July 4 2013 The Alpine Cowboys defeated the White Sands Pupfish 11-5 at Kokernot Field, collecting 10 hits while limiting White Sands to eight. Alpine also took advantage of five Pupfish errors in the game, while committing two of its own.
Alpine scored twice in the first inning and broke open the game with a four-run fifth to take a 6-2 lead. The Cowboys added single runs in the sixth and seventh before a three-run eighth put the game out of reach. White Sands scored twice in the fourth, twice in the seventh and once in the eighth.
J. Carranza led Alpine by going 3-for-5 with two runs, a double and three RBI. M. Scruggs added three RBI, while
Billy Crowe drove in two and
Casanova Donaldson had two hits, one RBI and one run. L. Lotti also hit a home run for the Cowboys and recorded an RBI.
Josh Cruse earned the win after allowing seven hits and two earned runs over six innings. He walked three and struck out four. Bryan Chudy took the loss for White Sands, allowing five hits and six runs, three earned, in five innings while walking six and striking out three.
J.J. Costantino paced the Pupfish with two hits and two RBI, and
Chris De Biasi contributed two hits and scored twice.
