Kevin Cron pitched. Kevin Cron hit. Joey Curletta conquered.

The Mountain Pointe home run leaders did their thing Wednesday as the Pride continued to rumble offensively with an impressive 11-1 win over Hamilton in a battle of two of the top four teams in 5A-I at Mountain Pointe High.

Cron had plenty to be excited about in helping Mountain Pointe to its 11th consecutive win. He pitched a two-hitter, snapped a 1-1 tie in the third with  three-run homer and added an extra tally in the fifth with his second tater of the day. When Hamilton chose to intentionally walk Cron for the second time in the game in the sixth to load the bases for Curletta, Curletta got a chance to let off some steam to what at that point was an 0-for-3-day at the dish.

Curletta proceeded to cap a six-run sixth with a grand slam to left, that ended up run-ruling Hamilton.

"I don't feel any different on days I pitch than I do the other days," Cron said. "I like to think I have that competitive edge. Actually when I pitch I think I have a little something extra. I'm more focused."

Hard to argue that. Cron got 12 ground ball outs and didn't allow a ball to be hit out of the infield the first three innings. In the third, however, Hamilton managed a brief 1-0 lead thanks to a two-out walk, stolen base, infield hit and a balk by Cron.

Hamilton starter Derek Hill, one of four Husky pitchers with four wins or more this season, breezed through two innings and fanned three. In the third Mountain Pointe scored four times on five hits with Cron's homer the key blow. Cron, who was intentionally walked with the bases empty in the first, hit the first pitch thrown by Hill in his at-bat in the third for the tie-breaking bomb.

Cron now has 20 home runs. Curletta has 17. The Pride has 70 homers on the season after hitting six combined Tuesday (three vs. Perry and and the three on Wednesday. The state record for homers in a season by a team is 76 set in 1999 by 5A state champ Desert Vista.

"Not much to say, they just beat us," Hamilton coach Mike Woods said. "(Cron) pitched to contact and we fell in to the plan. We'd been swinging the bat really well lately (five straight games with double-digit runs).  This was kind of a dress rehearsal for state, so we need to play at a different level come April 30."

Every Mountain Pointe starter reached base and eight of the nine had at least one hit. Hamilton, which clinched the Fiesta Region crown Tuesday night with a victory on the road at Brophy, had one solid hit. That was a Mitch Nay single to left to lead off the fourth inning.