July 10 2023 The Trinidad Triggers overcame an early deficit to defeat the Santa Fe Fuego 14-9 at Central Park. Trinidad collected 13 hits and scored the final nine runs of the game, including three in the seventh inning and six in the eighth, to pull away after Santa Fe led 9-5 through six innings.
Santa Fe scored five times in the first inning and added four runs in the sixth.
Arthur Quinones led the Fuego with three hits and six RBI, while
Phillip Buckingham went 2-for-5 with a home run, a double, two runs and one RBI.
Ben Osborne added two hits and two RBI, and Santa Fe finished with nine hits overall. Quinones also hit a home run.
Trinidads offense was paced by
Peter Bocchino and
Jordan Anderson, who each hit a home run and drove in four runs. Bocchino scored three times and reached base with two hits and two walks, while Anderson had two hits, four RBI and a triple.
David Arza scored three runs and contributed two hits and two RBI, and
Peter Pena added two hits and one RBI.
Kenny Stewart earned the win for Trinidad after throwing two scoreless innings with no hits allowed and four strikeouts.
Garrett Brown also worked a scoreless inning with four strikeouts. Santa Fes
Sean Townsend was charged with the loss after allowing two runs in one-third of an inning, while
Marty Carnahan struck out 11 in 5.1 innings but surrendered five runs.
