Royals on the Farm 6/25 and 6/26

AAA: Omaha got its five-game win streak snapped Saturday in a 9-5 loss to Iowa. The O-Royals scored 3 in the 1st on an RBI double by 1B Denny Hocking and a 2-run homer by RF Aaron Guiel (his 15th). From then on it was Iowa's game as the Cubs pounded out 9 runs before Omaha scored its final 2 in the 7th on a 2-run homer by 3B Chris Truby (his 8th). SP Dennis Tankersley got the loss to drop to 5-6. He went 3 2/3 IP and allowed 6 R (5 ER) on 8 hits and 3 BB with a K to bump his ERA to 4.84. RP Shane Nance went 1 2/3 IP and gave up 3 ER on 6 hits with 1 K to move his ERA to 3.90. RP Matt Ford pitched 1 2/3 innings and allowed 2 hits with 1 K to drop his ERA to 1.80. RP Santiago Ramirez went a hitless inning to drop his ERA to 6.47. Hocking was 2-3 with a double, walk and RBI to improve to .265; Truby was 2-4 with a HR and 2 RBI to move to .268; and LF Cory Aldridge was 1-3 to drop to .500. Guiel had an outfield assist at second.

Sunday, Omaha got back on the winning track in a 9-4 win over Iowa. The O-Royals scored 2 in the 2nd on a 2-run double by CF Adrian Brown and another in the 3rd on a solo homer by RF Aaron Guiel (his 16th and fourth straight game with a tater). Omaha added 3 in the 5th on an RBI double by 2B Justin Gemoll and a 2-run homer by C Paul Phillips (his 3rd). The final 3 came in the 7th on a 2-run double by 1B Chad Santos and an RBI single by SS Luis Ugueto. SP Kyle Snyder made his third rehab start and went 3 1/3 IP, giving up 2 hits and 2 BB with 2 Ks to drop his ERA to 1.56. RP Shawn Sonnier moved to 2-0 as he went 1 2/3 IP and allowed 1 ER on 2 hits with 4 Ks to move his ERA to 6.28. RP Jaime Cerda pitched 2 innings and gave up 1 ER on 3 hits and 2 BB with 1 K to move his ERA to 9.33. RP Scott Sullivan made another rehab appearance and gave up 2 ER in 1 IP on 3 hits to make his ERA 9.00. RP Wes Wilkerson pitched an inning and walked 1 with 1 K to drop his ERA to 4.44. The walk ended Wilkerson's club record for consecutive innings without a walk at 24. Guiel was 3-4 with a BB, double, HR, RBI and 3 RS to move to .266; Santos was 2-3 with a double, walk and 2 RBI to improve to .260; and Aldridge was 1-5 to drop to .429. Guiel had another outfield assist Sunday, this time at home plate.

Omaha is 38-40 and 3 1/2 back of Nashville. RH Denny Bautista (0-0, 9.00) is set to make another rehab start vs. Iowa RH Jon Leicester (0-2, 5.53) Monday.

AA: Wichita allowed an unearned run in the 7th that made the difference in a 4-3 loss to Frisco Saturday. The Wranglers started the scoring in the 2nd with a run on an RBI double by C Mathew Tupman and 2 Wichita runs in the 5th on a 2-run shot by CF Mitch Maier (his 2nd) made it a 3-2 Wichita game. Frisco tied it in the bottom of the inning and took the lead for good after a fielding error by 1B Josh Pressley in the 7th. SP Derrin Ebert went 4 1/3 IP and allowed 3 ER on 5 hits and 4 BB with 1 K to move his ERA to 5.65. RP Thad Markray picked up the loss to drop to 3-3. He went 3 1/3 innings and allowed the UER on 2 hits with 2 Ks to drop his ERA to 4.30. RP Nate Hoelscher went 1/3 IP of scoreless relief to drop his ERA to 6.44. 3B Mike Aviles was 0-3 to drop to .299 and Tupman was 1-4 with a double and RBI to move to .317. LF Mel Stocker stole his 11th base in the loss. Pressley's error was his 5th.

