Roswell Invaders Rally Past Las Cruces 8-6

May 29 2015 The Roswell Invaders overcame an early six-run deficit to defeat the Las Cruces Vaqueros 8-6. Las Cruces scored four times in the first inning and added two runs in the second, but Roswell answered with three runs in the fourth, two in the sixth and two more in the ninth to complete the comeback. Roswell finished with nine hits and no errors while Las Cruces had nine hits and three errors.

Brett Balkan led Roswell with two hits and two RBI, while Aaron Carmen added two hits and scored twice. Sergio Canales tripled and drove in a run, Carlos Valdez had an RBI and Michael Morris scored twice while drawing two walks and stealing two bases. Las Cruces received three hits and an RBI from Alex Diaz, while Nate Enriquez drove in two runs and Miguel Castano had two hits and scored twice.

Steven Romero earned the win for Roswell after allowing eight hits and six earned runs in seven innings, striking out nine and walking five. Jimmy Daley worked a scoreless eighth with two strikeouts, and Ryan Wakefield secured the save with a scoreless ninth. Casey Collins struck out nine in eight innings for Las Cruces, allowing nine hits and six runs, three of them earned. Chad Flick took the loss after allowing two runs in the ninth.
   R   H   E 
ROS   8   9   0 
CRU   6   9   3 
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