Trinidad Triggers Edge White Sands Pupfish 6-5

May 30 2012 The Trinidad Triggers held off the White Sands Pupfish 6-5. Trinidad collected 12 hits and played errorless defense, while White Sands finished with 11 hits and committed seven errors.

Trinidad scored twice in the first inning and added runs in the second third fifth and sixth. A. Riddick went 2-for-3 with a home run two runs and an RBI, while Harry Williams Jr. and Clint Stroud each had two hits. Stroud also drove in a run, and Jacob Fabry and Daniel Pembroke each contributed an RBI.

White Sands rallied with two runs in the second inning and one in the third before adding single runs in the eighth and ninth. Blake Shaffer led the Pupfish offense by going 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI. Austin Newell drove in two runs, while Casey Johnson and Andrew Caron also had RBIs.

Anthony Smith earned the win for Trinidad after allowing seven hits and three earned runs over seven innings with three walks and four strikeouts. John Sullivan recorded the save despite allowing two hits and one run in the ninth. White Sands starter Kyle Smart took the loss, giving up 10 hits and six runs, four earned, in five innings while striking out six.