Standings check:
Charlotte Knights: 57-51, in third place and seven games back of Gwinnett in the International League South.
Birmingham Barons: 21-15 in the second half, tied with Jackson and trailing Montgomery by 4½ games in the Southern League North. Montgomery won the first half.
Winston-Salem Dash: 18-20 and fourth out of five teams in the Carolina League Southern during the second half. They're six games back of first-half champs Down East, and 3½ back of second-place Fayetteville.
Kannapolis Intimidators: They're 19-19 and six games back of Delmarva, which won the first half. They're 5½ games behind second-place Hickory.
Great Falls Voyagers: Went 15-22 in the first half, finishing third out of four teams in the Pioneer League North. They're 3-2 in their first five games of the second half.
AZL White Sox: Went 11-17 in the first half, finishing eight games behind the AZL Indians Blue squad in the Central Division. They're 2-3 to start the second half.
DSL White Sox: They're 28-22, six games behind the DSL REds in the Baseball City Divisision.
Charlotte 15, Norfolk 5
- Luis Robert came up a homer short of the cycle during a 3-for-5 night, with a walk and a strikeout.
- Zack Collins drove in six runs while going 2-for-6 with two doubles.
- Yermin Mercedes was 0-for-5 with a K.
- Seby Zavala was 0-for-5 without one.
- Danny Mendick went 2-for-5 with a homer.
- Kyle Kubat: 5 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
More:
*Robert's triple:
Montgomery 1, Birmingham 0
- Nick Madrigal went 0-for-4.
- Blake Rutherford, 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Gavin Sheets was 0-for-3 with a walk and a K.
- Luis Gonzalez went 0-for-2 with a walk.
- Laz Rivera went 1-for-3 with a double.
- Blake Battenfield: 6.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
- Alec Hansen: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K, 15 of 31 pitches for strikes.
Winston-Salem 4, Lynchburg 1
- Steele Walker celebrated his birthday by going 3-for-4 with two doubles and a strikeout. He was also picked off/caught stealing.
Billings 4, Great Falls 3
- Cabera Weaver went 1-for-4 with a walk, strikeout and CS.
- Harvin Mendoza doubled, singled and struck out twice.
- Lency Delgado went 1-for-5 with two strikeouts.
- Sam Abbott was 1-for-3 with a double and two walks.
- Anderson Comas wore the collar and silver sombrero.
- Kleyder Sanchez went 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Kelvin Maldonado, 0-for-4 with a K.
AZL White Sox 4, AZL Angels 3
- James Beard went 0-for-2 with a walk, two strikeouts and a stolen base.
- Misael Gonzalez replaced him and went 0-for-1.
- Samil Polanco, 1-for-4 with a steal.
- Bryan Ramos went 1-for-3 with a double and a walk.
- DJ Gladney followed up his golden sombrero with a silver one, 0-for-4.
- Jose Rodriguez went 1-for-4 with a double and a strikeout.
- Anthony Coronado was 2-for-3 with a double and a strikeout.
DSL White Sox 11, DSL D-backs1 7
- Anthony Espinoza went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Yolbert Sanchez was 2-for-5.
- Benyamin Bailey singled, walked twice, got plunked once and struck out once.
- Luis Pineda was 0-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- Alberto Bernal was 0-for-2 with two walks and a strikeout.
- Elijah Tatis, 0-for-3 with a walk.
