference team for 2009 unless
the Isotopes make it to the PCL Championship series. The Reno Aces (AAA Diamondbacks) are in their first season of
play, having moved from Tucson after the 2008 season, and the Isotopes will be playing
in Aces Ballpark for the first time in this series. Probables are RHP Dwayne Pollok (2-4, 5.88)
for the Isotopes and RHP Daniel Cabrera (No Record) for the Aces. The Diamondbacks recently
signed Cabrera as a free-agent and assigned him to Reno. Cabrera began 2009 with the
Washington Nationals and went 0-5 with a 5.85 ERA before being designated for assignment.
|
| Filed 08/17/2009 |
|
August 16, 2009 - Isotopes (67-55)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +4.0 Games |
Magic Number To Clinch Division: |
| Cashman Field |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
. |
2 |
7 |
1 |
| Las Vegas 51s |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
X |
. |
5 |
9 |
0 |
WP: Marty McLeary (2-1)
LP: J.D. Durbin (0-4) |
Home Runs:
ALB Dee Brown (18) off Accardo in the 9th inning
LVG J.P. Arencibia (13) off Durbin in the 2nd inning |
TIME: 2:26 ATT: 2,540 |
| With the game tied at 1-1, the Isotopes allowed a four run 5th inning to the Las Vegas 51s (AAA Blue Jays)
as the 51s went on to defeat the Isotopes 5-2 on Sunday evening at Cashman Field in Las Vegas. The
loss snapped a three-game Isotope winning streak.
|
| In the 2nd inning, Jamie Hoffmann singled with one out, advanced to second base
on Jason Repko's single, and scored on Tony Abreu's single into right field as the Isotopes scored the
first run of the game. |
| J.P. Arencibia solo-homered in the home half of the inning to tie the game at 1-1. |
| The 51s broke the deadlock and put the game away in the 5th inning. Aaron Mathews
and Kevin Howard drew walks and Angel Sanchez laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance both of them into
scoring position. Buck Coats singled home Mathews and an error on the play allowed Howard to
score with Coats advancing to second base. Coats moved up to third base on Howie Clark's single
and scored on Travis Snider's single. Kyle Phillips singled home Clark as the 51s led 5-1. |
| Dee Brown solo homered in the 9th inning for the final run of the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 53 G, 200 AB, 34 R, 59 H, 11 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 35 RBI, 26 BB, 31 K, 10 SB, .295 AVG
|
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Doug Mientkiewicz once again appeared as the Designated Hitter and went 1x4 with
a double and a strikeout.
Mientkiewicz flew out to center in the 1st inning, struck out in the 2nd inning, flew out to right
field in the 5th inning, and doubled in the 8th inning.
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
OF Jovanny Rosario was activated from the Disabled List and then transferred to Advanced
Class-A Inland Empire. C Ryan Arp was transferred from Rookie level Arizona League Dodgers
to the Isotopes. . . .
Scott Elbert was scheduled to start for Albuquerque tonight but he was scratched just in case the
Dodgers need to recall him if they place P Hiroki Kuroda on the Disabled List. Kuroda was
hit in the head with a comeback liner in Los Angeles' contest against Arizona on Saturday evening
at Chase Field. . . .
Albuquerque's loss snapped a three game winning streak against the 51s at Cashman Field. . . .
Tony Abreu extended his hitting streak to 14 games. Other current long hitting streaks are
Jason Repko (10 games) and Doug Mientkiewicz (9 games). . . .
The Isotopes have homered in six straight games, tying a season longest homer streak. . . .
The series concludes on Monday evening. Probables are RHP Tim Corcoran (0-0, 12.27) for
the Isotopes and LHP Fabio Castro (6-5, 4.10) for the 51s.
|
| Filed 08/16/2009 |
|
August 15, 2009 - Isotopes (67-54)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +5.0 Games |
Magic Number To Clinch Division: |
| Cashman Field |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
4 |
10 |
1 |
| Las Vegas 51s |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
. |
2 |
7 |
0 |
WP: Giancarlo Alvarado (11-9)
LP: David Purcey (6-6)
SV: Scott Strickland (26) |
Home Runs:
ALB Jason Repko (14) off Purcey in the 4th inning
LVG Travis Snider (14) off Alvarado in the 8th inning
LVG Brian Dopirak (7) off Alvarado in the 8th inning |
TIME: 3:01 ATT: 6,861 |
| Jason Repko solo homered and was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle and
Chin-Lung Hu added a pair of RBI in Albuquerque's 4-2 victory over the Las Vegas 51s (AAA
Blue Jays) on Saturday evening. Albuquerque has won three straight games. |
| Repko doubled and scored on Hu's single in the 2nd inning and Repko solo
homered in the 4th inning as the Isotopes led 2-0. |
| The Isotopes scored their final two runs in the 6th inning. Luis Maza drew a leadoff
walk, advanced to third on Repko's single and scored on a wild pitch. Repko stole second and
third bases before scoring on Hu's sacrifice flyout. |
| Travis Snider and Brian Dopirak back-to-back solo homered in the 8th inning
for Las Vegas. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 52 G, 196 AB, 33 R, 58 H, 11 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 35 RBI, 26 BB, 31 K, 10 SB, .296 AVG
Josh Lindblom 13 APP, 2-0, 1 SV, 2.89 ERA, 28 IP, 25 H, 9 ER, 10 BB, 23 K, 3 HR
Brent Leach 8 APP, 0-0, 1 SV, 11.37 ERA, 6.1 IP, 8 H, 8 ER, 10 Bb, 7 K, 1 HR |
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Doug Mientkiewicz was the Designated Hitter in the contest. Mientkiewicz singled in the
1st inning, struck out swinging in the 3rd inning, flew out to center in the 4th and 6th innings,
and lined out to first base in the 8th inning. |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Isotopes are a season-high 13 games above the .500 mark. . . .
Tony Abreu singled to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. . . .
Isotopes pitching has allowed back-to-back homers to an opponent four times in 2009. . . .
Giancarlo Alvarado's 5 2/3 innings outing was the longest Isotope reliever outing of the season and
was a 1/3 of an inning shy of tying the franchise record. Alvarado set a franchise record with 7 strikeouts
in a relief appearance. Alvarado also earned his 11th victory, tying him with Charlie Haeger
for the team lead. Haeger is currently with the Dodgers. . . .
Albuquerque improved their road record to 31-31 with the victory. . . .
The series continues on Sunday evening. Probables are LHP Scott Elbert (1-1, 5.16) for the
Isotopes and former-Isotope RHP Marty McLeary (1-1, 5.56) for the 51s.
|
| Filed 08/15/2009 |
|
August 14, 2009 - Isotopes (66-54)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +5.0 Games |
Magic Number To Clinch Division:  |
| Cashman Field |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
. |
12 |
20 |
0 |
| Las Vegas 51s |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
6 |
13 |
1 |
WP: Cory Wade (1-0)
LP: Rommie Lewis (1-3) |
Home Runs:
ALB Mitch Jones (29) off Lewis in the 10th inning
ALB Chin-Lung Hu (4) off Beam in the 2nd inning |
TIME: 3:30 ATT: 6,988 |
| Mitch Jones snapped a 6-6 tie with a 10th inning leadoff homer and the Isotopes
added five more runs in the inning for good measure to defeat the Las Vegas 51s (AAA Blue Jays)
12-6 in the series opener on Friday evening in Las Vegas. |
| Buck Coats doubled and later scored on Travis Snider's single in the 1st inning as
the 51s led 1-0. |
| Albuquerque took the lead in the 2nd inning. With two outs, Jamie Hoffman singled
and scored on Chin-Lung Hu's homer. |
| The Isotopes increased the lead to 3-1 in the 3rd inning. Doug Mientkiewicz
doubled, advanced to third base on Blake DeWitt's groundout, and scored on Jones' double. |
| The 51s reclaimed the lead in their half of the 3rd inning. J.P. Arencibia singled
home a run and with the bases loaded later in the inning, Kevin Howard cleared them with
a double as the 51s led 5-3. |
| Each team swapped a single run in the 4th inning. In the top half, Hu tripled and scored
on A.J. Ellis' sacrifice flyout. In the bottom half, Coats tripled and scored on Howie Clark's single. |
| Albuquerque tied the game at 6-6 in the 5th inning. DeWitt singled, Jones doubled,
and both scored on Dee Brown's double. |
| Jones led off the 10th inning with his PCL-leading 29th homer as the Isotopes broke
the tie. Pinch-hitter Hector Luna followed with a single and Brown laid down a successful sacrifice
bunt to advance Luna to second base. Hoffman singled before being eliminated from the basepaths
on Hu's fielder's choice. With runners on the corners and two out, Ellis doubled home Luna and Hu
scored on an error on the play. With Ellis on third base due to the error, it was an easy trot home when
Tony Abreu doubled. Jason Repko singled home Abreu and DeWitt walked ahead of Jones' single to
drive in Repko. When all was said and done in the extra frame, Albuquerque sent 11 batters to the
plate and scored 6 runs to take a commanding 12-6 lead. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 51 G, 196 AB, 33 R, 58 H, 11 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 35 RBI, 26 BB, 31 K, 10 SB, .296 AVG
|
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Doug Mientkiewicz traveled to Las Vegas with the Isotopes to continue his rehab assignment.
Mientkiewicz played Designated Hitter and flew out to left field in the 1st inning, doubled
and later scored in the 3rd inning, popped out to shortstop in the 5th inning, walked in
the 6th inning, singled in the 9th inning and was replaced by pinch-runner Jason Repko
to end his evening.
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
P Henry Bonilla was placed on the Disabled List Friday with a strained right hamstring. . . .
Albuquerque is back for the second time this season at their franchise best high-water mark of 12 games above .500. . . .
The Isotopes set franchise records for the most hits in a road game (20 hits) and most extra base hits
(11). . . .
Albuquerque tied their season-best run production in a road game (12 runs) and tied a
franchise record with 8 doubles in the game. . . .
A.J. Ellis tied a franchise record with three doubles in the game. . . .
Mitch Jones was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. Jones had 4 hits, his third four-hit
game of the season. . . .
Some hitting streaks extended in the game: Tony Abreu (12 games), Doug Mientkiewicz (7 games),
and Jason Repko (8 games). . . .
The Isotopes are 5-6 in extra inning contests in 2009. . . .
Las Vegas' Buck Coats was a homer shy of hitting for the cycle. . . .
There was a no hitter thrown in the PCL on Friday night. Oklahoma City Redhawks (AAA Rangers)
pitcher Luis Mendoza no-hit the Salt Lake Bees (AAA Angels).in the Redhawks' 5-0 win at AT-T
Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City. . . . The series continues Saturday evening. Probables are RHP Josh Lindblom (2-0, 3.12) for
the Isotopes and LHP David Purcey (6-5, 4.92) for the 51s. It is anticipated Lindblom will pitch
the first couple of innings and then Giancarlo Alvarado will take over.
|
| Filed 08/14/2009 |
|
August 12, 2009 - Isotopes (65-54)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +5.0 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Tacoma Rainiers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
. |
6 |
10 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
X |
. |
8 |
10 |
1 |
WP: Hyang-Nam Choi (8-1)
LP: Dennis Stark (1-2)
SV: Brent Leach (1) |
Home Runs:
ALB Hector Luna (14) off Hernandez in the 3rd inning |
TIME: 3:16 ATT: 5,640 |
 Doug Mientkiewicz drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the 8th inning
in Albuquerque's 8-6 victory over the Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) on Wednesday afternoon at "The
Lab".
Tony Abreu doubled and scored on Mientkiewicz's double in the 1st inning as
Albuquerque led 1-0.
The Isotopes added to their lead in the 3rd inning. Mientkiewicz tripled and scored
on Blake DeWitt's double. An out later, Dee Brown singled home DeWitt and Hector Luna followed with
a two-run homer as the Isotopes led 5-0. |
| That lead evaporated in the 4th inning. Brad Nelson walked and Prentice Redman
singled to lead off the frame. Two outs later, Jamie Burke singled home Nelson and former-Isotope Josh
Wilson was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Jerry Owens cleared them with a triple and Matt
Tuiasosopo singled Owens home to tie the game at 5-5. |
| In the home half of the 4th inning, A.J. Ellis walked, advanced to second base
on Abreu's single, moved on to third base on Mientkiewicz's groundout, and scored on DeWitt's
sacrifice fly as the Isotopes grabbed a 6-5 lead. |
| Nelson tripled and scored on Redman's single in the 8th inning as Tacoma
tied the game at 6-6 before Albuquerque did not waste any time regaining the lead in the
bottom of the 8th inning. JD Closser drew a walk, advanced to second base on a wild pitch, and
moved on to third base when Repko bunt singled. Repko stole second base and Ellis walked to
load the bases and Abreu reached on a fielder's choice with Closser out at home plate. Mientkiewicz
sacrifice flied out to drive in Repko with the go-ahead run and DeWitt singled home Ellis for the
final run of the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Brent Leach 7 APP, 0-0, 1 SV, 12.00 ERA, 6 IP, 8 H, 8 ER, 10 BB, 7 K, 1 HR |
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Doug Mientkiewicz once again played as the Designated Hitter on Wednesday.
Mientkiewicz doubled and drove in a run in the 1st inning, tripled and scored in the 3rd inning,
grounded out to second base in the 4th inning, fied out to center in the 6th inning, and sacrifice
flied out to drive in a run in the 8th inning.
