June 11 2019 The Alpine Cowboys held off the California City Whiptails 4-3 at Kokernot Field. Alpine scored twice in the first inning, added a run in the fifth and pushed across the deciding run in the seventh to finish with seven hits. California City answered with one run in the second and two in the seventh but was limited to four hits.
Chris York led Alpine with two hits and an RBI, while
Ely Gallego drove in two runs on one hit.
Sam Little added a hit, a run, an RBI and a double.
Rodney Tennie and W. Little also scored for the Cowboys. For California City,
Marcos Corrales collected two hits and scored once, and I. Santos had a double and scored twice. Ed Suri had the Whiptails' only multiple-RBI performance with two RBIs.
Jake Binder worked five innings for Alpine, allowing one run on one hit while striking out seven. A. Stephens pitched a scoreless sixth before
Alejandro Amezquita earned the win with one inning of relief. Amezquita allowed three hits and two runs with one earned run. California City starter
Lukus Holub allowed three runs on five hits in six innings and struck out two, while Ben Tingen took the loss after allowing a run in one-third of an inning.
