Posted at 1:25 p.m., Sunday, June 17, 2007
95-year-old International League hitting mark falls
Associated Press
OTTAWA — Brandon Watson extended his hitting streak to 43 games, breaking a 95-year-old International League record with a base hit in the Columbus Clippers' 9-8 loss to the Ottawa Lynx on Sunday.Watson hit a leadoff single off J.D. Durbin in the sixth and finished 1-for-5 in Clippers' 11-inning loss.
Jack Lelivelt set the IL record for the Rochester Hustlers in 1912.
Watson played 35 major league games in 2005 and '06, batting .176.
The Clippers are the Washington Nationals' Triple-A affiliate.
