June 29 2019 The Garden City Wind defeated the Alpine Cowboys 9-5 after collecting 14 hits at Clint Lightner. Garden City improved to 42-20-0 while Alpine moved to 41-16-0. The Wind scored in five innings and held Alpine to one run in each of the third fifth seventh and eighth innings.
Garden City broke a 3-3 tie with a four-run sixth inning and added two runs in the eighth.
Carson Lee went 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI, while
Cutter McDowell was 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI.
Alvin Swoope contributed a two-run single as a pinch-hitter. Alpine collected 12 hits, led by
Ellington Hopkins and C. Scura with three hits apiece. Hopkins scored twice and drove in one run.
Edwin Lopez earned the win for Garden City after allowing seven hits and three earned runs over six innings. He walked two and struck out three.
Jonathan Fleckenstein and
Austin Willis-Greene each worked a scoreless inning in relief, while
Travis Edgar allowed one run in the eighth. Alpine starter
Jake Binder pitched five innings with seven hits allowed three runs two earned runs one walk and five strikeouts.
Garrett Mack was charged with the loss after allowing three runs in the sixth inning.
