White Sox Minor Keys: Aug. 29, 2018

Weird baseball permeated all corners of the White Sox farm system on Tuesday. On Wednesday, blowouts were the prevalent theme.

Utilityman J.J. Muno handled the ninth inning for Winston-Salem, and his second outing of the season didn’t go particularly well. He threw just 14 of 30 pitches for strikes and gave up a couple runs.

But it was better than in Charlotte, where Caleb Frare and manager Mark Grudzielanek were both ejected after drilling Austin Meadows in the ninth inning. Meadows had hit three homers, and Frare came in high and tight. On the other hand, it was on a 3-1 count, with none of the other pitches looking suspicious, so it looked like a premature ejection from here.

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— Jonathan Lee (@followmefor3) August 30, 2018

The Charlotte Knights’ broadcast booth couldn’t detect intent either, and it had no problem calling out Michael Kopech for a suspicious plunking in his last Charlotte start.

Durham 9, Charlotte 4

• Ryan Cordell went 2-for-4 with a homer.
• Charlie Tilson, 1-for-4.
• Eloy Jimenez, 1-for-5 with a strikeout.
• Welington Castillo was 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Seby Zavala went 1-for-4 with a double and a strikeout.
• Jordan Stephens: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 3 HR
• Carson Fulmer: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR

Salem 10, Winston-Salem 3

• Luis Gonzalez went 0-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Nick Madrigal, 1-for-5.
• Blake Rutherford was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Luis Robert, 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
• Gavin Sheets went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Ti’Quan Forbes was 1-for-3 with a walk.
• Laz Rivera, 0-for-2.
• John Parke: 6 IP, 11 H, 7 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR

More:

*Here’s some Madrigal defense:

Asheville 6, Kannapolis 3

• Luis Curbelo went 0-for-5 with two strikeouts.
• Justin Yurchak singled thrice and walked once.
• Evan Skoug, 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.

More:

*The Intimidators are now tied with West Virginia for the second postseason spot, and two games behind in the loss column (69-59 to 71-61).

Helena 6, Great Falls 2

• Romy Gonzalez went 1-for-4 with a double.
• Lenyn Sosa, 0-for-3 with an HBP
• Bryce Bush was 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
• Amado Nunez, 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.
• Maiker Feliz was 1-for-4 with a double and a strikeout.
• Jhoandro Alfaro went 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
• Konnor Pilkington: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Davis Martin: 3 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

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