White Sox Minor League Update: June 5, 2026

Charlotte Knights 4, Durham Bulls 3
Eager to post double-digit runs for the third straight night, Dru Baker got the night started with his sixth bomb this season against his former team to break open the game in the third:

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Charlotte and Durham traded three runs apiece over the next three innings, which included a Braden Montgomery three-run blast to balance Jonathan Cannon’s three allowed runs:

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The scoring held there, and while the Knights didn’t break 10 runs, they at least secured a series win, as they continue to own the Durham Bulls this season.

Riley Gowens deserves a lot of credit for his three stellar relief innings that held the Bulls scoreless for the rest of the game.

Who is dubbed the Charlotte MVP?Caden Connor (LF): 1-for-3, BBBraden Montgomery (CF): 1-for-3, R, 3 RBI, BB, 2 K, HR, SBDru Baker (2B-RF): 2-for-4, R, RBI, HRRiley Gowens (RHRP): 3 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 Kpollcode.com free pollsWho is dubbed the Charlotte Cold Cat?Michael Turner (DH): 0-for-3, BB, 2 KRyan Galanie (1B): 1-for-4, 2 KJonathan Cannon (RHSP): 4 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 4 BB, 3 Kpollcode.com free polls

Knoxville Smokies 8, Birmingham Barons 7 (11 innings)
The Barons went toe-to-toe with the Smokies in a match that tested the arms and bats’ endurance. Knoxville went up 1-0 in the first, but Bham matched the score with an Anthony DePino sac fly. The Smokies tried pulling away with a three-spot in the third, but the Barons responded with their own three-run tally in the fifth. The wait-an-inning-then-score saga continued for the rest of the game. The schtick was all fun and games until the 11th, when the Barons finally fell off the keep pace after Phil Fox gave up an extra-base hit to allow Knoxville to walk off the game.

Jordan Sprinkle and Drake Logan stood out from the rest in the lineup, with Logan by far the most productive player, going 3-for-4 with two runs, two RBIs and two walks. On the other side, Nick Altermatt came through once again for the Barons, tossing two scoreless innings along with four strikeouts.

Who did the most to keep the Barons in the game?Jordan Sprinkle (SS): 2-for-3, 2 RBI, 3 BB, KAnthony DePino (1B): 1-for-3, R, RBI, 2 BB, KJeral Perez (2B): 2-for-6, R, KDrake Logan (RF): 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2BBNick Altermatt (RHRP): 2 IP, H, 0 R, BB, 4 Kpollcode.com free pollsWho did the least to help the Barons?Colby Shelton (DH): 0-for-5, BB, KJorge Corona (C): 0-for-5, KGabe Davis (RHSP): 4 IP, 4 H, 4 R, BB, 7 K, HRPhil Fox (RHRP): 2/3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, BBpollcode.com free polls

Hub City Spartanburgers 8, Winston-Salem Dash 5 (11 innings)
Unfortunately, the first game in this Dash-Spartanburgers series with more than three total runs scored ended unfavorably for our friends down in Winston-Salem. Starter Justin Sinbaldi gave Winston-Salem a gift by allowing just one run and four hits in six frames, and could’ve and should’ve gone longer. Up 3-1, Trey Cooper came in for the seventh and saw the lead shaved down by one run in a matter of minutes by giving up two straight hits, throwing a wild pitch and walking the No. 4 and 5 batters. Cooper then punctuated the seventh with a two-run double that handed the Spartanburgers the lead for the rest of the game.

Although giving up three runs didn’t help, Winston-Salem’s lineup didn’t dazzle, either. After leaving 12 on base and going 3-for-13 with runners in scoring position, it was shocking to see the Dash put the puzzle together at the last minute. Down to their last out, Boston Smith singled and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Alex Ungar and T.J. McCants capitalized on an error from Hub City’s Ben Hartl, drawing two free passes to first to knot the contest at four apiece.

The Dash clung onto the game through the 10th, but Pierce George’s return to the mound in the 11th was a costly mistake. He gave up a two-run homer that essentially slammed the door on the game.

