July 22 2020 The Houston Apollos defeated the Roswell Invaders 7-6 after rallying for the final two runs over the last two innings. Houston collected 12 hits and Roswell had 10, with the Apollos overcoming a four-run sixth inning by the Invaders to secure the win.
Houston took an early lead with three runs in the fourth inning and added one in the fifth to move ahead 5-2. Roswell answered with four runs in the sixth, but the Apollos tied the game in the eighth and scored once more in the ninth. Houston also received home runs from Yale Hughes and Mike Million.
Million led the Apollos with three hits, two runs and one RBI. Hughes went 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI, while Tevin Brown had two hits and an RBI. Aaron Thor contributed two hits and two RBIs. For Roswell, E. Geraci had three hits and four RBIs, and Ian Yetsko added three hits and one RBI.
Hughes earned the win after allowing two hits and no runs in 3.1 innings, striking out three and walking two. Tyler Schmidt worked six innings for Roswell, surrendering seven hits and five runs, three earned, with six strikeouts and four walks. Elvin Jorge took the loss after allowing two runs on four hits in 2.2 innings.
