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Zephyrs spilt doubleheader in Albuquerque

Published on July 19, 2006 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
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Game 1 Keys: Ryan Church drilled a two run home run to lead the New Orleans Zephyrs to 6-5 victory in game one of a doubleheader on Wednesday evening in Albuquerque. Albuquerque scored four runs in the second inning sending nine batters to the plate to grab the lead. The Zephyrs came from behind to win the game scoring the go ahead run in the fourth inning on a wild pitch allowing Josh Labandeira to score. The Zephyrs added a run in the seventh inning on a double steal and a throwing error by catcher Paul Hoover to allow Henry Mateo to score. Billy Traber pitched six innings and earned his second consecutive win. Travis Hughes pitched the seventh and earned the save allowing one unearned run. Hughes earned his first save since May 13th.

Game 2 recap: Albuquerque starting pitcher Renyel Pinto pitched a complete game in the night cap on Wednesday night at Isotopes Park. Pinto led the Isotopes to 3-2 win over the visiting New Orleans Zephyrs. The south-paw earned his third consecutive winning decision and his eighth win of the season to improve his record to 8-2. Albuquerque led off the bottom of the first with a triple by Eric Reed and he scored on a sacrifice fly by Robert Andino. The Topes scored a pair of runs in the third inning and led 3-0. The Zephyrs offense awoke in their final at bat, scraping two runs on a pair of hits and a hit bats men. The Z's had the tying run at third base with two out when Henry Mateo grounded out to third base on a nice defensive play by first baseman Tom Wilson to stretch for the final out. The Isotopes lead the series two games to one.

Game Notes: The Zephyrs have lost nine of the eleven games this season against Albuquerque. Zephyr outfielder Marlon Byrd was hit by a pitch and left the first game in the second inning with a bruised hand. He pinched hit in the night cap. Tuesday's game was the second rain out of the season for the Zephyrs, both on the road. Albuquerque has rained out two games since baseball returned to the Duke City, the Z's have been involved in both.... New Orleans reliever Travis Hughes has allowed just one earned run in his last 17.0 innings of work (11 games) dating to June 23...He leads the Pacific Coast League with 44 games pitched¦the 28-year old ranks 2nd among all PCL relievers with 74 strikeouts. Ryan Church has reached base safely in 12 of his last 13 games, going 14-for-44 (.325) over the stretch...New Orleans starting pitcher Billy Traber made his team leading 19th start of the season. Z's have announced that former LA Dodger Manager Tommy Lasorda will join new LSU Baseball Coach Paul Mainieri at the Zephyr Luncheon at the Ponchartrain Center on August 10th.

Coming Up: The Zephyrs road-trip finishes tomorrow evening in Albuquerque. Thursday night at 8:05: RH Anastacio Martinez (3-6, 4.50) vs. RH Nic Ungs (7-8, 3.90) at Isotopes Park. Radio: WIST AM 690.... The Zephyrs begin a four game home-stand vs. Albuquerque at Zephyr Field on Friday night.

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