The White Sox system had a little bit of everything on August 2, 2026: a late collapse in Charlotte, a comeback win in Birmingham, a near-miss in Winston-Salem and a breakout night for two fresh draftees in Kannapolis.
At Triple-A, the Knights spent most of the evening trading quiet blows with Nashville before the Sounds finished the job, 5-3. José Urquidy kept Charlotte in check until the third, when Nashville scraped across the first run of the game.
The Knights finally stirred in the fifth, starting with Ryan Galanie’s triple - their first hit of the night - and a Korey Lee sacrifice fly that tied things up. But Urquidy answered right away with a leadoff solo homer in the bottom half, and Nashville took back control.
Charlotte still had life in the eighth. Andy Weber doubled, Rikuu Nishida moved him up with a ground out, and Austin Hays cracked a two-run homer to left to put the Knights ahead 3-2.
That edge disappeared fast. Mason Adams, who had been slated to start before Urquidy got the nod, gave up three runs in the bottom of the inning.
The Knights got one more crack in the ninth, loading the bases with one out after three straight walks, but Weber bounced into a double play to end it.
Austin Hays was the standout for Charlotte: 1-for-4 with a run, two RBIs and the homer.
Birmingham authored the biggest turnaround of the night. The Barons fell behind 5-0 before they’d really settled in, as Dylan Cumming was tagged for two runs in the first and three more in the second.
Then the comeback started to take shape. Jose Colmenares and Alec Briley singled in the second, and a second baseman’s error opened the door for two runs, trimming the deficit to 5-2.
The fourth inning brought the equalizer. Samuel Zavala doubled, Caleb Bonemer singled, and Anthony DePino unloaded his 13th homer of the season, a two-run shot that pulled Birmingham even at 5-5.
Jorge Corona put the Barons in front for good in the seventh with a solo blast. Chattanooga threatened in the ninth, opening with a single and a double to send Jackson Kelley out of the game, but Jonathan Clark came in and struck out the side to seal it.
DePino earned MVP honors with a 1-for-4 night that included a run, two RBIs, a walk, a homer and a strikeout. Clark’s three-strikeout save was also a major piece of the finish.
Winston-Salem had a chance to build something early but couldn’t finish the job in a 6-5 loss to Brooklyn. Dylan Carmouche was hit for two in the first, and the Dash answered with a Derek Cerda double and a Javier Mogollón RBI single. Brooklyn then pushed across three runs in the third to stretch the margin to 5-1.
The Dash kept hanging around. Kyle Lodise singled, stole second and came around on a Wes Kath RBI single in the fourth, though Kath was thrown out trying to stretch it. Winston-Salem chipped away again in the sixth, with George Wolkow singling and scoring on a Kath double, then another run scoring on a Cyclones miscue and a Cerda ground out to make it 6-5.
That was as close as it got. The Dash put the tying and go-ahead runners on with one out in the seventh, but couldn’t come through. They went down in order in the eighth and managed only a leadoff walk in the ninth.
Kath was the top performer for Winston-Salem, finishing 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a double.
Kannapolis saved its best for last. The Cannon Ballers were quiet for six innings before exploding late in an 8-4 win over Salem RidgeYaks. Alexander Martinez escaped a bases-loaded jam in the second, but the third inning turned rough quickly: a leadoff walk, a two-run homer and then a solo shot put Salem ahead 3-0.
Kannapolis had just four hits through six, and two of them came from recent Sox draftees Grayson Fitzwater and Braden Holcomb. Fitzwater, taken in the 13th round at No. 375 overall, and Holcomb, a 12th-round pick at No. 345 overall, both picked up their first pro doubles.
The offense finally broke through in the seventh, when Fitzwater, Holcomb and Christian Gonzalez all doubled to cut the deficit to 3-2. The eighth inning flipped everything.
Matthew Boughton was hit by a pitch, Billy Carlson moved him up with a ground out, and Steven Lancia singled him home. Then Fitzwater launched his first professional homer to put Kannapolis ahead.
After that, the Ballers kept piling on: Alexander Albertus singled, Holcomb and Gonzalez drew walks, and Jaden Fauske cleared the bases with a triple to make it 8-3. Salem scored once in the ninth, but the damage was already done.
Fitzwater led the way, going 2-for-4 with two runs, two RBIs, a double and a home run. Holcomb also had a big night, finishing 3-for-3 with a run, an RBI, a walk, a double and a stolen base.
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