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Show h i PREP BASEBALL $ VikesRedHot , H 8e!: By DAVE WIGHAM Clipper Sports are i i ' " v P f SANDY The Viewmont baseball team is in the midst 3 frc I of a hot streak and they couldn't have picked a better time e l for it if they had tried. With their thrilling 2-1 victory over )! : favored Bingham on Monday night in the first round of the is j ,rr; state 4-A tournament the Vikings finished out a week long a t' schedule that saw them win three straight. ?ry'J LAST TUESDAY they battled Highland for a spot in the 1 Hi;- state playoff and the Vikes polished off the Rams 7-5. Doug Co; Lee was the big hero at the plate in this affair as he came up with two big hits to drive in three runs. ,oJsCt;' k Catcher Lane Rozema also had a big day at the plate as 'ieup I he singled in one run and then laid down a perfect suicide beer-.' squeeze bunt for another. Steve Caputo, Danny Hansen, 1 tar ; Wade Bevans and Kevin Smith all had hits in the win. On lave . ' the mound Kevin Smith went the distance as he struck out ionit;-! 15 hitters en-route to the win. "s t- THAT SENT the Vikes up against a highly regarded 11enc- Granger bunch on the Lancers home field. Viewmont jf1; showed Granger no respect what so ever as they climbed ,F 1 all over the Lancers from the opening pitch. '. t'- Steve Caputo had a dream day as he was five for six at iltl ' the plate, "the ironic thing about it was the hardest hit I got ) infj all day was the one for the out," laughed Steve who also occer , drove in three runs. The big man in the runs batted in lon(j. department though had to be shortstop Danny Hansen am who came up with three hits, including two doubles, for ghSeh five RBI's. d to ( DOUG LEE drove in one run as did Lane Rozema and Jeff Sowell while junior Quinn Hepworth had a couple of j e"1;t ribbies. Kurt Mathews and Jarren Pack pitched this outing ,e for the Vikes with Kurt going the first five giving up seven in the r hits and then Jarren throwing hitless ball for the final two i the i . innings. eei.Cc- Then the Vikes found themselves up against a Bingham ld 1: team that had won the region title over powerhouse Hill- 'e pro crest, on the year the Miners were 15-1 and looking for a lte pJck' 1 state title. Senior Kevin Smith of Viewmont and Jay Ap- ms'fov t plegate of the Miners hooked up in a great old fashioned Kids i pitchers duel. In the long run it was Smith and the Vikes on Relcom; top to the tune of 2-1. will re;: . VIEWMONT BEGAN the game with a run in the top of pmeiii me flrst. Danny Hansen singled and then stole second. The ills ft catchers throw to second was wild and drifted into center-field center-field allowing Hansen to advance to third. Doug Lee then cjpanU stroked a sacrifice fly into right field and the Vikes led 1-0. in aco. That lead didn't last long as Smith showed signs of being sing cr nervous in the bottom of the first as he walked four batters Df heaJt- , to give the Miners the tying run. ig acne VIEWMONT THEN came up with the winning run in the in a ;t'v top of the fifth. Doug Scovil worked Applegate to a full 'HI tor count w t'len t'le k' Miner pitcher made the mistake of ps w hitting Doug. Lane Rozema followed this with a single. Jeff Sowell struck out but on the final pitch the catcher couldn't handle the ball and both Rozs and Scovil advance. Again it was a passed ball that scored the winning run and lBj ; with Wade Bevans at the plate the catcher couldn't handle ; a pitch and Scovil hustled across the plate. Bevans was later retired on a strike out. Smith and the Vikes then r ij7 closed the door. FOR THE record Smith went the full seven innings E S giving up just one hit and striking out nine , Applegate was (g just as impressive as he only gave up two hits and he too struck out nine. The win send the red hot Vikes up against region rival Highland for the fourth time this season. In their three previous meetings the Vikes have won twice while losing at Highland in the last inning. The two will square off at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the ballfield in Magna. |