June 10 2019 The Garden City Wind defeated the Roswell Invaders 6-2 after scoring three runs in each of the first two innings. Roswell answered with two runs in the second, but neither team scored again as Garden City completed the victory. The Wind finished with seven hits and no errors while Roswell collected nine hits and committed three errors.
Cutter McDowell led Garden City with three hits and two runs, while
Jordan Pontious and
Carson Lee each scored twice and drew two walks.
Nick Snyder went 1-for-4 with a double and three RBI, and
Russell Schwertfeger added an RBI. Roswell’s
Sam Goldberg went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI, accounting for both of the Invaders’ runs.
Rich Edwards earned the win for Garden City after allowing nine hits and two earned runs in seven innings. He walked one and struck out two.
Jonathan Fleckenstein and
Kyle Koppenhoefer each pitched a scoreless inning in relief. Roswell starter
Kyle Herrick took the loss, surrendering six runs, four earned, on five hits in five innings while walking four and striking out five. K. Atkinson followed with three scoreless innings and four strikeouts.
