July 14 2012 The Roswell Invaders rallied past the White Sands Pupfish 8-7 at Griggs Park, overcoming a 6-4 deficit after five innings. Roswell scored three runs in the eighth and one in the ninth to secure the victory, while White Sands answered with a run in the eighth but could not draw even. Roswell collected nine hits and committed one error, while White Sands had 13 hits and three errors.
Casanova Donaldson led Roswell with three hits, two runs and a walk.
Reggie Taylor added two hits, two runs and two RBI, including a triple, while
Matt Umba drove in three runs.
Josh Cakebread and
AJ Morris each contributed an RBI. White Sands first baseman C. Rigby went 4-for-5 with two runs and an RBI, and
Austin Newell went 2-for-4 with two runs, an RBI and a home run.
Thomas Shull,
Jordan Stouffer,
Juan Martinez and
Robert Rashid also drove in runs for the Pupfish.
Eric Berkowitz, listed as the winning pitcher, worked 1.1 scoreless innings and allowed no hits while striking out one and walking one.
Dakota Luefenberg pitched 2.2 innings of one-run relief for Roswell, which received a three-inning start from Glynn, G. White Sands starter J. Broomberg allowed four runs on five hits in six innings with six strikeouts, and
Seth Marchant was charged with the loss after allowing four runs, two earned, in three innings.
