The Kannapolis outfield shakeup continued on Sunday, albeit for a far better reason than injured list stints and Tommy John surgery: The White Sox promoted Braden Montgomery to Winston-Salem.
Montgomery showed what he needed to show over his first 19 professional games and 84 plate appearances with the Cannon Ballers, hitting .304/.393/.493 with three homers, four doubles, six stolen bases in eight attempts, and 10 walks to 19 strikeouts. The strikeout rate is a maybe a touch higher than you'd like to see from a 12th-overall pick out of the SEC, but producing around those strikeouts wasn't much of a problem, so the feedback will probably be a lot more useful in the South Atlantic League.
Charlotte 13, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 12 (12 innings)
- Colson Montgomery went 0-for-6 with a walk, two strikeouts and a stolen base.
- Tim Elko homered twice, finishing 2-for-5 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Kyle Teel was 1-for-5 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- Nick Nastrini with the Daily Debacle: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 11 of 36 pitches for strikes.
- Fraser Ellard: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
- Dominic Fletcher did everything: 2-for-6 with a homer and a double at the plate, an outfield assist in the field, and he recorded the save (1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K). He topped out at 86 and threw some breaking balls.
Birmingham 3, Rocket City 2
- Rikuu Nishida went 1-for-3 with an HBP and a stolen base.
- William Bergolla, 1-for-4 with a strikeout and a stolen base.
- Wilfred Veras, 1-for-4 with a homer and a strikeout.
- Jacob Gonzalez was 2-for-4.
- Grant Taylor: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 20 of 37 pitches for strikes.
- Shane Murphy took Tyler Schweitzer's place as the piggybacker: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HR
Winston-Salem 4, Rome 1
- Sam Antonacci doubled, walked and struck out twice.
- Jeral Perez was 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Samuel Zavala went 1-for-3 with a homer and a strikeout.
- Tanner McDougal: 4.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 48 of 80 pitches for strikes.
Myrtle Beach 8, Kannapolis 6
- Caleb Bonemer returned to the lineup after his beaning and went 1-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Ronny Hernandez singled twice, walked, struck out and hit a sac fly.
- George Wolkow went 0-for-4 with a sac fly.
- Abraham Nuñez, 2-for-5 with a double and a strikeout.
- Ryan Burrowes walked twice and struck out twice.
- Pierce George: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 8 of 15 pitches for strikes.
