elrockinMT Posted July 27, 2003 Share Posted July 27, 2003 It's late, but I was excited and thought I would share some quick game notes of the Great Falls White Sox-Billings Mustangs(Reds) game. Our pitchers gave up 13 runs in the 1st and 2nd innings. We trailed 13-0 at the end of 2. The Sox rookies came back and were leading 14-13 going to the bottom of the 8th. I saw Ricardo Nanita line three hits. He doesn't seem to be the homer type guy, but hits solid and on the line. He also can go the opposite way. Carlos Lee showed the same and we had some big bats going too. A couple round trippers. I will give you a run down on these guys in a later post, but I was impressed with the hitting and our bullpen. UPDATE THE SOX EVENTUALLY LOST THIS GAME AFTER GAINING A 14-13 LEAD. THE MUSTANGS SCORED 3 TO WIN. ANTOIN GRAY WAS ANOTHER STANDOUT WITH A HOMER AND MISSED ONE IN THE 1ST ON WHAT APPEARED TO BE A BAD CALL BY THE UMPIRE. HERE IS THE STORY: Mustangs blow lead, then rally By MIKE SCHERTING Of The Gazette Staff Instead of laying out everything that happened between the Great Falls White Sox and Billings Mustangs Saturday night at Cobb Field, it's easier to list what didn't happen : A triple play. A bench-clearing brawl. A very refreshing summer rain shower. An Elvis sighting. But just about everything else that could happen in a baseball game did in the Mustangs' wild 16-14 victory in front of 4,179 fans, most of whom stuck around for the entire 3 hour, 32-minute affair. Despite having a 13-run lead after two innings, the Mustangs had to come back - we'll try to explain that later - in the eighth inning on an RBI single by Rusty Beale and a two-run double by Luis Bolivar before closer David Shafer recorded three straight outs in the ninth to finally put the Mustangs out of their misery. Because it would have been a miserable night trying to figure out how they lost a game they led 13-0 after two innings. Billings batted around in both the first and second innings, scoring seven times in the first and six in the second. From there, though, the Mustangs appeared to be on auto pilot. They committed seven - yes, seven - errors in just about every way imaginable in allowing the White Sox to get back in the game. Mustangs' pitchers weren't much help either, giving up 12 hits over the next six innings before Shafer mercifully slammed the door for his sixth save. Brock Till, the Mustangs' fifth pitcher, got the win. To be fair to the Billings pitchers, though, the Mustangs' seven errors accounted for six unearned runs. Great Falls scored four runs in the third, five in the fifth, four more in the seventh, and finally took the lead in the top of the eighth on an RBI double by Brandon Bounds. Till struck out the next two batters with runners on second and third to end the threat and keep the game close. There were plenty of offensive highlights for the Mustangs, too. Chris Dickerson drove in four runs, three on a bases-loaded triple in the first inning, and Bolivar finished the long night with three RBIs. The 16 runs tied a season high for the Mustangs, and their 16 hits almost reached the season high of 17 set on July 15 against the same Great Falls team. Three players - Bolivar, Habelito Hernandez and Walter Olmstead - had three hits while Olmstead, Dickerson and Chad Ziemendorf each scored three times. Surprisingly, the Mustangs, who lead the Pioneer League in home runs, scored all their runs without the benefit of a homer. Antion Gray and Charlie Lisk homered for Great Falls. In fact, Gray appeared to lead off the game with a homer down the left-field line, but home plate umpire Jesse Redwine called the ball foul, prompting an argument from White Sox manager Chris Cohn. It was just the beginning to the bizarre evening, which also saw the Mustangs get doubled up on a dropped infield fly in the eighth inning. The bottom line, though, is the Mustangs won their fifth straight as the first half of the season comes to a close with today's game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted July 27, 2003 Share Posted July 27, 2003 It's late, but I was excited and thought I would share some quick game notes of the Great Falls White Sox-Billings Mustangs(Reds) game. Our pitchers gave up 13 runs in the 1st and 2nd innings. We trailed 13-0 at the end of 2. The Sox rookies came back and were leading 14-13 going to the bottom of the 8th. I saw Ricardo Nanita line three hits. He doesn't seem to be the homer type guy, but hits solid and on the line. He also can go the opposite way. Carlos Lee showed the same and we had some big bats going too. A couple round trippers. I will give you a run down on these guys in a later post, but I was impressed with the hitting and our bullpen. could he develop a little power as he progress thru the ranks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loaiza21 Posted July 27, 2003 Share Posted July 27, 2003 Is Nanita a middle infielder? Because that would be SUPER! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted July 27, 2003 Share Posted July 27, 2003 Is Nanita a middle infielder? Because that would be SUPER! outfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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