Louisa, Ky Senior Talan Pollack hit his third home run in two days to help Lawrence Co. ( 12-9 ) to a 6-1 victory over East Carter ( 12-6 ) on Friday evening.
Pollack connected for his fifth home run of the year in the first inning.
Gray Derifield singled twice, drove in a run and scored twice, Boedy Maynard doubled and drove in one, Eli Fletcher singled and scored a run, Logan Whisenant singled and drove in a run, Cody Crum doubled and scored a run, Abner Collinsworth singled.
Braxton Davis was magnificent on the mound going 6 and 2/3 innings to get the win. Davis gave up four hits, struck out six and allowed no earned runs. Pollack got the final out of the ballgame.
Lawrence Co. 7 Knott Co. Central 6 ( Thursday )
Logan Whisenant went 2 and 2/3 innings, gave up three hits, struck out one, allowed zero earned runs to get the victory. Eli Fletcher earned the save going 1 and 1/3 innings, gave up 1 hit and struck out one.
Pollack hit his third and fourth home runs of the year both being two run shots, Fletcher smacked two doubles, one RBI and scored twice, Whisenant doubled, drove in a run and scored once, Abner Collinsworth and Cody Crum singled and scored a run each.
Wolfe Co. 3 Lawrence Co. 0 ( Wednesday )
Boedy Maynard went the distance on the mound but the Dawgs could only muster one hit in a loss to the Wolves ( 13-4 ) at Home.
Gray Derifield singled for the lone Bulldog hit.
Hazard 12 Lawrence Co. 5 ( Monday )
Hazard broke open a tie game with seven runs in the final three innings including five in the final inning to get the road win.
Abner Collinsworth double, scored a run and drove in one, Talan Pollack singled and scored two runs, Jake Derifield singled, drove in a run and scored once, Blake Prater singled and drove in one, Gray Derifield singled and drove in a run, Boedy Maynard had one RBI, Owen Pack doubled.
The Dawgs will return to action on Monday at Ashland ( 4-17 ) before hosting Boyd Co. ( 20-3 ) on Tuesday.
Lawrence Co. Head Coach Travis Feltner
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… Tough week this week. We knew it going in with four games scheduled against good competition.”
“… Battled two other 14th region contenders earlier in the week Hazard and Wolfe County. Both very well coached and talented teams. Knott Central is right there with them.”
“… I’ve always believed in playing tougher schedules to prepare our teams for post season play. And the last 3 weeks here we are certainly going to be challenged.”
“… It was great to see Eli Fletcher and Talan Pollack explode tonight and lead the way offensively”
“… I can’t say enough good things about both. They have been on fire all year. Happy for both – it’s great to see kids play at a high level and have fun enjoying the fruits of their labors.”
“… Logan Whisenant and Eli Fletcher out of the bullpen tonight did a fabulous job of just challenging the strike zone and give our defense a chance to make plays.”
“…Talan Pollack is absolutely on fire right now.
“… It was so good to see Braxton Davis go out and give us a championship type effort.”
“… And we had several quality ABs up and down the lineup that some of the guys didn’t have a lot to show for it – East Carter’s OF flat out ran some balls down in the gaps.”
