July 3 2011 The White Sands Pupfish defeated the Las Cruces Vaqueros 7-1 at Griggs Park, scoring all seven of their runs in the fifth inning. White Sands finished with 13 hits and no errors, while Las Cruces collected five hits and committed three errors.
Robert Rodriguez led the Pupfish with three hits, including a double, and
Cody Collins added two hits.
Justin Smith tripled and drove in a run, while
Chris De Biasi also had an RBI. Las Cruces’ lone run came in the fifth inning on a solo home run by
Steve Vranau, who recorded the Vaqueros’ only RBI.
Steven Lemmon earned the victory with a complete-game effort, allowing five hits and one earned run while walking one and striking out nine.
Josh Spicer took the loss after allowing seven runs on nine hits in 4.1 innings, with two of the runs charged as earned.
Thomas Romero finished the game for Las Cruces with 3.2 scoreless innings and four strikeouts.
