When Lenyn Sosa returns to the White Sox farm system, he'll be making his debut in Triple-A since the White Sox optioned him to Charlotte.
The Birmingham Barons have adjusted quite well to life without him, as Sleepy Harold mentioned in the summary of last week's action on the farm. They've won five out of six and seven of nine after beating Chattanooga 12-9 in 10 innings, which is all the more impressive considering the Barons trailed the Lookouts 9-2 entering the eighth inning.
José Rodríguez did the driving, going 4-for-4 with a double and scoring three runs from the second spot. He raised his line in June to .309/.340/.361. That's only good for a .701 OPS, which isn't yet quite the pop you'd expect from a Popeye, but it's a 90-point improvement on what he'd done over April and May.
Durham 6, Charlotte 2
- Eloy Jiménez went 0-for-4.
- Carlos Pérez went 2-for-3 with an HBP.
- Yolbert Sánchez was 1-for-4 with a double.
Birmingham 12, Chattanooga 9 (10 innings)
- José Rodríguez went 4-for-4 with a double and a sac bunt. A pickoff kept it from being perfect.
Aberdeen 7, Winston-Salem 2
- Colson Montgomery went 1-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- Oscar Colás was 2-for-5 with a strikeout.
- Luis Mieses, 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Adam Hackenberg was 1-for-4.
Kannapolis 5, Down East 1
- Wes Kath went 2-for-5 wtih a homer and two strikeouts.
- DJ Gladney was 1-for-4.
- Wilfred Veras went 2-for-4 with a homer, strikeout and stolen base.
- James Beard was 0-for-2 with a walk and an HBP, but was caught stealing.
- Brooks Gosswein: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
ACL White Sox 7, ACL Brewers Gold 4
- Cam Butler went 2-for-5 with two strikeouts.
- Luis Pineda, 1-for-3 with a walk.
- Dario Borrero went 1-for-4.
- Victor Quezada homered, walked and struck out twice.
- Yohemy Nolasco: 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
- Emerson Talavera: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
DSL Brewers1 4, DSL White Sox 2
- Guillermo Rodriguez went 0-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
- So did Erick Hernandez.
- Ryan Burrowes singled, struck out and was plunked twice.
- Leandro Alsinois went 2-for-4 with a strikeout.
