White Sox Minor Keys: Aug. 17, 2018

Dylan Cease gave up a run in the first inning against Tennessee, but he made the Smokies work for it.

• Walk
• Walk
• Strikeout
• Throwing error on pickoff, allowing runner to take third.
• RBI single
• Strikeout
• Strikeout

Or maybe the Smokies made him work for it. He threw 42 pitches, and Birmingham Barons manager Ryan Newman decided that was enough.

https://twitter.com/CurtBloom4/status/1030623278849826818

It seems legit, since Cease is already 25 innings past his career high with 119. But I suppose it’ll truly be settled when he makes his next start, assuming it’s on normal rest.

Louisville 4, Charlotte 3 (10 innings)

• Charlie Tilson doubled, singled twice, stole a base and struck out twice.
• Welington Castillo DH’d in his first tune-up game, going 1-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Jose Rondon went 0-for-5 with three strikeouts.
• Ryan Cordell, 2-for-5 with a strikeout and a stolen base.
• Eloy Jimenez singled in a pinch-hitting appearance.
• Spencer Adams: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 3 K.
• Ryan Burr shows why extra-inning losses are unfair in the MiLB system: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Birmingham 6, Tennessee 1

• Joel Booker went 4-for-5 with a double and a strikeout.
• Luis Basabe went 2-for-5.
• Zack Collins, 1-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts.
• Alex Call went 1-for-5 with two strikeouts.
• Danny Mendick wants that 40-man spot: 3-for-3 with a walk.
• The Sox didn’t push Dylan Cease after a 42-pitch first inning: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
• Jose Ruiz: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Winston-Salem 4, Wilmington 3

• Luis Gonzalez went 3-for-4 with a double and a strikeout.
• Laz Rivera, 1-for-4.
• Nick Madrigal went 2-for-4.
• Blake Rutherford, 0-for-3 with a walk.
• Gavin Sheets went 1-for-4.
• Alec Hansen had normal peripherals: 3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 6 K

Kannapolis 6, Augusta 3

• Steele Walker went 0-for-5 with two strikeouts.
• Evan Skoug, 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and an HBP.

Great Falls 3, Idaho Falls 2 (10 innings)

• Romy Gonzalez went 0-for-5 with two strikeouts.
• Lenyn Sosa and Bryce Bush were both 1-for-5 with a K.
• Amado Nunez went 2-for-4 with his second homer.
• Maiker Feliz, 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Jhoandro Alfaro was 0-for-4 with a K.
• Konnor Pilkington: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• Davis Martin: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K

AZL White Sox 6, AZL Indians1 2

• Anderson Comas went 1-for-5 with his first homer.
• Kelvin Maldonado went 0-for-5 with three strikeouts.
• Harvin Mendoza was 0-for-4.
• Cabera Weaver, 0-for-2 with a walk, HBP and a strikeout.
• Luis Mieses, 2-for-4 with a K.
• Camilo Quintero went 1-for-3 with an HBP.
• Sam Abbott went off: 2-for-4 with two homers and a strikeout.
• Brayant Nova, 1-for-4 with a K.

DSL Blue Jays 2, DSL White Sox 1

• Sidney Pimentel wore the collar and silver sombrero.
• Jose Rodriguez went 1-for-4, but was caught stealing.
• Wilber Perez: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP

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