July 11 2018 The Garden City Wind defeated the Santa Fe Fuego 11-5 at Fort Marcy Park, breaking open a scoreless game with a nine-run third inning. Garden City added one run in the sixth and another in the ninth, while Santa Fe scored once in the third, twice in the fourth, once in the sixth and once in the eighth.
Garden City collected 12 hits, including four home runs.
Dave Gallagher hit two home runs and drove in three runs,
Ryan Whitt added a home run and three RBI, and
Michael Biasello homered and drove in three runs. Gallagher also scored three times, while
Tommy Haas had three hits and
Blake Butcher and
Jonathan Tasis each had two hits.
Biasello earned the win after allowing four runs on eight hits in seven innings with eight strikeouts and no walks.
Thane Clark and
Phil Ramos combined to finish the game. Santa Fe’s
Ryan Arena hit two home runs and drove in three runs, but
Ismael Pena took the loss after surrendering 10 runs on 11 hits in six innings.
