A magnificent effort by Daniel Aldrich spurred the Alpine Cowboys (34-21) to a 23-5 win in seven innings over the Las Cruces Vaqueros (15-40) on Monday at Apodoca Park.

Aldrich racked up six RBIs on four hits for the Alpine Cowboys. He doubled in the first inning, tripled in the third inning, singled in the sixth inning, and homered in the seventh inning.

The Alpine Cowboys ran up the score, scoring runs at will until the final out. The Alpine Cowboys scored three runs in the final one innings to cap the blowout win. The Alpine Cowboys scored seven runs in the second on the Alpine Cowboys scored in the second on an RBI double by Riley Smith, a two-run double by Colby Gee, a fielder's choice, an RBI double by Robert Zaragoza, and a two-run error.

It was a good day at the plate for the Las Cruces Vaqueros' Alex Diaz. Diaz went 3-4, drove in one and scored two runs. He homered in the fifth inning and singled in the first and seventh innings.

Kevin Klaess improved to 7-2 on the year by picking up the win for the Alpine Cowboys. He allowed three runs over six innings. Klaess struck out three, walked one and gave up eight hits.

Kellen Quintana (0-5) was the game's losing pitcher. He allowed six runs in 1 1/3 innings, walked one and struck out none.

The Alpine Cowboys pounded the Las Cruces Vaqueros pitching, as eight hitters combined for 25 hits, 21 RBIs and 21 runs scored.