Roswell Uses 22 Hit Attack to Defeat White Sands 24-11

July 31 2019 The Roswell Invaders defeated the White Sands Pupfish 24-11 in a high-scoring game at Griggs Park. Roswell collected 22 hits and scored in seven innings, while White Sands finished with 12 hits and 11 runs. The Invaders committed three errors and the Pupfish made five.

Roswell broke open a one-run game with six runs in the sixth inning and added five more in the seventh. Matt Paciello led the attack with three hits and six RBI, while Austin Maltby went 4-for-6 with four RBI, two doubles and a triple. Nolan Hoff hit a two-run home run and finished with three RBI, and James Garnett added a home run and three RBI. A. Stubblefield contributed three hits and two RBI.

White Sands received four RBI from Satoshi Miyata, who homered and collected three hits. Elan Trischitta hit a three-run home run, and TK Koontz also homered while driving in two runs. The Pupfish scored three runs in both the third and fourth innings and two more in the fifth to pull within 11-10 before Roswells decisive sixth-inning surge.

Chauncey Nunez earned the win for Roswell after allowing seven hits and eight runs, five earned, in three innings with three walks and five strikeouts. Albert Neff struck out three in a scoreless inning, and John Saviano followed with two innings and five strikeouts while allowing one run. White Sands starter Charlie Fletcher took the loss after surrendering 14 hits and 11 runs in five innings.