July 16 2019 The Alpine Cowboys rallied past the Garden City Wind 9-8 in a back-and-forth contest at Kokernot Field. Alpine collected 13 hits and overcame Garden City’s six-run eighth inning to secure the victory, while the Wind finished with 12 hits and two errors. The Cowboys committed one error.
Garden City broke a 4-1 deficit with one run in the seventh and six more in the eighth to take an 8-7 lead. Alpine answered with three runs in the bottom of the eighth and added two in the ninth to complete the comeback. The Cowboys had taken a 4-1 lead with one run in the third and three in the fourth.
Alpine’s M. Traylor went 3-for-5 with a triple two runs and one RBI. Ely Gallego also had three hits, while C. Scura went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI. Rodney Tennie, Lance Myers and Paul Ludden each drove in a run. For Garden City, Brandon Kussmaul went 3-for-5 with three runs and two RBI, and Peter Pena contributed two hits and two RBI. Carson Lee added one hit and two RBI.
Jake Woods earned the win for Alpine after throwing a scoreless ninth inning with one strikeout and one walk. Jake Binder allowed two runs on seven hits over 6.1 innings and struck out five. Garden City starter Rich Edwards worked six innings and allowed four runs on 10 hits, while Austin Willis-Greene took the loss after surrendering two runs in one inning.
