PROVO — After an exciting win over Springville earlier in the week, Provo looked to continue their winning ways Thursday as they hosted a doubleheader against American Fork in Provo. The two teams came into the match-up on opposite ends of the spectrum with Provo on top of Region 6, and American Fork unable to go anywhere but up. The teams ended up splittling the games.
Craig Strigham homered in the first game helping the Bulldogs to an early 4-2 lead, but the Cavemen battled back in the fifth putting four runs on the board as they cruised to a 9-5 victory. Tyson Kinyon pitched the last two innings for American fork, striking out four batters. Garrison Brems went two innings and picked up the victory.
With the win, American Fork is able to get rid of the ugly goose egg that's been staring at them since the beginning of region play.
Unfortunately for the Cavemen, the jubilation was over at the end of the first game.
Provo exploded in the fourth and fifth of the second game scoring nine runs in two innings. Stringham was a home run shy of hitting for the cycle and pitched well enough to pick up the win. Bryce Ayoso added a towering round-tripper in the sixth. Dustin Magliaccio pitched three innings, struck out a batter and only allowed one run.
Provo will take on Payson on next Tuesday.
In other baseball games:
BASEBALL
REGION 1
DAVIS 5, LAYTON 2:
VIEWMONT 10, NORTHRIDGE 0:Tyson Cooper and Cole Miles both went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI for Viewmont in their shutout win over Northridge.
CLEARFIELD 3, WEBER 2: The Falcons won the low-scoring affair by stopping a Weber rally.
REGION 2
RIVERTON 3, WEST JORDAN 0:Ben Lail pitched a two-hit shutout for the Silverwolves.
BRIGHTON 2, HILLCREST 1: Both pitchers threw complete games, Kyle Scogin got the three-hit win.
COPPER HILLS 5, JORDAN 4:Colter Davis had four RBIs on three hits including the game-winning single in the bottom of the seventh inning.
REGION 3
KEARNS 11, SKYLINE 4:Jason Gordon led the Cougars offensively in his first game back after recovering from a back injury. He had three hits, scored two runs, a home run and drove in two RBIs. Teammate Zak Privett struggled on the mound in the early innings, but stepped it up and shut the Eagle offense down with 10 strikeouts in the win.
HUNTER 11, GRANGER 0:Cassey Farnsworth had 15 strikeouts while pitching a no-hitter for Hunter. This is Farnsworth's second no-hitter of the season.
TAYLORSVILLE 6, COTTONWOOD 0:Chad Barben fanned six batters for the Warriors.
REGION 4
LOGAN 11, BONNEVILLE 10:Greg Palmer drove in three runs on two doubles to lead Logan.
MOUNTAIN CREST 6, ROY 5: The Mustangs eeked out a win over the Royals.
SKY VIEW 4, BOX ELDER 3: The Bobcats won a close-one against the Bees.
REGION 5
MURRAY 17, HIGHLAND 6:Corey Shimada capped the Spartans' win with a four-RBI home run, his first.
REGION 6
AMERICAN FORK 9, PROVO 5: The Cavemen won the first of a double-header with the Bulldogs.
PROVO 12, AMERICAN FORK 3: The Bulldogs earned a little revenge against the Cavemen in the second game.
REGION 11
MORGAN 9, BEN LOMOND 6: Morgan held off a late-game rally by Ben Lomond to earn their first region victory of the season.
GRANTSVILLE 12, TOOELE 2: Ian Silva went 3-for-5 with three RBIs, while teammate Matt Stice pitched a complete game, including 7 strike-outs.
BEAR RIVER 8, OGDEN 0: The Bears jumped out to an early lead in the shutout.
REGION 13
PAROWAN 7, ENTERPRISE 4: Parowan combined a big inning at the plate with the Wolves' errors to hand Enterprise its first region loss.
REGION 14
JUAN DIEGO 10, JUAB 2: Juan Diego's Craig Lanzarotta went 3-for-4 with three RBIs in a blowout win over Juab.
SOCCER
REGION 1
WEBER 3, CLEARFIELD 0: The Warriors shutout the Falcons.
VIEWMONT 3, NORTHRIDGE 0:Mike Smith earned the shutout as goalkeeper for the Vikings.
LAYTON 1, DAVIS 0:Kyle Christensen downed the Darts with a goal in the second half.
REGION 17
WENDOVER 3, CHRISTIAN HERITAGE 1:Brandon Grossman, Israel Flores and Luis Badillo all scored for Wendover.
WEST RIDGE ACADEMY 2, LAYTON CHRISTIAN 1 (2OT): Brad Gilbert tallied the game winning goal on an assist from Jason Silva in the second overtime.