05-26-2010, 02:50 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5223208
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Florida International's Garrett Wittels extended his hitting streak to 49 games Wednesday with a leadoff double in the ninth inning of a 7-1 loss to South Alabama.
The infielder is within nine games of tying the record set 23 seasons ago by Oklahoma State's Robin Ventura. Wittels already has the second-longest streak in Division I history.
Wittels was hitless in his first three at-bats Wednesday, then kept the streak going with a fly ball over the head of South Alabama right fielder Sean Laird during the opening round of the Sun Belt tournament
Wittels' chance for a 50-game streak comes Thursday, when FIU plays in an elimination game.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Florida International's Garrett Wittels extended his hitting streak to 49 games Wednesday with a leadoff double in the ninth inning of a 7-1 loss to South Alabama.
The infielder is within nine games of tying the record set 23 seasons ago by Oklahoma State's Robin Ventura. Wittels already has the second-longest streak in Division I history.
Wittels was hitless in his first three at-bats Wednesday, then kept the streak going with a fly ball over the head of South Alabama right fielder Sean Laird during the opening round of the Sun Belt tournament
Wittels' chance for a 50-game streak comes Thursday, when FIU plays in an elimination game.