White Sox Minor League Update: April 5, 2026

Jeral Pérez ran wild on Sunday, getting on base five times in Birmingham’s win. | (Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images) Nashville Sounds 7, Charlotte Knights 5 ( Gameday Box ) Even though he tossed four walks, Tanner McDougal navigated his control issues fairly well, allowing just one run on a solo home run in the fourth, giving up two total hits and striking out three in his five innings. The unfortunate part of his outing was that the bullpen blew a 5-1 lead, robbing him of his win.

The Knights ended up dropping the series finale to the Sounds, 7-5. Charlotte outhit Nashville 9-6, and they added five runs in the first five innings, but the entire Charlotte bullpen was rough . Three of the four pitchers gave up at least two runs, except for Wikelman González tossing a clean inning with one strikeout.

Nashville was trailing the Knights for the majority of the game, but added four runs in the bottom of the eighth to officially take the lead back. There were three Knights with two or more hits, and three with a double, yet they went 3-for-19 with runners in scoring position as a team, and left 10 on base. Sam Antonacci reached base three times and went 1-for-2 with two walks, though Drew Romo was the sole Charlotte batter with more than one run driven in.

On top of that, Jacob Gonzalez had himself a day and went 2-for-4 with a run, RBI, walk, and stolen base. Birmingham Barons 10, Knoxville Smokies 5 ( Gameday Box ) The Birmingham offense popped off for 12 hits and scored 10 runs in the first three innings to provide some wiggle room for the pitching staff to secure its second win of the year, defeating the Smokies, 10-5. Lefthander Shane Murphy had the start for Birmingham, and outside of a two-run home run that didn’t do much damage in the fifth, he had a decent five-inning outing with five hits allowed, six strikeouts, two walks, earning his first win of the season.