The White Sox fought back for a comeback win in Boston, staving off a sweep and possibly even setting up a split with a quick turnaround on Monday. Meanwhile, the farm took the collar in four close losses.

Chicago White Sox 8, Boston Red Sox 4
The White Sox have some fight in them yet, down 4-2 heading into the game’s final third. Edgar Quero had a key single to drive in two, holding up as the game-winner. The club is still on a 39-123 pace for the season, but improve to 5-16 on the year.

Nashville Sounds 14, Charlotte Knights 11
A pretty embarrassing way to start a series finale in front of the home crowd, down 12-1 by the third inning. But from that context, the Knights showed a lot of fight in finishing the game on a 10-2 run. As happens often against Charlotte starters, the Sounds wasted no time teeing off on Chris Rodriguez. The first six Nashville batters ended up scoring, including three home runs. But the Knights fought back with a back-to-back-to-BACK homer spree in the fourth (Kyle Teel, Colson Montgomery, Tristan Gray) to cut the lead to 12-4. But it was too little, too late — a Dominic Fletcher two-run shot brought the game to its final score, just short for Charlotte.

Biloxi Shuckers 5, Birmingham Barons 3 (11 innings)
Have you ever heard of a position player pitching when down just two runs, and with an off-day looming, to boot? Well, the Barons committed this crime on Sunday. No, Adam Hackeberg pitching didn’t cost them the game, but … what? Anyway, Bham drew first blood, in the third inning, then saw that lead slip away. It was lost for good in the 11th inning. The best start of Wikelman González’s White Sox career (five scoreless innings, two hits, four walks) ended up wasted. Birmingham drops to 7-7.

Greenville Drive 8, Winston-Salem Dash 7
It was another nail-biter and heartbreaker in the system, and another game that followed a patter of early lead to be lost. The Dash jumped out to 4-0 and 6-2 leads in the first third of the game, but Seth Keener and more so Connery Peters conspired to give that lead right back, allowing a five-spot in the bottom of the third. The Dash rallied for one run to draw within 8-7, thanks to the red-hot Caden Connor, but here’s where the story ends. Winston-Salem tumbles to 5-10.

Columbia Fireflies 4, Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 3 
Well, if they had to get swept, at least the farm was mostly keeping the games close. The CBs dropped to 7-8 and lost the series to Columbia with another game lost late. Carlton Perkins was the culprit in the eighth, surrendering the home run that landed the Fireflies at their final four runs. Javier Mogollón continued a pattern of great offense (two RBIs) but poor defense (another error, leading to an unearned run on starter Nick Punto’s record).

Javier Mogollón photo: Javier Mogollón/Instagram

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