A real power pitcher

From Dwight Perry, Sideline Chatter, in The Seattle Times

Talk about a pitcher helping himself at the plate: Andrew Kinney of Ida (Mich.) High School hit three bases-loaded home runs — tying a state single-game record with 12 RBI — and got the win in a 21-11 romp over Monroe Jefferson on Saturday.

“After he got that third grand slam, he couldn’t throw a strike to save his life,” Ida assistant coach Matt Brannan told the Monroe (Mich.) Evening News.

“But that’s OK.”

That was big of him.