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Show ryytyttT'ftv?ff tt''',' wnxttxyfwiiTfi'1"" Page 6 OREM GENEVA TIMES Thursday, June 29, 2006 0 P L E AND OUTDOOR F U N Owlz can't put game away as Raptors win in extra innings Jared Lloyd Many Mini's iii baseball i! seems th;it I hud out is the hiii l'-sl i j- !'i get I hi three iliMi-M'iil hi i ;i sions I iii-,'!.r, night ;it ' 1 Sliiiliuin in .i tough i-Mia hi f iir iji, i ontest ( i in i nufilii I ijiiiti' gel t f i' hii.il mil and ' g ilrii made tin- ' 1 nr. I In- game v. iiiiii-i !oi Ihi Raptors i .inn- in Mil' I'jp iii Ihi- 1 '.III (is ugh! In i'l'-r Si i.m Vim Sl k- I.iji ii ki i! in ( nl li ci lohn M.u Mil with ;i single to li lt li'-l'l Mtl, I'Ao i low II Id gl c t he visilui s I Hi '. v. Hi I hi- I Jv. 1 pill l hi- t . lug I mi ' iii sci Dli'l h.i ill I hell ll.ilt ot I '.th on .1 iIdiiI.Ii , i cuter Iii lili-i I'ctcr Bourjos. hut i diiIiIii t bring him home to extend the contest. Ogden scored iill three of its runs with two outs The; In st came on ;m errant throw in the lust inning. The Raptors Rap-tors added the second run on a hit hatter with the bases loaded in the seventh frame. Hot h teams had chances to end I he game in regulation. I In- Raptors led 2-1 heading into the bottom of the ninth, needing only three outs to get to 500 on the season But Orem didn't go quietly into the night liourjos beat out an irilicld single, shortstop short-stop Ryan Mount walked and sci ond baseman Ala-I Nieves bunted but made it on base when the throw got to third base late. With the ba.ses juiced and no outs, the (Ml got a gift from Raptor pitcher Miguel Ramirez. He grazed the helmet hel-met of catcher Scott Knazek, driving in the tying run. It appeared to be a simple matter of getting a ball out of the infield to end the game, but Ramirez woke up after knotting the score. He struck out next three Orem batters and the game headed to extra innings "When you have the bases loaded with no outs and your No 4, 5 and li hitters up, you have to make something happen." hap-pen." Orem manager Tom Kolchman said "We got punched out three times. The pressure is on the pitcher, not the hitter, but you couldn't tell that tonight." Much of the credit for the low -scoring game has to go to the pitchers for each side. Sean O'Sullivan, David Pel-legrine, Pel-legrine, Barret Browning, Felipe Fe-lipe Arredondo, Blake Holler and Aaron Cook performed well for the Owlz, allowing .See OWLZ, Page 7 BRENDA MANOOKIN North Count). Ogden's Rick Taloa attempts to catch the hull to tag out Orem's Tadd Brewer, as he tries to steal second and turns hack on June 23. ! $ MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TME nmw ry ' 1 ft mif i: I'f :S. i V'- I - ' 1 -"i-. I Neil K.Warner ROBERT JOHNSONSlandarO Examiner Orem pitcher Trevor Bell, a supplemental pick by the LA. Angels of Anaheim in 2005, is looking to make an impact with the Owlz this season. Bell one to watch in Owlz organization during this season LM OTEROAssociaiuO Pk-ss Los Angeles Angels Howie Kendrick, left, slides into home plute uguinst Kunsus City Koyuls catcher Paul liuko in the fifth inning of snnj trtimiiti' tiiiittmii huvhall m Surprise, Ariz , on March H Kendrick scored on a triple by teammate Kendry Morales. Kendrick's stint in Utah County has helped him reach major league success Jason Franchuk Howie Ki-ndrii k kno'As 'A hat a burn hoi young gn - arc going go-ing through right iio'a They're exciii-d. rnavlx; nervous. ner-vous. So many questions, all of which the 22-veai -i Id I. A Angels An-gels of Anaheim )io .i-i t Im; to either gc-t answered or liguie out himvlf during a sumnier ol his own -pent it 1 1,'iah ( nrni v This v-cond sea .on ol Ori-rn (M'lz baseball, a team that was known from 2'iOI-oj as the two Angels mans an rXher young and hungry group striving to make it to the big leagues Kendrick. who has already had a 10-game snill ol a major league lo ker room has some advice: Listen to Kot h Thafs Tom Kolchman, the manager of trie