June 30 2018 The Santa Fe Fuego defeated the Garden City Wind 12-9 at Fort Marcy Park. Santa Fe scored in five innings, including a five-run sixth, and finished with 14 hits. Garden City collected 17 hits but could not overcome the Fuego’s early lead and middle-inning surge.
Adam Bloom powered the Wind offense with four hits, two home runs, five RBI and three runs scored.
Jonathan Tasis added three hits, including a home run, while
Dave Gallagher and
Eddy Milian also homered for Garden City. The Wind scored three runs in the seventh and two runs in each of the eighth and ninth innings to make the game competitive.
Santa Fe’s offense featured home runs from Mike Annone, Daniel Aldrich,
Jackson Webb and
Omar Salinas. Aldrich drove in three runs, while Salinas had two RBI and
Danny Beaver, Annone, Webb and
Ambrose Romero each added an RBI. The Fuego took a 2-0 lead in the first, added two runs in the third and one in the fifth before breaking the game open with five runs in the sixth.
Logan Linder earned the win for Santa Fe after allowing 12 hits and five earned runs in 6.2 innings while striking out eight.
Zach Sanford took the loss for Garden City, surrendering 13 hits and 10 earned runs in six innings with six strikeouts. Santa Fe improved to 12-9 in the game while Garden City finished with nine runs.
