Between all the roster shuffling up top with major league 28-man roster and the A-ball seasons down to their final weekend, the White Sox shuffled a whole lot of bodies around the last couple of days.
We saw Lucas Gordon return to Double-A on Wednesday and Shane Murphy make his in-earnest Triple-A debut on Thursday (he'd been used as an emergency arm for the Knights in 2024), Friday's box scores revealed more promotions:
Charlotte: Tommy Vail is pitching at his third level of the year, while Luke Bell continues bouncing between Winston-Salem and Charlotte.
Birmingham: Alec Makarewicz started at third base for the Barons, taking the infield vacancy that had been left by Jacob Gonzalez and Mario Camilletti.
Winston-Salem: Grant Umberger finally made his first start with the Dash after spending the season setting the Kannapolis single-season strikeout record, recording 113 over 102 innings. He was 9-2 with a 2.56 ERA and just one homer allowed in the Carolina League.
Charlotte 12, Jacksonville 5
- Jacob Gonzalez was 1-for-5.
- Tommy Vail's Triple-A debut didn't go so well: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 0 K, 15 of 33 pitches for strikes.
- Ben Peoples: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 6 of 9 pitches for strikes.
Notes:
*The Knights scored more runs on Friday than they had in their previous nine games (11 runs total).
*Caden Connor and Mario Camilletti, both of whom would be in Birmingham under normal circumstances, went 6-for-7 with two walks, four runs and four RBIs from the bottom of the order.
Birmingham 11, Chattanooga 8
- Rikuu Nishida was 2-for-4 with a sac bunt.
- William Bergolla is addicted to extra-base hits: 2-for-5 with a double, a sac fly and five driven in.
- Sam Antonacci was 1-for-3 with two HBPs.
- DJ Gladney went 1-for-5 with a homer and a strikeout.
- Braden Montgoery was 0-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- Wilfred Veras went 1-for-5.
- Ryan Galanie, 1-for-4 with a walk.
- Alec Makarewicz's Double-A debut was a full house: three singles and two strikeouts.
- Hagen Smith: 4 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, 1 HR, 44 of 76 pitches for strikes.
Notes:
*The Barons' magic number is 1.
Greenville 7, Winston-Salem 5 (10 innings)
- Samuel Zavala went 2-for-4 with a homer and a strikeout.
- Jeral Perez wore the golden sombrero during an 0-for-5 night.
- Kyle Lodise was 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Caleb Bonemer went 1-for-3 with a double, walk, strikeout and stolen base.
- Ryan Burrowes was 2-for-4 with a homer.
- Lyle Miller-Green went 2-for-4.
- Grant Umberger's High-A debut: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 HBP, 46 of 76 pitches for strikes.
Notes:
*The Dash led this one 4-1 going into the ninth, striking a big blow to the organization's drive for .500.
Kannapolis 8, Augusta 1
- Ely Brown was 2-for-6 with two stolen bases.
- George Wolkow went 2-for-4 with two doubles, a walk, a strikeout and a stolen base.
- Anthony DePino was 0-for-2 with two walks, a strikeout, a sac fly and two stolen bases.
- Colby Shelton went 2-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Mathis LaCombe: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 2 HBP, 1 WP, 26 of 47 pitches for strikes.
