The arrival of another wave of White Sox draft picks in Kannapolis caused another chain of promotions, this one giving relievers some upward mobility.
Charlotte: Received Anthony Hoopii-Tuionetoa from Birmingham. The Hawaiian righty posted a 2.17 ERA with 39 strikeouts against 39 baserunners over 37⅓ innings between Double-A Frisco and Double-A Birmingham after coming over in the Robbie Grossman trade.
Birmingham: Received Peyton Pallette and Zach Franklin from Winston-Salem. Pallette has been a different pitcher since shifting to the bullpen (23.2 IP, 11 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 35 K) at the start of July, while Franklin's fastball was overwhelming to High-A hitters. M-I-Z.
Winston-Salem: Received Carson Jacobs, Tyler Davis and Luke Bell from Kannapolis, along with Hagen Smith, who will make his debut on Saturday with the plan of throwing three innings each of the next three weeks. Among the relievers, Jacobs stands out for standing 6'9" and striking out 19 batters over 10⅓ innings.
Kannapolis: Received Aaron Combs, Pierce George, Justin Sinibaldi and Clete Hartzog, who are listed in order of their draft round (Hartzog was undrafted).
Memphis 8, Charlotte 7
- Zach DeLoach went 3-for-5 with a strikeout.
- Tim Elko singled twice, walked twice and struck out once.
- Oscar Colás was 2-for-5 with two doubles and a strikeout.
- Bryan Ramos, 1-for-5 with a two-run homer and a strikeout.
- Colson Montgomery was 1-for-5 with three strikeouts.
- Jake Eder: 0.1 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 15 of 34 pitches for strikes.
- Anthony Hoopii-Tuionetoa's Triple-A debut: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 16 of 24 pitches for strikes.
Notes:
*Charlotte led 5-0 after the top of the first, and trailed 6-5 by the bottom of the first.
*Statcast shows Eder getting only two strikes on 13 breaking balls -- one looking, one ball put into play.
Birmingham 6, Biloxi 5
- Wilfred Veras was 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Jacob Gonzalez snapped his 41-game homerless streak in a big way, going 2-for-3 with two homers and a walk. That's the Farm Fortnight difference.
- Juan Carela: 4 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, 2 HR, 56 of 82 pitches for strikes.
Highlights:
*Gonzalez's first homer, which the Shuckers thought went foul:
*Gonzalez's second left no such doubt:
Aberdeen 1, Winston-Salem 0
- Rikuu Nishida went 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
- William Bergolla was 0-for-4.
- Caden Connor went 2-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Ryan Galanie was 0-for-3 with a walk.
- Wes Kath's slump continues, as he wore the collar and silver sombrero.
- Casey Saucke was 0-for-3 with a walk.
- Samuel Zavala, 0-for-2 with a walk.
- Aldrin Batista: 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 49 of 81 pitches for strikes.
Fayetteville 6, Kannapolis 5
- Ryan Burrowes went 0-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- T.J. McCants was 1-for-5 with two strikeouts.
- Jeral Perez went 1-for-3 with a double and two walks.
- George Wolkow went 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout, but was replaced with a pinch hitter in the ninth.
- Ronny Hernandez was 1-for-3 with a walk.
- Lyle Miller-Green went 1-for-3 with a homer, walk and strikeout.
- Nathan Archer was 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Aaron Combs' pro debut: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 18 of 34 pitches for strikes.
DSL Tigers 1 9, DSL White Sox 4 (Monday, 7 innings)
- Jehancarlos Mendez went 1-for-4.
- Eduardo Herrera, 0-for-3.
- Jesus Premoli was 0-for-4 wiht a strikeout.
- Angelo Bello: 3 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
DSL Giants Black 16, DSL White Sox 7 (Tuesday, 7 innings)
- Jehancarlos Mendez was 1-for-4.
- Eduardo Herrera went 1-for-4 with a double and two strikeouts.
- Jesus Premoli went 2-for-4 with a double.
- Orlando Suarez: 2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP
Notes:
*The DSL White Sox finished the season 20-35.
