White Sands Uses Late Surge to Defeat Las Cruces 9-7

June 7 2015 The White Sands Pupfish defeated the Las Cruces Vaqueros 9-7 after scoring nine unanswered runs across the sixth through 10th innings. White Sands finished with 15 hits and one error, while Las Cruces collected 13 hits and committed three errors.

Las Cruces built a 7-0 lead with three runs in the third inning and four more in the fifth. White Sands answered with three runs in the sixth, two in the eighth, two in the ninth and two in the 10th to complete the comeback.

Aaron Olivas went 3-for-5 with two runs, an RBI and a triple for White Sands. Steven Ubiera added four hits in six at-bats, while Will DuPont and Wallace each hit a home run and drove in two runs. DuPont also scored twice, and Wallace scored twice. Las Cruces received a four-RBI performance from Alex Diaz, who went 2-for-5 with a home run, while Miguel Castano and James Enriquez each collected three hits.

Joe McCarty earned the win after pitching a scoreless inning with one hit allowed and one walk. Steven Wisser struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings, and Richard Suniga and Eli Nickel also worked scoreless relief. Las Cruces starter Kyle Cross held White Sands scoreless over 4.1 innings, but Casey Collins took the loss after allowing four runs on six hits in two innings.