With the 1,341st selection in Major League Baseball's First-Year Player Draft in New York, the Chicago White Sox selected Joseph Pistorese, a left-handed pitcher from the Kalispell Lakers.

That announcement came on Wednesday, during the 44th round and on the third and final day of the draft.

The draft consisted of 50 rounds and lasted 69 hours.

Teams now have until the Aug. 15 deadline to get draftees under contract.

The White Sox used their first 30 selections to pick 11 right-handed pitchers and five left-handed pitchers.

The 6-foot-2 Pistorese is having another outstanding season in the American Legion ranks, leading the Lakers in both pitching and hitting. He is 4-1 to date on the mound and is hitting .467.

"It was business as usual," Lakers coach Ryan Malmin said at Wednesday's practice.

"Everyone congratulated him.

"I think he's excited about the opportunity," Malmin said.

"I think he has goals and expectations for himself to get better so he can up his chances in the future.

"I think he will go to school, play some college ball," Malmin added.

"Once he gets into the weight-training programs and that sort of thing, I think he has tremendous potential."

In his first 33 innings this season on the hill, Pistorese has an ERA of .064 with 66 strikeouts and just five walks. Players are hitting just .122 against him.

At the plate, Pistorese also has a team high 23 RBIs. He's clubbed three home runs and 11 doubles.

His on-base average is .507 and his slugging percentage is .900.

"He's improved his approach at the plate tremendously," Malmin said.

"He's a lot more patient, disciplined. He's only struck out four times this year (in 21 games)."

On the mound, he's just as dominating.

"He throws in the mid to upper 80s," Malmin said.

"He's got a great second pitch in his curveball. In the last three years, he's gotten much better with his control."

Dr. Brent Pistorese, said there were four teams that scouted his son.

"This was one of the teams that was interested," he said of the White Sox.

"I'm really happy for him. He seems to have the right attitude about it. He thinks he can improve his chances by going to college. Get an education, play some ball and do more with it."

This is the first Lakers player selected in Malmin's sixth season. Malmin had a pitcher - Michael Southern - drafted by Tampa Bay when he coached the Glasgow American Legion baseball team.

Southern made it as high as AA when elbow surgery ended his career.

Southern played Legion ball for Malmin from 2003-06.

According to the MLB.com website, high school players comprised 34 percent (520 out of 1,530) of this year's draft.

Right-handed pitchers made up 37.5 percent of the draft. There were 218 lefties selected.

Maine was the only state that did not have a player drafted. California had the most with 284, followed by Florida, 146, and Texas, 144.