July 19 2018 The Alpine Cowboys defeated the Trinidad Triggers 18-10 after producing 19 hits and scoring in six innings. Alpine opened with two runs in the first, added five in the third, three in the fifth and two in the seventh before breaking the game open with six runs in the ninth. Trinidad collected 13 hits and scored twice in the third, once in the fourth, once in the sixth, three times in the seventh, once in the eighth and twice in the ninth.
Tommy Ziegen led Alpine with four hits, four runs, two RBI and a home run.
Grant Myers added two hits, three runs and three RBI, while
Chace Sarchet went 3-for-5 with two RBI.
Seth Douglas drove in four runs on one hit, and Ziegen and Sarchet also contributed two RBI apiece. Alpine hit three home runs, with Ziegen, Myers and Douglas each going deep.
Trinidads
Joba Ferrell went 3-for-5 with a pair of home runs, two runs and five RBI.
Matt Eureste added two hits, two runs and two RBI with a home run, while
Nick Stoll and
Charles Osborne each had two hits. Osborne also homered for the Triggers.
Daniel Williams earned the win for Alpine after allowing eight hits and three earned runs in five innings with four strikeouts.
Sean Callahan took the loss for Trinidad, surrendering 12 hits and 10 runs nine of them earned in 4.2 innings. Alpines pitching staff finished with 14 strikeouts, while Trinidad pitchers recorded three.
