Alpine Cowboys Rally Past White Sands Pupfish 12-11

June 14 2012 The Alpine Cowboys rallied for four runs in the ninth inning to defeat the White Sands Pupfish 12-11 at Kokernot Field. Alpine trailed 11-8 entering the final inning before completing the comeback. The Cowboys finished with 13 hits and no errors while White Sands collected 18 hits and committed four errors.

White Sands built its lead with three runs in the third inning and two more in both the first and fourth. Austin Newell went 4-for-6 with three runs and an RBI, while Henry Gonzalez Jr. had three hits and an RBI. Blake Shaffer drove in three runs, and Thomas Shull and Virgil Chavira each contributed two RBIs. White Sands hit four home runs, from Shull, Shaffer, Andrew Caron and Chavira.

Alpine answered with three runs in the sixth and three in the eighth before its decisive four-run ninth. Tyler Hicks went 2-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs, while Eric Garcia scored twice, had two hits and drove in a run. Derrick Fox had two hits and two RBIs, and Bo Bell and Justin McDavid also collected two hits.

Pedro Maldonado earned the win after allowing two hits and one earned run in one inning. Evan Houde struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings for Alpine, and Steve Merslich added a scoreless inning with two strikeouts. White Sands starter Curtis Camilli struck out six but allowed nine hits and five earned runs in 5.2 innings. Andrew Bakowski took the loss, giving up two hits and four runs in 1.1 innings.