July 14 2019 The Garden City Wind defeated the White Sands Pupfish 13-5 at Clint Lightner, breaking open a close game with a four-run seventh inning and adding two more runs in the eighth. Garden City scored twice in each of the first two innings, three runs in the fifth and four in the seventh, while White Sands scored twice in the fifth and three times in the seventh.
Cutter McDowell led the Wind offense by going 3-for-3 with three runs, two RBI and a home run. Jordan Pontious went 3-for-5 with three RBI, while Hunter Villanueva drove in two runs and Carson Lee finished with a hit, two runs and one RBI. Garden City totaled 11 hits and drew eight walks.
White Sands collected 12 hits in the loss. Jacob Pool went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI, Tevin Brown had two hits, two runs, a double and a triple, and Tyler Blair added two hits. Satoshi Miyata and Armando Valentin each drove in a run. The Pupfish committed two errors compared with one for Garden City.
Brennan Fischer earned the win for Garden City after allowing two earned runs on seven hits in five innings. He walked four and struck out five. Jordan Young took the loss for White Sands, surrendering seven runs six earned on six hits in five innings with three walks and one strikeout. Garden City’s bullpen held White Sands scoreless over the final two innings.
