When William Bergolla Jr. was injured in a collision with Sam Antonacci back when both were on the Charlotte Knights, it was hard to square up the visual of Bergolla being carted off the field with the White Sox's description of the injury as merely a bruised shin.
Today marks one month since the incident, and it seems as though the cart helped indicate the severity after all.
"He's continuing to rehab. Hasn't really been able to get over the hump," Chris Getz told reporters before the start of the White Sox-Mariners series on Friday.
"He still has some soreness in there, some nagging soreness. Just going to try to get that better. We're better as an organization having William Bergolla healthy and playing. He got off to such a nice start, we've seen what he's capable of doing, both in the minor leagues this year and in spring training. High contact rate and his overall play both defensively, baserunning, his style of play fits in very well with what we're trying to do up here, so certainly want to get him back. We just haven't been able to get there quite yet."
Charlotte 8, Jacksonville 5
- Rikuu Nishida went 1-for-3 with a double, walk, HBP and strikeout. He was caught stealing.
- Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 with an HBP and a strikeout.
- Jacob Gonzalez was 1-for-4 with a walk and a double.
- Ryan Galanie went 1-for-3 with a triple and a walk.
- David Sandlin: 2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K.
- Jonathan Cannon: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 46 of 72 pitches for strikes.
Notes:
*Statcast data was back up and working in Jacksonville, for those curious about what Sandlin was throwing.
Knoxville 8, Birmingham 1 (Game 1, 7 innings)
- Samuel Zavala was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Jeral Perez, 1-for-3 with a strikeout.
- Christian Oppor: 3 IP, 0 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 7 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 2 WP, 31 of 77 pitches for strikes.
Notes:
*The Smokies scored their eight runs on just one hit. Oppor retired the first seven batters he faced, and the wheels flew off in short order. He ended his evening walking the final four batters he faced, and then Jared Kelley issued three more before giving up a bases-clearing triple to Owen Ayers.
Knoxville 3, Birmingham 2 (Game 2, 7 innings)
- Samuel Zavala duplicated his Game 1 line.
- Jeral Perez was 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
- Lucas Gordon: 4 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, 44 of 75 pitches for strikes.
Hudson Valley 3, Winston-Salem 2
- Caleb Bonemer set a new career high for homers while going 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Colby Shelton was 0-for-3 with a sac fly.
- Anthony DePino went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Boston Smith, 2-for-4, but was caught stealing.
- Kyle Lodise was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Grant Umberger: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 52 of 73 pitches for strikes.
Kannapolis 3, Columbia 2
- Abraham Nunez went 1-for-3 with a triple and a walk.
- Javier Mogollón was 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Jaden Fauske, 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Matthew Boughton was 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Max Banks: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 61 of 83 pitches for strikes.
ACL White Sox 1, ACL Guardians 0 (7 innings)
- Jordan Rich went 0-for-2 with a walk, and 1-for-2 on the basepaths.
- Alexander Albertus, 2-for-3 with two doubles.
- Yordani Sodo and Frank Mieses both were 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
- Eduardo Herrera walked in both his plate appearances, and was caught stealing.
