For the second time in three days, Jake Burger was removed from a game because of an injury scare during Friday’s 4-2 loss to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in Charlotte. Burger was pulled in the top of the third after experiencing wrist discomfort. Manager Wes Helms said the move was precautionary and the issue […]
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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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Glendale, AZ — The Arizona Complex League White Sox saw themselves down four runs before they had a chance to bat Monday evening. While they quickly were put in a hole, the team used the long ball to battle back, eventually taking a lead late. Unfortunately, their squad’s lead would vanish in what ended up
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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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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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Thanks to a perfect 5-for-5 batting performance from catcher Carlos Perez and two RBI doubles from White Sox No. 6 prospect Micker Adolfo, the Birmingham Barons coasted to an 11-5 victory over the Rocket City Trash Pandas on Wednesday night. Perez is the first Barons player to record five hits in a game since White
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