White Sox Minor Keys: July 12, 2026

Shane Smith returned to Charlotte after completing his rehab stint at Winston-Salem, which means that he also returned to pitching in a Statcast ballpark.

The improved strike-throwing he'd shown in his last start with the Dash carried over to Sunday with the Knights, and with his typical velocity. He maintained 95-96 mph over the course of his four innings and 51 pitches, and aside from an infield single being followed by a hard-hit double in the third on a center-cut four-seam, resulting in the lone run on his tab, he didn't pay the price for being fastball-forward.

All of the available data says he's feeling good, albeit after just four innings. The way he laid into Michael Turner's backside coming back to the dugout suggests the same.

Charlotte 12, Nashville 4

• Rikuu Nishida was 0-for-2 with three walks, a strikeout and a stolen base.
• Ryan Galanie was 2-for-5 with a strikeout.
• Edgar Quero went 3-for-5 with a strikeout.
• Shane Smith: 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 37 of 54 pitches for strikes.
• Tanner McDougal: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 15 of 29 pitches for strikes.

Columbus 7, Birmingham 4

• Anthony DePino and Boston Smith both were 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Colby Shelton was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Samuel Zavala went 1-for-3 with a double.
• Lucas Gordon: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 52 of 73 pitches for strikes.

Winston-Salem 10, Asheville 4

• Kyle Lodise was 0-for-4 with two walks and a strikeout.
• Tim Elko wore the golden sombrero during an 0-for-5 afternoon.
• George Wolkow went 1-for-3 with a homer, two walks, a strikeout and three stolen bases.
• Jeral Perez, 3-for-5 with a homer and two doubles.
• Mathias LaCombe: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 10 of 23 pitches for strikes.

Highlights:

*Wolkow once again made McCormick Field look like a Little League field, which is kinda is.

*This seems like it'll be LaCombe's last Winston-Salem outing for a while.

Delmarva 6, Kannapolis 5

• Jaden Fauske went 1-for-4 with a double and a strikeout.
• Matthew Boughton, 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Nick McLain was 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Alexander Albertus went 1-for-4 with a K.
• Christian Gonzalez, 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Truman Pauley: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 46 of 80 pitches for strikes.