Alpine Cowboys Defeat Trinidad Triggers 11-2

July 16 2013 The Alpine Cowboys defeated the Trinidad Triggers 11-2 at Kokernot Field, scoring in five of their six offensive innings. Alpine took a 2-0 lead in the first inning, answered Trinidad’s two-run second with two runs of its own, then added three runs in the fourth and four more in the sixth to pull away. The Cowboys finished with nine hits and no errors, while the Triggers also had nine hits but committed four errors.

Derrick Fox scored twice and drove in two runs for Alpine, adding a hit, two walks and a stolen base. Jose Carranza went 2-for-4 with a double, one run and one RBI, while Conor Thompson went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Eric Herman scored three times, and Alpine also received a run and two walks from Shane Youngdale. Jason Veyna supplied Trinidad’s only home run, a two-run shot, and finished with one hit and two RBIs.

Youngdale earned the win after pitching all seven innings, allowing nine hits and two runs while striking out six and walking five. Benji Waite took the loss for Trinidad after allowing eight hits and seven runs, three earned, in four innings. Shane Briend worked a scoreless fifth for the Triggers, while Nick Rodesky allowed four runs in the sixth.