June 24 2024 The Alpine Cowboys defeated the Roswell Invaders 19-4 at Kokernot Field, using a 16-hit attack and a nine-run fifth inning to pull away. Alpine scored in five innings, while Roswell finished with nine hits and three errors.
Alpine opened with four runs in the first inning and added three in the second before breaking the game open with two runs in the fourth and nine in the fifth. Roswell led off with two runs in the first, added one in the second and scored its final run in the eighth. Alpine also scored once in the sixth.
Trevor Tripoli went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI for Alpine. Matteo Avallone collected four hits in six at-bats and drove in two runs, while Kyle Rodriguez had two hits and three RBI. AJ Folds scored three runs and went 2-for-5 with an RBI, and John Tuttle hit a home run and finished with two RBI. Brett Lindsay and Shane Morrow homered for Roswell, with Lindsay going 2-for-4 with an RBI and Morrow adding one hit and one RBI.
Dieterich Guertzgen earned the win for Alpine after allowing three runs on six hits in six innings with six strikeouts and no walks. Jonathan Fleckenstein, C. Brown and Jack McNellis combined to cover the final three innings. Roswell starter Kayden Lewis took the loss, allowing seven runs, five earned, on six hits in 1.1 innings.
