9-10-25
There were a pair of day games on tap, at the same time, of course. The Chihuahuas versus the Isotopes came on first. The Isotopes took a 3-0 lead in the first. There was a two-run homer to the Porch with the fielder standing directly underneath it like old Tiger Stadium. This was followed by another two-run homer and two more runs on a single. It was 7-0 Isotopes after an 11-batter first inning.
Admittedly by this point, I switched over to the Rangers and the Brewers, but I’d keep up with the Chihuahuas between innings. The score kept getting worse. It was 10-0 after two innings, 11-0 after three innings, 12-0 after four innings, and by the sixth, it was 14-0.
I was feeling good about my choice. I took a nap listening to the Rangers. When I got up, I flipped back to the Chihuahuas. The pups had scored 7 in the bottom of the sixth inning to make it, 14-7. Unfortunately, they couldn’t stop the Isotopes from scoring. They gave up a run on a wild pitch, 15-7. An error loaded the bases for the Chihuahuas in the bottom of the seventh, but they only got a run off of a sacrifice, 15-8.
The Isotopes’ kept hitting and ran up the score to 19-8 in the eighth. Cody Roberts, the backup catcher, came in as a reliever to get the final two outs. From broadcaster Tim Hagerty, Cody’s seriously considering a position change after his previous outing (8-30-25). He came out again in the ninth. The first batter switched sides of the plate mid-at bat. He worked a walk, so it worked. Cody then gave up a two-run homer to Sam Hilliard. It was 21-8 Isotopes. They scored in every inning, which is a rare feat.
In the bottom of the ninth, the Chihuahuas loaded the bases and got a couple of runs. 21-10 Isotopes was the final. The Isotopes had 27 hits in the game. This game started a half hour before the Rangers’ game, but finished well after. Right after this game finished, I had to rush off to work.
Meanwhile, the Rangers were playing the Brewers. The Rangers had taken the first two games of the series against the MLB’s best team by record. The announcers were looking forward to a pitcher’s duel between Merrill Kelly and Freddy Peralta. The first two Brewer batters homered. There was nearly a third home run shot by Christian Yelich, but he was robbed by Michael Helman in outfield.
Jake Burger, the only Ranger in the lineup with any success against Peralta, homered in the second and broke Peralta’s scoreless inning streak at 29. 2-1 Brewers. The Rangers loaded bases the bases in the third. A Joc Pederson fielder’s choice brought in the tying run. Peralta balked in another run to give the Rangers a 3-2.
In the fourth, the Brewers loaded the bases. Aggie great, Joey Ortiz, came up, but grounded out. I had mixed feelings on that play. However, Joey made an awesome defensive play in the bottom of the inning and earned the praise of the Ranger announcers. In the fifth, it was Burger again with a two-run homer to make it, 5-2.
The Brewers had two on in the sixth. Joey was lifted for pinch hitter, Rhys Hoskins, who drove in a run and chased Kelly from the game, 5-3. In the bottom of the eighth, the Rangers loaded the bases without a hit. Rowdy Tellez came up and got a run on an FC, 6-3. Phil Maton locked it down in the ninth. Appropriately, Burger made a great play to end it. 6-3 Rangers, and they completed the sweep to stay in the Wild Card race.
While I was listening to the games, I didn’t realize that there was a big news story going on. When I got to work, I found out about the Charlie Kirk assassination. Much of the rest of the evening, I was listening to coverage about it. The MLB.TV Free Game was the Rays at the White Sox. I was barely watching. The White Sox coverage was showing awkward moments on Kiss Cam and talking about Spring Training next year. It wasn’t a bad game, though. There was drama in the ninth, the Sox had a one-run lead. Their closer walked the first batter and pulled up lame. Two more pitchers had to come in to close it out with runners on second and third. White Sox win, 6-5.
9-11-25
I was very busy at work (seems like a theme this week) and watching Nick Fuentes’ eulogy for Charlie Kirk tonight and didn’t have much time for baseball. The Chihuahuas beat the Isotopes in what seemed like a quick game, as opposed to the last two days.
The MLB.TV Free Game was the Rockies at the Padres. I started watching late in the game. In the eighth, the Rox announcer forgot the number of outs and tried to send it to the break. The play-by-play guy said, “We play three outs in this league.” It’s been a long season, especially for the Rockies. It was a 2-0 Padres win. Significantly the Rockies have yet to score yet in San Diego in four games this season.
9-12-25
The Rangers were playing the Mets tonight. Jacob deGrom was making his first start against the Mets as a Ranger. They gave him a video tribute there. I think the fans also gave him a good round of applause. I left in the first to go to Aggie Volleyball. The Rangers were up 4-0 in the first. They ended up scoring 6 in the inning. deGrom worked 7 innings, giving up 3 runs, and the Rangers won, 8-3.
