Pupfish Power Past Vaqueros 15-6

June 24 2012 The White Sands Pupfish defeated the Las Cruces Vaqueros 15-6 at Apodaca Park after collecting 19 hits and scoring in six innings. White Sands answered Las Cruces’ 2-1 first-inning lead with two runs in the second and moved ahead for good with a run in the fourth and four more in the fifth. The Pupfish added three runs in the sixth and four in the eighth to pull away.

Trevor Willis went 3-for-6 with four runs scored three RBIs a home run and two stolen bases. Virgil Chavira had four hits in five at-bats with three RBIs and two doubles while Henry Gonzalez Jr. added two hits two runs four RBIs and two home runs. Ernie Munoz also drove in two runs and Michael Haynes scored twice and collected two hits.

Brett Miller earned the win for White Sands after allowing five runs four earned on 14 hits in seven innings. He walked one and struck out six. Victor Gonzalez worked the final two innings and allowed one run on two hits. Las Cruces received three hits each from Jimmy Parque Ryan Lauer and Kevin Wager while Parque drove in two runs. Bruce Amende took the loss after surrendering eight earned runs on 11 hits in five innings.