The Alpine Cowboys (33-21) beat the Las Cruces Vaqueros (15-39) 10-5 on Tuesday at Apodoca Park behind Riley Smith, who collected four hits. He doubled in the first inning and singled in the third, seventh, and eighth innings.

Jake Taylor had a hot bat for the Las Cruces Vaqueros. Taylor went 3-5, drove in one and scored one run. He singled in the first and sixth innings and doubled in the eighth inning.

Steven Johnson improved to 7-1 on the year by picking up the win for the Alpine Cowboys. He allowed one run over three innings. Johnson struck out two, walked none and gave up four hits.

Michael Ormseth (4-3) took the loss for the Las Cruces Vaqueros. He allowed seven runs in seven innings, walked two and struck out nine.