When the White Sox acquired Corey Julks from the Houston Astros on Wednesday for rookie-ball righty Corey Julks, Pedro Grifol gave a typically veiled, circumspect forecast.
“Our front office did a good job of identifying a right-handed hitter that we could use at some point, especially with this string of lefties that we’ve got in the next couple of days, the next couple of series and there’s a possibility that he’s a part of us,” Grifol said. “Maybe, maybe not. We’ll see where he is.”
To take Grifol literally, Julks made his organizational debut for Charlotte, so that's where he is in a geographical sense.* Julks played right field in Game 1 and DH'd in Game 2, going 1-for-3 with a strikeout in each game.
With lefties Nestor Cortes and Carlos Rodón bookending the weekend series at Yankee Stadium, we'll see if those are the only two games he plays for Charlotte, at least for now.
(*Although the jersey he wore was that of the Malmö Oat Milkers, for the Sox Machine Swedish contingent out there. It's kind of a convoluted MiLB-wide promotion, but whatever makes those teams money.)
Durham 4, Charlotte 3 (Game 1, 7 innings)
- Colson Montgomery was 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Oscar Colás, 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.
- Zach DeLoach was 1-for-4 with a strikeout and a stolen base.
- Nick Nastrini got Charlotted: 6 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 3 HR, 53 of 87 pitches for strikes.
Charlotte 5, Durham 2 (Game 1, 7 innings)
- Colson Montgomery went 2-for-3 with a double and a stolen base.
- Oscar Colás was 1-for-3.
- Zach DeLoach singled and struck out twice.
- Adam Hackenberg was 0-for-1 with an HBP and a sac fly.
- Jonathan Cannon: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 51 of 84 pitches for strikes.
- Prelander Berroa: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR
Birmingham 6, Chattanooga 0
- Terrell Tatum went 1-for-4 with a walk.
- Brooks Baldwin was 1-for-3 with a walk.
- Edgar Quero went 0-for-3 with a walk.
- Wilfred Veras, 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Tim Elko went 2-for-4.
- So did Jacob Burke, who struck out and stole a base.
- Mason Adams: 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 2 HBP, 57 of 86 pitches for strikes.
Greenville 6, Winston-Salem 4
- Loidel Chapelli went 1-for-4 with a double, walk, two strikeouts and a stolen base.
- Eddie Park went 1-for-5 with a K.
- Jacob Gonzalez was 0-for-5.
- Peyton Pallette: 4 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 43 of 71 pitches for strikes.
- Shane Murphy still has a 0.00 ERA: 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 27 of 35 pitches for strikes.
Notes:
*Murphy has been piggybacking on Pallette starts and has outpitched him in two of three.
Fayetteville 6, Kannapolis 2
- Rikuu Nishida and Ryan Burrowes both went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Ronny Hernandez went 2-for-4.
- Aldrin Batista: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 3 HBP, 1 WP, 55 of 82 pitches for strikes.
ACL White Sox 6, ACL D-backs 1
- Javier Mogollon went 2-for-4 with a homer, walk, strikeout and two stolen bases.
- George Wolkow was 1-for-5 with a double and two strikeouts.
- Stiven Flores went 1-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Adrian Gil, 1-for-3 with a strikeout, HBP and stolen base.
- Abraham Nunez was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk.
- Angelo Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Luis Reyes: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Notes:
*Reyes, Emerson Talavera, Jose Mendoza and Tristan Stivors combined for 18 strikeouts against just one walk.
