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Oklahoma City Pulls Away from Albuquerque in 8-3 Win

April 9, 2022 - Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Albuquerque Isotopes News Release


Oklahoma City, OK - Isotopes slugger Elehuris Montero connected on his team's first home run of the 2022 season, bringing them within one in the sixth, but the host Oklahoma City Dodgers (3-1) plated five runs over the next two frames to pull away for an 8-3 victory Friday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.

Albuquerque (1-3) never led as former Isotope Tony Wolters brought home the contest's initial run with a single in the second. The Topes were able to answer as Colton Welker led off the fourth with a base hit and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly from Brian Serven.

After the Dodgers plated a single tally in the fourth and fifth, Montero's one-out solo blast in the sixth made it a 3-2 ballgame. However, Oklahoma City answered against reliever JD Hammer in the bottom half when Zach McKinstry tripled home a run, then trotted home on a towering two-run homer by Miguel Vargas.

Wynton Bernard led off the seventh with a double, his second hit of the game, before coming around to score on LJ Hatch's groundout to make it 6-3. As in the previous inning, the Dodgers had an immediate response, plating two with Jake Bird on the hill for the final score of 8-3.

Topes starter Matt Dennis (0-1) took the loss in his Triple-A debut, allowing four hits and two runs in 3.2 frames with a walk and four strikeouts.

Topes Scope: - Montero's sixth-inning homer broke a streak of 28 consecutive innings without an extra-base knock, as his double Tuesday was the only non-single of the season for the Isotopes to that point.

- Albuquerque has dropped three of their first four games in a campaign for the seventh time in club history and second consecutive year.

- The Isotopes have dropped 27 of their last 34 games plated in Oklahoma City, dating back to April 24, 2012.

- The 11 hits surrendered by Albuquerque were the most against them since Reno collected 12 on Sept. 24, 2021.

- Colton Welker was 2-for-4 and is batting .397 (27-for-68) on balls put in play at Triple-A over the last two seasons.

On Deck: Albuquerque is scheduled to send right-hander Zach Neal to the bump in his season debut, opposed by Oklahoma City righty Yefry Ramirez in a 6:05 MT (7:05 CT) first pitch from the Sooner State tomorrow.

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