White Sox Minor Keys: May 12, 2021

Nashville makes the top five of pretty much every list of possible MLB expansion sites, and it's once again making the rounds as the Oakland A's start banging pots and pans about their stadium situation. But as I mentioned around this time last year when a 2020 baseball season wasn't a certainty, I greatly looked forward to the low stakes and lower prices of a Triple-A Nashville Sounds game on a random, pleasant midweek evening.

I was finally able to make that happen Wednesday night, catching a Nashville-Memphis game at First Horizon Ballpark, and it met expectations. When the Knights come to town for a six-game series in June, I just might camp out there.

Norfolk 9, Charlotte 2

• Jake Burger homered for the third straight game, going 1-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Blake Rutherford was 2-for-4 with a walk and a K.
• Gavin Sheets, 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Brian Goodwin wore the collar and silver sombrero.
• Reynaldo López made his return to Charlotte: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, 1 HR, 1 HBP
• Tyler Johnson is still struggling: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1 WP

Highlights:

*Burger's homer came later in the game this time.

Pensacola 4, Birmingham 1

• Micker Adolfo was 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.
• Carlos Pérez went 0-for-4 with a K.
• Ti'Quan Forbes was 0-for-3 with a K.
• Kade McClure: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 40 of 76 pitches for strikes.

Hickory 3, Winston-Salem 1

• Lenyn Sosa and Bryce Bush both were 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Yolbert Sanchez singled and struck out before being replaced midgame.
• Luis Mieses went 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
• Luis Curbelo, 0-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Harvin Mendoza was 2-for-3.

Fayetteville 9, Kannapolis 2

• José Rodriguez had his first bad game, going 0-for-5 with three strikeouts.
• Bryan Ramos was 0-for-4, walking once and striking out thrice.
• DJ Gladney walked thrice and struck out once.
• Benyamin Bailey was 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Sam Abbott walked twice and struck out twice.
• James Beard was 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.