I also missed a NASCAR Xfinity race at Bristol and only saw the prerace. It was the first race of the “playoffs.” Aric Almirola won. Connor Zilisch finished fifth. He was going for his fifth win in a row.
Back from Volleyball, it had rained outside while I was at the game. It was raining in El Paso, too. The Chihuahuas were playing the Isotopes. In the sixth, with the Isotopes up 9-0, the rain got bad enough to bring out the tarp. A player had slipped on the muddy infield to precipitate that (pardon the pun). The game was official at that point and called. Oddly, I was also getting the Albuquerque station, which was carrying the game from the Isotope point of view.
9-13-25
While I was at Aggie Volleyball yesterday, the biggest sports story in New Mexico was going on in California. The UNM Lobos beat UCLA, 35-10. Yes, they were playing football. And UNM was paid over a $1M to go play them. UCLA’s coach was fired for this loss the next day.
After I got back home from Aggie Volleyball, there were three games on the radio and an interesting College Football game on. From keeping up with score while I was at Volleyball, I knew the Aggie Football team was losing to LA Tech. I started listening in the fourth quarter. The defense was holding, but when they gave it over to the offense, quarterback Logan Fife had a fumble that was returned for a touchdown. I started turning over to other games after that. LA Tech won going away, 49-14.
The Chihuahuas were whupping up on Isotopes in El Paso. They had a big sixth inning and went up, 11-3. They’d go on to win, 16-3. Yonathan Perlaza set the season RBI record for the team during the game. Ezequiel Duran hit for cycle. He hit a grand slam to get the home run for the cycle. I had a co-worker who went to the game. She had a great time, though she mostly raved about the food. Her dinner sounded like a feast actually. Her and her fiancee also bought Chihuahuas Grateful Dead-themed t-shirts.
I missed the Rangers beating the Mets, 3-2, going to Volleyball. I saw it was 2-2 in the ninth at one point checking scores. I regret nothing going to see the girls playing volleyball, though. The other radio game on while I was home was also a blowout. It was 9-1 in the eighth with the Padres over the Rockies. The final was 11-3 Padres.
The game of the night was Texas A&M at Notre Dame. I came in in the fourth quarter and it was 40-34 ND. However, they’d missed the extra point on a bobbled snap. The Aggies came back downfield. On fourth and goal on the ND ten, they made an absolutely clutch TD pass and catch. The extra point won it, 41-40. The coverage kept showing ND holder on goat cam. I felt bad for the kid. This was just like earlier in the day, when Tennessee lost to Georgia after the field goal kicker missed what would have been the game-winning kick.
9-14-25
There were two games on the radio this afternoon, of course at the same time. The Rangers were at the Mets. The Rangers had taken the first two games of the series and are on enough of a winning streak that they have a chance to get into the playoffs. The Mets were on an 8-game losing streak and about to play their way out of a playoff spot. I chose to mostly listen this game.
Ranger starter, Jacob Latz, had traffic issues in the first two innings, but settled down. In the fifth, after a double and a grounder that moved the runner to third, there was a grounder to Rowdy Tellez at first. He threw home, but just missed getting the runner, 1-0 Mets. In the sixth, Brandon Nimmo homered to make it, 2-0.
In the seventh, Joc Pederson drove in two runs to tie it, 2-2. Adolis Garcia, back from injury, made a sliding catch to end the seventh and keep the Mets from scoring. The Mets doubled off Ezekiel Duran on a line out for a double play to end the top of the ninth. In the bottom, Duran made a great play to keep the Mets from scoring. In the bottom of the tenth, Juan Soto was walked at the beginning of the inning to face Pete Alonso. He proceeded to hit a three-run homer to win it, 5-2. That was disappointing.
Meanwhile, the Chihuahuas were playing the Isotopes. The pups scored 7 in first inning and I missed all of it, even though I was checking in on this game between innings. I finally switched over to this game in the eighth. It was 7-3, but the Isotopes scored and brought the tying run to the plate with the bases loaded. The Chihuahuas got out of it, 7-4.
In the bottom of the eighth, the Isotopes walked the bases loaded for pups. A hit batter brought in a run. Clay Dungan then singled in two more runs. During a pitching change, KROD cut out of the game and went to ESPN Radio. Broadcaster Tim Hagerty tried to talk over it, but he was cut off. I was about to leave for lunch, but the game came back on. The Chihuahuas had batted around while I wasn’t able to listen and it was, 13-4.
The top of the ninth was the debut of pitcher, Maikel Miralles. He struck out his first batter and the ball was tossed out for a keeper. He didn’t do well after that and gave up a home run right after and then some. Another reliever had to come in to get the final out. Chihuahuas win, 13-8. This was the pups’ final home game of the season. After the game, the Chihuahuas held up a banner thanking the fans and tipped their caps to the crowd.
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