There are times when Blake Rutherford looks like the can’t-miss prospect he was thought to be when he was taken in the first round of the 2016 draft. Tonight was one of those nights. In the Knights’ 9-2 win over the Durham Bulls in Charlotte, Rutherford cracked two home runs and a double, tallied three […]
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With a great effort from John Parke, the Knights finally had a chance to beat the Durham Bulls. But a power-laden offense couldn’t muster anything more than a lone single in six innings against Bulls’ starter Brent Honeywell, whose screwball was unhittable in a 9-2 loss in Charlotte tonight. It got a little better when
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It was the most exciting week of the season for the Knights, highlighted by two walk-off wins in a mid-week doubleheader and the Triple-A debut of Romy Gonzalez, the best ever start to a career in Charlotte in recent memory. Promoted on Saturday from Birmingham, Gonzalez exploded on the scene with a two-home-run game, including
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Following Saturday night’s win that broke a 15-game losing streak, the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers fell flat in the series finale with the Down East Wood Ducks losing 7-1. Not only did they lose the contest, but Jared Kelley left the game after two batters. Kelley was making start No. 5 since returning from an injury
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Romy Gonzalez had quite a coming out party in his first game in Triple-A, with two home runs, including a bottom-of-the-ninth, three-run walk-off blast off a 100-mph fast ball for a 7-5 Knights’ win over the Norfolk Tides. “He’s a professional hitter,” manager Wes Helms said post-game. “He’s a guy who can hit in the
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The Kannapolis Cannon Ballers haven’t tasted victory since August 4th. That all changed tonight as they scored a 5-2 victory over the Down East Wood Ducks, erasing a 15-game losing streak. On a beautiful night at Atrium Health Ballpark, Kannapolis had White Sox top-10 prospect Andrew Dalquist taking the bump. Of late, he had been
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The Knights finally got a well-pitched bullpen game, but the offense flamed out, with just a solo home run, double and four singles in a 4-1 loss to the Norfolk Tides in Charlotte Friday night. The Knights have a starting pitching shortage this week with the recent injury to Jonathan Stiever and the Mike Wright
Geez. So much for the momentum from last night’s double header twin walk-offs. The Norfolk Tides got their revenge tonight, pounding four home runs on the way to an 11-6 win in Charlotte. And it wasn’t really that close as the Tides were up 10-1 after six before the Knights made it respectable. Tides’ starter
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If there was ever a chance for some serious offensive fireworks, it was Wednesday’s doubleheader in Charlotte against the Norfolk Tides, an affiliate of the Orioles and the weakest opponent on the Knights’ schedule. Add to that a lineup with Jake Burger, Gavin Sheets, Yasmani Grandal and Yermin Mercedes, and the opportunity to score runs
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Goodyear, AZ – It was a tough start for the ACL White Sox, who struggled to get anything going offensively through the first three innings. The club put a pair of runners on via a walk and an error, but that was all they were able to string together. They were hitless going into the
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