June 9 2023 The Garden City Wind defeated the Santa Fe Fuego 18-6 at Fort Marcy Park behind a 19-hit offensive performance. Garden City scored once in the first inning, added four runs in the third and two in the fourth to take a 7-1 lead before breaking the game open with a seven-run sixth. The Wind added four more runs in the ninth while Santa Fe scored four in the seventh and one in the ninth.
Cole Lee led Garden City with three hits and five RBIs including two home runs.
Leo Gallegos hit two home runs and drove in three runs while
Devon Zielke collected three hits and two RBIs.
Christian Armstrong had three hits and an RBI and
Najay KIng added a hit and three RBIs. Garden City also received two hits and four runs from
Zachary Elias.
Santa Fe had eight hits in the game.
Maurice La Fon went 2-for-5 with two runs and
Anthony Williams hit a home run and drove in two runs. Williams and
Caleb Rosario each had two RBIs for the Fuego.
Matt Ambrosino earned the win for Garden City after allowing seven hits and five runs four earned over seven innings. He walked three and struck out two.
Chris Cuppini worked the final two innings and allowed one run on one hit while striking out four.
Matt Sanchez took the loss for Santa Fe after surrendering 12 hits and 14 runs seven earned in 5.1 innings with four walks and six strikeouts.
