Duncan Davitt
Coverage (5 articles)
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.
A Walk-Off Home Run in Jacksonville Became a Walk-Off Double. The Knights Lost Anyway, 7-6.
The Knights took the road-trip opener at VyStar 5-3 on Tuesday behind Shane Murphy and a Triple-A debut from Braden Montgomery. Wednesday afternoon, what looked like a three-run walk-off home run for Jacksonville got reduced to an RBI walk-off double after the umpires ruled Heriberto Hernández was physically assisted across home plate. Charlotte lost 7-6.
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.
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.
Mario Camilletti Won a Game With His Bat Last Week. He Lost This One With His Glove.
Charlotte tied Jacksonville twice on Wednesday night. Both times, the Jumbo Shrimp pulled ahead again. The go-ahead run scored on a dropped fly ball — off the glove of the player who five days earlier delivered the best hit of the Knights' season.