Alpine Cowboys Rally Past Weimar Hormigas 7-6

June 10 2022 The Alpine Cowboys rallied past the Weimar Hormigas 7-6 at Kokernot Field. Alpine finished with seven hits and two errors while Weimar collected six hits and committed four errors.

Weimar scored one run in each of the third fourth and fifth innings before breaking through for three runs in the sixth. Alpine answered with two runs in the fifth two in the sixth and one in the seventh before scoring twice in the ninth to secure the win.

Matteo Avallone hit a home run and drove in two runs for Alpine. Dylan Nolan had two hits and one RBI while Calvin Graves added a hit and an RBI. Andrew Capone contributed a double and James Prockish also had a hit. Colton Whitehouse scored twice and Manny Garcia reached base three times on walks.

Michael Castillo earned the victory after allowing one hit and striking out one in a scoreless inning. Ryan Greco started for Alpine and worked five innings, allowing four hits and three runs with two strikeouts. Alejandro Amezquita added three scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Weimar starter Drew Minter struck out six over six innings, and Brett Shartzer was charged with the loss after pitching 2.2 innings.