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Updated: Sat Sep 06 03:16:24 EDT 2003
CHICAGO WHITE SOX ORGANIZATION NOTEBOOK
CHARLOTTE... LHP MIKE PORZIO and RHP JAKE MEYER combined on a two-hit shutout as the Knights blanked Richmond, 5-0, August 21. Porzio allowed two hits, issued three walks and struck out six batters over eight scoreless frames to earn the win, halting a personal two-game skid. Meyer followed with a scoreless ninth, inducing a game-ending double play to complete the 11th shutout for the team this season. On August 25, Porzio took home league Pitcher of the Week honors for his efforts...
RHP BILLY KOCH continued his struggles by taking the loss in the Knights' 6-4 defeat to Durham August 25. Koch, in the minors recovering from soreness in his elbow, surrendered a pair of runs and three hits without a strikeout in the seventh inning...
1B ROSS GLOAD hit for a cycle in the Knights' 10-7 victory over Durham August 27. Gload, who finished 4-for-5, completed just the sixth cycle in the league since 1999 in the sixth inning with his sixth triple of the season. Gload, who was hitting .312 through August 27, recorded five multi-hit games in his last seven...
2B AARON MILES took home the league's Rookie of the Year award. Miles, who was the Class AA Southern League's MVP in 2002, was leading the loop with 162 hits and owned a 15-game hitting streak through August 27....
BIRMINGHAM... LHP JIM BULLARD struck out eight over five strong innings in a 7-1 triumph over Huntsville August 26. Bullard yielded a run and three hits for his fifth win. C CARLOS MADONADO highlighted a five-run eighth inning with two-run single...
OF JUAN PINIELLA hit safely in 14 straight games (18-45, 5 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 2 SB) August 9-27, raising his average from .281...
OF SCOTT BIKOWSKI was leading the league in batting (.320) and also was third in on-base percentage (.396) through August 27...
RHP ENEMENCIO PACHECO went 7-0 with a 2.60 ERA in 14 games June 29-August 23 (83 IP, 75 H, 29 R, 24 ER, 23 BB, 59 SO)....
WINSTON-SALEM... RHP BRANDON O'NEAL worked six scoreless innings, allowing five hits and striking out four, in an 8-0 victory over Myrtle Beach August 22. OF DAYLAN HOLT went 3-for-3 with a double and four RBI and DH BRIAN BECKER went 4-for-5 with a double, homer and three RBI...
C CHRIS STEWART hit an RBI single in the bottom of the 12th inning to beat Kinston, 6-5, August 27. OF MIKE SPIDALE's second two-run double of the game knotted the score at 5-5 in the bottom of the eighth. Spidale extended his hitting streak to 11 games (19-42, 6 2B, 8 RBI, 1 SB), raising his average from .234 to .259...
RHP ROB PURVIS allowed two earned runs or fewer in five consecutive starts August 3-23 (27.1 IP, 23 H, 9 R, 4 ER, 13 BB, 20 SO), but had a just a 1-3 record to show for it....
KANNAPOLIS... OF THOMAS BRICE capped a four-run bottom of the ninth inning rally with an RBI single to beat Lake County, 5-4, August 27. OF EDDIE YOUNG had a two-run single in the ninth inning and finished with three RBI...
SS ANDY GONZALEZ reached base safely in 21 consecutive games August 1-25 (19-79, 3 2B, 4 RBI, 8 SB)...
OF DAVID COOK hit .098 (6-61, 21 SO) in 16 games July 31-August 25....
BRISTOL... OF RYAN SWEENEY hit .429 (6-14, 2 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SB) in four games August 21-24 and finished the season hitting .313 in 19 games...
RHP ORIONNY LOPEZ went 0-3 with a 5.60 ERA in six games August 11-21 (17.2 IP, 22 H, 13 R, 11 ER, 10 BB, 15 SO)...
OF CHRIS YOUNG did not commit an error in 50 consecutive games July 3-August 24....
GREAT FALLS... RHP SEAN TRACEY tossed his first career complete game, leading the White Sox past Missoula, 7-1, August 27. Tracey struck out a season-high 12 men, including four in row between the fourth and the fifth innings. He allowed four hits overall and did not walk a batter in winning his third straight start and fourth in his last five...
RHP BRANDON MCCARTHY struck out 11 batters (6 IP, 6 H, 4 R) in a 10-7 win at Idaho Falls August 24. 3B MICAH SCHNURSTEIN went 4-for-5 with a double and an RBI...
OF SETH MORRIS hit a pair of home runs (2-5, 3 RBI) on August 26 in a 16-10 loss against Missoula....
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