In 7 rehab games with Albuquerque, Mientkiewicz is hitting .344 (11x32) with 7 runs scored, 4 doubles,
a triple, a homer, 9 RBI, no walks, 4 strikeouts and no stolen bases. Mientkiewicz has a six
game hitting streak.
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Isotopes and Rainiers split the four game series and this series marked the only time the
Rainiers and Isotopes play in 2009. All-time, Albuquerque holds a 16-12 series advantage and a
12-4 advantage in games played at Isotopes Park. . . .
The Isotopes seem to have lost their hot homefield advantage they enjoyed in July. In this first homestand
of August, the Isotopes went 4-4. . . .
Jamie Hoffman did not play for the second straight game. . . .
Tim Corcoran became the third Isotope player (and fourth person if you count Trainer Greg Harrel)
to play for the Isotopes as both a Marlins and Dodgers affiliate. . . .
The Isotopes and the rest of the PCL enjoy Thursday off before Albuquerque hits the road to Nevada
for the final two series' of the season against Pacific Conference foes. The first four games are in
Las Vegas against the 51s (AAA Blue Jays). The 51s were the Dodgers affiliate until this season.
Probables in the opener at Cashman Field are LHP Eric Stults (4-2, 4.25) for the Isotopes and
RHP T.J. Beam (6-3, 4.40) for the 51s.
|
| Filed 08/12/2009 |
|
August 11, 2009 - Isotopes (64-54)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +5.0 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Tacoma Rainiers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
. |
9 |
12 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
. |
5 |
8 |
2 |
WP: Jason Vargas (2-2)
LP: Henry Bonilla (3-9) |
Home Runs:
TAC Prentice Redman (16) off Lindblom in the 5th inning
ALB Tony Abreu (10) off Vargas in the 1st inning |
TIME: 3:02 ATT: 8,468 |
| The Isotopes led 3-0 after three innings, then four different Isotope relievers
allowed at least a run as the Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) chipped away at the defecit and
eventually defeated Albuquerque 9-5. |
| Tony Abreu led off the game for Albuquerque with a homer as the Isotopes
quickly led 1-0. |
| Hector Luna doubled and later scored on A.J. Ellis' single in the 2nd inning and
Doug Mientkiewicz doubled, advanced to third base on Blake DeWitt's flyout, and scored on Mitch Jones'
sacrifice flyout in the 3rd inning as the Isotopes built a 3-0 lead. |
| Tacoma started chipping away at Albuquerque's lead in the 5th inning. Adam Moore
doubled and scored on Prentice Redman's two-run homer. |
| The Rainers completed their comeback in the 7th inning. Moore and Josh Wilson
singled and Moore scored on Matt Tuiasosopo's double to tie the game at 3-3. Mike Carp singled
to drive in Wilson and Tuiasosopo. Chris Shelton singled and Bryan LaHair walked to load the bases
and Mike Wilson singled to drive in Carp. Moore's single drove in Shelton and LaHair as the Rainiers
plated six runs to lead 8-3. |
| In the 7th inning, JD Closser doubled, Jason Repko singled, and Ellis doubled them
home as Albuquerque trailed 8-5. |
| Redman tripled and scored on Tuiasosopo's sacrifice flyout in the 8th inning as
Tacoma plated the final run of the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Scott Elbert 5 APP, 0-1, 5.16 ERA, 22.2 IP, 26 H, 13 ER, 10 BB, 22 K, 1 HR
Josh Lindblom 12 APP, 2-0, 1 SV, 3.12 ERA, 26 IP, 24 H, 9 ER, 9 BB, 22 K, 3 HR
Brent Leach 6 APP, 0-0, 0 SV, 13.50 ERA, 5.1 IP, 8 H, 8 ER, 10 BB, 6 K, 1 HR |
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Doug Mientkiewicz once again made a rehab appearance as the DH. Mientkiewicz went 1x5
with a double, a run scored, and fanned once.
Mientkiewicz flew out to right in the 1st, doubled in the 3rd inning and later scored, struck out
in the 5th inning, grounded out to short in the 7th and grounded out to second in the 9th inning.
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
There was quite a bit of roster shuffling on Tuesday. C Scott Thomas was released and IF
Sergio Garcia was placed on the Disabled List with a left hamstring strain. The Dodgers optioned
P Eric Stults to Albuquerque and then purchased the contract of P Charlie Haeger from Albuquerque.
Jeff Weaver is making a spot-start for the Dodgers on Wednesday afternoon and Haeger will be
the long reliever in support of Weaver against the Giants. Finally, P Tim Corcoran was transferred from Class-AA
Chattanooga to Albuquerque to make the start for Albuquerque on Wednesday. . . .
Tony Abreu hit his 5th leadoff homer of the season, the most by any Isotope in a season. Abreu
extended his hitting streak to 10 games and reached double digits in homers. . . .
Five Isotopes (Tony Abreu, Jason Repko, Hector Luna, Dee Brown, and Mitch Jones) have
hit 10 or more homers this season. Other Isotopes who combined with other teams in the league
to hit 10 or more homers are Val Pascucci (Isotopes and currently Portland Beavers) and Brett Harper
(Las Vegas 51s and currently Isotopes). . . .
Henry Bonilla earned his 9th defeat tonight, tying him wtih Giancarlo Alvarado for the team lead in losses. Bonilla
has lost his last four pitching decisions. . . .
The Dodgers named their July 2008 Dodger Pride Award winners. The Dodger Pride Awards
recognize minor league players who play the game with a hustling, smart, aggressive
style. At the Triple-A level, Josh Lindblom and Tony Abreu were the award winners.
Lindblom went 1-0 with a save and a 2.89 ERA during the month of July. Abreu
hit .360 (40x111) with 6 homers and 31 RBI in July. . . .
The Bricktown Showdown is no more -- due to a name change. The Bricktown Showdown event is
being renamed the Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game starting this season.
The game matches up the winners of the Pacific Coast League and International League in a one
game playoff to determine the overall champion of Triple-A Baseball. PCL clubs have won
all three Bricktown Showdown games played. . . .
The series concludes with Albuquerque's last home day contest of the season. P Tim Corcoran
was brought up from Class-AA Chattanooga to make the spot start. Corcoran, with the Isotopes
in 2008 as a Marlins affiliate, compiled a 4-7, 5.48 record in Double-A. Tacoma is scheduled to
counter with a former Isotope, RHP Gaby Hernandez (5-9, 6.03).
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| Filed 08/11/2009 |
|
August 10, 2009 - Isotopes (64-53)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +6.0 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Tacoma Rainiers |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
. |
6 |
9 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
X |
. |
8 |
14 |
0 |
WP: Giancarlo Alvarado (10-9)
LP: Andrew Baldwin (6-8)
SV: Scott Strickland (25) |
Home Runs:
TAC Matt Tuiasosopo (5) off Alvarado in the 3rd inning
TAC Josh Wilson (2) off Strickland in the 9th inning
ALB Tony Abreu (9) off Thomas in the 6th inning
ALB Jason Repko (13) off Baldwin in the 3rd inning
ALB Dee Brown (17) off Baldwin in the 6th inning |
TIME: 2:57 ATT: 7,409 |
 Tony Abreu grand-slam homered and drove in five runs total in his return
from the Dodgers and Scott Strickland inked his name into the Albuquerque professional baseball
record books with a save as the Isotopes defeated the Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) 8-6 on
Monday evening.
Former-Isotope Josh Wilson brought home a run with a sacrifice fly in the 2nd inning and Matt
Tuiasosopo solo homered in the 3rd inning as the Rainers built a 2-0 lead. |
| Jason Repko solo homered for Albuquerque in the bottom of the 3rd inning to
get the Isotopes on the scoreboard. |
| Albuquerque took the lead in the 5th inning. Repko singled with one out, advanced
to second base on a groundout, and scored on Abreu's triple. Doug Mientiewicz followed with a double
to plate Abreu as Albuquerque led 3-2. |
| Mike Wilson walked and scored on Alex Cintron's triple in the 6th inning as the
Rainiers tied the game at 3-3 before Albuquerque put the game away in their half of the 6th inning, all
with some two out magic. Dee Brown solo homered to give Albuquerque a 4-3 lead and Jamie Hoffmann
and Repko followed with singles. After executing a double-steal, A.J. Ellis walked to load the bags
and Abreu cleared them with a grand slam homer to center field as Albuquerque led 8-3. |
| Albuquerque hung on to their lead for the rest of the game despite a couple of
Tacoma threats. In the 7th inning, Wilson walked, Mike Carp was hit by a pitch, and both scored on
Chris Shelton's double. In the 9th inning, Wilson solo homered off Isotopes closer Scott Strickland
for the final run of the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 50 G, 191 AB, 32 R, 56 H, 11 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 35 RBI, 26 BB, 30 K, 10 SB, .293 AVG
|
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Doug Mientkiewicz made his first appearance with Albuquerque since returning to the team and was
the Designated Hitter and went 2x5 with a double, an RBI, and struck out once.
Mientkiewicz struck out in the 1st inning, flew out to left field in the 3rd inning, doubled and drove in Tony Abreu
in the 5th inning, singled in the 6th inning, and reached on a fielder's choice in the 8th inning and left the game
when he was replaced by pinch-runner Luis Maza.
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Scott Strickland earned his 25th save. Not only did Strickland add to his already Isotopes record breaking
single season save record, Strickland established a new Albuquerque professional baseball record. The
Albuquerque Dukes single-single save leader was Albuquerque Professional Baseball Hall-of-Famer
Dennis Lewellyn who had 24 saves in 1980. . . .
Giancarlo Alvarado joined teammate Charlie Haeger as the only 10+ game winners on the Isotopes
staff. Alvarado and Haeger become the first Isotope teammates in franchise history to reach double digit wins in the same
season. . . .
Albuquerque's victory snapped a four-game losing streak to the Rainiers dating back to the
2008 season. . . .
Tony Abreu extended his hitting streak to 9 games and his grand-slam homer was Albuquerque's
7th of the season and second grand-slam homer in the last three games. . . .
Chad Huffman of the Portland Beavers (AAA Padres) is the PCL Hitter of the Week. Huffman
hit .448 (11x23) with 3 homers and 9 RBI. Four of his games during the award week came
against the Isotopes at Isotopes Park. . . .
There is also an Isotope connection to the PCL Pitcher of the Week. The Isotopes faced this
week's award winner, Tacoma's Andrew Baldwin, this evening. During the award period, Baldwin
made one start and won it, tossing a complete game shutout while fanning 6. In tonight's game,
outside of Baldwin's weekly award period, Baldwin tossed 5 2/3 innings and allowed 6 runs and 9
hits and took the loss. . . .
Tacoma's Alex Cintron was ejected by First Base umpire Dan Bellino in the 8th inning. . . .
The series continues on Tuesday evening. Probables are LHP Scott Elbert (1-1, 6.27) for
the Isotopes and former-Isotope LHP Jason Vargas (1-2, 2.93) for the Rainiers.
|
| Filed 08/10/2009 |
|
August 9, 2009 - Isotopes (63-53)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +5.0 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Tacoma Rainiers |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
. |
6 |
9 |
2 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
4 |
8 |
1 |
WP: Robert Manuel (1-1)
LP: JD Durbin (0-3)
SV: Mike Koplove (1) |
Home Runs:
TAC Jerry Owens (2) off Durbin in the 3rd inning |
TIME: 3:00 ATT: 6,834 |
| In the series opener, the Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) scored four runs over the
final two frames to come from behind to defeat the Isotopes 6-4. |
| Blake DeWitt walked and scored on Mitch Jones' triple in the 1st inning and in
the 2nd inning, Luis Maza doubled, advanced to third base on Jason Repko's single, and scored on
JD Closser's single as the Isotopes led 2-0 after 2 innings of play. |
| The Rainiers tied the game in the 3rd inning. Jerry Owens solo homered
with one out and the very next batter, Matt Tuiasosopo was hit by a pitch. Tuiasosopo stole second
base, advanced to third base on a groundout, and scored on a wild pitch. |
| The Isotopes reclaimed the lead at 3-2 in their half of the 3rd inning. DeWitt
walked, took second base on a balk, advanced to third base on a wild pitch and scored on Jones'
sacrifice flyout. |
| The Isotopes added what they thought would be an insurance run in the 6th inning
to lead 4-2. Dee Brown doubled with one out, advanced to third base on a throwing error on a pickoff attempt, and
scored on Maza's sacrifice flyout. |
| Tacoma mounted their comeback in the 8th inning. Tuiasosopo walked to lead off
the frame and Mike Carp singled to put runners on the corners. Prentice Redman came into the game as a
pinch-runner replacing Carp and Tuiasosopo scored on a balk. Redman advanced to second base on the
balk and Chris Shelton drew a walk. Bryan LaHair sacrifice bunted both runners into scoring position and
Mike Wilson sacrifice flied out to drive in Redman to tie the game at 4-4. Alex Cintron's single
brought home Shelton as the Rainiers took a 5-4 lead. |
| Former-Isotope Josh Wilson singled, advanced to second base on an error on
a pickoff attempt, and scored on Owens' single as the Rainlers scored the final run of the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 49 G, 187 AB, 31 R, 54 H, 11 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 35 RBI, 26 BB, 29 K, 9 SB, .289 AVG
Brent Leach 5 APP, 0-0, 0 SV, 8.44 ERA, 5.1 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 9 BB, 6 K, 1 HR |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Dodgers optioned IF Tony Abreu to Albuquerque on Sunday to make roster room for P Eric
Stults, who was recalled on Saturday to make the start for the Dodgers on Sunday. Stults
tossed 5 innings for the Dodgers and allowed 3 runs on 5 hits while fanning 3 and he took the loss. . . .
