Norfolk 4, Charlotte 0 The Knights could only muster six hits and dropped the rubber match of the series with the Norfolk Tides on Sunday. Adam Engel led the offense by going 2-3 and now has a five game hitting streak and has a hit in seven of his last eight games. Anthony Ranaudo pitched […]
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Mississippi 6, Birmingham 4 Spencer Adams didn’t miss many bats in his second start with Birmingham and the Barons fell on Thursday. Adams allowed six runs (four earned) on ten hits and one walk while striking out four. The White Sox have been tinkering with Adams (our in-person scouting report) and his Birmingham struggles were
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Louisville 4, Charlotte 0 The Knights offense was silenced as the Louisville Bats handed Charlotte their eighth straight loss. Starter David Holmberg allowed four runs (three earned) in his second start for the Knights. Reliever Blake Smith tossed a scoreless inning and now has not allowed a run in his last eight appearances spanning 14.1
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Louisville 4, Charlotte 3 (10 innings) The Knights rallied to force extra innings, but Louisville’s Scott Schebler doubled and scored in the 10th inning to complete the cycle, and the Knights lost their seventh straight contest. Charlotte Starter Chris Volstad pitched well but did not factor into the decision, and was pulled after 6.2 innings
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Indianapolis 2, Charlotte 1 Charlotte’s scheduled starter was Anthony Ranaudo, but he was promoted thanks to the Chris Sale suspension. In Ranaudo’s stead, Terence Marin stepped in and spun a fantastic outing, tossing five shutout innings and only allowed three hits. Unfortunately for the Knights and Marin, reliever Matt Lollis blew a precarious 1-0 lead
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Charlotte 4, Scranton/WB 3 Despite a pedestrian 45-53 overall record, it has been a magical season for the Charlotte Knights in terms of late-inning heroics. Down 3-2 entering the bottom of the 9th inning, the Knights staged a rally that culminated in a Jake Peter walk-off single. It was unbelievably the 8th walk-off win of
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Charlotte 5, Scranton/WB 1 Tyler Danish pitched a gem when he needed it the most and led the Knights to a win over a very strong Scranton-WB team. Danish entered the game with an ERA over 12.00, but only allowed one run on four hits and no walks over five innings. Chris Beck and Matt
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I had the great pleasure to talk with the recently promoted Adam Engel about his breakout AFL, his rollercoaster 2016 season, and the art of stealing a base. Engel hit .361/.425/.569 in his last sixteen games for the Barons to earn a promotion to the AAA Charlotte Knights just after we interviewed the outfielder. We
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International League All-Stars 4, Pacific Coast League All-Stars 2 Charlotte reliever Brad Goldberg was the lone representative of the White Sox organization in this game. Goldberg entered the game in the in the 7th and was perhaps a little too amped up, walking a batter and then throwing a wild pitch. To his credit, he
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Jacksonville 1, Birmingham 0 David Holmberg was taken in 2nd round of the 2009 draft by the White Sox and is a former top prospect that the Sox sent to Arizona along with Daniel Hudson in the infamous Edwin Jackson trade. Holmberg never realized his potential and bounced around before landing back with the Sox this past
