White Sox Minor League Recap: June 3, 2025

Outside of the ACL squad, the entire farm system took a big fat L, including one in extras in Birmingham

Lehigh Valley IronPigs 10, Charlotte Knights 6 (Statcast box)
Both offenses came out the gates hot with three runs apiece, but Charlotte (27-31) wasn’t able to convert on many opportunities and ended up taking the L to start the series against the juggernaut IronPigs (42-16). Charlotte was able to out-hit Lehigh Valley, 11-10, but Evan McKendry had a brutal four-inning start and gave up nine earned runs on eight hits (three home runs), two walks, and just one strikeout.

On the offensive front, Brooks Baldwin led off the game for the Knights and set the tone nicely with a first-pitch home run. Tim Elko and Dominic Fletcher drove in two more runs on back-to-back doubles — the first of two on the day for Elko.

Corey Julks led off the fourth with a home run and drove another run in on a ground-rule double in the eighth, and Jacob Amaya drove in the sixth and final run for the Knights in the bottom of the ninth, but Charlotte still fell short and lost the fifth of their last seven games.

Peyton Pallette and James Karinchak were solid for two innings apiece, and gave up just one hit between the two of them and struck out three. Justin Anderson gave up one more run in the ninth, but enough damage had been done without the offense able to come all the way back that it was pretty inconsequential at that point.

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Rocket City Trash Pandas 3, Birmingham Barons 2 (10 innings)
Two unearned runs in the top of the second were the nail in the coffin for this game, as the Barons (28-23) fell to the Trash Pandas (19-31) in extras, 3-2. Birmingham began the game with back-to-back base hits from Rikuu Nishida and William Bergolla that led to Jacob Gonzalez driving in Bham’s first run.

The lead didn’t last long, as Bergolla made an error in the field that allowed the inning to extend and gave the opportunity to Rocket City to take a one-run lead. Jake Palisch was solid for six innings and gave up just those two unearned runs on five hits, and walked one while striking out two. Unfortunately the offense mustered just five hits and went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven on base.

The Barons tied the game in the bottom of the eighth on three consecutive walks to load the bases for Ryan Galanie to drive in second run for Birmingham.

Grant Taylor and Zach Franklin were solid out of the bullpen — combining for just two hits and striking out five, but Tyler Davis secured his fourth loss of the season on an RBI single to the first batter he faced. The Barons went down in order in the 10th, leaving the ghost runner floating on the base paths and confirming the extra-inning loss.

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Asheville Tourists 6, Winston-Salem Dash 2
This was a heartbreaker for the Dash (18-34), especially since they out-hit the Tourists by six (15-9), but went 2-for-16 with runners in scoring position and left a whopping 12 runners on base. Jeral Perez and Samuel Zavala both put up four hits, and Jackson Appel tagged on another three — the trio combined for 11 of the 15 hits for Winston-Salem.

Frankeli Arias made his third start of the season and had a hard time with his control, earning his second loss. He walked three batters and threw two wild pitches, while giving up two runs on four hits and striking out one. The bullpen didn’t walk as many batters, but just one of the three relievers did not allow a run (Vince Vannelle), and the rest gave up another four that sealed the loss.

Either way, the offense couldn’t make it happen, and you don’t usually win with two runs.

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Myrtle Beach Pelicans 5, Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 1
The Cannon Ballers (27-25) were out-hit 11-6 and left seven on base while going 2-for-7 with runners in scoring position, only scoring one run and dropped the series opener to the Pelicans (19-31) and their fourth in a row. The offense posted two doubles of the six hits, and George Wolkow went 3-for-4, but still only Ronny Hernández was able to drive in a run.

Righthander Ricardo Brizuela made his ninth start of the season and ended up with his fourth loss after five innings of work. He struck out four and gave up three runs on six hits and a walk, though one of those hits was a two-run bomb. The bullpen was very hot and cold, but was fairly efficient outside of Joseph Yabbour giving up two additional runs on a homer and a wild pitch.

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ACL White Sox 7, ACL Mariners 2 (Tuesday)
The White Sox (11-11) scored first and often, including a three-run inning in the sixth. Leading to their win, the Sox out-hit the Mariners, 12-9, and five of those hits were extra bases. Sam Antonacci’s two hits were doubles, and his rehab assignment has been treating him well as he is 6-for-12 in his last three games with the rookie squad. Antonacci was just one of five Sox batters with multi-hit games.

Denny Lima made his third start of the season, and opened for three innings of three-hit, scoreless ball, and also walked two with one strikeout. Jommy Hernandez ended up with the win, however, though he has struggled so far this season with a 13.50 ERA and 3.00 WHIP in 8 innings.

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ACL Guardians 9, ACL White Sox 4 (Monday)
The White Sox ( 10-11) offense didn’t get started until the fourth inning but ended up going just 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position, and the pitching staff also had four separate two-run innings that led to a 9-4 loss to the Guardians (12-11). The Sox had more hits (nine) than the Guardians (seven), but four errors and lack of command on the mound — walking 10 batters compared to nine strikeouts.

Tommy Sheehan was the opener for the White Sox, and only lasted five batters, but walked four of them, the other being a strikeout. Righthander Yohemy Nolasco also gave up four runs but just two of them were earned, and Gil Luna added to the struggles, walking three batters and giving up two additional runs.

Jeremy González was the odd man out of the A-Sox pitching staff, solely because he was the only pitcher that didn’t give up a run. He still walked two batters, but allowed just one hit across three scoreless innings with a walk and two strikeouts.