Garden City Wind Rally Past Roswell Invaders 9-3

July 4 2025 The Garden City Wind rallied past the Roswell Invaders 9-3 after scoring six runs in the eighth inning. Garden City finished with 11 hits and one error, while Roswell collected five hits and committed four errors.

Roswell scored all three of its runs in the first inning, but Garden City answered with two runs in the fourth and one in the fifth before breaking the game open in the eighth. Jason Rooks led the Wind with two hits, two runs and three RBI, while Andrew Brautman added two hits and two RBI. Adam Purdy also had two hits and an RBI, and Tobie Teke contributed a hit, a run and an RBI. Rooks recorded both a double and a triple.

Garden City starter Will Hahnfeld allowed four hits and three runs over six innings, with only one run earned, while striking out six. Davin Meier followed with a scoreless inning, and winning pitcher Ritter Steinmann worked a scoreless seventh inning with two walks. Lance Koch closed the game with a scoreless inning and struck out three.

Roswell's Maikol Perez had two hits and an RBI, and Michael Fisk and Sebastian Velez each drove in a run. Phillip Sanders took the loss after allowing eight hits and six runs over 7 1/3 innings, with three earned runs, three walks and two strikeouts.