7/4/2011-Who's Hot and Who's Not:
Roswell in the hottest team in the Pecos League winning 18 of their last 22 games, they have snook up on White Sands for the Leagues Best Overall Record. They have had consistant offense and pitching
White Sands- the Pupfish split series down the middle with Ruidoso and Roswell but have won 4 in a row with the Vaqueros with more games coming. The Pupfish have turned over their roster and are staying on top of the standings.
Ruidoso-The Osos split an 8 game series with the Vaqueros and split a 4 game tilt with White Sands. They have struggled head to head against Roswell. This week will be a test with games at Las Cruces and hosting Alpine the next..
Las Cruces-10 of their last 12 and losing their two top pitchers Sean Keeler and Luis Carreras. The Vaqueros have really tapered off at the plate as well...Two weeks ago the Vaqueros were in first place with the leagues best offense, now they are in third place looking for ways to score runs. The Vaqueros have struggled at the gate all year with reonvations to their ballpark coming in the fall.
Alpine-the Cowboy are fighting for 4th place and took 3 of 4 from Las Cruces as well as sweeping Carlsbad in Carlsbad. The cowboys have a big series coming up with Las Cruces and with Ruidoso.
Carlsbad-the team has completely turned around since Ryan Powell took over, they split series with both Las Cruces and Alpine. They won 1 game against Ruidoso. The Bats have blown leads late in three games and now no team is looking past them.