Lots of roster movement preceded the weekend spurred by injuries. The notables:
Birmingham: Received Justin Cassel from Charlotte, as he was demoted to make room for Scott Elarton.
Winston-Salem: Received Kyle Bellamy from Kannapolis as a pair of catchers -- one of them Josh Phegley -- and Leroy Hunt went on the DL.
Kannapolis: Received Trayce Thompson and Phil Negus from extended spring training.
Bellamy should stick at Winston-Salem, but the rest will be in flux. It'll be interesting to see how much playing time Thompson gets considering the relative wealth of talent in the Intimidators' outfield.
Larry has a recap of the week at South Side Sox. On to Friday's action:
- Charlotte 5, Gwinnett 2
- Stefan Gartrell went 3-for-5 with two strikeouts.
- Jordan Danks walked twice and struck out twice; Tyler Flowers did half that.
- C.J. Retherford hit his second homer, and singled as well in four at-bats.
- Matt Zaleski allowed one run on three hits and a walk over six innings, striking out three.
- Erick Threets kept his ERA at 0.00 with two scoreless innings.
- Birmingham 8, Mobile 1
- John Shelby hit three doubles along with a homer, driving in four and crossing the plate thrice.
- Charlie Shirek tossed six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and three walks while striking out three.
- Brent Morel went 1-for-5 with an RBI and two strikeouts. He was also picked off.
- Christian Marrero singled and walked twice. He was caught stealing.
- Winston-Salem 4, Kinston 2
- Charles Leesman survived five walks and five hits over five innings, holding Kinston to one run.
- Jon Gilmore went 3-for-4 with a double to raise his average to .364.
- Eduardo Escobar went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Dan Remenowsky pitched a scoreless ninth, allowing a hit and fanning a batter.
- Kannapolis 8, Hickory 4
- Kyle Colligan went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a walk and three RBI.
- Juan Silverio went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a strikeout.
- Nick Ciolli went 0-for-5 with a K; Brady Shoemaker singled and struck out twice.
- Drew O'Neil pitched a scoreless inning, striking out a batter while working around two walks.
