While Charlotte will play on for another few weeks, the other three White Sox full-season affiliates closed out their first halves on Sunday, and only one of them can call it a success.
Birmingham: Finished 27-42, the worst record in the Southern League.
Winston-Salem: Finished second in the Carolina League Southern Division at 38-26, including 20 wins in their last 26 games.
Kannapolis: Finished 28-40, the second-worst record in the South Atlantic League.
While they're off, the Arizona Rookie League will start its season Monday night. I'll have an AZL White Sox season preview at some point after the roster is released.
Rochester 11, Charlotte 5 (Game 1, 9 innings)
- Jon Jay went 2-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Daniel Palka, 1-for-3 with a double, walk and strikeout.
- Zack Collins was 0-for-2 with a sac fly, walk and strikeout.
- Seby Zavala was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Danny Mendick went 1-for-4 with a K.
Rochester 3, Charlotte 2 (Game 2, 7 innings)
- Danny Mendick doubled, singled, struck out twice and stole a base.
- Daniel Palka was 0-for-3 with a K.
- Zack Collins went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts before departing for Chicago.
- Joel Booker was 0-for-2.
- Carson Fulmer: 0.1, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
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*Zack Collins will be the subject of discussion on the upcoming Sox Machine Podcast, as well as Monday morning's post.
Jacksonville 1, Birmingham 0
- Luis Basabe went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Nick Madrigal, 1-for-4.
- Luis Gonzalez was 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Gavin Sheets, 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Blake Rutherford went 2-for-4 with a double and a K.
- Ti'Quan Forbes, 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
Winston-Salem 6, Carolina 2
- Steele Walker went 1-for-4 with a homer and an HBP.
- Carlos Perez, 0-for-2 with a walk, strikeout and sac fly.
Greensboro 5, Kannapolis 2
- Lenyn Sosa went 0-for-4.
- Bryce Bush went 1-for-4 with a homer and a strikeout.
- Corey Zangari, 1-for4 with a double and a strikeout.
- Amado Nunez was 2-for-4 with a triple.
- Luis Curbelo went 0-for-4 and struck out twice.
Missoula 9, Great Falls 0
- Cabera Weaver singled, walked and struck out twice.
- Kelvin Maldonda went 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Luis Mieses, 0-for-3 with a walk.
- Harvin Mendoza was 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Lency Delgado and Kleyder Sanchez both were 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Brayan Herrera: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
