July 19 2017 The Santa Fe Fuego defeated the Garden City Wind 2-1 after scoring once in the eighth inning and again in the ninth. Garden City took a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning, but Santa Fe’s late offensive push secured the victory. The Fuego finished with five hits while the Wind collected four.
N. Gotta led Santa Fe’s offense by going 2-for-3 with a home run, one RBI and one walk.
Matt Haskins added a hit and drove in a run, while
David Stone doubled and
Robert Garza also had a hit. Garden City’s T. Ellis went 1-for-4 with a double and the Wind’s lone RBI, and
Joey Cecere recorded two hits and a walk.
Jesse Stinnett earned the win after allowing one run on four hits in seven innings, with one walk and five strikeouts.
Dalton Greenwalt pitched a scoreless eighth, and
Nick Hornbaker worked a scoreless ninth with two strikeouts to record the save.
Zak Qualls held Santa Fe to one run on four hits over 7.1 innings, but
Kevin Delzell took the loss after allowing one run in 1.2 innings.
