Alpine Cowboys Rally Past Las Cruces Vaqueros 6-4

July 19 2011 The Alpine Cowboys overcame an early deficit to defeat the Las Cruces Vaqueros 6-4 at Kokernot Field. Alpine scored six runs on five hits without committing an error, while Las Cruces finished with 11 hits and no errors.

Las Cruces took a 2-0 lead in the second inning and added two more runs in the fourth. Alpine answered with two runs in the third before breaking the game open with a four-run fifth inning. Jason Simone went 2-for-2 with two RBI and a walk, while Kyle Wells, Giorgio Fuda and Mike Marion each drove in a run. Javier Arrieta scored twice and Cody Jones scored twice for Alpine.

Henry Fuentes, Clint Stroud, Mitch Saum and Rob Herrmann each collected two hits for Las Cruces. Stroud drove in two runs, while Fuentes and Herrmann each added an RBI. Juan F. Martinez contributed a double, as did Stroud and Saum.

Thomas Meager earned the win for Alpine after allowing four runs on eight hits in five innings, striking out nine and walking two. Bryant Asnicar worked 1.2 scoreless innings with one strikeout, and Brian Hobbs recorded the save with a scoreless ninth of an inning. Las Cruces starter Jorge Crespo took the loss after giving up five runs in 4.1 innings, and Mike Duckworth allowed one run in 1.2 innings.