On a night where weather was looming around Atrium Health Ballpark, the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers struck the Carolina Mudcats down 6-4. The win was the Ballers’ third straight. The tone of the evening was set behind the pitching of RHP Chase Solesky. The White Sox 2019 draftee came into the game yet to secure a […]
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KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — On a night where Bailey Horn and the Kannapolis Cannon Baller offense put themselves in a position to win, the bullpen imploded and gave up crucial runs in an 8-3 loss to the Carolina Mudcats. Horn, coming off a solid outing against the Fayetteville Woodpeckers in his last appearance, was looking to
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KANNAPOLIS, NC — On Tuesday night, the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers began a six-game set with the Carolina Mudcats, the low-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. The Cannon Ballers have gotten off to a rough start through the first month and a quarter of the 2021 minor league baseball season, as they came into the game
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Gavin Sheets’ brief call-up took White Sox fans by surprise, but the excitement was just one of many developments in a very newsy — and thrilling — week for the Triple-A affiliate. The starting pitching also made big headlines this week, culminating Sunday with Jimmy Lambert’s best, and longest effort of the season that resulted
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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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Thanks to an explosive fourth inning that included a two-run home run from Carlos Perez and a two-run double from Micker Adolfo, the Birmingham Barons grinded out a 10-9 victory over the Tennessee Smokies on Saturday night. The Barons have emerged victorious in four consecutive contests, tying their longest winning streak of the season. In
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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 Birmingham Barons won a pair of contests Thursday against the Tennessee Smokies. Game one was a suspended affair from Wednesday evening due to rain. Game two was played across seven innings. GAME ONE Thanks to a solo home run in the sixth inning from White Sox No. 14 prospect Micker Adolfo, along with center
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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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