White Sox Minor Keys: June 6, 2026

Duncan Davitt's writing has taken a backseat to baseball since his MLB debut, but he's back with a column in the Indianola Independent Advocate about the ways the Charlotte Knights kill time between baseball activities.

He says it falls into three categories: phones, games and puzzles, although since games and puzzles can be played on a phone, the first category might be better off called "screens."

My personal poison is chess, as it is with around 10 or so other guys, while there are about 5-7 habitual Golden Tee guys and a handful of people playing cards, depending on the game, which could include war, spades, euchre, and more that I don’t even know the names of, let alone the rules. 

Video game consoles are a welcome sight in the clubhouses of professional baseball, but they aren’t wildly common in my experience.

I’ve seen two clubhouses with video games, one was Kansas City with old retro games like Space Invaders. In Gwinnett, the AAA affiliate for the Atlanta Braves, there are four video game options; an Xbox 360, a PlayStation 2, a Nintendo DS, and even a Wii.

The most popular on our team while on a road trip there was the first two with games like Black Ops 1 and 2 being a popular choice on the Xbox and MLB Slugfest on the PlayStation.

Charlotte 7, Durham 5

• Braden Montgomery singled twice, walked twice and got plunked.
• Everson Pereira DH'd and sent 1-for-4 with a homer and a walk.
• Joe Rock: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 20 of 36 pitches for strikes.

Tennessee 14, Birmingham 5

• Anthony DePino went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Samuel Zavala was 0-for-3 with a walk.
• Jeral Perez went 1-for-3 with a strikeout.
• Colby Shelton replaced him and lined out.
• Lucas Gordon: 3.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 2 HR, 42 of 72 pitches for strikes.

Notes:

*Five Birmingham pitchers combined to give up six homers over eight innings, and every one got dinged.

Hub City 9, Winston-Salem 4

• Caleb Bonemer went 2-for-4 with his 16th homer, 14th double and a walk.
• George Wolkow was 1-for-3 with a walk.
• Boston Smith went 1-for-3 with his 10th homer and an HBP.
• Grant Umberger: 2 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 31 of 56 pitches for strikes.

Highlights:

*Bonemer's homer traveled 455 feet, per the Winston-Salem stream:

Hickory 5, Kannapolis 0

• Abraham Nunez went 0-for-4.
• So did Jaden Fauske, with a silver sombrero.
• Javier Mogollón was 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.
• Alexander Albertus struck out once and grounded into two double plays.
• Max Banks suffered his first loss: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HR, 55 of 85 pitches for strikes.

ACL Rangers 7, ACL White Sox 1 (7 innings)

• Alejandro Cruz doubled and struck out twice.
• Landon Hodge was 0-for-2 with a sac bunt.
• Eduardo Herrera went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
• Frank Mieses walked once and struck out twice.
• Cesar Familia: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

DSL Giants Orange 11, DSL White Sox 3 (7 innings)

• Felix Lebron went 0-for-3.
• Carlos Vielma was 2-for-4 with a double.
• Sebastian Romero singled twice and struck out twice.
• Samuel Luis walked once and struck out twice.
• Emmanuel Rodriguez: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 7 BB, 1 K, 1 WP