Post-lat surgery Jonathan Stiever made his second start of September on Sunday, again just a one-inning check-in, and it went just as swimmingly as his first. Unfortunately, he couldn’t stretch his 14 pitches over, say, three or four innings, because once Stiever left the game all hell broke loose in an eventual 12-3 trouncing.
John Parke, at times the only starter the Knights have run out in a given week and certainly the one full-season rotation member in Charlotte, was not keen on following Steiver’s opening gig, surrendering eight earned runs in his one inning of work. Presumably the bulk guy, Parke expended 36 pitches, most of which connected with Jax bats (eight hits, five for extra bases, one leaving the ballpark).