White Sox Minor League Update: July 6, 2025

The Ballers were the only bright spot of the day, as the Knights were postponed and the Barons and Dash were both only able to put up one run

Charlotte Knights vs Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp — POSTPONED
This game was postponed due to rain, and will be made up at a later date. The Knights (43-43) were up 3-2 in the series against the Jumbo Shrimp (53-33), and were coming off of a 7-2 win on Saturday.

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Chattanooga Lookouts 7, Birmingham Barons 1
The score was essentially flip-flopped from the day before, but the Barons (43-38) offense fell flat behind a tough Riley Gowens start, and ended up losing to the Lookouts (43-34), 7-1, and 4-2 in the series. Birmingham was only able to score one run on four hits, with Ryan Galanie account for the lone extra-base hit (a double), and Calvin Harris driving in the sole Barons tally — a base hit to left that scored Caden Connor in the second.

Unfortunately, the pitching also wasn’t much to write home about. Gowens made his 16th start of the season and earned his fourth loss. Chattanooga blasted two home runs against him, one in the first and one in the fifth, and Gowens ended up with four earned runs on seven hits with three strikeouts in his 4 ⅔ innings of work.

Jordan Mikel wasn’t much better in relief, and allowed three more runs in the sixth, but either way the offense was nowhere to be found whether they were chasing four or seven. Dalton Roach and Mark McLaughlin pitched the final two innings, and they didn’t allow any runs — and only Roach allowed a hit.

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Hub City Spartanburgers 4, Winston-Salem Dash 1
The Dash (29-51) won the first game of the series, and then never again, now riding a five-game losing streak after losing to the Spartanburgers (40-40), 4-1. Both teams posted five hits, and Hub City somehow scored four runs while going 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position, though they had two extra-base hits and the Dash were unable to match. Alec Markarewicz was able to get two hits on the day. Winston-Salem scored first, and the only RBI went to Cole McConnell in the second inning.

On the pitching front, Manuel Veloz had a solid five-inning start and allowed just one run on a solo homer, and walked two while striking out five. Carson Jacobs ended up with the loss, though, as he imploded with four walks and a hit that led to two runs in the bottom of the sixth. Outside of that, Gil Luna was the only Dash pitcher who did not allow a run, but the bats took a snooze and the Spartan Burgers were able to run away with it.

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Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 9, Hickory Crawdads 2
The Kannapolis (37-44) offense out-hit the Crawdads (44-36), 11-9, and the pitching staff allowed just two runs to beat Hickory, 9-2, and snap a four-game losing streak. Kaleb Sophy made his eighth start of the season and held strong for four innings, and gave up two runs on five hits — one in the first and one in the fourth. The offense was able to take the lead in the second, despite the Crawdads scoring first, thanks to a four-run rally that included a two-run RBI from Miguel Santos, a sacrifice fly from Grant Magill, and another RBI base hit from Jordan Sprinkle.

Santos went 2-for-5 with two RBIs, though it was Caleb Bonemer that had himself a day and went 3-for-5 with a home run in the eighth inning and three RBIs for the game.

The Ballers bullpen was also excellent, and only allowed four hits in their five innings of work, and combined for two strikeouts. Jake Curtis accounted for one of those strikeouts and three of those hits, and also earned his first win of the season.