June 11 2017 The White Sands Pupfish defeated the Santa Fe Fuego 17-13 in a high-scoring game at Fort Marcy Park. White Sands collected 15 hits and scored in six innings while Santa Fe finished with 19 hits and scored in seven innings. The Pupfish built an early lead with four runs in the first inning three in the second one in the third and two in the fourth before adding four runs in the fifth to take a 14-6 advantage.
Joe Davis led White Sands with four hits five runs batted in and two home runs. Dynas Doud scored five runs and hit a home run while
Cameron Haskins and
Kevin Soto also homered.
Mark Davis drove in two runs and
Garrett McKenzie added a home run and one RBI. Santa Fe received five hits from
Caleb Baker who drove in two runs while
Nick Gotta had four hits four RBI and a home run. Matt Haskins added two hits two runs and two RBI and AJ Stubblefield had three hits and a triple.
Darrell Render Jr. earned the win for White Sands after allowing eight hits and seven earned runs in five innings with four walks and three strikeouts.
Logan Escudero followed with four innings and surrendered 11 hits and six earned runs.
Colin Kelly took the loss for Santa Fe after giving up eight hits and nine earned runs in four innings. Santa Fe rallied for five runs in the ninth inning but the Fuego comeback fell short as the Pupfish secured the 17-13 victory.
