Jason Matthews
Coverage (6 articles)
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 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.
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.
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.
Two Games Into the Murakami Watch: A Hit Each Night, and the Series Is Even
Munetaka Murakami doubled home a run in his second rehab game with the Charlotte Knights on Wednesday night, a 6-3 loss to Nashville that evened the series. Two games in, the White Sox superstar is 2-for-7 with a walk, and the Knights' releases offer no timetable for how long he stays.
A Big-League Bat in the Charlotte Lineup: Murakami Debuts as the Knights Beat Nashville 8-2
A big-league bat came to Truist Field on Tuesday night: Munetaka Murakami made his Charlotte Knights debut on a rehab assignment from the parent-club White Sox. Ryan Galanie's second-inning grand slam did the heavy lifting, and the Knights rolled the Nashville Sounds 8-2 in the series opener.