June 2 2016 The Salina Stockade defeated the Santa Fe Fuego 13-6 at Fort Marcy Park. Salina finished with 19 hits and two errors while Santa Fe collected nine hits and played errorless defense.
Salina took control with six runs in the first inning and added two in the second. The Stockade scored three more in the fourth and two in the fifth to build a 13-0 lead. Santa Fe answered with four runs in the fifth and two in the seventh but could not close the gap.
CJ Epperson led Salina with four hits in six at-bats and scored twice.
Mike Rachun went 3-for-6 with two runs while
Jean Carlos Peralta and
Nick Wagner each homered. Wagner drove in four runs and
Steven Longo and
Ray Hernandez each added two RBIs. For Santa Fe
Chris Tavares went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs while Sam Taft had two hits and two doubles.
Tim Blackmon earned the win for Salina after allowing five hits and four runs in six innings with 10 strikeouts and four walks.
Dalton Bernardi worked two scoreless innings with two strikeouts. Thomas Zarewicz took the loss for Santa Fe after surrendering eight runs on eight hits in one inning.
