July 24 2019 The Alpine Cowboys held off the Roswell Invaders 4-3 after building an early lead and shutting out Roswell over the final four innings. Alpine finished with seven hits while Roswell collected eight. The Cowboys committed one error and the Invaders made two.
Alpine scored twice in the first inning, added a run in the third and pushed across the deciding run in the sixth. Roswell answered with one run in each of the first two innings and another in the fifth, but could not score after that. Sam Little hit a home run and drove in two runs for Alpine, while Ellington Hopkins went 3-for-5 with a double and scored twice. C. Graves added a hit and an RBI.
Ryan Hill earned the win for Alpine after allowing five hits and three runs, two earned, in five innings. He struck out six and walked two. Matt Eiel, Michael Koltak and Alejandro Amezquita combined for three scoreless innings before Andrew Click worked a scoreless ninth for the save.
Tanner Klein took the loss for Roswell, giving up six hits and four runs, three earned, in six innings while striking out eight and walking four. Kirby Lambert had a double and two RBIs for the Invaders, and Pete Yorgen collected two hits and drove in a run.
Alpine Cowboys Edge Roswell Invaders 4-3
