Garden City Wind Pull Away From White Sands Pupfish 14-8

June 16 2017 The Garden City Wind defeated the White Sands Pupfish 14-8 after building an early lead and answering a late White Sands push. Garden City collected 15 hits, while White Sands finished with 10. The Wind scored in five innings, including a five-run fifth and a three-run sixth that turned a 4-2 advantage into a 12-2 lead.

Ryan Whitt led Garden City by going 3-for-5 with three runs and three RBI, including two doubles. Mike Rachun went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI, while T. Ellis also homered and drove in three runs. Jean Carlos Peralta added two hits and two runs, and Joey Cecere contributed a triple, a run and two RBI.

White Sands rallied for four runs in the seventh and two more in the eighth, but Garden City held on. Brandon Torres went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI, while Cameron Haskins drove in two runs and Mark Davis scored and drove in one. White Sands scored twice in the fifth, four times in the seventh and twice in the eighth.

Mason Mayberry earned the win for Garden City after allowing seven hits and six runs, four earned, in seven innings. He walked two and struck out seven. Kevin Delzell worked a scoreless eighth with no hits allowed. Darrell Render Jr. took the loss for White Sands, allowing eight hits and eight runs, five earned, in four innings while striking out five.