The White Sox farm system had a productive Tuesday, stacking up three wins and getting the kind of power night that jumps off the page. Kyle Teel homered for Triple-A Charlotte, while Double-A Birmingham and High-A Winston-Salem each got big nights from their own bats. The other notable thread was the work on the mound from Noah Schultz and Shane Smith in Charlotte.
Charlotte’s game was the cleanest showcase of that mix. Schultz started and gave the Knights 4.2 innings with no earned runs allowed, working around three hits and one walk while striking out one.
He threw 70 pitches, 44 for strikes. Smith followed with a scoreless inning in relief, adding a strikeout and a walk.
The offense came through late, with Teel launching a ninth-inning homer to tie the game and Riley Unroe eventually delivering the winning RBI single in extras as Charlotte beat Gwinnett 3-1.
Teel finished 1-for-5 with a homer, a run, and an RBI. Unroe went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk, Jake Cave doubled, and Rikuu Nishida also drove in a run. Garrett Schoenle picked up the win after two scoreless innings with four strikeouts.
Birmingham’s night was louder at the plate but ended in frustration. Anthony DePino and Colby Shelton each went deep, with Shelton hitting two homers in the same game, but the Barons still fell 8-7 to Biloxi.
DePino finished 2-for-5 with a homer, two RBI and a run, while Shelton was 2-for-5 with two homers, three runs and an RBI. Dylan Campbell added a hit, a run, two RBI, a walk and a stolen base, and Alec Briley chipped in two hits and a steal.
Caleb Bonemer drew two walks. On the mound, Dylan Cumming was tagged for four earned runs in three innings, and Liam Paddack allowed an earned run in 1.2 innings.
High-A Winston-Salem had one of the biggest individual performances in the system. Kyle Lodise went 2-for-4 with a triple, a homer, two runs and three RBI as the Dash topped Rome 6-3.
The homer was his 20th. Rylan Galvan also homered, finishing 1-for-4 with two RBI and a run, and George Wolkow added an RBI.
Mason Moore struck out six in four innings, Landen Payne earned the save with a scoreless frame, and Blaine Wynk picked up the win.
The night also belonged to the Low-A Kannapolis lineup, which spread the damage around in a 6-2 win over Delmarva. Matthew Boughton went 2-for-5 with two runs and a stolen base, Abraham Nunez was 2-for-4 with two steals and a run, and Clay Burdette turned in a strong all-around line with a double, a triple, a run and a steal.
Grayson Fitzwater drove in two, Jaden Fauske reached twice on walks and scored, and Alexander Albertus added two hits and a run. Gabriel Rodriguez started with 3.2 scoreless innings, and Fidel Montero got the win out of the bullpen.
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