Charlotte Knights 8, Omaha Storm Chasers 0 (Statcast box)
The Knights (63-81) allowed just three hits in their shutout against the Storm Chasers (60-82) to finally snap their five-game losing streak and avoid the six-game sweep with an 8-0 shutout win.
Charlotte jumped out front early in the top of the first as Omaha essentially handed the Knights a free run in each of the first two innings, on a passed ball and throwing error from a pickoff — and in fact out of their eight runs scored in the game, only ONE was earned. The good news is that the offense still had 10 hits even with the help from their opponents, thought they went 0-for-12 with runners in scoring position, making it crucial that Omaha was so grateful to hand over seven unearned runs…