Mariachis Blast La Familia, 10-3

Albuquerque, NM – Playing as the Mariachis de Nuevo México for the first time this season, the Albuquerque Isotopes (5-6) left no doubt, plating a barrage of runs early for the fifth consecutive game in a 10-3 triumph over the Tacoma Rainiers (3-8) in front of a season high 8,330 fans at “The Plaza” Saturday night. Albuquerque has won four games in a row.

With the bases loaded and two outs in the first inning, Sean Bouchard whacked a pitch over the left-center field wall for Albuquerque’s third grand slam of the series and a quick 4-0 lead.

The balls kept flying in the third as Colton Welker and Scott Schebler went deep to left on back-to-back pitches, making it 6-2 in favor of the hosts.

Bret Boswell led off the fourth with a double, his first of three hits on the night. Boswell immediately scored on a single from Jonathan Morales, before Tim Lopes chased home Morales with a two-bagger to left.

Starting pitcher Ryan Feltner (1-0) earned his first Triple-A win with 5.1 innings of five-hit, three-run ball with three walks and five strikeouts. The bullpen quartet of Nate Griep, Ben Bowden, Zach Lee and Logan Cozart combined to record the last 11 outs with just two hits allowed.

Topes Scope: - Welker and Schebler’s back-to-back homers were the first such occurrence for the Topes since Brian Serven and Taylor Snyder on September 25, 2021 vs. Reno.

- Boswell registered his first three-hit game since picking up four knocks on August 23, 2019 for Double-A Hartford against Reading. He did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League season, then sat out all of 2021 with an injury.

- Tomorrow, Albuquerque will look to win five consecutive games in the same series for the first time in team history.

- The Isotopes have plated a total of 35 runs and 41 hits through the first four innings of games in this series.

- When playing as the Mariachis at home, Albuquerque is 13-4. The first year of the Mariachis was 2018.

- Dating back to September 10 of last season, the Isotopes have won 12 of their last 15 home games.

- Welker is batting .396 (36-for-91) on balls put in play at the Triple-A level, spanning 30 games between the 2021 and 2022 seasons.

- Feltner was the second Topes starter to work into the sixth inning this year after Matt Dennis did so in a win Thursday.

On Deck: The Isotopes wrap up their initial homestand of the 2022 campaign with an Easter Sunday contest. There will be a Magnet Schedule giveaway to the first 3,000 fans, courtesy of Maddox Management LLC. A Pre-Game Easter Candy Hunt on the Field will be held from 12:30-1 PM for kids ages 5 to 12. Lefty Nick Margevicius (0-1, 11.57) will start for the Rainiers tomorrow and Albuquerque is scheduled to counted with right-hander Frank Duncan (0-0, 11.05).