’TOPES TODAY
At Las Vegas, 8:05 p.m.
Radio: 610 AM Probable pitchers:
Isotopes LHP Ryan
Carpenter (5-6, 4.77) vs. 51s
RHP Tyler Pill (4-2, 3.16) Thursday: The Isotopes resumed play after the All Star break with an 8-4 win over at Las Vegas, opening the four-game series.
The Isotopes racked up 13 hits but stranded 16 runners on base against the 51s.
Jordan Patterson went 3-for-4 with two home runs and five RBIs for Albuquerque.
The ’Topes lone All-Star,
Noel Cuevas, also had three hits and scored twice.
Antonio Senzatela, who went 9-3 in 15 starts with the Colorado Rockies this season, started for Albuquerque and allowed one run on four hits in 3⅓ innings.
This and that: Three former Isotopes played in Tuesday’s Major League All-Star Game — Kansas City LHP Jason Vargas,
Los Angeles Dodgers RHP Kenley Jansen and Tampa Bay OF Corey Dickerson.
… RHP and former La Cueva and University of New Mexico standout Austin
House’s nine holds (coming into Thursday) continue to lead the PCL. … In the six games prior to the All-Star break, Isotopes catchers threw out all five runners trying to steal. C Dustin
Garneau was 8-of-17 (47 percent) catching runners coming into Thursday. … Las Vegas’ roster includes IF
Cody Decker, who hit .208 (11-for-53) with two homers in 14 games with the 2016 Isotopes. Garneau and Pill were teammates at Cal State Fullerton in 2009. Las Vegas play-by-play announcer Russ
Langer performed the same duty for the Albuquerque Dukes from 1996-99 and was named the 1999 New Mexico Sportscaster of the Year.
Next home game: Monday vs. Tacoma, 7:05 p.m.