Aside from some lousy weather, the White Sox affiliates had quite the productive weekend. Edgar Quero launched a walk-off bomb to secure the sweep for Birmingham, Wes Kath homered twice for the Winston-Salem Dash, and Danny Mendick continues to hammer the left-field pavilion in Charlotte.
We cover all of this, plus some quality pitching performances, in this weekend’s minor league recap!
Triple-A Charlotte Knights (8-12, 9th INT East)
Saturday, April 20
- Danny Mendick (3B): 1-for-5, HR (8), RBI, R
- Oscar Colas (DH): 1-for-4, 3B (1),
- Tommy Pham (RF): 1-for-4, 2B (1), R
- Wynton Bernard (CF): 2-for-4, HR (1), 4 RBI
- Jared Shuster (SP): 4.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- 72 pitches – 46 strikes
FINAL/10: Syracuse Mets 11, Charlotte Knights 6 | Box Score
Sunday, April 21
- Game canceled due to inclement weather and will not be rescheduled.
Double-A Birmingham Barons (10-5, 1st SOU North)
Saturday, April 20 -Game 1 of DH. Game 2 was later PPD and moved to Sunday.
- Edgar Quero (C): 1-for-2, BB
- Tim Elko (1B): 1-for-3, R
- Jose Iriarte (SP): 5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K
- 69 pitches – 45 strikes
FINAL/7: Mississippi Braves 0, Birmingham Barons 1 | Final Score
Sunday, April 21 – Game 1 as originally scheduled
- Brooks Baldwin (SS): 1-for-3, R
- Edgar Quero (C): 1-for-3, 2B (1), 2 RBI
- Tim Elko (1B): 1-for-3, 2B (3)
- Duke Ellis (LF): 2-for-2, SB (15), R
- Jake Eder (SP): 4.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 8 K
- 89 pitches – 56 strikes
FINAL: Mississippi 2, Birmingham Barons 3 | Box Score
Sunday, April 21 – Game 2 of DH (makeup of April 19 PPD)
- Brooks Baldwin (SS): 2-for-4, 2B (4)
- Edgar Quero (C): 2-for-4, walk-off HR (5), 3 RBI, R
- Wilfred Veras (DH): 2-for-3, 2B (4)
- Mason Adams (SP): 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 1 HR
- 68 pitches – 45 strikes
FINAL/7: Mississippi Braves 1, Birmingham Barons 4 | Box Score
High-A Winston-Salem Dash (5-10, 5th SAL South)
Saturday, April 20
- DJ Gladney (CF): 1-for-3, 2B (4), RBI
- Bryce Willits (1B): 1-for-3, RBI, 2 R, BB
- Wes Kath (DH): 2-for-4, HR (3), 4 RBI, R
- Noah Schultz (SP): 4.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
- 63 pitches – 37 strikes
FINAL: Winston-Salem Dash 6, Bowling Green Hot Rods 4 | Box Score
Sunday, April 21
- Loidel Chapelli (2B): 1-for-5, 2B (4), R
- Sammy Zavala (CF): 3-for-4, 2 2B (3), RBI, BB, R
- Wes Kath (3B): 1-for-4, HR (4), 2 RBI, R
- Colby Smelley (C): 2-for-4, 2B (1)
- Riley Gowens (SP): 6.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
- 85 pitches – 51 strikes
FINAL: Winston-Salem Dash 4, Bowling Green Hot Rods 7 | Box Score
Low-A Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (7-7, 3rd CAR South)
Sunday, April 21 – Completion of game suspended on April 20
- Albertson Asigen (RF): 2-for-6, RBI
- Caden Connor (1B): 0-for-3, RBI, 2 BB
- Ryan Galanie (LF): 1-for-4, RBI
- Lucas Gordon (SP): 3.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
- 79 pitches – 44 strikes
- Billy Seidel (RP): 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
- 49 pitches – 28 strikes
FINAL/12: Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 3, Myrtle Beach Pelicans 4 | Box Score
The originally scheduled game for April 21 was postponed due to inclement weather.
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