Sunday, Frisco pulled out another win as the RoughRiders scored 3 in the 8th to get the 6-4 victory. Wichita tied the game at 1 in the 4th on an RBI force out by DH Josh Pressley and scored 2 in the 6th on an RBI ground out by Pressley and an RBI single by C John Draper. The lead was short-lived as Frisco tied the game in the 6th. Wichita scored its final run in the 8th on a sac fly by Aviles but Frisco quickly took the lead back for good. SP Kyle Middleton dropped to 7-5 as he went 7 1/3 IP and allowed 6 ER on 11 hits with 6 Ks to bump his ERA to 3.86. RP Hoelscher went 1/3 IP of hitless relief to drop his ERA to 6.37. RP Stephen Bray made his first AA appearance of the season and went 1/3 of an inning, giving up 1 hit and 1 BB to set a 0.00 ERA. Maier was 2-4 with a double and 2 RS to improve to .267; Aviles was 2-3 with an RBI to improve to .303; 1B Brennan King was 2-4 with a double to move to .272; Draper was 2-4 with an RBI to move to .294; and Tupman was 0-1 as a PH to drop to .315.

Wichita is 2-2. A 3-game set at Midland (3-0) starts Monday.

High-A: High Desert entered the all-star break on a good note Saturday with a 13-7 win over Bakersfield. The Mavs scored 2 in the 2nd on a 2-run shot by C Adam Donachie (his 5th) and, after Bakersfield took a 4-2 lead in the 3rd, the Mavs scored 4 in the 4th on an RBI single by CF Chris Lubanski, a 2-run homer by Donachie (his 6th) and an RBI hit by pitch by 1B Jared Price. With the score 6-5 HD entering the bottom of the 6th, the Mavs scored 7 on a 3-run triple by LF Billy Butler, a 2-run homer by Price (his 1st) and a 2-run shot by Lubanski (#17 on the year). SP John Gragg III got the win to move to 7-2. He went 5 2/3 IP and allowed 5 ER on 9 hits and 3 BB with 5 Ks to make his ERA 4.00. RP Drew Endicott got his 3rd hold with 1 2/3 IP of 2 ER on 4 hits to make his ERA 4.56. RP Chris Demaria pitched 1 2/3 innings and K'd 4 to drop his ERA to 2.82. SS Angel Sanchez was 2-5 to improve to .279; Butler was 2-5 with a double, triple and 3 RBI to improve to .367; Lubanski was 3-5 with a HR, 3 RBI and 3 RS to improve to .259; Donachie was 3-5 with 2 HR, 4 RBI and 2 RS to move to .289; 3B Brandon Powell was 0-5 to drop to .302; and 2B Walter Sevilla was 2-3 with 2 RS and a BB to improve to .216.

High Desert is 3-3 and tied atop the Cal League South division. The all-star break began today and the game is Tuesday in Frederick, MD, as the Cal League takes on the Carolina League. Butler, Gragg and 1B Kila Kaaihue are all set to take part.

Low-A: Saturday, a 4-run 1st started Beloit to a 8-2 win over Burlington. The Bees scored their runs in the 4th and 8th on a bases-loaded wild pitch and a solo homer by RF Brian McFall (his 5th). SP Luis Cota went 4 IP and allowed 7 ER on 7 hits and 3 BB with 4 Ks to drop to 2-4 with a 3.17 ERA. RP Justin Sherman went 4 innings and allowed only 2 hits and 2 BB with 1 K to drop his ERA to 1.33. RP Greg Atencio went 1 inning and gave up 1 ER on 1 hit and 1 BB to make his ERA 4.12. SS Irving Falu was 2-5 with a double to move to .242 and McFall was 4-4 with the HR, RBI and 2 RS to move to .243. Falu stole his 8th base and 3B Mario Lisson committed his 18th error.

Sunday the Bees got revenge by scoring 5 in the 1st en route to a 10-1 win over Beloit in the series finale. C Damaso Espino cracked a 2-run double to start the scoring and 1B Rusty Brown followed with a 3-run homer (his 5th) to make it a 5-0 game. After Beloit scored its run in the 2nd, Burlington added a run in the 3rd on a solo shot by Brown (his 6th) and 2 in the 4th on RBI singles by Falu and 2B Pete Maestrales. The final 2 came in the 7th on Brown's third homer, a 2-run shot for his 7th of the year. Three Bees pitchers combined for a 3-hitter led by SP Kyle Crist, who went 5 IP and allowed 1 ER on 2 hits and 3 BB with 1 K to improve to 5-1 with a 4.62 ERA. RP Adam Rowe pitched 3 innings and allowed 1 hit and 1 BB with 4 Ks to drop his ERA to 5.35. RP Yovany Damico went 1 inning and walked 1 with 2 Ks to drop his ERA to 4.34. Falu was 3-4 with an RBI and 2 RS to improve to .251; Brown was 4-4 with 3 HR, 6 RBI and 3 RS to improve to .276; and LF Cody Cure was 2-4 to improve to .400 after signing as a free agent late in the week.

