Albuquerque Blasts Oklahoma City In Finale

The Albuquerque Isotopes were all over Oklahoma City Thursday, topping the RedHawks 15-5 in the final game of the four-game series.

Oklahoma City (17-11) jumped out to a lead early, thanks to an RBI double from Scott Moore and a two-run home run from Justin Ruggiano to take a 3-0 advantage in the first inning.

However, the Isotopes took very little time in order to take the lead, scoring 10 runs in the second and third innings.

A sacrifice fly from Tim Federowicz in the bottom of the second scored Trent Oeltjen for their first run of the game and a sac bunt two at-bats later brought Jerry Sands home to cut the lead to one run. Elian Herrera singled in the next at-bat to bring Angle home and tie the game 3-3.

In the bottom of the third with runners on first and second, Oeltjen sent a double to left field to bring Josh Fields home to take a 4-3 advantage. Jerry Sands followed with a triple to right field to bring Scott Van Slyke and Oeltjen home to take a three-run lead.

Paul Clemens was then pulled in favor of Sergio Perez, but the reliever did not fare much better, giving up an RBI triple and a two-run home run against his first two batters to take a 9-3 lead. Two batters later, Fields – who started the inning with a single – hit an RBI single to right field to bring Herrera home to take a 10-3 lead.

Clemens (2-2) was credited with a loss for the outing, giving up seven earned runs on 10 hits in just two innings of service. Will Savage (5-0) remained perfect on the season, giving up four earned runs on eight hits in five innings of service.

Oklahoma City will try to avoid losing back-to-back games Friday, heading to Omaha to being a four-game series against the Omaha Storm Chasers.