Vaqueros Power Past Pupfish 15-8

May 12 2012 The Las Cruces Vaqueros defeated the White Sands Pupfish 15-8 at Apodoca Park, overcoming a five-run first inning by White Sands with a 15-hit offensive performance. Las Cruces scored three runs in the first, four in the third, two in the fourth, two in the fifth and three in the sixth to build a 14-5 advantage before adding another run in the eighth.

Trevor Whyte led the Vaqueros with two hits, two runs and four RBI, while Randy Wells reached base five times with one hit, three walks and three RBI. D. Pyles added two hits, two runs and two RBI, and Jimmy Parque went 3-for-4 with three runs scored. Ryan Lauer contributed one hit and two RBI, and Patrick Nolan had two hits and one RBI.

White Sands received home runs from Tobi Adeyemi and Blake Shaffer. Shaffer went 2-for-4 with two runs and four RBI, while Jordan Stouffer had two hits and one RBI. Jason Martin and Justin Juneau each collected two hits as the Pupfish finished with 13 hits.

Jeremy Hall earned the win for Las Cruces after allowing eight hits and five runs in five innings while striking out four; the box score charged him with no earned runs. P. Yang worked two innings and allowed one earned run, while Wacey Sorenson finished with two innings, two earned runs and one strikeout. Josh Hildebrand took the loss for White Sands after surrendering six hits and nine earned runs in 3 1/3 innings.