Topes Muted in Finale against Sounds
August 26, 2013 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Albuquerque Isotopes News Release
The Isotopes (71-65) took a first-inning lead and rallied to tie the game in the fifth but could not overcome ten Nashville (52-84) runs from the fifth inning on, dropping the series finale 10-5.
Tony Gwynn Jr. (2-for-3, R, RBI, 2B) and Brian Barden (2-for-4, 3B, 3 RBI, R) were the only two in the Isotopes lineup to record a multi-hit game and accounted for four of the club's five hits.
Dee Gordon wasted no time sparking the Isotopes offense in the first. He led off with a single and stole his Pacific Coast League-leading 49th base of the season. Tony Gwynn Jr. drove him in on his 12th double for the game's first run.
Four fifth-inning hits and two walks led to four Nashville runs. The two free passes forced in a run before Hunter Morris drove in two runs on a single.
The Isotopes loaded the bases with two outs in the fourth after the Sounds took the lead. After two walks, Alex Castellanos was hit by a pitch. Nashville's starter, Johnny Hellweg, has hit 14 batters this season leading his team and Castellanos has been hit by a pitch a team-high 11 times. Brian Barden then laced a ball into the gap in left-center field clearing the bases to tie the game at four.
Matt Palmer went 4.2 innings in his start. He gave up six hits and did not allow a run until the fifth frame when the Sounds plated four against him. The righty walked five and struck out three. Southpaw Kelvin De La Cruz recorded the final out in the fifth after Palmer's departure.
Blake Johnson (6-6, 4.83) came in during a 4-4 ballgame in the sixth. The first batter in faced, Stephen Parker, homered gaining the lead for Nashville. He then retired the next three hitters in order, but the Sounds pushed across four runs in the seventh pulling away 9-4. The big blow was Stephen Parker's three-run triple. Johnson allowed five runs in two innings of work, suffering the loss. He struck out five.
Sean White followed Onelki Garcia who faced one hitter, issuing a walk in the eighth. White allowed his inherited runner to score, but did not allow anymore runs in his innings of work. He went on to fire a perfect ninth. Donovan Hand (3-1, 3.31) earned the win for Nashville, tossing 2.1 scoreless innings.
Albuquerque will open its final home series of the regular season with a four-game set against Round Rock tomorrow, August 25 at 6:35 PM. Southpaw Jonathan Sanchez (5-3, 5.34) will take the ball in the opener against Round Rock's Jake Brigham (1-1, 6.14). Catch all of the game action on 610 AM "The Sports Animal" with Josh Suchon on the call.
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