White Sands Holds Off Las Cruces 7-6

July 6 2012 The White Sands Pupfish defeated the Las Cruces Vaqueros 7-6 in a 10-inning game. White Sands collected 14 hits and overcame eight Las Cruces runs errors while Las Cruces finished with eight hits and eight errors.

White Sands built an early 4-0 lead with two runs in each of the first two innings. Las Cruces answered with two runs in the fifth before the Pupfish added a run in the sixth. The Vaqueros scored three times in the eighth to tie the game at 5-5 but White Sands regained the lead with a run in the bottom half. Las Cruces tied the game again in the ninth before White Sands scored the decisive run in the 10th.

Austin Newell led the Pupfish attack by going 4-for-6 with three runs two RBI a double and a triple. Christian Ramirez added three hits and three RBI while Michael Haynes went 3-for-5 with two runs. Las Cruces received two hits each from Jimmy Parque Randy Wells and Wink Nolan with Parque recording two doubles.

LaCurtis Mays earned the win after allowing two hits and one run in 2.1 innings while striking out four. White Sands starter K. Worthington worked 6.1 innings and allowed three hits and two runs with seven strikeouts. Las Cruces starter C. Peacock struck out six over six innings but allowed 10 hits and five runs. Rich McNeal was charged with the loss after giving up the deciding run in 1.2 innings.