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Ropple Tosses Another Complete Game

Alpine, Texas.-Josh Ropple threw his second consecutive complete game to lead the Eagles to a 2-1 win over Sul Ross State in game one Friday. Ropple was again brilliant on the mound tossing seven innings and striking out five while walking only one. The Eagles gave Ropple an early run to work with as Ethan Cash singled in Jackson Baker in the first frame. Sul Ross answered in the second with a run to even the contest, 1-1.  But the Lobos were unable to score again against Ropple. Ropple retired the side in the fifth and sixth innings, while allowing only one runner in the seventh. He ended the game on a strikeout. Isaac Price provided an insurance run in the fifth inning on a solo home run. Ropple was charged with one earned run to receive his third win of the season.