A second White Sox affiliate has thrown a no-hitter this month, and this one required fewer than half as many pitchers.
The Kannapolis Cannon Ballers strung together nine hitless, scoreless innings from three arms in their 6-0 victory over the Columbia Fireflies. It follows the Charlotte Knights' lead from nearly two weeks ago, when they stitched together seven pitchers for a no-hit bullpen game against Durham.
Seth Keener led the way with six innings, over which he threw just 62 pitches despite striking out seven. A two-out walk in the first inning was his only blemish, and he finished his night retiring the last 16 batters he faced.
Luke Bell then took the game through the eighth, allowing the only other Columbia baserunner on a one-out walk in the eighth. Nick Altermatt then closed it out with a groundout and two flyouts.
Prior to the feat in Kannapolis, the Arizona Complex League White Sox faced the minimum in a seven-inning one-hitter against the ACL Reds. Ricardo Brizuela allowed a single and plunked a batter, but the former was erased with a pickoff, and the latter was caught stealing.
Norfolk 1, Charlotte 0 (11 innings)
- Oscar Colás went 2-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout and was caught stealing.
- Colson Montgomery was 0-for-5.
- Bryan Ramos was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Zach DeLoach doubled, walked and struck out twice.
- Adam Hackenberg went 0-for-2 with a sac bunt and a strikeout.
Tennessee 9, Birmingham 2
- Jacob Gonzalez went 2-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Terrell Tatum was 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Brooks Baldwin went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Tim Elko, 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Wilfred Veras was 1-for-4 with a stolen base.
- Noah Schultz: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 37 of 64 pitches for strikes.
Notes:
*For the first time since Schultz joined the Barons, they went with a straightforward bullpen approach instead of a piggybacking starter. It would've been Ky Bush's turn.
Winston-Salem 5, Rome 4 (10 innings)
- Samuel Zavala went 0-for-3 with a walk, strikeout and sac bunt.
- Loidel Chapelli went 2-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
- DJ Gladney, 1-for-5 with a K.
- Ryan Galanie was 1-for-3 with a walk and an HBP.
- Wes Kath, 0-for-4 with an HBP and a strikeout.
- Juan Carela: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 HR
Kannapolis 6, Columbia 0
- Rikuu Nishida went 2-for-4 with a triple.
- Ronny Hernandez was 1-for-3 with an HBP.
- George Wolkow went 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- Ryan Burrowes went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Seth Keener: 6 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K, 41 of 62 pitches for strikes.
ACL White Sox 1, ACL Reds 0 (7 innings)
- Dominic Fletcher went 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
- Javier Mogollon was 1-for-3 with a double and a strikeout.
- Abraham Nunez went 1-for-2 with a walk, but was picked off/caught stealing.
- Adrian Gil, 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
- Stiven Flores, 0-for-1 with a walk.
DSL White Sox 7, DSL Cardinals 6 (10 innings)
- Christian Gonzalez went 1-for-3 with three walks, and 1-for-2 on the basepaths.
- Jurdrick Profar went 1-for-5 with a walk and three strikeouts.
- Jesus Premoli went 1-for-3 with a walk, HBP and a K.
- Jehancarlos Mendez, 1-for-5 with a strikeout.
- Yhoiker Fajardo: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 K, 1 WP