According to the Los Angeles Times, Doug Mientkiewicz, still officially on a rehabilitation
assignment with Albuquerque but hasn't been with the team since July 31st, may be rejoining Albuquerque
to continue his rehab assignment. Mientkiewicz, recovering from shoulder surgery, is still unable to throw so he will only play in games
where there is a Designated Hitter. The DH is in effect for this series against Tacoma and for the Isotopes
next series when they travel to Las Vegas to play the 51s (AAA Blue Jays). . . .
The Isotopes are 4-5 when they wear their Sunday blue Dodger-like uniforms. . . .
Chin-Lung Hu went hitless in 4 at-bats to snap a six game hitting streak. . . .
The series continues on Monday evening. Probables are RHP Giancarlo Alvarado (9-9, 3.53)
for the Isotopes and RHP Andrew Baldwin (6-7, 4.37) for the Rainiers.
|
| Filed 08/09/2009 |
|
August 8, 2009 - Isotopes (63-52)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +6.0 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Portland Beavers |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
. |
7 |
12 |
1 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
X |
. |
17 |
20 |
1 |
WP: Josh Lindblom (2-0)
LP: Cesar Carrillo (0-2)
SV: Francisco Felix (1) |
Home Runs:
PORT Chad Huffman (16) off Pollok in the 4th inning
PORT Mike Baxter (4) off Pollok in the 4th inning
ALB Mitch Jones (28) off Silva in the 8th inning
ALB Blake DeWitt (4) off Silva in the 8th inning |
TIME: 3:28 ATT: 9,224 |
 The Isotopes saved the best for last, turning a close game into a blowout in the
8th inning with a season-best 9-run inning highlighted by a Mitch Jones grand-slam homer and a Blake
DeWitt three run homer as the Isotopes romped the Portland Beavers (AAA Padres) 17-7 in
the series finale on Saturday night.
In the 1st inning, Chin-Lung Hu and Jamie Hoffmann singled and DeWitt drew a walk. A passed ball
allowed Hu to score. An out later, Dee Brown singled to drive in Hoffman as the Isotopes led 2-0. |
| Drew Macias doubled and scored on Chad Huffman's single in the 3rd inning as
the Beavers got on the scoreboard. |
| Albuquerque got that run back in their half of the 3rd inning. Brett Harper
was hit by a pitch with one out, advanced to second base on Brown's groundout, and scored on Jones'
single as the Isotopes led 3-1. |
| The Beavers powered their way to a lead in the 4th inning. Sean Kazmar and Matt
Antonelli singled and an out later, Mike Baxter three-run homered. Another out later, Huffman solo
homered as the Beavers led 5-3. |
| In the home half of the 4th inning, Hu tripled and scored on Hoffmann's single
as the Isotopes pulled to a run down at 5-4. |
| Albuquerque took a 6-5 lead in the 5th inning. Harper and Brown singled and
both scored on Luis Maza's triple. |
| The Isotopes extended the lead in the 7th inning. Jones walked and advanced
to second base on Maza's groundout. A.J. Ellis walked and both runners moved into scoring position
on a wild pitch before scoring on JD Closser's two-run double as the Isotopes led 8-5. |
| In Albuquerque's huge 8th inning, Hoffmann and DeWitt singled and both advanced
into scoring position on a throwing error during a pickoff attempt. Isotopes reliever Francisco Felix struck out,
Brown was intentionally walked to load the bags and Jones followed with a grand-slam homer. Maza
singled, Ellis and Closser walked to load the bases and Hu reached on a fielder's choice with Maza
scoring and Closser out at second base. Hoffmann singled to drive in Ellis and DeWitt followed
with a three-run homer for the final scoring of the inning. When Jones struck out and got tossed
for arguing balls and strikes to end the inning, the Isotopes had sent 14 men to the plate and scored 9 runs to lead
17-5. |
| The Beavers scored a pair of junk-time runs in the 9th inning on Huffman's run-scoring
double and former-Isotope Val Pascucci's singled to drive in Huffman. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 48 G, 183 AB, 31 R, 54 H, 11 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 35 RBI, 26 BB, 28 K, 9 SB, .295 AVG
Josh Lindblom 11 APP, 2-0, 1 SV, 2.52 ERA, 25 IP, 22 H, 7 ER, 9 BB, 20 K, 2 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Dodgers activated P Ronald Belisario from their Disabled List on Saturday and optioned
P Scott Elbert to Albuquerque. With Elbert coming back to Albuquerque, the Dodgers needed
a starter for Sunday's game and recalled P Eric Stults to make the start on Sunday against
the Atlanta Braves. . . .
The Isotopes and Beavers played their only four game series of the season and it was a split with each
team winning 2 games. 32,581 attended for a per-game average of 8,145. All-time, Portland holds a 16-12
advantage and at Isotopes Park all-time, each team has won 8 games. . . .
Albuquerque holds a franchise record 6 game division lead and there are 29 games left to play. . . .
Mitch Jones leads the PCL with 28 homers, has two of the six Albuquerque Grand-Slam homers
this season, and Jones remains in second place in the 2009 Round
Tripper Award standings. Jonathan Gaston of Advanced Class-A Lancaster Jethawks has 30 homers
to lead the Round Tripper Award standings. . . .
Francisco Felix became the 8th different Isotope in 2009 to record a save. . . .
Former-Isotope Val Pascucci returned to Isotopes Park as a member of the Beavers and homered
in three out of the four games. . . .
Portland's Chad Huffman was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. . . .
The Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) come to town starting Sunday night for a four game series
that concludes Albuquerque's current homestand. Probables in the opener are RHP J.D. Durbin
(0-2, 6.00) for the Isotopes and former-Isotope LHP Chris Seddon (7-6, 4.00) for the Rainiers.
|
| Filed 08/08/2009 |
|
August 7, 2009 - Isotopes (62-52)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +5.0 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Portland Beavers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
. |
7 |
13 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
5 |
8 |
0 |
WP: Eulogio De La Cruz (1-4)
LP: Henry Bonilla (3-8)
SV: Adam Russell (2) |
Home Runs:
PORT Val Pascucci (15) off Bonilla in the 8th inning
PORT Yamid Haad (1) off Bonilla in the 8th inning
ALB Luis Maza (4) off LeBlanc in the 2nd inning
ALB Blake DeWitt (3) off LeBlanc in the 2nd inning |
TIME: 2:53 ATT: 8,807 |
| Either Isotopes starter Charlie Haeger's promotion to the Dodgers is pending or it could
have been one of Tim Wallach's worst managerial games of 2009. The Isotopes were up 5-1 after four
innings, Haeger was removed from the game during a splendid performance, and the Portland Beavers (AAA Padres)
scored six more unanswered runs to come from behind to defeat the Isotopes 7-5 on Friday evening at "The Lab". |
| In the 1st inning, Chin-Lung Hu led off with a single to left field and Blake
DeWitt singled into right field with Hu advancing to third base. Jamie Hoffmann reached on a fielder's choice with
DeWitt out at second base and Hu scoring. An out later, Brett Harper doubled to the left field corner
to bring home Hoffmann as the Isotopes led 2-0. |
| The Isotopes powered their way to a 5-0 lead in the 2nd inning. With one out,
Luis Maza homered to left field. An out later, Hu walked and scored on DeWitt's homer to the shrubery
behind the center field fence. |
| In the 4th inning, Portland got on the scoreboard. Danny Putnam doubled and scored
on Russ Adams' single to right field. After the inning was through, Haeger's line was 59 pitches, just the run
allowed on 4 hits, and 5 Beavers fanned. Haeger batted in his spot in the order in the bottom of the 4th inning
and then was pulled from the game before the 5th inning started. |
| Henry Bonilla relieved Haeger and in the 5th inning gave up a single to Sean Kazmar.
Beavers starter Wade LeBlanc laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance Kazmar to third base. An out later,
Kazmar scored on Drew Macias' single to center as the Beavers trailed 5-2. |
| Bonilla was at about the 47 pitch mark and into his 4th inning of work when he hit a wall
that allowed the Beavers to complete their comeback. With one out, Val Pascucci homered just inside
the left-field foulpole. Putnam drew a walk and Adams doubled into the left field corner before Yamid Haad
cranked a three-run homer to left field to give the Beavers a 6-5 lead. |
| Isotopes closer Scott Strickland entered the game in the 9th inning hoping to keep the Beavers scoreless
and give Albuquerque a chance to score a run to tie the game or two runs to win the game in the bottom of the 9th inning.
After getting the first out on a strikeout, Mike Baxter infield singled and stole second base
before scoring on Pascucci's double that bounced up to the right-center field wall for a run that put the
Beavers up by two at 7-5.. |
| Jason Repko tried to get the Isotope rally going with a single and a steal of second
base before Maza, pinch-hitter Dee Brown, and Hu went quietly to finish off the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffmann: 47 G, 177 AB, 28 R, 50 H, 11 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 33 RBI, 26 BB, 28 K, 9 SB, .282 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Dodgers placed P Jason Schmidt on the Disabled List with what they are calling a shoulder
injury and recalled IF Tony Abreu from Albuquerque. IF Luis Maza was activated from
the Isotopes Disabled List to take Abreu's roster spot. . . .
The Isotopes blew their largest lead of the season to lose the game tonight when they gave up the
five run early cushion. . . .
Mitch Jones struck out four times in a game for the second time this season. . . .
The series concludes on Saturday evening and the Isotopes are hoping for a victory to earn a series
split with the Beavers. Probables are RHP Dwayne Pollok (2-4, 5.81) for the Isotopes and RHP
Cesar Carrillo (0-1, 6.00) for the Beavers.
|
| Filed 08/07/2009 |
|
August 6, 2009 - Isotopes (62-51)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +5.0 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Portland Beavers |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
. |
7 |
13 |
1 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
X |
. |
12 |
16 |
0 |
WP: Hyang-Nam Choi (7-1)
LP: Josh Banks (6-3) |
Home Runs:
PORT Chad Huffman (15) off Leach in the 9th inning
PORT Val Pascucci (14) off Choi in the 6th inning |
TIME: 2:52 ATT: 6,903 |
| Dee Brown drove in four runs and Isotopes starter Eric Stults, Chin-Lung Hu, and
Blake DeWitt drove in two runs each as Albuquerque defeated the
Portland Beavers (AAA Padres) 12-7 on Thursday evening to snap a two-game losing streak. |
| In the 1st inning, Chin-Lung Hu led off with a triple and scored on Blake DeWitt's
single. Brett Harper singled to put runners on the corners and an out later, Dee Brown doubled to drive in
DeWitt and Harper. After Hector Luna lined out, Jason Repko singled to drive in Brown as the Isotopes
quickly led 4-0. |
| Back-to-back doubles from Nick Hundley and Mike Baxter got the Beavers on the
scoreboard in the 2nd inning. |
| Albuquerque struck with two outs in the 3rd inning to increase their lead. Repko
bunt singled, stole second base and after A.J. Ellis was intentionally walked, Stults doubled home
Repko and Ellis to give Albuquerque a 6-1 lead. |
| Former-Isotope Val Pascucci homered for the second night in a row and Russ
Adams singled home a run in the 6th inning as the Beavers trailed 6-3. |
| Hu singled and scored on DeWitt's triple in the home half of the 6th inning as
Albuquerque increased their lead to 7-3. |
| Craig Stansberry doubled and scored on Chad Huffman's double in the 7th inning
as the Beavers trailed by three runs at 7-4. |
| Albuquerque put the game away in the 8th inning. Ellis walked and Sergio Garcia
followed with a double. Hu tripled to drive in Ellis and Garcia. An out later, pinch-hitter Jamie Hoffman
walked and Mitch Jones walked to load the bases ahead of Brown's double that drove in Hu and
Hoffman. An error brought Jones home as the Isotopes led 12-4. |
| Portland did not go quietly in the 9th inning as they tried to rally to tie the game. With
two outs, Stansberry singled, Drew Macias singled, and Chad Huffman followed with a three run homer as
the Beavers trailed by five runs. Pascucci grounded out to end the threat and the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffman: 46 G, 173 AB, 27 R, 50 H, 11 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 32 RBI, 26 BB, 28 K, 9 SB, .289 AVG
Brent Leach 4 APP, 0-0, 0 SV, 13.50 ERA, 3.1 IP, 3 H, 5 ER, 8 BB, 4 K, 1 HR |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
P Henry Bonilla rejoined the Isotopes on Thursday as he was transferred from Class-AA Chattanooga, while
P Harvey Garcia was transferred to Chattanooga. The Dodgers-Isotopes shuttle may become active in
the next couple of days. The Isotopes' spark at the top of the lineup, Tony Abreu, is said to have his
promotion to the Dodgers imminent and he did not play in Thursday's game. Isotopes starter Eric Stults
tossed three innings, drove in two runs, and then was pulled from the game, apparently healthy,
signaling that he might be also joining the Dodgers to take the rotation spot of an inconsistent Jason Schmidt,
according to the Los Angeles Times. . . .
The victory snapped a three-game losing streak to the Beavers in games played at Isotopes Park, going
back to the 2007 season. . . .
The Isotopes set a franchise record with 4 triples in a game and Chin-Lung Hu tied an Isotopes franchise
record with a pair of triples in the game. . . .
When the Albuquerque offense is hitting on all cylinders and scores 10 runs or more, the Isotopes
are a perfect 16-0 so far in 2009. . . .
Hyang-Nam Choi has won his last five pitching decisions. . . .
