Dukes Game Summaries and Notes -- by Robert Smathers

Dukes Game Summaries and Notes -- by Robert Smathers
2000 DUKES GAME SUMMARIES/NOTES - by Robert Smathers ==========================

ALBUQUERQUE DUKES - 2000 P.C.L. Central Division Champs!
Starting Rotation: Chris Michalak Jeff Williams Heath Murray Robinson Checo Eric Gagne Mike Judd Recent Game Starters: C Geronimo Gil, Angel Pena 1B Angel Pena, Kevin Grijak 2B Hiram Bocachica 3B Adam Riggs SS Orlando Miller, Jorge Nunez LF Chris Ashby CF Curtis Pride RF Tony Mota Sunday September 10, 2000 In Dukes news, P Eric Gagne, P Jeff Williams and IF Hiram Bocachica have been promoted to the Dodgers now that the Dukes season is over. Game 5: PCL Semifinals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 6 9 0 MEMPHIS 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 6 x 12 12 1 ABQ: Heath Murray, Ricky Stone (5), Al Reyes (8) and Geronimo Gil MEM: Dave Wainhouse, Bryan Eversgerd (5), Justin Brunette (7), Rick Heiserman (8) and Keith McDonald WP: Bryan Eversgerd (1-0) LP: Heath Murray (0-1) HR: ABQ Geronimo Gil (1) off Wainhouse in the 4th inning Dante Powell (1) off Heiserman in the 9th inning Curtis Pride (2) off Brunette in the 8th inning MEM Luis Garcia (1) off Murray in the 2nd inning Richard Clapp (1) off Reyes in the 8th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Murray (L) 4 7 6 6 2 3 Stone 3 1-3 3 2 2 0 1 Reyes 2-3 2 4 4 2 1 TIME: 2:43 ATT: 6,690 In the final game of the PCL Semifinals, the Dukes lost the Memphis Redbirds 12-6. Memphis won the best-of-five series 3-2 and moves on to the PCL Championship Series. The Dukes, meanwhile, move to Portland, Oregon next season while the city of Albuquerque awaits its baseball future. Luis Garcia three-run homered as Memphis built a 3-0 lead in the 2nd inning. The Dukes got on the board in the 3rd inning as Curtis Pride RBI singled. In the 4th inning, the Dukes tacked on two more runs to tie the game at 3-3. Geronimo Gil two-run homered. Memphis got three more runs of their own in the bottom of the 4th inning. Garcia sacrifice flied out and Stubby Clapp two-run doubled. Curtis Pride solo-homered in the 8th inning as Albuquerque trimmed the defecit to two runs at 6-4. Memphis had a big 6-run 8th inning to break the game wide open at 12-4. Garcia walked with the bases loaded, Clapp three-run homered, Rick Heiserman grounded out to score a run, and Mark Little RBI doubled in the inning. Albuquerque scored the final two runs in franchise history in the 9th inning as Dante Powell two-run homered. Saturday September 9, 2000 Game 4: PCL Semifinals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 1 MEMPHIS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 12 0 ABQ: Chris Michalak, Ricky Stone (7), Chad Ricketts (8) and Geronimo Gil MEM: Luther Hackman, Allen McDill (7), Kevin Crafton (7), Rick Heiserman (9) and Keith McDonald WP: Rick Heiserman (1-0) LP: Chad Ricketts (0-2) HR: ABQ Curtis Pride (1) off Hackman in the 1st inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Michalak 6 10 2 2 3 2 Stone 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 1 Ricketts (L) 1 1 2 2 3 1 TIME: 3:16 ATT: 6,169 In the fourth game of the PCL Semifinals, the Dukes lost to the Memphis Redbirds 4-3. The best-of-five series is tied at 2-2 with the decisive game to be played on Sunday afternoon to determine who moves on to the PCL Championship Series. Albuquerque got on the board quickly as Curtis Pride solo-homered to lead off the game. Memphis tied the game in the bottom of the 1st inning. Mark Little scored as Albert Pujols grounded into a double play. Albuquerque re-gained the lead in the 3rd inning. Pride tripled and scored on Hiram Bocachica's single. Memphis tied the game in the 4th inning. Keith McDonald singled to score Lou Lucca, who had doubled to lead off the inning. Albuquerque once again took the lead in the 7th inning as Tony Mota was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Memphis used bottom-of-the-9th-inning heroics to win the game. Larry Sutton singled to right with two outs and the bases loaded to score Pujols with the game-tying run and Lucca with the game-winning run. Dukes reliever Chad Ricketts has lost both Dukes games in the playoffs. Friday September 8, 2000 Game 3: PCL Semifinals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 0 MEMPHIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 MEM: Clint Weibl, Allen McDill (7), Dave Wainhouse (8), Jose Rodriguez (9), Kevin Crafton (9) and Keith McDonald ABQ: Mike Judd, Al Reyes (8) and Geronimo Gil WP: Mike Judd (1-0) LP: Clint Weibl (0-1) SV: Al Reyes (2) Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Judd (W) 7 4 0 0 2 5 Reyes (S) 2 2 0 0 0 3 TIME: 3:10 ATT: 11,162 In the third game of the PCL Semifinals, the Dukes beat the Memphis Redbirds 3-0 to take a 2-1 series lead. One more Dukes victory in either of the final two games advances Albuquerque to the PCL Championship Series. Hiram Bocachica RBI singled in the 3rd inning to give the Dukes all the runs they would need. Geronimo Gil two-run singled in the 9th inning to provide insurance runs. Thursday September 7, 2000 Game 2: PCL Semifinals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- MEMPHIS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 0 ALBUQUERQUE 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 x 5 10 1 MEM: Jason Karnuth, Dave Wainhouse (6), Justin Brunette (7), Rick Heiserman (8) and Keith McDonald ABQ: Eric Gagne, Al Reyes (9) and Angel Pena, Geronimo Gil WP: Eric Gagne (1-0) LP: Jason Karnuth (0-1) SV: Al Reyes (1) HR: ABQ Tony Mota (1) off Karnuth in the 1st inning Kevin Grijak (1) off Karnuth in the 6th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Gagne (W) 8 10 2 2 0 7 Reyes (S) 1 0 0 0 0 1 TIME: 2:41 ATT: 4,102 In the second game of the PCL Semifinals, the Dukes beat the Memphis Redbirds 5-2 and tied the best-of-five series at 1-1. Tony Mota got things started for the Dukes with a solo homer in the 1st inning. Memphis came back to tie the game at 1-1 in the 2nd inning. Luis Garcia hit a comebacker to Eric Gagne; Gagne stopped the ball and by the time the ball was picked up and thrown to first base, Garcia was safe and Darrell Whitmore scored. Albuquerque scored three times in the 6th inning to make it 4-1. Mota's single through a drawn-in infield scored Curtis Pride to break the tie. Kevin Grijak followed with a two-run homer. The Redbirds scored a run in the 8th inning to make it 4-2 as Lou Lucca drove in a run. The Dukes scored their last run in the 8th inning as Adam Riggs sacrifice flied out, scoring Mota. Wednesday September 6, 2000 Game 1: PCL Semifinals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- MEMPHIS 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 11 13 0 ALBUQUERQUE 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 7 4 MEM: Bud Smith, Jose Rodriguez (8), Allen McDill (9) and Keith McDonald ABQ: Jeff Williams, Chad Ricketts (7), Ricky Stone (8), Cam Smith (9) and Geronimo Gil WP: Bud Smith (1-0) LP: Chad Ricketts (0-1) HR: ABQ Angel Pena (1) off Smith in the 6th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Williams 6 5 2 1 5 2 Ricketts (L) 1 5 4 4 0 0 Stone 1 3 5 1 2 1 Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 TIME: 2:40 ATT: 3,608 In the first game of the PCL Semifinals, the Dukes lost to the Memphis Redbirds 11-4. Memphis holds a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series. Memphis went ahead 2-0 in the first inning. Tony Mota's two-run hit in the second inning tied up the game. The Dukes went ahead in the 5th inning as Dante Powell drove in a run. The Dukes extended their lead to 4-2 in the 6th inning as Angel Pena solo homered. Memphis scored four times in the 7th inning to re-gain the lead. Andy Bevins two-run doubled to tie the game. The Redbirds went ahead on Keith McDonald's RBI single and Larry Sutton added a sacrifice fly. The Redbirds scored five more times in the 8th inning, taking advantage of three Dukes errors in the inning. McDonald drove in another run and Luis Garcia two-run singled to highlight the scoring. Tuesday September 5, 2000 The Dukes are off before beginning their playoff series. Pitching matchups for the Semifinal Playoffs Game 1 Bud Smith (MEM) vs Jeff Williams (ABQ) Game 2 Jason Karnuth (MEM) vs Eric Gagne (ABQ) Game 3 Mike Judd (ABQ) vs Clint Weibl (MEM) Game 4 (if necessary) Chris Michalak (ABQ) vs Luther Hackman (MEM) Game 5 (if necessary) Robinson Checo (ABQ) vs Bud Smith (MEM) The last time the Dukes were in the playoffs, they won the PCL Championship. In 1994, they beat Colorado Springs 3 games to 1 in the semifinals and beat Vancouver 3 games to 2 in the Championship series. Hopefully the trend will continue this season. Last year's PCL Champions, the Vancouver Canadians, moved to Sacramento in 2000. It would be a great end to the Dukes franchise if they won the Championship before moving to Portland, Oregon. The PCL 2000 Season All-Star Team was announced. They are: C Craig Wilson, Nashville 1B Phil Hiatt, Colorado Springs 2B HIRAM BOCACHICA, ALBUQUERQUE 3B Pedro Feliz, Fresno SS Jose Ortiz, Sacramento OF John Barnes, Salt Lake OF Ernie Young, Memphis OF Brian Buchanan, Salt Lake DH Doug Mientkiewicz, Salt Lake RHP Ryan Franklin, Tacoma LHP Ryan Anderson, Tacoma RP Todd Williams, Tacoma Monday September 4, 2000 Game 4: Sec Taylor Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 1 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 10 11 3 IOWA 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 3 9 14 1 ABQ: Robinson Checo, Chris Michalak (6), Pedro Feliciano (9) and Geronimo Gil, Mike Figga IWA: Mario Iglesias, Mike Meyers (5), Brian McNichol (7) and Mark Dalesandro, Mike Mahoney WP: Robinson Checo (8-3) LP: Mario Iglesias (1-1) HR: ABQ Tony Mota (5) off Iglesias in the 1st inning Tony Mota (6) off Meyers in the 6th inning IWA Jim Deschaine (2) off Checo in the 5th inning Julio Zuleta (26) off Feliciano in the 9th inning Cole Liniak (19) off Feliciano in the 9th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Checo (W) 5 7 2 2 1 3 Michalak 3 4 4 3 3 1 Feliciano 1 3 3 2 1 2 TIME: 2:56 ATT: 9,287 In the final game of the regular season, the Dukes held on to defeat the Iowa Cubs 10-9. Albuquerque took three out of the four games in the last series. Tony Mota solo-homered in the 1st inning as the Dukes built a 1-0 lead. In the 3rd inning, the Dukes added four more runs to make it 5-0. Curtis Pride doubled and scored on Mota's single. Chris Ashby's RBI single scored Mota. Geronimo Gil doubled to score Ashby and Adam Riggs. The Dukes extended the lead to 9-0 in the 4th inning. Kevin Grijak tripled with the bases loaded and scored on Ashby's groundout. Jim Deschaine two-run homered in the 5th inning to get Iowa on the scoreboard. Mota hit his second solo-homer of the game in the 6th inning as Albuquerque took a 10-2 lead. With Chris Michalak pitching in relief, the Cubs scored three times. Mike Stoner two-run singled and Julio Zuleta RBI doubled. Iowa added another run in the 8th inning to make it a 10-6 Dukes lead. Mark Dalesandro RBI singled. In the 9th inning, Pedro Feliciano, recently promoted from AA San Antonio, made his Dukes debut. With a four run lead, he allowed the Cubs to almost tie the game. He gave up a leadoff homer to Zuleta, a solo homer to Cole Liniak, and a RBI single to Chad Meyers. With the bases loaded, he got Tarrik Brock to strike out to end the game. Sunday September 3, 2000 In Dukes news, OF Dante Powell, IF Mike Berry and P Pedro Feliciano have been promoted from AA San Antonio, while SS Jorge Nunez has been promoted from A Vero Beach. Game 3: Sec Taylor Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 IOWA 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 x 7 10 0 ABQ: Mike Judd, Cam Smith (6), Al Reyes (8) and Geronimo Gil IWA: Phil Norton and Mark Dalesandro WP: Phil Norton (8-13) LP: Mike Judd (7-6) Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Judd (L) 5 5 4 3 3 3 Smith 2 3 1 1 2 0 Reyes 1 2 2 1 1 0 TIME: 2:34 ATT: 8,534 In the third game of the series, the Iowa Cubs' Phil Norton silenced the Dukes bats for the second time this season as the Iowa Cubs blanked the Albuquerque Dukes 7-0. Albuquerque holds a 2-1 series advantage and snapped a two-game winning streak with the defeat. It was only the second time all year that the Dukes were shutout (the first coming July 18th at the Sports Stadium when Memphis blanked the Dukes 1-0). Norton went the distance, giving up just 2 hits, walking 5 and striking out 6. Julio Zuleta and Tarrik Brock each drove in two runs, while Augie Ojeda and Mark Dalesandro contributed a run each in the winning effort. Saturday September 2, 2000 Game 2: Sec Taylor Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 4 2 0 5 1 0 3 0 1 16 23 3 IOWA 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 8 11 2 ABQ: Eric Gagne, Ricky Stone (6), Chad Ricketts (9) and Mike Figga IWA: Vicente Palacios, Brendan Donnelly (4), Brian McNichol (8) and Mike Mahoney WP: Eric Gagne (5-1) LP: Vicente Palacios (6-3) HR: ABQ Hiram Bocachica (23) off Palacios in the 1st inning Adam Riggs (12) off Donnelly in the 