June 20 2016 The Alpine Cowboys overcame an early deficit with a 9-3 victory over the White Sands Pupfish. White Sands scored twice in the first inning and added another run in the sixth, but Alpine finished with 11 hits and scored in four of its final six offensive innings.
Alpine tied the game with two runs in the fourth before breaking through with five runs in the sixth. The Cowboys added single runs in the seventh and eighth innings to pull away. Ariel Adut went 3-for-5 with a triple and two RBI, while D. Aldrich collected three hits and two RBI. Jon Denney added two hits, including a home run, and two RBI, and Tim Henry drove in another run.
Pat Lemmo earned the win with a complete-game performance, allowing six hits and three runs, two earned, while walking one and striking out seven. Zach Skelton took the loss for White Sands after allowing eight hits and seven runs, five earned, in 5.2 innings with three walks and six strikeouts. Rob Rizzitelli worked the final 2.1 innings for the Pupfish.


















