June 24 2013 The White Sands Pupfish defeated the Roswell Invaders 12-4 at Joe Bauman Park. White Sands collected 20 hits and scored in six innings, overcoming an early 1-0 deficit by Roswell and taking control with a five-run seventh inning. The Invaders finished with five hits and committed two errors.
George Ban led the Pupfish offense with four hits and four RBI.
Cody Collins also had four hits and two RBI, while
J.J. Costantino went 3-for-6 with two doubles, two runs and one RBI.
Mark Leacox added three hits, including a triple, and scored three runs.
Miguel Flores and
Joey Friedman each scored twice.
Roswell received home runs from
Ryan Normoyle and Ryan Taylor. Normoyle went 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI, while Taylor finished with one hit, one run and two RBI. The Invaders scored twice in the fifth and once in the sixth but were held scoreless over the final three innings.
Erik Zagone earned the win for White Sands after allowing three runs on three hits in five innings with one walk and two strikeouts.
Brian Hobbs closed out the game with two scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out five.
Ryan Richardson took the loss for Roswell after permitting two runs on six hits in four innings.
