Alpine Cowboys Rally Past Garden City Wind 10-8

June 28 2017 The Alpine Cowboys defeated the Garden City Wind 10-8 after overcoming a one-run deficit with four runs across the sixth and seventh innings. Alpine finished with 17 hits and four errors while Garden City collected eight hits and committed three errors.

Alpine took a 5-4 lead through three innings before Garden City scored three times in the fifth to move ahead 7-5. The Cowboys answered with two runs in the sixth to tie the game and added two more in the seventh for a 9-7 advantage. Garden City scored once in the eighth, but Alpine added an insurance run in the ninth.

Sean Persky led Alpine with four hits, three runs batted in and a home run. Angel Martinez went 3-for-5 with three RBI, while Crisford Adames had three hits and scored twice. Andrew Millner added two hits and an RBI, and B. Pugh finished with two hits and an RBI. Mike Rachun paced Garden City with two hits, two runs and an RBI.

Millner earned the win after allowing no hits and no runs in 2.1 innings with four strikeouts and two walks. John Chalupa recorded the save with 1.1 innings of one-hit relief and one strikeout. Dalton Bernardi took the loss for Garden City after giving up 11 hits and seven earned runs in five innings, while Josh Mollett allowed two earned runs in two innings.