Great Falls White Sox game notes
August 20, 2006 - Pioneer League (PL)
Great Falls Voyagers News Release
The White Sox brought a halt to their season-long ten game losing streak with a 7-5 triumph over Ogden last night at Centene Stadium. Great Falls grabbed it's first lead in five games on a Lee Cruz RBI single in the third inning to move the Sox in front of the Raptors 2-1 at the time. GF would build that lead to four runs on two occasions before holding on for the two run victory. Cruz, Reymundo Tavares, Tyler Reves and Archie Gilbert each collected two hits to pace a 13 hit Sox attack offensively (Reves and Gilbert each drove in a pair of runs as well). Great Falls played an errorless game defensively with Gilbert making a spectacular diving catch and OF Christian Marrero throwing a runner out at second base from left field. And on the mound, starter Ramon Sanchez was solid in yielding three runs through five innings of work to notch his Pioneer League leading sixth victory with reliever Michael Rocco tossing 2.1 innings of stifling shutout baseball to collect his third save of the season. Great Falls is now 5-16 in the season's second half with 17 games to play. The White Sox open a three game series with Southern Division first half winner Orem this afternoon at Centene Stadium.
TYSON TAKES THE BALL: 20 year old RHP Tyson Corley makes his third start of the season today. He's taken the vacated rotation spot left by Justin Cassell's recent promotion to Class A Winston-Salem of the Carolina League. Corley's two prior starts have seen him surrender nine earned runs on 14 hits in six innings of work. Corley brings an 0-4 record and 7.52 earned run average into this afternoon's contest with Orem. He's lost his last two outings. Tyson's a 6-6, 200 pound Shawnee, Kansas native who spent a season pitching at South Mountain, Arizona Community College finishing his collegiate career at Kansas University before he was selected in the 13th round of the June 2006 draft by the Chicago White Sox.
HOW THE SOX STACK UP: The next White Sox homer will be their 50th of the season as they continue setting the pace in the Pioneer League for big flies. Great Falls is currently third in the league in hitting (.268), sitting seventh in runs scored (295), third in hits (535). On the mound, the Sox are sixth of the league's eight teams in earned run average (4.73) while giving up a league high 570 hits. Defensively, Great Falls leads the Pioneer League in double plays turned (72) but also paces the league in errors (129) and is last in fielding percentage (.946).
TRENDING: The White Sox have collected 12 runs on 22 hits in their last 2 games offensively. Sox pitching has allowed 7 or more runs in 14 of the club's last 21 games. Great Fall's third inning lead last night against Ogden was their first in a game since Monday, August 14 (5 games ago). The Sox 7-5 triumph over Ogden ended a 10 game losing streak. INF Franklin Bautista is batting .143 (1-7) over his last 5 games played. 1B Chris Carter has hit 1 HR over his last 16 games. He's batting .500 (5-10) with 1 HR and 6 RBI over his last 3 games. Over his past 11 games, Carter's hitting .216 (8-37) with 14 strike-outs. DH Tyler Reves is hitting .366 (15-41) with 8 runs scored , 2 HR and 7 RBI over his last 12 games. 2B John Shelby is batting .151 (5-33) with 11 strike-outs over his last 9 games. OF Lee Cruz is hitting .370 (27-73) with 12 runs scored, 4 doubles, 2 triples, 3 HR and 10 RBI over his last 19 games. Cruz leads the team with 20 multi-hit games. OF Santo Garcia is 0-17 with 7 strike-outs over his last 9 games played. OF Archie Gilbert is hitting .367 (11-30) with 1 HR and 5 RBI over his last 8 games. OF Joseph Hunter is batting .429 (9-21) with 2 HR and 5 RBI over his last 6 games. OF Christian Marrero is hitting .360 (9-25) with 4 doubles and 4 RBI over his last 8 games played. 3B Mike Grace is batting .184 (9-49) with 1 HR and 5 RBI over his last 13 games. C Matt Sharp is hitting .192 (5-26) with 1 doubles over his last 15 games played. C Reymundo Tavares is hitting .323 (11-34) with 4 doubles and 3 RBI over his last 11 games. INF Tim Lawrence is batting .294 (20-68) with 17 runs scored over his last 23 games. C Kris Welker is hitting .068 (2-29) with 7 strike-outs over his last 10 games. INF Scott Madsen is batting .062 (1-16) with 11 strike-outs over his last 5 games.
HEAD TO HEAD: This afternoon's Great Falls-Orem match-up marks the first of seven clashes between the Pioneer League rivals. It's the first of a three game series at Centene Stadium. The two teams will conclude their regular season set in Orem Sunday-Wednesday, August 27-30.
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