7th inning Kevin Grijak (17) off McNichol in the 9th inning IWA Jim Deschaine (1) off Stone in the 6th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Gagne (W) 5 2-3 4 3 0 2 4 Stone 2 1-3 6 5 3 1 1 Ricketts 1 1 0 0 0 1 TIME: 3:13 ATT: 8,106 In the second game of the series, the Dukes used 23 hits (the most given up by the Cubs staff this seaosn) to blast the Iowa Cubs 16-8. Albuquerque has a 2-0 series lead and have won two in a row. The Dukes were off and running in the 1st inning - Hiram Bocachica two run homered and Geronimo Gil 2-RBI singled. Grijak two-run singled, RBI singled, and solo-homered in the game. Gil RBI doubled and RBI singled in the game, while Adam Riggs homered and drove in three and Angel Pena and Eric Gagne contributed an RBI each. Friday September 1, 2000 The Dodgers have activated IF Chris Donnels from his rehabilitation assignment in Albuquerque and promoted C Paul LoDuca and P Onan Masaoka. From AA San Antonio, P Luke Prokopec was promoted. I expect more Dukes callups once the season finishes. Game 1: Sec Taylor Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 9 13 1 IOWA 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 7 7 1 ABQ: Heath Murray, Cam Smith (7), Chad Ricketts (8), Al Reyes (9) and Geronimo Gil IWA: Brett Hinchliffe, Ozwaldo Mairena (8), Eric Newman (8) and Mike Mahoney WP: Chad Ricketts (6-2) LP: Eric Newman (3-5) SV: Al Reyes (8) HR: ABQ Adam Riggs (11) off Hinchliffe in the 6th inning Hiram Bocachica (22) off Hinchliffe in the 7th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Murray 6 4 2 2 2 7 Smith 1 2 5 0 3 0 Ricketts (W) 1 0 0 0 1 2 Reyes (S) 1 1 0 0 0 0 TIME: 3:27 ATT: 8,037 In the first game of the final series of regular season, the Dukes got two key 9th inning runs to defeat the Iowa Cubs 9-7. In the top of the 9th inning, Gil two-run singled to give the Dukes the go-ahead and insurance runs. Adam Riggs and Hiram Bocachica each two-run homered in the game for the Dukes. Orlando Miller drove in two runs on the evening for the Dukes. Tarrik Brock and Mike Mahoney each drove in two runs for the Cubs, Augie Ojeda, Mike Stone, and Julio Zuleta drove in a run each. Thursday August 31, 2000 In Dukes news, C Mike Figga has been promoted from AA San Antonio. Game 4: Greer Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 7 1 NASHVILLE 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 x 4 7 2 ABQ: Jeff Williams, Ricky Stone (7), Al Reyes (8) and Geronimo Gil NSH: Brian O'Connor, Cory Bailey (7), Dave Pavlas (8) and Tim Laker WP: Brian O'Connor (2-2) LP: Jeff Williams (4-3) SV: Dave Pavlas (5) HR: ABQ Orlando Miller (1) off O'Connor in the 7th inning NSH Craig Wilson (33) off Williams in the 4th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Williams (L) 6 5 4 3 4 3 Stone 1 1 0 0 0 2 Reyes 1 1 0 0 1 0 TIME: 2:52 ATT: 2,310 In the final game of the series with the Nashville Sounds in Nashville, the Sounds edged the Dukes 4-3. Both teams won two games in the series. Albuquerque moves on to Iowa to play the last series of the season before returning home to play Memphis in the PCL Playoffs. Craig Wilson two-run homered in the 4th inning to give the Sounds a 2-0 lead. In the 6th inning, the Sounds extended the lead to 4-0. Wilson RBI doubled and he later scored on an error. Albuquerque's Orlando Miller two-run homered in the 7th inning to cut the defecit to two runs at 4-2. Chris Ashby drove in a run in the 8th inning as the Dukes edged closer at 4-3 but Dave Pavlas took care of the Dukes from that point to earn the save. Wednesday August 30, 2000 In Dukes news, Orlando Miller has joined the team. It appears he will play shortstop in place of Shawn Gilbert who is preparing to leave any day now for Australia to represent the U.S. in the Olympics. Game 3: Greer Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 9 0 NASHVILLE 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 1 ABQ: Chris Michalak, Chad Ricketts (9) and Angel Pena NSH: Fred Rath, Heflin (7), Mike Ayers (9) and Craig Wilson WP: Chris Michalak (11-3) LP: Fred Rath (6-8) HR: ABQ Angel Pena (17) off Rath in the 1st inning Curtis Pride (5) off Rath in the 2nd inning Curtis Pride (6) off Rath in the 7th inning NSH Chad Hermansen (9) off Michalak in the 3rd inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Michalak (W) 8 8 2 2 3 5 Ricketts 1 0 0 0 0 2 TIME: 2:22 ATT: 2,530 In the third game of the series, the Dukes defeated the Sounds 8-2 to take a 2-1 series lead. Albuquerque scored early and often, coming up with four runs in the first and three runs in the second. In the 1st inning, Angel Pena three-run homered to highlight the four run inning. In the 2nd inning, Curtis Pride two-run homered and Chris Donnels RBI doubled. In the 3rd inning, the Sounds made it 7-1 as Chad Hermansen solo-homered. Albuquerque scored once in the 7th inning to make it 8-1 as Curtis Pride solo-homered, his second homer of the game. Nashville scored their final run in the 8th inning as Alexander Hernandez drove in a run. Tuesday August 29, 2000 Game 2: Greer Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 4 NASHVILLE 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 x 4 2 0 ABQ: Mike Judd, Cam Smith (7), Al Reyes (8) and Geronimo Gil NSH: Paul Ah Yat, Dave Pavlas (7), Jose Parra (9) and Craig Wilson WP: Paul Ah Yat (3-8) LP: Mike Judd (7-5) SV: Jose Parra (1) HR: ABQ Shawn Gilbert (14) off Ah Yat in the 7th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Judd (L) 6 2 3 1 3 6 Smith 1 0 1 1 3 2 Reyes 1 0 0 0 1 1 TIME: 3:01 ATT: 2,675 In the second game of the series, the Sounds defeated the Dukes 4-1 to tie the series at 1-1. The Dukes snapped a two-game winning streak with the defeat. Shawn Gilbert's solo homer in the 7th inning was the only run the Dukes scored in the game. Two Dukes errors and two hit batsmen helped the Sounds stake a 2-0 lead. Redman RBI singled in the 4th inning to extend the lead to 3-0. After Gilbert's homer, the Sounds scored their final run in the bottom of the 7th inning as Craig Wilson was hit with the bases loaded. Monday August 28, 2000 Game 1: Greer Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 2 5 0 2 2 0 11 15 0 NASHVILLE 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 9 1 ABQ: Eric Gagne, Ricky Stone (8) and Paul LoDuca NSH: Chris Peters, Travis Baptist (4), Mike Ayers (6), Cory Bailey (8), Matt Skrmetta (9) and Craig Wilson WP: Eric Gagne (4-1) LP: Travis Baptist (4-10) HR: ABQ Geronimo Gil (2) off Bailey in the 5th inning Paul LoDuca (4) off Bailey in the 8th inning NSH Craig Wilson (31) off Gagne in the 2nd inning Chad Hermansen (8) off Gagne in the 2nd inning Craig Wilson (32) off Gagne in the 6th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Gagne (W) 7 8 6 6 1 8 Stone 2 1 0 0 1 1 TIME: 3:13 ATT: 2.446 In the first game of the series with Nashville, the Dukes defeated the Sounds 11-6. Albuquerque has won two games in a row. Nashville got on the scoreboard first in the 2nd inning. Craig Wilson two-run homered and Chad Hermansen followed with a solo homer as the Sounds took a 3-0 lead. Nashville added two more in the 3rd inning - Tim Laker sacrifice flied out and John Wehner contributed a RBI single. The Dukes scored twice in the 4th inning - Dukes starter Eric Gagne two-run doubled off the right field wall. In the 5th inning, the Dukes exploded for five runs to take a 7-5 lead. Geronimo Gil two-run homered Craig Wilson solo-homered in the 6th inning to cut the Dukes lead down to a run at 7-6. Albuquerque scored twice in the 7th inning. Gil RBI doubled in the inning. The Dukes finished out the scoring in the 8th inning as Paul LoDuca two-run homered. Tony Mota drove in two runs while Chris Ashby drove in a run for the Dukes. Sunday August 27, 2000 Game 3: Sky Sox Stadium (DH Game 1) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 2 COLORADO SPRINGS 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 4 0 ABQ: Heath Murray and Paul LoDuca CSP: Greg Linton and Darron Cox WP: Greg Linton (10-12) LP: Heath Murray (7-10) HR: ABQ Hiram Bocachica (21) off Linton in the 5th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Murray (L) 6 1-3 4 3 2 4 6 TIME: 2:01 In the first game of a doubleheader, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox defeated the Dukes 3-2 to take a 2-1 series lead. Colorado Springs scored a run in the 3rd inning to take a 1-0 lead. Tony Mota RBI doubled in the 4th inning to tie the game at 1-1 and Hiram Bocachica solo-homered in the 5th inning as the Dukes took a 2-1 lead. Colorado Springs tied the game in the 5th inning and Scott Servais won it for the Sky Sox in the bottom of the 7th inning with a pinch-hit RBI single that plated Shane Monahan. Game 4: Sky Sox Stadium (DH Game 2) 1 2 3 4 5 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 9 4 2 4 0 19 15 0 COLORADO SPRN 0 1 3 1 0 5 9 3 ABQ: Robinson Checo and Geronimo Gil CSP: Aaron Small, Paul Menhart (1), Heath Bost (2), Brad Niedermaier (5) and Scott Servais WP: Robinson Checo (7-3) LP: Aaron Small (10-6) HR: Adam Riggs (10) off Bost in the 4th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Checo (W) 5 9 5 5 4 0 TIME: 2:10 ATT: 6,964 In the nightcap of a doubleheader, the Dukes bombed the Colorado Springs Sky Sox 19-5 in a game shortened to five innings due to rain. Each team won two games in the series. The Dukes' 19 runs is a new season high for runs scored, besting the mark of 18 runs set at the Sports Stadium against Iowa in early August. Aaron Small, the Sky Sox starter, only lasted 1/3 of an inning. He gave up 9 runs on 6 hits. Paul LoDuca drove in three with a single and double, Kevin Grijak, Angel Pena, and Robinson Checo drove in a run each with singles, Adam Riggs 2-RBI doubled and Geronimo Gil sacrifice flied out in the inning. The Dukes added four more in the 2nd inning. Geronimo Gil two-run doubled to highlight the inning. The Dukes added two runs in the 3rd inning and the Dukes tacked on their last four runs in the 4th inning featuring Adam Riggs' two-run homer. Saturday August 26, 2000 IT'S OFFICIAL - DUKES ARE 2000 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE CENTRAL DIVISION CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Game 2: Sky Sox Stadium (DH Game 1) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 9 1 COLORADO SPRINGS 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 8 0 ABQ: Jeff Williams, Al Reyes (7), Chad Ricketts (9), Cam Smith (12) and Angel Pena CSP: Steve Ontiveros, Jerry DiPoto (6), David Lee (7), Scott Watkins (8), Pete Walker (9), Rigo Beltran (11) and Scott Servais WP: Chad Ricketts (5-2) LP: Rigo Beltran (6-10) SV: Cam Smith (3) HR: ABQ Shawn Gilbert (13) off Beltran in the 12th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Williams 6 2-3 5 2 2 3 6 0 Reyes 1 2-3 1 1 1 4 1 0 Ricketts (W) 2 2-3 1 0 0 2 2 0 Smith (S) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 TIME: 4:08 ATT: 5,147 The Albuquerque Dukes defeated the Colorado Springs Sky Sox 4-3 in 12 innings in the first game of a doubleheader. The victory clinches the PCL Central Division Title for the Dukes in their last season in Albuquerque. The Dukes snapped a three game losing streak with victory and they also tied the series at 1-1. The Dukes got on the scoreboard in the 1st inning - Chris Donnels scored on Paul LoDuca's double as the Dukes took a 1-0 lead. The Dukes added another run in the 6th inning. Angel Pena singled, stole second, and scored on Tony Mota's RBI single. Colorado Springs scored twice in the bottom of the 7th inning to tie the game at 2-2. Recent Sky Sox free-agent signee Scott Bullett drove in two runs with a double to force extra innings. The Dukes took the lead in the 9th inning in a rain storm as Hiram Bocachica RBI doubled. In the bottom of the 9th inning, the game was rain delayed for 1 hour and 32 minutes. It was then decided the grounds were good enough to finish up the game. Chad Ricketts' wild pitch allowed the Sky Sox to score the game tying run. Shawn Gilbert led off the 12th inning with a solo-homer in what proved to be the game winning run. Cam Smith came into the game in the bottom of the 12th inning and took care of the Sky Sox to get the save. The second game of the doubleheader was postponed due to wet grounds and will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Sunday August 27. Friday August 25, 2000 In Dukes news, OF Bruce Aven was promoted to the Dodgers and Mike Judd was demoted back to the Dukes. The Dukes and Colorado Springs Sky Sox were rained out, so the Dukes will have to wait yet another day in order to try to clinch the PCL Central Division title. Thursday August 24, 2000 The Dodgers promoted IF Jeff Branson when Dodgers IF F.P. Santangelo was put on the DL. . . . In other news, Shawn Gilbert has been named to the U.S. Olympic Tbaseball team and will participate in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Game 1: Sky Sox Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 11 0 COLORADO SPRINGS 1 1 4 1 0 1 1 0 x 9 17 1 ABQ: Chris Michalak, Ricky Stone (6) and Geronimo Gil CSP: David Moraga, Heath Bost (4), Jerry DiPoto (5), Paul Menhart (6), Pete Walker (9) and Darron Cox WP: Paul