July 9 2015 The Garden City Wind defeated the Santa Fe Fuego 18-9 after producing 20 hits and scoring in seven of nine innings. Garden City built an 8-4 lead through four innings, added four runs in the sixth and finished with three more in the ninth to pull away. Santa Fe collected 11 hits and scored nine runs in the loss.
Edgar Munoz led Garden City by going 5-for-6 with five runs, three doubles and two stolen bases.
Albert Gonzalez went 4-for-6 with four RBI and two runs, while
Chris Cruz hit two home runs and drove in three.
Julio Rodriquez added a home run and four RBI, and
Tyler Lundgren also homered. Garden City totaled six home runs in the game, including two by Cruz and one each by Rodriquez and Lundgren, with the box score also crediting two Santa Fe home runs by
Louie Saenz and one by
Connor Lorenzo.
Saenz was Santa Fe’s top run producer, going 2-for-4 with two home runs and five RBI.
Connor Lorenzo collected four hits and drove in one run, while
Matt Petrone added three hits. Santa Fe scored three times in the first, once in the second, twice in the fifth, once in the seventh and twice in the eighth, but could not match Garden City’s late offensive surge.
Craig Jaquez earned the win for Garden City after allowing nine hits and seven earned runs in six innings. He struck out four and walked three, throwing 103 pitches.
Chip White worked 1.1 innings and
Brandon Hudson finished the game with 1.2 scoreless innings, striking out three.
Cody Spriggins took the loss for Santa Fe after surrendering seven earned runs on four hits in two innings.
