FIU's Wittels extends streak to 49
Updated: May 26, 2010, 3:36 PM ET
Associated Press
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.
Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press
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