June 8 2012 The White Sands Pupfish defeated the Santa Fe Fuego 9-6 at Griggs Park, using a nine-run outburst over the first two innings to build an early advantage. White Sands scored four times in the first and five more in the second before Santa Fe began to chip away.
Cliff Panezich and Blake Shaffer each drove in three runs for the Pupfish. Shaffer went 2-for-4 with a home run, while Aven Fletcher also homered and added an RBI. Austin Newell collected two hits and scored twice. White Sands finished with 10 hits and took advantage of four Santa Fe errors.
Santa Fe scored once in the third, twice in the fourth, once in the seventh and twice in the ninth. Joshua Valle led the Fuego with three hits and two RBIs, while P. Rowland went 2-for-4 with a home run and an RBI. Santa Fe totaled nine hits but left the early deficit too large to overcome.
Curtis Camilli earned the win with a complete-game effort, allowing nine hits and six runs, only two earned, while striking out 11 and walking one. Evan Kohli took the loss after allowing eight runs, five earned, in 1 1/3 innings. Jerome Romero struck out six over 3 2/3 innings for Santa Fe, and Chris Wakefield added three scoreless innings with seven strikeouts.
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