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Show Page Bl Times Newspaper Thursday, May 29, 2003 Baseball state tournament semifinals ;l lgers get sloppy with the ball, fall to Red Devils IB 4 MARTIN HARRIS Times Sports Editor . r 1 After most urem uaseuaii f Lames this season, coach fay McCoy has sung the ..nices of his detense. iNot ;histime. The Tigers committed six jrrors in the field resulting .,rti-r-rirl rune o a jj SIX Uiicainw j. who ;hey lose to Springville 7-2 xi the semifinals of the state xmrnament. "We picked a bad time to Pawelek threw a one-hitter in seven innings, striking strik-ing out eight. He did walk six and two unearned runs scored. The Tigers did manage the first run of the game without the advantage of a hit. Ryan Fehlberg walked to start the second inning. He stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch and sprinted home when the Springville catcher threw the ball into left field. Two runs scored and the inning continued. The next batter singled to right field where Fehlberg was not able to field the ball allowing Pawelek to score. Three Or em errors result in ' three unearned runs and it became a theme. In the sixth, Springville added three more unearned thanks to one more Tiger error. Christiansen scored the other Tiger run after he was ...V L Is- 1 - . I y - Photo by Martin Harris Devin Wilkins gets the lone Orem hit for the game. His single to start the game was all the Tiger offense could muster against Springville's Mark Pawelek. hit by a pitch. He got to beat the tag as he touched game the next day. . Photo by Martin Harris Orem pitcher Mike Morgan did not get the help he needed from his defense. All six runs he allowed were unearned due to six errors. Morgan did walk six In the loss. third on a two-base throwing throw-ing error by Pawelek. Christiansen scored on a ground out by Mike Morgan. The game did feature some controversy in the seventh. sev-enth. Pinch runner Zac Erekson was on first when Trent Barney threw the ball into right field. Erekson turned on the jets and was waved home. He clearly the plate while Barney was still standing upright receiving the ball. However, the home plate umpire, who must of been watching another game at the very moment called Erekson out. Erekson, who was deservedly deserved-ly upset about the call, threw his helmet in disgust and was ejected. The ejection ejec-tion meant he was not able to play in the state title The next batter, Matt Newbury, made things better bet-ter when he took the next pitch of the game for a ride over the left field wall. A call that not even the home plate umpire could mess up. The loss sends the Tigers to the one-loss bracket to play Cyprus, a team they beat earlier in the tournament. )lay less than we are capa-)le capa-)le of," McCoy said. "That iras an outstanding team fie played out there. We had bring our A-game if we ranted to beat them and Jiat wasn't it." Orem's offense struggled igainst. Springville's Mark JWelek. Devin Wilkins "started the game with a single sin-gle as he fought off an 0-2 pitch. It was a good start .Dut it was the last hit Orem iifould get in the game. The Red Devils answered with three runs in the third. With the bases loaded and one out, the Tigers almost got out of the inning without with-out letting up a run. Pawelek hit a ball to the second baseman, who relayed it to Brooks Christiansen covering second sec-ond for the first out of the potential double play. However, Christiansen's throw to first went wide allowing Pawelek to reach. 'Springville (7) vs Orem (2) baseball Springville ABR H BI Orem AB R H BI ABeals 3 0 10 D Wilkins 4 0 10 DErcanbrack 4 0 11 T Barney 3 0 0 0 A Jensen 3 2 2 1 Christiansen 2 10 0 DBulow 3 0 11 M Morgan 2 0 0 1 a-A Johnson 0 10 0 R Fehlberg 2 10 0 BJ Crane 2 0 0 0 M McCoy 2 0 0 0 M Pawelek 3 0 0 1 R McKinney 2 0 0 0 b-Z Erekson 0 10 0 MWoolsey 3 0 0 0 M Newbury 4 12 1 A Wilding 1 0 0 0 S Pickering 3 110 JSimkins 3 110 TOTALS 28 7 9 5 TOTALS 21 2 1 1 Springville 003 003 1 - 7 9 2 0rem 010 001 0 - 2 1 6 a-ran for Bulow, b-ran for Pawelek. 2B-Jensen (S). 3BJensen (S). HR-Newbury (S). IP H R ER BB SO Springville Pawelek (W) 7 1 2 0 6 8 Orem Morgan (L) 5.2 6 6 0 6 1 Echohawk 0.2-3 11 2 0 odis Q.2 0 0 0 0 0 AM Competitive Rates Grea; Service Se Habla Espanol Call for. a Quote Today, You'll be Glad You Did. Lender Insurance, Inc 390 W 800 N '106 Orem UT 84057 ' IB i. Coors and Wo H . . . t f 12 pack bottles U W 31703 thru 33003 14 oz. Flavor of the Month Keystone Light 18 pack cans i ftIB -nuuu y 12packbtls V. Bud & Bud Light 18 Pk cans MGD & Lite $12S9 $ S3 Natural Light & Natural Ice 12 pk cans ... S Strawberry- J &CvnH i $ 12 pack WM cans t I i. , i 32 oz. Fountain Colte j 12 pack j cans Drink... 59 Marlboro carton oy Virginia Slims, Parliament carton & 6 Camel, Winston carton Salem carton $"13 Basic Carton Cm I KOOI Carton . . . $013 Doral Carton ivm Newport Carton 6tJ $ jk 25 MUStang Carton Prices good thru 33103 r Hiland Milk Gallon U $1.49 with Speedpass! 4 X H Aw |