June 26 2015 The Alpine Cowboys built an early lead and held on for an 8-7 victory over the Santa Fe Fuego. Alpine scored in each of the first three innings, added two runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth to take an 8-0 advantage. Santa Fe answered with three runs in the sixth, three in the eighth and one in the ninth, but could not complete the comeback.
Matt Henrickson led Alpine with four hits in four at-bats, two RBI and a run scored.
Tim Henry went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs and one RBI, while
Riley Smith and J.J. Graham also homered. Smith finished 2-for-5 with one RBI, and
Daniel Aldrich,
Robert Zaragoza and Graham each drove in a run. Alpine collected 13 hits overall.
Connor Lorenzo paced Santa Fe with three RBI and three walks, while
Louie Saenz had two hits and two RBI.
Ruben Rivera also collected three hits, and
Matt Petrone added a hit and a run. Santa Fe finished with 12 hits and left 14 runners on base.
Kevin Klaess earned the win after allowing five hits and three runs over six innings, with one earned run, five walks and two strikeouts.
Steven Johnson worked a scoreless inning, and
Ryan Richardson recorded the save with one inning of relief.
Cody Spriggins took the loss for Santa Fe after surrendering 11 hits and eight runs in 5.1 innings.
