Charlotte Knights
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Charlotte BookPalooza Brings 86 Authors to Truist Field on Oct. 10. Kids 15 and Under Get In Free.
Charlotte BookPalooza fills Truist Field on Saturday, Oct. 10, with 86 indie authors, local booksellers and a day of activities for readers. A pass is $5, kids 15 and under get in free, and the festival raises money for Books on the House, a nonprofit that gives books away.
The Knights Finished 81-68 With Winning Records in Both Halves. The Playoff Spots Went Elsewhere.
Charlotte won its last two games at Norfolk to finish 81-68, tied for the fourth-best record in the International League. By the club's count it was the first 80-win season since 2012. It was not a playoff season, because the league picks its postseason clubs by half.
The Knights Got Four Hits Again. This Time It Was Enough.
Charlotte got four hits Thursday and lost by seven. Charlotte got four hits Friday and won. Shane Murphy went seven innings without walking a batter, Joey Wiemer hit a two-run homer in the second, and that was the whole night: Knights 2, Bisons 1 on First Responders Night at Truist Field.
The Knights Tied It in the Fifth. Buffalo Scored the Next Nine.
Buffalo answered Junior Perez's game-tying homer with nine unanswered runs and beat the Knights 11-4 at Truist Field. Charlotte drew nine walks and managed four hits. Three home games remain in the season.
Two Thousand First Responders Get Friday Night at Truist Field. The Jerseys Are for a Firefighter Who Died at the Towers.
The Knights gave away more than 2,000 tickets for Friday, the twenty-fifth September 11. The game-worn jerseys go to a foundation named for an FDNY firefighter from Engine 217, run out of Waxhaw for twenty-four years by people who are not paid to do it.
The Knights Finally Won an Eighth Inning. Now Comes the Hard Part.
Charlotte had lost the eighth inning twice in a row. Wednesday night it took a sacrifice fly and a bad throw to win one there, 5-4 over Buffalo. And the standings page most people check is not the race the Knights are in.
The Knights Have Six Home Games Left. All of Them Are Next Week.
Charlotte's last six games at Truist Field this season all fall between Tuesday and Saturday, September 8 to 12, against Buffalo. Four Chicago White Sox players have been in town this month on rehab, and David Sandlin threw a complete-game shutout and struck out eleven inside of a week. Here are the dates, the first pitches and the reasons to go.
Andy Weber Has 12 Hits in His Last 11 Games. Eight Went for Extra Bases.
Over his last 11 games, Andy Weber has 12 hits, and eight of them went for extra bases. The Charlotte Knights second baseman is slugging .757 in that span against .481 for the season, and August is the best power month of his year.
The Road Trip Is Over. The Knights Get Six at Home Against Memphis.
The Knights closed a 5-7 road trip with a series split in Moosic and come home at 67-59. Six straight against Memphis at Truist Field start tonight at 6:35.
Iowa Cubs Come to Truist Field for the First Time in 2027
The Knights' 2027 home schedule puts the Chicago Cubs' Triple-A affiliate in Uptown for the first time, opens March 30 against Memphis, and keeps all three holiday weekends at home.
The Knights Were Down 8-1 in the Eighth. They Won It in the Tenth.
Charlotte trailed by seven going into the eighth Tuesday night at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and won 9-8 in ten innings, the largest come-from-behind win of the Knights' season.
The Knights Are 49-48 Against Everybody Else Now
Charlotte opened its 12-game road trip with an 8-6 comeback win at Rochester, moving one game above .500 against teams other than Durham.
The Knights Went 14-4 Against Durham. Against Everyone Else, They Are 48-48.
The Charlotte Knights finished 14-4 against Durham and 62-52 overall. Remove those 18 games and Charlotte is exactly 48-48 against everyone else, with a 12-game road trip beginning Tuesday.
The Knights Won Six Straight With a Roster That Kept Changing Underneath Them.
The Charlotte Knights won six in a row in Nashville, reached the best record they have held all season, then lost three straight to split the series. In the middle of it, first baseman Nolan Jones was pulled off the field mid-game after the White Sox traded him to Seattle, the third time this season a Knight has been dealt during a game. Durham comes to Truist Field on Tuesday.
The Knights Took Five of Six From Norfolk, and Korey Lee Won One of Them on His Birthday
The Charlotte Knights won five of six games from the Norfolk Tides at Truist Field, clinched the series with a game to spare, and left for a six-game trip to Nashville at 55-47. Korey Lee won Saturday's game in the tenth inning, with the bases loaded, on his birthday.
Friday at Truist Field, the Knights Play for Something Bigger Than the Standings
Friday's Knights-Norfolk game at Truist Field is the annual Vs. Cancer game, built around the fight against pediatric cancer with Great Clips and the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. A Home Run for Life ceremony, a moment of silence, and a Charlotte community that has raised $275,000 since 2017.
The Knights Out-Hit Durham All Weekend and Still Lost the Series
The Charlotte Knights out-hit Durham all weekend and still lost the series two games to one, stranding fourteen runners in a 3-2 finale loss Sunday. Rikuu Nishida and Dru Baker both went 3-for-4, but Charlotte could not come through when it counted. The Knights return home to Truist Field for a six-game homestand against Norfolk starting Tuesday.
Nine Straight Over Durham, Then the Bulls Finally Got One: Knights Fall 8-2
The Charlotte Knights had beaten the Durham Bulls nine straight times this season. On Friday night in Durham, the tenth try, the Bulls broke through 8-2, and four total Charlotte hits told the story. Game 2 is Saturday.
A Smithsonian Baseball Exhibition Opens Saturday at the Charlotte Museum of History. See the Part of the Story We Missed.
The Smithsonian's "¡Pleibol!" opens Saturday at the Charlotte Museum of History, in partnership with the Charlotte Knights, and runs through October 18. Here's how to go, and why 150 years of Latino baseball history is worth your weekend.
A Smithsonian Baseball Exhibition Opens Saturday at the Charlotte Museum of History
"¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues," a bilingual Smithsonian exhibition on Latinos and baseball, opens Saturday at the Charlotte Museum of History in partnership with the Charlotte Knights, and runs through October 18.
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Charlotte FC Is Down the Street. The Rest of Charlotte Sports Requires a Screen.
Charlotte FC plays down the street Tuesday. The Knights are away, and two NASCAR drivers won at Iowa. Here is the Fourth Ward version of what matters.
Charlotte Sports This Week: One Home Match, One Long Road Trip and Some Awkward Math
Charlotte FC is home Tuesday, the Knights are leaving for 12 games and the weekend at Iowa rewarded two drivers who finally got the timing right. Here is the useful version for Firethorne.
Charlotte Sports, Minus the Homework: What Matters This Week
Charlotte FC has not allowed a goal, the Knights have some awkward math to explain and two NASCAR drivers left Iowa with wins. Here is the useful part.