elrockinMT Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Nanita continues to hit and Anderson continues to sit with hand injury. Nanita sets Pioneer record; Sox still fall -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MISSOULA -- Great Falls outfielder Ricardo Nanita set a new Pioneer League record by hitting safely in his 28th straight game, but his teammates weren't able to celebrate very long here Friday afternoon as the Missoula Osprey posted an 8-6 victory over the White Sox in a Northern Division game. Nanita went 3-for-5, establishing a new league mark for hitting streaks, but the White Sox fell to 18-11 overall and dropped out of first place in the division. The Helena Brewers, 7-5 victors over the Billings Mustangs Friday night, regained the Northern Division's top spot. The Brewers (19-11) lead the Sox by a half-game and the Mustangs by 1Þ games. There are nine days left in the Pioneer's 38-game first half. Champions of both halves qualify for the league playoffs. Nanita, who tied the league record with an eighth-inning single Thursday night in Billings, didn't wait long to break it on Friday afternoon. The southpaw-swinging 22-year-old grounded a single up the middle in the top of the first inning. The 28-game hitting streak breaks the record of 27 games in a row set by K.C. Gillum of Billings in 1990. Gillum batted .395 (47-for-119) during his streak. Amazingly Nanita, who uses a wide, unconventional batting stance and doesn't pick his right foot off the ground at all during his swing, is also 47-for-119 during his streak. Nanita's RBI single in the second capped a two-run rally and put the Sox ahead. But it didn't last. The Osprey, who pounded out 16 hits against a trio of Great Falls pitchers, built leads of 3-2 and 5-3, the latter after four innings. The White Sox, who got a solo homer from Chris Kelly (No. 2) to tie the game at 3 in the fourth, received a run-scoring triple from Cory Haggerty and a sacrifice fly off the bat of Antoin Gray to tie it at 5 in the top of the sixth. The Osprey regained the lead with the aid of two Great Falls errors in the bottom of the sixth. Missoula's Andrew McCreery hammered a two-run homer in the seventh as the Osprey took an 8-5 advantage. Nanita singled again leading off the ninth, eventually scoring on Charlie Lisk's groundout, before Missoula closer Josh Perrault nailed it down for his first save of the season. J.D. Johnson (1-2), who relieved Great Falls starter Sean Thompson in the fifth, took the loss. Erick Silva picked up his third victory in five decisions for the Osprey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 I put in a request for some info from the Great falls media person, so hopefully we'll get an update on when he'll be back. And Congrats Nanita. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elrockinMT Posted July 19, 2003 Author Share Posted July 19, 2003 I put in a request for some info from the Great falls media person, so hopefully we'll get an update on when he'll be back. And Congrats Nanita. I did the same earlier, but all I got was the Sox were sitting him becasue he aggravated the college injury sliding into base. The baseball writers in Great Falls said that it was obvious that something more serious was wrong. Interesting to see if you get any more response from the team PR person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 man is this guy for real, we had a GREAT draft. can he continue his success in the higher A ball leagues? i know his hitting streak will soon end but i am wondering if he will continue to grow. has anyone seen him play yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 I put in a request for some info from the Great falls media person, so hopefully we'll get an update on when he'll be back. And Congrats Nanita. I did the same earlier, but all I got was the Sox were sitting him becasue he aggravated the college injury sliding into base. The baseball writers in Great Falls said that it was obvious that something more serious was wrong. Interesting to see if you get any more response from the team PR person. Ya, I'm hoping they give a little inside info or something I also asked for an update on Schnurstein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 man is this guy for real, we had a GREAT draft. can he continue his success in the higher A ball leagues? i know his hitting streak will soon end but i am wondering if he will continue to grow. has anyone seen him play yet? Well I Wouldn't send him up to high a ball this year, but maybe low A ball if they eventually wanted to promote Sweeney to Great Falls and they'd have room to do that if Nanita or Anderson went to Kannapolis. I'm wondering, how often to guys in shortseason get promoted to A ball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerbaho-WG Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 RicardOwned. I love it already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Hudler Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 I put in a request for some info from the Great falls media person, so hopefully we'll get an update on when he'll be back. And Congrats Nanita. I did the same earlier, but all I got was the Sox were sitting him becasue he aggravated the college injury sliding into base. The baseball writers in Great Falls said that it was obvious that something more serious was wrong. Interesting to see if you get any more response from the team PR person. Ya, I'm hoping they give a little inside info or something I also asked for an update on Schnurstein. Schnurstein will be out another 10 days or so. He was originally supposed to be out four weeks (not exactly sure how long it has been, but it feels like 2 1/2 to 3 weeks lol). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 any info on lopez and how is he doing, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Hudler Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 any info on lopez and how is he doing, Having a solid season. Hitting in the .275 range, give or take a few points. Started very slowly as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 Having a solid season. Hitting in the .275 range, give or take a few points. Started very slowly as well. jas and co needs to have a update on some players. maybe a list of players. munoz, brice, the 2 ss we have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 jas and co needs to have a update on some players. maybe a list of players. munoz, brice, the 2 ss we have. Cerb and I just did one this morning. Were going to get to work on new writeups this week. The list is going to look a whole lot different. We took everyones advice from last time and I think have put together a pretty accurate list. I also think it helps that we continue to learn more and more about the players. I also have a new favorite prospect, but I'll save that name till the list comes out; He'll be on the first writeup anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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