The White Sox never scored, much less held a lead, during their 2-0 loss to the Kansas City Royals on Friday night, but if they followed the lead of their top two affiliates, there might have been no point.
Charlotte built a 7-0 lead through six, only to allow the Memphis Redbirds to tie up with seven in the seventh. Zach Franklin entered in relief of Tyson Miller with one out and a runner on second with the Knights up 7-1, only to give up three homers and the lead before he could record two outs. At least Charlotte recovered to slink out of Truist Field with the win in 10 innings.
The Birmingham Barons, on the other hand, had a chance to hand the 6-0 Chattanooga Lookouts their first loss of the season as they entered the eighth inning. Jarold Rosado took the mound with a 4-0 lead, but the Lookouts led 8-4 by the time he departed it, and he only retired one batter. The sequence, all of it occuring over the course of 32 pitches:
- Single
- Double
- Two-run single
- Two-run homer
- Single
- Single
- RBI single
- Strikeout
- Three-run homer
The Barons could only get one of those runs back via a Caden Connor solo shot in the ninth.
Charlotte 9, Memphis 8 (10 innings)
- Sam Antonacci went 0-for-3 with two walks.
- Jacob Gonzalez was 0-for-3 with a walk, HBP and strikeout.
- Jarred Kelenic, 0-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- Hagen Smith: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HBP, 37 of 66 pitches for strikes.
Notes:
*Statcast says Smith started out averaging 95.6 on his fastball in the first inning, but it dropped to 92.9 mph by the third.
Chattanooga 8, Birmingham 5
- Rikuu Nishida was 1-for-5 with a double.
- Braden Montgomery, 0-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- Samuel Zavala went 3-for-5 with a homer and strikeout.
- Connor McCullough: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 34 of 47 pitches for strikes.
- Riley Gowens: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 18 of 32 pitches for strikes.
Frederick 3, Winston-Salem 2
- Kyle Lodise was 1-for-3 with a walk.
- Caleb Bonemer homered for the second straight game in his 1-for-4 night.
- Anthony DePino was 1-for-4 with a double and a strikeout.
- Colby Shelton, 2-for-4 with a double.
Highlights:
*Bonemer's blast:
Another day, another @CalebBonemer HOME RUN! @AtriumHealthWFB pic.twitter.com/ysaGFdofFF
— Winston-Salem Dash (@WSDashBaseball) April 10, 2026
Hickory 4, Kannapolis 3
- Jaden Fauske went 1-for-5 with a triple and two strikeouts.
- Billy Carlson, 0-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- Javier Mogollon was 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- Truman Pauley: 5 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 2 HR, 52 of 72 pitches for strikes.
