White Sox Minor Keys: June 13, 2024

On Tuesday, the Birmingham Barons will be playing the Montgomery Biscuits in the rebranded Rickwood Classic at Birmingham's historic Rickwood Field, two days before Major League Baseball stages an official game there between the Cardinals and Giants, and the publicity for the showcase is beginning to ramp up.

The Birmingham Barons will be wearing throwback uniforms honoring the Birmingham Black Barons, who shared Rickwood Field with the (white) Barons when both teams were in existence.

Along with the excellent "Road to Rickwood" podcast hosted by Roy Wood Jr., MLB.com has published a couple of articles about the Black Barons -- a quick "Who were the Black Barons?" summary, and a nice article by Matthew Ritchie explaining how Black Barons games were integral to the Birmingham's African-American social fabric.

Durham 4, Charlotte 3 (10 innings)

• Colson Montgomery went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Bryan Ramos was 0-for-4.
• Duke Ellis made his Triple-A debut and went 1-for-4, although he was caught stealing.
• Touki Toussaint continues the redemption tour: 5 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP

Notes:

*Montgomery's homer was his eighth of the season, and his first off a lefty.

Pensacola 7, Birmingham 1

• Terrell Tatum went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts and a stolen base.
• Jacob Gonzalez and Tim Elko both were 0-for-2 with two walks and a strikeout.
• Brooks Baldwin went 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout, but was picked off/caught stealing.
• Edgar Quero was 1-for-4.
• Same for Wilfred Veras, who struck out once.
• Jacob Burke was 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
• Jake Eder excelled in defeat: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K, 1 HR, 55 of 93 pitches for strikes.

Greensboro 6, Winston-Salem 1

• Loidel Chapelli returned to the lineup after four games off and went 0-for-3 with two walks.
• Samuel Zavala had the same line.
• So did Ryan Galanie for that matter, but he also struck out once.
• Edie Park was 0-for-4.
• Shane Murphy is back from Charlotte and starting for the Dash: 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 2 HR, 58 of 82 pitches for strikes.

Delmarva 6, Kannapolis 0

• Rikuu Nishida went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Ronny Hernandez was 0-for-2 with two walks.
• George Wolkow wore the golden sombrero.
• Ryan Burrowes went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Aldrin Batista: 4 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 40 of 76 pitches for strikes.

ACL White Sox 6, ACL Guardians 2

• Eloy Jiménez is rehabbing again, and went 2-for-3 with a homer and a double.
• Javier Mogollon was 2-for-3 with a double, walk and HBP.
• Adrian Gil went 1-for-4 with a triple, walk and strikeout.
• Abraham Nunez was 1-for-4 with a K.
• Angelo Hernandez, 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.

Notes:

*James Fegan was in attendance for this momentous victory, and he'll be writing up what he saw.

DSL Cardinals 4, DSL White Sox 3

• Christian Gonzalez went 0-for-2 with a walk and an HBP.
• Jurdrick Profar was 0-for-2.
• Jehancarlos Mendez replaced him, going 1-for-2.
• Eduardo Herrera singled, walked, struck out and hit a sac fly.
• Jesus Premoli was 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
• Yhoiker Fajardo's second start couldn't live up to his first: 3.1 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K