Condon’s walk-off homer lifts Albuquerque past El Paso 8-7
Charlie Condon ended a wild ninth with a one-out walk-off homer, giving Albuquerque an 8-7 win and another loud marker in his Triple-A rise.
The ninth inning turned on one swing, and it came from the Rockies’ No. 2 prospect.
Charlie Condon blasted a game-ending home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth Sunday at Rio Grande Credit Union Field, lifting Albuquerque past El Paso 8-7 in a finish that had the feel of something bigger than a midseason box score. The Isotopes had led 7-4 and looked in control, but the Chihuahuas ripped the game open with a furious rally before Condon shut the door.
Carlos Rodríguez started the comeback with an RBI triple, and Will Wagner followed with a two-run pinch-hit homer to pull El Paso even at 7-7. Wagner, the son of Hall of Fame closer Billy Wagner, delivered the first pinch-hit homer by El Paso against Albuquerque since Marcos Castañon did it on April 10, when the Chihuahuas beat the Isotopes 10-8 in El Paso. That made the late sequence feel like a rerun with a different ending, until Condon erased the drama with one authoritative cut.
The walk-off was the latest power checkpoint in a season that has already given Albuquerque a clear reason to keep watching Condon closely. He entered 2026 as the Rockies’ No. 2 prospect and the headline name on Albuquerque’s Opening Day roster, and the power has shown up in loud bursts. He homered at 111.8 mph on April 8, then later added a 439-foot shot on May 26 before Sunday’s winner. Through 48 games, he was hitting .262 with 8 homers, 25 RBI and an .861 OPS across 183 at-bats, production that looks less like a hot streak and more like a prospect starting to force the issue.
El Paso still got plenty of offense in a game it nearly stole. Jase Bowen went 2-for-4 and launched his 13th homer, tying him for second in the Pacific Coast League. Nick Solak also went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, homering three times in the series and five times over his last eight games after batting .352 in 23 games during May. Fernando Sanchez gave the Chihuahuas a chance by throwing five shutout innings, matching his longest outing of the season.
Albuquerque, though, answered when it mattered most. Criswell got the win to move to 1-0, Yeager took the loss and fell to 1-5, and the Isotopes finished the day at 32-25 while El Paso dropped to 25-32. Albuquerque won four of the six games in the series, handing El Paso its third straight series loss. In a 2:32 game played before 4,701 fans, Condon made the last pitch of the afternoon irrelevant.
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