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Show Darts ousted after two defeats I , Mi J c o OVER AND OUT: Davis shortstop Nate Richardson may have caged this Jaguar, but West Jordan went on to win 4-0 at 4A state tournament Tuesday. By DIRK FACER Sports Editor MURRAY While it may have taken 15 years for Davis to return to the state baseball tournament, tourna-ment, it took only two games to end the historic journey. The Darts were ousted following losses to Bingham and West Jordan. The 4-0 loss to the Jaguars Tuesday sent the Region One co-champions back to Kaysville. Davis committed four errors and allowed six hits in the contest. West Jordan was paced by a two-run burst in the third inning to secure the victory. Matt Hill's double highlighted the Davis effort. Bingham 7, DAVIS 1 MURRAY The Heat Wave was deep freezed Monday night in the 4A state quarterfinals. Davis flamethrower Ryan Sprague was chased from the game after three innings as Bingham cruised to a 7-1 victory. The Darts, making their first state tournament appearance since 1977, fell victim to a seven-hit Miner barrage bar-rage that included a two-run homer by Barry Fullmer and a three-run triple by Nate Forbush. "It feels good to be able to score runs off someone the quality of Ryan Sprague. Our kids battled him pretty good and he battled us," said Bingham coach Brad Bevan. "We looked forward to the challenge of facing him." "I was surprised," said Davis coach Val Cullimore. "I don't care how good you are, you can't get behind every hitter. (Bingham pit- Three Davis pitchers saw action in the contest, but the telling sign was offense, or lack thereof. The Darts stranded 10 runners. "That's the story of our life," said Davis' Cullimore. "You can't make mistakes down here. It'll cost you. We didn't do anything with men on base." Defensively, the Darts gave up a three-run triple to Taylor Stauffer in the sixth inning. "The big difference was they'd been here every year and it's our first time," Cullimore said. "We were a little tight, but we'll be back." cher Chris Cedarholm) threw really well and they deserve to win." The Miners, along with American Fork, arc the only returning return-ing quart erfinalists from a year ago. "We were here last year and no question that was a plus for us," Bevan added. Meanwhile, Davis did have its moments Monday. The Darts took a 1-0 lead after Brian Roundy's RBI single in the top of the third inning, but unfortunately for the Kaysville crew, the advantage proved to be shortlived. Bingham's Matt Maynard evened the score with an RBI single, then came the crushing blow. With two men on, three-sport athlete Barry Fullmer air mailed a Sprague offering offer-ing over the right field wall to increase in-crease the Miners ' lead to 4-1 . "We were down 1-0 and they had the momentum," Bevan explained. ex-plained. "(Fullmer's) homer was the big one that turned things around. ' |