The series continues on Friday evening. Probables are RHP Charlie Haeger (11-6, 3.58) for the
Isotopes and LHP Wade LeBlanc (2-8, 3.94) for the Beavers.
|
| Filed 08/06/2009 |
|
August 5, 2009 - Isotopes (61-51)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +5.0 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Portland Beavers |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
. |
6 |
11 |
1 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
. |
2 |
6 |
2 |
WP: Josh Geer (2-1)
LP: Giancarlo Alvarado (9-9)
SV: Eulogio De La Cruz (6) |
Home Runs:
PORT Craig Stansberry (7) off Alvarado in the 1st inning
PORT Val Pascucci (13) off Alvarado in the 6th inning
PORT Drew Macias (5) off Alvarado in the 6th inning
ALB Jason Repko (12) off De La Cruz in the 9th inning |
TIME: 3:04 ATT: 7,647 |
| The Isotopes returned to Isotopes Park to begin a homestand and they seemed to have left their
bats back in Nashville. Portland Beavers (AAA Padres) starter Josh Geer and two relievers held Albuquerque
to a fairly uncharacteristic 2 runs and 6 hits as the Beavers defeated the Isotopes 6-2 in the opener on
Wednesday evening. |
| Craig Stansberry led off the game with a homer as Portland led 1-0 before Albuquerque
even batted. |
| Former-Isotope Val Pascucci and Drew Macias added solo homers in the 6th inning
to extend the Beavers lead to 3-0. |
| In the 6th inning, Blake DeWitt walked and Jamie Hoffman singled. An out later,
JD Closser reached on a fielder's choice with DeWitt out at third base. An error on the same play
allowed Hoffman to race around to score to get Albuquerque on the scoreboard. |
| Stansberry tripled and scored on Macias' single in the 7th innng as the Beavers
led 4-1 and the Beavers tacked two more runs on the scoreboard in the 9th inning when Stansberry
scored on a wild pitch and Pascucci singled home Macias. |
| Jason Repko solo homered in the bottom of the 9th inning for the final run
of the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffman: 45 G, 173 AB, 26 R, 50 H, 11 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 32 RBI, 25 BB, 28 K, 9 SB, .289 AVG
Josh Lindblom 10 APP, 1-0, 1 SV, 2.91 ERA, 21.2 IP, 21 H, 7 ER, 9 BB, 19 K, 2 HR
Brent Leach 3 APP, 0-0, 0 SV, 2.1 IP, 0 H, 2 ER, 7 BB, 4 K, 0 HR |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Giancarlo Alvarado earned his team-leading 9th defeat in the game. The loss snapped a three
game personal winning streak. . . .
Former-Isotope Eulogio De La Cruz earned the save for the Beavers, his 6th of the season. . . .
Portland's Craig Stansberry was a single shy of hitting for the cycle. . . .
The series continues on Thursday evening. Probables are LHP Eric Stults (4-2, 4.36) for the
Isotopes and RHP Josh Banks (6-3, 2.85) for the Beavers.
|
| Filed 08/05/2009 |
|
August 4, 2009 - Isotopes (61-50)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +5.0 Games |
| Herschel Greer Stadium |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
. |
5 |
12 |
1 |
| Nashville Sounds |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
X |
. |
6 |
9 |
1 |
WP: Dave Johnson (3-1)
LP: Harvey Garcia (0-1)
SV: Jesus Colome (2) |
Home Runs:
ALB Tony Abreu (8) off Dillard in the 1st inning
NSH Joe Koshansky (18) off Durbin in the 1st inning
NSH Adam Heether (12) off Durbin in the 6th inning
NSH Jason Bourgeois (2) off Garcia in the 7th inning |
TIME: 3:17 ATT: 3,567 |
| Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) batters belted three homers, accounting for five
of the six Sounds runs in a 6-5 victory over the Isotopes in the series finale on Tuesday afternoon in
Nashville. Albuquerque snapped a three-game winning streak with the loss. |
| Tony Abreu led off the game with a homer as the Isotopes quickly led 1-0, but the
lead evaporated in the bottom of the 1st inning. Jason Bourgeois walked and stole second base two outs
later before scoring on Joe Koshansky's homer as the Sounds led 2-1. |
| Albuquerque tied the game at 2-2 in the 5th inning when Sergio Garcia doubled and
scored on A.J. Ellis' single. |
| In the 6th inning, Angel Salome walked and scored on Adam Heether's homer as
the Sounds regained the lead at 4-2. |
| Albuquerque regained the lead in the 7th inning. JD Closser led off the inning with
a double and Garcia walked. Ellis singled to load the bases and pinch-hitter Dee Brown struck out
swinging before Abreu singled to drive in Closser. With the bags still loaded, Jamie Hoffman doubled
home Garcia and Ellis to give Albuquerque a 5-4 advantage. |
| The Sounds regained the lead for good in their half of the 7th inning. Bourgeois
solo homered to tie the game. Corey Patterson singled, advanced to third base on a wild throw on a pickoff
attempt, and scored on Salome's sacrifice flyout for the eventual game-winning run. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffman: 44 G, 169 AB, 25 R, 49 H, 11 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 32 RBI, 25 BB, 27 K, 9 SB, .290 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Albuquerque won three out of the five games in the series and 19,719 attended. Today's game was
the final game at Herschel Greer Stadium for 2009 (unless both of the current division leaders Isotopes and Sounds meet in the playoffs)
and each team won four of the eight games. . . .
The Isotopes are 9-18 in day games. . . .
Tony Abreu hit his fourth leadoff homer of the season, tying a franchise record first set by Robert Andino
in 2007 for the most leadoff homers in a season. Abreu has homered in back-to-back games and has
a seven game hitting streak. . . .
Albuquerque begins a string of four series' against Pacific Conference opponents starting on Wednesday
when the Isotopes return home to play the Portland Beavers (AAA Padres). Probables in the opener
are RHP Giancarlo Alvarado (9-8, 3.48) for the Isotopes and RHP Josh Geer (1-1, 3.60) for
the Beavers.
|
| Filed 08/04/2009 |
|
August 3, 2009 - Isotopes (61-49)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +5.0 Games |
| Herschel Greer Stadium |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
. |
3 |
7 |
1 |
| Nashville Sounds |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
1 |
5 |
0 |
WP: Hyang-Nam Choi (6-1)
LP: Chris Narveson (4-4)
SV: Cory Wade (1) |
Home Runs:
ALB Tony Abreu (7) off Ginter in the 8th inning |
TIME: 2:25 ATT: 4,245 |
| The Isotopes mounted a steady late game rally and defeated the
Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) 3-1 to win their third straight game. |
| In the 1st inning, Nashville's Jason Bourgeois doubled and scored on an error when Corey Patterson
singled and then advanced a base on an error. |
| Albuquerque started their comeback in the 6th inning. Mitch Jones drew a two out
walk, stole second base and scored on Hector Luna's single to tie the game at 1-1. |
| The Isotopes took the lead in the 7th inning -- Chin-Lung Hu tripled and scored on
A.J. Ellis' groundout - and added an insurance run in the 8th inning on Tony Abreu's solo homer.. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffman: 43 G, 164 AB, 25 R, 47 H, 9 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 30 RBI, 25 BB, 27 K, 8 SB, .287 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Dodgers acquired P Harvey Garcia from the Pirates for a player to be named later
and assigned Garcia to Albuquerque. Garcia was an Isotope in 2007 when
the Isotopes were a Marlins affiliate. When Garcia appears in a game, he'll be the second
player (and third player/field staff member) to play for the Isotopes as both a Marlin and as a Dodger
affiliate (Val Pascucci, Trainer Greg Harrel). P Henry Bonilla was sent to Class-AA Chattanooga
to make roster room for Garcia. . . .
Albuquerque pitching has allowed 2 runs in the last 2 games, but none of those runs were earned. . . .
The Isotopes are a season-best 12 games above the .500 mark. Their .555 winning percentage is good
for the second best record in the PCL, trailing the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) who have a
.615 winning percentage. . . .
Tony Abreu was a triple shy of hitting for the cyle. Abreu has the current longest hitting streak on
the club at 6 games. . . .
A correction from yesterday's "Topes Notes" - Scott Strickland was not the first Isotope to save both games
of a doubleheader. Strickland is the second as Toby Borland saved both games of a doubleheader in
April 2004. . . .
Travis Snider of the Las Vegas 51s (AAA Blue Jays) is the PCL Hitter of the Week. Snider
hit .538 (14x26) with 3 homers and 15 RBI. . . .
Sean O'Sullivan of the Salt Lake Bees (AAA Angels) is the PCL Pitcher of the Week.
O'Sullivan threw the first nine-inning no-hitter in Salt Lake Bees franchise history on July
28th. A 7th inning leadoff walk was the only blemish that kept the effort from being a
perfect game. . . .
The five game series concludes Tuesday afternoon and the Isotopes have already guaranteed themselves
a series win. Probables are RHP JD Durbin (0-2, 6.00) for
the Isotopes and RHP Tim Dillard (10-4, 3.66) for the Sounds.
|
| Filed 08/03/2009 |
|
August 2, 2009 - Isotopes (60-49)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +5.0 Games |
| Herschel Greer Stadium |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
. |
2 |
5 |
1 |
| Nashville Sounds |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
1 |
3 |
0 |
WP: Francisco Felix (1-0)
LP: Ryan Houston (5-3)
SV: Scott Strickland (24) |
TIME: 2:25 ATT: 4,834 |
| Blake DeWitt's sacrifice fly plated the go-ahead run in the 8th inning and the Isotopes
had a stellar defensive play for the final play of the game as Albuquerque defeated the Nashville
Sounds (AAA Brewers) 2-1 in extra innings to sweep the doubleheader. The Isotopes are a season-best
11 games above .500 and extended their division lead to 5 games over the Oklahoma City Redhawks
(AAA Rangers). |
| In the 1st inning, Nashville's Jason Bourgeois doubled, advanced to third base on
John Raburn's sacrifice bunt, and scored when Bill Hall reached on an error as the Sounds led 1-0. |
| The Isotopes tied up the game in the 2nd inning. Brett Harper singled, advanced to
third base on Dee Brown's double, and scored two batters later on A.J. Ellis' sacrifice fly. |
| The game remained deadlocked until the 8th inning. Sergio Garcia was hit by a pitch
to lead off the inning and Tony Abreu singled. Jason Repko's sacrifice bunt advanced both runners into
scoring position before DeWitt sacrificed flied out to bring home Garcia to give Albuquerque a 2-1 lead. |
| Isotopes closer Scott Strickland entered the game in the bottom of the 8th inning
to try to get the save. After getting the first two outs, Strickland walked Joe Koshansky and Adam Heether.
Mat Gamel singled and Koshansky tried to score from second on the play but was gunned down at home
plate (right fielder Jamie Hoffman to catcher A.J. Ellis) for the final out of the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffman: 42 G, 160 AB, 25 R, 46 H, 9 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 30 RBI, 25 BB, 26 K, 7 SB, .288 AVG
Josh Lindblom 9 APP, 1-0, 1 SV, 2.75 ERA, 19.2 IP, 18 H, 6 ER, 9 BB, 15 K, 2 HR
Brent Leach 2 APP, 0-0, 0 SV, 0.00 ERA, 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 0 HR |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The five game division lead ties a franchise record for Albuquerque's largest division lead ever. . . .
Scott Strickland earned his 24th save, a new single season Isotopes record and Strickland
became the first Isotope to save both games of a doubleheader. Strickland has the active PCL
saves lead, but is statistically tied with Jess Todd who was traded out of the league last week
to the Cleveland Indians to complete the St. Louis Cardinals' acquisition of Mark DeRosa. Todd is
now playing in the International League. . . .
The Isotopes are 4-6 in extra inning contests and 10-15 in one-run games. . . .
Albuquerque has played three doubleheaders in 2009, all on the road, and have split two of
them and swept one of them. . . .
The Isotopes have 7 last at-bat wins. . . .
The series continues on Monday evening. Probables are RHP Dwayne Pollok (2-4, 6.36) for
the Isotopes and LHP Chris Narveson (4-3, 3.97) for the Sounds.
|
| Filed 08/02/2009 |
|
August 2, 2009 - Isotopes (59-49)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +4.0 Games |
| Herschel Greer Stadium |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
. |
4 |
9 |
1 |
| Nashville Sounds |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
1 |
1 |
3 |
WP: Charlie Haeger (11-6)
LP: Sam Narron (1-4)
SV: Scott Strickland (24) |
TIME: 1:59 |
| Charlie Haeger and Scott Strickland combined to one hit the Nashville Sounds
(AAA Brewers) in Albuquerque's 4-1 victory over the Sounds in the opener of a doubleheader. |
| The Isotopes were off and running in the 1st inning. Tony Abreu singled, Jason Repko
doubled, and Jamie Hoffman smacked a hard batted ball off of the Sounds third baseman for a two-run single
as the Isotopes led 2-0. |
| Haeger's only run and hit allowed came in the 3rd inning. Sounds starter Sam Narron reached
on a two-base error and scored on John Raburn's double as the Sounds trailed 2-1. |
| In the 5th inning, Haeger walked and Abreu reached on an error. Jason Repko singled to
load the bases and an out later, Mitch Jones walked to bring home Haeger. |
| The Isotopes plated their final run in the 6th inning. Hector Luna singled, advanced to
second base on J.D. Closser's single, moved on to third base on Chin-Lung Hu's fielder's choice, and
scored on Haeger's sacrifice bunt. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffman: 41 G, 157 AB, 25 R, 46 H, 9 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 30 RBI, 25 BB, 26 K, 6 SB, .293 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Dodgers recalled P Cory Wade from his rehabilitation assignment and then turned around
and optioned him to Albuquerque. The Isotopes placed P Marlon Arias (strained left calf) on the
Disabled List for the second time in less than two weeks. . . .
