June 2 2022 The Santa Fe Fuego overcame an early deficit and defeated the Roswell Invaders 8-7 at Fort Marcy Park. Santa Fe trailed after Roswell scored five times in the first inning, but the Fuego steadily erased the gap with one run in the fifth, three in the sixth, one in the seventh, two in the eighth and one in the ninth.
Roswell collected 12 hits, led by
Jack Materos 3-for-4 performance and two hits apiece from
Lance Myers,
Jonathon Bigley and
Kevin Roque. Bigley drove in three runs and hit Roswells only home run, while
Robert Morosetti added two RBI. The Invaders also scored twice in the seventh but could not hold the lead.
Parker DePasquale went 2-for-5 with an RBI and scored twice for Santa Fe.
Jared Gay and
Phil Buckingham each drove in two runs, and
Jesus Chavez contributed a double. Santa Fe finished with eight hits and took advantage of Roswells four errors, compared with one error by the Fuego.
Luke Poselovic earned the win after pitching a scoreless ninth with two strikeouts and two hits allowed.
Ryan Schroeder provided four scoreless innings with three strikeouts for Santa Fe, while Roswell starter
Jarod Sprinkle allowed four runs, one earned, on three hits over six innings and struck out nine.
Jonathan Chinchilla was charged with the loss for Roswell.