July 22 2017 The Trinidad Triggers held off the Garden City Wind 7-6 after building an early lead and surviving a late rally. Trinidad scored five runs in the first inning and added two in the fourth, finishing with 11 hits and no errors. Garden City collected 12 hits and scored once in the first, once in the seventh and four times in the eighth, but could not complete the comeback.
Eric Ferguson, P. Llewellyn, J. Randle,
Kyle Rodriguez and
Gabriel Douglas each had two hits for Trinidad. Ferguson, Llewellyn and
Andrew Reardon homered, while Rodriguez drove in two runs. Reardon also contributed a home run and an RBI, and J. VanAtta added a hit, a run and an RBI. Garden City was led by
Joey Cecere, who went 4-for-5 with two runs and a triple, while
Ryan Whitt had three hits and two RBI.
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Eli Roundtree hit a three-run home run for the Wind.
Reardon earned the win after allowing two runs on nine hits with three walks and 11 strikeouts in seven innings.
Cody Strayer recorded the save with two innings of relief, allowing one run on one hit and striking out one.
Casey Collins took the loss for Garden City after surrendering seven runs on seven hits in four innings, with four earned runs, two walks and four strikeouts.
