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So, well, this was a crazy one.
Charlotte’s offense outlasted Jacksonville’s, taking home a 13-11 win in 10 innings. And on the hitting side, the prospect performances were something to be excited about, pointing toward 2023.
Certainly the headline here is, as it has been all week, the offensive outburst of center fielder Oscar Colás — and on Saturday, he hit his first two career Triple-A home runs. After leading off the game with a seeing-eye, bloop double, the white-hot slugger clubbed a two-run, 434-foot blast in the sixth inning, giving Charlotte an 8-7 lead. Two innings later, in Colas’ next at-bat, he smashed a solo shot. All told, Colás was 3-for-6 with 10 total bases, two long balls, and three RBIs.
Hey, take a look!
It's a 434-foot OSCAR
— Charlotte Knights (@KnightsBaseball) September 25, 2022
Oscar Colás just connected on his 1st Triple-A homer!!!@whitesox | @MiLB | @MLBNetwork pic.twitter.com/q9QHVsFtjg
It's déjà vu all over again!!!!!
— Charlotte Knights (@KnightsBaseball) September 25, 2022
ANOTHER for Oscar Colás!!!!@MiLB | @whitesox | @MLBNetwork pic.twitter.com/efIqOUsziO
Even better, some other top talent at Triple-A crushed it on Saturday, as Jake Burger, Lenyn Sosa and Blake Rutherford all had three hits as well, meaning four Knights tapped 12 of the team’s 15 hits on the night. Sosa had two doubles, and Rutherford one, en route to a team-best four ribbies.
Burger, in just his second game back from extended illness/left wrist injury, showed some significant giddy-up with this towering triple to right-center (note he was basically on third base when the ball hits the cutoff man, so he was busting right from contact):
= @Burgatron13 TRIPLE! pic.twitter.com/VFNNPXYz77
— Charlotte Knights (@KnightsBaseball) September 25, 2022
Most of Charlotte’s nine pitchers on the day had it rough; 11 runs are no picnic. But the Knights strapped it down in crunch time, getting scoreless frames from Dan Winkler, Bennett Sousa (win) and Lane Ramsey (save).
In fact, the game in extras turned on two swinging bunts. In the top of the 10th, Colás dribbled a ball back to pitcher Robert Garcia, who yanked the throw to first, scoring Micker Adolfo. More hustle in the season’s final week from Charlotte, 30 games below .500!
Oscar Colás is up... and the lead is OURS!!!! pic.twitter.com/JmiIm1Q0um
— Charlotte Knights (@KnightsBaseball) September 25, 2022
Things got a little hairy in the 10th, however, as Ramsey loaded the bases with a single and intentional walk. But Santiago Chavez tapped an 0-2 pitch in front of the plate, fielded by Xavier Fernández for an unassisted force out at home to end the game.
Poll
Charlotte won a thriller at Jacksonville on Saturday. Who was the MVP?
This poll is closed
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86%
Oscar Colás: 3-for-6, 4 R, 2 HR, 2B, 3 RBI, hustle in 10th forces a bad throw at first, K, LOB, E
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2%
Jake Burger: 3-for-3, 3 R, 3B
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0%
Lenyn Sosa: 3-for-5, 3 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, BB, K, 2 LOB
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10%
Blake Rutherford: 3-for-5, 2B, 4 RBI, SB, CS, K, 2 LOB
Poll
Charlotte won a thriller at Jacksonville on Saturday. Who was the Cold Cat?
This poll is closed
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76%
Kyle Kubat: IP, 4 H, 4 ER, BB
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0%
Lincoln Henzman: 2 IP, 6 H, 3 ER
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0%
Zack Muckenhirn: IP, 2 H, 2 ER, BB, K, HR, BS
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0%
Andrew Perez: IP, 3 H, 2 ER, BB, K
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14%
Zach Remillard: 0-for-5, 2 K, 3 LOB
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9%
Yolbert Sánchez: 1-for-6, RBI, K, 5 LOB, CS
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