Jakob Elrod stood tall in the batter’s box and waited on his pitch. When it arrived, the Sale Creek senior did not miss.
Elrod barreled an outside curveball over the fence in right-center field for a three-run homer to break open Thursday’s 11-1 home victory over Meigs County, a game shortened to six innings by the mercy rule.
Moments later, Camden Penny smacked a home run to dead center for back-to-back blasts for Class 1A’s red-hot Panthers, who improved to 7-1-1 this season with the win against a Class 2A opponent.
“That was insane,” said Elrod, who drove in six runs to give him 16 RBIs in a promising season. “Camden and I have been playing together since we were really little. We had always talked about hitting back-to-back home runs, and that was such an awesome moment.”
Penny drove in four runs and had a triple as he, Elrod and Justin Griffin all had three-hit days for Sale Creek. Drew Hillian and Garret Pickett added two hits each for the Panthers, who spent time late Wednesday night working in the batting cages.