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05-28-2012, 05:09 PM
Final from Danville. Somerset trailed 4-1 before exploding for seven runs in the bottom of the 6th inning. Jacob Pelston hit a grand slam for Somerset. Jarred Price and Charlie Dishman added solo shots for the Jumpers. Heath Ehrsam went the distance for Somerset on the mound. Somerset is 25-11 and will play Mercer County tomorrow in the semi-finals.
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05-28-2012, 06:26 PM
Loved the triple play in the first inning then was nervous until the sixth inning. Thank goodness the Jumpers bats got hot! Good luck the rest of the tournament Jumpers! Make us proud!!!!
05-28-2012, 06:40 PM
I forgot to mention the first innings triple play by the Briar Jumpers. The triple play went 1-6-3-2. Pitcher Heath Ehrsam fielded a one hopper, threw to shortstop Cody Carrender stepped on second and threw to firstbaseman Taylor Speaks. Speaks then fired a strike to catcher Charlie Dishman to cut down the Patriots leadoff batter at the plate. Really big play early in the game to prevent a big inning by Lincoln County.
05-29-2012, 11:43 AM
Pelston grand slams Jumpers into semis
By STEVE CORNELIUS, CJ Sports Editor
Commonwealth Journal
Danville — Going into the bottom of the sixth inning, the Somerset Briar Jumpers were down 4-1 to Lincoln County and it looked as though their season may have came to a premature end on Monday in the opening round of the 12th Region Baseball Tournament.
However, the Briar Jumpers exploded for 7 runs in the bottom half of the sixth, which was paced by a lead-off solo homer by senior Jarred Price and a game-winner grand slam homer by sophomore Jacob Pelston — giving Somerset the 8-4 win and a trip to the 12th Region semifinals.
In the big six inning, Somerset sent 12 batters to the plate and collected 9 hits in the slugfest frame. Price led the inning off with a blast over the leftcenter fence, and later doubled to centerfield in that same inning.
“That sixth inning was huge,” Somerset head coach Phil Grundy said. “We started out on the right foot when Jar (Jarred Price) hit one out. We started staying back and hitting the ball, where we were struggling in the first five innings. Jar (Price) is a senior and he stepped up hit that homer and got the rest of the team motivated.”
Later in the sixth, senior Taylor Speaks doubled — and his courtesy runner (Addison Thompson) scored on a Will Lange single to leftcenter. Curtis Pelston doubled to the base of the leftfield fence to plate Lange — thus tying the score at 4-4.
Still in the sixth, Andy Manning singled and Storm Wilson was intentionally walked to load the bases — which set the stage for Jacob Pelston’s grand slam heroics.
“I was trying to hit it deep because we needed to get a run, so we could have tagged the guy in from third base,” Jacob Pelston stated. “You always swing for the fences with a runner on third with less than two outs. So, I was really trying to get a sacrifice fly, more than a home run.”
“I have hit a grand slam before in little league, but never in a varsity game,” Jacob Pelston explained. “This is definitely my biggest grand slam ever.”
Jacob Pelston’s four-run shot over the left field fence, not only gave the Jumpers’ their first lead of the game but it gave them a comfortable 4-run lead with only one more inning to play.
Before the pivotal sixth inning, Lincoln County made the most noise offensively and it started in the first inning. After a trio of Briar Jumpers’ fielding errors, Lincoln put runners on first and third with no outs.
However, the Jumpers infield pulled off the rare ‘1-6-3-2’ triple play. A grounder back to pitcher Heath Ehrsam was fielded and thrown to sophomore shortstop Cody Carrender, who touched second and fired the ball to Speaks at first base for the second out. Speaks rifled the ball to catcher Charlie Dishman, getting the Patriot runner out at the plate — who was frozen between third base and home.
“In all the time I have been in baseball, I have never seen a triple play,” Grundy said in amazement. “Our ‘Achilles heel’ is that we have been a little laxed defensively and sometimes we don’t make the routine plays — it put us in a bind in that first inning. The triple play was a terrific job by the middle of the infield to get rid of that ball quick to give us a chance at home plate. That play was a huge momentum for us.”
However, the Patriots went up 2-0 in the top of the third after a Dylan King homer to left center and a run scored by Tanner Leigh on a close inning-ending fielder’s choice out at third base.
The Jumpers cut the Lincoln County lead in half in the bottom of the third when Charlie Dishman hit a solo homer to left field.
In the top of the sixth, Lincoln County’s Chase Pemberton hit a two-run homer to leftcenter to give the Patriots — what seemed to be — a commanding lead at 4-1.
“The Lincoln pitcher (Zach Brown) did a good job keeping us off balance and we hit the ball hard for several fly balls out and it looked like we were dead in the water (up until the sixth inning),” Grundy stated. “We went through a lot of innings where we were leaving runners on base and we weren’t really competing at the plate. Then, all of sudden we exploded. That is something we deal with our group of kids, but they jumped up and started swinging and I am proud of all of them.”
“Heath (Ehrsam) did a good job and I know he was really jacked up pitching against a team he used to play for and he kept us in the ball game all day,” Grundy added.
