Triggers Rally Past Wind 14-10

May 26 2018 The Trinidad Triggers defeated the Garden City Wind 14-10 in a high-scoring game at Central Park. Trinidad collected 12 hits and scored in five innings, overcoming Garden City’s 10 runs on nine hits. The Triggers held a 14-10 lead after seven innings, and neither team scored in the eighth or the bottom of the ninth.

Garden City jumped ahead 4-2 in the first inning, but Trinidad answered with two runs in the second to tie the game. The Triggers then scored five runs in the fourth to take a 9-5 advantage. Garden City responded with four runs in the fifth, but Trinidad added five in the seventh to establish the decisive margin.

Kenneth Fudge drove in four runs for Trinidad and hit a home run, while Joba Ferrell went 3-for-5 with two RBI and also homered. Bronson Butcher added three hits, including two doubles, and scored twice. Jabari Brown contributed two hits and two RBI, and Rickey Ramirez scored twice while going 2-for-3 with a triple and one RBI.

Garden City’s D. Williams hit a home run and finished with four RBI, while Ryan Whitt also homered and drove in one. Nick King scored once, collected a hit and drove in a run. Matt Stuart earned the win for Trinidad after throwing two scoreless innings with one hit allowed and one strikeout. Garden City starter Chip White allowed nine runs, eight earned, in four innings, and Julian Melton was charged with the loss after allowing three runs in one inning.