June 9 2016 The Tucson Saguaros defeated the Santa Fe Fuego 4-3 at Kino Veterans, overcoming an early 3-2 deficit to improve to 51-14. Tucson collected 11 hits and scored three times in the seventh inning, while Santa Fe finished with eight hits and two errors.
Santa Fe scored once in the fourth and fifth innings before adding another run in the ninth.
Matt Haskins went 2-for-4 with an RBI, and both
Joey LaCugna and
Bradley Thomas recorded two hits for the Fuego. Tucson answered with one run in the fourth and its decisive three-run seventh.
Adam Urbania and Randy Retz each had two hits, with Retz driving in a run, while
Jesse Baker and
Thomas McKenna also supplied RBIs.
Daniel Diaz earned the win for Tucson after allowing two runs on five hits in seven innings. He walked two and struck out five.
David Robles worked a scoreless eighth with two strikeouts, and
Daniel Hurtado recorded the save despite allowing one run on two hits in the ninth while striking out two.
Thomas Zarewicz took the loss for Santa Fe after giving up four runs on seven hits in four innings. Harold Rosario combined for four scoreless innings of relief and struck out five, but the Fuego could not overcome Tucson’s seventh-inning surge.
