Games were razor-close on the farm Thursday. Five of the six affiliates played in one-run contests, with the Dash and ACL Sox emerging victorious. The DSL Sox were the outlier, winning by three.
Across the tight games, Braden Montgomery slugged a walk-off homer in Winston-Salem, Eduardo Herrera went 4-for-4 with a pair of longballs in the DSL, and Noah Schultz struck out seven for the Barons.
All this and more in today’s minor league recap!
Triple-A Charlotte Knights (32-34)
For the second straight night, the Knights were held to just a single run. Unlike last night, that single run was almost enough tonight. Charlotte entered the bottom of the ninth clinging to a 1-0 lead before losing via a walk-off double.
The Knights’ run came courtesy of a Brooks Baldwin homer — his seventh in 19 AAA games this season. Mike Clevinger kept the Durham Bulls at bay with six shutout innings. Clevinger has now spun 14 innings since allowing his last earned run.
- Brooks Baldwin (2B): 1-for-3, HR, R, RBI, BB, SB
- Colson Montgomery (SS): 0-for-3, BB
- Andrew Vaughn (DH): 0-for-3, BB
- Korey Lee (C): 1-for-3, BB
- Dominic Fletcher (CF): 1-for-4
- Zach DeLoach (RF): 0-for-3, BB
- Mike Clevinger (SP): 6.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, BB, 5 K
- 62 pitches, 43 strikes
- Nick Nastrini (RP): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, K
- 22 pitches, 11 strikes
- Caleb Freeman (RP): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K
- 25 pitches, 11 strikes
FINAL: Knights 1, Durham Bulls 2 | Box Score
Double-A Birmingham Barons (32-27)
The Barons and Montgomery Biscuits were locked in a scoreless tie through nine innings. Noah Schultz struck out seven while allowing one hit over 5.2 innings, but the Barons’ bats were baffled by Biscuits starter Duncan Davitt, who fired 8 shutout innings.
Birmingham pushed across their free runner in the tenth, but failed to do so in either of the next two frames. Montgomery earned the walk-off win in the 12th on an RBI single.
Zach Franklin, who pitched the tenth and eleventh for the Barons, struck out seven over his two frames.
- Rikuu Nishida (RF): 1-for-4, R
- Caden Connor (LF): 1-for-4, 2B
- Mario Camilletti (DH): 1-for-4
- Colby Smelley (C): 1-for-4
- Noah Schultz (SP): 5.2 IP, H, 0 R, 5 BB, 7 K
- 91 pitches, 51 strikes
- Dalton Roach (RP): 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, K
- 17 pitches, 10 strikes
- Garrett Schoenle (RP): 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
- 16 pitches, 12 strikes
- Zach Franklin (RP): 2.0 IP, 2 H, R, BB, 7 K
- 34 pitches, 25 strikes
FINAL/12: Barons 1, Montgomery Biscuits 2 | Box Score
High-A Winston-Salem Dash (23-37)
A pitchers’ duel appeared to be brewing between Tanner McDougal and Bowling Green Hot Rods starter Gary Gill Hill in Winston-Salem. Through five innings, the Dash trailed 2-1 before plating five in the sixth. The Hot Rods responded with a five-run seventh to re-take the lead.
Terrell Tatum slugged his first home run of the season to tie the game in the eight, then Braden Montgomery launched a walk-off longball the next inning.
- Sam Antonacci (3B): 2-for-4, RBI, SB, HBP
- Braden Montgomery (DH): 2-for-5, 3B, HR, 2 R, RBI
- Jackson Appel (C): 2-for-3, 2 R, RBI, BB
- Samuel Zavala (RF): 1-for-4, R
- Alec Makarewicz (1B): 2-for-4, 3B
- Matt Hogan (CF): 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Terrell Tatum (LF): 2-for-4, 2B, HR, 2 R, 4 RBI
- Tanner McDougal (SP): 5.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, ER, BB, 7 K
- 86 pitches, 59 strikes
- Mark McLaughlin (RP): 1.0 IP, 3 H, ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- 25 pitches, 19 strikes
- Dylan Cumming (RP): 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, 2 K
- 20 pitches, 15 strikes
FINAL: Dash 8, Bowling Green Hot Rods 7 | Box Score
Low-A Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (32-28)
Kannapolis dropped another close game to the Columbia Fireflies. Justin Sinibaldi turned in his first quality start of the season, but failed to get much run support.
Ryan Burrowes and Miguel Santos each tallied multi-hit games, while Lyle Miller-Green reached base three times.
- Miguel Santos (3B): 2-for-5, 2B, RBI
- Ronny Hernandez (DH): 0-for-2, 2 BB
- Lyle Miller-Green (1B): 1-for-2, 2 BB
- George Wolkow (RF): 0-for-2, 2 BB
- Ryan Burrowes (2B): 3-for-4, 2B
- Nathan Archer (LF): 0-for-3, R, BB, SB
- Justin Sinibaldi (SP): 6.1 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- 91 pitches, 61 strikes
- Connor Housley (RP): 1.2 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, K
- 17 pitches, 12 strikes
FINAL: Cannon Ballers 1, Columbia Fireflies 2 | Box Score
ACL White Sox (15-14)
The ACL Sox jumped put to a 3-0 lead in the third and hung on to take down the ACL Diamondbacks 3-2. Grant Smith and Arnold Prado each had two hits, while the team stole four bases in the victory.
- D’Angelo Tejada (3B): 1-for-3
- Adrian Gil (1B): 1-for-3, 2B, R, SB
- Stiven Flores (C): 0-for-2, R, BB
- Grant Smith (2B): 2-for-3, 2B, R, 2 RBI, SB
- Arnold Prado (RF): 2-for-3, RBI, 2 SB
- Jordany Chirinos (SP): 4.0 IP, 3 H, R, 3 BB, 3 K
- Gil Luna (RP): 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, 2 K
FINAL: ACL White Sox 3, ACL Diamondbacks 2 | Box Score
DSL White Sox (5-2)
The DSL Sox won their fifth game in a row behind an offensive explosion. Eduardo Herrera, the Sox’ top signee of the 2024 international class, was a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate with a pair of homers and six RBI. Herrera is 7-for-16 at the plate so far this season with three homers and 11 walks.
Erasmi Rodriguez made his organizational debut, going 2-for-3 with an RBI double and a walk.
- Christian Gonzalez (DH): 2-for-3, R, 2 BB
- Alejandro Cruz (2B): 1-for-5, R
- Orlando Patino (RF): 2-for-2, 2B, 2 R, BB, HBP
- Eduardo Herrera (1B): 4-for-4, 2 HR, 6 RBI
- Yordani Soto (SS): 1-for-3, R, BB, SB
- Jehancarlos Mendez (3B): 3-for-4, R
- Erasmi Rodriguez (C): 2-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB
- Hendry Alcala (LF): 1-for-2, RBI
- Reinder Gomez (SP): 3.0 IP, 2 H, ER, 0 BB, 4 K
- Jhonny Morao (RP): 2.0 IP, 3 H, ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Juan Felix (RP): 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, K (SAVE)
FINAL: DSL White Sox 9, DSL Mariners 6 | Box Score
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