July 21 2013 The Alpine Cowboys defeated the Roswell Invaders 20-11 in a high-scoring game at Joe Bauman Park. Alpine collected 22 hits and scored in six innings, building an early lead with four runs in the first, two in the second, three in the fourth, two in the fifth and five in the sixth. Roswell finished with 13 hits and committed no errors while Alpine was charged with five errors.
Mike Scruggs led Alpine’s offensive attack with four hits, two home runs and 10 RBI.
Eric Herman went 4-for-4 with six runs scored, four RBI and two walks, while
Derrick Fox added three hits, four runs and one RBI. J. Carranza contributed three hits, three RBI and a home run, and
Casanova Donaldson had two hits and one RBI.
Roswell cut into the deficit with a seven-run seventh inning, but Alpine answered with four runs in the eighth to maintain control.
Vincent Mejia had two hits and two RBI for the Invaders, while
Erick Gaylord drove in two runs. Ryan Normoyle,
Roger Bernal and
Chad Kruse each added one RBI.
Shane Youngdale earned the win for Alpine after allowing nine hits and seven runs over 6.2 innings, with only one run earned. He walked two and struck out two.
Ryan Richardson took the loss for Roswell after surrendering six hits and six earned runs in 1.1 innings. Alpine pitchers recorded 13 strikeouts overall while Roswell’s staff struck out 12.
