The regular season resumes for Birmingham, Winston-Salem and Kannapolis today, so we'll have plenty of promotions to dissect.
In the meantime, Michael Kopech started for Charlotte tonight against Columbus, and the first inning looked like more of the same from him. He gave up a single, a walk, and then another walk after an error to fall behind 2-0 before recording the first out.
But when the smoke cleared, his emerged with the victory and a line that could've looked a lot worse: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, and a homer that, as a White Sox pitcher, he is legally required to surrender to Adam Rosales.
Our man in Charlotte Jonathan Lee said Kopech had problems with home plate umpire Chris Graham's strike zone, but he managed to overcome the struggles to put together his best outing in June. After the game, he said that he felt like he had fun again.
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Charlotte 6, Columbus 4
- Leury Garcia played short and went 2-for-4 with a double.
- Avisail Garcia went 2-for-4 with a homer and a strikeout. He was originally supposed to play right field, but DH'd instead of running around a wet outfield.
- Michael Kopech: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 1 HR, 1 WP
- Thyago Vieira: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Great Falls 6, Billings 3 (Game 1, 7 innings)
- Amado Nunez, Lenyn Sosa and Miker Feliz all went 1-for-3.
- Jason Bilous: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP
- Andrew Perez: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Great Falls 3, Billings 2 (Game 2, 7 innings)
- Lenyn Sosa went 0-for-3.
- Jhoandro Alfaro went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
- Romy Gonzalez was 0-for-2 with a walk.
- Jonathan Stiever: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HBP
AZL Indians1 8, AZL White Sox 7 (10 innings)
- Camilo Quinteiro went 3-for-4 with a double, sac bunt and strikeout.
- Kelvin Maldonado and Lency Delgado both were 1-for-5 with two strikeouts.
- Luis Mieses went 2-for-5 with a triple and a double.
- Jose Guerrero was 1-for-5 with a double and two strikeouts.
- Harvin Mendoza went 1-for-3 with a walk, and was caught stealing.
- Cabera Weaver, 2-for-4 with a strikeout.
DSL White Sox 6, DSL Blue Jays 5
- Jose Rodriguez went 3-for-4 with two doubles.
- Jefferson Mendoza, 1-for-3 with a double, walk and strikeout.
