ZEBULON, NC – The Kannapolis Cannon Ballers split a doubleheader on Wednesday with the Carolina Mudcats, opening their 12-game road trip. A continuing theme between both games was the mist. It was something that hindered the teams, occurring sporadically throughout the day at Five County Stadium. GAME ONE Andrew Dalquist took to the bump for […]
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After winning three of six games versus the Rocket City Trash Pandas in their most recent homestand, the Birmingham Barons hit the road on July 20th and began a stretch of 12 consecutive games away from Regions Field. The team’s first stop was in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where the Barons would take on the Chattanooga Lookouts
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On Saturday night, the Birmingham Barons won a pair of contests versus the Rocket City Trash Pandas. Both games were played across seven innings, and game two was a suspended affair from Friday evening due to lightning. GAME ONE Thanks to a huge seventh inning that saw four different Barons hit home runs, Birmingham coasted
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It was unclear if highly-regarded White Sox pitching prospect Jonathan Stiever would still be a Knight today. But he was not moved at Friday’s MLB trade deadline, and took the mound tonight in Charlotte, with the possibility of a late-season call-up still alive. Stiever responded with an encouraging effort, generating a stat line of five
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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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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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