Menhart (2-1) LP: Chris Michalak (10-3) SV: Pete Walker (4) HR: ABQ Shawn Gilbert (11) off Moraga in the 2nd inning Shawn Gilbert (12) off Moraga in the 3rd inning Angel Pena (16) off Moraga in the 3rd inning CSP Juan Sosa (9) off Michalak in the 3rd inning Chris Latham (7) off Michalak in the 6th inning Brent Butler (8) off Stone in the 7th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Michalak (L) 5 15 8 8 2 6 Stone 3 2 1 1 1 1 TIME: 2:44 ATT: 4,360 In the first game of the last roadtrip of the season and first game of the series with Colorado Springs, the Sky Sox defeated the Dukes 9-7. Albuquerque has lost three straight games. U.S. Olympian Shawn Gilbert solo-homered in the 1st inning as the Dukes took a 1-0 lead. Juan Sosa doubled and scored in the 1st inning as the Sky Sox tied the game at 1-1. The Dukes scored five times in the 3rd inning to take a 6-2 lead. Angel Pena two-run homered, Shawn Gilbert two-run homered and Adam Riggs drove in a run in the inning. Sosa two-run homered to highlight a four run 3rd inning for the Sky Sox as they tied the game at 6-6. Gilbert RBI doubled in the 4th inning to give the Dukes the lead, but the Sky Sox tied the game again in the bottom of the 4th inning. In the 6th inning, former-Duke Chris Latham's solo-homer broke a 7-7 tie. Brent Butler added an insurance run in the 7th inning with a solo-homer to make it 9-7. Wednesday August 23, 2000 The Dukes have the day off before starting the last roadtrip of the season and franchise. The roadtrip is for 12 games. The first stop is Colorado Springs where any Dukes victory will clinch the PCL Central Division title. Dukes total home attendance for 2000 was 338,103. That is good for 6th all time best attendance for the franchise. Tuesday August 22, 2000 In Dukes news, P Mike Judd was promoted to the Dodgers when Dodger infielder Kevin Elster was placed on the DL. Game 4: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- NASHVILLE 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 8 12 1 ALBUQUERQUE 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 11 4 NSH: Paul Ah Yat, Dave Pavlas (6), Matt Skrmetta (8) and Tim Laker ABQ: Eric Gagne, Onan Masaoka (6), Ricky Stone (8) and Geronimo Gil WP: Dave Pavlas (4-2) LP: Onan Masaoka (3-1) SV: Matt Skrmetta (1) HR: NSH Craig Wilson (29) off Gagne in the 6th inning ABQ Paul LoDuca (3) off Ah Yat in the 3rd inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Gagne 5 2-3 7 3 1 3 5 Masaoka (L) 1 1-3 2 3 2 2 2 Stone 2 3 2 2 1 2 TIME: 3:23 ATT: 11,424 In the final regular season home game in Albuquerque Dukes franchise history, the Nashville Sounds spoiled the occasion by rallying to defeat the Dukes 8-5. Colorado Springs lost this evening so the Dukes' magic number to clinch the PCL Central Division title was reduced to two games. Each team won two games in the series and the Dukes have lost two in a row. Nashville scored two runs in the 2nd inning. Ray Montgomery doubled to score Craig Wilson and Montgomery later scored on Tike Redman's single. The Dukes tied it in the 2nd inning. Chris Ashby walked, moved to second on Tony Mota's infield single, and scored on Geronimo Gil's single. Dukes starter Eric Gagne grounded out later in the inning as Mota scored. In the 3rd inning, the Dukes took a 3-2 lead when Paul LoDuca solo-homered. In the 5th inning, the Dukes extended the lead to 5-2. Paul LoDuca doubled and scored on Angel Pena's double. Pena scored on Gil's RBI single. Nashville scored a run in the 6th inning as Craig Wilson solo-homered. Nashville tied the game and took the lead in the 7th inning when they scored three times. Alexander Hernandez two-run doubled to plate Redman and Abraham Nunez to tie the game. On the same play, Hernandez was able to score on Dukes catcher Angel Pena's error as the Sounds took the lead. Nashville added a run in the 8th inning as Hernandez RBI doubled. Nashville scored one final run in the 9th inning when Jason Wood grounded out to drive in a run. Monday August 21, 2000 Game 3: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- NASHVILLE 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 9 12 0 ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 10 1 NSH: Jose Parra, Travis Baptist (6), Mike Ayers (8) and Craig Wilson ABQ: Robinson Checo, Trever Miller (5), Cam Smith (6), Chad Ricketts (7), Al Reyes (9) and Angel Pena WP: Jose Parra (5-5) LP: Robinson Checo (6-3) HR: NSH Craig Wilson (27) off Checo in the 3rd inning Alexander Hernandez (7) off Checo in the 3rd inning Craig Wilson (28) off Miller in the 5th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Checo (L) 4 8 6 6 1 6 Miller 1 2 2 2 1 0 Smith 1 0 1 1 4 2 Ricketts 2 2 0 0 0 2 Reyes 1 0 0 0 1 1 TIME: 2:43 ATT: 5,665 In the third game of the series, the Nashville Sounds blasted the Albuquerque Dukes 9-3. Albuquerque snapped a six game winning streak with the defeat, but they still hold a 2-1 series lead over the Sounds. Craig Wilson solo-homered twice and Alexander Hernandez drove in three runs, one of those on a solo homer. Tike Redman drove in two runs for the Sounds while John Wehner and Jason Wood drove in a run each. For the Dukes, Adam Riggs and Hiram Bocachica each drove in a run for the Dukes in the bottom of the 9th inning as part of a three-run inning to avoid the shutout. Sunday August 20, 2000 Game 2: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- NASHVILLE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 8 2 ALBUQUERQUE 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 x 9 12 0 NSH: Brian O'Connor, Mike Villano (4), Cory Bailey (7) and Tim Laker ABQ: Mike Judd, Cam Smith (7), Onan Masaoka (9) and Paul LoDuca WP: Mike Judd (7-4) LP: Brian O'Connor (0-2) HR: NSH John Wehner (14) off Judd in the 4th inning ABQ Shawn Gilbert (10) off Villano in the 6th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Judd (W) 6 3 1 1 3 5 Smith 2 3 1 1 1 0 Masaoka 1 2 1 1 1 1 TIME: 2:33 ATT: 5,688 Albuquerque reduced their magic number for clinching the PCL Central Division title to 4 with a 9-3 victory over the Nashville Sounds at the Sports Stadium. There are only two more regular season home games left in the franchise history. 5,688 fans enjoyed witnessing the Dukes' sixth straight victory. Albuquerque started strong - scoring six times in the bottom of the 1st inning. Dukes starter Mike Judd two-run singled to help his cause in the inning. Albuquerque added to their lead in the 2nd inning with two more runs to take a 8-0 lead. Shawn Gilbert solo-homered in the 6th inning to close out the Dukes scoring. For the Sounds, John Wehner solo-homered and Tike Redman and Alexander Hernandez each drove in a run. Saturday August 19, 2000 Game 1: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- NASHVILLE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 x 3 6 0 NSH: Fred Rath, Dave Pavlas (7) and Craig Wilson ABQ: Heath Murray, Ricky Stone (7) and Angel Pena WP: Heath Murray (7-9) LP: Fred Rath (5-7) SV: Ricky Stone (5) HR: NSH Jason Wood (6) off Murray in the 5th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Murray (W) 6 6 1 1 0 5 Stone (S) 3 1 0 0 0 2 TIME: 2:16 ATT: 9,312 In the first game of the last regular season homestand in Dukes franchise history, the Dukes defeated the Nashville Sounds 3-1 in front of 9,312 fans on a rainy, lightning-filled evening at the Sports Stadium. The Dukes magic-number for clinching the PCL Central Division title is 6. Albuquerque has won five straight games. Jason Wood solo-homered for the Sounds in the top of the 5th inning. Albuquerque scored all the runs they would need in the bottom of the 5th inning as they tied and took the lead. Hiram Bocachica tied the game at 1-1 with a RBI single. Shawn Gilbert scored home on an error by catcher Craig Wilson and Paul LoDuca RBI doubled as the Dukes took a 3-1 lead. Friday August 18, 2000 Game 4: Autozone Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 9 0 MEMPHIS 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 10 0 ABQ: Jeff Williams, Chad Ricketts (7), Trever Miller (8), Al Reyes (9) and Angel Pena MEM: Dave Wainhouse, Bryan Eversgerd (5), Allen McDill (7), Jim Dougherty (9) and Keith McDonald WP: Jeff Williams (4-2) LP: Dave Wainhouse (3-3) SV: Al Reyes (7) HR: ABQ Chris Donnels (27) off Eversgerd in the 5th inning MEM Mark Little (13) off Williams in the 7th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Williams (W) 6 1-3 9 3 3 4 5 Ricketts 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 Miller 1 1 0 0 0 1 Reyes (S) 1 0 0 0 0 2 TIME: 2:49 ATT: 12,705 In the final game of the road trip and series with Memphis, the Dukes defeated the Redbirds 6-3 to sweep the series. Albuquerque has won four straight games. In the 1st inning, Kevin Grijak two-run singled as the Dukes took a 2-0 lead. In the 2nd inning, Paul LoDuca RBI singled and Adam Riggs drove in a run as the Dukes built a 4-0 lead. Chris Donnels two run homered in the 5th inning as the Dukes extended their lead to 6-0. Memphis scored single runs in the 5th, 6th and 7th innings to close out the scoring. Thursday August 17, 2000 Game 3: Autozone Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 14 0 MEMPHIS 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 4 ABQ: Chris Michalak and Paul LoDuca MEM: Clint Weibl, Justin Brunette (7), Bryan Eversgerd (9) and Keith McDonald WP: Chris Michalak (10-2) LP: Clint Weibl (9-4) HR: ABQ Hiram Bocachica (20) off Weibl in the 1st inning Paul LoDuca (2) off Weibl in the 7th inning MEM Mark Little (12) off Michalak in the 1st inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Michalak (W) 9 6 2 2 2 3 TIME: 2:41 ATT: 12,400 The Dukes defeated the Memphis Redbirds 6-2 to take a 3-0 series lead. The Dukes have now won three straight games. Hiram Bocachica homered in the 1st inning to give the Dukes a 1-0 lead. It was Bocachica's fourth homer of the series. The Redbirds tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the 1st inning. In the 4th inning, Dukes starter Chris Michalak two-run doubled and Bocachica RBI-singled as the Dukes took a 4-1 lead. After Memphis scored a run in the 6th inning, Albuquerque scored twice more in the 7th inning to take a 6-2 lead. Paul LoDuca solo-homered and Jeff Branson had a sacrifice fly. Wednesday August 16, 2000 Game 2: Autozone Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 7 10 1 MEMPHIS 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 x 6 9 1 ABQ: Eric Gagne, Cam Smith (6), Onan Masaoka (8) and Paul LoDuca MEM: Bud Smith, Allen McDill (7), Jose Rodriguez (9) and Keith McDonald WP: Onan Masaoka (3-0) LP: Jose Rodriguez (4-2) HR: ABQ Adam Riggs (9) off Smith in the 6th inning Hiram Bocachica (18) off Smith in the 6th inning Hiram Bocachica (19) off Rodriguez in the 9th inning MEM Mark Little (11) off Gagne in the 5th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Gagne 5 2-3 6 4 3 2 10 Smith 1 1-3 0 0 0 1 2 Masaoka (W) 2 3 2 2 3 2 TIME: 3:26 ATT: 10,926 In the second game of the series, Hiram Bocachica came through once again as the Dukes defeated the Memphis Redbirds 7-6 to take a 2-0 series lead. The Dukes have won two straight games. For the second night in a row, Hiram Bocachica's homer ended up being the winning run. Last night, it was a three run homer in the 11th inning; tonight, it was a solo-homer in the 9th inning to break up a 6-6 tie. Adam Riggs homered and drove in four runs total in the game. Bocachica solo-homered in the 7th inning in addition to his 9th inning game-winning homer. Angel Pena also drove in a run for the Dukes with a single. Tuesday August 15, 2000 Game 1: Autozone Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E --------------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 14 1 MEMPHIS 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 2 ABQ: Robinson Checo, Ricky Stone (5), Chad Ricketts (9), Al Reyes (10) and Angel Pena MEM: Mark Thompson, Allen McDill (6), David Wainhouse (7), Jim Dougherty (8), Jose Rodriguez (8), Rick Heiserman (8), Justin Brunette (10) and Rick Wilkins WP: Al Reyes (3-2) LP: Justin Brunette (1-1) HR: ABQ Curtis Pride (4) off Thompson in the 4th inning Hiram Bocachica (17) off Brunette in the 11th inning MEM Mark Little (10) off Checo in the 1st inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Checo 4 1 2 2 3 1 Stone 4 5 4 3 3 3 Ricketts 1 1 0 0 0 1 Reyes (W) 2 0 0 0 1 2 TIME: 3:28 ATT: 10,865 In the first game of the series with the Memphis Redbirds, the Dukes beat the Redbirds 9-6 in 11 innings. The Dukes snapped a two game losing streak with the victory. Memphis took a 2-0 lead in the 1st inning. Albuquerque scored four times in the 4th inning to take a 4-2 lead. Curtis Pride homered and Paul LoDuca, Bruce Aven, and Robinson Checo each drove in runs in the inning. Memphis scored three times in the 6th inning and once in the 7th inning to take a 6-4 lead. Albuquerque's Angel Pena two-run singled in the 8th inning to tie the game at 6-6 and Hiram Bocachica won it for the Dukes in the 11th inning with his three-run homer. Monday August 14, 2000 Game 4: Zephyr Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 0 NEW ORLEANS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 