July 2 2011 The Alpine Cowboys rallied for five runs in the seventh inning and held on for a 9-7 victory over the Las Cruces Vaqueros. Alpine collected 13 hits and overcame two errors while Las Cruces finished with 15 hits and two errors.
Alpine scored once in the first inning and twice in the second before Las Cruces responded with two runs in the third and three in the fourth. The Cowboys added a run in the fifth, but the Vaqueros extended their lead to 7-4 with two runs in the sixth. Alpine’s five-run seventh put the Cowboys back in front for good.
Jason Simone led Alpine with four hits in six at-bats and drove in two runs.
Tyler Hicks scored twice and reached base four times with two hits and two walks, while
Nick Ochoa and
Javier Arrieta each collected two hits and one RBI.
Nathan Skeen and
Zach Welch also drove in runs for the Cowboys.
Las Cruces received three hits and three runs from
Mitch Saum, who hit two home runs and drove in two runs.
Henry Fuentes hit a home run and had two hits and one RBI, while
Clint Stroud added a homer and three hits.
Jack Winters earned the win for Alpine after allowing one run on one hit in 1.1 innings.
Kyle Boggio took the loss for Las Cruces after surrendering nine runs, six earned, on 12 hits in seven innings.
