July 23 2011 The Roswell Invaders defeated the Carlsbad Bats 11-6 in a game that featured 24 combined hits. Roswell collected 15 hits and overcame a five-run Carlsbad fifth inning, scoring in six different innings. Carlsbad finished with nine hits and committed two errors, while Roswell also made two errors.
Roswell took a 5-1 lead through four innings after scoring once in the second and four times in the fourth. Carlsbad then scored five times in the fifth to move ahead 6-5, but the Invaders answered with three runs in the bottom half of the inning and added single runs in the sixth seventh and eighth innings to take control.
Joey Friedman led Roswell with three hits two runs and one RBI. Clint Stottlemyre and Josh Cakebread each had two hits and scored three and two runs respectively. Clifton Thomas went 2-for-4 with a triple two runs and two RBIs, while Adrian Martinez drove in two runs and E. Williams Jr. supplied three RBIs. For Carlsbad, Kieran Bradford had two hits and one RBI, James Mays added two hits and two RBIs, and Greg Perret hit a double and drove in two runs.
Anthony Carrillo earned the win for Roswell after allowing two hits over 1 1/3 scoreless innings with one strikeout. Josh Giles followed with two scoreless innings and three strikeouts, and Yoshinori Machida struck out three in a perfect ninth. Wally Goodline worked 4 2/3 innings for Roswell, allowing six runs five earned on five hits with seven strikeouts. Carlsbad starter John Masklee took the loss after giving up three runs on six hits in 3 1/3 innings.
Roswell Invaders Rally Past Carlsbad Bats 11-6
