
Albuquerque Drops Third Straight to Skeeters Saturday Night
September 18, 2021 - Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Albuquerque Isotopes News Release
Skeeters 7 (69-48), Isotopes 2 (51-66) - Constellation Field | Sugar Land, TX
AT THE DISH: Elehuris Montero picked up Albuquerque's only RBI of the night with a double in the first inning ... Greg Bird had two hits ... Joshua Fuentes and Brian Serven doubled.
TOEING THE RUBBER: Frank Duncan (5-3, 4.19) started his outing with four scoreless innings but surrendered a two-run homer to Jeremy Pena in the fifth as Sugar Land went in front ... Duncan was lifted after 4.2 frames of six-hit, two-run ball with two walks and three strikeouts ... The Skeeters broke the game open when Norel Gonzalez blasted a three-run shot off Reagan Todd in the sixth ... Chad Smith and Brian Gonzalez each gave up a run before Nelson Gonzalez tossed a scoreless eighth.
TOPES TIDBITS: Each team used six pitchers ... Albuquerque has dropped the first three games of a series for the fourth time this year (vs. Sugar Land, at El Paso, at Reno, at Sugar Land) ... The Isotopes are 8-19 against the Skeeters and 4-11 at Constellation Field ... Albuquerque has registered an extra-base hit in 46 straight contests dating back to July 27.
ON DECK: Albuquerque will look to get on the board in this series when they send southpaw Ryan Rolison (1-2, 7.26) to the mound against Sugar Land right-hander Hunter Brown (5-0, 4.08) on Sunday afternoon. First pitch from Constellation Field is set for 1:05 MT (2:05 CT). Tomorrow's game will be broadcast on the internet only at abqisotopes.com.
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