July 29 2024 The Trinidad Triggers scored four runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Blackwell Flycatchers 6-4. Trinidad finished with nine hits and no errors, while Blackwell collected 10 hits and committed one error.
Blackwell took a 3-0 lead in the first inning and added another run in the fourth. Trinidad answered with two runs in the fourth before breaking through in the ninth. Markus Cabrera hit a three-run home run and Osvaldo Ortiz added a two-run homer for the Triggers. Cabrera drove in three runs, while Ortiz finished with two RBI. J. Smith also had two hits and one RBI for Trinidad.
Dominic Pisano led Blackwell with three hits in four at-bats. Ty Andrews added two hits, including two doubles, and one RBI, while Jack Skantze and Rey Lozano each drove in a run.
Blackwell starter M. Carnahan struck out 13 and allowed two runs on five hits over eight innings, but Kaden Kneip took the loss after allowing four runs on four hits in one-third of an inning. Trinidads C. Smith struck out eight while allowing four runs over six innings, and Angel Garza earned the win with a scoreless ninth inning that included two strikeouts.
