On Star Wars Night at Las Vegas Ballpark, the offense had plenty of force. The pitching did not.
Despite collecting 15 hits and getting four RBIs from Joey Meneses, the Aviators fell 13-11 to Albuquerque on Saturday night. The loss drops Las Vegas to 25-23, while the Isotopes improve to 28-22 and move into first place in the PCL East.
Early Hole Too Deep
Joey Estes took the loss, allowing 11 runs on 12 hits over 4.1 innings. He walked two and struck out one as Albuquerque scored in four of the first five innings.
The Isotopes struck quickly in the first on back-to-back two-out solo homers from Vimael Machín and Charlie Condon. They added two more in the second, highlighted by Nic Kent’s RBI single and a sacrifice fly from Drew Avans…