Alpine Cowboys Outslug White Sands Pupfish 19-14

June 8 2019 The Alpine Cowboys defeated the White Sands Pupfish 19-14 in a high-scoring game at Griggs Park. Alpine collected 18 hits and scored in six innings while White Sands finished with 11 hits and four errors.

Alpine surged ahead with five runs in the first inning and added another in the second before extending its lead with two runs in the fourth and one in the fifth. The Cowboys scored five more in the sixth and one in the seventh to take a 15-4 advantage. White Sands answered with 10 runs in the eighth to pull within one but Alpine secured the win with four runs in the ninth.

Lance Myers led Alpine with three hits in four at-bats including a home run and five RBI. Sam Little added three hits and two RBI while Chris Scura had two hits and two walks. Armando Valentin and Barry Gonzalez each drove in two runs. White Sands was paced by Tevin Brown who went 3-for-4 with four runs and two RBI and Ben Bavly who collected two hits and four RBI.

Matt Eiel earned the win after allowing one hit and no runs in two innings. Jake Woods recorded the save with 1.2 scoreless innings and one strikeout. Collin Shaw took the loss for White Sands after allowing seven earned runs on seven hits in 3.1 innings.