Baylor's Tyce Armstrong makes college baseball history with remarkable feat

Even though the Major League Baseball Draft is months away (July 12-13), college and high school baseball is ramping up, and prospects are already making cases to be drafted.

One prospect who will potentially be available during this year's draft is Baylor University’s Tyce Armstrong, who kicked off the Bears' season opener Friday by hitting three grand slams in the game. 

Armstrong is only the second player in college baseball to hit three grand slams in one game, with the University of Louisville’s Jim LaFountain also hitting three (two in the same inning) in 1976 against Western Kentucky. 

In Baylor’s route 15-2 rout of New Mexico State, Armstrong accounted for 12 RBI and scored three runs. The Bears also got a solid pitching performance from their staff, which allowed three hits, three walks, and struck out 10. 

In the context of Major League Baseball, the last player to hit two grand slams in a game was the Minnesota Twins' Josh Willingham in 2009.