Alpine Cowboys Hold Off Santa Fe Fuego 7-6

June 26 2021 The Alpine Cowboys defeated the Santa Fe Fuego 7-6 at Kokernot Field, overcoming an early deficit and holding on after Santa Fe scored twice in the seventh inning. Alpine finished with 10 hits and no errors, while Santa Fe had seven hits and two errors.

Santa Fe scored twice in the first inning and added single runs in the third and fourth to take a 4-1 lead. Alpine answered with four runs in the third, then added one run in each of the fourth and fifth innings to move ahead 7-4. Jared Gay hit a two-run home run and drove in three runs for Santa Fe, while Matthew Sanchez also homered and had an RBI.

Alex Canty led Alpine with two hits and four RBI. Bryce Donovan went 3-for-4 with an RBI, and Chandler Hughes had two hits, including a home run and a triple, while driving in a run. Ridge Walker earned the win after allowing five hits and four earned runs in 4.2 innings with two strikeouts. Trey Silmon recorded the save despite allowing two runs in the seventh, and Matthew Sanchez took the loss for Santa Fe after giving up nine hits and seven runs in five innings.