Early barrage from former Isotopes snaps win streak
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7/19/2008 - 7/20/08
Of the first-inning damage inflicted on the Albuquerque Isotopes on Saturday, two of the three homers could be considered friendly fire.
New Orleans hit three home runs in its first at-bat and went on to beat Albuquerque 5-1 in Pacific Coast League baseball at Zephyr Field.
The loss snapped a modest three-game winning streak for the Isotopes.
Of the three home runs, two came from former Isotopes. Chris Aguila, once a valuable prospect in the Florida Marlins organization, hit his 19th, while Valentino Pascucci, a power-hitting farmhand, also hit his 19th. Anderson Machado led off the bottom of the first with a solo shot, his third of the season.
It was all the support Brandon Knight (5-1) would need as he went six innings and allowed just six hits.
Chris Seddon (7-7) suffered the loss, and managed just 2 1/3 innings, giving up five runs on five hits. He also walked four hitters.
The only scratch on the scoreboard for the Isotopes came in the top of the eighth, on a Tagg Bozied run-scoring single. Albuquerque (43-57) managed just five hits off four Zephyrs pitchers.
The Zephyrs are 48-53.