July 22 2018 The Roswell Invaders defeated the Garden City Wind 11-5 after scoring five runs in the second inning and adding runs in the fourth fifth sixth and eighth. Garden City scored once in the second third and fourth innings before adding its final run in the ninth. Roswell outhit Garden City 11-11 and committed three errors compared with one for the Wind.
Nolan Hoff led Roswell with two hits four RBIs and two walks. Louis Martini went 2-for-6 with two runs and one RBI, while Ben Portelli reached base four times with one hit three walks and one RBI. Jordan Ackerman and J. Pritchard each drove in a run, and Justin Byrd hit a home run as a pinch-hitter.
Ben Mckendall earned the win for Roswell after allowing four earned runs on nine hits with two walks and nine strikeouts in five innings. John Saviano followed with three scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out six. Garden City starter Julian Melton took the loss, giving up five runs, two earned, on five hits in three innings while walking six and striking out three. Blake Butcher hit a home run for Garden City, which also received two hits each from Ryan Whitt and Blake Butcher.
