Roswell Invaders Edge Tucson Saguaros 6-5

July 2 2021 The Roswell Invaders rallied for a 6-5 victory over the Tucson Saguaros. Roswell scored three times in the first inning and added a run in the fourth before Tucson answered with single runs in the first and third. Tucson took a 4-3 lead with two runs in the seventh and extended it to 5-3 in the eighth, but Roswell scored twice in the bottom of the eighth to regain the lead and held on in the ninth.

Austin Thurman led Roswell with four hits in five at-bats and scored twice. Lance Myers went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run, while Jakob Schuler drove in two runs. Roswell finished with eight hits. Tucson collected 11 hits, with Kokko Figueiredo, Gabe Wurtz and Danny Kerr each recording two hits. Figueiredo and Wurtz each drove in a run, Kerr had an RBI and a double, and Christian Naccari added two RBIs.

Jonathan Fleckenstein earned the win for Roswell after allowing six hits and three runs over four innings while striking out six. Ian Concevitch secured the save with a scoreless ninth, giving up no hits while striking out one. Josh Smith started for Roswell and allowed five hits and two earned runs in four innings.

Duncan Snider struck out seven over five innings for Tucson but allowed four runs on five hits. Jesse Palafox took the loss after surrendering two runs on two hits in one inning. Roswell committed one error while Tucson was charged with three.