team who hias been known to win a game and move along a prosper.1 or two "I have so much revpecl for him," Kendrick said "We have a gorrd relationship l- ause I rri I have so much respect for him. We have a good relationship because I'm also from Florida and he signed me. But he treats everyone with such respect. He's a great coach and a great person." Howie Kendrick 'I. also from I lor ida and he signed me Hut he treats everyone with such respect He's a great coach and a great person. AH you fmve to do is go out there and work hard, play hard and he'll support you." Kendrick can laugh a little bit hen fie thinks alxxit trie travel at the rookie league level Buses all the way, nmall towns throughout the Honeer League that roams into Montana, Wyoming Wyo-ming and Idaho, along with its two Utah stops of Orem and Ogdca "Try to get a seat in an aisle w ithout anybody else in it," Kendrick says. "You need to try and get some sleep on those rides." Kendrick turns Zi on July 12. As little as he may have known about Utah before arriving as a lOth-round draft pick, he has a bond whh it three years later. An everyday player with the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees, except for the brief stint he got called up to the Angels in April, he resides re-sides in Provo this summer with the same host family who had him as a rookie. Kendrick quickly escalated to one of his parent club's top prospects, as well as one of the finest in any farm system. The Angels organization has raved that he's a "batting title waiting wait-ing to happen" and his defense at second base has improved to where a call-up is more likely. Now, the frustrating part for Kendrick: Where can he fit in at the next level? There's already talk in southern California that the Angels wiU let loose veteran second baseman Adam Kennedy Ken-nedy and bring up Kendrick next season. See KENDRICK, Page 7 To understand why Orem Owlz pitcher Trevor Trev-or Bell greets you with an enthusiastic smile, like he's just struck out the side, consider his recent history. Let's recap. Bell, 19, was picked in the supplemental round (between the first and second round) of the 2005 Major League Baseball draft by the L.A. Angels of Anaheim. For those who don't do math, think of it this way he's probably the richest teenager you know. He reportedly got a $950,000 signing bonus when he signed with the Angels last July. BelJ grew up in Shadow Hills, Calif., about 15 minutes min-utes north of Los Angeles and even though he attended at-tended both Dodgers and Angels games, he grew up an Angels faa So imagine the scene when 25-30 family members mem-bers gathered at his house and heard the Angels take him with the 37th overall pick in the draft. "I actually have the moment mo-ment on video," Bell said "It was pretty amazing. I had 25 to 30 family members over. When they called my name, it was crazy at my house. That day I don't think I slept. I had like 300 phone calls. It was insane, but it was a kx of fun." Bell attended Cres-centa Cres-centa Valley High School, where his 95 mile-an-hour peaked and landed on Major League Baseball's radar. Baseball America ranked Bell's fastball the fourth best among high school pitchers and the numbers he posted as a senior backed that up. He was 8-3 with two saves and a 1.13 ERA during his senior season. He had 1 13 In high school I was the No. 1 starter, so as far as the pressure goes, think I have that in control a little bit. Some nerves are going to be there, but as soon as step out on the mound everything ev-erything goes away. I don't even hear the fans, I don't see them. Trevor Bell OH PLAYING IN THE MINOR LEAGUES strikeouts in 80 innings. His grandfather (Bob Bell) was the original Bozo the Clown, his older brother played for Cal-State Cal-State Northridge and his other brother is an actor, while he is one of the most promising pitchers in the Angels organization. "He's pitched very well in extended (spring training), so we're pretty See BELL, Page 7 POOR |