9 0 ABQ: Mike Judd, Onan Masaoka (7), Chad Ricketts (8), Al Reyes (9) and Paul LoDuca NRL: Mark Guerra, Scott Linebrink (7), Rusty Meacham (8), Rick Huisman (9) and Frank Charles WP: Rick Huisman (3-4) LP: Al Reyes (2-2) HR: ABQ Curtis Pride (3) off Guerra in the 1st inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Judd 6 2-3 5 2 2 3 6 Masaoka 1-3 2 0 0 0 0 Ricketts 1 0 0 0 0 0 Reyes (L) 1-3 2 2 2 0 0 TIME: 2:51 ATT: 5,375 In the final game of the series in New Orleans, the Zephyrs edged the Dukes 4-3. Each team won two games in the series and the Dukes have lost two straight games. In the 1st inning, the Dukes got two runs. Curtis Pride led off the game with a homer and Chris Donnels singled home a run. Mike Robertson's groundout in the 1st inning to trim the Zephyrs' defecit to a run at 2-1. Robertson RBI singled in the 7th inning to tie the game at 2-2. In the 8th inning, the Dukes took a 3-2 lead - Jeff Branson doubled and later scored on a wild pitch. Robertson won the game for the Zephyrs in the bottom of the 9th inning with a two-run triple. Sunday August 13, 2000 In Dukes news, IF Chris Donnels has rejoined the Dukes. Game 3: Zephyr Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 NEW ORLEANS 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 x 4 8 1 ABQ: Heath Murray, Cam Smith (7), Onan Masaoka (7) and Angel Pena NRL: Kip Gross and Jerrey Thurston WP: Kip Gross (6-6) LP: Heath Murray (6-9) Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Murray (L) 6 6 4 0 1 4 Smith 2-3 1 0 0 2 0 Masaoka 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 1 TIME: 2:19 ATT: 8,613 In the third game of the series, the New Orleans Zephyrs defeated the Dukes 4-1. Albuquerque has a 2-1 series lead. With the defeat, the Dukes snapped a five-game winning streak. New Orleans scored all their runs in the 3rd inning. Former-Duke Kip Gross singled and later scored on Adam Everett's grounder that Shawn Gilbert could not handle. Omar Ramirez grounder to Adam Riggs was misplayed and Roger Cedeno scored. Frank Charles later added a two-run double. Albuquerque got their lone run of the game in the 5th inning as Angel Pena RBI doubled. Saturday August 12, 2000 Game 2: Zephyr Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 3 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 14 0 NEW ORLEANS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 0 ABQ: Jeff Williams, Cam Smith (8), Ricky Stone (9) and Geronimo Gil NRL: Travis Driskill, Mark Hutton (4), Fernando Hernandez (8) and Frank Charles WP: Jeff Williams (3-2) LP: Travis Driskill (10-10) HR: ABQ Tony Mota (4) off Hutton in the 4th inning NRL J.R. Phillips (11) off Williams in the 1st inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Williams (W) 7 6 4 4 2 3 Smith 1 1 0 0 0 0 Stone 1 0 0 0 0 0 TIME: 2:40 ATT: 7,567 In the second game of the series, the Dukes blasted the New Orleans Zephyrs 12-4 to take a 2-0 series lead. The Dukes have won five straight games. The Dukes took a quick 3-0 lead. LoDuca two-run doubled and Bruce Aven drove in a run. New Orleans answered with three runs of their own in the bottom of the 1st inning to tie the game at 3-3. Albuquerque scored six times in the 3rd inning to take a 9-3 lead. Aven RBI doubled, Curtis Pride RBI tripled, and Jeff Branson, Geronimo Gil and Jeff Williams all had RBI. Albuquerque scored three more times on Tony Mota's three-run homer to make it a 12-3 contest. New Orleans added their final run in the 7th inning. Friday August 11, 2000 In Dukes news, the Dodgers acquired OF Bruce Aven from the Pirates and assigned him to Albuquerque. OF Dante Powell has been demoted to AA San Antonio, C William Duplissea has been sent to A Vero Beach and OF Geronimo Gil has joined the Dukes. Game 1: Zephyr Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 2 NEW ORLEANS 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 1 ABQ: Chris Michalak, Chad Ricketts (7), Al Reyes (9) and Angel Pena NRL: Brad Kaufman, Rusty Meacham (3), Scott Linebrink (6), Rick Huisman (8) and Frank Charles WP: Chris Michalak (9-2) LP: Brad Kaufman (1-6) SV: Al Reyes (6) Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Michalak (W) 6 2-3 5 2 1 4 7 Ricketts 1 1-3 1 0 0 2 3 Reyes (S) 1 0 0 0 0 3 TIME: 3:22 ATT: 8,417 In the first game of the roadtrip and series with New Orleans, the Dukes edged the Zephyrs 3-2 to take a 1-0 series lead. Albuquerque has won four straight games. In the 1st inning, Curtis Pride singled and later scored on a passed ball as the Dukes took a 1-0 lead. In the 3rd inning, Tony Mota RBI singled and Paul LoDuca scored on a passed ball as the Dukes built a 3-0 lead. New Orleans came up with single runs in the 3rd inning on an error and former-Duke Roger Cedeno's RBI single in the 7th inning. Thursday August 10, 2000 Game 4: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- IOWA 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 6 14 1 ALBUQUERQUE 0 3 0 0 0 4 2 3 x 12 18 1 IWA: Dave Zancanaro, Mario Iglesias (6) and Mike Mahoney ABQ: Eric Gagne, Cam Smith (6), Al Reyes (8) and Paul LoDuca WP: Cam Smith (7-3) LP: Dave Zancanaro (4-9) SV: Al Reyes (5) HR: IWA Tarrik Brock (9) off Gagne in the 5th inning ABQ Geronimo Gil (1) off Zancanaro in the 2nd inning Angel Pena (13) off Zancanaro in the 6th inning Angel Pena (14) off Iglesias in the 7th inning Angel Pena (15) off Iglesias in the 8th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Gagne 5 2-3 12 6 6 2 5 Smith (W) 1 1-3 1 0 0 1 1 Reyes (S) 2 1 0 0 0 2 TIME: 3:20 ATT: 5,489 Wednesday August 9, 2000 In Dukes news, P Robinson Checo was activated from the DL. P Matt Montgomery was sent to AA San Antonio. Game 3: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- IOWA 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 5 10 1 ALBUQUERQUE 2 0 2 0 0 6 3 0 x 13 19 0 IWA: Jamie Arnold, Eric Newman (6) and Mark Dalesandro ABQ: Robinson Checo, Ricky Stone (4), Onan Masaoka (7), Chad Ricketts (9) and Angel Pena, William Duplissea WP: Ricky Stone (9-5) LP: Jamie Arnold (6-8) HR: ABQ Hiram Bocachica (16) off Arnold in the 1st inning Kevin Grijak (16) off Newman in the 6th inning Angel Pena (12) off Arnold in the 6th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Checo 3 2 1 1 1 2 Stone (W) 3 7 4 4 1 1 Masaoka 2 1 0 0 1 3 Ricketts 1 0 0 0 0 2 TIME: 3:00 ATT: 9,540 Tuesday August 8, 2000 Game 2: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- IOWA 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 12 2 ALBUQUERQUE 1 1 2 1 2 0 6 5 x 18 14 0 IWA: Ben Ford, Ozwaldo Mairena (4), Carlos Zambrano (7), Mike Mahoney (8) and Alan Zinter ABQ: Mike Judd, Matt Montgomery (7), Onan Masaoka (8), Al Reyes (9) and Angel Pena, William Duplissea WP: Mike Judd (6-4) LP: Ben Ford (0-3) HR: ABQ Kevin Grijak (15) off Ford in the 3rd inning Paul LoDuca (1) off Zambrano in the 7th inning William Duplissea (1) off Mahoney in the 8th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Judd (W) 6 1-3 10 4 4 1 4 Montgomery 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 Masaoka 1 1 0 0 0 0 Reyes 1 0 0 0 0 0 TIME: 3:21 ATT: 3,324 Monday August 7, 2000 Game 1: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- IOWA 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 5 0 11 13 0 ALBUQUERQUE 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 2 IWA: Vicente Palacios, Brian McNichol (6) and Mike Mahoney ABQ: Heath Murray, Cam Smith (8), Ricky Stone (9) and William Duplissea WP: Vicente Palacios (5-1) LP: Heath Murray (6-8) SV: Brian McNichol (1) HR: IWA Mike Stoner (14) off Murray in the 2nd inning Julio Zuleta (24) off Murray in the 4th inning Russ Gload (3) off Smith in the 8th inning ABQ Hiram Bocachica (15) off McNichol in the 7th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Murray (L) 7 10 6 5 1 6 Smith 1 3 5 4 1 0 Stone 1 0 0 0 0 1 TIME: 2:40 ATT: 4,481 Sunday August 6, 2000 Game 4: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- OMAHA 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 12 3 ALBUQUERQUE 1 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 x 14 16 2 OMA: Chris George, Lance Carter (3), Jared Camp (4), Jason Rakers (5), Paul spoljaric (8) and Jorge Fabregas ABQ: Jeff Williams, Matt Montgomery (6), Chad Ricketts (8), Onan Masaoka (9) and Paul LoDuca, William Duplissea WP: Jeff Williams (2-2) LP: Chris George (1-2) HR: OMA Kit Pellow (21) off Williams in the 1st inning ABQ Hiram Bocachica (14) off Camp in the 4th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Williams (W) 5 7 6 6 5 2 Montgomery 2 3 1 1 1 2 Ricketts 1 2 1 1 1 0 Masaoka 1 0 0 0 0 0 TIME: 3:24 ATT: 2,942 Saturday August 5, 2000 Game 3: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- OMAHA 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 7 10 1 ALBUQUERQUE 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 OMA: Brett Laxton, Scott Mullen (6), Jose Santiago (8), Miguel Batista (9) and Juan Brito ABQ: Chris Michalak, Cam Smith (8), Al Reyes (9) and Paul LoDuca WP: Brett Laxton (4-6) LP: Chris Michalak (8-2) HR: OMA Kit Pellow (20) off Michalak in the 4th inning Doug Jennings (4) off Michalak in the 7th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Michalak (L) 7 9 7 5 3 3 Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 Reyes 1 0 0 0 0 1 TIME: 2:51 ATT: 7,198 Friday August 4, 2000 Game 2: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- OMAHA 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 9 15 1 ALBUQUERQUE 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 12 1 OMA: Dan Murray, Jason Rakers (6), Jared Camp (7), Doug Bochtler (8), Paul Spoljaric (8) and Jorge Fabregas ABQ: Eric Gagne, Matt Montgomery (6), Ricky Stone (8) and Paul LoDuca WP: Dan Murray (8-6) LP: Eric Gagne (3-1) SV: Paul Spoljaric (7) HR: OMA Dee Brown (18) off Gagne in the 5th inning Aaron Guiel (4) off Gagne in the 5th inning Doug Jennings (3) off Montgomery in the 6th inning Kit Pellow (19) off Montgomery in the 7th inning ABQ Shawn Gilbert (9) off Murray in the 2nd inning Dante Powell (6) off Bochtler in the 8th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Gagne (L) 5 10 6 6 2 1 Montgomery 2 3 2 2 1 2 Stone 2 2 1 1 0 3 TIME: 3:14 ATT: 6,435 Thursday August 3, 2000 Game 1: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- OMAHA 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 8 12 2 ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 5 2 1 2 3 x 13 15 4 OMA: Chris Fussell, Jeff Austin (4), Scott Mullen (7), Lance Carter (8) and Jorge Fabregas ABQ: Mike Judd, Cam Smith (6), Onan Masaoka (8), Ricky Stone (9) and Paul LoDuca WP: Cam Smith (6-3) LP: Jeff Austin (5-5) HR: OMA Dee Brown (17) off Judd in the 1st inning Jorge Fabregas (1) off Judd in the 1st inning Ray Holbert (2) off Judd in the 4th inning ABQ Chris Asbby (6) off Fussell in the 4th inning Shawn Gilbert (7) off Fussell in the 4th inning Kevin Grijak (14) off Austin in the 8th inning Shawn Gilbert (8) off Austin in the 7th inning Chris Ashby (7) off Carter in the 8th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Judd 5 11 8 6 4 5 Smith (W) 2 0 0 0 0 1 Masaoka 1 0 0 0 0 0 Stone 1 1 0 0 0 2 TIME: 2:59 ATT: 4,256 Wednesday August 2, 2000 Game 4: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- NEW ORLEANS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 ALBUQUERQUE 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 x 13 13 1 NRL: Travis Driskill, Brad Kaufman (5), Mark Hutton (7) and Jerrey Thurston ABQ: Heath Murray and Paul LoDuca WP: Heath Murray (6-7) LP: Travis Driskill (9-9) HR: ABQ Hiram Bocachica (13) off Driskill in the 1st inning Shawn Gilbert (6) off Driskill in the 3rd inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Murray (W) 9 5 0 0 0 7 TIME: 2:33 ATT: 3,384 Tuesday August 1, 2000 Game 3: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- NEW ORLEANS 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 5 11 2 ALBUQUERQUE 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 x 6 10 1 NRL: Jeriome Robertson, Rick Huisman (6), Jose Cabrera (8) and Frank Charles ABQ: Jeff Williams, Matt Montgomery (6), Onan Masaoka (7), Al Reyes (9) and Paul LoDuca WP: Onan Masaoka (2-0) LP: Rick Huisman (2-4) SV: Al Reyes (4) HR: NRL J.R. Phillips (7) off Williams in the 6th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Williams 5 2-3 8 3 3 2 5 Montgomery 2-3 1 1 1 2 1 Masaoka (W) 1 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 Reyes (S) 1 2 1 1 1 1 TIME: 2:55 ATT: 3,736 In the third game of the series, the Dukes edged the New Orleans Zephyrs 6-5 to take a 3-0 series lead. The Dukes have won five straight games. Paul LoDuca drove in a run in the 1st inning as the Dukes took a 1-0 lead. Hiram Bocachica doubled in two runs in the 3rd inning and Angel Pena drove in a run as the Dukes extended their lead to 4-0. In the 7th inning, Bocachica RBI doubled again as the Dukes built a 5-4 lead. In the 8th inning, Dante Powell drove in Pena to give the Dukes an insurance run. Monday July 31, 2000 Game 2: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- NEW ORLEANS 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 2 ALBUQUERQUE 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 x 4 9 1 NRL: