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Coming soon to High-A, surely: Someone with a 0.00 ERA in 19 innings in the month of May, like, say, no-hit hurler Connor McCullough.
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White Sox Minor League Update: May 18, 2023

In addition to a no-hitter and a two-homer performance, affiliates made eight errors over five games

By Julie Brady Updated
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Sean Burke has struggled every time he’s taken the mound this year, tonight no exception. In his fifth start for the Knights, he surrendered six runs in five innings, although only four of those were earned; Lenyn Sosa made an error directly before a home run, and an error by catcher Sebastian Rivero allowed a runner to score on a stolen base attempt.

Still, three separate dongs is a lot to give up in just five innings, and it was more than enough to sink the Knights. Tanner Banks struck out three over three scoreless, and Declan Cronin struggled through a ninth that saw two more unearned runs cross the plate for the RailRiders, Sosa’s second error of the game directly leading to both runs instead of the third out.

At the plate, the Knights actually led early, Clint Frazier leading off the second with his sixth home run with the Knights.

Sosa homered to lead off the fourth and Frazier’s second homer of the game led off the ninth, capping off scoring.

It is Frazier’s second two-dong day of the year; in 15 games with Charlotte, he is batting .385/.492/.885 with five doubles and seven home runs. Sosa had three hits and has also played 15 games, with a line of .386/.453/.702, six doubles, and four home runs.

Poll

Who was the Knights MVP?

This poll is closed

  • 11%
    Lenyn Sosa (SS): 3-for-4, HR, R, RBI, GIDP, 2 E
    (4 votes)
  • 83%
    Clint Frazier (CF): 2-for-4, 2 HR, 2 R, 2 RBI, K
    (30 votes)
  • 0%
    Yolbert Sánchez (3B): 2-for-4, 2B, K
    (0 votes)
  • 5%
    Tanner Banks: 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
    (2 votes)
36 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Who was the Knights Cold Cat?

This poll is closed

  • 0%
    Zach Remillard (1B): 0-for-3, K, HBP
    (0 votes)
  • 21%
    Oscar Colás (RF): 0-for-4, K, GIDP
    (5 votes)
  • 0%
    Nate Mondou (2B): 0-for-4, BB
    (0 votes)
  • 13%
    Evan Skoug (DH): 0-for-3, BB, 3 K
    (3 votes)
  • 8%
    Stephen Piscotty (LF): 0-for-4
    (2 votes)
  • 0%
    Sebastian Rivero (C): 0-for-2, HBP, E
    (0 votes)
  • 52%
    Sean Burke: 5 IP, 4 H, 6 R (4 ER), BB, 4 K, HBP (L)
    (12 votes)
  • 4%
    Declan Cronin: IP, 0 H, 2 R (0 ER), BB, K, HBP
    (1 vote)
23 votes total Vote Now
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Chase Solesky returned from a brief injured list stint for four solid innings. He allowed one hit in each, and was bailed out by a double play in one, caught stealings by catcher Xavier Fernández in two, and just pitched around a double in another. In relief, Jonah Scolaro, just promoted from the Dash, walked three but struck out five in 3 ⅔ innings. Hunter Dollander finished the eighth and a scoreless ninth.

The Barons didn’t need much, buoyed by the pitching and the Trash Pandas’ six errors, but eventually got it anyway. Fernández scored their first run in the second when he doubled, scoring on a wild pitch after Taylor Snyder’s single advanced him a base. In the fifth, José Rodríguez replaced Moisés Castillo (walk) thanks to a forec out, but ended up at second due to an error. Tyler Neslony was then able to drive him in, 2-0 Barons.

Only one of Birmingham’s six runs was earned, and it was not any of its three seventh-inning runs. Ben Norman reached on error, stole second, took third on an error, and scored when Rodríguez again reached on a fielder’s choice (the choice being to not get anybody out). Rodríguez stole second and Neslony walked; Rodríguez was picked off and caught stealing third, which did allow Neslony to slide into second.

After Yoelqui Céspedes drew a two-out walk, Luis Mieses singled, scoring two on a play that involved an error by the center fielder, 6-0 Barons.

