Oklahoma City Comets 6, Charlotte Knights 3
The Knights (35-29) managed to jump out to a 3-0 lead, then watched it all go up in smoke as Oklahoma City stormed back for the win.
Charlotte struck first in the second inning, manufacturing a run without the benefit of a hit after Ryan Galanie led off with a double, Dru Baker moved him over on a ground out, before Josh Breaux lifted a sac fly to center. Textbook small ball.
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The Knights added to their lead in the third thanks to back-to-back jacks by Jason Matthews and Everson Pereira to put Charlotte ahead 3-0.
Shane Murphy coasted for four, then with two outs in the fifth, a single, then boom — a two-run shot. The lead shrank to 3-2. Next inning, another solo homer, and just like that, all square. Murphy at least made it through six, three earned, so he gets the ‘quality start’ badge. Unfortunately, it didn’t matter.
Enter Duncan Davitt for the seventh, and the Comets pounced for three runs, making it 6-3, claiming their first lead of the night.
The Knights were unable to mount a response the rest of the way, and it was another one in the loss column.
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Biloxi Shuckers 9, Birmingham Barons 7
The Barons (21-36) rallied late but couldn’t complete the comeback.
Biloxi struck first in the opening inning when Jesús Made was hit by a pitch and later scored on a single to center, giving the Shuckers a quick 1-0 edge. Birmingham answered in the bottom half as Alec Makarewicz doubled and Anthony DePino knocked him in with an RBI single to tie the game at 1-1.
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Birmingham briefly fell behind again in the third, but kept pace. After a fourth-inning surge that included a Samuel Zavala solo homer and a Colby Shelton two-run blast, the Barons built a 4-2 lead.
Biloxi responded in the fifth with a big inning of its own off Dylan Cumming, knotting the game at 4-4.
Then came the sixth, and things unraveled. Morris Austin unleashed a wild pitch, walks galore, and Mark Coley II unloaded a three-run homer. Just like that, Biloxi was up 9-4, and the game was all but over.
The Barons didn’t go quietly. In the seventh, Wilfred Veras drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, and Anthony DePino slapped a two-run single to trim the deficit to 9-7. Birmingham even put the first two runners on in the eighth, but couldn’t get the clutch hit.
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Greenville Drive 8, Winston-Salem Dash 7
The Dash (33-25) offense continued its torrid stretch, but a late Greenville rally proved to be the difference in an 8-7 loss to the Drive.
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W-S wasted no time. Ely Brown and Caleb Bonemer both singled, then swiped second and third. George Wolkow lined out, but Kaleb Freeman came through with a two-run single. 2-0, Dash, and barely out of the gate.
The offense stayed hot in the second when Alex Ungar launched a two-run homer, extending the advantage to 4-0. Greenville, however, responded immediately, tagging Dash starter Drew McDaniel for four in the bottom half, and just like that, all square.
The back-and-forth affair continued in the third as Freeman put the Dash back on top with a solo homer, but the Drive answered in the fourth when Ronny Hernandez, once a Sox prospect, singled home Mason White, who had doubled with two outs. Tied once again.
The lead again went to the Dash in the fifth. Ryan Burrowes walked, Wolkow doubled, Freeman’s ground out brought one in, and Kyle Lodise singled home another. 7-5, Dash.
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Then came the seventh. Jake Curtis on the mound, and Greenville hung a three-spot. Dash went from up two to down one in a blink. The offense had nothing left in the tank, and that’s where it stuck.
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Fredericksburg Nationals 2, Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 0
Kannapolis (29-29) never got out of neutral, blanked 2-0 by Fredericksburg. The Ballers managed just three baserunners all game. Rylan Galvan recorded a single, James Taussig collected a base hit before being thrown out attempting to stretch it into a double, and Adrian Gil drew a walk. That was the offense.
Starter Gabriel Rodriguez did his part, tossing four scoreless with four hits, a walk, and three punchouts, but he got no help from the bats. The Nationals finally broke through in the fifth off Blaine Wynk, pushing across an unearned run. That was all they needed with Kannapolis stuck in quicksand.
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Fredericksburg tacked on an insurance run in the eighth off Choyce Diffey, extending their advantage to 2-0. That was plenty for the Nats arms, who put the Cannon Ballers to sleep and locked up the win.
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Rookie Leagues
DSL Pirates Black 1, DSL White Sox 0 (7 innings)
It was a tough contest for the DSL Sox squad as they knocked only a one-out single in the fourth over the entire seven frames. They did work five free walks, but went 0-for-3 with RISP. Carlos Vielma had the best afternoon of the bunch, going 1-for-2 with the only base hit and a free pass. Ronald Kelly tossed four scoreless frames, surrendering only a two-bagger in the second and a walk in the third while punching out six. The Pirates plated their only tally in the fifth on a pair of two-out singles and a double steal of second and home off of Alexander De Los Santos.
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ACL Cubs 5, ACL White Sox 4 (7 innings)
The Cubs came out swinging early, piling on a 5-0 lead by the fourth inning after tagging Fidel Montero for three runs and César Familia for two more. But Jurdrick Profar jolted the ACL Sox to life, blasting a three-run homer that slashed the deficit to 5-3. From that point on, the Cubs’ offense was held in check, as the White Sox pitching staff kept them off the board over the final five frames. The Sox inched closer in the sixth. After back-to-back hit batters, a double steal put both runners in scoring position. A wild pitch then brought a run home, slicing the deficit to just 5-4. Despite the late pressure, the ACL Sox were unable to push across the tying run, as the Cubs held on the rest of the way to secure the one-run win.
DSL White Sox 9, DSL Rockies 3 (June 8 — 7 innings)
Five of six Sox arms kept the Rox completely off the board, allowing just two measly hits. The only hurler that surrendered anything was 17-year-old Beinel Adon, who gave up three runs (two earned) on a pair of hits and two walks. The bats, meanwhile, generated plenty of tallies to take an easy win, piling on five runs over the first three frames and collecting nine runs on 11 hits in the contest. Center fielder Sebastian Romero gets the hero’s cape, going 3-for-4 with a double, two bombs, and four RBI.
ACL White Sox 13, ACL Guardians 6 (June 8)
The Complex Sox wasted no time, jumping all over this one, pretty much leading from beginning to end. The offense was loud as six of their twelve knocks went for extra bases, featuring two doubles and four bombs. Jose Mendoza did the heavy lifting, clocking in at 2-for-5 with four RBI, both hits leaving the yard for two-run shots. The pitching line looks a bit uglier than it played, as a couple of defensive miscues in the third handed out two of the six runs. Fabian Ysalla took the brunt, tagged for five (three earned) in four innings, but still walked away with the W.
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