July 21 2019 Garden City Wind defeated the Santa Fe Fuego 16-6 behind a 19-hit attack at Fort Marcy Park. Garden City scored in seven of nine innings, including six runs in the fourth, three in the fifth and three more in the seventh to pull away from Santa Fe.
Jordan Pontious led the Wind with four hits in six at-bats, two home runs and six RBI. Cutter McDowell went 4-for-6 with a home run and two RBI, while Alvin Swoope added two hits, a home run and two RBI. Hunter Villanueva and Peter Pena also homered, and Jackson Owens contributed a home run, two hits and an RBI.
Santa Fe collected nine hits, with Sherman Graves going 4-for-4 and Robert Garza and Jackson Webb adding two hits apiece. B. Dansereau hit a three-run home run, accounting for three of the Fuegos five RBI. Santa Fe scored once in each of the second third and fifth innings before adding three runs in the sixth, but was held scoreless over the final three innings.
Owens earned the win after allowing three hits and three runs, two earned, in five innings with two walks and three strikeouts. Kyle Koppenhoefer followed with two scoreless innings, and Vaibhav Desai also pitched a scoreless ninth. Cleveland Westbrook took the loss for Santa Fe after surrendering 12 hits and 11 runs, nine earned, in six innings.
