July 3 2011 The Roswell Invaders defeated the Ruidoso Osos 7-2 at Coca Cola Park. Roswell scored in four innings, opening with one run in the first before adding two in the third, two in the sixth and two in the eighth. Ruidoso’s only offense came during a two-run sixth inning. Roswell finished with 12 hits and no errors while Ruidoso had two hits and two errors.
Trivon Howard led Roswell with three hits, two runs and one RBI.
Adrian Martinez added two hits, including a home run, and drove in one run.
Joey Friedman also collected two hits, scored twice and had one RBI, while
Brian Ramirez contributed one hit and two RBI.
Kevin Hoef had two hits and one RBI.
Brian Lewis earned the win for Roswell after allowing two runs on two hits over seven innings. He walked five and struck out two.
Adam Polston and
Yoshinori Machida each worked a scoreless inning in relief, with Polston striking out one and Machida recording two strikeouts. Leo Madrid took the loss for Ruidoso after allowing three runs, two earned, on seven hits in five innings while striking out five.
