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Las Vegas 51s win second straight, beat Isotopes 4-3

■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s, Collin McHugh (3-2); Isotopes, Anthony Ortega (1-2)

■ HIGHLIGHTS: At Cashman Field, Collin McHugh held Albuquerque to one run on six hits in seven innings, with five strikeouts and two walks, to lead the 51s (18-17) to their second straight win and fourth in the first six games of their homestand. McHugh (3-2) pitched seven innings for the third time in four starts and lowered his ERA to 2.74. ... The Isotopes (18-19) rallied for two runs in the ninth on a two-run single by Tony Gwynn Jr., who then stole second, but Sean Henn struck out Elian Herrera and pinch hitter Jeremy Moore to end it. ... Las Vegas took a 1-0 lead in the second, when Omar Quintanilla doubled and scored on Juan Centeno’s RBI single. The 51s added three in the fourth, when Jamie Hoffmann hit an RBI single and Eric Campbell and Quintanilla scored on a fielding error by second baseman Osvaldo Martinez. ... Nick Buss homered and finished a triple shy of the cycle for the Isotopes, and Gwynn Jr. also had three hits. ... 51s right-hander Greg Burke (1-0, 4.66 ERA) was recalled by the New York Mets.

■ NEXT: Isotopes (RHP Matt Palmer, 0-1, 7.43 ERA) at 51s (RHP Carlos Torres, 1-3, 7.39), 7:05 p.m. today, KBAD-AM (920)

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