Baseball Recap: Roswell Comes Up Short

Roswell came into this matchup off a tough 12-run defeat on Tuesday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of the Carlsbad Cavemen by a score of 11-9 on Friday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Cavemen this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 13-1 on Tuesday.

Joaquin Bolanos

Runs

04/17/26 @ Hobbs	3
03/31/26 @ Portales	3
03/13/26 vs Cathedral	3
04/24/26 @ Carlsbad	2
04/02/26 @ Lovington	2
+ 8 more games

Joaquin Bolanos was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. He has become a key player for Roswell: the team is 5-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 5-12 otherwise. Davian Dominguez was another key player, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and one run.

This is the second loss in a row for Roswell and nudges their season record down to 10-13. As for Carlsbad, they pushed their record up to 14-10 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.

Roswell has already played their next game, an 11-1 loss against Clovis on the 28th. As for Carlsbad, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 10-0 victory against Hobbs on the 28th.