July 26, 200421 yr Great Falls White Sox Have Another Rough Week By Evan Solon July 26, 2004 FutureSox.com Great Falls struggles continued this past week as they finished the week with a 3-4 record. Their overall record now stands at 16-19, 4 games out of 1st place. The Sox’ record this week doesn’t indicate, however, how bad they have been playing, especially in regards to the starting pitching. The offense was much better this week than in the last couple of weeks. As a team, the White Sox hit .298 with 28 extra-base hits (10 home runs) in 272 at-bats. However, the Sox only worked 23 walks while striking out 82 times. One player in particular that has really stood out is Josh Hansen. Hansen splits time as a catcher and 1st baseman. This week he hit .500 in 20 at-bats with 3 home runs and 4 RBI. Hansen was selected in the 24th round of the 2004 draft out of the University of San Diego. Donny Lucy performed much better offensively than he did last week, going 5-17 with 4 RBI. Lastly, Ryan McCarthy, the 9th round pick out of UCLA in the 2004 Amateur draft, hit .400 in 16 at-bats. He also had a home run, 4 RBI, and 5 runs. The starting pitching was worse this week than last week, when they went a combined 0-3 with a 4.19 ERA. In 7 games, they had a 1-3 record with a 12.24 ERA in 27.2 innings pitched. On the bright side, that is one more win from the starters then they had the previous week. The pitching was much better, for the most part, once the relievers entered the game. The main standout in relief was Matt Zaleski. Zaleski was the Chicago White Sox 30th round pick out of Indiana State University. On the week, Zaleski pitched 4.2 innings, giving up 0 runs with 5 strikeouts and 0 walks. Other News & Notes: The scheduled starter for tomorrow night was Boone Logan, but he pitched in relief tonight for Great Falls, so Monday night’s starter has yet to be named… David Cook, who was recently sent down from single A Kannapolis, made his debut on July 24th against Casper, going 2-5 with 3 strikeouts… With 2 home games this week, Great Falls is still 2nd in attendance in the Pioneer League, with an average of 3,030 fans per game in 19 home games… Great Falls has 2 games left on their 7 game road trip. They will then go home for 3 games and then start a new 6 game road trip against the Billings Mustangs.
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