July 7 2011 The Las Cruces Vaqueros defeated the Ruidoso Osos 12-6 at Apodaca Park, scoring in six innings and finishing with 16 hits. Las Cruces took a 2-0 lead in the first inning, and the teams traded runs through the sixth before the Vaqueros broke the game open with five runs in the seventh. Ruidoso answered with one run in the eighth, but Las Cruces closed out the victory without allowing another score.
Steve Vranau led the Vaqueros with four hits and three RBI, while
James Lilley added three hits and an RBI.
Harry Williams Jr. had two hits and three RBI, and
Clint Stroud scored three runs, hit his 11th home run of the season and drove in one. Las Cruces also received two hits and three RBI from Vranau and two hits from
Rob Herrmann, who added an RBI.
Ruidoso collected 15 hits in the loss.
Sam DiMatteo went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI,
Kip Masuda had three hits, a double and an RBI, and
Drew Peterson also recorded three hits. The Osos committed three errors, while Las Cruces played errorless baseball.
Kyle Boggio earned the win for Las Cruces after allowing nine hits and four earned runs in 4.2 innings, with three walks and three strikeouts.
Juan Medina worked 2.2 innings and allowed two runs while striking out three, and
Brandon Kelly finished with 1.2 scoreless innings. Ruidoso starter Leo Madrid allowed seven runs, six earned, on 12 hits in six innings, and
Andrew Miller was charged with the loss after allowing three runs in two-thirds of an inning.
