Vaqueros Use Early Surge to Defeat Pupfish 7-4

July 29 2012 The Las Cruces Vaqueros scored five runs in the first inning and held on for a 7-4 victory over the White Sands Pupfish. Las Cruces added single runs in the fourth and seventh innings to finish with 13 hits, while White Sands collected 10 hits. Each team committed one error.

Logan Lotti went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs for the Vaqueros, while Kevin Wager added three hits in five at-bats, including a home run, with two RBIs. Jesse Olivar also recorded three hits and drove in a run, and Randy Wells contributed a triple and an RBI.

White Sands scored once in the first, twice in the sixth and once in the eighth. Austin Newell led the Pupfish offense by going 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs and an RBI. C. Rigby and M. Mendoza each added two hits.

Mike Jackson earned the win for Las Cruces after allowing three runs on nine hits over seven innings. He walked none and struck out five. Justin Yackee worked a scoreless ninth with one strikeout to record the save. White Sands starter Brett Miller took the loss after surrendering seven runs, six earned, on 11 hits in seven innings, with five walks and two strikeouts.