The Knights split a doubleheader tonight but the most significant news had to do with who was in the lineup — Jake Burger, after being pulled in last night’s game with a possible injury — and who was not — Luis Robert, who had a scheduled day off, according to a Knights source. Manager Wes […]
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Jake Burger was his usual upbeat, enthusiastic self upon his return to Charlotte. Here are the highlights of our chat. FS: You hit a home run in your first game back in Charlotte. What was your approach in that at bat? “I hit a slider really hard (foul) so I thought I’d sit on a
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A 2-1 Knights’ loss to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in Charlotte Wednesday left a lot of unanswered questions. The most important of which is the status — or health — of Jake Burger. Burger was unexpectedly removed from the game in the top of the 9th. In the bottom of the sixth, he was thrown
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It was a dream line-up: Luis Robert, making his Charlotte rehab debut; Yermin Mercedes; Jake Burger, also making his first Charlotte appearance since his return from Chicago; and Micker Adolfo. And all this firepower made it one of the more exciting games of the year for the Knights, though no amount of offense could have
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The Eloy Jimenez show moves onto Chicago, as it was announced he will rejoin the big league club in Kansas City beginning Monday, July 26. Despite the lack of fireworks provided by Jimenez during his time with Charlotte, we eventually got to see an impressive salvo by another newcomer, Micker Adolfo, who was promoted from
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It was a hectic week of roster comings and goings, highlighted by the debut of Eloy Jimenez in Charlotte on a rehab assignment. In addition, the White Sox obtained catcher Deivy Grullon in a trade and assigned him to Charlotte, released pitcher Matt Tomshaw, called up Reynaldo Lopez, demoted Jace Fry and Matt Foster and
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On paper, the Knights’ offense should have had a good night, with rehabbing major leaguers Eloy Jimenez and Jake Lamb, along with Yermin Mercedes, hitting two-three-four in the batting order, and Gwinnett having a bullpen game. On paper. Instead, Gwinnett rolled to an 11-3 win. The offense had little punch, with just five hits, with
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Not much too see in Charlotte tonight as Eloy Jimenez got the night off and the Knights lost their fourth in a row to Gwinnett, 5-3. The Knights have now lost six in a row, and the offense has been missing in action in the majority of those setbacks. The Knights actually got eight hits
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As has been the case a few times this season, the Knights made bigger news off the field than in an ugly 11-10 loss to the Gwinnett Stripers tonight. That’s because Eloy Jimenez met with the media today and declared himself healthy and pain free. “I’m good,” he said. “Finally, I feel back to normal.
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For those of us who thought having Eloy Jimenez in the lineup would make Knights’ games must-watch baseball, with a dominating offense that overpowered opponents, the first two games of this week’s home stand have been a massive disappointment. Tonight was especially ugly, as the Gwinnett Stripers pounded the punchless Knights 11-1. Perhaps the most
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