White Sands Pupfish Defeat Santa Fe Fuego 19-10

May 26 2012 The White Sands Pupfish defeated the Santa Fe Fuego 19-10 in a high-scoring game at Fort Marcy Park. White Sands collected 20 hits and scored in seven of nine innings while Santa Fe finished with 15 hits and was held scoreless over the final two innings.

Santa Fe took a 2-0 lead in the first inning, but White Sands moved ahead with two runs in the third and added one in the fourth. The Pupfish broke the game open with five runs in the fifth and four more in the sixth to take a 12-4 advantage. Santa Fe answered with six runs in the seventh, but White Sands responded with five in the eighth to maintain control.

Austin Newell went 4-for-5 with five runs scored and a walk for White Sands. Juan Martinez also had four hits, including two doubles and a triple, while Blake Shaffer drove in five runs on two hits. Joey Friedman added three RBIs, and Jordan Stouffer scored three runs while contributing two hits and two RBIs. White Sands also received home runs from Shaffer, Aven Fletcher, Friedman and Virgil Chavira.

Curtis Camilli earned the win after allowing four earned runs on 11 hits in six innings with six walks and six strikeouts. White Sands relievers Ed Bernstein and Andrew Bakowski combined for 2 1/3 scoreless innings to close out the victory. Rodney Tafoya took the loss for Santa Fe after giving up eight earned runs on eight hits in four innings.