Somerset (25-11) advanced to the semifinals, where they will take on Mercer County, who downed Wayne County 6-0 in the tourney opener. The 12th Region semifinal game is slated for 5:30 p.m. today at Admiral Stadium.
LC 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 — 4 5 0
SHS 0 0 1 0 0 7 X — 8 15 5
2B — Dishman, Price, Jones, Speaks, Curtis Pelston (SHS). HR — King, Pemberton (LC); Dishman, Price, Jacob Pelston (SHS). RBI — King, Pemberton 2 (LC); Dishman, Price, Lange, Curtis Pelston, Jacob Pelston 4 (SHS). WP — Ehrsam (SHS).
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By STEVE CORNELIUS, CJ Sports Editor
Commonwealth Journal
Danville — Going into the bottom of the sixth inning, the Somerset Briar Jumpers were down 4-1 to Lincoln County and it looked as though their season may have came to a premature end on Monday in the opening round of the 12th Region Baseball Tournament.
However, the Briar Jumpers exploded for 7 runs in the bottom half of the sixth, which was paced by a lead-off solo homer by senior Jarred Price and a game-winner grand slam homer by sophomore Jacob Pelston — giving Somerset the 8-4 win and a trip to the 12th Region semifinals.
In the big six inning, Somerset sent 12 batters to the plate and collected 9 hits in the slugfest frame. Price led the inning off with a blast over the leftcenter fence, and later doubled to centerfield in that same inning.
“That sixth inning was huge,” Somerset head coach Phil Grundy said. “We started out on the right foot when Jar (Jarred Price) hit one out. We started staying back and hitting the ball, where we were struggling in the first five innings. Jar (Price) is a senior and he stepped up hit that homer and got the rest of the team motivated.”
Later in the sixth, senior Taylor Speaks doubled — and his courtesy runner (Addison Thompson) scored on a Will Lange single to leftcenter. Curtis Pelston doubled to the base of the leftfield fence to plate Lange — thus tying the score at 4-4.
Still in the sixth, Andy Manning singled and Storm Wilson was intentionally walked to load the bases — which set the stage for Jacob Pelston’s grand slam heroics.
“I was trying to hit it deep because we needed to get a run, so we could have tagged the guy in from third base,” Jacob Pelston stated. “You always swing for the fences with a runner on third with less than two outs. So, I was really trying to get a sacrifice fly, more than a home run.”
“I have hit a grand slam before in little league, but never in a varsity game,” Jacob Pelston explained. “This is definitely my biggest grand slam ever.”
Jacob Pelston’s four-run shot over the left field fence, not only gave the Jumpers’ their first lead of the game but it gave them a comfortable 4-run lead with only one more inning to play.
Before the pivotal sixth inning, Lincoln County made the most noise offensively and it started in the first inning. After a trio of Briar Jumpers’ fielding errors, Lincoln put runners on first and third with no outs.
However, the Jumpers infield pulled off the rare ‘1-6-3-2’ triple play. A grounder back to pitcher Heath Ehrsam was fielded and thrown to sophomore shortstop Cody Carrender, who touched second and fired the ball to Speaks at first base for the second out. Speaks rifled the ball to catcher Charlie Dishman, getting the Patriot runner out at the plate — who was frozen between third base and home.
“In all the time I have been in baseball, I have never seen a triple play,” Grundy said in amazement. “Our ‘Achilles heel’ is that we have been a little laxed defensively and sometimes we don’t make the routine plays — it put us in a bind in that first inning. The triple play was a terrific job by the middle of the infield to get rid of that ball quick to give us a chance at home plate. That play was a huge momentum for us.”
However, the Patriots went up 2-0 in the top of the third after a Dylan King homer to left center and a run scored by Tanner Leigh on a close inning-ending fielder’s choice out at third base.
The Jumpers cut the Lincoln County lead in half in the bottom of the third when Charlie Dishman hit a solo homer to left field.
In the top of the sixth, Lincoln County’s Chase Pemberton hit a two-run homer to leftcenter to give the Patriots — what seemed to be — a commanding lead at 4-1.
“The Lincoln pitcher (Zach Brown) did a good job keeping us off balance and we hit the ball hard for several fly balls out and it looked like we were dead in the water (up until the sixth inning),” Grundy stated. “We went through a lot of innings where we were leaving runners on base and we weren’t really competing at the plate. Then, all of sudden we exploded. That is something we deal with our group of kids, but they jumped up and started swinging and I am proud of all of them.”
“Heath (Ehrsam) did a good job and I know he was really jacked up pitching against a team he used to play for and he kept us in the ball game all day,” Grundy added.
Somerset (25-11) advanced to the semifinals, where they will take on Mercer County, who downed Wayne County 6-0 in the tourney opener. The 12th Region semifinal game is slated for 5:30 p.m. today at Admiral Stadium.
LC 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 — 4 5 0
SHS 0 0 1 0 0 7 X — 8 15 5
2B — Dishman, Price, Jones, Speaks, Curtis Pelston (SHS). HR — King, Pemberton (LC); Dishman, Price, Jacob Pelston (SHS). RBI — King, Pemberton 2 (LC); Dishman, Price, Lange, Curtis Pelston, Jacob Pelston 4 (SHS). WP — Ehrsam (SHS).
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