White Sox Minor League Update: June 21, 2026

Charlotte Knights 5, Buffalo Bisons 0
The Knights (42-33) poured on five in the top of the first, which was plenty to shut out the Bisons (35-40) and win the series. Charlotte loaded the bases twice in the first, leading to a two-run knock from Caden Connor and a bases-clearing double from Andy Weber just a couple of batters later. Outside of Connor’s second hit of the day in the sixth, the Charlotte bats seemed to die for the rest of the game, only getting a few baserunners from walks. As a team, the Knights went 3-for-11 with runners in scoring position and left six on base; it’s a good thing the pitching staff so excellent today.

Lefthander Noah Schultz made his second rehab start with the Knights, and though he’s still shaking off some rust he was decent in his 2 2/3 frames, striking out four despite occasionally losing some control with a pair of hit batters and a walk. Schultz loaded the bases in the third with two outs after a clean, 1-2-3 second inning, prompting Charlotte to swap lefties in the bullpen, bringing Chris Murphy in to close out the inning with a line out on the first pitch. Murphy handled the next four frames, allowing just one hit, one walk, striking out four, and also earning his third win of the season. As they have been all season, Ben Peoples and Jairo Iriarte both were successful in their respective innings, helping close out the game and steal a series win on the road.

Pensacola Blue Wahoos 11, Birmingham Barons 4
After a late, rainy night down in Pensacola, the Barons (26-43) strung together nine hits throughout the game Sunday and matched the Blue Wahoos’ (36-33) three home runs, but couldn’t capitalize and didn’t give themselves enough scoring opportunities, dropping the game and series. Five of the nine Bham hits were for extra bases, and Brenden Dixon had himself a day in falling just a triple short of a cycle. Jorge Corona and and Anthony DePino mashed the other two long balls for the Barons,. As a team they missed on the three opportunities with runners in scoring position (0-for-3) and left six on base, but they would have needed more than that to beat Pensacola today.

Defensively, things were a bit of a mess. Birmingham seemingly decided to go with a bullpen day, with Phil Fox opening the game with the first frame and six relievers splitting the remaining seven innings of work. Three scored off Fox right off the bat, and he ended up being tagged with the loss even though one of his three runs allowed was unearned and Morris Austin gave up four with two homers. Jonathan Clark and Jackson Kelley were the only Barons pitchers to not give up a run, and on top of that, the Blue Wahoos were essentially doing laps around the bases with Corona behind the plate, stealing six stolen bases — ouch. After a rainy week, Birmingham will head back home for a new series against the Knoxville Smokies.

Winston-Salem Dash 10, Greensboro Grasshoppers 4
The Dash (39-30) offense exploded for 10 runs on 13 hits while the bullpen was lights-out for the final four frames, defeating the Grasshoppers (43-26) to split the series. Winston-Salem scored eight runs in the first three innings to give the pitching staff a nice big cushion. Righthander Drew McDaniel made his 12th start of the season, and outside of a two-run home run, he was solid in his four innings of work, walking one while striking out six. The other two runs for the Grasshoppers scored off a second two-run shot off of Jake Curtis in the fifth, but the bullpen allowed zero hits the rest of the game with Jack Young recording his fourth win of the season.

On the other side of the ball, three monster days at the plate set the tone for the Dash: Kyle Lodise, Boston Smith, and Arxy Hernández. Both Lodise and Smith launched two homers on the day while scoring three times apiece, with Smith leading the team in RBIs (four). Piling onto that, Hernández mashed three hits with a double while driving in three. These three accounted for nine of the 10 runs batted in, and the other was brought in by Kaleb Freeman, who also had two hits on the day. It was a well-rounded win for the Dash to wrap up their home series before heading on a road trip.

Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 14, Fayetteville Woodpeckers 6
Not only did the Cannon Ballers (35-34) tally 10 hits in Sunday’s blowout against the Woodpeckers (33-35), they also walked 11 times against nine strikeouts and also launched three home runs to win the game and prevent a series loss. Fayetteville was leading, 6-3, through seven, but a whopping 10 runs came in for Kanny in the top of the eighth after a meltdown on the mound from the Woodpeckers.

It was truly a wild sequence of events. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this chaotic of an inning:

Ouch. Six walks, a wild pitch, three singles, and a three-run tank. That’ll definitely do it! Fauske led the Ballers with three hits (3-for-5) and three runs scored, even mashing his own solo shot in the ninth, though both McLain and Gil drove in three runs apiece. Kanny went 5-for-11 with runners in scoring position, and even with 14 coming across the plate, there were still another seven stranded.

Righthander Caedmon Parker struggled with his command, walking five walks compared to four strikeouts, but he was able to battle through the 2 2/3 frames, only allowing one run and one hit. Anthony Patterson III came in to relieve Parker, and though four runs scored with him on the mound, only two were earned. I know we’ve already talked about how strange this game was, but those two unearned runs happened from two catcher interferences on Gil in the fourth, just two batters apart, both later scoring on a the three-run homer against Patterson. Righthander Carlton Perkins was the lucky bullpen arm to get the W out of the 10-run eighth frame, however. His first win of the season came despite one run scored on two hits and three Ks, leaving Landen Payne to close out the last two innings, striking out three in the process.