Charlie Haeger leads the PCL with 11 wins and was an pulled an inning shy of tossing his third straight
complete game. . . .
The one-hitter tied a franchise record for fewest hits allowed, set on 7 occasions. Albuquerque pitching
has never tossed a no-hitter.
|
| Filed 08/02/2009 |
|
August 1, 2009 - Isotopes (58-49)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +3.5 Games |
| Herschel Greer Stadium |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
. |
3 |
8 |
1 |
| Nashville Sounds |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
X |
. |
5 |
11 |
0 |
WP: Chris Cody (5-6)
LP: Eric Stults (4-2)
SV: Dave Johnson (4) |
Home Runs:
ALB Sergio Garcia (1) off Cody in the 5th inning
NSH Bill Hall (1) off Stults in the 1st inning |
TIME: 2:50 ATT: 7,073 |
| Isotopes starter Eric Stults allowed 11 hits and 5 runs in 6 innings and saw a four-game
winning streak snapped as the Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) defeated the Isotopes 5-3 in the
series opener in Nashville on Saturday evening. |
| Bill Hall solo homered in the 1st inning as the Sounds quickly led 1-0. |
| Nashville put the game way in the 4th inning. Brendan Katin and Adam Heether
singled and both scored on Joe Koshansky's double. Erick Almonte singled to put runners on the corners
and Angel Salome grounded into a double play with Koshansky scoring. Sounds starter Chris Cody
singled and scored on a hit and and a throwing error when Jason Bourgeois singled and Bourgeois
advanced two bases on the error as the Sounds led 5-0. |
| Sergio Garcia's solo homer in the 5th inning broke up the shutout as Albuquerque
trailed 5-1. |
| In the 7th inning, Dee Brown singled with one out, advanced to second base an
out later on Chin-Lung Hu's single, and scored on A.J. Ellis' single. |
| The combination of Brown, Hu and Ellis combined to bring home Albuquerque's
final run in the 9th inning with Brown once again singling with one out, advancing to second base on Hu's single,
and scoring on Ellis's single. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffman: 40 G, 153 AB, 25 R, 45 H, 9 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 28 RBI, 25 BB, 25 K, 6 SB, .294 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
IF Hector Luna was activated from the Disabled List and OF Jovanny Rosario went on the disabled
list with a right wrist strain. . . .
There was a 37 minute delay to start of the game due to rain and field preparation after the rain. . . .
Jamie Hoffman went hitless in 4 at-bats to snap his hitting streak at 18 games, one shy of the tying
the franchise record. . . .
Brett Harper went hitless in 3 at-bats to snap a 9-game hitting streak. . . .
The series continues Sunday evening with a doubleheader to make up a rainout from early July
as well as play the regularly scheduled game for Sunday. Both games are 7 innings. In the
opener, RHP Charlie Haeger (10-6, 3.74) should have no problem tossing his third complete game
in a row if his knuckleball is reasonably working and he gets run support. LHP Sam Narron (1-3, 5.82) is
expected to be Nashville's probable. In the nightcap, probables are RHP Henry Bonilla (3-7, 5.64) for
the Isotopes and LHP Lindsay Gulin (5-7, 4.57) for the Sounds.
|
| Filed 08/01/2009 |
|
July 31, 2009 - Isotopes (58-48)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +3.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Oklahoma City Redhawks |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
3 |
7 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
X |
. |
5 |
10 |
0 |
WP: Giancarlo Alvarado (9-8)
LP: Elizardo Ramirez (7-8)
SV: Scott Strickland (22) |
Home Runs:
OKC Brandon Boggs (5) off Alvarado in the 1st inning
ALB Brett Harper (19) Ramirez in the 1st inning |
TIME: 2:49 ATT: 12,525 |
| Brett Harper two-run homered on his birthday in Albuquerque's 5-3 victory over
the Oklahoma City Redhawks (AAA Rangers) on Friday evening in the series finale. |
| In the 1st inning, Esteban German singled but was erased from the basepaths on
Chris Davis' fielder's choice. Brandon Boggs followed with a two-run homer as the Redhawks led 2-0. |
| In the home half of the 1st inning, Tony Abreu drew a leadoff walk and scored on
Doug Mientkiewicz's double to left-center field. After Jamie Hoffman's groundout advanced Mientkiewicz
to third base, Harper two-run homered to right-center field. Dee Brown doubled and scored on Jason
Repko's single as the Isotopes led 4-2. |
| In the 6th inning, Davis doubled, advanced to third base on Boggs' double, and
scored on Justin Smoak's sacrifice flyout as the Redhawks edged to a run down at 4-3. |
| Albuquerque scored an insurance run in the 7th inning. Hoffman tripled and scored
on Harper's sacrifice flyout. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffman: 39 G, 149 AB, 25 R, 45 H, 9 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 28 RBI, 25 BB, 25 K, 6 SB, .302 AVG
Brent Leach 1 APP, 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 0 HR |
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Doug Mientkiewicz finished his Isotopes homestand rehab assignment with a 1x4 performance with
a double and a run scored. After starting out hitless in his first 8 rehab at-bats, Mientkiewicz ended up
playing in all 4 games and went 6x18 (.333) with a homer, 6 RBI, doubled, and scored 5 runs.
Cory Wade made another rehab relief appearance and tossed an inning, perfect other
than allowing a hit.
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
P Travis Schlichting was placed on the Disabled List with back spasms on Friday. . . .
Albuquerque had a great series against the second place Oklahoma City, taking three out of the four games
in the series to increase their division lead over the Redhawks from 1.5 games to 3.5 games. 35,479 attended for a per-game
average of 8,870. Tonight's game marked the final game of the season series between the
Isotopes and Redhawks and the Isotopes took 9 of the 16 contests (4-4 at Isotopes Park, 5-3 at
AT-T Bricktown Ballpark). All-time, Oklahoma City holds a 60-51 advantage. . . .
Albuquerque is 27-17 in division play and has just one division series left to play in 2009 when Round
Rock comes to Albuquerque. . . .
The Isotopes are a season-best 10 games above the .500 mark and tied their season-best mark of a 3.5
game division lead. . . .
Jamie Hoffman's 8th inning triple extended his hitting streak to 18 games, one game shy of
tying a franchise record. . . .
Hoffman's hitting streak is overshadowing a nice 9 game hitting streak from Brett Harper. . . .
Some July totals: 19-8 record (13-2 at home, 6-6 on the road); .317 team batting average; 4.47 team
ERA; 171 runs scored, 16 stolen bases; and 27 homers. The 19 runs tied a franchise record for most wins in a month and the 19-8 was the best monthly
mark ever for the Isotopes at 11 games above .500. . . .
Scott Strickland picked up his 22nd save, one save away from tying Brad Clontz's franchise record. . . .
12,525 was the 28th largest regular season crowd in Isotopes Park history. . . .
Oklahoma City's Brandon Boggs was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. . . .
Albuquerque heads to Nashville for a five game series beginning on Saturday night with one of the games
a makeup from a July rain postponement the last time the Isotopes were in Nashville. Probables in the
opener are LHP Eric Stults (4-1, 4.00) for the Isotopes and LHP Chris Cody (4-6, 4.20) for
the Sounds. |
| Filed 07/31/2009 |
|
July 30, 2009 - Isotopes (57-48)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +2.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Oklahoma City Redhawks |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
. |
6 |
12 |
2 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
8 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
X |
. |
23 |
19 |
0 |
WP: Hyang-Nam Choi (5-1)
LP: Josh Rupe (3-7) |
Home Runs:
OKC Justin Smoak (2) off Arias in the 9th inning
ALB Mitch Jones (27) off Hinckley in the 4th inning
ALB Doug Mientkiewicz (1) off Hinckley in the 4th inning |
TIME: 3:32 ATT: 7,989 |
| Jamie Hoffman had a four-hit game with 6 RBI and the rehabilitating Doug Mientkiewicz
added a homer and 5 RBI in a night that the Isotopes inked new records for runs scored and largest
winning margin. Albuquerque thumped the Oklahoma City Redhawks (AAA Rangers) 23-6 to increase
their division lead over the Redhawks to 2.5 games. |
| Albuquerque put together a huge 1st inning. Tony Abreu led off with a single but
was erased from the basepaths when Mientkiewicz reached on a fielder's choice. Mientkiewicz advanced
to second base on Blake DeWitt's groundout and scored on Mitch Jones' double. Jones advanced to
third base on a wild pitch. Dee Brown walked and Hoffman singled home Jones. JD Closser singled home
Brown and A.J. Ellis brought home Hoffman and Closser with a triple. Chin-Lung Hu ground-rule doubled to drive in
Ellis and Abreu doubled to drive in Hu. Mientkiewicz continued the two-out hit parade with a single to
bring Abreu home as the Isotopes sent 12 batters to the plate and scored 8 runs to take a 8-0 lead. |
| In the 2nd inning, Justin Smoak came home on a wild pitch and Jose Vallejo singled
home a run as the Redhawks trailed 8-2. |
| Royce Huffman singled home two runs in the 3rd inning as the Redhawks halved
the defecit at 8-4. |
| The Isotopes batted around again in a 3rd inning eruption. Closser and Ellis walked
to lead off the inning and Hu laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance both runners into scoring position. Abreu
was intentionally walked to load the bags and Mientkiewicz singled to drive in Closser. With the
bases still loaded, DeWitt singled to drive in Ellis and Abreu. An error on the play allowed DeWitt to
advance to second base and an out later, Brown drew a walk to re-load the bases. Hoffman tripled
to clear them as the Isotopes sent 10 batters to the plate and scored 6 runs to lead 14-4. |
| Albuquerque powered their way in the 4th inning to a larger lead. Ellis walked, Hu
singled and both scored on Mientkiewicz's three run homer. An out later, Mitch Jones belted his
PCL leading 27th homer as the Isotopes led 18-4. |
| The Isotopes put another 4-spot on the scoreboard in the 6th inning to lead 22-4.
Sergio Garcia singled with one out and scampered to third base on Mientkiewicz's single. DeWitt walked
to load the bases and an out later, Brown walked to drive in Garcia. Hoffman singled home Mientkiewicz
and Closser singled home DeWitt and Brown. |
| Brown reached on an error and scored on Hoffman's triple in the 8th inning for
Albuquerque's final run of the game. |
| Brandon Boggs walked and scored on Smoak's two-run homer in the 9th inning
as the Redhawks plated the final runs of the contest. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffman: 38 G, 145 AB, 24 R, 44 H, 9 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, 28 RBI, 25 BB, 25 K, 6 SB, .303 AVG
Josh Lindblom 8 APP, 1-0, 1 SV, 2.89 ERA, 18.2 IP, 18 H, 6 ER, 9 BB, 15 K, 2 HR |
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Doug Mientkiewicz had a great game for Albuquerque as the Designated Hitter. Mientkiewicz
had a four hit night, homered, drove in five runs, and scored 4 runs. Mientkiewicz should have one more game left with Albuquerque.
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Dodgers recalled P Scott Elbert from Albuquerque on Thursday and optioned P Brent Leach
to Albuquerque. P Marlon Arias was activated from the Disabled List. . . .
Albuquerque established franchise records for runs scored in a game (23 - previous 18 runs) and largest winning
margin (17 runs - previous 16 runs), tied a franchise record with 3 triples in a game, set a season best for
most runs combined in a game (29) and tied a season-high with an eight-run inning. . . .
The 3 hour, 32 minute contest was the longest 9-inning contest of the season. . . .
Doug Mientkiewicz and Dee Brown tied an Isotope franchise record with 4 runs scored. . . .
Jamie Hoffman extended his hitting streak to 17 games, a 2009 Isotope season-high and is
two games away from tying Eric Reed's franchise mark. Hoffman knocked in 6 runs in a
game for the second time this season and tied a franchise record with a pair of triples in a game. . . .
Normally, it is ballplayers that get a callup to the major leagues, but it was a groundskeeper who
received a promotion to the big leagues. Isotopes Director of Field Operations Jarad Alley has
accepted a position as Assistant Groundskeeper for the Minnesota Twins. Alley has been with the
Isotopes since 2003 and has won several awards, including the 2007 and 2008 PCL Sports Turf Manager
of the Year and the best groundskeeper in Triple-A Baseball for 2008. Alley will help oversee the
installation and maintenance of the turf in the Twins' new outdoor stadium, Target Field, which will
open in 2010. . . .
The series (and homestand) concludes on Friday evening. Probables are RHP Giancarlo Alvarado
(8-8, 3.42) for the Isotopes and RHP Elizardo Ramirez (7-7, 4.08) for the Redhawks.
|
| Filed 07/30/2009 |
|
July 29, 2009 - Isotopes (56-48)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +1.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Oklahoma City Redhawks |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
. |
6 |
11 |
1 |
| Albuquerque Dukes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
. |
2 |
6 |
1 |
WP: Luis Mendoza (4-4)
LP: Henry Bonilla (3-7) |
Home Runs:
OKC Kevin Richardson (11) off Pollok in the 7th inning |
TIME: 2:59 ATT: 7,360 |
| The Albuquerque Dukes had a amazing winning streak going until tonight. Tonight,
the Dukes lost 6-2 to the Oklahoma City Redhawks (AAA Rangers) for their first loss since September
10, 2000 when the Dukes were eliminated from the PCL Semifinal playoffs. In reality, it was Dukes Retro Night at
Isotopes Park and the Isotopes dressed in Dukes' threads officially ended up with the loss, snapping a three
game winning streak. |
| In the 2nd inning, Justin Smoak smoked a single into right field with one out, advanced
to third base on Royce Huffman's single to left field, and scored on Kevin Richardson's flare into right
field that landed just fair for a double as the Redhawks led 1-0. |
| The Redhawks solidified their lead in the 3rd inning. Julio Borbon bunt-singled
to lead off the inning, advanced to second base on an error during a pickoff attempt, and tagged up to third base on Esteban German's long flyout to center field.
