White Sox Minor Keys: June 4, 2025

The Birmingham Barons and the Rocket City Trash Pandas took the second game of their six-game series across town to Rickwood Field for the resumption of the Rickwood Classic on Tuesday, and the Barons made the understandable decision to not rig up the 115-year-old ballpark with streaming equipment for a one-off event.

Nevertheless, the absence of a video feed deprived them of one of those MiLB.com articles marveling over the same sequence happening twice. (Mets prospect Carlos De La Cruz got the treatment for his nearly identical walk-off homers on consecutive nights instead.)

In the top of the sixth, Rocket City's David Calabrese kept the inning alive with a two-out bunt single. He stole second, and then tried to score on Denzer Guzman's lined single to left. Rikuu Nishida rounded it off and came up firing, delivering a perfect hop to Calvin Harris, who applied the tag for the third out.

In the top of the eighth, Rocket City's David Calabrese kept the inning alive with a two-out walk. He stole second, and then tried to score on Denzer Guzman's lined single to left. Rikuu Nishida rounded it off and came up firing, delivering a perfect hop to Calvin Harris, who applied the tag for the third out.

It was damn near watching a replay live, with only a couple of subtle differences. On the second outfield assist, Rocket City manager Andy Schatzler came out to argue for obstruction because Harris spent more time in front of the plate awaiting Nishida's throw, but without replay, his plea stood as a difference of opinion.

Also, Nishida had to return to left field to pick up his glasses after his first throw home. He left nothing behind the second time, allowing him an uninterrupted jog back to the dugout on the first-base side. Multiple Birmingham infielders greeted him along the way by signaling "two" with their throwing hands.

I guess you had to be there. With Rickwood Field, you should consider it next time.

Charlotte 8, Lehigh Valley 3

• Brooks Baldwin hit yet another leadoff homer, finishing 2-for-4.
• Colson Montgomery returned to the lineup after the HBP to the knee, going 0-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Andrew Vaughn was 0-for-3 with two walks and two strikeouts.
• Kyle Teel, 3-for-5 with a double.
• Jesse Scholtens: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Nick Nastrini: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 7 of 13 pitches for strikes.
• Jairo Iriarte returned to Charlotte: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
• Wikelman González: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 15 of 22 pitches for strikes.

Highlights:

*Baldwin's homer came on a seventh-pitch cutter from Andrew Painter after five straight foul balls.

*Iriarte hit 96 and averaged 95 with his fastball, which is better than he showed before the sabbatical.

Huntsville 1, Birmingham 0 (Rickwood Classic)

• Rikuu Nishida went 1-for-3 with a walk and two outfield assists.
• William Bergolla was 0-for-4.
• Ryan Galanie and Jacob González were 1-for-4.
• Wilfred Veras walked once and struck out thrice.
• DJ Gladney was 2-for-4 with a K.
• Shane Murphy: 6 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 60 of 83 pitches for strikes.

Asheville 8, Winston-Salem 3

• Jeral Perez was 0-for-1 with an HBP.
• Braden Montgomery was 0-for-4 with a walk.
• Samuel Zavala singled, walked twice, struck out once and stole a base.
• Christian Oppor: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 HR

Notes:

*Perez was removed from the game after an error, but Asheville still doesn't stream its games, so we can't discern more from the game log.

Kannapolis 3, Myrtle Beach 2

• Caleb Bonemer homered, walked twice and struck out twice.
• T.J. McCants, now in Kanny, singled twice, walked once, struck out twice, stole a base and was caught stealing.
• Javier Mogollón went 0-for-3 with an HBP, walk and strikeout.
• Ronny Hernandez was 0-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
• George Wolkow, 0-for-3 with a walk at the plate and 1-for-2 on the basepaths.
• Ryan Burrowes was 2-for-4 with the game-tying homer in the ninth.
• Seth Keener: 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 K, 64 of 86 pitches for strikes.