Garden City Wind Hold Off Santa Fe Fuego 11-10

June 1 2024 The Garden City Wind defeated the Santa Fe Fuego 11-10 in an eight-inning offensive battle. Garden City collected 14 hits and scored in six innings, while Santa Fe finished with 12 hits and four errors compared with three for the Wind.

Garden City built an early 7-0 lead with two runs in each of the first two innings and three more in the third. Santa Fe answered with four runs in the third and two runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings to tie the game at 8-8. The Wind regained the lead with two runs in the sixth and added another in the eighth, while Santa Fe scored once in both the seventh and eighth.

Pierce Khan led Garden City with four hits in four at-bats, while Jacob Talamante went 2-for-4 with a home run, three runs batted in and two runs scored. Zach Elias added two hits and two RBI, and Colton Adams drove in two runs. Santa Fe’s Tristan Cavazos had three hits, and Ryuya Enomoto went 3-for-5 with an RBI. Robert Starr hit a pinch-hit home run for the Fuego.

Sam Katz earned the win after recording the final out of the seventh inning, and Nico ODonnell secured the save with one scoreless inning, allowing one hit and striking out two. Garden City starter Ted Broxterman allowed eight runs on eight hits over four innings, with four earned runs and six strikeouts. Santa Fe starter Dominic Scotti surrendered eight runs on six hits in 4.2 innings, and Daniel Benavidez took the loss after allowing three runs in 2.2 innings.