Mark Payton only received one plate appearance during his brief call-up with the White Sox, drawing a walk and coming around to score during Dylan Cease's no-hit bid.
There hasn't been a hangover since returning to Triple-A. He entered Sunday's series finale against Nashville hitting .400/.478/.800 over 23 plate appearances, and he added a pair of homers on the first and last pitches of the game.
https://twitter.com/KnightsBaseball/status/1569088312421543938
The second homer wasn't an ordinary walk-off. The Knights opened the inning trailing 6-1, but thanks to Payton's heroics, they ended up winning 7-6.
https://twitter.com/KnightsBaseball/status/1569124294793347077
Charlotte 7, Nashville 6
- Lenyn Sosa went 1-for-4.
- Yolbert Sánchez, 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Adam Haseley, 1-for-4.
- Jason Bilous in relief: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 13 of 22 pitches for strikes.
Chattanooga 6, Birmingham 5
- Luis Mieses went 0-for-5 with a strikeout.
- Yoelqui Céspedes walked, struck out and got plunked twice. He was 1-for-2 on the basepaths.
- Bryan Ramos, 0-for-4 with a K.
- DJ Gladney maxed out his 1-for-4, two-strikeout game with a grand slam.
- Wilfred Veras was 1-for-3 with a walk and a K.
- Adam Hackenberg struck out all three times.
- Christian Mena: 3 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Winston-Salem 5, Brooklyn 4 (Game 1, 7 innings)
- Colby Smelley went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
- So did James Beard, who doubled and struck out.
- Brooks Gosswein: 3.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Winston-Salem 4, Brooklyn 3 (Game 2, 7 innings)
- James Beard was 0-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout.
Kannapolis 6, Augusta 5
- Jordan Sprinkle and Brooks Baldwin both were 1-for-4.
- Jacob Burke went 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Jonathan Cannon: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Shane Murphy: 0.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