Tony McKnight, Jose Cabrera (7), Rusty Meacham (8) and Frank Charles ABQ: Chris Michalak, Cam Smith (8), Al Reyes (9) and Paul LoDuca WP: Chris Michalak (8-1) LP: Tony McKnight (2-7) SV: Al Reyes (3) Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Michalak (W) 7 8 2 2 3 2 Smith 1 1 0 0 0 1 Reyes (S) 1 0 0 0 1 0 TIME: 2:36 ATT: 2,676 In the second game of the series, the Dukes defeated the New Orleans Zephyrs 4-2 to take a 2-0 series lead. The Dukes have won four straight games. Albuquerque scored first with a run in the 1st inning. New Orleans scored once in the 4th inning to tie the game at 1-1. Brian Richardson's RBI single in the 7th inning gave the Zephyrs a 2-1 lead. In the bottom of the 7th inning, the Dukes scored the game-winning runs. Kevin Grijak's sacrifice fly tied the game at 2-2 and Shawn Gilbert's RBI single gave the Dukes a 3-2 lead. Albuquerque added one more run in the inning. Sunday July 30, 2000 Game 1: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- NEW ORLEANS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 ALBUQUERQUE 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 x 5 9 1 NRL: Mark Guerra, Fernando Hernandez (5), Mark Hutton (8) and Frank Charles ABQ: Trever Miller and Paul LoDuca WP: Trever Miller (4-2) LP: Mark Guerra (0-1) Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Miller (W) 9 5 0 0 2 6 TIME: 2:15 ATT: 3,927 In the first game of the second to the last homestand in the history of the Albuquerque Dukes, the Dukes defeated the New Orleans Zephyrs 5-0 in a crisply played 2 hour 15 minute game. Albuquerque has won three straight and still commands a sizeable lead in the PCL Central Division. In the 2nd inning, the Dukes got all the runs they would need -- Adam Riggs RBI singled. In the 4th inning, Dukes starter Trever Miller singled to drive in two and Riggs drove in a run as the Dukes extended their lead to 4-0. The Dukes closed out the scoring in the 8th inning as Chris Ashby RBI doubled. Saturday July 29, 2000 Game 4: Cheney Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 0 TACOMA 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 6 1 ABQ: Mike Judd, Matt Montgomery (7), Ricky Stone (9) and William Duplissea TAC: Ryan Franklin, Steve Sinclair (8), Todd Williams (8) and Dusty Wathan WP: Matt Montgomery (1-0) LP: Steve Sinclair (3-3) SV: Ricky Stone (4) HR: TAC Dusty Wathan (1) off Judd in the 3rd inning Anthony Sanders (13) off Judd in the 6th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Judd 6 5 3 3 5 1 Montgomery (W) 2 1 0 0 1 1 Stone (S) 1 0 0 0 0 1 TIME: 2:55 ATT: 5,298 In the final game of the series and the roadtrip, the Dukes defeated the Tacoma Rainiers 4-3. Albuquerque took three games in the series and have won two straight games. In the 3rd inning, Curtis Pride's RBI triple in the 3rd inning gave the Dukes a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the third, the Rainiers tied it when Dusty Wathan solo-homered. In the 5th inning, Wathan drove in a run to give the Rainiers a 2-1 lead. In the 6th inning, Anthony Sanders solo-homered to extend the lead to 3-1. Hiram Bocachica and Tony Mota had RBI doubles in the 8th inning to tie the game at 3-3. Dante Powell's RBI double then gave the Dukes a 4-3 lead. Friday July 28, 2000 Game 3: Cheney Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 7 12 1 TACOMA 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 13 2 ABQ: Heath Murray, Cam Smith (7), Al Reyes (9) and Angel Pena, William Duplissea TAC: Frank Rodriguez, Kevin Hodges (5) and Dusty Wathan WP: Cam Smith (5-3) LP: Kevin Hodges (2-2) SV: Al Reyes (2) HR: ABQ Shawn Gilbert (5) off HOdges in the 5th inning Adam Riggs (8) off Hodges in the 9th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Murray 6 9 4 4 3 7 Smith (W) 2 2 0 0 0 1 Reyes (S) 1 2 1 1 1 1 TIME: 2:55 ATT: 5,811 In the third game of the series, the Dukes defeated the Tacoma Rainiers 7-5 to take a 2-1 series lead. The Dukes have won five out of their last six games. Shawn Gilbert drove home a run in the 2nd inning as the Dukes took a 1-0 lead. Tacoma built a good lead in the bottom half of the 2nd inning, scoring four times to take a 4-1 lead. In the 5th inning, Gilbert solo-homered to make it a 4-2 game. In the 8th inning, the Dukes scored three times to take a 5-4 lead. Kevin Grijak drove in a run. Chris Ashby followed with a RBI hit to score Mota. On that same play, Grijak barrelled into Tacoma catcher Dusty Wathan and was able to knock the ball loose in order to score the go-ahead run. In the 9th inning, Adam Riggs two-run homered as the Dukes took a 7-4 lead. Tacoma scored once in the bottom of the 9th inning to make it 7-5. Thursday July 27, 2000 In Dukes news, P Al Reyes was demoted from the Dodgers to the Dukes. P Onan Masaoka and P Eric Gagne were also demoted. P Gregg Olson ended his rehabilitation stint and was promoted to the Dodgers. C Paul LoDuca was demoted by the Dodgers when the Dodgers activated C Todd Hundley from the DL. P Jamie Arnold was traded by the Dodgers. Game 2: Cheney Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 TACOMA 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 x 4 6 3 ABQ: Jeff Williams, Ricky Stone (7) and William Duplissea TAC: Gil Meche, Tom Davey (5), Stan Spencer (8), Todd Williams (8) and Dusty Wathan WP: Tom Davey (8-6) LP: Jeff Williams (1-2) SV: Todd Williams (24) Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- J Williams (L) 6 5 4 3 2 3 Stone 2 1 0 0 0 2 TIME: 2:32 ATT: 4,031 In the second game of the series, the Rainiers defeated the Dukes 4-1 to tie the series at 1-1. The Dukes snapped a four-game winning streak. Tacoma scored once in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead. Albuquerque's lone run scored in the 2nd inning - Chris Ashby walked, moved to second on Jeff Branson's single, stole third and came home on third baseman Chad Akers error during the steal attempt. In the 5th inning, the Rainiers won the game by scoring three times to take a 4-1 lead. Wednesday July 26, 2000 Game 1: Cheney Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 11 1 TACOMA 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 11 2 ABQ: Chris Michalak, Al Reyes (6), Chad Ricketts (8) and Angel Pena TAC: Pat Ahearne, Steve Sinclair (5), Mark Watson (8) and Dusty Wathan WP: Chris Michalak (7-1) LP: Pat Ahearne (10-5) SV: Chad Ricketts (7) HR: ABQ Curtis Pride (2) off Ahearne in the 1st inning TAC Chad Alexander (10) off Reyes in the 7th inning Mike Murphy (3) off Ricketts in the 9th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Michalak (W) 5 2-3 9 3 3 4 2 Reyes 2 1 1 1 1 3 Ricketts (S) 1 1-3 1 1 1 1 1 TIME: 3:26 ATT: 4,695 In the opener of the four-game series in Tacoma, the Dukes defeated the Rainiers 6-5. Albuquerque has won four straight games. Curtis Pride led off the game with a homer. Shawn Gilbert and Kevin Grijak drove in a run each with singles as the Dukes built a 3-0 lead. In the 3rd inning, Angel Pena RBI singled to extend the lead to 4-0. In the bottom of the 3rd, the Rainiers got on the scoreboard. In the 4th inning, Pride drove in a run as the Dukes took a 5-1 lead. Albuquerque extended the lead to 6-1 as Gilbert singled to drive in a run. Tacoma then went to work. In the 6th inning, Willie Bloomquist and Mike Neill drove in runs. In the 7th inning, Chad Alexander solo homered as the Rainiers creeped closer at 6-4. In the 9th inning, Albuquerque St. Pius high school graduate Mike Murphy solo-homered to make it 6-5 but the Rainiers rally fell short. Tuesday July 25, 2000 The Dukes had the day off. Monday July 24, 2000 Game 4: Franklin Covey Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 3 10 17 2 SALT LAKE 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 9 11 2 ABQ: Trever Miller, Jamie Arnold (6), Chad Ricketts (8) and Angel Pena SLC: Mike Romano, Jack Cressend (5), Todd Rizzo (8), Brent Stentz (9), Gus Gandarillas (9), Chris Garza (9) and A.J. Pierzynski WP: Chad Ricketts (4-2) LP: Brent Stentz (2-2) HR: ABQ Kevin Grijak (13) off Romano in the 5th inning Curtis Pride (2) off Stentz in the 9th inning SLC Mike Moriarty (9) off Miller in the 5th inning Doug Mientkiewicz (12) off Miller in the 5th inning Torii Hunter (17) off Ricketts in the 9th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Miller 5 9 6 5 1 3 Arnold 2 2/3 1 2 2 2 1 Ricketts (W) 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 TIME: 3:20 ATT: 16,531 In the final game of the series, the Dukes held off the Salt Lake Buzz 10-9. Albuquerque has won three straight and won three out of the four games in the series. In the 3rd inning, Curtis Pride inside-the-park homered with Adam Riggs on base as the Dukes trimmed the defecit to a run at 3-2. In the 5th inning, Tony Mota two-run doubled and Kevin Grijak blasted a two-run homer as the Dukes took a 6-3 lead. In the 8th inning, Hiram Bocachica drove in a run; the Buzz had a 8-7 lead. In the 9th inning, Angel Pena drove home two runs with a double and Riggs sacrifice-flied out as the Dukes took a 10-8 lead. Chad Ricketts gave up a solo-homer to Torii Hunter in the bottom of the 9th inning but was just effective enough to preserve the Dukes victory. Sunday July 23, 2000 Game 3: Franklin Covey Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 6 12 0 SALT LAKE 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 10 2 ABQ: Mike Judd, Matt Montgomery (8) and Angel Pena SLC: Dan Perkins, Todd Rizzo (6), Gus Gandarillas (8), Brent Stentz (9) and A.J. Pierzynski WP: Mike Judd (5-4) LP: Dan Perkins (6-9) HR: ABQ Tony Mota (3) off Stentz in the 9th inning SLC Torii Hunter (16) off Montgomery in the 9th inning Mike Moriarty (8) off Judd in the 3rd inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Judd (W) 7 2-3 7 2 2 3 6 Montgomery 1 1-3 3 2 2 0 0 TIME: 2:58 ATT: 5,553 In the third game of the series, the Dukes defeated the Salt Lake Buzz 6-4. The Dukes have won two of three games in the series and the Dukes have won two in a row. Jeff Branson's double scored Angel Pena as the Dukes took a 1-0 lead in the 2nd inning. In the bottom of the 3rd inning, Mike Moriarty solo-homered to tie the game at 1-1. In the 5th inning, the Dukes scored three times to take a 4-1 lead. In the 5th inning, the Dukes scored once more to take a 5-1 lead. In the bottom of the 8th inning, Salt Lake scored a run to make it a 5-2 Dukes lead. In the top of the 9th inning, Tony Mota solo-homered to give the Dukes a 6-3 lead. In the bottom half of the innning, Torii Hunter solo-homered to try to begin a Buzz rally but Matt Montgomery calmed down to finish off the Buzz after giving up two total runs in the inning to make the game interesting.. Saturday July 22, 2000 Game 2: Franklin Covey Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 8 7 1 SALT LAKE 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 10 0 ABQ: Ricky Stone, Jamie Arnold (7), Chad Ricketts (9) and Angel Pena SLC: Matt Kinney, Alan Mahaffey (6), Chris Garza (9), Gus Gandarillas (9) and A.J. Pierzynski WP: Ricky Stone (8-5) LP: Matt Kinney (1-2) HR: ABQ Dante Powell (5) off Kinney in the 2nd inning Angel Pena (11) off Kinney in the 4th inning Hiram Bocachica (12) off Mahaffy in the 8th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Stone (W) 6 9 4 4 3 1 Arnold 2 1 0 0 2 0 Ricketts 1 0 2 0 2 1 TIME: 2:57 ATT: 9,867 In the second game of the series, the Dukes held off the Salt Lake Buzz 8-6 to tie the series at 1-1. Kevin Grijak doubled to drive in two runs in the 1st inning as the Dukes built a 2-0 lead. Salt Lake answered with two runs in the bottom of the 1st inning to tie the game at 2-2. Mario Valdez RBI singled and Brian Buchanan sacrificed flied out. Dante Powell's two-run homer in the 2nd inning gave the Dukes the lead again at 4-2. Angel Pena solo-homered in the 4th inning to take a 5-2 lead. Salt Lake cut the defecit to a run at 5-4 in the bottom of the 4th inning. Mike Moriarty tripled to drive in a run and soon scored on Ferguson's groundout. In the 8th inning, Hiram Bocachica solo-homered to give the Dukes a 6-4 lead. Shawn Gilbert RBI tripled and Tony Mota drove in a run in the top of the 9th inning to give the Dukes a 8-4 lead. Salt Lake scored two unearned runs in the bottom of the 9th inning off Chad Ricketts. Friday July 21, 2000 Game 1: Franklin Covey Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 9 1 SALT LAKE 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 x 9 13 0 ABQ: Heath Murray, Matt Montgomery (6), Cam Smith (8) and Angel Pena SLC: Bryan Wolff, Jack Cressend (7), Todd Rizzo (8), Brent Stentz (9) and Javier Valentin WP: Brian Wolff (4-1) LP: Heath Murray (5-7) HR: ABQ Kevin Grijak (12) off Wolff in the 5th inning Shawn Gilbert (4) off Wolff in the 6th inning Adam Riggs (7) off Cressend in the 7th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Murray (L) 5 2-3 9 6 6 4 5 Montgomery 1 1-3 3 2 2 2 0 Smith 1 1 1 1 0 1 TIME: 2:55 ATT: 7,867 In the opener of the roadtrip, the Dukes lost to the Salt Lake Buzz 9-4. The Dukes snapped a two-game winning streak. Salt Lake scored three runs in the 1st inning to take a 3-0 lead as Robin Jennings two-run singled and Brian Buchanan RBI singled. Salt Lake added two more runs