May 27 2012 The White Sands Pupfish scored nine runs in the seventh inning and went on to defeat the Santa Fe Fuego 16-10. White Sands finished with 17 hits and did not commit an error while Santa Fe collected 16 hits and made two errors.
White Sands broke a 8-4 deficit with its seven-run seventh inning and added three runs in the ninth.
John Couch went 3-for-5 with two home runs, three runs scored and three RBI.
Jordan Stouffer drove in four runs and hit a home run, while
Austin Newell had five hits and scored twice.
Henry Gonzalez jr. also homered, and
Jarrett Northcutt and
Joey Friedman added two-base hits.
Santa Fe received three hits from
Matt Streich and
Nick Muller, with Muller hitting a home run and two doubles while driving in one run.
Evan Kohli and
Ronny Romo Jr. each homered and drove in three runs, and
Kieran Bradford added a home run and two RBI.
Victor Gonzalez earned the win for White Sands after allowing one run on three hits with one walk and two strikeouts over 2.1 innings.
Josh Hildebrand worked 5.2 innings, allowing eight earned runs on 11 hits with four walks and six strikeouts.
Jack Winters started for Santa Fe and allowed eight runs, five earned, on 10 hits in 6.2 innings.
Justin Trejo took the loss after recording no outs and allowing three runs on two hits.
