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Triple threat offense
BY TRAVIS LAZARCZYK
Staff Writer
Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel 05/17/2008

WINSLOW -- Winslow High School's bats didn't wake up with a yawn Friday afternoon, they came to life with urgency and power.

In a span of six hitters during the third and fourth innings, the Black Raiders ripped three triples and a double.

Winslow finished with 14 hits, including four triples, and scored 10 runs in the fourth inning to take a 13-7 win against Camden Hills.

"Our bats have been coming alive," Winslow center fielder Ben Grant, who hit two singles along with an RBI triple. "We got those triples, then we kept pounding the singles."

Winslow (5-4) spotted the Windjammers a 3-0 lead.

Camden Hills (2-7) scored a pair of runs on Jake Grinnel's first-inning double, then added a run in the third when Taylor Gartley scored on a Mykel Calloway groundout to second base.

The Black Raiders got two runs back in the third. Scott Siviski tripled and scored on a Joey McLean groundout, then Chris Brawn doubled and scored on Grant's triple.

James Wood led off the fourth inning with a triple and tied the game on Nick Raymond's squeeze bunt.

Raymond, who reached first on the play, went to third on an error and scored the go- ahead run on a Nate Martin single. Neil Carnahan's two-out, bases loaded triple capped the 10-run outburst and staked the Black Raiders to a 12-3 lead.

Winslow scored six runs with two out.

"We've been struggling getting hits with people on base," Winslow coach Robin Weed said. "When we got started it was contagious."

Gordon Fischer had two hits and scored two runs for the Windjammers, and hit a home run to left field in the fifth inning.

Kevin Martin had three hits for Winslow. Joey McLean earned the win with five-plus innings of relief.

Travis Lazarczyk -- 861- 9242

tlazarczyk@centralmaine.com

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