Salt Lake Swept in Double Header

The struggles continue for the Salt Lake Bees, as they were swept in a doubleheader at Albuquerque on Saturday night. The Isotopes took game one 6-5 and shut out the Bees in the nightcap 4-0. The start of the twinbill was delayed over two hours due to rain and there was a 17 minute delay at the start of the seventh inning of game two when all of the lights went out at the ballpark.

In game one, Albuquerque walked off with the win on an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning off of Salt Lake reliever Gerardo Reyes (3-4). The Bees had trailed 5-3 when Jake Gatewood belted a 434 foot solo homer in the fifth to pull to within one. They would tie the game in the sixth, as Jo Adell walked and moved to second and third on a pair of wild pitches. Adell would score when Monte Harrison hit a ground ball to third and the throw to the plate hit him in the back. Magnueris Sierra, Kean Wong and Jake Palomaki each had two hits in the game.

In the second game, the Bees managed just four hits and went 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position. The Isotopes would score two runs in the fourth and two more in the sixth off of starter Cesar Valdez (5-3). Salt Lake has now lost a season high seven straight games.