July 5 2011 The Roswell Invaders erased an early deficit with a nine-run seventh inning and added three more runs in the eighth to defeat the Ruidoso Osos 12-5 at Coca Cola Park. Roswell finished with 15 hits and overcame a 5-3 deficit after Ruidoso scored twice in the fifth inning.
Kevin Hoef led Roswell with four hits, a run and an RBI.
Clifton Thomas added two hits and three RBI, while
Josh Cakebread collected two hits, scored twice and drove in two runs.
A.J. Morris had three hits and an RBI, and
Trivon Howard contributed two hits and an RBI. Ruidoso received two hits each from J. Carranza,
Casey Kahsen and
Chris Davis, while
Sean Proni and
Sam DiMatteo each drove in a run.
Adam Polston earned the win for Roswell after allowing two hits and no runs over 2.2 innings while striking out four.
Patrick McClain started for the Invaders and was charged with five runs, two earned, on nine hits in 4.1 innings. Ruidoso starter
Chris Welborn worked 6.2 innings and allowed three runs on seven hits with five strikeouts, but
Andrew Plotkin took the loss after facing six batters and allowing four hits and six runs.