Burlington is 1-3 and starts a 3-game set at Clinton (2-2) Monday. LH Danny Christensen (1–3, 3.74) will start for the Bees.

Rookie: Saturday, a 4-run 8th helped Casper force extra innings before dropping Idaho Falls in 11, 5-4. The Chukars had the game in hand before the wheels fell off in the 8th as they scored 1 in the 1st on a wild pitch, 1 in the 4th on an RBI double by DH Felix Peguero, 1 in the 6th on an RBI single by RF Andrew Larsen and 1 in the 7th on a passed ball. Only 1 Chukar reached base after the 8th. SP (and 29th-rounder) Brandon Brantley went 3 2/3 IP and allowed 3 hits and 3 BB with 2 Ks but 0 runs to make his ERA 0.00. RP Mitch Goins went 3 1/3 IP and allowed 3 R (2 ER) on 5 hits and a BB with 3 Ks to make his ERA 7.94. RP Jacob Eckley blew his 2nd save with 1 1/3 IP of 1 ER on 2 hits with 1 K to move his ERA to 3.86. RP (25th-rounder) Kevin Bulger got the loss to drop to 0-1. He went 2 2/3 IP and allowed the 1 ER on 1 hit and 1 BB to make his ERA 2.45. Larsen was 2-5 with an RBI to move to .375 and 3B Jeremy Jirschele was 3-4 to improve to .385. Five other Chukars had 1 hit each. 2B Gary Perez made 2 errors in the loss.

Sunday, Idaho Falls put the bats to good use in a 14-1 rout of Casper to end six games against the Rockies even at 3-3. The Chukars scored 2 in the 2nd on a 2-run single by Peguero, 4 in the 3rd on a 2-RBI fielder's choice by Larsen, an RBI single by C Jeffery Howell and a passed ball, and 3 in the 4th on a wild pitch and 2-run triple by LF Antonio Sabatini. The Chukars added another in the 5th on a solo homer by 1B Jase Turner (his 3rd) and 1 in the 7th on a solo homer by DH Blake Adkison (his 3rd). The final 3 runs for the Chukars came in the 8th on an RBI ground out by Sabatini, an RBI single by RF Byron Barber and an RBI force out by SS (and 24th-rounder) Josh Colafemina. SP Rusty Begnaud got the win to move to 2-0. He went 6 innings and gave up 1 ER on 6 hits and 3 BB with 4 Ks to drop his ERA to 3.86. RP Eliszer Garcia got his 1st save with 3 IP of 3 hits and 1 K to drop his ERA to 5.79. 7 Idaho Falls players had 1 hit each led by Turner, who was 1-1 with the HR, RBI, 3 BB and 3 RS to improve to .312; and Peguero, who was 1-2 with 2 BB and an RBI to improve to .273. Idaho Falls drew 13 walks in the win.

Idaho Falls is 3-3. A 3-game set at the Orem Owlz (2-4) starts Monday.

The ASL Royals lost to San Diego's ASL team, 8-3, Saturday and had Sunday off. They are 0-3 and face the Mariners Monday and the Rangers Tuesday. The Padres scored all 8 runs in the 2nd as the Royals scored 1 in the 7th on an RBI ground out by LF Jose Duarte and 2 in the 9th on a 2-run single by C Jefferson Infante. The Royals had only 3 hits in the loss. SP (7th-rounder) Brent Fisher had an outing to forget in his first pro appearance as he started 0-1 after going 1 1/3 IP and allowing 6 R (5 ER) on 5 hits with 1 K to start with a 33.75 ERA. RP Drew Coffey went 2/3 IP and allowed 2 ER on 2 hits and a BB with 1 K to make his ERA 20.25. RP (18th-rounder) Paul Raglione went 1 inning and walked 1 to make his ERA 0.00. RP Enrique Barrera went 2 IP and walked 1 with 3 Ks to lower his ERA to 9.00. RP Matt Pena went 4 IP and gave up 2 hits and 3 BB with 3 Ks to keep a 0.00 ERA. No big offensive guys to report. CF Alvi Morel pinch-hit and was 0-0 with 2 BB and 2 RS. He's hitting .333. Infante also came off the bench to go 1-1 with 2 RBI to improve to .333. 2B Joshua Johnson made 2 errors in the loss.