Syracuse Mets 11, Charlotte Knights 0 (Statcast box)
The Charlotte Knights’ (51-57) bats fell silent in a lopsided 11-0 loss. Despite having 10 runners on base with five base hits, four walks, and a hit batter, the Knights were unable to push any runs across. The lineup faced a tough night at the plate, striking out 11 times and going 0-for-8 with RISP.

On the mound, Duncan Davitt delivered a quality start through 6 1/3 frames, yielding only two runs on three hits with a walk and four Ks. The Sox acquired the righthander in the Adrian Houser trade, and this was his first start since coming over from Tampa Bay. However, the game unraveled in the later innings as usual, courtesy of the bullpen. Ben Peoples entered in the seventh and was tagged for three runs. The eighth inning brought more trouble as Jairo Iriarte gave up five tallies, including a two-run homer. Jared Shuster took over and secured the final two outs, ending up as the only pitcher on the night who didn’t allow any runners to cross the plate.

Birmingham Barons 6, Chattanooga Lookouts 1
After a quiet start, the Barons (63-40) broke through in the bottom of the fourth, scoring two runs to take the lead. Rikuu Nishida and William Bergolla led off with singles. After a sacrifice bunt by Sam Antonacci, Ryan Galanie reached on a fielder’s choice that plated the first run. Wilfred Veras then added on with a sacrifice fly to extend the lead 2-1. The Barons’ bats continued in the fifth, scoring four more runs. Key hits from Nishida and Bergolla, along with a throwing error by the Lookouts’ third baseman, brought home two more tallies. Galanie followed with another sacrifice fly, and Veras capped off the inning with an RBI double.

Birmingham’s pitching staff collectively delivered a stellar performance, limiting Chattanooga to just one run on five hits. Starter Tanner McDougal set the tone with three scoreless innings, and Dalton Roach took over in the fourth and allowed the lone run on a sacrifice fly. Tyler Schweitzer was particularly effective, blanking the Lookouts for four frames to bridge the gap, and Eric Adler closed out the game with a clean ninth inning.

Bowling Green Hot Rods 7, Winston-Salem Dash 4
The Winston-Salem Dash (39-62) offense showed flashes of power with two homers, but ultimately couldn’t keep pace in their 7-4 loss. They started strong with Samuel Zavala’s solo blast in the first, followed by Jacob Burke’s solo shot in the third, giving the Dash an early 2-0 lead. Unfortunately, though, the Dash struggled to generate sustained rallies through the middle frames. However, in the ninth, the Dash mounted a late charge. A Zavala walk and Jeral Perez double set up Alec Makarewicz’s sacrifice fly and Jackson Appel’s RBI double, but ultimately it was too little too late.

Southpaw Frankeli Arias delivered a solid start, surrendering one run through four innings. However, the bullpen struggled to contain the Hot Rods once he departed. Luke Bell entered in the fifth and immediately surrendered two dingers. Carson Jacobs then took over in the sixth, giving up two more tallies on a series of singles and a fielder’s choice. Madison Jeffrey followed in the seventh, allowing another run, which was compounded on a throwing error by the catcher Jackson Appel. While Joseph Yabbour tossed a scoreless eighth, the damage was already done, as the Dash’s late-inning pitching struggles were their downfall.

Salem Red Sox 3, Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 2
The Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (49-54) offense scuffled and could not find its rhythm throughout most of the contest, coming up just short in their 3-2 loss. The Ballers were held scoreless for eight innings, managing to get runners on base but failing to deliver the key hit. They finally broke through in the top of the ninth when they loaded the bases, with Ely Brown knocking an RBI single and Caleb Bonemer drawing a walk to plate another run. However, the rally stalled there with George Wolkow striking out, leaving the tying and go-ahead runs on base.

The Kannapolis hurlers kept the team in the game for much of the night, holding their opponents to three runs. Lefty Justin Sinibaldi was effective, giving up two runs (one earned) over five innings, with the tallies coming after a pair of fielding errors in the third and two doubles in the fourth. The arm barn of Jake Curtis,
Jesús Méndez and Liam Paddack allowed one earned run over their combined three frames, but Ballers couldn’t overcome the deficit created by the fielding errors early in the ballgame.