July 7 2019 The Garden City Wind defeated the White Sands Pupfish 15-7 after collecting 22 hits at Clint Lightner. Garden City built an early lead with one run in the first inning two in the second three in the third and one in the fourth before adding three in the sixth one in the seventh and four in the eighth. White Sands scored in each of the first two innings and added two runs in the fourth and one in the sixth but could not keep pace.
Brandon Kussmaul led the Wind with three hits four runs and three RBI including a home run and two doubles. Reid Bonner Alvin Swoope Shane Brown and Garrett Totty each collected three hits while Carson Lee drove in three runs. Layne Gusler added a two-run hit and finished with two RBI. For White Sands David Gallagher went 3-for-5 with four RBI and a home run while Vaibhav Desai had two hits and two RBI.
Pierce Smith earned the win for Garden City by allowing one run on one hit in two innings with two strikeouts. Layne Gusler started and worked four innings allowing seven hits and six runs with five earned and six walks. White Sands starter Charlie Fletcher took the loss after surrendering 15 hits and 10 earned runs in 5.1 innings while striking out two and walking three.
Garden City held a 11-7 advantage after seven innings and broke the game open with four runs in the eighth. White Sands finished with nine hits and three errors while the Wind committed two errors.