in the 4th inning to take a 5-0 lead. Mike Moriarty RBI tripled and John Barnes added a sacrifice fly. Kevin Grijak solo-homered in the 5th inning to get the Dukes on the board. Salt Lake answered with a run of their own in the bottom of the 5th inning to take a 6-1 lead. Shawn Gilbert solo-homered in the 6th inning and Adam Riggs two-run homered as the Dukes nudged closer at 6-4. Salt Lake then went to work to put the game away - scoring twice in the 7th inning and once in the 8th inning. Thursday July 20, 2000 In Dukes news, P Bobby Ayala was waived. OF Chris Prieto's contract was sold to the Mexican League. The Dodgers signed free agent OF Curtis Pride and sent him to Albuquerque. P Matt Montgomery was promoted from AA San Antonio. Game 4: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- MEMPHIS 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 5 10 0 ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 4 x 9 16 0 MEM: Luther Hackman, Rick Heiserman (6), Jim Dougherty (7) and Brian Johnson ABQ: Chris Michalak, Cam Smith (8), Chad Ricketts (9) and Angel Pena WP: Cam Smith (4-3) LP: Jim Daugherty (2-6) HR: MEM Brian Johnson (1) off Michalak in the 3rd inning ABQ Chris Ashby (5) off Hackman in the 4th inning Angel Pena (10) off Daugherty in the 7th inning Shawn Gilbert (3) off Daugherty in the 8th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Michalak 7 9 4 4 2 4 Smith (W) 1 0 1 1 2 0 Ricketts 1 1 0 0 0 1 TIME: 3:01 ATT: 5,843 The Dukes used a late-game rally to defeat the Memphis Redbirds 9-5. Each team won two games in the series. The Dukes have won two straight games. In the 8th inning with the game tied at 5-5, Shawn Gilbert's solo-homer broke the tie. Chris Ashby and Angel Pena drove in runs with singles and Dante Powell RBI doubled. Ashby and Pena also solo-homered in the game. Tony Mota drove in two runs and Dukes starter Chris Michalak drove in a run. Mark Little, Stubby Clapp, Luis Garcia, Brian Johnson, and Pablo Martinez drove in one run each for the Redbirds. Wednesday July 19, 2000 In Dukes news, P Mike Judd was demoted by the Dodgers after having made a start with the Dodgers. P Al Reyes was promoted to the Dodgers along with IF Chris Donnels. Game 3: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- MEMPHIS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 x 4 7 0 MEM: Britt Reames, Allen McDill (5), Justin Brunette (7), Dave Wainhouse (8) and Brian Johnson ABQ: Jeff Williams, Gregg Olson (7), Jamie Arnold (8), Bobby Ayala (9) and William Duplissea WP: Jeff Williams (1-1) LP: Allen McDill (0-1) SV: Bobby Ayala (9) Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Williams (W) 6 4 1 1 2 4 Olson 1 1 0 0 0 0 Arnold 1 0 0 0 0 1 Ayala (S) 1 0 0 0 0 1 TIME: 2:27 ATT: 6,641 In the third game of the series, the Dukes defeated the Memphis Redbirds 4-1. Memphis holds a 2-1 series lead. The Dukes snapped a three game losing streak with the victory. In the 4th inning, Luis Garcia's groundout scored Britt Reames as the Redbirds took a 1-0 lead. The Dukes got their first two runs, gift runs, in the 6th inning to take a 2-1 lead. Mike Metcalfe and Adam Riggs each scored on consecutive wild pitches. Mike Metcalfe's sacrifice fly and Adam Riggs' RBI double gave the Dukes a 4-1 lead. Tuesday July 18, 2000 In Dukes news, P Mike Judd was promoted to the Dodgers and C William Duplissea was promoted from the Dodgers rookie level club. Game 2: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- MEMPHIS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 MEM: Clint Weibl, Gene Stechschulte (9) and Brian Johnson ABQ: Trever Miller, Chad Ricketts (9) and William Duplissea WP: Clint Weibl (5-3) LP: Trever Miller (3-2) Sv: Gene Stechschulte (20) Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Miller (L) 8 4 1 1 4 4 Ricketts 1 1 0 0 0 1 TIME: 2:06 ATT: 3,227 In a pitching duel, the Memphis Redbirds outlasted the Dukes 1-0 to take a 2-0 series lead. The Dukes have lost three straight games. Chris Weibl was brillant in the game, no hitting the Dukes over seven innings. Jeff Branson was the hero for the Dukes, doubling to left field wall in the 8th inning to break up the no-hitter and to preserve the history of the Dukes club in having only been no-hit once. In the 5th inning, Mark Lewis tripled and scored on Luis Garcia's single to score the only run in the contest. Monday July 17, 2000 Game 1: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- MEMPHIS 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 2 4 13 18 1 ALBUQUERQUE 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 6 11 0 MEM: Jason Karnuth, Bryan Eversgerd (4), Dave Wainhouse (6), Jose Rodriguez (7), Gene Stechschulte (8) and Rick Wilkins ABQ: Ricky Stone, Jamie Arnold (5), Chad Ricketts (7), Gregg Olson (8), Bobby Ayala (9) and Angel Pena WP: Dave Wainhouse (2-0) LP: Jamie Arnold (4-7) SV: Gene Stechschulte (19) HR: MEM Ernie Young (29) off Ayala in the 9th inning ABQ Tony Mota (2) off Karnuth in the 2nd inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Stone 4 7 4 4 3 4 Arnold (L) 2 4 3 3 2 0 Ricketts 1 1 0 0 0 1 Olson 1 2 2 2 1 0 Ayala 1 4 4 4 0 0 TIME: 3:12 ATT: 2,836 In the first game of the series, the Memphis Redbirds defeated the Dukes 13-6. The Dukes have lost two straight games. The Dukes bullpen was the story in the game - giving up nine runs over the last five innings. Ricky Stone was an emergency starter (Mike Judd was promoted to the Dodgers) and Stone held his own, giving up 7 hits and 4 runs over 4 innings of work. Tony Mota solo homered, Shawn Gilbert drove in a pair of runs, and Mike Metcalfe, Jamie Arnold and Jeff Branson drove in a run each for the Dukes. Lou Lucca and Rick Wilkins drove in three runs each for the Redbirds, while Larry Sutton and Ernie Young drove in two runs and Stubby Clap, Luis Garcia and Pablo Martinez drove in a run each. Sunday July 16, 2000 Game 4: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- IOWA 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 12 1 ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 0 IWA: Ruben Quevedo, Mike Heathcott (7), Kyle Farnsworth (9) and Jose Molina ABQ: Heath Murray, Al Reyes (8) and Angel Pena WP: Ruben Quevedo (6-2) LP: Heath Murray (5-6) SV: Kyle Farnsworth (9) Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Murray (L) 7 10 4 4 1 5 Reyes 2 2 0 0 1 2 TIME: 2:41 ATT: 3,148 In the final game of the series, the Iowa Cubs edged the Dukes 4-2 to avoid letting the Dukes sweep the series. The Dukes broke a seven game winning streak with the loss. Tarrik Brock drove in all four runs for the Cubs. He had a three-run double in the 2nd inning and RBI singled in the 7th inning. Albuquerque got on the scoreboard in the 4th inning as Cubs starter Ruben Quevedo balked in a run. Hiram Bocachica drove in the last Dukes run of the game in the 8th inning. Saturday July 15, 2000 In Dukes news, P Gregg Olson joins the Dukes on a rehabilitation assignment. Game 3: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- IOWA 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 9 0 ALBUQUERQUE 0 3 0 0 6 1 6 0 x 16 17 0 IWA: Phil Norton, Matt Karchner (5), Richard Barker (7), David McNichol (8) and Mike Mahoney ABQ: Chris Michalak, Gregg Olson (6), Cam Smith (7) and Angel Pena WP: Chris Michalak (6-1) LP: Phil Norton (6-9) SV: Cam Smith (2) HR: IWA Julio Zuleta (16) off Michalak in the 5th inning ABQ Dante Powell (4) off Norton in the 2nd inning Angel Pena (9) off Norton in the 5th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Michalak (W) 5 9 5 5 4 6 Olson 1 0 0 0 1 1 Smith (S) 3 0 0 0 3 5 TIME: 3:25 ATT: 9,744 In the third game of the series, the Dukes used the strength of two six-run innings to blast the Iowa Cubs 16-5. The Dukes have won seven straight games and hold a six game lead in the PCL Central Division over the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. In the 1st inning, the Cubs got on the scoreboard as Alan Zinter RBI doubled. The Cubs added another run in the 2nd inning, Augie Ojeda singled to drive in a run. Albuquerque took a 3-2 lead in the 2nd inning as Dante Powell three-run homered. In the 4th inning, the Cubs took the lead back at 4-3 - Tarrik Brock tripled to drive in a run and later scored on Chad Meyers' single. Julio Zuleta solo-homered in the 5th inning to extend the Cubs lead to 5-3. After that, it was all Albuquerque. Albuquerque came up with a big six-run 5th inning, highlighted by Angel Pena's three-run homer and Powell's two-run single to center. In the 7th inning, Albuquerque scored another six times. Pena drove in two runs with a single and releiver Cam Smith drove in a run with a single to score some of the runs that inning. Friday July 14, 2000 Game 2: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- IOWA 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 7 12 0 ALBUQUERQUE 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 x 9 12 0 IWA: Eric Newman, Carlos Zambrano (6), Kyle Farnsworth (7) and Jose Molina ABQ: Jeff Williams, Ricky Stone (5), Chad Ricketts (7), Al Reyes (9) and Angel Pena WP: Chad Ricketts (3-2) LP: Carlos Zambrano (1-3) HR: IWA Cole Liniak (14) off Ricketts in the 7th inning Roosevelt Brown (5) off Reyes in the 9th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Williams 4 5 2 2 1 1 Stone 2 3 1 1 0 0 Ricketts (W) 2 1 1 1 1 3 Reyes 1 3 3 3 0 1 TIME: 2:54 ATT: 6,022 In the second game of the series, the Dukes defeated the Iowa Cubs 9-7 to take a 2-0 series lead. The Dukes have won six games in a row. Augie Ojeda and Tarrik Brock drove in runs in the 3rd inning as Iowa built a 2-0 lead. Iowa extended the lead to 3-0 in the 6th inning on a wild pitch. In the 6th inning, Hiram Bocachica singled to drive in a run. Two other runs scored in the inning on a bases-loaded walk and a wild pitch as the Dukes took a 4-3 lead. Cole Liniak solo-homered in the 7th inning to tie the game at 4-4. Albuquerque took the lead back in the bottom of the 7th inning, scoring five times to take a 9-4 lead. Pena drove in two runs and Bocachica and Chris Ashby drove in a run each as highlights of the inning. In the 9th inning, Roosevelt Brown three-run homered to nudge the Cubs closer to the Dukes at 9-7 but Al Reyes settled down to preserve the win. Thursday July 13, 2000 In Dukes news, P Jaime Arnold and IF Mike Metcalfe were demoted by the Dodgers. P Ruben Niebla was released by the Dukes. C Paul LoDuca was promoted to the Dodgers. Game 1: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- IOWA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 3 ALBUQUERQUE 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 5 x 13 12 0 IWA: David Zancanaro, Richard Barker (5), Mike Heathcott (6), Brian McNichol (8) and Jose Molina ABQ: Trever Miller, Gregg Olson (7), Jamie Arnold (8), Bobby Ayala (9) and Angel Pena WP: Trever Miller (3-1) LP: Dave Zancanaro (3-5) HR: ABQ Chris Ashby (4) off Zancanaro in the 3rd inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Miller (W) 6 7 3 3 3 3 Olson 1 0 0 0 0 1 Arnold 1 0 0 0 1 1 Ayala 1 0 0 0 0 0 TIME: 3:01 ATT: 5,843 In the first game of the series after the All-Star break, the Dukes defeated the Iowa Cubs 13-3. Albuquerque has won five straight games. Dukes starter Trever Miller spotted the Iowa Cubs a 3-0 lead in the 1st inning. Albuquerque scored once in the 2nd inning to cut the defecit to two runs at 3-1. In the bottom of the third inning, Chris Ashby belted a three run homer to give the Dukes a 4-3 lead. In the 4th inning, Adam Riggs stole home to highlight a two run inning. Albuquerque scored once more in the 5th inning and once again in the 7th inning to take a 8-3 lead. In the 8th inning, Kevin Grijak drove in three runs with a pinch-hit double as the Dukes went on to score five runs in the inning. Wednesday July 12, 2000 The Dukes have the day off for the All-Star break. The AAA All-Star game is tonight in Rochester, NY. Chris Donnels is the lone Duke represented at the All-Star game. Tuesday July 11, 2000 The Dukes have the day off for the All-Star break. Monday July 10, 2000 The Dukes have the day off for the All-Star break. The Dukes are in first place in the PCL Central Division by 4 1/2 games over the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. Sunday July 9, 2000 Game 3: Rosenblatt Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 11 2 OMAHA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 ABQ: Mike Judd, Al Reyes (7), Bobby Ayala (9) and Paul LoDuca OMA: Dan Murray, Jaime Bluma (7), Tim Byrdak (9) and Hector Ortiz WP: Mike Judd (4-4) LP: Dan Murray (5-5) HR: ABQ Chris Prieto (8) off Murray in the 1st inning Shawn Gilbert (2) off Murray in the 2nd inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Judd (W) 6 2 2 1 4 4 Reyes 2 0 0 0 0 2 Ayala 1 1 0 0 0 1 TIME: 3:02 ATT: 7,756 In the final game before the All-Star break, the Dukes defeated the Omaha Golden Spikes 6-2 to sweep the three-game series. The Dukes are winners of four straight games. Albuquerque got on the scoreboard quickly as Chris Prieto solo-homered. The Golden Spikes tied up the game on Dee Brown's RBI double in the bottom of the first. Shawn Gilbert's two-run homer put the Dukes up 3-1 in the 2nd