James McDonald Goes Four Innings In Triple-A Albuquerque

James McDonald threw 69 pitches 41 for strikes. He only went four innings. I thought he would have at least went five, but I guess they only wanted him to go four.

Carmen Cali came in for James in the fifth and he looked pretty good. He did give up a home run, but he also struck out four in two innings.

I was also impressed with Hyang-Nam Choi. His delivery reminded me of Saito. Choi also gave up a home run and struck out three. The Isotopes pitching struck out a total of thirteen batters tonight.

Jovanny Rosario who was called up from double A started at center for the Topes and he too was impressive. Rosario lead off for the Topes and had two stolen bases. Dee Brown had an awesome diving catch in the eighth inning. Brown also impresses me. He hits for power and plays pretty good defense. Mitch Jones hit another bomb into the CNM parking lot.

Hu and DeWitt seem to be pretty comfortable up the middle, when they turned a double play in the fourth. Hector Luna almost had another triple tonight, but he didn't slide into third and was tagged out. I don't know if he ran out of steam or what but he was beat by the throw.

For photos of tonight's Albuquerque Isotopes game go to my blog at newmexicofan.blogspot.com

Isotopes Batting

Rosario 2 for 4 1R 2SB

Hu 0 for 3

DeWitt 0 for 3 1BB

Luna 0 for 4

Brown 0 for 4

Jones 1 for 2 1R 1RBI 1HR 2BB

Pascucci 0 for 3 1BB

Ellis 0 for 2 1BB

Ardoin 0 for 3

Isotopes Pitching

McDonald 4IP 3H 1R 1ER 3BB 5K

Cali 2IP 1H 1R 1ER 4K

Choi 2IP 1H 1R 1ER 3K

Threets 1IP 1H 1K