May 17 2012 The Santa Fe Fuego scored twice in the eighth inning to rally past the White Sands Pupfish 6-5. Santa Fe finished with 12 hits while White Sands collected 11 in the three-hour 40-minute contest at Griggs Park.
White Sands built a 4-1 lead in the first inning and added another run in the third. Santa Fe answered with three runs in the second before the game remained 5-4 in favor of the Pupfish until the Fuego’s two-run eighth inning put them ahead for good.
Greg Perret led Santa Fe with three hits, two runs and one RBI.
Nick Muller added two hits and two RBI, while
Evan Kohli went 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
Kieran Bradford also drove in a run. For White Sands,
Jordan Stouffer and
Justin Juneau each had two hits and an RBI, and
Brian Loard had a hit and an RBI.
Justin Trejo earned the win for Santa Fe after allowing one hit and one walk with two strikeouts over 2.1 scoreless innings.
Evan Kohli recorded the save with two scoreless innings, one hit allowed and three strikeouts. White Sands starter
Josh Hildebrand worked seven innings and allowed eight hits and four runs, three earned, while striking out seven.
Steve Raburn took the loss after giving up three hits and one run in one inning.