Chris Davis drew a walk before Brandon Boggs infield singled to drive in Borbon. Smoak doubled to the
right field wall to drive in Davis and Boggs as the Redhawks led 4-0. |
| Albuquerque got on the scoreboard in the 5th inning. Dee Brown doubled to
left-center field and scored on A.J. Ellis' single up the middle. |
| The Redhawks extended their lead in the 7th inning. Richardson led off with
a homer to right field and Jose Vallejo followed with a double to right center field. Borbon bunt singled
for the second time in the game as Vallejo raced to third base and Esteban German grounded into
a double play as Vallejo scored to give Oklahoma City a 6-1 lead. |
| The Isotopes scored a junk-time run in the 9th inning. Mitch Jones walked to
lead off the inning, advanced to second base on Brett Harper's single to center, ended up on third base
on Brown's groundout, and scored on Jason Repko's groundout. |
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Two Dodgers made rehab appearances for Albuquerque tonight.
IF Doug Mientkiewicz had four plate appearances and went 1x4 with a single. Mientkiewicz
grounded out to third in the 1st inning, reached on a fielder's choice in the 3rd inning, reached
on an error in the 6th inning and singled to right field in the 8th inning for his first hit of the rehab
to avoid going hitless in 9 at-bats. Mientkiewicz is expected to complete the homestand with the
Isotopes before going back to Los Angeles to evaluate whether he needs more rehab at-bats with
maybe Class-A Inland Empire or if he is ready to be activated to the big league roster.
P Cory Wade started the 8th inning for Albuquerque in relief. Wade got Brandon Boggs to
foul out to third base before getting a two ball, one strike count on Justin Smoak before the rains
came and the game was rain delayed. Wade did not return after the delay.
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
There was a 39 minute rain delay in the top of the 8th inning. Five Isotope contests in 2009 have
been delayed by rain. . . .
Scott Elbert was scheduled to start the game for Albuquerque, but was a late scratch. It is not
known the reason why. Dodgers General Manager Ned Colletti told the Los Angeles Times it was
not trade related, as the Dodgers have been rumored to be working on a blockbuster trade involving
prospects including some names on Albuquerque's roster. . . .
The Isotopes have had Dukes Retro Night for five seasons and tonight was the first time the Isotopes
have lost while wearing Dukes uniforms. . . .
Considering all the buzz around town about the 2009 Dukes Retro night, a disappointing 7,360
showed up, about 55% of the capacity of Isotopes Park. . . .
Jamie Hoffman did not play in the game, keeping his 16-game hitting streak alive. . . .
Brett Harper's single extended his hitting streak to 8 games. . . .
Tonight also saw the 2009 Albuquerque Professional Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, hosted by
longtime Dukes broadcaster Mike Roberts. The 2009 inductees are Tom Paciorek, Jesse Priest,
Dennis Lewallyn, and the 1972 Albuquerque Dukes squad. The APBHOF section on this website
will be updated soon to include the 2009 inductees. . . .
The series continues on Thursday evening. Probables are RHP JD Durbin (0-2, 4.50) for Albuquerque
and RHP Josh Rupe (3-6, 6.00) for the Redhawks.
|
| Filed 07/29/2009 |
|
July 28, 2009 - Isotopes (56-47)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +2.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Oklahoma City Redhawks |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
. |
2 |
11 |
1 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
X |
. |
6 |
13 |
1 |
WP: Charlie Haeger (10-6)
LP: Bryan Corey (4-5) |
Home Runs:
OKC Brandon Boggs (4) off Haeger in the 8th inning
ALB Mitch Jones (26) off Vaughan in the 7th inning |
TIME: 2:35 ATT: 7,605 |
| Albuquerque's Charlie Haeger tossed his second complete game in a row, allowing
11 hits and 2 runs in the Isotopes' 6-2 victory over the Oklahoma City Redhawks (AAA Rangers).
Albuquerque is a season-best 9 games above the .500 mark and
increased their division lead over the Redhawks to 2.5 games. |
| In the 1st inning, Oklahoma City's Julio Borbon singled, stole second base, advanced
to third base on an error and scored when Esteban German grounded into a double play. |
| The Isotopes scored a run in each of the next three frames. In the 1st inning,
Blake DeWitt singled and scored on Mitch Jones' double. In the 2nd inning, JD Closser doubled and
scored on Sergio Garcia's double, and in the 3rd inning, DeWitt singled, advanced to third base on
Jones' single, and scored on Brett Harper's sacrifice fly as the Isotopes led 3-1. |
| The Isotopes strung together another string of run scoring innings in the 5th
through 7th innings. In the 5th inning, Jones was hit by a pitch with two outs, stole second base, and
scored on Harper's single. In the 6th inning, Jason Repko singled, advanced to second base on Garcia's
sacrifice bunt, and scored on Tony Abreu's single. The Isotopes scored their final run in the 7th inning on
Jones' homer as Albuquerque led 6-1. |
| Haeger allowed a solo homer to Brandon Boggs in the 8th inning for the final
run of the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffman: 37 G, 139 AB, 23 R, 40 H, 9 2B, 0 3B, 5 HR, 22 RBI, 25 BB, 24 K, 6 SB, .288 AVG
|
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Dodgers infielder Doug Mientkiewicz joined the Isotopes for a rehab assignment. In his
first rehab outing tonight, Mientkiewicz went 0x5 with 2 strikeouts. Mientkiewicz struck out in the 1st inning,
flew out to center in the 3rd inning, grounded out to second base in the 5th inning, struck out
in the 6th inning, and flied out to center field in the 8th inning.
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Jamie Hoffman extended his hitting streak to 16 games, tying Jason Repko's mark set earlier
in the season for the longest 2009 Isotope hitting streak. . . .
Mitch Jones leads the PCL with 26 homers and is tied for second place in the Minor League Baseball
Round Tripper Award standings for the most homers in all of minor league baseball. Jones' homer was
Albuquerque's 100th homer of the season and 54th solo shot. Jones was a triple shy of hitting for the
cycle. . . .
Charlie Haeger earned his 10th victory, becoming the third Isotope pitcher in history to reach double digits in
wins. Haeger has four complete games in 2009, the most for any pitcher in a single season, and two of
those complete games have come against the Redhawks. . . .
Brandon Watson of the Reno Aces (AAA Diamondbacks) is the PCL Hitter of the Week. Watson
hit .636 (14x22) with 2 homers and 9 RBI. . . .
Tim Dillard of the Nashville Sounds (AAA Brewers) is the PCL Pitcher of the Week. Dillard
made and won a start during the week. Dillard tossed 8 innings, allowed a hit, no walks and fanned
four. . . .
There was a no-hitter in the PCL on Tuesday evening. Salt Lake Bees (AAA Angels) pitcher
Sean O'Sullivan no-hit the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) at Raley Field in Sacramento.
O'Sullivan gave up a 7th inning walk and that walk prevented him from achieving a perfect
game. . . .
The series continues on Wednesday evening. It is Dukes Retro Night and the Isotopes have a
perfect record on Dukes Retro Nights. Probables are LHP Scott Elbert (1-1, 6.27) for the
Isotopes and RHP Luis Mendoza (3-4, 4.55) for the Redhawks. |
| Filed 07/28/2009 |
|
July 27, 2009 - Isotopes (55-47)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +1.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Iowa Cubs |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
2 |
7 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
X |
. |
5 |
12 |
1 |
WP: Eric Stults (4-1)
LP: Jose Ascanio (2-4)
SV: Josh Lindblom (1) |
Home Runs:
ALB Tony Abreu (6) off Ascanio in the 1st inning |
TIME: 2:32 ATT: 7,070 |
 Eric Stults tossed six innings and allowed 2 runs and 5 hits and Tony Abreu
homered and inked his name into the Isotope record books in Albuquerque's 5-2 victory over the
Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) in the series finale at "The Lab" on Monday afternoon.
Abreu leadoff homered for the third time in the last nine games as the Isotopes quickly led 1-0. A.J. Ellis
followed with a single, advanced to second base on Mitch Jones' groundout, and scored on J.D. Closser's
single to build the lead to 2-0 after an inning of play. |
| Darwin Barney scored on a fielder's choice in the 3rd inning and Bobby Scales
knocked home a run in the 4th inning as the Cubs tied the game at 2-2. |
| The tie did not last very long as Albuquerque scored the permanent go-ahead
run in their half of the 4th inning. Sergio Garcia singled with one out, advanced to second base on
Stults' sacrifice bunt, and scored on Abreu's double. |
| The Isotopes added some insurance runs in the 8th inning. Jamie Hoffman
singled to extend his hitting streak but he was erased from the basepaths on Chin-Lung Hu's fielder's
choice. Hu stole second base and scored on Jason Repko's single. Repko took second base on
the throw and scored on Abreu's double as the Isotopes led 5-2. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffman: 36 G, 136 AB, 23 R, 39 H, 9 2B, 0 3B, 5 HR, 22 RBI, 24 BB, 24 K, 6 SB, .287 AVG
Josh Lindblom 7 APP, 1-0, 1 SV, 3.24 ERA, 16.2 IP, 17 H, 6 ER, 8 BB, 14 K, 2 HR |
DODGERS
REHAB REPORT
Cory Wade returned to the Isotopes, but he wasn't optioned to Albuquerque. Wade is in Albuquerque
on a rehab assignment and pitched one perfect inning with a strikeout in today's game.
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
There were a few Isotope roster moves on Monday. The Dodgers activated P Hong-Chih Kuo from
the disabled list (and thus recalled him from his rehabilitation assignment) and optioned IF Blake
DeWitt to Albuquerque. P Cory Wade joined the Isotopes on a rehabilitation assignment today. Wade
becomes the seventh Dodger to rehab in Albuquerque in the Isotopes' first season as a Dodgers affiliate, surpassing
the six Marlins that rehabbed in Albuquerque in the Isotopes' first six seasons of play. . . .
Albuquerque took three of the four games in the series and 31,911 attended for a per-game average
of 7,978. Today's game marked the final matchup between the Isotopes and Cubs at Isotopes Park in
2009 and the Isotopes won five of the eight contests. . . .
The 400,000th Isotopes Park 2009 attendee came through the turnstiles on Monday, in the 47th home
gate. . . .
Tony Abreu inked his name into the Isotopes record books in several ways today. Abreu
tied franchise records for hits in a game (5) and doubles in a game (3). Abreu was a triple shy of
hitting for the cycle and extended his hitting streak to four games. . . .
The Isotopes are a season-high 8 games above the .500 mark. . . .
Jamie Hoffman's hitting streak is at 15 games with his 8th inning single. . . .
Eric Stults has won his last four pitching decisions. . . .
The Isotopes conclude the homestand with a four-game series against the Oklahoma City Redhawks
(AAA Rangers). The Redhawks have been able to weather Albuqueque's good recent play, continuing
to pace the Isotopes at 1.5 games back in the division. This series marks the final series between
the two clubs in 2009 and a good series from the Isotopes will keep them in first place and add some
breathing room, while a poor series could find Albuquerque out of first place in the division. Probables
in the opener Tuesday evening are RHP Charlie Haeger (9-6, 3.87) for the Isotopes and RHP
Guillermo Moscoso (3-2, 1.85) for the Redhawks.
|
| Filed 07/27/2009 |
|
July 26, 2009 - Isotopes (54-47)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +1.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Iowa Cubs |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
2 |
8 |
1 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
X |
. |
4 |
10 |
0 |
WP: Giancarlo Alvarado (8-8)
LP: Esmailin Caridad (5-10)
SV: Scott Strickland (21) |
TIME: 2:45 ATT: 6,669 |
| Giancarlo Alvarado tossed seven innings of ball and allowed 7 hits and 2 runs, and Tony
Abreu doubled in two runs as the Isotopes got back into the win column with a 4-2 victory over the Iowa
Cubs (AAA Cubs) on Sunday evening. |
| Sam Fuld walked and scored on Aaron Miles' double down the right field line in the
1st inning as the Cubs took an quick 1-0 lead in the 1st inning. |
| The Isotopes got on the scoreboard in the 4th inning. Brett Harper doubled and
scored on JD Closser's double. Two outs later, Sergio Garcia walked and Alvarado reached on a fielder's choice
to load the bases before Abreu doubled home Closser and Garcia as the isotopes led 3-1. |
| In the 5th inning, Iowa's Chris Robinson singled, advanced to third base on Matt Camp's
single, and scored on Darwin Barney's sacrifice flyout as the Cubs came within a run at 3-2. |
| The Isotopes got an insurance run in their half of the 5th inning to lead 4-2. Harper doubled with
one out, advanced to third base on Closser's single, and scored on Hoffman's double. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffman: 35 G, 133 AB, 23 R, 38 H, 9 2B, 0 3B, 5 HR, 22 RBI, 23 BB, 24 K, 6 SB, .286 AVG
Travis Schlichting 12 APP, 0-0, 0 SV, 1.54 ERA, 11.2 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 7 BB, 6 K, 0 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Jamie Hoffman doubled to extend his hitting streak to 14 games. . . .
