Only three affiliates — the Barons, Dash, and Cannon Ballers — were in action Wednesday. All three lost close games.
Jake Palisch struck out seven across five innings of one-run ball for the Barons, Alec Makarewicz notched four hits for the Dash, and Cannon Ballers catcher Ronny Hernandez reached base four times.
All this and more in today’s minor league recap!
Triple-A Charlotte Knights (25-27)
Rain postponed the Knights’ contest against the Buffalo Bisons. Thursday now features a doubleheader between the teams.
Double-A Birmingham Barons (25-19)
The Barons had a doubleheader on their Wednesday slate against the Knoxville Smokies, but were only able to get the first game in.
A strong start from Jake Palisch wasn’t enough for the win. The Barons only scratched out two hits, both by Rikuu Nishida, in their 2-0 loss on Wednesday.
Birmingham will try to play two on Thursday.
- Rikuu Nishida (LF): 2-for-4, SB
- William Bergolla (SS): 0-for-2, BB
- Wilfred Veras (RF): 0-for-2, BB
- Jacob Gonzalez (2B): 0-for-2, BB, SB
- Jacob Burke (CF): 0-for-1, 2 BB, SB
- Jake Palisch (SP): 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 7 K
- 76 pitches – 51 strikes
FINAL: Barons 0, Knoxville Smokies 2 | Box Score
High-A Winston Salem Dash (16-31)
The Dash trailed 6-1 after five innings, and, despite a valiant effort, were unable to dig themselves out of the early deficit. Braden Montgomery was taken out of the game in the seventh after being hit in the helmet, but seemed to be alright.
Jeral Perez and Cole McConnell both went deep in the loss.
- Cole McConnell (LF): 1-for-5, HR, R, RBI
- Jeral Perez (SS): 1-for-5, HR, R, 2 RBI
- Matt Hogan (RF): 1-for-3, 3B, 2 R, BB
- Alec Makarewicz (1B): 4-for-5, R, RBI
- Jordan Sprinkle (2B): 1-for-2, RBI, BB
- Samuel Zavala (DH): 0-for-3, R, BB
- Christian Oppor (SP): 3.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 4 K
- 71 pitches – 47 strikes
- Madison Jeffrey (RP): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
- 26 pitches – 14 strikes
FINAL: Dash 6, Hub City Spartanburgers 7 | Box Score
Low-A Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (26-21)
A six-run fifth from the Charleston RiverDogs proved too much for the Cannon Ballers to overcome.
Ronny Hernandez reached base four times, while Mikey Kane and Ryan Burrowes each had two hits.
- Abraham Nunez (CF): 1-for-5, R
- Caleb Bonemer (SS): 1-for-4, RBI, SB
- Ronny Hernandez (C): 1-for-2, R, RBI, 3 BB
- Mikey Kane (3B): 2-for-5, RBI
- Ryan Burrowes (2B): 2-for-4
- Nathan Archer (LF): 1-for-4, R
- Seth Keener (SP): 4.0 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 3 BB, 2 K
- 70 pitches – 40 strikes
- Pierce George (RP): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
- 14 pitches – 8 strikes
FINAL: Cannon Ballers 4, Charleston RiverDogs 7 | Box Score
ACL White Sox (7-10)
The ACL Sox had Wednesday off. They take on the ACL Royals Thursday evening.
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