Santa Fe Fuego Hold Off Taos Blizzard 10-8

July 4 2013 The Santa Fe Fuego defeated the Taos Blizzard 10-8 at Fort Marcy Park, scoring in five different innings and holding off a late Taos rally. Santa Fe collected 14 hits, while Taos finished with 12 hits. The Fuego led 8-0 after seven innings before Taos scored three runs in the eighth and five in the ninth. Josh Barnett and James Maxwell each drove in three runs for Santa Fe. Barnett went 2-for-4 with two runs and a double, while Maxwell was 3-for-5 with a double and one run. Kellen Lee added two hits and two RBI, and Bryson Sims went 2-for-5 with two runs, one RBI and Santa Fe’s only home run of the game. Taos was led by B. May’s 3-for-5 performance with two RBI and a double. Chris Costantino hit a two-run home run and finished with three RBI, while Calvin Culver went 2-for-4 with one RBI. E. Kozel also had two hits and scored twice for the Blizzard. Jonathan Sintes earned the win for Santa Fe after allowing three runs, two earned, on 10 hits in 7.2 innings. He walked two and struck out six. Brian Hicks recorded the save with two-thirds of an inning, and Jared Bowser was charged with the loss after allowing five runs in one-third of an inning. Santa Fe scored once in the second, three times in the third, twice in the fourth, twice in the fifth and twice in the seventh.