Poll

Who was the Barons MVP?

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  • 24%
    Tyler Neslony (DH): 2-for-3, R, RBI, 2 BB, K, SB
    (6 votes)
  • 4%
    Luis Mieses (RF): 1-for-5, RBI, K
    (1 vote)
  • 28%
    Xavier Fernández (C): 2-for-5, 2B, R, 2 K, 2 runners thrown out stealing (2B)
    (7 votes)
  • 0%
    Taylor Snyder (3B): 2-for-4, K, SB, E
    (0 votes)
  • 24%
    Chase Solesky: 4 IP, 4 H, 0 R, BB, 3 K
    (6 votes)
  • 16%
    Jonah Scolaro: 3 ⅔ IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 K (W)
    (4 votes)
  • 4%
    Hunter Dollander: 1 ⅓ IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, K, 0-of-1 inherited runners-scored
    (1 vote)
25 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Who was the Barons Cold Cat?

This poll is closed

  • 45%
    José Rodríguez (2B): 0-for-5, R, RBI, 2 K, SB, PO/CS
    (9 votes)
  • 5%
    Yoelqui Céspedes (CF): 0-for-4, R, RBI, BB, K
    (1 vote)
  • 50%
    Chris Shaw (1B): 0-for-4, 3 K
    (10 votes)
  • 0%
    Ben Norman (LF): 0-for-4, R, K, SB
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Moisés Castillo (SS): 0-for-2, R, 2 BB
    (0 votes)
20 votes total Vote Now
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The Dash are skidding!!! The Dash have lost two in a row for the first time all season, giving them six losses in the month of May and an overall 23-11 record. Johan Dominguez made his first start since having Tommy John last year and dominated for three hitless innings, striking out three.

In relief, Chase Plymell faced Max Wagner and Jackson Holliday, respectively the Orioles’ second round and first round (and first overall) draft picks from last year, to lead off; both reached and scored. Plymell allowed another run in the fifth on a Holliday RBI single, then ceded to Kade Mechals, who pitched two scoreless innings. Jake Palisch took the eighth, during which the IronBirds successfully executed a double steal of second and home. Adisyn Coffey pitched a scoreless ninth.

This was a rare whimper at the plate for the Dash, who only rustled up four hits. Their one run needed just one of them, Wilfred Veras going deep for the fourth time this season in the sixth.

They struck out 17 times, eight of those in four innings to Jake Lyons, who now has 36 strikeouts to six walks in 22 ⅔ innings.

Poll

Who was the Dash MVP?

This poll is closed

  • 0%
    Terrell Tatum (CF): 1-for-3, BB
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    DJ Gladney (1B): 1-for-4, 2 K
    (0 votes)
  • 4%
    Wilfred Veras (RF): 1-for-4, HR, R, RBI, K
    (1 vote)
  • 0%
    Wes Kath (3B): 1-for-4, 3 K
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Chris Lanzilli (LF): 0-for-2, 2 BB, K
    (0 votes)
  • 95%
    Johan Dominguez: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, 3 K, pitch timer violation
    (23 votes)
24 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Who was the Dash Cold Cat?

This poll is closed

  • 0%
    Loidel Chapelli Jr. (2B): 0-for-4, K
    (0 votes)
  • 28%
    Keegan Fish (C): 0-for-4, 3 K, E
    (6 votes)
  • 38%
    Taishi Nakawake (SS): 0-for-4, 3 K, E
    (8 votes)
  • 33%
    Chase Plymell: 2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, BB, 2 K, WP (L)
    (7 votes)
  • 0%
    Jake Palisch: IP, H, R, BB, 0 K
    (0 votes)
21 votes total Vote Now
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Rained out yesterday, the Cannon Ballers played two seven-inning games in a makeup doubleheader today, and Connor McCullough set a high bar for the nightcap. The 23-year-old righty made his sixth professional start and simply threw a no-hitter against the Carolina Mudcats, striking out eight over seven innings, one fourth-inning walk standing between him and (abbreviated) perfection. A called strikeout ended the game.

In 32 ⅓ innings with the Ballers, McCullough has allowed six runs, walking just six and striking out 39 with a 1.67 ERA and minuscule 0.77 WHIP.

