Charlotte Knights 12, Oklahoma City Comets 7
Charlotte overwhelmed the OKC with small ball and some big hits. Ryan Galanie had a big night and continues to be one of the most underrated guys on the Knights, clobbering a home run and an extra-base hit to supply five of the team’s 11 RBIs. Korey Lee and Junior Perez joined Galanie in the slugfest with home runs of their own. Dustin Harris’ persistent singles also helped offset the lineup’s 11 strikeouts and nine left on base.
Mason Adams got banged up in his first Triple-A appearance of 2026. The Comets knocked three runs off four hits on him, but at least he got five strikeouts in to keep the night from getting completely out of hand. Chase Plymell didn’t provide the immediate backup Adams may have hoped for, living up to his turbulent season with three runs allowed in a frame. Fortunately, the rocky pitching start didn’t matter in the long run, as Charlotte’s five-run seventh took care of the evening.
Birmingham Barons 3, Biloxi Shuckers 2
Bham managed to hang on in a game that came down to the wire in Mississippi. Led by Lucas Gordon’s tremendous two-hit, one-run ball in 5 1/3 IP, the Barons clung tight to their pitchers. Phil Fox took over for Gordon in the middle of the sixth inning, blanking Biloxi through the eighth. Surviving off a stingy offense that mustered two runs off three hits was too good to be true, though. After a walk and a wild pitch put a runner on third, Jackson Kelley turned it over to Jonathan Clark, who immediately allowed Biloxi’s Jacob Hurtubise to drive in the tying run with a single down the right field line.
But the Barons have a secret weapon the Shuckers don’t: Anthony DePino.
DePino has been a breakout player this year after surging his way through High-A earlier this year. Leading off the ninth, DePino took the fourth pitch he saw and sent the ball over the left field with a clean swing to walk the Barons off, earning them their 25th win of the season.
Greenville Drive 10, Winston-Salem Dash 5
A rough start from Max Banks set the tone for the rest of the game. Banks lasted four innings but gave up six runs off of six hits, a wild pitch, and an easy solo home run to give the Drive a 6-0 lead by the end of the second. Winston-Salem didn’t accept defeat, though. Center field saw a lot of action today, as Kyle Lodise cut the lead in half in the third with his own moonshot straight away and Arxy Hernandez slammed a solo dinger dead-center, too. By the sixth, the Dash had stormed back to make it a one-run game.
The Dash had their eyes set on a comeback win, but Jake Bockenstedt interrupted the momentum. He entered in the eighth after two clean frames … and put the game out of reach. Although he got unlucky with the Drive finding turning good pitches into hits and a questionable ball-two call that should’ve been a strike, Bockenstedt couldn’t shut the Drive down, and it cost the Dash their 27th loss.
Fredericksburg Nationals 12, Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 4
It was an uneventful night for the Kannapolis hitters and pitchers. Kanny’s lineup fumbled around in the batter’s box and field, knocking out just six hits and committing three errors, tired from their recent resurgence to relevance. Javier Mogollón had the best night of all position players, going 2-for-2 with two runs and a stolen base before Matthew Boughton came in to pitch-hit for him. Here’s a tip, Kanny, if there’s one guy carrying the team, you may not want to yank him, no matter how many runs you’re down by.
On the bump, the pitching was just as bad. Alexander Martinez, whose sky-high ERA and control problems have existed since graduating from ACL, had a rocky outing. His five runs, two walks, and two home runs in 3 2/3 innings pretty much drove Kanny out of the game, but Anthony Patterson added fuel to Fredericksburg’s fire by giving up two more runs in his relief appearance. The game was clearly over by the seventh, but the Nats made sure to punctuate their win with some insurance runs in the ninth to dig the knife in deeper.
Rookie Leagues
DSL Pirates Black 14, DSL White Sox 3 (7 innings)
The DSL club endured another woeful loss that left much to be desired from the arms. Franchel Crisostomo was the only pitcher to pitch a full inning without allowing a run. His 2 2/3 innings were the only highlight on the mound, as the bullpen combined for eight runs, seven walks, and only five home runs. The bats were pretty quiet and let the poor pitching drive the night. Fielding errors galore also hurt the Sox more than their quiet bats; five of the Pirates’ 14 can be attributed to fielding errors. Now third from the bottom in the standings, the DSL Sox are slowly running out of time to redeem themselves.
