June 12 2012 The Roswell Invaders defeated the Santa Fe Fuego 11-9 behind a 16-hit attack at Central Park. Roswell scored four runs in the first inning and added four more in the third to build an early advantage, then put together two runs in the sixth and one in the ninth to withstand Santa Fe’s late push.
Mike Miller led Roswell with four hits in six at-bats.
Casanova Donaldson and
Josh Cakebread each collected two hits and scored twice, while
Adam Kam drove in three runs. Donaldson and Cakebread each hit a home run, and Kam and J. Almarez also homered for the Invaders. Roswell finished with seven RBI and seven walks.
Santa Fe answered with two runs in the third and five in the fifth before adding two in the ninth.
Justin Trejo went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI, while
Scottie Mulhearn hit a two-run homer. Santa Fe collected 12 hits overall, with
Andrew Archbold and
Joshua Valle contributing two hits apiece.
D.J. Stinsman earned the win for Roswell after allowing 10 hits and seven runs, five earned, in 4.2 innings with three strikeouts.
Eric Berkowitz provided 2.1 scoreless innings and struck out five, and
Reed Alfieri recorded the save despite allowing two runs in the ninth. Isaac Hernandez took the loss for Santa Fe. The Fuego used six pitchers and committed three errors.
