June 11 2013 The White Sands Pupfish defeated the Taos Blizzard 5-0 behind a complete-game shutout from
Justin Kuks. White Sands totaled 10 hits and held Taos to two hits while improving its record to 26-43-0. Taos fell to 24-42-0.
Kuks allowed two hits and four walks over nine innings, striking out nine and throwing 75 of 118 pitches for strikes. He faced 32 batters and earned the win, while
Angel Gonzalez took the loss for Taos after allowing five runs, three earned, on nine hits in seven innings with five strikeouts.
White Sands took a 1-0 lead in the third inning, added another run in the fifth and one in the sixth before breaking the game open with two runs in the seventh.
George Ban drove in two runs, while
J.J. Costantino,
Christian Ramirez and
Mark Leacox each added an RBI.
Chris De Biasi,
Joey Friedman and Kuks collected two hits apiece for the Pupfish. Taos managed one hit from B. Springfield and one from
Jordan Chiero.
