White Sands Pupfish Defeat Alpine Cowboys 12-6

June 19 2012 The White Sands Pupfish defeated the Alpine Cowboys 12-6 at Griggs Park. White Sands totaled 16 hits and scored in each of the first four innings, taking an 8-2 lead after the second. Alpine finished with 12 hits and scored twice in the ninth, but the Pupfish held on for the victory.

Trevor Willis led White Sands with four hits in five at-bats, including a double, while Virgil Chavira went 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs. Andrew Caron added three hits and one RBI, and Austin Newell reached base four times with three walks and drove in two runs. White Sands also received RBIs from Willis, Henry Gonzalez, Blake Shaffer, Jacob Douglas and Chavira.

Eric Garcia hit a pinch-hit home run for Alpine and drove in two runs. Tyler Hicks, Kevin Hennessey and Chris Davis each collected two hits, with Hicks, Hennessey and Davis recording doubles. Alpine scored two runs in the second and third innings before adding two more in the ninth.

Michael Oros earned the win for White Sands after allowing seven hits and four runs over six innings, with two earned runs, five walks and five strikeouts. Eric Zagone worked 1.2 scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Scott Hartling took the loss for Alpine after giving up seven hits and eight runs in 1.2 innings.