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You like runs? This week at Isotopes Park is for you.

Entering Monday night, an off night for all teams in the Pacific Coast League, the Albuquerque Isotopes led all of professional baseball in runs scored this season at 172.

That's more than any other Triple-A, Double-A, Single-A Rookie ball or even the guys up at the Major League level have scored, even though every big league team had already played more games than have the Isotopes.

And who is second? That'd be the El Paso Chihuahuas, this week's six-game series opponent of the Isotopes this week at Isotopes Park.

Most runs in pro baseball

(Entering Monday, not counting non-affiliated, independent league teams)

• 172 鈥� Albuquerque Isotopes (Triple-A, Colorado Rockies)

• 169 鈥� El Paso Chihuahuas (Triple-A, San Diego Padres)

• 166 鈥� Atlanta Braves (MLB)

• 166 鈥� Las Vegas Aviators (Triple-A, Oakland Athletics)

• 164 鈥� Louisville Bats (Triple-A, Cincinnati Reds)

• 164 鈥� Oklahoma City Comets (Triple-A, Los Angeles Dodgers)

• 163 鈥� Iowa Cubs (Triple-A, Chicago Cubs)

• 163 鈥� Reno Aces (Triple-A, Arizona Diamondbacks)

• 160 鈥� San Jose Giants (Single-A, San Francisco Giants)

• 160 鈥� Columbus Clippers (Triple-A, Cleveland Guardians)

If, on the other hand, you like low-scoring games, well, good luck finding that this week.

No shot fakes, Jake!

UNM Lobos basketball star Jake Hall 鈥� the freshman shooting guard who put a smile on the faces of Lobo fans everywhere last week when he announced he'd be returning to Albuquerque for his sophomore season instead of transferring 鈥� will throw out the ceremonial first pitch ahead of Tuesday's game against the El Paso Chihuahuas.

There's a good chance he gets called for a balk. The 6-foot-4 shooter from San Diego grew quite the reputation for one of the best shot fakes in college basketball this past season, and it's questionable if he can even throw the pitch without a fake or two and at least one defender flying by him.

The other challenge? The pitcher's mound is 60 feet, 6 inches away. Hall proved he's most deadly finding the strike zone from a more traditional 22 feet, 1 and 3/4 inches away 鈥� the distance of the college 3-point line.

While first pitch for Tuesday's game is set for 6:35 p.m., the ceremonial first pitch is often as much as 30 minutes before game time, so it could be around 6:05 p.m.

Trivia time!

• Question: Who was the last UNM Lobo men's basketball coach to throw out the first pitch at an Isotopes game?

• Answer: See below...

Paging Rick Vaughn

The Isotopes lead the Pacific Coast League in fewest hit batsmen (tied with Reno, each club having hit just nine opposing batters).

That's awfully nice of them, but maybe it's time they start channeling their inner "Wild Thing".

The Pacific Coast League's best record in the past two seasons belonged to Tacoma (86-64 in 2025) and Sugar Land (93-56 in 2024). The PCL team that hit the most batters in 2025 was Tacoma (96) and in 2024 was Sugar Land (83).

So, as Jake Taylor (not Hall) once said in Major League, "Alright Ricky, let's get nasty."

Know the foe

The Isotopes return home for a six-game Pacific Coast League series at Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park against the El Paso Chihuahuas, Tuesday through Sunday.

• Isotopes, Triple-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, 15-12 overall, t-3rd place PCL

• El Paso Chihuahuas, Triple-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, 12-15 overall, t-7th place PCL

About those standings...

The Isotopes' win percentage of .556 technically puts them behind both Las Vegas and Sacramento in the standings (.560). But their 15 wins is the most in the PCL and they are tied for first if looking at the 鈥済ames back鈥� column in the standings, having one more win, but also one more loss, than the leaders.

Three up, three down

Some things that have been looking good lately for the 'Topes, some not so good.

Looking good:

1. As noted earlier in this column, Isotopes pitchers are under control this season. They lead the PCL with fewest hit batsmen (nine) AND fewest wild pitches (seven). For context, Sugar Land has hit the most batters (28) and Las Vegas has thrown the most wild pitches (23).

2. 3B Chad Stevens has reached base in all 22 games he's played this season and has a 31-game on-base streak dating back to Sept. 11 of last season when the streak started in Salt Lake.

3. Albuquerque leads the PCL in stolen bases with 44 and has had at least one in nine consecutive games, three shy of the franchise record.

Look away:

1. 1B/3B Vimael Machin's 10-game hit streak was snapped in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader (a seven-inning game) in Sacramento. (He did answer with two hits in the nightcap).

2. It's a good thing the Isotopes are scoring so many runs. Their pitching overall is still allowing plenty of runs 鈥� posting a 5.62 team ERA, which ranks ahead of only the PCL's last-place Salt Lake (7.07) and tied-for-8th-place Oklahoma City (5.99).

3. The Isotopes have grounded into 24 double plays 鈥� more than any of the 20 teams in the International League and only one shy of being tied for the PCL worst in that category.

Fast food

This is the week Taco takes charge!

2026 Season Standings (11 races):

• 6 wins 鈥� Salsa Jar

• 2 wins 鈥� Taco

• 2 wins 鈥� Red Chile

• 1 wins 鈥� Green Chile

Homestand highlights

Here are some of the promotional highlights for this week's homestand at Isotopes Park (games start at 6:35 unless noted):

• Specialty food item for the homestand: Chicken street tacos (available at the Bullpen Cart by section 113)

• Tuesday: Dollar hot dog night; UNM Lobos start shooting guard Jake Hall throws out the first pitch (probably about 6:05 p.m. for his first pitch, 20-30 minutes before the game's official first pitch); Face painting in section 119; School of Rock musical performance pregame outside of McKernan Hall (the stadium's main entrance behind home plate).

• Thursday (11:05 a.m. first pitch): Day baseball!

• Friday: Postgame fireworks night (music theme: local artists); Gates open early at 5 p.m.; Little League night (game 1 of 2 with teams from around central New Mexico honored on field); pregame music outside stadium and autographs with select players inside third base entrance (5:40 to 6 p.m.).

• Saturday: Postgame fireworks night (music theme: 80s music); Gates open early at 5 p.m.; Little League night (game 2 of 2 with teams from around central New Mexico honored on field); pregame music outside stadium; face painting in section 119.

• Sunday (1:35 p.m. first pitch): Mariachis de Nuevo Mexico jersey giveaway to first 3,000 fans 16 and older; Second Mariachis game of the season; Gates open 90 minutes early at noon; face painting in section 119.

Trivia answer

Former UNM Lobo men's basketball coach Paul Weir threw out a first pitch for the Isotopes on April 22, 2017, shortly after being hired and before he coached a game for the Lobos across the street at the Pit.

Weir, a Toronto native and huge Blue Jays fan, was more than happy to point out at the time that then-Isotopes Manager Glenallen Hill started his MLB career with the Blue Jays.

Neither current UNM Lobos men's basketball coach Eric Olen nor previous coach Richard Pitino threw out a first pitch at Isotopes Park.

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