July 3 2012 The Santa Fe Fuego defeated the Roswell Invaders 5-3 at Kokernot Field. Santa Fe scored three runs in the first inning, added another in the fifth and secured the win with a run in the ninth. Roswell answered with two runs in the first and one in the fourth but was held scoreless over the final five innings.
Scot Palmer led Santa Fe with four hits in four at-bats and two RBIs.
Justin Trejo and
Chris Brown each had two hits, with Brown hitting a home run and driving in one run.
Evan Kohli added a hit and an RBI, while Santa Fe finished with 11 hits and four walks. Roswell received home runs from
Casanova Donaldson and
AJ Morris, who each drove in one run, and finished with nine hits.
Kyle Cormier earned the win after allowing three runs on eight hits in six innings, with three walks and five strikeouts.
Chris Treibt and
Jerome Romero each pitched a scoreless inning, and
Jared Bowser recorded the save with a scoreless ninth.
Marc Gomez took the loss for Roswell after allowing one earned run in four innings;
Reed Alfieri surrendered the decisive ninth-inning run. Santa Fe committed no errors, while Roswell was charged with one.