The series concludes with a Monday afternoon contest. Probables are LHP Eric Stults (3-1, 3.86)
for the Isotopes and RHP Jose Ascanio (2-3, 3.91) for the Cubs.
|
| Filed 07/26/2009 |
|
July 25, 2009 - Isotopes (53-47)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +1.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Iowa Cubs |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
. |
11 |
11 |
0 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
. |
2 |
10 |
2 |
WP: J.R. Mathes (9-5)
LP: J.D. Durbin (0-2) |
TIME: 3:01 ATT: 9,150 |
| It is said all good things must come to an end. For the Isotopes, Saturday night
was the night. Albuquerque entered the game with a franchise-record 10 game home winning streak and
the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) solidly put that winning streak to an end with a 11-2 victory over
Albuquerque. |
| Iowa built a 4-0 lead after their 1st inning at-bats. Sam Fuld tripled to lead off the
game and scored when Aaron Miles reached on a fielding error. Former-Isotope John-Ford Griffin
walked and Matt Craig singled to drive in Miles. An error on the play allowed Craig to advance
to second base. After Bobby Scales struck out, Chris Robinson doubled down the right field line
to drive in Griffin and Craig. |
| Being four runs down in the 1st inning would normally not be a death blow at
Isotopes Park, but it was on this night as Cubs starter J.R. Mathes was able to keep Albuquerque
in check over 7 innings, allowing 7 hits and 2 runs. Mathes gave up one of those runs in the
home half of the 1st inning. Tony Abreu singled, advanced to second base on Brett Harper's single,
and scored on Mitch Jones' single to the wall in left-center field. Harper did not score on the play
because he was unsure if a catch would be made so Harper only advanced to second base
on the play. |
| Albuquerque halved Iowa's lead to 4-2 in the 7th inning. Jamie Hoffman singled,
took second base on Jason Repko's single, and Chin-Lung Hu singled to load the bags. A.J. Ellis
grounded into a double play to bring Hoffman home. |
| Iowa made the game a blowout in the 8th inning. With one out, Matt Camp
doubled and scored on Darwin Barney's triple. Pinch-hitter Jason Dubois walked and Fuld doubled home
Barney. Miles singled to plate Dubois and Griffin lifted a sacrifice fly to drive in Fuld. Craig and Scales
walked to load the bases and Robinson cleared the bags with a double. When the inning was finished,
Iowa sent 11 batters to the plate and scored 7 runs to lead 11-2. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Jamie Hoffman: 34 G, 129 AB, 23 R, 37 H, 8 2B, 0 3B, 5 HR, 21 RBI, 23 BB, 24 K, 6 SB, .287 AVG
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
There were four Isotopes transactions on Saturday. P Erick Threets was placed on the Disabled List with left elbow inflammation and P Francisco
Felix was transferred from Class-AA Chattanooga to Albuquerque to take his roster spot. Felix
made his Isotopes debut in tonight's game and tossed 1 1/3 innings and allowed 3 hits, 1 run,
walked 1 and fanned 1. OF Jamie Hoffman was activated from the Disabled List and IF Juan
Gonzalez was transferred from Albuquerque to Class-AA Chattanooga. . . .
Jamie Hoffman extended his hitting streak to 13 games after getting a hit in his first game off
the Disabled List. . . .
An interesting thing happened in the PCL on Friday - a game was postponed due to an illness outbreak.
The Portland Beavers (AAA Padres) finished up a series in Reno against the Aces (AAA Diamondbacks)
but did not travel to Salt Lake on Friday to play the Bees (AAA Angels) due to a illness outbreak. Seven
unidentified Beaver players were diagnosed with Influenza A but were not hospitalized and the team or
the league would not comment further on the matter other than to state the players are not suffering from
the swine flu and that it was hoped the Beavers and Bees could start their series on Saturday.
The game was played on Saturday evening and several roster moves were made where the
Padres added some players to the Portland roster from some of the Padres lower minor league
clubs. The moves put the Beavers several players over the roster limit but in reality the PCL may have
granted permission to Portland to place those players on a temporary inactive list without having to
list their current inactive status on the team's web site in order to protect player identities. . . .
The series continues on Sunday evening. Probables are RHP Giancarlo Alvarado (7-8, 3.49)
for the Isotopes and RHP Esmailin Caridad (5-9, 4.22) for the Cubs.
|
| Filed 07/25/2009 |
|
July 24, 2009 - Isotopes (53-46)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +1.5 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Iowa Cubs |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
8 |
15 |
1 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
X |
. |
16 |
24 |
0 |
WP: Hyang-Nam Choi (4-1)
LP: Mitch Adkins (6-10) |
Home Runs:
IWA Jason Dubois (11) off Pollok in the 6th inning
IWA Sam Fuld (2) off Pollok in the 6th inning
ALB Chin-Lung Hu (3) off Adkins in the 3rd inning
ALB Brett Harper (17) off Russell in the 5th inning
ALB Brett Harper (18) off Spears in the 8th inning
ALB Mitch Jones (25) off Spears in teh 8th inning |
TIME: 3:24 ATT: 9,022 |
| Brett Harper homered twice and drove in six runs and the Isotopes set a few franchise records in
the game as the Isotopes doubled up the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs) 16-8 in the series opener on Friday
evening at "The Lab". Albuquerque has won their last four games. |
| Darwin Barney singled home Luis Rivas and Bobby Scales in the 2nd inning as the
Cubs led 2-0. |
| In the home half of the 2nd inning, Juan Gonzalez drew a leadoff walk, advanced
to third base on Sergio Garcia's single and scored on Jovanny Rosario's double as the Isotopes trailed
by a run at 2-1. |
| Scales drew a bases-loaded walk in the 3rd inning to plate Jason Dubois as the
Cubs increased their lead to 3-1. |
| The Isotopes were able to take the lead in their half of the 3rd inning. Dee Brown
doubled, Mitch Jones walked, and Harper doubled them home. Chin-Lung Hu followed with a two
run homer as the Isotopes had a 5-3 advantage. |
| Brown walked in the 4th inning and later scored on Gonzalez's single as the
Isotopes increased their lead to 6-3. |
| In the Iowa 5th inning, Scales singled home Steve Clevenger as the Cubs trailed
by two runs at 6-4. |
| Albuquerque put together a big 5th inning. Isotopes reliever Dwayne Pollok singled and after
Rosario struck out, A.J. Ellis drew a walk and Brown singled to load the bases. Jones singled to drive in
Pollok and Ellis. Brown and Jones executed a double steal ahead of Harper's three run homer as the
Isotopes took a 11-4 lead. |
| Iowa made it a game in the 6th inning. Matt Craig walked and scored on Sam
Fuld's two run homer. An out later, So Taguchi doubled and scored on Dubois' homer as the Cubs
trailed by three runs at 11-8. |
| Albuquerque increased their lead to 14-8 in the 7th inning. Gonzalez bunt singled
and advanced to third base on Garcia's single. Pinch-hitter Tony Abreu singled home Gonzalez and Rosario
laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance Garcia and Abreu into scoring position. Ellis followed with a two-run single to
drive in Garcia and Abreu. |
| Jones and Harper back-to-back solo homered in the 8th inning for the final runs of
the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Travis Schlichting 11 APP, 0-0, 0 SV, 1.64 ERA, 11 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 7 BB, 5 K, 0 HR
Scott Elbert 4 APP, 0-1, 6.27 ERA, 18.2 IP, 24 H, 13 ER, 9 BB, 19 K, 1 HR
Josh Lindblom 6 APP, 1-0, 3.68 ERA, 14.2 IP, 15 H, 6 ER, 7 BB, 13 K, 2 HR |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Franchise records set in the game: 24 hits in a game, 10th straight home victory, and 40
total bases. The 40 total bases eclipsed a mark of 39 that was set earlier in 2009. . . .
Albuquerque is a season-high 7 games above the .500 mark. . . .
The victory snapped a three-game losing streak to the Cubs. . . .
Mitch Jones and Juan Gonzalez each had four hits in the game. Jones already had a four-hit
game under his belt in 2009 and Gonzalez's first four-hit effort made him the 10th different Isotope to
have a four-hit game in 2009. . . .
Brett Harper tied an Isotope season-high with 6 RBI in a game and became the fifth different Isotope
with a 6-RBI game in 2009. . . .
The series continues on Saturday evening. Probables are RHP J.D. Durbin (0-1, 4.50) for
the Isotopes and LHP J.R. Mathes (8-5, 4.05) for the Cubs.
|
| Filed 07/24/2009 |
|
July 23, 2009 - Isotopes (52-46)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +1.5 Games |
| Dell Diamond |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
. |
5 |
9 |
0 |
| Round Rock Express |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
1 |
6 |
1 |
WP: Charlie Haeger (9-6)
LP: Polin Trinidad (2-1) |
Home Runs:
ALB Mitch Jones (24) off Trinidad in the 7th inning |
TIME: 2:24 ATT: 9,782 |
| In front of a FOX Sports (FS) Southwest regional television audience, Charlie
Haeger dominated the Round Rock Express (AAA Astros). Haeger tossed his third complete game
of the season, fanned 12 Express batters, and earned his team-leading 9th victory of the season and
Mitch Jones contributed a two-run homer in support of Haeger as the Isotopes defeated the Express
5-1 in the series finale. Albuquerque has won their last three games. |
| In the 3rd inning, Brian Bogusevic singled and scored on Tommy Manzella's triple as
the Express took a 1-0 lead. |
| The Isotopes tied the game at 1-1 in the 5th inning. Luis Maza doubled and scored on
Dee Brown's single. |
| The game remained deadlocked until the 7th inning. Chin-Lung Hu led off the
frame with a single and advanced to second base on Haeger's sacrifice bunt. Tony Abreu struck out before
Luis Maza singled to left field to drive in Hu with the go-ahead run. Maza took second base on the throw
and scored on Brown's double. Jones followed with a two-run homer as the Isotopes led 5-1. |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Isotopes placed P Marlon Arias on the Disabled List with a left quad strain. . . .
The Isotopes took three out of the four games in the official series against the Express, and
three out of the five games if you count the completion of a suspended game on Tuesday that
counts as a June contest in the record books. 35,257 was the announced attendance for the
four games. Tonight's game was the last game of 2009 in
Round Rock and at Dell Diamond, the Isotopes won five out of the eight games. The Express
travel to Albuquerque in August to complete the 16-game season series between the two clubs. . . .
The Isotopes are six games above .500 at 52-46, a season best high-water mark. . . .
Tony Abreu went hitless in five at-bats, snapping a 14 game hitting streak. . . .
Two of the three Charlie Haeger complete games were tossed against the Express. Haeger tossed
130 pitches in tonight's complete game. . . .
Albuquerque pitching has seven complete games in 2009, the most of any season. . . .
Round Rock catcher J.R. Towles was ejected by Home Plate umpire Mark Ripperger in the 7th inning. . . .
Albuquerque returns home for an eight game homestand on Friday. The first four games are
against the Iowa Cubs (AAA Cubs). LHP Scott Elbert (1-1, 5.74) is expected to make his first
start for Albuquerque since his recent option from the Dodgers, while the Cubs are expected
to counter with RHP Mitch Adkins (6-9, 6.69). |
| Filed 07/23/2009 |
|
July 22, 2009 - Isotopes (51-46)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +1.5 Games |
| Dell Diamond |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
. |
5 |
11 |
2 |
| Round Rock Express |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
. |
2 |
8 |
1 |
WP: Eric Stults (3-1)
LP: Samuel Gervacio (2-2)
SV: Scott Strickland (20) |
Home Runs:
ALB Jovanny Rosario (1) off Gervacio in the 7th inning |
TIME: 3:08 ATT: 8,107 |
| Jovanny Rosario's pinch-hit homer in the 7th inning sparked a three run rally
as the Isotopes came from behind to take a lead and eventually defeated the Round Rock Express
(AAA Astros) 5-2 on Wednesday evening. |
| In the 4th inning, a pair of Isotope errors aided Round Rock to grab a lead. J.R.
Towles reached on an error and Mark Saccomanno walked. Edwin Maysonet sacrifice bunted to
advance both runners a base. After Chris Johnson was intentionally walked, former-Isotope Reggie
Abercrombie singled to drive in Towles. A fielding error by Isotopes left fielder Dee Brown allowed
Saccomanno to score on the play as the Express led 2-0. |
| In the 5th inning, Isotopes starter Eric Stults singled and scored on Luis Maza's
double as the Isotopes got on the scoreboard. |
| Albuquerque took the lead in the 7th inning. Pinch-hitter Rosario solo homered
to lead off the inning and tie the game at 2-2. Tony Abreu singled but was erased from the basepaths
when Maza reached on fielder's choice. Brown singled and Brett Harper followed with a single to
drive in Maza while Brown scored on an error by Round Rock's Abercrombie as the Isotopes led
4-2. |
| A.J. Ellis was hit by a pitch and scored on Abreu's double in the 8th inning
for the final run of the game. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Josh Lindblom: 5 APP, 1-0, 0 SV, 3.95 ERA, 13.2 IP, 15 H, 6 ER, 7 BB, 12 K, 2 HR |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The start of the game was delayed 42 minutes by rain and getting the field ready for play. . . .
The Isotopes are five games above .500, tying a season-best high-water mark. . . .
