I do not care if you play T-Ball or major league baseball....a 54 game hitting streak is impressive as all hell!
AND NOW, he is taking it to a Regional! Good luck kid, the city of Miami and FIU is proud!!:up
FIU's Wittels extends streak to 54 games
Associated Press
MIAMI -- Florida International's Garrett Wittels is taking his pursuit of the Division I hitting-streak record to the NCAA tournament.
Wittels got a hit in his 54th straight game and FIU beat Troy 14-10 on Sunday in the championship game of the Sun Belt Conference tournament in Murfreesboro, Tenn., clinching a berth in the NCAA field.
"We don't want this to end," Wittels said by phone as FIU started the 18-hour bus ride back to Miami. "We're going after it every day, playing hard and swinging the bats really well."
None better than Wittels, of course.
The sophomore infielder -- who got a season-saving pitching win for FIU during the tournament -- was 2 for 6 on Sunday. He moved within four games of matching Robin Ventura's record of 58 straight games with a hit set in 1987 for Oklahoma State.
"The biggest thing is that this a team," Wittels said. "We've got so many guys stepping up every single day, someone else getting the job done."
Still, Ventura's mark -- a faraway notion a couple weeks ago -- keeps getting closer.
"I'm really not thinking about it," Wittels said. "We've got to get ready for a regional, get in there, hopefully swing the bats and have everything keep going as planned."
Just as the streak has seemed at times, with Wittels needing some late-inning heroics on occasion to keep it going, things got dicey late Sunday for FIU.
Florida International, streaking Garrett Wittels advance to NCAA tournament - ESPN
AND NOW, he is taking it to a Regional! Good luck kid, the city of Miami and FIU is proud!!:up
FIU's Wittels extends streak to 54 games
Associated Press
MIAMI -- Florida International's Garrett Wittels is taking his pursuit of the Division I hitting-streak record to the NCAA tournament.
Wittels got a hit in his 54th straight game and FIU beat Troy 14-10 on Sunday in the championship game of the Sun Belt Conference tournament in Murfreesboro, Tenn., clinching a berth in the NCAA field.
"We don't want this to end," Wittels said by phone as FIU started the 18-hour bus ride back to Miami. "We're going after it every day, playing hard and swinging the bats really well."
None better than Wittels, of course.
The sophomore infielder -- who got a season-saving pitching win for FIU during the tournament -- was 2 for 6 on Sunday. He moved within four games of matching Robin Ventura's record of 58 straight games with a hit set in 1987 for Oklahoma State.
"The biggest thing is that this a team," Wittels said. "We've got so many guys stepping up every single day, someone else getting the job done."
Still, Ventura's mark -- a faraway notion a couple weeks ago -- keeps getting closer.
"I'm really not thinking about it," Wittels said. "We've got to get ready for a regional, get in there, hopefully swing the bats and have everything keep going as planned."
Just as the streak has seemed at times, with Wittels needing some late-inning heroics on occasion to keep it going, things got dicey late Sunday for FIU.
Florida International, streaking Garrett Wittels advance to NCAA tournament - ESPN
