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Pitching plagues ‘Topes in loss
For four innings, the Albuquerque Isotopes gave the appearance that their pitching woes might be in the past.
Then the Salt Lake Bees forced their return with seven runs in the fifth, which culminated in a 7-3 win in front of a crowd of 4,666 at Franklin Covey Field on Thursday night. It was only the second win in the last seven games for the Bees, who sport the best record in the Pacific Coast League at 26-7.
Down 2-0 heading into the fifth, Salt Lake used four walks, five hits and a sacrifice fly to drive in their runs. Kenny Baugh’s walk — his sixth of the evening — brought in a run with the bases loaded to make it 2-1. It also led to his exit.
Marcos Carvajal was no better, giving up a run scoring single to Kendry Morales and a sacrifice to Matthew Brown for a 3-2 Bees lead.
The Isotopes (18-15) struck in the first with Andrew Beattie’s RBI double and a run-scoring single by Dallas McPherson.
Pecos No. 6 in AA baseball tourney
Northern schools brought up the rear for the Class AA baseball seeding committee.
At No. 6, Pecos High School was given the highest seed for the eight-team AA State Baseball Tournament, which were released Thursday night. The District 2AA champion will play third-seeded Lordsburg in a AA quarterfinal at 10 a.m. on Monday at Albuquerque La Cueva.
Peñasco, the 2AA runner-up, earned the seventh seed and faces No. 2 Loving at 1 p.m. at La Cueva. Mesa Vista, the 1AA champion, is the eighth seed and plays top seed and two-time defending AA champion Estancia at 1 p.m. at Albuquerque Eldorado.
Pecos head coach Augustin Ruiz said he expected a low seed, but added that his team is capable of pulling off an upset.

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