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Show Vvv ------ - 'v . ,,ffj,rA,; . t I . . t, iU Jf - S FA ., .- V'v 1 V V - 5 r Vt .. i .v .v.--? ,w ' - .. -X 5 e we . , v XV 1 j UNION COUGARS' Brent Fenn sends the ball on a trip- Union Cougars sutHFer 5-3 seibacCt flo Juab Juab acquired two hits from Union pitchers, Brent Fenn and Lonnie Sammaripa, but six wild pitches, five walks and one hit-by-pitcher enabled the crew from Nephi to score five runs and edge the Cougars in Provo, Saturday, 5 to 3, in the Class 2-A semifinals. semi-finals. Juab will battle Lehi in the Class 2-A championship game. Both teams placed second in their regions. The Juab crew grabbed a lead of 2 to 0 in the first inning. Howarth was walked and Osborne smashed a single. Howarth moved to second base on a passed ball and used a wild pitch to score Juab's first run. Osborne stole third base and Fenn struck out the next two batters, Johnson and Greenlaugh. Juab's Steel was walked and attempted a delayed steal. Osborne crossed home ' plate before Union tagged Steel for the ' ' ' final' out." " ' 'J'" ' 1 "We didn't handle it right. Fenn tossed the ball to Ron Gates at second base. We got Steel in the hot box. The runner on third base broke for home and we never made the throw. Our pitcher, Fenn, didn't back up the first i baseman and Gates had to run and dive I to get Steel a few inches from first base for the final out, but the runner had already crossed home plate," stated Lynn Patterson, Union baseball coach. Juab scored one run in the bottom of the fourth inning for a 3 to 0 lead. Greenlaugh reached first base on an error. The throw by Union's second baseman, Steve Robb, was wide. Dean Townsend, first baseman, caught the ball and tagged the runner, but the ball dropped out of his mitt. Greenlaugh scored on two passed balls. The Union Cougars rallied in the top of the sixth inning as they scored three runs to tie up the game at 3-3. Jubal Anderton belted the baseball for a double and moved to third base on a single by John Blake. Blake advanced to second base due to a bad throw on his single. Gates was walked to load up the bases and Robb singled to drive in Anderton. Fenn and Townsend committed com-mitted outs and Sammaripa struck for a single to knock in Blake and Gates Fenn walked Johnson and Greenlaugh in the bottom of the sixth inning and Sammaripa was brought in to pitch. Steel grounded out and Gadd was walked to load up the bases. Sammaripa struck out Kelson and had two strikes on Carter, but the Juab baseballer connected for a single in right center to drive in Johnson and Greenlaugh for a 5-3 Juab lead. Sammaripa Sam-maripa struck but the next batter for " out number three'. ' ' Union wasn't ready to roll over and die as Kenny Anderton singled and Don Hall was walked. The Cougars' coach, Patterson, told Blake to bunt the ball, but he bunted it in the air. "I had to hold both runners to see if Juab would catch it. It dropped in front of the pitcher and they forced Anderton at third and Blake reached first base on a fielder's choice and Hall moved to second base," said Patterson. Gates struck out and Robb grounded out to end the game. The Cougars had six hits in the game and scored three runs. Fenn pitched five innings and was the losing pitcher. He struck out 11, allowed five runs, walked four, -had six wild pitches, hit one batter and gave up only one hit, a bunt by Osborne in the first inning. Sammaripa pitched one inning and struck out two, walked one and allowed one hit. |