inning. In the 3rd inning, Joe Dillon drove in a run with a single to cut the Golden Spikes defecit to a run at 3-2. In the 4th, 7th, and 9th innings, the Dukes got single runs to close out the scoring. Chris Donnels now leads the PCL in RBI at the All-Star break with 78 and is tied for the home run lead in the PCL with 26. . . . Albuquerque holds a 4 1/2 game lead over Colorado Springs in the PCL Central Division. Saturday July 8, 2000 Game 2: Rosenblatt Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 8 12 6 OMAHA 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 13 0 ABQ: Jeff Williams, Ricky Stone (4), Chad Ricketts (9) and Angel Pena OMA: Jason Baker, Paul Spoljaric (6), Lance Carter (9) and Hector Ortiz WP: Ricky Stone (7-5) LP: Jason Baker (1-3) HR: ABQ Adam Riggs (6) off Baker in the 2nd inning Dante Powell (3) off Baker in the 4th inning Chris Donnels (25) off Baker in the 5th inning Hiram Bocachica (11) off Baker in the 6th inning Chris Donnels (26) off Baker in the 6th inning Chris Prieto (7) off Spoljaric in the 8th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Williams 3 4 1 0 1 2 Stone (W) 5 5 3 1 0 2 Ricketts 1 4 2 2 0 1 TIME: 2:50 ATT: 7,274 In the second game of the series, the Dukes continued their homer barrage as they defeated the Golden Spikes 8-6. The Dukes have won three straight games. Chris Donnels doubled in Chris Prieto in the 1st inning as Albuquerque took a 1-0 lead. The next five Dukes runs came on solo-homers. In the 2nd inning, it was Adam Riggs going deep. In the 4th inning, Dante Powell homered. In the 5th inning, Chris Donnels homered and in the 6th inning, Hiram Bocachica and Chris Donnels back-to-back homered. Donnels now is tied for the PCL lead in homers with 26. Omaha scored three times in the bottom of the 6th inning to cut the defecit at two runs at 6-4 - the Golden Spikes enjoyed the gift of four Dukes errors in the inning. In the 8th inning, Chris Prieto solo-homered and Paul LoDuca doubled to score Chris Donnels. Omaha scored twice in the 9th inning as Aaron Guiel singled with the bases loaded. Anthony Medrano lined out to Dukes shortstop Jeff Branson to end the threat and the game. Friday July 7, 2000 Game 1: Rosenblatt Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 6 11 17 0 OMAHA 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 2 ABQ: Chris Michalak, Al Reyes (7), Ruben Niebla (9) and Paul LoDuca OMA: Jamie Walker, Archie Corbin (8) and Hector Ortiz WP: Chris Michalak (5-1) LP: Jamie Walker (1-9) HR: ABQ Angel Pena (7) off Walker in the 2nd inning Chris Ashby (3) off Walker in the 4th inning Angel Pena (8) off Walker in the 4th inning Dante Powell (2) off Walker in the 7th inning Chris Donnels (24) off Corbin in the 9th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Michalak (W) 6 1-3 7 3 3 3 3 Reyes 1 2-3 3 0 0 0 3 Niebla 1 1 0 0 0 0 TIME: 2:50 ATT: 6,494 In the first game of a short road trip before the All-Star break, the Dukes hammered out five homers en route to a 11-3 victory over the Omaha Golden Spikes. The Dukes have won two straight games. Omaha starter Jamie Walker gave up four homers in the game, good for the league lead in homers given up (23). In the 2nd inning, Angel Pena solo-homered as the Dukes took a 1-0 lead. In the 4th inning, Chris Ashby and Angel Pena each solo- homered as the Dukes built a 3-0 lead. Omaha tied up the game in the bottom of the 4th inning. Dee Brown doubled to score Ray Holbert. Joe Dillon and Aaron Guiel added RBI singles in the inning. In the 6th inning, Hiram Bocachica singled to lead off the inning and later scored on Chris Ashby's single as the Dukes regained the lead at 4-3. In the 7th inning, Dante Powell solo-homered as the Dukes extended their lead to 5-3 and the Dukes closed out the scoring by putting six runs on the board in the 9th inning. In that 9th inning, Chris Donnels belted a three-run homer and Chris Prieto's ground-rule double drove in two runs. Paul LoDuca added a RBI double. Thursday July 6, 2000 Game 3: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- NEW ORLEANS 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 7 11 2 ALBUQUERQUE 0 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 x 9 11 0 NRL: Kip Gross, Jason Green (7), Rick Huisman (8) and Frank Charles ABQ: Heath Murray, Cam Smith (6), Chad Ricketts (8), Bobby Ayala (9) and Angel Pena WP: Cam Smith (3-3) LP: Jason Green (1-1) SV: Bobby Ayala (8) HR: ABQ Angel Pena (6) off Gross in the 2nd inning Chris Donnels (23) off Gross in the 3rd inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Murray 5 7 5 5 5 2 Smith (W) 2 3 2 2 0 3 Ricketts 1 0 0 0 0 2 Ayala (S) 1 1 0 0 0 3 TIME: 2:53 ATT: 4,096 In the final game of the short series, the Dukes defeated the New Orleans Zephyrs 9-7. The Dukes took two out of the three games against the Zephyrs. New Orleans took a 4-0 lead in the 1st inning. The Dukes chipped away at it with Angel Pena's solo-homer in the 2nd inning and Chris Donnel's three-run homer in the 3rd inning. After the Zephyrs batted in the 7th inning, it was a 7-5 Zephyrs lead. The Dukes scored four times in the bottom of the 7th inning to take a 9-7 lead, the eventual final score. Wednesday July 5, 2000 In Dukes news, the Dodgers demoted OF Shawn Gilbert and promoted IF Mike Metcalfe. Game 2: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- NEW ORLEANS 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 3 0 13 13 3 ALBUQUERQUE 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 10 15 0 NRL: Travis Driskill, Wayne Franklin (6), Fernando Hernandez (8), Mark Hutton (9) and Raul Chavez ABQ: Trever Miller, Cam Smith (7), Ruben Niebla (7), Al Reyes (9) and Angel Pena WP: Wayne Franklin (3-3) LP: Cam Smith (2-3) HR: NRL J.R. Phillips (3) off Miller in the 6th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- T Miller 6 5 5 5 2 5 Smith (L) 1-3 3 5 5 2 0 Niebla 1 2-3 4 3 3 2 1 Reyes 1 1 0 0 0 1 TIME: 3:13 ATT: 3,703 In the second gamer of the series, the New Orleans Zephyrs defeated the Dukes 13-10. Each team has won a game in the abbreviated 3-game series. The Dukes snapped a three game winning streak. Albuquerque held a 2-0 lead going into the 6th inning. In the 6th inning, the Zephyrs scored five times to take a 5-2 lead. Adam Everett doubled to score starter Travis Driskill. Omar Ramirez RBI singled and J.R. Phillips belted a three-run homer. In the bottom of the 6th inning, the Dukes got five runs of their own on doubles. Tony Mota, Jeff Branson, Chris Prieto, Hiram Bocachica and Paul LoDuca all doubled to drive in a run in the inning. In the 7th inning, the Zephyrs struck for five more runs to make it a 10-7 Zephyrs lead. Phillips drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, Ramirez singled in a run, Jim Betzsold singled in two runs and Brian Richardson added a RBI. In the 8th inning, the Zephyrs extended their lead to 13-7 as Ramirez doubled in two runs and Phillips RBI singled. The Dukes scored twice in the bottom of the 8th inning and once in the 9th inning. Tuesday July 4, 2000 Game 1: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E -------------------------------------------------------------- NEW ORLEANS 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 10 1 NRL: Tony McKnight, Wayne Franklin (8), Jason Green (8), Rick Huisman (9), Brad Kaufman (11) and Raul Chavez ABQ: Mike Judd, Chad Ricketts (9), Bobby Ayala (10) and Paul LoDuca WP: Bobby Ayala (2-0) LP: Brad Kaufman (1-4) HR: NRL J.R. Phillips (2) off Judd in the 5th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Judd 8 4 2 1 2 8 Ricketts 1 1 0 0 0 0 Ayala (W) 2 1 0 0 0 1 TIME: 3:04 ATT: 14,513 In the popular fireworks night promotion, the Dukes made the 14,513 fans wait a little longer for the festivities as they defeated the New Orleans Zephyrs 3-2 in 11 innings. The Dukes have won three straight games. The Zephyrs scored twice in the 5th inning to take a 2-0 lead. J.R. Phillips solo-homered and Zephyrs starter Tony McKnight RBI singled. The Dukes were unable to accomplish anything offensively off McKnight - McKnight went 7 innings, giving up 3 hits, no runs, walked two and struck out three. When Wayne Franklin came into the game in the 8th inning, the Dukes offense woke up. Adam Riggs' pinch-hit double scored Jeff Branson and Paul LoDuca's RBI single tied up the game at 2-2. In the bottom of the 11th inning, Jeff Branson singled to right field to score Chris Ashby with the game winning run. Monday July 3, 2000 Game 4: Tucson Electric Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 9 0 TUCSON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 ABQ: Jeff Williams, Ricky Stone (3), Al Reyes (9) and Angel Pena TUC: Erik Sabel, Derek Dace (8), Clint Davis (9) and Ken Huckaby WP: Ricky Stone (6-5) LP: Erik Sabel (3-7) SV: Al Reyes (1) HR: ABQ Chris Donnels (22) off Sabel in the 6th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Williams 2 0 0 0 0 0 Stone (W) 6 6 0 0 1 1 Reyes (S) 1 1 0 0 0 2 TIME: 2:12 ATT: 11,792 In the final game of the series and roadtrip, the Dukes defeated the Tucson Sidewinders 2-0. Each team won two games in the series. The Dukes have won two straight games. The Dukes got all the runs they would need in the 5th inning. Ricky Stone drove in a run with a fielder's choice. In the 6th inning, Donnels blasted a solo-homer to finish out the scoring. Sunday July 2, 2000 Game 3: Tucson Electric Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 7 14 1 TUCSON 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 13 4 ABQ: Chris Michalak, Al Reyes (6), Chad Ricketts (7), Bobby Ayala (9) and Paul LoDuca TUC: Kenie Steenstra, Jim Corsi (7), Jeremy Ward (7), Dave Evans (7), Johnny Ruffin (8) and Rod Barajas WP: Al Reyes (2-1) LP: Jeremy Ward (0-1) SV: Bobby Ayala (7) HR: TUC Luis Ortiz (7) off Michalak in the 2nd inning Esteban Beltre (3) off Michalak in the 3rd inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Michalak 5 1/3 10 6 4 1 1 Reyes (W) 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 Ricketts 2 2 0 0 1 1 Ayala (S) 1 0 0 0 1 0 TIME: 3:07 ATT: 12,091 In the third game of the series, the Dukes defeated the Tucson Sidewinders 7-6. Tucson still holds a 2-1 series lead. The Dukes snapped a two-game losing streak with the victory. Tucson got on the scoreboard in the 2nd inning as Luis Ortiz solo homered. The Sidewinders extended the lead to 3-0 in the 3rd inning as Esteban Beltre two-run homered. Tucson added three more runs in the 5th inning to take a 6-0 lead. The Dukes put up a run in the 6th inning and scored six more times in the 7th inning to take a 7-6 lead. Hiram Bocachica drove in two runs with a single, Chris Prieto walked with the bases loaed, and Kevin Grijak cleared the bases with a pinch hit triple. Saturday July 1, 2000 Game 2: Tucson Electric Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 1 TUCSON 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 x 5 10 0 ABQ: Heath Murray, Ruben Niebla (7) and Angel Pena TUC: David Tuttle, Clint Davis (7), Derek Dace (7), Dave Evans (9) and Rod Barajas WP: David Tuttle (1-0) LP: Heath Murray (5-5) HR: TUC Rod Barajas (8) off Murray in the 2nd inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO ----------------------------------------------------- Murray (L) 6 2/3 9 5 4 1 2 Niebla 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 TIME: 2:27 ATT: 3,170 In the second game of the series, the Sidewinders defeated the Dukes 5-2 to take a 2-0 series lead. The Dukes have lost two straight games. In the 2nd inning, Rod Barajas solo-homered and Jhonny Carvajal's weak grounder drove in run to make it 2-0 Tucson. Tucson added three more runs in the 6th inning - Barajas RBI doubled and Luis Ortiz and Bry Nelson RBI singled. Albuquerque avoided being shut out for the first time this season by scoring twice in the 9th inning - Tony Mota RBI tripled and Chris Prieto RBI singled. Friday June 30, 2000 Game 1: Tucson Electric Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 9 1 TUCSON 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 x 4 8 2 ABQ: Trever Miller, Cam Smith (8) and Angel Pena TUC: Geraldo Guzman, Jeremy Ward (8), Johnny Ruffin (8) and Ken Huckaby WP: Johnny Ruffin (5-2) LP: Cam Smith (2-2) HR: ABQ Chris Donnels (21) off Guzman in the 6th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Miller 7 5 1 1 2 2 Smith (L) 1 3 3 2 1 0 TIME: 2:45 ATT: 3,284 In the first game of the series in Tucson, the Sidewinders defeated the Dukes 4-2. In the 4th inning, Tucson got on the scoreboard as Bry Nelson RBI singled. Chris Donnels solo-homered in the 6th inning to get the Dukes on the scoreboard. In the 8th inning, Nelson's two-run double broke up the tie and gave the Sidewinders the lead. Former-Duke Ken Huckaby singled to center to give Tucson another insurance run. In the 9th inning, the Dukes tried to rally by scoring a run but that is all they could come up with. Thursday June 29, 2000 In Dukes news, P Jeff Williams was activated from the Dodgers 60-day DL and sent to Albuquerque. P Eric Gagne was promoted to the Dodgers. Game 4: Cashman Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 3 2 10 17 1 LAS VEGAS 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 