June 13 2018 The Alpine Cowboys defeated the Ruidoso Osos 9-2 at Kokernot Field. Alpine scored 11 hits and committed no errors, while Ruidoso finished with five hits and two errors.
Ruidoso took a 2-0 lead with two runs in the fourth inning, but Alpine answered with three runs in the fifth, three in the sixth and three in the seventh.
Ely Gallego hit a home run and drove in four runs, while
Seth Douglas also homered and finished with two RBI.
Jonathan Bigley went 3-for-5 with two runs, and
Tommy Ziegen added two hits and two runs.
Brock Hartley hit Ruidoso’s only home run and drove in both of the Osos’ runs.
Travis Smith and
Max Smith each had one of Ruidoso’s five hits, while Hartley went 1-for-4 with two RBI.
Luke Wiechec earned the win with a complete-game effort, allowing five hits and two runs while walking two and striking out 14.
Darrin Pittman took the loss for Ruidoso after working 4.2 innings, and Alpine’s offense added six runs against
Max Smith and
Victor Flores.
