You're Luke Bell. You're an undrafted free agent out of Xavier who has hooked on with the White Sox after the 2023 draft, and you've handled both of your initial assignments with relative ease. Shortly after turning 24, you get promoted to Winston-Salem -- probably more to make room for the newest wave of draft picks in Kannapolis, but you had a 1.34 ERA over your last 25 games in Low-A, so you should act like it's earned.
Then, in your third outing with the Dash, you give up six runs on six hits without retiring a batter:
- Single
- Single
- Single
- Double
- Single
- Single
You leave two on with nobody out, and both runners come home to score on a one-out double. Your ERA is now 36.00, and there's one week left in the season.
Chattanooga 1, Birmingham 0
- Jacob Gonzalez had the only hit off Chase Petty and Co., going 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Wilfred Veras was 0-for-4 with a K.
- Tyler Schweitzer: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 58 of 79 pitches for strikes.
Brooklyn 6, Winston-Salem 2
- Rikuu Nishida went 1-for-5.
- Eddie Park singled, walked and struck otu twice.
- Caden Connor went 1-for-4 with a K.
- Casey Saucke and Wes Kath both were 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Ryan Galanie went 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- Calvin Harris, 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Samuel Zavala, 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Shane Murphy: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 40 of 54 pitches for strikes.
