White Sox Minor Keys: June 21, 2026

Pierce George will be pitching for a third White Sox affiliate before the third month of this season is over.

After opening the season and being bumped up to Winston-Salem at the start of May, the White Sox will be promoting George to Double-A Birmingham for the start of the next series.

George closed out his last Winston-Salem appearance with a perfect inning on Sunday, striking out two of the three batters he faced on 15 pitches. He absorbed a little more damage at High-A compared to Low-A, but the improved strike-throwing that marked the start of his emergence this season remained intact, and the results were pretty good around it.

George was a 13th-round pick out of Alabama in 2024, but he'd been worth tracking despite the inauspicious start because he sits 99 mph with his fastball with a power curveball and a low-90s cutter. He'd pitched 67 ⅓ innings without giving up a homer at Kannapolis, but gave up three over 17 innings with Winston-Salem, so Double-A should expand upon the one area he was tested at either level of A-ball this season.

Charlotte 5, Buffalo 0

• Rikuu Nishida went 1-for-5 with three strikeouts.
• Ryan Galanie was 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Noah Schultz: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 2 HBP, 38 of 57 pitches for strikes.
• Shane Murphy: 4.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 35 of 56 pitches for strikes.

Pensacola 11, Birmingham 4

• Caleb Bonemer went 2-for-4 with a strikeout.
• Anthony DePino was 1-for-4 with his eighth homer.
• Colby Shelton, 0-for-4 with a strikeout.

Winston-Salem 10, Greensboro 4

• Kyle Lodise returned to the lineup with a vengeance, going 3-for-5 with two homers and a strikeout.
• George Wolkow was 1-for-5 with two strikeouts and a stolen base.
• Full house for Boston Smith: two homers and three walks.
• Mathias LaCombe: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 11 of 18 pitches for strikes.
• Pierce George: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 10 of 15 pitches for strikes.

Kannapolis 14, Fayetteville 6

• Jaden Fauske went 3-for-5 with a homer, walk, strikeout and two stolen bases.
• Matthew Boughton was 2-for-5 with two strikeouts and a stolen base.
• Alexander Albertus singled and walked thrice.
• Nick McLain hit his first professional homer, finishing 1-for-3 with two walks and a strikeout.
• Jurdrick Profar went 1-for-5 with a K.

Highlights:

*Here's what McLain looks like, along with Fauske's homer for good measure: