What do you say after not just losing to the A’s and getting swept, but losing 8-0 to make two of the losses blowouts? On the farm, it was a mixed day, with two wins — progress!

A’s 8, Chicago White Sox 0 The White Sox called up Edgar Quero and got him right into action. He should end up as their No. 2, 3 or 4 hitter most games, with how bad this offense is. Davis Martin and Bryse Wilson started and ended the game getting their teeth kicked in. The White Sox are 4-14.

Nashville Sounds 5, Charlotte Knights 4 There have been few sadder developments in the early going than Jairo Iriarte’s complete inability to get the ball over the plate, and prevent runs. His 2024 in Birmingham wasn’t perfect, but his high-ish (is high-3.00s bad, per se?) ERA was well offset but gaudy K totals. In Triple-A he’s been bad. What seemed a second starter from San Diego to offset the loss of Dylan Cease now looks like a maybe bullpen arm. The Knights have lost nine straight and are 6-12.

Birmingham Barons 4, Biloxi Shuckers 1 It’s beginning to look a lot like Hagen Smith (3 H, HB, 5 K) will be contributing in the White Sox rotation in the second half of the season, because with him pitching a team can have just four hits and win handily. It helped that one of the hits was a two-run blast from non-prospect, always-around infielder Jason Matthews.

Winston-Salem Dash 8, Greenville Drive 6 (10 innings) You think at some point the White Sox move trickster southpaw Lucas Gordon to Birmingham? He saw the pen blow his win, but the workhorse went six, with one hit and two walks against nine Ks.

Ryan Galanie drove in three runs with a triple and homer, and Sam Antonacci, Jeral Perez (two-run homer in the 10th), and Samuel Zavala chipped in two hits apiece. But it wasn’t offense that won this game in extras; two of three runs, including the eventual game-winner, came on back-to-back Greenville balks.

Columbia Fireflies 7, Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 5 (10 innings) Sometimes you prevail in extras, and other times you don’t. Kanny got off to a fast start at 4-0, but ran out of gas. The offense was productive but inefficient, going 3-for-20 with runners in scoring position. Justin Sinibaldi had a solid start, not in line for a win but still probably pretty sad when his pen coughed the lead away.

Lucas Gordon photo courtesy of Winston-Salem Dash.

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