Roswell Invaders Rally Past White Sands Pupfish 7-4

May 31 2019 The Roswell Invaders scored five runs in the eighth inning to break open a close game and defeat the White Sands Pupfish 7-4. Roswell finished with four hits and two errors, while White Sands collected nine hits without committing an error.

Roswell took a 2-0 lead in the second inning before White Sands answered with one run in the third and another in the fourth. The Pupfish led 2-1 after four innings, but the Invaders’ five-run eighth restored control. Zack Carmody went 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI, while Sam Goldberg reached three times with a hit and three walks, scored once, and drove in a run. A. Klos and Peter Bocchino each scored twice, and Jared Hagan and J. Youngchild also recorded an RBI.

Ben McKendall earned the win for Roswell after allowing two runs, one earned, on six hits over six innings. He walked two and struck out six. Tanner Klein allowed two runs in two innings, and Alex Werbach worked a scoreless ninth with one strikeout to record the save.

White Sands starter Jeffrey Rotz struck out 10 and allowed two runs on four hits over six innings. Ben Bavly led the Pupfish offense by going 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI, while E. Stanberry went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Austin Requena was charged with five runs in two-thirds of an inning, including the decisive eighth-inning rally.