June 29 2016 The Santa Fe Fuego defeated the Tucson Saguaros 5-4 in 10 innings at Fort Marcy Park. Santa Fe finished with 13 hits and no errors, while Tucson collected 10 hits and committed two errors.
Santa Fe built a 3-1 lead through five innings after scoring once in the third and twice in the fifth. Tucson answered with one run in the seventh and two in the eighth to take a 4-3 advantage, but the Fuego tied the game in the seventh before scoring the deciding run in the 10th.
Matt Haskins led Santa Fe with two hits, including his 13th home run, and three RBI. L. Martini added two hits and an RBI, while
Eric Maria and
Kevin Alvarez also had two hits apiece.
Jesse Baker paced Tucson with two hits, including his eighth home run, two runs and an RBI.
Tanner Giesel hit his fourth home run of the season and drove in two runs, while R. Retz added two hits and an RBI. Santa Fe starter R. Harper allowed four runs, three earned, on seven hits in eight innings with five strikeouts. Mike Cowan earned the win with two scoreless innings, allowing three hits and striking out three. Tucson starter
Steven Borkowski worked five innings and allowed three unearned runs on seven hits with four strikeouts, while
Aaron Smith was charged with the loss after allowing the go-ahead run without recording an out.
