Chihuahuas Comeback Falls Short Thursday

Albuquerque 12 El Paso 8 – Thursday
WP: Koch (3-1)
LP: Watson (4-2)
S: None
Time: 2:41
Attn: 6,978

The El Paso Chihuahuas scored six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning in their comeback attempt Thursday night but lost to the Albuquerque Isotopes 12-8. The Isotopes have won two games in a row after the Chihuahuas took the series opener on Tuesday.

Tim Locastro led off for El Paso and went 2-for-5 with a double and a home run. Chihuahuas leadoff hitters are now 12-for-18 over the last four games. Locastro and Brett Sullivan hit back-to-back home runs in the fifth. It was the first set of back-to-back home runs by the Chihuahuas since Sullivan and Jantzen Witte on June 30, 2023.

The Chihuahuas scored in the first inning Thursday, which was their fourth straight game with a run in the first frame. Nick Hernandez, Logan Gillaspie and Austin Davis all pitched scoreless relief outings for El Paso. The Isotopes retired the final 12 Chihuahuas batters.

Box Score: Gameday: Isotopes 12, Chihuahuas 8 Final Score (05/09/2024) (milb.com)

Team Records: Albuquerque (11-25), El Paso (15-21)

Next Game: Friday at 6:35 p.m. Mountain Time at Southwest University Park. Albuquerque LHP Josh Rogers (1-2, 4.71) vs. El Paso LHP Ryan Carpenter (1-2, 9.00). The game will air on 600 ESPN El Paso and www.epchihuahuas.com.