White Sox Minor Keys: May 5, 2023

Liam Hendriks made his first rehab stint on Friday night as he works his way back from non-Hodgkin lymphoma, pitching the seventh inning for the Charlotte Knights on the road against Gwinnett.

It started the way every inning starts, with a series of warm-up tosses. It ended in the way a lot of Hendriks' outings end, a 1-2-3 inning with a strikeout on just nine pitches.

But he experienced a couple of delays along the way.

Between his last warm-up pitch and the first one that counted, the dugouts for both the Knights and the Stripers emptied to give Hendriks a standing ovation, along with the fans that were left in the stands during a misty night at Coolray Field.

And after struggling with his footing during the first batter, he had to take a minute to clean out his spikes as the grounds crew applied drying compound to the landing area.

It was business as usual otherwise. He induced a popout to the left side from Forrest Wall, locked up Joe Hudson on a 2-2 fastball on the inside corner, then got a first-pitch one-hop groundout from Eli White.

After the game, he said that the generosity displayed by Gwinnett threw him off his game.

Gwinnett 2, Charlotte 0

• Yoán Moncada DH'd and went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Carlos Pérez was 0-for-4.
• Liam Hendriks: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Chattanooga 6, Birmingham 4

• Alsander Womack went 0-for-3 with a walk, HBP and strikeout.
• José Rodríguez was 1-for-5 with three strikeouts.
• Luis Mieses was 0-for-3 with two walks and two strikeouts.
• Yoelqui Céspedes tripled, doubled and struck out thrice.
• Adam Hackenberg doubled, singled and struck out twice.
• Tommy Sommer's Double-A debut: 5 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 1 HR, 1 WP
• Garrett Crochet: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 WP, 20 of 34 pitches for strikes.

Winston-Salem 8, Greensboro 7

• Loidel Chapelli went 0-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts.
• DJ Gladney was 1-for-4 with a double and two strikeouts.
• Wilfred Veras was 1-for-4 with a walk, strikeout, and a CS.
• Wes Kath hit his third homer during a 2-for-5 night, striking out twice.
• Kohl Simas: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 1 HBP, 45 of 86 pitches for strikes.

Augusta 6, Kannapolis 5

• Jordan Sprinkle went 1-for-4 with a walk, strikeout and stolen base.
• Brooks Baldwin went 1-for-4 with a triple and a walk.
• Tanner McDougal hit a wall in the third: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 6 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 23 of 57 pitches for strikes.