Las Cruces Vaqueros Crush Trinidad Triggers 16-3

June 30 2012 The Las Cruces Vaqueros defeated the Trinidad Triggers 16-3 at Apodaca Park, scoring 14 runs over the middle and late innings to turn a close game into a rout. Las Cruces outhit Trinidad 16-9 and played errorless baseball while the Triggers committed three errors.

Trinidad scored twice in the first inning and added another run in the fourth, but Las Cruces answered with two runs in the second before breaking the game open with seven runs in the fifth. The Vaqueros added five more runs in the sixth and two in the eighth. Las Cruces hit three home runs, with Ryan Lauer, Kevin Wager and Cameron Sherrer each leaving the yard.

Logan Lotti went 3-for-6 with two runs, while Randy Wells scored three times and collected two hits, including a double, with two RBIs. Lauer drove in four runs, Sherrer had two hits and three RBIs, and Jesse Olivar added two RBIs. Steve Rinaudo and Jimmy Parque each contributed an RBI, while Devon Bouvier had two hits and an RBI.

Derek Johnson earned the win for Las Cruces, allowing seven hits and three earned runs over 6.1 innings with three walks and six strikeouts. Blake Cull, C. Garcia and Devon Bouvier combined to finish the game without allowing a run. Trinidad starter John Costa took the loss after surrendering six runs, four earned, on five hits in four innings.