June 27 2012 The Santa Fe Fuego defeated the Las Cruces Vaqueros 7-6 in a back-and-forth game. Santa Fe collected 14 hits and overcame four errors by Las Cruces, while the Vaqueros finished with nine hits and scored in five different innings.
Santa Fe led 3-1 after two innings and extended the advantage with a three-run sixth to take a 6-3 lead. Las Cruces answered with two runs in the seventh and one in the eighth to tie the game at 6-6, but the Fuego scored once in the ninth for the winning run.
Chris Brown led Santa Fe with two hits, including a home run, and two RBI.
Evan Kohli went 3-for-5, while K. Frassard had three hits, two doubles, one run and one RBI.
Justin Trejo added two hits and one RBI, and
Andrew Archbold drove in a run.
Steve Rinaudo paced Las Cruces by going 3-for-5 with a double, a triple, three runs and one RBI.
Jimmy Parque drove in two runs, while
Logan Lotti and
Kevin Wager each added an RBI. Santa Fe starter Q. Bright allowed six runs on nine hits over 7.2 innings with four walks and six strikeouts.
Jerome Romero earned the win with a scoreless third of an inning, and
Jared Bowser recorded the save with a scoreless ninth.
Rich McNeal took the loss after allowing one run on three hits in one inning.
