Show Uintah edge Altamont 5 to 1 7 The Uintah baseball team learn gained Its first win of the season last Monday when they toppled the Altamont Longhorns 5 to 1 I in Vernal The winning pitcher for the Utes was Rod nod Murray UINTAH WILL motor to Hillcrest High School Monday for a baseball battle at 12 noon against the Huskies Hillcrest will be a pretty good ball club commented Uintah baseball coach Ed Johnson Johnson will use pitchers Rick nick Gardner and Bart Murray in the battle with Hillcrest The rest of the lineup will be Darrell Hacking catcher Mike Phillips first base Gary second base Bart Dart third base Ron Baker shortstop John Pope outfield Mitch Phillips outfield outfield out out- field and Clegg Stills outfield will host Union High School of Roosevelt in a doubleheader on Wednesday The games will start at 1 p pm p.m. m. m and 3 pm p.m. Johnson will be using pitchers Craig Swett and Rod Murray in the games with Union The first Region Six contest of the year for the Utes will be against the Carbon Dinos in Price on April 7 at 1 pm p.m. The Utes will also face the Dinos in Price on April 11 11 They Carbon will be the ball club to beat They will be tough They were ere in the state tournament last year commented Johnson IN TUE THE CONTEST last Monday both Uintah and Altamont were blanked in the scoring department in the first inning Altamont scored a run in the second inning to take a 1 0 advantage Altamont scored its run when a Longhorn bunted in Fieldsted from third base Fieldsted gained first base due to an error by the third baseman on the throw He advanced to second base on an error Fieldsted stole third base Uintah failed to score any runs in the second inning Both teams were shut out in inthe inthe inthe the third inning Altamont was blanked in the top of the fourth inning Rick Gurr scored a run in the fourth inning to tie the game at 1 H. In the fifth inning Ron Baker scored a run to give the Uintah Utes a 2 1 margin Mike Phillips increased the Uintah lead to 4 1 when he smashed a double which drove in Tim King and Morgan Woodhouse Bart singled to drive in Mike Phillips which made the score after five innings 5 to 1 I in favor of Uintah 4 ROD MURRAY HURRAY shut out Altamont in the sixth and seventh innings The final score was Uintah 5 and Altamont 1 1 Starters for the game against Altamont were Rod Murray pitcher Scott Woodhouse catcher Rick Gurr first base Mitch Phillips second base Shawn King third base Bart Murray shortstop Kevin Martin left field David Kay center field and Jeff Weeks right field The Utes will have a return match with the Longhorns at Altamont on April 18 Last Friday and Saturday the Utes battled Grand Junction and Grand Junction Central on the road The Utes were nipped by Grand Junction Central on 1 Friday 6 to 4 4 The Utes had a 2 to I 1 lead inthe Inthe in inthe the game with Central after the first inning Both teams were shut out in the second inning Central scored two runs in the third inning to take a 3 to 2 advantage Uintah tied the score at al 3 33 with a run in the third Both teams were blanked Inthe in inthe inthe the fourth inning Central blasted Uintah in the fifth inn inning in inning in- in n ning ng for three runs which gave the C Colorado lorado school a 6 to 3 advantage Uintah scored a run in the fifth inning to narrow the C Central lead to 6 to 4 Both teams were blanked in n the sixth and seventh innings LAST SATURDAY Grand Junction bombed the Uintah Utes 14 to 0 O. The big inning Corthe for Cor forthe forthe the Grand Junction was the fourth when they scored seven runs The Utes Ules were defeated by Layton High School at nt Layton 12 to 8 on March 22 Uintah had hada a 2 to 0 o lead in the first Inning Layton Lyton scored three runs rung In the third inning to take a 3 to 2 advantage Layton bombed the Utes for Cor six runs in the fifth inning to take a 9 to 2 lead The Utes Ules blasted the Layton defense with Ith six runs in the fifth liming Inning which narrowed the Layton lead to 9 to 8 La Layton ton scored three runs Inthe in inthe inthe the sixth inning to increase their lead to 12 to 8 Layton went on to win the contest 12 to 8 Uintah battled Davis High School on the road on March 22 The game ended in a 9 tie lie after eight innings |