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Show Uiniah Utfes bomb AAgeibIq; ( baffle Timpview, SatfuErdlay pirst there wns "Star Wars." Then ' was number two, Star Wars -Ivn as the "Empire Strikes Rack Tuesday afternoon in Vernal wbaltStnr Wars" took place as the niih junior varsity team pounded a 'forced the Manila High School -itv team to see stars as they w ere mbed bv the Utes 18 to 1 in two fhe scorebook dropped dead w the second inning. Uintah's team nested of juniors and sophomores 5' Manila's team contained seventh, -ihth, ninth, tenth, 11th and 12th . I iders, according to Uintah baseball " ach, Craig Monsen. "The Utes jumped out to a 11-0 lead in .bottom of the first inning. Jeff ollinger smashed a double and Pat "nkins was walked. Kurt Robb singled drive in Drollinger. Jim Abegglen id Jerry Haslem were walked, islem's free pass to first base drove 'Jenkins. Kevin Leishman and Brad chens were walked and Robb and jjgglen scored. Gary Swim ripped a v . l k.. tha Mnniln nitrhpr for a uble. Haslem, Leishman, Richens, ;im, Mike Robbins, Drollinger and nkins scored runs. Drollinger and : nkins scored twice in the inning. :-islem also netted a triple and :-ashman nabbed a double, but they did : t score V 1 r Manila scored one run in the top of second inning on a counter by einrod, which cut the Utes' lead to ten 1 ms at 11-1. Uintah increased its lead to runs with seven runs in the bottom of ' t second inning. Swim was walked i Robbins nabbed a single. Zollinger was walked. Jenkins and : oegglen ripped doubles. Dale Wood garnered a home run and Randy Nelson reached first base on an error. Swim Robbins, Drollinger, Jenkins' Abegglen, Wood and Nelson scored runs m the second inning. Uintah's varsity baseball team will take on the Timpview Thunderbirds in ProvoSaturday at noon. Uintah has a 2-8 2-8 region mark and is 2-9 overall. Uintah has defeated Mountain View and American Fork so far this season. The Utes haven't won many games but they have an amazing batting average. Uintah has a team batting average of .323 after 11 games. Uintah has gained 90 hits in 291 at bats and has scored 57 runs. The Utes have walked 33 times, nabbed 12 doubles, ten triples and two homers. Uintah Utes have struck out 85 times. Rick Morton and Jeff Good are staging a fierce battle for the number one spot in the batting average department. Morton has a .441 mark after 11 games and Good is at .429. Morton has nabbed 15 hits in 34 at bats and has scored five runs. He owns t doubles, triple and walk. Good has i garnered 15 hits in 35 at bats and has scored 14 runs. Good owns four walks, two doubles and four triples. Jim Abegglen has a batting mark of .400 and Mike Reynolds and Dale Wood are at .333. Chad Stringham has a mark of .303. Abegglen has nabbed four hits in ten at bats and has scored one run. He has three walks and one homer. Reynolds has netted nine hits in 27 at bats and has crossed home plate six times. Reynolds owns three walks, two doubles, one triple and one homer. 1 Wood is 1 for 3. Stringham has pocketed I ten hits in 33 at bats and has scored four ' runs. Stringham owns five walks, one ' : U ... . . ;- GARY SWIM DECIDES to try for a bunt in a game between Uintah Uin-tah and Manila Tuesday in Vernal. double and three triples. Jeff Drollinger has a batting mark of .269 and Kurt Robb is hitting .263. Greg Limb and Joe Campbell own .250 batting averages. Drollinger has gained seven hits in 26 at bats and has scored two runs. He owns two walks, two doubles and one triple. Robb has nabbed five hits in 19 at bats and has scored five runs. Robb has nine walks and one double. Limb has 7 hits in 28 at bats and has scored seven runs. He owns one walk. Campbell has nabbed seven hits in 28 at bats and has scored six runs. He owns two walks. Pat Jenkins is.batting .227 and Kevin Leishman is at .222. Gary Swim, Brad Richens, and Randy Nelson are at .200. Jenkins has gained five hits in 22 at bats and has scored three runs. He owns one walk. Leishman has two hits in nine at bats and has scored two runs. He owns one double. Swim, Richens and Nelson are 1 for 5. Swim owns a double and a walk. Nelson has one walk. UTE BASEBALLER, Kevin Leishman tries to gain a single, triple or home during a contest against Manila Tuesday. Uintah's varsity team will take on Timpview in Provo Saturday. |