August 3 2024 The Alpine Cowboys defeated the Tucson Saguaros 5-4 in 10 innings at Kokernot Field. Alpine scored twice in the first inning and added another run in the second to take an early 3-1 lead. Tucson answered with one run in the seventh and two in the eighth before Alpine scored the go-ahead run in the 10th.
Drake Angeron,
Matteo Avallone and
Josh Rego each drove in runs for Alpine, with Rego finishing 1-for-5 with two RBI and a double.
Taylor Darden collected two hits and a double, while
Kyle Rodriguez also scored a run and recorded a hit. Alpine finished with eight hits and nine walks.
Gavy Perez-Torres led Tucson with a home run, one RBI and two runs scored.
Cam Collier went 2-for-4 with a double, while
BJ Minarcin and
Cedric Reynaud each added two hits and an RBI. Tucson totaled seven hits but committed two errors.
Kacey Cheek allowed one earned run on three hits over six innings for Alpine and struck out three.
Alec Cruz earned the victory with two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and recording one strikeout.
Travis Cole provided 5.1 scoreless innings for Tucson after
Ian Concevitch allowed three runs in 1.1 innings;
Dallan Curthoys was charged with the loss.
