June 9 2012 The Santa Fe Fuego defeated the White Sands Pupfish 13-4 at Griggs Park, scoring in five innings and finishing with an eight-hit attack. White Sands collected three hits and committed two errors, while Santa Fe also made two errors.
Santa Fe took the lead with one run in the third inning and added three in the fourth and two in the fifth. After a scoreless sixth, the Fuego broke the game open with a six-run eighth inning to extend their advantage to 13-4.
Greg Perret led Santa Fe with three hits, three runs and one RBI. Joshua Valle went 2-for-5 with three runs and one RBI, while Evan Kohli hit a home run and drove in three runs. Nick Muller added a hit, two walks, one run and one RBI, and Kieran Bradford contributed one RBI.
Jack Winters earned the win after allowing one hit and one run in 2.2 innings, with two strikeouts and one walk. Rodney Tafoya opened for Santa Fe and allowed two hits and three runs, one earned, in 3.1 innings. Trenton Lee took the loss for White Sands despite striking out 12, allowing four hits and six runs, three earned, over five innings. Blake Shaffer supplied White Sands' only extra-base hits with a double and drove in both of the team's recorded RBIs.


















