 |
| Albuquerque Sports Stadium photos on Digitalballparks.
com |
| Albuquerque Isotopes 2011 At-A-Glance: |
| Night Record: 60-60 | Day Record: 10-14 |
| Home Record: 41-31 | Road Record: 29-43 |
| Division Record: 22-26 | Extra Innings Record: 6-4 |
| Final Roadtrip: 2-6 | Final Homestand: 4-5 |
| Current Streak: Lost 5 | |
 |
September 20, 2011 |
Isotopes Park - 2011 AAA National Championship Game
Omaha 300 000 000 -- 3 8 0
Columbus 033 100 01x -- 8 11 2
WP: Joe Martinez
LP: Sean O'Sullivan
HR: COL Beau Mills off Herrera (8th inning, S)
COL Luke Carlin off O'Sullivan (2nd inning, 3R)
TIME: 2:35
ATT: 9,569
|
In the 2011 Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game,
Columbus Clippers (AAA Indians) last-minute starter Joe Martinez spotted the
Omaha Storm Chasers (AAA Royals) three 1st inning runs before settling down
to toss the next six in scoreless fashion and his teammates provided him
with eight unanswered runs. Both teams tallied for 11 runs in an impressively
quick 2 hours 35 minutes as the Clippers won their second straight Triple-A
National Championship by a final of 8-3.
|
Martinez got off to a rocky start. In the 1st inning, Irving
Falu drew a one-out walk, David Lough singled to right field and Lorenzo Cain
tripled them both home with a drive to the right-center field fence. Kila Ka'aihue
struck out before John Whittleman singled into right field to drive in Cain.
|
Martinez found his groove in the top of the 2nd inning before
his teammates started their eruption of run support in the bottom half of the
frame. Chad Huffman singled to center with one out and went to second base
on a wild pitch. Jerad Head walked and an out later, Luke Carlin launched
a three-run homer into the right field berm to knot the game at 3-3.
|
Columbus took the lead in the 3rd inning. Tim Fedroff
singled and went to third base on Travis Buck's single. Jared Goedert doubled
to the left field fence to drive in Fedroff. Beau Mills followed with a single
to left field to drive in Buck and Huffman grounded into a double play with
Goedert scrampering home for a 6-3 Clippers lead.
|
Columbus added another run in the 4th inning. Juan Diaz
singled into center field, went to second base on a wild pitch, tagged up and
went to third base on Argenis Reyes' flyout to left field and scored on Fedroff's
flare single into left field.
|
Mills solo homered to left field in the 8th inning for the
final run of the game.
|
NOTES:
Columbus starter Joe Martinez was named the MVP of the contest with his
7 innings of 6-hit, 3-run ball. . . .
Omaha losing pitcher Sean O'Sullivan allowed six runs and 6 hits in 3 innings. . . .
Columbus is the first club to win back-to-back Triple-A National Championship
titles since the Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics) of the PCL did the
feat in 2007 and 2008. . . .
The International League has a three-game Triple-A Baseball National
Championship Game winning streak
and all-time, the IL and PCL are tied at three championships apiece. . . .
Even though the Isotopes were not representing the PCL on the field, the
Albuquerque fans showed up in great numbers. The 9,569 attendance was
the largest for this single-game playoff between the IL and PCL since 2007.
The Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game has been around since 2006. . . .
The Kansas City Royals announced at the completion of the game who will
be called up from Omaha. The players are Lorenzo Cain, Kelvin Herrera,
Sean O'Sullivan, Jarrod Dyson, Vin Mazzaro and Manny Pina. All but
Mazzaro and Pina saw action in the title game. . . .
The 2012 Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game will be held at
Durham Bulls Athletic Park, home of the Tampa Bay Rays' International League
affiliate Durham Bulls. . . .
The end of the game started the official offseason for minor league baseball.
When play resumes on April 5, 2012, Omaha begins defense of their first-ever Pacific Coast League
championship against the Isotopes in a four game series at Werner Park. Omaha's
last championship prior to this year's PCL crown was a 1990 American Association
Triple-A championship.
|
Filed 09/20/2011 |
 |
Isotopes Park Hosts Triple-A Championship Game on Tuesday evening
The Albuquerque Isotopes will host the 2011 Triple-A Baseball
National Championship Game on Tuesday evening at Isotopes
Park. It will be the first Triple-A championship game to
not be hosted in Oklahoma City since the restarting of
crowning an overall Triple-A champion began in 2006.
Albuquerque will not be the new permanent home of the game
as it will travel to various Triple-A cities in both the
PCL and International League in the coming years.
The International League is represented by the Columbus
(OH) Clippers (AAA Indians). Columbus has won two straight
IL Governor's Cup titles and won last year's Triple-A
Baseball National Championship Game, defeating the PCL's
Tacoma Rainiers (AAA Mariners) at Bricktown Ballpark in
Oklahoma City.
The PCL is represented by the Omaha Storm Chasers (AAA
Royals) who swept the PCL Championship Series in three
games the team with the PCL's best record in 2011, the
Sacramento River Cats (AAA Athletics).
Due to the fact the IL won the Triple-A All-Star Game,
Columbus is considered the "home" team. Omaha will not
be sending 2011 PCL Pitcher of the Year and 2011 PCL
Playoffs MVP starter Luis Mendoza to the mound as
the Royals called up Mendoza. The Storm Chasers are
expected to send RHP Sean O'Sullivan to the mound, while
Columbus is expected to counter with RHP Mitch Talbot.
The start time is 6:05PM MT and the game will be aired
on VERSUS, will supposedly be streamed on MILB.TV (though
not appearing in the MILB.TV schedule yet), and American
troops around the world will get to enjoy the game as
American Forces Network will pick up the VERSUS broadcast.
The voice of the Isotopes, Robert Portnoy, will do the play-
by-play and Bucky Dent will be the analyst. Pawtucket
Red Sox (AAA Red Sox) broadcaster Steve Hyder will be
the field reporter.
Filed 09/19/2011
|
|
|
|
|
Page hits:
 |
|
