June 27 2017 The Alpine Cowboys defeated the Garden City Wind 6-2 after scoring four runs in the fourth inning and two more in the seventh. Garden City scored twice in the fifth but could not close the gap as Alpine held an 8-2 lead after seven innings and finished with a 6-2 victory. Alpine collected nine hits while Garden City had eight.
Jonathan Moroney led Alpine with three hits in four at-bats, including a double and a home run, while scoring twice and driving in two runs.
Crisford Adames had two hits, one run and one RBI.
John Giakas and
Angel Martinez also drove in runs, and
Lance Myers scored once.
Ryan Whitt supplied both of Garden City’s RBIs with a pinch-hit single.
Ely Gallego earned the win with a complete-game effort for Alpine, allowing eight hits and two runs, only one of them earned, while walking one and striking out six.
Brandon Anderson took the loss for Garden City after allowing four earned runs on seven hits in five innings with one walk and five strikeouts. Alpine committed two errors and Garden City committed one.
