July 31 2022 The Garden City Wind defeated the Santa Fe Fuego 8-3 after collecting 12 hits and scoring five runs in the third inning. Santa Fe finished with three hits and was held scoreless in five of the seven innings, while Garden City committed one error and the Fuego played errorless baseball.
Garden City took a 1-0 lead in the second before breaking the game open with a five-run third inning. The Wind added two runs in the sixth to answer Santa Fe’s two-run sixth-inning rally and secure the victory. Santa Fe also scored once in the fourth inning.
Najay King led Garden City with two hits, including a home run, and three RBIs.
Taylor Barber homered, scored twice, drove in a run and drew a walk, while
Neil Taylor also hit a home run and finished with one RBI.
Koki Matsuda,
Syam Lafi and
Antonio Henrickson each recorded two hits for the Wind.
Ted Broxterman earned the win for Garden City after allowing three hits and three runs, two earned, in six innings. He struck out four and walked two.
Evan Nakagawa took the loss for Santa Fe after surrendering nine hits and six earned runs in three innings.
Jared Gay paced the Fuego with two hits, including a home run, and two RBIs, while
Jesus Chavez added a double.
