July 17 2012 The Alpine Cowboys defeated the Trinidad Triggers 7-6 in a game that featured 18 combined hits and five home runs. Alpine finished with eight hits and two errors, while Trinidad collected 10 hits and committed three errors.
Alpine scored once in the first inning, then broke through for four runs in the third. The Cowboys added one run in each of the fourth and fifth innings. Trinidad answered with four runs in the third and one in each of the fourth and fifth, but Alpine’s early advantage held for the victory.
Derrick Fox led Alpine with two hits, two runs and an RBI, while Bo Bell scored once, drove in one and drew three walks. Brad Menadier drove in three runs, and Eric Garcia scored twice and reached safely four times with a hit and three walks. Fox, Bell and Menadier each hit a home run for the Cowboys.
Trinidad’s Clint Stroud went 4-for-5 with a run, and Harry Williams Jr. drove in three runs while hitting a home run. Chad Bisnette also homered and collected an RBI, while Jason Venya added an RBI.
Chris Welborn earned the win for Alpine after allowing seven hits and six runs, five earned, in four innings with five walks and three strikeouts. Alpine’s bullpen held Trinidad scoreless over the final five innings, with Alfredo Caballero recording the save. Baron Short took the loss for Trinidad after allowing six runs in three innings.
Alpine Cowboys Hold Off Trinidad Triggers 7-6
