July 27 2024 The Santa Fe Fuego held off the Austin Weirdos 8-7 at Fort Marcy Park, overcoming a 16-hit performance by Austin to secure the victory. Santa Fe built an early 4-2 lead in the first inning, added two runs in the third and one in the fourth, and led 7-4 after four innings.
Austin rallied with two runs in the sixth and two more in the seventh to pull within one. Santa Fe added an insurance run in the eighth, and the Weirdos answered with one run in the ninth but could not complete the comeback.
Lermit Pages led Austin with two hits, a home run and three RBIs.
William Martinez went 3-for-6 with an RBI, while
Jesus Grimaldo collected three hits and drove in one run.
Tate Jernigan added two RBIs despite taking the loss.
Chris Bueno paced Santa Fe with two hits and three RBIs.
Clayton Evans hit a home run and scored twice, while
Robert Boatright contributed a triple and two RBIs.
Daniel Benavidez earned the win after allowing 13 hits and six runs, three earned, in 6.1 innings with six strikeouts.
Shane Moore recorded the save, giving up three hits and one unearned run while striking out five over 2.2 innings.
