July 19 2018 The Roswell Invaders defeated the Garden City Wind 8-2 at Joe Bauman Park. Roswell collected eight hits and scored in five innings, while Garden City finished with six hits and two runs. Both teams scored once in the first inning before the Invaders took the lead in the second and never surrendered it.
Roswell added two runs in the fourth inning, two more in the fifth and two in the seventh to pull away.
Austin Maltby went 2-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and three RBI.
Dillon McTague hit a home run and drove in one run, while
Logan Coughlin contributed one hit, three walks, one run and one RBI.
Gavin Lavallee added a double and an RBI.
Ricky Mitchell earned the win for Roswell after allowing one earned run on four hits over six innings. He struck out nine and walked one.
Jagger Harjo worked the first two innings, and
John Saviano completed the game with a scoreless ninth inning.
Garden Citys offense was led by
Tommy Haas and
Blake Butcher with two hits apiece. Haas also doubled and scored once, while Butcher doubled in a run.
Randy Hair took the loss after giving up six runs on six hits and seven walks over four innings.
Andrew Aikins,
Will Gerhard and
Troy Whitty combined to cover the final four innings for the Wind.
