Daily Game Recaps

Lopez struggles as Mercedes goes hitless in 2021 Charlotte debut

After several days of exciting performances and notable roster moves, tonight’s game was pretty much a bust, as Reynaldo Lopez got rocked — again — and Yermin Mercedes went hitless in his 2021 Knights debut.  The Norfolk Tides jumped on Lopez for five earned runs in 3.1 innings and never looked back in an 8-2 […]

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Stiever inconsistent in Knights’ loss as speculation builds about a Burger call-up

The big news in Charlotte was who did not take the field — Jake Burger — as social media exploded Thursday night with rumors that he was on his way to Detroit to fill in for an injured Yoan Moncada.  Manager Wes Helms said post-game that the decision was made last-minute to give Burger a

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Garvin Alston solid in Kannapolis return amidst blowout loss

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Southpaw Garvin Alston returned to the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers roster on Thursday night and looked solid in Kannapolis’ 10-2 loss to the Charleston RiverDogs. Alston started off the 2021 campaign in Kannapolis and struggled. In his seven appearances before his demotion to the Arizona Complex League (ACL), Alston held a 0-2 record

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Jake Burger tallies four hits, reaches six times in Knights’ walk-off thriller

There’s hot, there’s red hot and then there’s Jake Burger.  In Tuesday’s 5-4 13-inning win against the Norfolk Tides (Orioles) in Charlotte, the Knights’ cleanup hitter homered, doubled, singled twice and walked twice, scoring two runs and knocking in two. The offense, with 12 hits and 10 walks, missed multiple chances to break this one

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Burger, Stiever keep on rolling; Sheets gets call-up

Another week, another round of encouraging reports on Jake Burger, Gavin Sheets and Jonathan Stiever.  Each continued to show signs of consistency and growth during the team’s six-game road trip to Nashville, which ended Sunday with a 5-4 loss after the bullpen’s third meltdown of the six-game series. Then, today, Sheets was added to the

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Harvin Mendoza stays hot, Bailey Horn struggles in Ballers victory

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – The Kannapolis Cannon Ballers came away winners against the Fayetteville Woodpeckers 5-4 behind Harvin Mendoza’s hot bat on Friday night. White Sox No. 24 prospect Bailey Horn took to the mound and got roughed up in the opening frame. The Woodpeckers were able to barrel up Horn for three early runs. The

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Kannapolis bullpen, errors overshadow Jesus Valles’ strong outing in loss

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Jesus Valles’s five innings of two-hit ball was not enough as the Kannapolis Cannon Baller bullpen blew a chance at a win, losing 6-2 to the Fayetteville Woodpeckers.  Valles, a May signee for the White Sox, had his strongest performance of the season Thursday night. In only his second start of 2021,

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John Parke, Emilio Vargas shine as Barons walk it off again

Trailing 2-0 into the bottom of the ninth, the Birmingham Barons rallied for three runs to earn an unlikely 3-2 comeback victory over the Pensacola Blue Wahoos on Thursday night. The win was the second in walk-off fashion in as many days. Through the first eight innings, the only two Barons players to record hits were

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Micker Adolfo’s walk-off homer seals Barons comeback victory

With one out and the score tied in the bottom of the ninth inning, a walk-off home run from White Sox No. 6 prospect Micker Adolfo lifted the Birmingham Barons to a dramatic 7-6 comeback victory over the Pensacola Blue Wahoos on Wednesday night. This walk-off win ended a streak of six consecutive losses for

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