Casey Collins carried the Las Cruces Vaqueros (17-46) to a 27-2 victory over the Las Vegas Train Robbers on Wednesday at Apodoca Park with a strong game at the plate and on the rubber.

Collins racked up four RBIs on five hits for the Las Cruces Vaqueros. He homered in the third inning, singled in the second and third innings, and doubled in the seventh inning.

Collins struck out nine hitters en route to the the Las Cruces Vaqueros win. Collins allowed two earned runs, six hits and three walks over nine innings.

Twenty-three runs in the first three innings helped the Las Cruces Vaqueros blow out the Las Vegas Train Robbers (22-37). A sacrifice fly by Albert Traxler during the first inning and an RBI single by Collins, , a three-run double by Traxler, an RBI double by Josh Cunningham, a two-run single by Derick Phillips, and an RBI single by Collins in the second inning supplied the early offense for the Las Cruces Vaqueros.

Izaiah Guerrero (2-3) was the game's losing pitcher. He allowed nine runs in 1 2/3 innings, walked three and struck out two.

The Las Cruces Vaqueros easily handled the Las Vegas Train Robbers pitching as nine hitters combined for 25 hits, 22 RBIs and 25 runs scored.