For those wondering which White Sox pitching prospect in Winston-Salem would take Drew Thorpe's spot in the Birmingham rotation, Tyler Schweitzer is the answer, in word, and, apparently, in deed.
After posting a 3.74 ERA over 45⅔ fairly steady innings for Winston-Salem and nearly halving his walk rate from last year (13.6 percent) to this one (7.3), Schweitzer made his Double-A debut for the Barons against Pensacola on Wednesday night and allowed just one run on two singles and a walk over seven innings.
All three baserunners reached in the second inning, and the run scored on a wild pitch, but his strikeout of Dalvy Rosario stranded two runners, and started a streak of 16 consecutive batters retired to end his night.
Durham 7, Charlotte 0
- Bryan Ramos singled and struck out thrice.
- Colson Montgomery was 0-for-4 with a K.
- Adam Hackenberg, 0-for-3.
- Sean Burke: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 2 HR, 40 of 71 pitches for strikes.
Notes:
*For those fretting about Montgomery's slow start, Daryl Van Schouwen talked to Paul Janish about it.
“To be honest, he’s just not on fire right now, which is what he’s been his entire minor-league career,” Janish said. “I don’t know if it’s anything specific, he’s fouling off some of the pitches he typically would hit. He’s not necessarily chasing a ton, it’s just dealing with not being totally locked in, which is OK.
“He’s still a young guy relative to the level. We think a lot of him and we’re going to look back and this will have been a very good piece of the puzzle for him.”
Birmingham 4, Pensacola 3
- Terrell Tatum went 0-for-3 with a sac bunt and strikeout.
- Jacob Gonzalez was 2-for-4 with a double and two stolen bases.
- Brooks Baldwin and Edgar Quero both were 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Tim Elko went 2-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Jacob Burke doubled, walked twice and stole a base.
- Tyler Schweitzer: 7 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 58 of 87 pitches for strikes.
Greensboro 7, Winston-Salem 1
- Samuel Zavala doubled, walked thrice and struck out once.
- Ryan Galanie was 0-for-3 with an HBP and a strikeout.
- Wes Kath went 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Eddie Park singled, walked twice, struck out once and was caught stealing.
- Calvin Harris, 0-for-4.
- Tanner McDougal: 3 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 5 BB, 1 K, 2 HR, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 35 of 75 pitches for strikes.
Delmarva 5, Kannapolis 2
- Ronny Hernandez and George Wolkow both were 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Ryan Burrowes, 0-for-4 with one K.
- Jake Peppers: 6 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HR
ACL Guardians 4, ACL White Sox 2 (7 innings)
- Tommy Pham went 1-for-3 with a homer and a strikeout.
- Abraham Nunez was 1-for-3 with a K.
- Stiven Flores went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
- Erick Hernandez, 1-for-2 with a homer.
- Luis Reyes: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 5 K
