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Show Uintah Ute varsity crew defeats alumni team 7-3 . .., ...wi-h will he The score was tied at 3-3 after 51 2 inn- ings of action, but the Uintah varsity team ripped the opposing pitcher for four runs in the bottom of the sixth to defeat the Uintah alumni team, 7 to 3, Friday. Uintah's varsity team grabbed a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Handy Nelson tripled and scored on a fielder's choice by Darin Nelson. Jim Abegglen tripled and scored on a RBI single by Dale Wood for a 2-0 varsity lead. The alumni team scored two runs in the top of the second to tie up the game at 2-2. The varsity Utes broke the 2-2 tie with one run in the bottom of the third inning. Darin Nelson was walked and a single by Abegglen drove in Nelson to give the varsity var-sity team a 3-2 lead. The alumni team scored one run in the top of the sixth inning in-ning to tie up the contest at 3-3. Uintah's varsity baseballers erupted for four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to win the game by the score of 7-3. Mike Robbins was walked and stole second base. Wood got on the base paths due to an error by the third baseman. Phil Daggett singled and Robbins and Wood scored to give the varsity team a 5-3 lead. Daggett gained his single when he squared around to bunt and bunted the ball over the pitcher's head. Brian McNamara massacred the pitcher with a home run to make the final score: Uintah Uin-tah varsity team, 7 and alumni, 3. Randy Ran-dy Nelson, Jim Abegglen and Billy Taylor took turns pitching for the Uintah varsity team. The Uintah varsity baseball team will host American Fork, Saturday in a doubleheader at 12 noon, which will be the first region games of the season for the Utes. The Utes' junior varsity team will take on Duchesne in Vernal, Thursday Thurs-day April 7 and will battle Orem on the road April 9. The Utes will host Mountain Moun-tain View. April 13 and will battle the Bulldogs in Provo, April 16. Uintah's JV team will take on Altamont Alta-mont April 19 and will battle the Vikings Tn Pleasant Grove, April 23. Union will host Uintah in Roosevelt, April 26 and the Ute junior varsity team will host Altamont, Alta-mont, April 28. The Utes will take on Timpview in Vernal, April 30. hit .V $ . t Vn t 1)5 t V ' A STEAL occurs as the Provo Blazers' Dee Baxter Pft , the ball away from Mike Carlow of the Oglala Sioux. fi |