The Charlotte Knights have the best record in the White Sox minor league system, but they were swept in a double-header while every other team won. Baseball is a fickle beast. Buffalo 7, Charlotte 3 Scott Carroll gave up an uncharacteristic four walks – in the first inning – as the Knights couldn’t dig out […]
Three teams lost and another one fell victim to field difficulties. But there was one stand-out pitching performance and three hitters who’ve been on fire for Kannapolis in June… Pawtucket 2, Charlotte 1 The Erik Johnson comeback tour continues as Johnson threw eight dazzling innings against the Red Sox by striking out eight and only
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Charlotte 4, Pawtucket 2 The Knights took down the prospect-loaded Pawtucket Red Sox off the back of Kevan Smith‘s mighty bat. The Charlotte catcher went 3-4 with a three run blast in the fourth. Trayce Thompson went 2-4 and Leury Garcia went 1-3 to round out the six hits that the team had. Jason Coats
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The focus was on the draft on Monday, but one White Sox full season affiliate did take the field. Charlotte picked up a win while Birmingham and Winston-Salem were rained out. Knights 7, Pawtucket 2 Charlotte blasted five homers in this game, with two each coming from Jason Coats and Trayce Thompson and one more
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Not the best day ever on the farm with three of four teams losing, but Birmingham’s pitching stood out, throwing 11 scoreless innings against the prospect-laden Smokies… Norfolk 4, Charlotte 1 Trayce Thompson‘s 2-hit day represented half the team’s total as the offense couldn’t get going against Norfolk’s Mike Wright. Leury Garcia had the only
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Knights 6, Norfolk 0 Micah Johnson (3-4, 2B, K) had his first 3-hit game since joining the Knights and is now hitting .286/.352/.397 with Charlotte. Matt Tuiasosopo hit his fourth homer of the year. On the pitching side Scott Carroll pitched 5.2 innings of scoreless ball with 3 K, 2 BB, 8 H. Carroll has a
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Norfolk 5, Charlotte 0 The Knights mustered just two hits all game, failing to score as they fell to Norfolk. Norfolk’s Eddie Gamboa dominated the Knights and it did not get better after he exited after six two-hit innings. Leury Garcia had the best day at the plate for the Knights. He went 1-3 with
Durham 4, Charlotte 1 The Knights offense was mostly suppressed, aside from Jason Coats, who continues to swing a hot bat. Coats went 2-3 with a double and a walk while scoring the Knights only run on Matt Davidson single. Starter Sean Haviland threw five innings, striking out six while allowing no walks, but he
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Charlotte 4, Durham 2: Jason Coats’ three-run home run in the fifth inning proved decisive, as the Knights improved to 30-22 on the season. The 25-year-old, one year removed from Winston-Salem, went 1-4 with the home run, a walk, and a strikeout . His ascension through the system speaks to both his success and also
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There were some strong performances in the minors on this day, but we’ll get to that later. First and foremost, two key White Sox prospects were involved in a scary collision on the field… Biloxi 4, Birmingham 3 On a pop fly to short center field, shortstop Tim Anderson and center fielder Jacob May ran
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