The Albuquerque Isotopes- Year Three, Repeat???

gocubs09 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:44 pm

ISOTOPES ANNOUNCE LINEUP ON OPENING DAY

LINEUP:
1. Malik Upton, LF, ST NOTES: got his Power up to an E.
2. Mark Dirosa, CF, ST NOTES: Looks good, fast and a good fielder
3. Ryan Fields, C, ST NOTES: ROTY, Enough Said
4. Ryan Wright, 1B, ST NOTES: Not Much, same player as last year
5. Casey Blake, 3B, ST NOTES: Great 3B with power and fielding
6. Carson Palmer, DH, ST NOTES: Working on an F in contact
7. Eddie Alfaro, RF, ST NOTES: Stole the job late from Newhan
8. Mike Fontenot, SS, ST NOTES: Got his fielding numbers WAY up and power was already there.
9. Ben Sanhouse, 2B, ST NOTES: Stole the show from Erdos.

BENCH:
A Gordon, 3B
R. Gregorio, C
R. Erdos, 2B,
B. Barnwell, 1B
D. Newhan

stevenjackson39 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:01 pm

decent lineup.
let's see...

gocubs09 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:08 am

ACES at ISOTOPES
Pitchers: Brad Penny vs. Randy Johnson
Not much action until the 7th, when RJ's first strikout broke the MLB record. The Isotopes home crowd gave him a standing ovation. Penny also got a standing O after fanning 9 in 7 innings. A Malik Upton homer sealed a 3-1 W for the 'Topes.

3-1 ALBUQUERQUE
W Penny 1-0
S Dempster 1
L Johnson 0-1

HRs
M. Upton 1

Player of the Game presented by Chevy:
Brad Penny 7 IP, 1 ER, 9 Ks, 0 BBs

gocubs09 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:15 am

WEEK IN REVIEW
Game 2 vs. Aces: 4-3 W
Game 3: 12-4 L
Game 4: 6-2 L
RECORD: 2-2
vs. A's
Game 1: 11-9 W
Game 2: 6-1 L
Game 3: 5-3 L
Game 4: GOTW (Game of the Week)<--- COMING NEXT!

gocubs09 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:25 am

GAME OF THE WEEK 1!
ATHLETICS (5-2, second place) vs. ISOTOPES (3-4, fourth place)

Zack Duke (1-0) vs. Mike Stratton (0-1)
(I'm doing this in the format of my Rays log)
Bottom 2: Casey Blake hits first homer as an Isotope! 1-0
Top 3: Stratton gets out of bases loaded jam
Bottom 3: Mark Dirosa RBI single, scores Fontenot (who did a double steal, got other guy out) 2-0
Top 6: Pierzienski RBI single, 2-1
Top 8: Stratton comes out with 7 IP, 5 Ks, 1 ER, 0 BBs. Moehler comes in, strikes out side!
Top 9: Mohler closes it out 2-1 W!

2-1 ALBUQUERQUE

W Stratton 1-1
S Moehler 1
L Duke 1-1

HRs
Blake 1

Player of the Game presented by Chevy:

Casey Blake 3-4, HR, single, K, and single. 1 RBI

More to come!

Longball714 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 09, 2009 3:04 pm

not bad so far.

gocubs09 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:39 pm

WEEK IN REVIEW
3 games vs. Rangers
1 6-4 L
2 9-8 L
13-4 W NOTE: Phillies beat Mets 26-3 :lol:

4 games vs. A's
1 8-7 L
2 3-2 L
3 6-1 L
4 9-7 W

3 Games vs. Aces

1 5-0 L
2 3-2 L
3 GOTW

jacobye46 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:47 pm

ouch, tough 3 series
You needa put the pedal to the medal!

gocubs09 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:22 pm

ACES (9-8, tied for 3rd) at ISOTOPES (6-11, 5th)
Grimm vs. Telemaco

Bottom 1: Mark Dirosa 1 run homer, 2nd of season. 1-0
Top 2: Brazzel RBI Double 1-1
Top 3: Quentin Gets injured sliding into 2nd, (hes a DH)
Merchen 2 run homer 3-1
Top 5: Mike Rivera replaces Quentin
Telemaco leaves game, 4 IP, 6 H, 6 Ks, 3 ER, Ryan King comes in
Bottom 9: Chiassian (the SS) bobbles potential double play ball to end it!
Runners on 1st and 2nd, 1 out. The RF Alfaro is up...
TRIPLE! Both runs score!
Mike Fontenot steps in...
LINE DRIVE UP THE MIDDLE, THE PITCHER MISSES IT! ISOTOPES WIN!

Score 4-3
ISOTOPES!
W Dempster 1-1
L Snare 0-2

HRs
Dirosa 2
Merchan 2

Player of the Game presented by Chevy:

SS Mike Fontenot, for obvious reasons :wink:

MORE TO COME!

jacobye46 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:57 pm

9-8, thats not bad for a second year team of young players

and you're gonna needa find a nother slogan than the one on your title :lol:

gocubs09 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:29 am

Don't worry loyal fans (woo... :lol:

?), I'll get this and my league back on track after school baseball season.

-gocubs :wink:

gocubs09 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:46 pm

The Isotopes finished April 13-15 and tied for fourth.

WHO'S HOT: PITCHERS
SP Brad Penny, 3-2, 2.72 ERA, 23 Ks, 1 CG, 1 SHO
CP Ryan Dempster, 1-1, 3.48 ERA, 5 SVs in 6 OPPs, 11 Ks

WHO'S NOT: PITCHERS
SP Rick Lorraine, 0-2, 7.48 ERA, 15 Ks, 12 BBs

WHO'S HOT: BATTERS
C Ryan Fields .343 BA, 1 HR, 9 RBIs
3B Casey Blake .275 BA, 7 HR, 18 RBIs
1B Ryan Wright .290, 6 HR, 21 RBIs

WHO'S NOT: BATTERS
SS Mike Fontenot .200, 1 HR, 10 RBIs

At the start of the month, we sweept the Aces to have a 4 game winning streak and improve to 16-15 and tied for third.

NEXT: Isotopes @ Twins

gocubs09 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:31 pm

AT

Brad Penny, (3-2), 2.72 ERA vs. Fransisco Liriano (2-3), 5.51 ERA
bottom 5: Twins score on Fontenot Error and then on a fielders choice
2-0 MIN
Top 6: Ryan Fields crushes homer to left, 472 feet.
2-1 MIN
Fontenot RBI Single
2-2 tie
Top 7: Wright RBI single scores Upton after triple
3-2 ALB
Top 8: Fields RBI Single
4-2 ALB

4-2 W! The 'Topes are on a 5 game winning streak in the start of May!

W Penny 4-2
S Dempster 8
L Liriano 2-4

HR
Fields 3`

jacobye46 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:35 pm

I see you're using the special logos

good job and Brad Penny looks like he's panning out for you

gocubs09 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:36 pm

jacobye46 wrote:

I see you're using the special logos

good job and Brad Penny looks like he's panning out for you

Yeah, without him I think we wouldn't be close to a tie for second

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