June 19 2016 The Alpine Cowboys defeated the Santa Fe Fuego 12-7 at Fort Marcy Park. Alpine collected 12 hits and scored in five innings while Santa Fe finished with 13 hits but committed two errors. The Cowboys made three errors in the game.
Alpine broke open a close game with five runs in the third inning after the teams traded two-run rallies in the first and Santa Fe added two runs in the second. The Cowboys added another run in the fourth to take a 9-4 lead. Santa Fe trimmed the deficit with a run in the eighth and two more in the ninth but could not complete the comeback.
D. Aldrich led Alpine with three hits, three runs, two RBI and a home run. J.J. Graham also collected three hits and scored twice, while P. Llewellyn had two hits and three runs.
Jon Denney delivered a pinch-hit home run and drove in three runs. Alpine also got home runs from Aldrich and Denney and a double from Aldrich.
Ely Gallego earned the win for Alpine after allowing five runs four earned on 11 hits in 7.2 innings. He walked one and struck out five.
Evan Bickett worked a scoreless third of an inning and
David Gates allowed two runs in one inning.
Michael Hahn took the loss for Santa Fe after giving up nine earned runs on seven hits in three innings while walking five and striking out six.
Chris Tavares paced Santa Fe with two hits two runs and two RBI including a home run. D. Muller had two hits and an RBI, and
Bradley Thomas hit a solo home run while driving in one run.
