Eastern, Ky. — Lawrence Co. hit three grand slams in two wins over Betsy Layne and improved to 5-1 in 58th District action.
Talan Pollack, Abner Collinsworth and Colin Howard all hit grand slams against Betsy Layne the last two days.
Lawrence Co. 16 Betsy Layne 1 ( Wednesday )
Abner Collinsworth hit two home runs including a grand slam and threw a guy out at the plate for the final out and Colin Howard hit a grand slam to lead the Bulldogs to the road victory.
Collinsworth hit a grand slam in the second inning and three run bomb in the fifth inning, Howard hit a grand slam in the third inning, Eli Fletcher doubled, drove in one and scored once, Jake Derifield doubled, Logan Whisenant singled and scored twice, Braxton Davis drove in a run, Talan Pollack scored twice, Tyger Cavins scored a run.
8th Grader Gray Derifield fires a strike against Betsy Layne Wednesday.
Gray Derifield started and went three innings, striking out six, allowed one hit to get the win. Derifield also crossed the plate four times offensively.
Blake Prater went 1 and 2/3 innings, struck out two, walked one and gave up a hit.
Colin Howard closed out the game getting the final out.
Lawrence Co. 15 Betsy Layne 0 ( Tuesday )
Talan Pollack hit a grand slam to help the Bulldogs to a three inning mercy rule victory at Home.
Pollack finished with three hits, four runs batted in and scored twice. He also pitch one inning, striking out two, walked one and allowed one hit.
Braxton Davis started the game and went one inning to get the win. David struck out three, allowed no hits and walked two.
Logan Whisenant closed out the victory, striking out one and allowing one hit.
Jake Derifield had two hits, three RBIs and scored twice, Abner Collinsworth doubled, drove in three runs and scored once, Eli Fletcher had two hits, one RBI and scored two runs, Gray Derifield had one hit, one run batted in and scored twice, Owen Pack had one RBI and one run scored, Colin Howard singled and scored two runs, Tyger Cavins singled and scored two runs.
The Dawgs will travel to Belfry tonight before hosting Shelby Valley on Friday night.
Lawrence Co. Head Coach Travis Feltner
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… We have hit a lot of doubles this year and I felt that the home runs would come and honestly with warmer weather that tends to happen. We do have guys in our lineup that can drive the ball out of the ball park. Are we gonna set and hit 30 or 40 as a team probably not. But we have a handful of guys that have plenty of power to do that.”
“… Three grand slams in two games is pretty wild to see. You know Abner Collinsworth got off to a slow start and now he is starting to lift balls and that is a good sign. Two years ago as a sophomore he displayed a lot of power and he had a good junior year but not that type of year and it’s good to see him drive the baseball.”
“… Colin Howard has been steady for us all year long and really has a good approach at the plate and has been solid all year long. And then Talan Pollack for him the baseball looks like a beach ball coming in there. He had his offensive struggles throughout his career but over the winter he really put in the work and made some significant changes and it’s good to see that come to fruition.”
“… Got a couple more games this week with Belfry and Shelby Valley and we always have some good ones with Belfry so that should be fun and Shelby Valley beat us last year so it will be a challenge for us the next two days.”
