White Sands Outlasts Santa Fe in 16-15 Shootout

July 7 2017 White Sands Pupfish defeated the Santa Fe Fuego 16-15 in a 10-inning game at Fort Marcy Park. The Pupfish totaled 14 hits and four home runs, while Santa Fe collected 19 hits and three homers in a high-scoring contest that lasted 4 hours 41 minutes.

Santa Fe jumped ahead 6-0 in the first inning and added a run in the second to take a 7-0 lead. White Sands answered with two runs in the third, but the Fuego scored four more in the bottom half to lead 11-2. The Pupfish then erupted for eight runs in the seventh and added another in the eighth to move in front 16-12. Santa Fe scored once in the eighth and once in the ninth but could not complete the comeback.

Joe Davis led White Sands with two hits two runs and two RBI, while Aaron Sheaks drove in three runs and Eric Sanchez added three RBI. Davis, Sheaks, Sanchez and Chaztin Venezia each hit a home run. Santa Fes AJ Flores went 4-for-5 with three runs and an RBI, while Nick Gotta and Caleb Baker each had three hits. Baker drove in three runs and Matt Haskins also contributed three RBI; Gotta Baker and Matt Haskins each homered.

Israel Elizondo earned the win for White Sands after allowing two runs on three hits with two strikeouts in one inning. Kael Jones took the loss for Santa Fe, giving up three runs on two hits with one strikeout in one inning. White Sands pitching recorded 13 strikeouts, while Santa Fe pitchers struck out five.