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Show J 5 V r I ... I I . s f .- " W 5 '.'v. 1,1 ft 1 . , ' -1 r-j ? i; -' vr r 1 III i - 1 f. i Jr 1. ?: I r. 4 ; ' . I . . i jaw:-'"''. : ; -M - 1 t 1 r !V V V- t -1 ; I 1 S. f .. .. - , ..(...- , 1, . . it a.. . vy. r i i -: V I ....... I MIKE JOHNSON of Uintah connects with the baseball for a base j hit. The Utes have a 1-2 record in Region 7 action. I i - j . - v i . - ; t " f - - ' , . t 1 ' - i . .... .. . . - 4 i . ' i L ' " t '. - ' ' ' .' l - s v ' ' ' . . ' t ... .. ' '. ' ... . J - . V""-;- '' , " ' s r' j - J . - - u: , THE UTES' Jeff Good does a good job of stretching for the '1 baseball as a Cyprus runner darts down the base path. Six run eruption kills Uintah victory hopes The Uintah Utes baseball team was only behind by one run after six innings, in-nings, but the Cyprus Pirates erupted for six runs in the top. of the seventh inning and thumped the Utes in the Region 7 opener, 9 to 2, March 31 in Vernal. Cyprus jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning. Anderson got on base due to an error with two outs and the Pirates gained two base runners run-ners when Reynolds walked Romero. Bracken connected with the baseball and an error allow ed the ball to dart into the outf ield-and Anderson and Romero crossed home plate.t.ojive Cyprus a 2-0 lead. Uintah got its offense into gear in the bottom of the fourth inning as the Utes crew scored two runs to tie up the contest at 2-2. Jeff Good led off with a walk and moved to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Rick Morton. Robb knocked third baseman. Hall's glove off his hand due to a vicious shot, which traveled into the outfield. Robb gained first base and Good advanced to third base. Robb stole second base and both runners were driven in when Reynolds stroked the ball into the outfield for a single to tie up the game at 2-2. Randy Smuin bunted Ihe ball and the catcher fired the ball to first base for the second out and threw' the ball to third base for the third out, which was gained when the infielder tagged out Reynolds, who tried to move from first to third on the bunt. The first two Cyprus batters, Wooley and Hatch, reached first base due to walks by Reynolds. Wooley was tagged out at third base, but Jones connected with the baseball and it darted between Rick Morton's legs near third base. Hatch crossed home plate to give the Pirates a 3 to 2 advantage after 4 ' 2 innings. Reynolds struck out Dilley and Coon grounded out to end the inning. Mike Johnson led off for the Utes with a single and moved to second base on a fielder's choice, but Johnson died at second base as the Utes were unable to drive him in. Reynolds struck out Cyprus' first batter in the top of the sixth inning, Hill, but he hit Anderson with a pitch to place a runner on first base. Romero died out for the second out, but Rracken got on base due to an error. Uintah ended the inning when first baseman, Good, grabbed the baseball and forced Wooley out on a close play, which had four baseballers. Good, Wooley, second baseman, Pat Jenkins and pitcher, Reynolds, at first base. Uintah's first two hatters in the bottom of the sixth inning, Good and Morton, were retired, but Robb blasted the baseball for a double and Reynolds was walked. Smuin got the count to three balls and two strikes, but he grounded out to end the inning. The close game vanished when Cyprus scored six runs in the top of the scvenlh inning. Hatch flied out to Mike Irishman for the first out. Irishman only nabbed half of the ball as the other half was poking out of the top of his glove. Marty Jones was walked and an error placed Dilley on first and Jones on second. Coon stroked the ball for a double to drive in Jones for Cyprus' fourth run. Hill got on base on n fielder's choice and an error allowed Dilley and Cxn to dart across home plate. Anderson blasted the baseball for a triple to knock in Monserelte, who came in to run for Hill. Gardner came into Ihe game lo run for Anderson and Gardner scored on an error. An error placed Romero on first base and he moved to third on an error. Bracken singled to drive in Romero, which gave Cyprus a 9 to 2 lead. Morton was brought in to replace Reynolds on the pitching mound and he retired the next two batters to end the inning. Uintah's Johnson flied out and Leish-man Leish-man and Jenkins grounded out to make the final score: Cyprus, 9 and Uintah, 2. The Uintah Utes will battle the Beetdiggers at Jordan, Friday at 1 p.m. and will take on Cyprus in Magna, Wednesday at 3:30 p.m The Utes will host Murray in doubleheader April 24 and will battle the Buffaloes in Tooele, May 1. --- -- I i i ' t i - ' ) i . ) t t - v '. ; i ,,' . - - ... x "" "'-' - -l LSI . . . .- -' . i - s.'. . A CLOSE ONE forces Uintah's Mark Robb to hit the dirt dun pitch by Cyprus' Marty Jones. |