Which Dash player deserves to be MVP?Ely Brown (CF): 1-for-3, 2 R, 2 BBRyan Burrowes (3B): 2-for-3, R, RBI, 2 BB, SBBoston Smith (C): 2-for-6, RBI, KJustin Sinbaldi (LHSP): 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, BB, KJack Young (RHRP): 1 1/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, Kpollcode.com free pollsWhich Dash player earned the Cold Cat award?George Wolkow (DH): 0-for-5, 2 RBI, KKyle Lodise (2B): 0-for-5, BB, 3 K, SBTrey Cooper (LHRP): 2/3 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 2 KPierce George (RHRP): 1 2/3 IP, 2 H, 4 R, HRpollcode.com free polls

Hickory Crawdads 5, Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 2
There’s no nice way to slice and dice this game in a way that doesn’t completely put the shortcomings on the lineup. After collecting four hits, no walks, and nine strikeouts, the CBs should be grateful they even put a run on the board. Abraham Núñez basically put the team on his back, scoring the only run that came from a ball in play and tallying almost half his team’s hits with a dinger in the fourth. Yeesh. Conversely, Riley Eikhoff is solely to blame for Hickory’s earned runs. Although he managed to punch out eight, he gave up two home runs and eight hits before exiting. He has truly been hit or miss in 2026, with the majority of his games leaning towards hit. The arm barn did its best to clean up the mess, but with a lackadaisical offense, the effort was moot.

Let’s be real, only one Baller deserves to be the MVPAbraham Nunez (CF): 2-for-4, R, RBI, HRNick Weyrich (RHRP): 2 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BBpollcode.com free pollsWho fell down on the job for Kanny?Matthew Boughton (SS), Jaden Fauske (RF), and Stiven Flores (C): 0-for-4, K eachAlexander Albertus (3B):1-for-4, 2 KAdrian Gil (1B): 0-for-2, BB, 2 KRiley Eikhoff (RHRP): 5 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 8 K, 2 HRpollcode.com free polls

ACL White Sox 5, ACL Guardians 4 (7 innings)
In what is hopefully a harbinger of games to come in the major leagues, the Complex Sox beat back the Clevelanders on Friday, and this in spite of four errors squeezed into just seven frames.

Better still is that our ACL heroes fought back from an early deficit, especially important in a shortened game; Cleveland was ahead, 4-1, through the second inning — and the Complex Sox shut them down from there.

Although Jurdrick Profar had the biggest blow of the contest, a two-run shot in the fourth inning that tied the game, 4-4, it was pesky D’Angelo Tejada who made the difference two innings later. Tejada doubled to lead off the frame, was bunted over to third by Jordan Rich, and proved distracting enough at the hot corner to induce a balk from Guards hurler Harrison Ruiz.

That proved the difference-maker, and the ACL Sox move to 9-16; their two straight wins have pushed them ahead of both the ACL Cubs and ACL Dodgers for the 13th-best record in the 15-team ACL. Baby steps!

Who’s your ACL MVP tonight?Eduardo Herrera (DH): 1-for-2, RBI, BB, 2BD’Angelo Tejada (3B-SS): 1-for-2, R, BB, 2BAlejandro Cruz (2B-3B): 1-for-2, R, BB, 2B, CSJurdrick Profar (1B-2B): 1-for-2, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB, K, EYordani Soto (SS): 1-for-1, R, 2 SBReinder Gomez (RHRP): 2 IP, H, 3 K, WIN (1-0)pollcode.com free pollsWho was the Cold Cat in the Complex Sox win?Nick McLain (RF): 0-for-3, 2 KJosé Mendoza (C): 0-for-3, 2 K, E, 0-for-5 CSOsneil Castillo (LF): 0-for-3, KDiego Perez (RHSP): IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 2 Epollcode.com free polls

For a variety of reasons, significantly that the Dominican Summer League has no media coverage and players who often are en masse released before even getting to U.S. play, we no longer cover the daily doings of our DSL White Sox. However, given that today we saw the San Francisco Giants drub the Cubs, 18-3, it was an odd coincidence that the DSL Giants crushed our White Sox, 21-7.

The DSL White Sox were 2-1 heading into this mauling, but did manage to shut out the Giants in two of the game’s seven innings; problem was that the other four innings for the home team saw five, seven, one and eight runs tallied. Unfortunately, all four DSL Sox pitchers (five threw in the game, with shortstop Nestor Perez mopping up the last out and giving up three runs in the process) will now spend their entire short season trying to winnow down their four-digit ERAs.