Jonathan Stiever took a huge step forward in Saturday’s 4-0 win. The righty threw a season-high six innings, showing off an improving breaking pitch and a more aggressive attitude. Saturday’s shutout extended the pitching staff’s streak of consecutive scoreless innings to 21 against the league-leading Nashville Sounds. Equally impressive, Stiever and three relievers — […]
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Major league veterans Adam Engel and Mike Wright gave the Charlotte Knights’ young pups a first-hand demonstration of how to step up in crunch time. Both proved pivotal in tonight’s 1-0 victory over Nashville, which saw its 15-game winning streak come to an end. Wright has been brilliant this season but he saved his best
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The Knights have three outfielders with a fair amount of major-league experience, but Gavin Sheets’ hot bat helped him jump the line and get the call-up today. “It might have been different if they needed an outfielder for the rest of the season,” manager Wes Helms noted, “but with his production, the White Sox wanted
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It has been a recipe for disaster when a Knights starter gets knocked out early. Invariably, one or more of the four or five relievers parading in from the bullpen will implode and the game gets out of hand, as it did again Wednesday in a 7-4 loss to Nashville. Reynaldo Lopez was the starter
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Among the many questions about Jake Burger’s pro potential is his glove. That aspect of his game was on full display tonight, as he booted a routine grounder early but later grabbed two hard line drives and also made a nice pick on a ball in the hole. The Knights could have used Burger’s hot
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The White Sox turned to the Knights for a starter in today’s doubleheader and the selection caught just about everyone off guard. Instead of choosing veteran Reynaldo Lopez or FutureSox #6 prospect Jonathan Stiever, the Sox tabbed Jimmy Lambert (#15), who has managed just 11.2 innings in five starts this season. Mike Wright has actually
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Jake Burger and Blake Rutherford combined for six hits, four runs and two RBI, but the biggest meltdown of the season — and there have been many — by the bullpen resulted in an 8-7 loss against the Durham Bulls Sunday night. Led by Burger and Rutherford, the offense was relentless, pounding out 12 hits,
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Jake Burger is smokin’ hot! He clubbed his second home run in as many games, and third in the past five games, as the Knights fell 8-7 to the Durham Bulls. Burger also had a double and a walk in Saturday’s contest, raising his average to .226. Burger’s power barrage is a welcomed surprise this
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The Knights seem to be snakebit in Durham, having lost two very winnable games Wednesday and tonight on frustrating turns of events that led to two comeback wins by the resilient Bulls. In Friday’s 3-2 loss, a routine fly to left fielder Blake Rutherford in the bottom of the 8th was lost in the haze
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The Knights’ 6-4 win against the Durham Bulls Thursday night was a microcosm of the season thus far — maddeningly inconsistent relief pitching with too many walks. As good at Ryan Burr was in the 9th, it was a miracle that he had a chance to come into the game in a save situation as
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