Plawecki Homers Twice in Wednesday Win
El Paso 8 Albuquerque 5 – Wednesday WP: Jacob (3-0) LP: Justice (0-2) S: Gillaspie (5) Time: 2:20 Attn: 7,749 The El Paso Chihuahuas scored four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to come back and beat the Albuquerque Isotopes 8-5 Wednesday night at Southwest University Park. The
El Paso 8 Albuquerque 5 – Wednesday
WP: Jacob (3-0)
LP: Justice (0-2)
S: Gillaspie (5)
Time: 2:20
Attn: 7,749
The El Paso Chihuahuas scored four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to come back and beat the Albuquerque Isotopes 8-5 Wednesday night at Southwest University Park. The teams have split the first two games of the six-game series.
El Paso catcher Kevin Plawecki went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBIs. Plawecki had entered the game with two home runs on the season. It was El Paso’s sixth multi-homer game of the year and the first since Cal Mitchell’s on June 11 at Albuquerque. It was Plawecki’s first multi-homer game since 2017 with Triple-A Las Vegas. Matthew Batten and Tirso Ornelas also had two hits each for El Paso.
Chihuahuas left fielder Clay Dungan walked twice Wednesday to advance his on-base streak to 32 straight games between Double-A San Antonio and El Paso. Wednesday’s game had four lead changes.
Box Score: Gameday: Isotopes 5, Chihuahuas 8 Final Score (07/03/2024) (milb.com)
Team Records: Albuquerque (4-4), El Paso (4-4)
Next Game: Thursday at 6:35 p.m. Mountain Time at Southwest University Park. Albuquerque TBA vs. El Paso RHP Nabil Crismatt (1-1, 7.20). The game will air on 600 ESPN El Paso and www.epchihuahuas.com.