June 1 2017 The Santa Fe Fuego defeated the Garden City Wind 9-6 after scoring in five of the first six innings. Santa Fe and Garden City exchanged runs in the first inning, but the Fuego moved ahead with two runs in the second. Garden City answered with a five-run third inning to take a 6-3 lead before Santa Fe regained control.
Santa Fe scored twice in the fourth, once in the fifth and three times in the sixth to complete the comeback. The Fuego held Garden City scoreless over the final six innings. Santa Fe finished with 10 hits, while Garden City collected 11.
Erick Magee led Santa Fe with three hits and one RBI.
Eric Maria went 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI, while
Ed Brandsema added a hit, scored once and drove in two runs. For Garden City,
Cameron Ketchen and
Mike Rachun each had two hits, with Ketchen hitting a home run and driving in one run.
Ray Hernandez also homered and finished with three RBI.
Brandsema earned the win after allowing six runs on 10 hits in six innings while striking out five.
Dylan Norris and
Nick Hornbaker combined for three scoreless relief innings before
Dillion Sunnafrank worked a scoreless ninth for the save. Garden City's
Jack Finnegan took the loss, allowing nine runs, four earned, on nine hits in 5.2 innings with five strikeouts.
