Roswell Invaders Rally Past Alpine Cowboys 9-8

June 30 2022 The Roswell Invaders rallied for a 9-8 victory over the Alpine Cowboys at Joe Bauman Park. Roswell overcame a 3-0 first-inning deficit and trailed 8-5 after Alpine scored three times in the seventh before completing the comeback with two runs in the eighth and one in the ninth.

Dillan Smith led Roswell with four hits in five at-bats and two RBI. Matt Rodriguez added a three-run home run as a pinch hitter, while Juan Montes and Jack Matero each drove in a run. Lance Myers scored twice, and Colton Adams also scored twice for the Invaders, who finished with 12 hits.

Alpine collected 15 hits in the loss. Sam Dreistadt went 4-for-4 with two walks and scored twice, Bryce Donovan had three hits and two RBI, and Matteo Avallone added two hits and an RBI. Thomas Riley also had two hits and an RBI for the Cowboys.

Jonathan Fleckenstein earned the win for Roswell after allowing two hits and no runs over 2.2 innings with three strikeouts and one walk. Ian Concevitch started for the Invaders and allowed five runs on nine hits in six innings. Alpine starter Ridge Walker worked 5.2 innings, allowing six runs, four earned, on eight hits with two strikeouts before Roswell pushed across its decisive runs against the Cowboys bullpen. Trey Silmon was charged with the loss after facing two batters and allowing two hits and one run.