Ruidoso Osos Defeat Carlsbad Bats 10-4

August 4 2011 The Ruidoso Osos defeated the Carlsbad Bats 10-4 in a seven-inning game. Ruidoso broke through with five runs in the second inning and added five more in the third to take control early. Carlsbad scored three runs in the fifth and one in the seventh, but could not overcome the deficit.

Ruidoso collected 10 hits, with Drew Peterson, Eddie Browne and Anthony Phillips recording two apiece. Peterson drove in two runs and doubled, while Kip Masuda hit a two-run home run. Jonathan Means and Sam DiMatteo also homered, with Means adding an RBI and DiMatteo finishing with one hit, two runs and one RBI. Carlsbad had seven hits, including two from Ryan Kesecker and Ryan Kaup.

Edgar Correa earned the win after allowing three hits and no runs in four innings, while striking out four and walking five. Andrew Miller followed with two innings and allowed three runs, one earned, with four strikeouts. Billy Robbett pitched the seventh and allowed one run. Charles Swenson took the loss for Carlsbad after giving up 10 runs, seven earned, on 10 hits in six innings.