Roswell Invaders Take Championship Game 1 6-3

August 13 2022 The Roswell Invaders defeated the Tucson Saguaros 6-3 in Championship Game 1. Roswell finished with 13 hits and scored once in the first inning before breaking the game open with five runs in the fifth. Tucson scored in the fourth and fifth innings and added another run in the eighth but could not complete the comeback.

Jonathon Bigley led Roswell with three hits and an RBI, while Colton Adams, Dillan Smith and Matt Rodriguez each collected two hits. Rodriguez drove in a run, and Lance Myers, Sam Russell and Juan Montes also contributed RBIs. Tucson received two hits apiece from Sadler Goodwin, Brock Ephan and Patrick Music. Ephan hit a home run and drove in a run, while Chris Caffrey and pinch-hitter Brandon Bradshaw also recorded RBIs.

Russell earned the win after allowing two runs, one earned, on seven hits in seven innings. He walked two and struck out three. Jonathan Fleckenstein pitched the final two innings for Roswell, allowing one run on four hits while striking out two. Frank Dickson took the loss for Tucson after surrendering six runs on 13 hits in seven innings, with four strikeouts. John Kea and Ethan Pritchett each worked a scoreless inning in relief.