White Sox Minor League Update: June 26, 2025

The South Side farm went 3-for-4 — and so did Colson Montgomery as he mashed two homers in Charlotte’s win

Charlotte Knights 12, Toledo Mud Hens 9 (Statcast box)
The Knights (38-40) offense exploded for 14 hits and 12 runs, bolstered by two big, five-run innings to back up a very mediocre performance from the pitching staff and defeat the Mud Hens (40-38), 12-9.

Colson Montgomery got the bats hot early with a solo bomb (his eighth) in the top of the first to give Charlotte an early one-run lead. Montgomery had an excellent night: three hits and three RBIs, including a second homer in the eighth:

Tim Elko matched Montgomery in RBIs thanks to an RBI fielder’s choice and a two-run double in the seventh. In total, there were five batters with multi-hit nights, and five total extra-base hits. The team went 7-for-14 with runners in scoring position and left six on base — not a bad trade off for 12 runs!

The pitching wasn’t anything to write home about, which has been the story with Charlotte this season. Every pitcher gave up at least one run, but Penn Murfee threw 1 2⁄3 scoreless innings with one walk and one hit while striking out … you guessed it, one! Thankfully, the offense was able to compensate and win Charlotte’s second game of the series.

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Knoxville Smokies 9, Birmingham Barons 3
Things got out of hand early for the Barons, as brief White Sox bullpen arm Jake Palisch was tagged for all nine Smokies (34-37) runs (just four earned) in the first three innings, and the Barons (39-33) offense couldn’t make up the deficit.

Palisch started out his outing by giving up a base hit, but a throwing error from Jacob Gonzalez on the next play quickly put the southpaw in a jam. He was able to strike out the next batter for the first out of the inning, but those first two baserunners came back to haunt him as a three-run bomb was blasted to left-center. The rally kept going, and while Palisch was able to coax a ground out in-between, he gave up two more runs to extend the Knoxville lead to five.

The Barons offense snagged two back in the top of the third on an RBI single from Caden Connor and a sac fly from Ryan Galanie to cut the lead down to three. Connor was the lone Birmingham batter with two hits, but unfortunately, this didn’t help for long. The bottom of the third inning started out just like the first, with a base hit followed by a throwing error — from Colby Smelley this time. While thankfully Palisch didn’t give up a home run, four more runs scored, to increase the Smokies lead to seven.

Unsurprisingly, Palisch’s day ended after the third inning, and though the bullpen was actually solid, it didn’t matter much at that point. The pitchers were left without additional offensive support either way, and the Barons only scored one more run, as Knoxville walked Jason Matthews to force in a run in the eighth.

Jordan Mikel came in for three excellent innings and didn’t give up a hit, walking one and striking out four. Jarold Rosado followed that up with two scoreless frames himself, but Palisch ultimately was charged with the loss.

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Winston-Salem Dash vs Greensboro Grasshoppers — POSTPONED
This game was postponed due to weather and will be made up Friday, June 27.

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Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 7, Fredericksburg Nationals 3 (11 innings)
The Cannon Ballers (34-38) and Nationals (33-38) took a pitching duel to 11 innings, but Kannapolis persevered and scored four in the top of the 11th to win back-to-back games. Justin Sinibaldi had the start for the Ballers, and he threw for eight innings and gave up just one run on three hits while walking three and striking out four — and even picked off two baserunners.

The Cannon Ballers didn’t have a hit through five innings, but Abraham Núñez broke the no-hitter up with a double in the top of the sixth, and Ryan Burrowes reached base on a fielder’s choice. A double steal caused a throwing error that brought Núñez in to score and Kanny had a one-run lead — for about 15-20 minutes.

The Nationals had tied up the game at one from a sacrifice fly after a leadoff base hit was able to reach third, the only run Sinibaldi gave up. Neither team was able to score for the next few innings, so the game went into extras and the Ballers managed to score two in the top of the 10th on a throwing error and a Mikey Kane base hit. Unfortunately, Fredericksburg tied it back up in the bottom of the inning and scored two off Jesús Mendez, who was yanked before he even gave up an out.

Joseph Yabbour came in to close it out, but the run that scored off the ground out he forced was charged to Mendez. The offense picked them up in the 11th, and scored four runs to close out the game. T.J. McCants kicked off the madness with a bunt RBI, the next run scored off of a wild pitch a couple batters later, Kane drove another in on a base hit, and Nathan Archer brought in the final run on a sacrifice fly.

Though he was charged with a blown save, Yabbour was great on Thursday, and didn’t give up a single hit in his two innings.

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ACL White Sox 7, ACL Padres 3 (7 innings)
The ACL Sox (23-17) outhit the ACL Padres (10-30), 11-5, and went 5-for-17 (.294) with runners in scoring position in their four-run win. The ACL South Siders rolled with two pitchers, and 20-year-old Fabian Ysalla made his seventh start of the season and threw for five solid frames. He gave up four three runs (two earned) on four hits and struck out four, and though struggled a bit with control with three walks, he still was able to earn his fourth win of the year thanks to the offense.

Four of the 11 hits for the Sox were for extra bases, and Adrian Gil had quite the game. He got hit by a pitch and went 2-for-2 with a walk, a double, and a triple that led to three RBIs and three runs scored. D’Angelo Tejada also had three hits with two RBIs, and Jake Curtis was able to shut the Padres down for his two scoreless innings in which he gave up just one hit.