Alpine Cowboys Edge Santa Fe Fuego 7-6

July 14 2022 The Alpine Cowboys defeated the Santa Fe Fuego 7-6 at Kokernot Field in an eight-inning contest. Alpine collected 10 hits and overcame a four-run third inning by Santa Fe, which finished with nine hits and no errors. The Cowboys committed one error.

Santa Fe took a 4-3 lead in the third after Alpine scored once in each of the first three innings. Alpine answered with a run in the fifth and two in the sixth to move ahead 6-4, but the Fuego tied the game with two runs in the seventh. Alpine scored the deciding run in the eighth inning.

Andrew Capone led Alpine with three hits and three runs, while Mark Traylor went 3-for-4 with two RBI. Josh Laurie added two hits, one run and one RBI, and Alex Canty contributed a triple and an RBI. Santa Fe’s Luis Hidalgo had two hits and three RBI, Jared Gay tripled and drove in two runs, and Tyler Carpenter collected two hits and one RBI.

Alejandro Amezquita earned the win for Alpine after pitching one hitless, scoreless inning with two strikeouts. Jaylen Smith also held Santa Fe hitless over 1 2/3 innings while striking out three. Santa Fe starter Matt Sanchez allowed six hits and four earned runs in five innings, and Ismael De los Santos took the loss after surrendering four hits and three runs in two innings.