June 25, 200322 yr Wednesday, June 25, 2003 No. 1 pick Anderson whacks big hit for Sox Special to the Tribune -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OGDEN, Utah -- Brian Anderson picked a great time to get his first professional base hit. Anderson, the No. 1 draft choice of the Chicago White Sox earlier this month, lashed a two-run single in the seventh inning Tuesday night as the Great Falls White Sox downed the Ogden Raptors 12-5. It was the second straight victory for Great Falls (4-3) over Ogden (3-4). The Pioneer League rivals meet again tonight at Lindquist Field in the final game of the series. Ogden broke out on top 2-0 early, but the White Sox scored twice in the third inning to tie the score, and added two more in the fourth to grab a 4-2 lead. Ricardo Nanita ripped a two-run double in the third inning. Then in the fourth, David Cook knocked in one run with a single and Brandon Bounds brought home another with a sacrifice fly. The Raptors tied the score in the sixth on a single by Ryan Carter, a double by Luis Castilla and a single by David Cardona. Antoin Gray doubled in the seventh, then Nanita was walked to load the bases for Anderson. The young outfielder got down in the count at no balls, two strikes, then singled up the middle to put his team ahead to stay. Ogden got a run back in its half of the seventh as Castilla single home a run. But White Sox reliever Matt Nachreiner struck out two Raptors to end the threat. The White Sox went back on top 8-5 on Matt Buechler's RBI single in the eighth. Great Falls added four more runs in the ninth on Micah Schnurstein's RBI single and Bounds' three-run double.
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