July 23 2018 The Alpine Cowboys defeated the Garden City Wind 17-5 behind a 14-hit attack and five home runs. Alpine scored in six different innings, including four runs in the third and sixth innings and six more in the ninth. Garden City finished with 11 hits and three home runs but could not match Alpine’s offensive production.
Tommy Ziegen went 2-for-6 with two runs and five RBIs for Alpine, while
Seth Douglas went 2-for-2 with three runs, three RBIs, a walk and two home runs. J. Russo added two hits, two runs, three RBIs and a home run, and
Mike DEletto contributed three hits, four runs, two RBIs and a home run. M. Traylor collected three hits and two RBIs.
Alpine led 5-2 after three innings and extended the advantage with four runs in the sixth, then added a run in each of the seventh and eighth innings before breaking the game open with six runs in the ninth. Garden City’s
Dave Gallagher had two hits and two RBIs, while
Ryan Whitt,
Cole Fenner and
Chase Martin each homered for the Wind.
DEletto earned the win after allowing five earned runs on 11 hits in eight innings, with four walks and seven strikeouts.
Luke Wiechec completed the game with a scoreless ninth inning.
Chase Martin took the loss for Garden City, surrendering 10 earned runs on 10 hits in seven innings with two walks and five strikeouts.
