White Sands Outlasts Roswell 13-9

June 1 2011 White Sands Pupfish defeated the Roswell Invaders 13-9 at Coca Cola Park in a game marked by 27 combined hits. White Sands collected 17 hits and scored in six innings, while Roswell finished with 10 hits and three errors.

White Sands broke through with one run in the third inning and added two in the fourth and three in the fifth. After Roswell answered with six runs in the fourth, the Pupfish regained control with a run in the sixth, four in the eighth and two in the ninth. Roswell added one run in the seventh and two in the ninth but could not complete the comeback.

Justin Smith led White Sands by going 4-for-6 with three runs and one RBI. Ernie Munoz added three hits, while Robert Rodriguez and Ruben Sanchez had two hits apiece. Joel Hartman drove in three runs and hit a home run, and Michael Hur also contributed three RBIs. Roswell’s T. Frazier went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs, while Clifton Thomas went 2-for-5 with one RBI.

Kolby Peterson worked seven innings for White Sands, allowing eight hits and seven runs, four earned, with one walk and three strikeouts. Timothy Aucoin added a scoreless inning with two walks, and J. Winters pitched the ninth. The game information lists Chris Nyman as the winning pitcher and Yoshinori Machida as the losing pitcher. For Roswell, Justin Uribe allowed 12 hits and seven runs, four earned, in 5.1 innings while striking out four. Charles Williams followed with 1.2 scoreless innings.