elrockinMT Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 Thursday, June 26, 2003 Offense keeps rolling as Sox win third straight Special to the Tribune -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OGDEN, Utah -- At the expense of the Ogden Raptors, the Great Falls White Sox are on a roll. Second baseman Antoin Gray and shortstop Mike Myers each collected three hits and drove in three runs Wednesday night at Lindquist Field as the White Sox defeated the Raptors 12-6 for their third straight victory over Ogden. Great Falls beat the Raptors 6-2 on Monday and 12-5 on Tuesday. Brian Anderson, David Cook and Brandon Bounds each collected two hits, helping the White Sox to improve to 5-3, one game behind the Northern Division-leading Helena Brewers. Ogden committed six errors as it fell below the .500 mark for the first time this season, at 4-5. Half of the Raptors' runs came in the ninth inning. Great Falls broke the game open in their half of the eighth inning, scoring five runs on four hits and an error. Gray singled home two runs and Charlie Lisk added an RBI-single. Four White Sox pitchers combined to limit Ogden to six runs on 10 hits. Right-hander Rylan Reed, who relieved starter Boone Logan with one out in the third inning, earned the victory. He allowed no runs on one hit in 2 2/3 innings of work. Gray, a Southern University product who was a 25th-round pick in the this year's draft, went 3-for-3 before giving way to pinch-hitter Tim Huson in the eighth inning. He had two singles and a double, walked twice and scored a pair of runs. Myers, a free agent signee in 2002, had a pair of singles and a triple. He scored a pair of runs. Myers got off to a fast start, tripling home Cook and Lisk to give Great Falls a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Cook singled and Lisk drew a walk. Bounds singled in the fourth inning, plating Micah Schnurstein to boost the Sox's lead to 3-1. After Ogden rallied to tie the game with two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, Great Falls took the lead to stay with a run in its half of the fifth. Ricardo Nanita reached on a fielder's choice, raced all the way to third on a ground out and scored on an error. Gray had an RBI-double and Nanita had an RBI-single in the seventh, extending the Sox's lead to 6-3. The final game of the scheduled four-game set is on tap tonight, starting at 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MnSoxFan Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 Thanks for the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 Good Stuff as always. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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