Tony Abreu hit safely to extend his hitting streak to 14 games, the longest current Isotope
hitting streak. . . .
Jovanny Rosario's homer was the third Isotope pinch-hit homer of the season and twelfth in franchise
history. . . .
Scott Strickland recorded his 20th save and is three saves away from tying the club record for
saves in a season. . . .
The series concludes on Thursday evening. Probables are knuckleball RHP Charlie Haeger
(8-6, 4.09) for the Isotopes and LHP Polin Trinidad (2-0, 1.66) for the Express. The game
will be televised on FOX Sports (FS) Houston. |
| Filed 07/22/2009 |
|
July 21, 2009 - Isotopes (50-46)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +1.5 Games |
| Dell Diamond |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
. |
3 |
5 |
0 |
| Round Rock Express |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
. |
1 |
3 |
0 |
WP: Travis Schlichting (1-0)
LP: Mark McLemore (3-5)
SV: Scott Strickland (19) |
Home Runs:
ALB Brett Harper (16) off Capellan in the 7th inning
ALB Tony Abreu (5) off McLemore in the 1st inning
|
TIME: 2:00 ATT: 9,169 |
| Tony Abreu and Brett Harper solo homered and Henry Bonilla and three Isotope
relievers combined on a three-hitter as the Isotopes defeated the Round Rock Express (AAA Astros) 3-1
in the regularly scheduled game for Tuesday, shortened to 7 innings by PCL rules. |
| Abreu led off with a homer, his second leadoff homer in the last three days as
Albuquerque quickly led 1-0 before most people probably settled back into their seats from the between
game break. |
| In the 5th inning, Chin-Lung Hu doubled, advanced to third base on pinch-hitter
Jovanny Rosario's sacrifice bunt, and scored on Abreu's sacrifice fly as the Isotopes led 2-0. |
| In the 6th inning, pinch-hitter Mark Saccomanno walked and eventually scored
on Brian Bogusevic's single as the Express trailed by one run |
| Harper blasted his first homer as an Isotope (and 16th in the league in 2009) for
Albuquerque's final run of the game in the 7th inning. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Travis Schlichting10 APP, 0-0, 0 SV, 1.86 ERA, 9.2 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 5 BB, 4 K, 0 HR
|
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Tony Abreu's leadoff homer extended his hitting streak to 13 games, the longest current Isotope hitting
streak. . . .
The series continues on Wednesday evening. Probables are LHP Eric Stults (2-1, 4.80) for
the Isotopes and RHP Felipe Paulino (1-0, 1.13) for the E-train. The video of the game can be
viewed for free by going to the Round Rock Express website.
|
| Filed 07/21/2009 |
|
July 21, 2009 - Isotopes (49-46)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +1.5 Games |
| Dell Diamond |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
. |
1 |
11 |
0 |
| Round Rock Express |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
X |
. |
5 |
9 |
0 |
WP: Josh Muecke (2-5)
LP: Giancarlo Alvarado (3-6)
SV: Geoff Geary (1) |
Home Runs:
RR Jason Smith (2) off Alvarado in the 2nd inning |
TIME: 2:40 ATT: 9,194 |
| Isotopes starter Giancarlo Alvarado started this game on June 11th and got the
first Round Rock Express (AAA Astros) out in the 2nd inning before the rains and lightning came with the game tied at 0-0. After a 43 minute delay, the
game was suspended and resumed on Tuesday July 21st. Alvarado went on to toss a complete game
but he ended up on the losing end, allowing 5 runs and 9 hits while fanning 12 in Albuquerque's 5-1
defeat. |
| When the game was picked up in the 2nd inning, Round Rock's Mark Saccomanno
singled and scored on Jason Smith's homer. |
| The Express extended the lead in the 6th inning. After Alvarado recorded the
first two outs, Tommy Manzella singled, Brian Bogusevic doubled and a wild pitch brought Manzella
home. Chris Johnson doubled home Bogusevic and took third on a wild pitch before scoring
on Smith's single as the Express led 5-0. |
| The Isotopes avoided the shutout in the 8th inning. Jovanny Rosario singled
wtih one out, advanced to second base on Tony Abreu's single and moved to third base when Mitch
Jones drew a walk to load the bases. J.D. Closser sacrifice flied out to bring home Rosario and Hu
singled to re-load the bags before Juan Gonzalez flied out for the final out of the inning. |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
Statistics from the completed game count towards June statistical totals. . . .
Updated June totals with this game added into the final stats: 14-15 record (7-5 at home, 7-10 on the road);
.249 team batting average and 2.95 team ERA; 103 runs scored; 17 stolen bases; and 14 homers. . . .
Giancarlo Alvarado's complete game was Albuquerque's sixth of the season and third that was not part
of a 7-inning contest or rain-shortened contest. . . .
|
| Filed 07/21/2009 |
|
July 20, 2009 - Isotopes (49-45)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +2.0 Games |
| Dell Diamond |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
. |
2 |
6 |
0 |
| Round Rock Express |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
X |
. |
9 |
13 |
1 |
WP: Yorman Bazardo (8-4)
LP: J.D. Durbin (0-1) |
Home Runs:
RR Yordany Ramirez (10) off Arias in the 8th inning
RR Brian Bogusevic (6) off Durbin in the 3rd inning
RR Tommy Manzella (6) off Arias in the 7th inning |
TIME: 2:50 ATT: 8,199 |
| A night removed from being one run and one hit shy of single game franchise
records, the Isotopes travelled to Round Rock to start a series and were held scoreless until
the 7th inning. The Round Rock Express (AAA Astros), meanwhile, homered three times to contribute
eight of their runs in a 9-2 victory over the Isotopes. |
| Express starter Yorman Bazardo walked, former-Isotope Reggie Abercrombie singled, and
Brian Bogusevic three-run homered as the Express led 3-0 in the 3rd inning. |
| In the 7th inning, A.J. Ellis singled, advanced to second base on a passed ball,
advanced to third base on pinch-hitter Chin-Lung Hu's groundout and scored on Tony Abreu's double
as the Isotopes avoided the shutout. |
| Abercrombie walked and scored on Tommy Manzell'a homer in the home half of the
7th inning as the Express led 5-1. |
| In the 8th inning, the Express put more runs on the scoreboard. Jason Smith singled and stole second base. Chris Johnson
singled Smith to third base and Brian Esposito singled home Smith. Yordany Ramirez followed with
a three-run homer as Round Rock led 9-1. |
| The Isotopes scored their final run in the 9th inning. Juan Gonzalez drew a leadoff
walk, Sergio Garcia was hit by a pitch and an out later, Luis Maza singled to load the bases. After Abreu
struck out, Gonzalez scored on a balk. |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
The Dodgers optioned P Scott Elbert to Albuquerque to free up roster room for activating Jason
Schmidt. . . .
Luis Maza became the first Isotopes position player to pitch in a game this season. Maza tossed 2/3
of an inning and allowed a hit and walked one. . . .
Tony Abreu hit safely to extend his hitting streak to 12 games, tying him with Jamie Hoffman for the
current longest Isotope hitting streak. . . .
Tommy Everidge of the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) is the PCL Hitter of the Week. Everidge
hit .615 (8x13) with a homer and 6 RBI during the week. . . .
Brad Salmon of the Salt Lake Bees (AAA Angels) is the PCL Pitcher of the Week. Salmon made
and won his start for the week and didn't allow a run in 7 innings. Salmon allowed 4 hits, walked
one and fanned 3. . . .
The series continues on Tuesday. The Isotopes and Express will resume a game that was suspended due
to rain/lightning in June and then play their regularly scheduled game for Tuesday, shortened to 7 innings.
RHP Giancarlo Alvarado (7-7, 3.30) will start the resumed game for Albuquerque, while Round Rock is expected
to counter with LHP Mark McLemore (3-4, 3.86). Neither club has announced a probable for the
regularly scheduled game.
|
| Filed 07/20/2009 |
|
July 19, 2009 - Isotopes (49-44)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +3.0 Games |
| Isotopes Park |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| New Orleans Zephyrs |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
. |
8 |
12 |
1 |
| Albuquerque Isotopes |
5 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
X |
. |
17 |
22 |
0 |
WP: Hyang-Nam Choi (3-1)
LP: John Koronka (4-6) |
Home Runs:
NRL Gaby Sanchez (9) off Bonilla in the 8th inning
ALB Tony Abreu (4) off Koronka in the 1st inning |
TIME: 3:30 ATT: 7,522 |
| Tony Abreu had a great game for Albuquerque, going 4x6 with a triple, a homer
and 6 RBI and ended up a double shy of hitting for the cycle and the Isotopes had a season-high
17 runs and 22 hits as they outslugged the New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA Marlins) 17-8 on Sunday
evening. The Isotopes have won a franchise record tying 9 straight games at home.
The Isotopes got off to a great start in the 1st inning. Abreu leadoff homered and Luis Maza singled. J.D. Closser doubled and Mitch Jones drew a walk to load the bases. Jason Repko
singled home Maza and Chin-Lung Hu sacrifice flied out to drive in Closser. A.J. Ellis walked to
re-load the bases and Jovanny Rosario reached on a fielder's choice with Jones scoring and Ellis out
at second base. Isotopes starter Dwayne Pollok hit a fly ball into right field that landed fair just inside
the chalk line as Repko scored to make it 5-0 Albuquerque after an inning of play. |
| Former-Isotope Manny Mayorson singled home John Lindsey in the 2nd inning as the
Zephyrs got on the scoreboard. |
| Maza doubled and scored on a Jones hit and error play as the Isotopes rebuilt
their lead to five runs in the home half of the 2nd inning. Jones had singled into left field and Zephyrs left fielder John Raynor misplayed
the ball for an error that allowed Jones to advance to second base and Maza to score. |
| Albuquerque's lead evaporated in the 3rd inning. Raynor walked and scored on
Gookie Dawkins' double. Cameron Maybin walked and Gaby Sanchez was hit by a pitch to load the
bases. Hyang-Nam Choi entered the game in relief of Pollok and gave up a sacrifice fly to Lindsey
that scored Dawkins. Former-Isotope Jai Miller doubled home Maybin and Sanchez and another
former-Isotope, Brett Hayes, singled home Miller to tie the game at 6-6. |
| Albuquerque did not lose any time regaining the lead. In the 3rd inning, Ellis and
Rosario singled and both scored on Abreu's triple. Maza reached on a fielder's choice with Abreu
out at home plate and Maza proceeded to score on Closser's single as the Isotopes led 9-6. |
| Albuquerque made it 10-6 in the 6th inning when Closser singled, advanced
to second base on Repko's single, and scored on Hu's single. |
| The Isotopes scored their second five-run inning of the game in the 7th inning. Ellis and
Rosario singled and Isotopes reliever Henry Bonilla walked to load the bases before Abreu singled home
Ellis and Rosario. Maza walked to reload the bags and Closser reached on a fielder's choice with
Bonilla out at home plate. With the bases still loaded, Jones singled home Abreu and Maza. Repko
singled to load the bases yet again and Hu grounded into a fielder's choice with Closser scoring as
the Isotopes led 15-6. |
| Maybin singled and scored on Sanchez's homer in the 8th inning as the Zephyrs
trailed 15-8, but the Isotopes got those two runs back in their half of the 8th inning. Rosario
tripled, pinch-hitter Sergio Garcia walked and Abreu singled home Rosario. Garcia advanced to
third base on a wild pitch and scored on Closser's groundout. |
DODGERS
PROSPECTS IN TODAY'S GAME (With Season Stats):
Josh Lindblom 4 APP, 1-0, 0 SV, 4.26 ERA, 12.2 IP, 14 H, 6 ER, 7 BB, 11 K, 2 HR |
| 'TOPES NOTES:
P Marlon Arias joined the Isotopes on Sunday after being transferred from the Rookie Arizona
League Dodgers. Arias appeared in Sunday's game and pitched the 9th inning and fanned one while
allowing no hits or runs or walks. . . .
Albuquerque swept the series against the Zephyrs and 35,736 attended for a per-game average
of 8,934. Albuquerque and New Orleans completed their season series with tonight's contest and
the Isotopes won all 8 games played at Isotopes Park and split the 8 games played at Zephyr
Field in Metarie, Louisisana. The Isotopes swept three of the four series against the Zephyrs in
2009 with one series in New Orleans being a three-game series. All-time, Albuquerque has a 60-51
advantage. . . .
The 17 runs and 22 hits were both one shy of tying franchise records. The 25 runs combined with
the Zephyrs is the most for an Isotopes game in 2009. . . .
The 3 hour, 30 minute game was the longest 9 inning game of the season. . . .
The Isotopes blew a five run lead at one point in the game, their largest blown lead of the season. . . .
Luis Maza tied a franchise record with 4 runs scored. . . .
Every Isotopes position player hit safely in the game. . . .
Tony Abreu's leadoff homer extended his hitting streak to 11 games and it was the first Isotope
leadoff homer of the season. Abreu's 6 RBI tied a team-season high for most RBI in a game. . . .
Albuquerque heads on a quick road trip to Round Rock, Texas for a five game series against
the Round Rock Express (AAA Astros) with four games regularly scheduled and the fifth game is a
completion of a game suspended by rain and lightning in June. Probables in the opener Monday are RHP J.D. Durbin
(No Record) for the Isotopes and PCL All-Star RHP Yorman Bazardo (7-4, 3.03) for the E-train.
|
| Filed 07/19/2009 |
|
July 18, 2009 - Isotopes (48-44)
PCL American Conf. Southern Division, 1st Place, +2.0 Games |
|
