July 8 2017 The Santa Fe Fuego defeated the White Sands Pupfish 12-5 at Fort Marcy Park, scoring in six of their eight offensive innings. Santa Fe jumped to a 4-0 lead in the first inning and added one run in the second and two in the third before extending the advantage with two runs in the sixth, two in the seventh and one in the eighth. White Sands scored once in the third, once in the seventh and three times in the eighth.
AJ Flores led the Fuego offense with three hits and four RBI, while N. Gotta collected four hits, scored twice and drove in two runs.
Matt Haskins added two hits and scored three times, and
Caleb Baker reached base four times with a hit and two walks while scoring twice. Santa Fe finished with 12 hits and 12 walks. White Sands had seven hits, including home runs by
Rayshelon Carolina and
Joe Davis; Davis had two hits, two runs and three RBI, while Carolina scored twice and drove in one.
Dan Karasinski earned the win for Santa Fe after allowing six hits and five earned runs over eight innings with four strikeouts and no walks.
Hunter Pearson worked a scoreless ninth with one strikeout. White Sands starter
Chip White took the loss, surrendering seven runs on seven hits and eight walks in four innings, while
Jackson Metcalf allowed five runs, four earned, on five hits over four innings.
