June 23 2012 The Trinidad Triggers defeated the Santa Fe Fuego 7-6 at Fort Marcy Park, overcoming a 13-hit effort by Santa Fe. The Triggers finished with seven hits and no errors while the Fuego committed one error.
Santa Fe scored twice in the first inning and added another run in the second to take an early 3-0 lead. Trinidad answered with four runs in the fourth, added one in the fifth and pushed across two more in the seventh. The Fuego scored three times in the seventh but could not complete the comeback.
Chad Bisnette powered the Triggers with two hits and four RBI, including a home run.
Jacob Fabry also homered and drove in two runs, while
Jason Venya collected two hits and stole two bases. Santa Fe’s
Chris Brown went 4-for-5 with a home run and two RBI, and
Scot Palmer added two hits.
Anthony Smith earned the win for Trinidad after allowing eight hits and five earned runs in six innings with one walk and four strikeouts.
Adam Polston,
Dan Blum,
Kyle Alvarez and
Miguel Hernandez combined to cover the final three innings. Gil Tussey took the loss for Santa Fe after allowing five runs in 4.1 innings.
