Rikuu Nishida
Coverage (12 articles)
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 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 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 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 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.
Down 0-2 to Oklahoma City, the Knights Split the Homestand and Clinched a Winning First Half
Oklahoma City came into Truist Field and won the first two without much trouble. Then the Charlotte Knights answered, taking three of the last four to split the six-game homestand and clinch a winning first half. They are 38-31.
The Knights Won Four Games at Gwinnett by Exactly One Run
The Charlotte Knights took the Gwinnett road series four games to two. All four wins came by exactly one run. Rikuu Nishida's eighth-inning go-ahead single Sunday sealed it; Jonathan Cannon and the bullpen held the line. The six-game Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp homestand opens Tuesday night at Truist Field, first pitch 6:35.
The Charlotte Knights Scored Sixteen Runs in Jacksonville. The Jumbo Shrimp Scored One.
The Charlotte Knights beat the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 16-1 on Thursday night at VyStar Ballpark, taking the six-game series lead at 2-1. Charlotte racked up 14 hits across three multi-run innings, with Dru Baker driving in a career-high five and Braden Montgomery going 3-for-5 with two doubles. Friday at 7:05 p.m. is Charlotte right-hander David Sandlin opposite Jacksonville's Bradley Blalock.
Knights Drop Opener 5-1 After Six Scoreless
Six scoreless innings from Duncan Davitt and Ben Peoples. Five runs in the next two. Nashville 5, Charlotte 1 in the homestand opener.
The Knights Scored Six in the Fifth and Flew Home With a Win. Charlotte 9, Jacksonville 4.
Carlos Pérez drove in four. Aaron McGarity picked up the win. Charlotte hung a six-spot on Jacksonville in the fifth inning at 121 Financial Ballpark and closed a six-game road trip with two straight wins, 9-4 over the Jumbo Shrimp to finish the set.