June 22 2011 The Ruidoso Osos defeated the White Sands Pupfish 6-3, collecting 15 hits while holding White Sands to 10. Ruidoso scored once in the third, fourth and seventh innings before breaking the game open with three runs in the eighth. White Sands answered with one run in the fifth and two in the sixth but could not complete the comeback.
Drew Peterson led the Osos offensively, going 3-for-5 with two runs, two RBIs and a home run.
Eddie Browne went 2-for-5 with an RBI, while
Chris Juarez and
Jerome Dunning each added two hits and an RBI. White Sands was paced by
Rod Allen, who went 3-for-4 with a double and a run, while
Justin Smith and K. Bradford each had two hits.
White Sands starter
Chris Anklem worked six innings, allowing nine hits and two earned runs with three strikeouts. For Ruidoso,
Chris Welborn pitched five innings and allowed six hits and three runs, two earned, with three strikeouts. Leo Madrid followed with two scoreless innings, and
Andrew Miller earned the win with a scoreless ninth. Lee Thompson recorded the save by retiring White Sands without allowing a hit in the final inning.
