June 25 2016 The Santa Fe Fuego defeated the White Sands Pupfish 3-2 at Fort Marcy Park. White Sands opened the scoring in the first inning and added another run in the sixth, but Santa Fe answered with three runs in the bottom of the sixth to take the lead. The Fuego held on in the final three innings for the victory.
Eric Maria led Santa Fe with two hits, one run and one RBI, while Chris Tavares drove in two runs. Joey LaCugna and Bradley Thomas also contributed hits for the Fuego. Santa Fe totaled seven hits, including home runs by Maria and Tavares. White Sands collected eight hits, with Victor Gomez going 2-for-4 with a home run, one run and one RBI. Eric Kalbfliesh added two hits and one RBI for the Pupfish.
Eric Gleese earned the win after allowing two runs on eight hits in eight innings with two walks and six strikeouts. Mike Cowan recorded the save with a hitless ninth inning and two strikeouts. White Sands starter Zach Skelton took the loss after working six innings and allowing three runs on four hits with two walks and five strikeouts, while Rob Rizzitelli tossed two scoreless innings in relief.
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