White Sox Minor Keys: Aug. 25, 2024

When we last checked in on Bryan Ramos in Farm Fortnight, he'd recovered from a brief outage with a four-game hitting streak, albeit of the quietest variety. He wrapped up the series against the Toledo Mud Hens with one single per game, although he at least worked a walk and two HBPs.

Following the completion of this past week's series against the Memphis Redbirds, the hitting streak remains intact, and it's far more impressive. He extended it to 10 games with a three-hit, two-homer performance in Charlotte's 8-3 victory.

He victimized Gordon Graceffo twice, and by hitting how he was pitched. In the fourth inning, Graceffo tried a 94-mph fastball on the outside corner. It's just that the catcher was setting up for a high heater, and Graceffo's first four pitches were away. Ramos got a fifth pitch in that location, and he looked ready for it, poking it out to right field.

An inning later, Graceffo hung a 1-1 slider on the inner half, and Ramos did what he was supposed to do by launching it 424 feet to left field:

Ramos is hitting .291/.398/.557 over 20 games in August, boosting his Triple-A line to .257/.331/.412 overall.

Charlotte 8, Memphis 3

• Zach DeLoach was 1-for-4 with a double, walk and strikeout.
• Bryan Ramos homered twice while going 3-for-4 with a strikeout. He was also caught stealing.
• Colson Montgomery went 2-for-5 with a homer, double and two strikeouts.
• Oscar Colás, 1-for-3 with a walk.
• Tim Elko was 1-for-5 with a double and three strikeouts.
• Good rebound for Jake Eder: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 HR, 53 of 81 pitches for strikes.

Highlights:

*Montgomery homered on an inside-corner slider:

Biloxi 5, Birmingham 1

• Wilfred Veras went 1-for-3 with a walk, strikeout and stolen base.
• DJ Gladney was 2-for-4 with a double, but was picked off.
• Jacob Gonzalez singled, walked twice and struck out once.
• Juan Carela: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 3 HBP, 55 of 86 pitches for strikes.

Aberdeen 7, Winston-Salem 6

• Rikuu Nishida went 0-for-5 with a strikeout.
• William Bergolla, 1-for-5.
• Caden Connor was 2-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Ryan Galanie, 0-for-5 with a K.
• Samuel Zavala was 0-for-4 with a walk, two strikeouts and a stolen base.
• Shane Murphy: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 52 of 74 pitches for strikes.

Kannapolis 9, Fayetteville 2

• Sam Antonacci went 1-for-2 with two walks, two HBPs, yet didn't score a run.
• George Wolkow was 0-for-5 with three strikeouts, an HBP and a stolen base.
• T.J. McCants went 0-for-3 with two walks, an HBPs and two strikeouts.
• Ronny Hernandez went 1-for-5 with a K.
• Ryan Burrowes was 0-for-2 with three walks, a strikeout and a stolen base.
• Nathan Archer was 3-for-4 with a walk and three stolen bases.
• Tanner McDougal: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 49 of 83 pitches for strikes.

Notes:

*The Cannon Ballers drew 10 walks and five HBPs along with nine hits. It shouldn't have been this close, but they went 3-for-18 with runners in scoring position.