That was the pregame plan for pitcher Ronald Belisario on Tuesday night at Isotopes Park, and that’s exactly what played out for the troubled Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher during his brief rehabilitation stint in Albuquerque.

Belisario threw 22 pitches — two more than scheduled — and went just two-thirds of an inning during Albuquerque’s 7-6 win against Oklahoma City.

It will be more of the same for Belisario tonight — as far as the pitch count and length on the mound. But he’ll try to improve on Tuesday’s short outing, in which he allowed four of the five batters he faced to reach base. He gave up a single and two walks, and hurt his own cause by dropping a little squibber back to the box for an error that led to two runs.

He got the RedHawks’ Carlos Corporan to hit into a double-play grounder for his only two outs.

Belisario took the mound in the top of the sixth with the Isotopes leading 6-4. After the inning, it was 6-6 but both runs were unearned.

Albuquerque got the lead back on Josh Fields’ sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth.

Much like the Manny Ramirez-situation in 2009, Belisario is spending a little time with the Isotopes while serving a suspension for failing to comply with baseball’s drug policy.

Unlike 2009, Belisario isn’t filling Isotopes Park with fans like Man-Ram did. But the Dodgers are hoping he fills up the strike zone with enough stellar fireballs to show he’s ready to return to the big leagues.

“We keep a careful eye on everyone, but especially with a guy who’s on a semi-rehab type-of-thing,” says Albuquerque pitching coach Glenn Dishman. “We have to make sure he’s not overdoing it but gets his work in. We’ll pay a little more attention to what he’s doing, but it’s not a lot of pressure for us.”

Each organization is allowed to place a player in its minor leagues whenever it wishes while a player is suspended from playing in the majors.

Belisario was suspended for the season’s first 25 games and is eligible to play for the Dodgers again Saturday.

In February, the native of Maracay, Venezuela, said he tested positive for cocaine, but that he used it only one time.

Belisario is not doing media interviews while in rehab, which began last week with two performances for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the Class A California League.

There wasn’t, however, much to talk about.

In two appearances — one start — Belisario threw three innings and gave up six hits and four earned runs for an ERA of 12.00. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out one.

Belisario didn’t play last season because of visa problems in Venezuela. He spent the year on the Dodgers’ restricted list.

The right-handed reliever made an impressive major league debut with the Dodgers in 2009. He went 4-3 with a sparkling 2.03 ERA and struck out 64 batters in 70⅔ innings. He appeared in 69 games, the fourth most by a Dodgers rookie in franchise history. His ERA was the fifth best among National League relievers and second only to Andrew Bailey (1.84) among all rookies in the majors.

But he was also arrested during the 2009 season for DWI in Pasadena, Calif., and missed the first month of the 2010 season with visa problems. Belisario still pitched 59 games in 2010 and went 3-1, but his ERA skied to 5.04.

Now he’s trying to work his way back.

“He’s had a good relationship with the guys,” Dishman says. “The guys here understand what he’s doing, and have respect for him. He’s always been a model citizen for us, so that’s good.”

Belisario’s Albuquerque appearance could produce one problem for Albuquerque manager Lorenzo Bundy. Granted it’s Isotopes Park where balls tend to sail like Jacques Cousteau on the high seas, but what if an Albuquerque starter is throwing a spectacular game? Does Belisario still get his one inning?

“A niche comes in if your starter’s doing really well and has a low pitch-count, and now you get to the seventh or eighth inning — which is a good thing,” Bundy says. “But he’ll get an inning in, and everyone knows what’s going on.”

Even if a starter — dare say — has a no-hitter going?

“(Belisario’s) got to get the work,” Bundy said with a smile at Tuesday afternoon’s batting practice. “One thing you can bet on, is he’s going to get one inning tonight. And one inning (Wednesday).”

After that, Dishman says, the Dodgers “will have to make a decision, because he’s out of options. They have to decide whether he makes the club or they let him go.”