Jordan Leasure's rookie season in the White Sox bullpen hit a pothole shortly after the calendar turned to June, as his ERA ballooned from 2.62 to 6.32 over the course of his last seven MLB appearances. He gave up 15 runs over 6⅓ innings, which was interrupted by a get-right demotion to Charlotte, and then cut short around the All-Star break due to a right shoulder impingement.
He returned to the mound for the first time in nearly two months for Charlotte against Norfolk on Friday night to begin his rehab stint, and he made pretty simple work of it. He threw a 1-2-3 inning on 10 pitches, and Statcast shows his fastball sitting 95-96. Statcast also says that his fastball averaged just 94.6 mph, but that's because it registered one 89.1 mph pitch in the dirt as a four-seamer, and it probably wasn't that.
Norfolk 8, Charlotte 6
- Yoán Moncada went 2-for-3 with two doubles.
- Tim Elko, 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Colson Montgomery was 1-for-3 with a homer, walk and strikeout.
- Oscar Colás wore the collar and silver sombrero.
- Mason Adams: 3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP, 38 of 58 pitches for strikes.
- Jordan Leasure's rehab stint begins: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 6 of 10 pitches for strikes.
Notes:
*The Knights led 6-3 going into the bottom of the ninth.
*Montgomery's homer was on a high sinker from lefty Trevor Rogers:
Pensacola 3, Birmingham 0
- Rikuu Nishida had half of Birmingham's hits during a 3-for-5 night. He also stole a base.
- Wilfred Veras was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- DJ Gladney, 1-for-4 with a double and two strikeouts.
- Jacob Gonzalez was 1-for-3 with a walk.
- Tyler Schweitzer: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 48 of 84 pitches for strikes.
Greenville 6, Winston-Salem 5
- Eddie Park went 1-for-5 with two strikeouts.
- Caden Connor, 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Casey Saucke was 1-for-4 with a K.
- Ryan Galanie, 0-for-2 with two walks.
- Wes Kath homered, walked and struck out twice.
- Samuel Zavala went 2-for-3 with two doubles and a walk.
- Seth Keener: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 2 WP, 1 HBP, 33 of 59 pitches for strikes.
Kannapolis 14, Salem 2
- Sam Antonacci went 1-for-4 with two walks and a strikeout.
- George Wolkow doubled, singled, walked and struck out thrice. He was also picked off/caught stealing.
- Ronny Hernandez was 1-for-6 with a K.
- Lyle Miller-Green doubled, singled, walked and struck out twice.
- Ryan Burrowes had his best game in weeks: 3-for-3 with a walk, sac fly and two stolen bases.
- Jake Peppers: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 HR, 53 of 83 pitches for strikes.
- Pierce George: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