8 13 1 ABQ: Mike Judd, Ruben Niebla (6), Chad Ricketts (7), Al Reyes (8), Bobby Ayala (9) and Angel Pena, Mike Figga LVG: Brandan Sullivan, Matt Whisenant (5), Donne Wall (7), Domingo Guzman (8) and Ben Davis WP: Al Reyes (1-1) LP: Domingo Guzman (2-2) SV: Bobby Ayala (6) HR: ABQ Adam Riggs (5) off Sullivan in the 4th inning Chris Donnels (20) off Guzman in the 8th inning LVG Joe Vitiello (9) off Ricketts in the 7th inning Nathan Tebbs (1) off Reyes in the 8th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Judd 5 1/3 9 6 5 3 6 Niebla 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 Ricketts 1 2 1 1 0 2 Reyes (W) 1 1 1 1 1 2 Ayala (S) 1 0 0 0 1 1 TIME: 3:10 ATT: 4,039 In the final game of the series, the Dukes managed to avoid the series sweep as they defeated the Las Vegas Stars 10-8. Las Vegas still took three out of the four games. Albuquerque got on the scoreboard first in the 2nd inning and the Stars tied the game in the 3rd inning. In the 4th inning, the Dukes scored four times - three of those runs coming on an Adam Riggs three-run homer. Las Vegas scored three times of their own in the bottom of the 4th inning to make it 5-4 Albuquerque. Las Vegas took the lead in the 6th inning by scoring twice and extended the lead with Joe Vitiello's solo-homer in the 7th inning. Albuquerque scored three times in the 8th inning to regain the lead at 8-7. Two of those runs came on Chris Donnel's team-leading 20th homer of the season. In the bottom of the 8th inning, Nathan Tebbs solo homered as the Stars tied the game at 8-8. Jeff Branson two-run doubled in the top of the 9th inning to give the Dukes the eventual game-winning run. Wednesday June 28, 2000 Game 3: Cashman Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 LAS VEGAS 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 3 x 10 12 1 ABQ: Ricky Stone, Cam Smith (5), Chad Ricketts (7), Bobby Ayala (8) and Angel Pena, Mike Figga LVG: Buddy Carlyle, Donne Wall (7), Dave Maurer (8) and Ben Davis WP: Buddy Carlyle (4-4) LP: Ricky Stone (5-5) HR: LVG Ryan Radmanovich (5) off Smith in the 5th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Stone (L) 4 2-3 5 5 5 2 3 Smith 1 1-3 1 2 1 1 0 Ricketts 1 1 0 0 1 1 Ayala 1 5 3 3 0 0 TIME: 2:44 ATT: 3,603 In the third game of the series, the Las Vegas Stars defeated the Dukes 10-1 to take a 3-0 series lead. The Dukes have lost three straight games. For Las Vegas, Mike Darr went 4 for 5 with 3 RBI, while Ryan Radmanovich and Nate Tebbs drove in two runs each. Ralph Melliard and John Roskos drove in a run each. Hiram Bocachica drove in Mike Figga in the 9th inning to avoid the shutout. Tuesday June 27, 2000 In Dukes news, C Paul LoDuca may not report to the Dukes. He apparently might reject his assignment to the Dukes and thus become a free agent. . . . P Jamie Arnold was promoted to the Dodgers. Game 2: Cashman Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 7 12 1 LAS VEGAS 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 8 12 2 ABQ: Chris Michalak, Ruben Niebla (6), Al Reyes (8) and Angel Pena LVG: Woody Williams, Matt Whisenant (7), Domingo Guzman (9), Vicente Palacios (9) and Ben Davis WP: Vicente Palacios (2-1) LP: Al Reyes (0-1) HR: ABQ Chris Donnels (19) off Williams in the 1st inning Jeff Branson (5) off Guzman in the 9th inning LVG Ben Davis (5) off Michalak in the 3rd inning Rafael Melliard (2) off Niebla in the 6th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Michalak 5 6 4 4 5 7 Niebla 2 4 3 3 1 3 Reyes (L) 1 2-3 2 1 0 1 2 TIME: 3:13 ATT: 3,494 In the second game of the series, the Las Vegas Stars used late inning heroics to defeat the Albuquerque Dukes 8-7. The Stars have won both games in the series so far. Chris Donnels solo-homered in the 1st inning to give the Dukes a quick 1-0 lead. Las Vegas tied it at 1-1 in the bottom of the 1st inning. Ben Davis two-run homered in the 3rd inning to give the Stars a 3-1 lead. Albuquerque scored once in the 5th inning and the Stars extended their lead in the bottom half of the inning to make it a 4-2 game. Rafael Melliard two-run homered in the 6th inning to make it 6-2 Stars. Las Vegas made it 7-2 with a single run in the 7th inning. Albuquerque tied up the game in the 9th inning, scoring five times. Jeff Branson two-run homered and Tony Mota doubled in two runs in the inning. Nathan Tebb's sacrifice fly in the 9th inning gave the Stars the 8-7 victory. Monday June 26, 2000 Game 1: Cashman Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 3 LAS VEGAS 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 x 7 11 4 ABQ: Heath Murray, Jamie Arnold (3), Chad Ricketts (7), Cam Smith (8) and Angel Pena LVG: Wascar Serrano, Brendan Sullivan (3), Dave Maurer (8), Vicente Palacios (9) and Ben Davis WP: Dave Maurer (2-0) LP: Cam Smith (2-1) SV: Vicente Palacios (6) HR: ABQ Hiram Bocachica (9) off Serrano in the 1st inning Hiram Bocachica (10) off Serrano in the 3rd inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Murray 2 2-3 4 4 2 6 2 Arnold 3 2-3 5 2 2 1 3 Ricketts 2-3 0 0 0 1 1 Smith (L) 1 2 1 1 0 2 TIME: 3:26 ATT: 3,376 In the first game of a eight-game roadtrip, the Las Vegas Stars defeated the Dukes 7-6. Albuquerque snapped a two-game winning streak with the loss. The Stars won the game in the 8th inning - John Curl's soft grounder was mishandled by Dukes second baseman Hiram Bocachica and Ryan Radmanovich scored on the play. Hiram Bocachica was the hero for the Dukes, belting two homers - a solo shot in the 1st inning and a three-run homer to highlight a five-run Dukes 5th inning. Sunday June 25, 2000 C Todd Hundley ended his rehabilitation assignment with the Dukes and C Paul LoDuca was demoted from the Dodgers Game 4: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- NASHVILLE 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 10 1 ALBUQUERQUE 0 7 1 2 1 1 0 0 x 12 12 0 NSH: Jose Parra, Ron Villano (4), Mike Garcia (7), Gavin Osteen (8) and Tim Laker ABQ: Trever Miller, Ricky Stone (7) and Todd Hundley, Angel Pena WP: Trever Miller (2-1) LP: Jose Parra (2-2) SV: Ricky Stone (3) HR: NSH Chad Hermansen (5) off Miller in the 3rd inning Jarrod Patterson (3) off Stone in the 9th inning ABQ Todd Hundley (1) off Parra in the 2nd inning Chris Donnels (18) off Villano in the 4th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Miller (W) 6 5 1 1 1 4 Stone (S) 3 5 3 3 0 3 TIME: 2:48 ATT: 3,462 In the final game of the series and homestand, the Dukes defeated the Nashville Sounds 12-4. The Dukes have won two straight games and took 3 out of the 4 games in the series. In the 2nd inning, the Dukes erupted for seven runs to take a 7-0 lead. Tood Hundley belted a grand-slam homer in the inning. Nashville's Chad Hermansen blasted a solo-homer in the 3rd inning. In the bottom of the 3rd inning, the Dukes got a run back to build a 8-1 lead. The Dukes closed out their scoring with 2 runs in the 4th inning and a single run each in the 5th and 6th innings. Nashville scored three times in the 9th inning - Jarrod Patterson 2-run homered and Ray Montgomery drove in a run. Saturday June 24, 2000 Game 3: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------------- NASHVILLE 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 11 1 ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 8 17 1 NSH: Jimmy Anderson, Mike Garcia (7), Mike Villano (7), Dave Pavlas (8), Gavin Osteen (9), Luis Andujar (9) and Craig Wilson ABQ: Mike Judd, Chad Ricketts (7), Bobby Ayala (8), Al Reyes (10), Cam Smith (12) and Todd Hundley, Mike Figga WP: Cam Smith (2-0) LP: Luis Andujar (1-4) HR: NSH Craig Wilson (16) off Judd in the 5th inning ABQ Chris Prieto (6) off Andujar in the 12th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Judd 6 7 3 3 1 1 Ricketts 1 1-3 2 4 3 1 1 Ayala 1 2-3 1 0 0 1 3 Reyes 2 0 0 0 1 2 Smith (W) 1 1 0 0 0 3 TIME: 4:20 ATT: 7,792 In the third game of the series, the Dukes ended the game in the 12th inning with a solo homer as they defeated the Nashville Sounds 8-7. The Dukes have a 2-1 series lead. In the 4th inning, the Dukes scored four times. Tony Mota 2-run singled, Adam Riggs doubled off the wall and Todd Hundley drove in a run as the Dukes built a 4-2 lead. In the 7th inning, the Dukes scored three more times to take a 7-3 lead. Jarrod Patterson drove in two runs with a single in the four-run Sounds 8th inning as the Sounds tied the game at 7-7. In the 12th homer, Chris Prieto homered to end the game. Friday June 23, 2000 Game 2: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- NASHVILLE 2 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 11 14 1 ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 5 3 NSH: Rob Mattson, Cory Bailey (9) and Tim Laker ABQ: Jamie Arnold, Ricky Stone (4), Chris Michalak (6), Chad Ricketts (8), Al Reyes (9) and Todd Hundley, Mike Figga WP: Rob Mattson (2-6) LP: Jamie Arnold (4-6) HR: ABQ Kevin Grijak (11) off Mattson in the 5th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Arnold (L) 3 4 7 3 4 2 Stone 2 8 4 4 0 1 Michalak 2 1 0 0 1 4 Ricketts 1 1 0 0 0 1 Reyes 1 0 0 0 0 1 TIME: 2:34 ATT: 6,590 In the second game of the series, the Nashville Sounds defeated the Albuquerque Dukes 11-2. Each team has won a game in the series so far. Nashville scored twice in the 1st inning to take a 2-0 lead. In the 4th inning, the Sounds put the game away, scoring eight times to take a 10-0 lead and Nashville added another run in the 5th inning. In the 5th inning, Kevin Grijak homered off knuckleballer Rob Mattson to get the Dukes on the scoreboard. Nashville had a 11-1 lead. In the 8th inning, Mike Metcalfe singled to drive in Adam Riggs to make it 11-2 Nashville. Thursday June 22, 2000 C Todd Hundley will be joining the Dukes on a rehabiliation assignment for the weekend. He is expected to re-join the Dodgers on Monday. Game 1: Albuquerque Sports Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- NASHVILLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 ALBUQUERQUE 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 x 2 5 0 NSH: Paul Ah Yat, Dave Pavlas (8) and Craig Wilson ABQ: Eric Gagne, Bobby Ayala (9) and Angel Pena WP: Eric Gagne (3-0) LP: Paul Ah Yat (1-1) SV: Bobby Ayala (5) Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Gagne (W) 8 3 0 0 0 11 Ayala (S) 1 0 0 0 0 1 TIME: 2:14 ATT: 3,992 In the first game of the homestand, the Dukes defeated the Nashville Sounds 2-0. The Dukes retain a 1/2 game lead over the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, who won their game on Thursday night. Mike Figga sacrifice flied out in the 2nd inning and Mike Metcalfe RBI doubled in the 5th inning to give Eric Gagne the only runs he would need. Gagne did the rest, going 8 innings, giving up just 3 hits and striking out 11 while walking none. Wednesday June 21, 2000 The Dukes have the day off. Tuesday June 20, 2000 Game 4: Sky Sox Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 9 2 COLORADO SPRINGS 6 1 0 0 0 0 7 3 x 17 18 2 ABQ: Heath Murray, Ricky Stone (4), Chad Ricketts (7), Al Reyes (7) and Mike Figga CSP: Aaron Small, Bobby Chouinard (6), Pete Walker (8), Jeff Tabaka (9) and Ben Petrick WP: Aaron Small (4-1) LP: Heath Murray (5-4) HR: CSP Scott McClain (20) off Ricketts in the 7th inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Murray (L) 3 8 7 7 3 2 Stone 3 4 0 0 1 4 Ricketts 1-3 2 5 3 2 0 Reyes 1 2-3 4 5 3 4 1 TIME: 3:11 ATT: 7,333 In the final game of the series and short roadtrip, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox defeated the Albuquerque Dukes 17-5. The Dukes snapped a two game winning streak, but still retain the PCL Central Division lead over the Sky Sox by 1/2 game. Each team won two games in the series. Scott McClain drove in four runs for the Sky Sox, while Aaron Small drove in three runs. Ben Petrick and Angel Echevarria each drove in two runs and Juan Sosa and Phil Hiatt drove in a run each. Some of McClain's runs came on his 20th homer of the season and his third homer of the series. For the Dukes, Chris Donnels, Kevin Grijak, Chris Ashby, Jeff Branson, and Mike Figga drove in a run each. Petrick had five hits in the game, good enough to extend his PCL hitting streak to 23 games. Monday June 19, 2000 Game 3: Sky Sox Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ----------------------------------------------------------- ALBUQUERQUE 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 10 1 COLORADO SPRINGS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 ABQ: Trever Miller, Cam Smith (6), Bobby Ayala (9) and Angel Pena CSP: Mike Porzio, Pete Walker (6), Ed Vosberg (7), David Lee (9) and Ben Petrick WP: Trever Miller (1-1) LP: Mike Porzio (0-3) HR: ABQ Angel Pena (5) off Porzio in the 3rd inning Dukes Pitching Line: IP H R ER BB SO -------------------------------------------------------- Miller (W) 5 6 2 1 2 5 Smith 3 1 0 0 2 3 Ayala 1 2 0 0 1 1 TIME: 3:00 ATT: 2,412 In the third game of the series, the Dukes defeated the Sky Sox 6-2 to extend their PCL Central division lead over the Sky Sox to 1 1/2 games. Albuquerque has won two straight and two out of the three games in the series. Angel Pena RBI doubled in the 1st inning as the Dukes took a 1-0 lead.