White Sands Pupfish Defeat Roswell Invaders 11-5

May 23 2012 The White Sands Pupfish defeated the Roswell Invaders 11-5 at Griggs Park, using a fast start and a 10-hit attack to secure the win. White Sands scored twice in each of the first two innings and added three runs in the third to take a 7-0 lead. Roswell answered with two runs in the sixth, two in the eighth and one in the ninth, but the Pupfish added three runs in the seventh and one in the eighth to maintain control.

Henry Gonzalez Jr. led White Sands with two hits, including a home run, and four RBI. Virgil Chavira also homered, tripled and drove in three runs while scoring three times. Blake Shaffer added two RBI, and Juan Martinez contributed two hits, including a double. Robert Rashid and Jordan Stouffer each scored twice, with White Sands also recording 10 walks as a team.

Seth Merchant earned the win after allowing nine hits and four runs, three earned, in eight innings. He walked three and struck out three while throwing 107 pitches. Kris Osborn worked a scoreless ninth except for one unearned run, allowing no hits and striking out two.

Marcus Pointer took the loss for Roswell after surrendering seven runs on seven hits in two innings, with five earned runs, four walks and four strikeouts. Liam Zenger OBrien followed with five innings and allowed three runs on two hits, while Anthony Carrillo gave up one run in the eighth. Roswell finished with nine hits, led by two-hit efforts from Brycen Bell, Brian Ramirez, Reggie Taylor, AJ Morris, Brian Fitzpatrick, Nate Goldstein and Wes Kartch; Bell drove in two runs and Kartch added a double and an RBI.