Truist Field
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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 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.
Riley Unroe Joined the Knights on Wednesday. He Homered Twice on Thursday.
Riley Unroe joined the Charlotte Knights on Wednesday, played shortstop that night, and hit two home runs from right field on Thursday in a 9-2 win over Nashville. The official record on the newest Knight: 30 years old, a switch-hitter, and no big-league debut.
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 Hung an Eight-Spot in the Fourth and Buried Jacksonville 12-5
Down 5-3 in the nightcap of a weather-made doubleheader, the Knights erupted for eight runs in the fourth, capped by Braden Montgomery's grand slam and two Jacob Gonzalez homers, to bury Jacksonville 12-5. Shane Murphy went the distance for Charlotte's first complete game of the year as Charlotte took a 2-1 series lead.
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 Knights Split a Six-Game Homestand With Norfolk. They Won the Finale 15-3.
Charlotte and Norfolk played six times at Truist Field between Tuesday and Sunday and split the series 3-3. The Tides took the first half. The Knights took the second, capped by Jacob Gonzalez's 4-for-5, four-RBI Sunday in a 15-3 finale.