On the other end, the Ballers had no problems with their own offense. Bryce Willits, Luis Pineda, and Logan Glass singled to open the second, although they got just one run out of it on a Mario Camilletti sacrifice fly.

A six-run outburst in the third washed away all sins. A single and wild pitch brought Tim Elko to second, and a Jacob Burke single drove him in. Willits, who had been enjoying a .386/.440/.705 May before this game, singled in Burke.

Pineda singled to put two on, Glass doubled to score two, and Drake Logan singled in Glass. The Mudcats catcher interfered with Camilletti, putting two on with one out, and Jordan Sprinkle poked a ground ball single for the sixth run of the inning and the seventh and final run of the game.

Only two batters on either team reached base after the third inning.

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Who was the Ballers doubleheader opener MVP?

This poll is closed

  • 0%
    Jordan Sprinkle: 2-for-3, RBI, BB, K
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Tim Elko (1B): 1-for-4, R, 2 K
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Jacob Burke (CF): 1-for-4, R, RBI, K
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Bryce Willits (3B): 2-for-4, 2 R, RBI, K
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Luis Pineda (C): 2-for-3, R, K
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Logan Glass (LF): 2-for-3, 2B, R, 2 RBI, K
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Drake Logan (RF): 1-for-3, R, RBI, 2 K
    (0 votes)
  • 88%
    Connor McCullough: 7 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, 8 K (no-hitter, W)
    (22 votes)
  • 12%
    I mean, c’mon, the guy threw a no-hitter.
    (3 votes)
25 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Who was the Ballers doubleheader opener Cold Cat?

This poll is closed

  • 100%
    Brooks Baldwin (DH): 0-for-3, BB, K
    (20 votes)
  • 0%
    Mario Camilletti (2B): 0-for-1, RBI, K, SF
    (0 votes)
20 votes total Vote Now
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Mason Adams could not keep the no-hit streak alive, allowing four runs (three earned) to score over the course of four innings. He walked none, striking out four. Kole Ramage pitched three fairly strong innings, the only run he allowed unearned due to a throwing error by catcher Troy Claunch in the sixth.

Kannapolis had the winning run at the plate in the seventh but were unable to capitalize. Their first run of the game was courtesy of a Mario Camilletti double/Jacob Burke triple combo in the first, but then the bats were relatively quiet until the sixth.

With one out, Burke singled, Claunch was hit by a pitch, and Jhoneiker Betancourt singled to load the bases. After Johnabiell Laureano struck out, Brooks Baldwin scored two with a single, running himself into the third out of the inning at second.

Wilber Sánchez walked to open the seventh, and two outs later, Tim Elko doubled him to third. Burke struck out swinging to end the game.

Poll

Who was the Ballers game two MVP?

This poll is closed

  • 0%
    Jordan Sprinkle (2B): 1-for-4
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Mario Camilletti (3B): 1-for-3, 2B, R, BB, GIDP, E
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Tim Elko (DH): 1-for-3, 2B, K, HBP
    (0 votes)
  • 83%
    Jacob Burke (CF): 2-for-4, 2B, 3B, R, RBI, 2 K
    (15 votes)
  • 0%
    Troy Claunch (C): 1-for-2, 2B, R, K, HBP, E
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Jhoneiker Betancourt (1B): 1-for-3
    (0 votes)
  • 16%
    Brooks Baldwin (PH): 1-for-1, 2 RBI
    (3 votes)
  • 0%
    Kole Ramage: 2 IP, 2 H, R (0 ER), BB, 2 K, WP
    (0 votes)
18 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Who was the Ballers game two Cold Cat?

This poll is closed

  • 0%
    Johnabiell Laureano (LF): 0-for-3, 2 K, outfield assist (home)
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Caberea Weaver (RF): 0-for-2, 2 K, outfield assist (1B)
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Wilber Sánchez (SS): 0-for-1, BB, HBP, CS
    (0 votes)
  • 100%
    Mason Adams: 4 IP, 6 H, 4 R (3 ER), 0 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, HBP (L)
    (21 votes)
21 votes total Vote Now
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