Triggers to host ALS Awareness Night June 2 at Central Park

The Trinidad Triggers will spend one of their early home dates on a cause that cuts far deeper than baseball. On June 2 at Central Park, the club will host ALS Awareness Night, a tribute to Becky Mederios, the mother of Triggers player Peyton Mederios, while the Alpine Cowboys come to town for a 6:30 p.m. first pitch.

The timing connects Trinidad to Major League Baseball’s Lou Gehrig Day, observed each June 2 since 2021 to raise awareness and funds for people living with ALS and their families. The date carries its own weight in baseball history: it marks the day Gehrig became the Yankees’ starting first baseman in 1925 and the day he died of ALS in 1941. In Las Animas County, the Triggers are using that date to turn a summer game into a public recognition of loss, memory and a disease that has touched families far beyond the ballpark.

The tribute is centered on Becky Mederios, also identified as Rebecca Jo Medeiros, who died on April 27 at age 59. Her obituary said she died peacefully in Oklahoma City, surrounded by family and friends. For Peyton Mederios, listed by University of Central Oklahoma Athletics as a senior pitcher from Edmond, Oklahoma, the night will bring his family’s grief into a very public local setting, where fans who know the Triggers by name will see the human cost behind the awareness effort.

The baseball game alone will not solve the practical problems ALS creates for families, but the night is meant to point residents toward help that exists beyond symbolism. ALS United Rocky Mountain says it serves people living with ALS, their families and caregivers across Colorado, Utah and Wyoming with care services, support groups, equipment loans and referrals. For families in Trinidad and throughout Las Animas County, that regional network is the kind of concrete support that can matter when a diagnosis changes everything, from mobility needs to day-to-day caregiving.

At Central Park, the Triggers will be asking fans to show up for baseball and stay for a cause. With Peyton Mederios on the roster, Becky Mederios honored in the stands and Lou Gehrig Day as the backdrop, June 2 will give Trinidad a chance to turn one night at the park into a reminder that ALS is not an abstract illness, but a family burden with real local consequences.