Royals on the Farm 7/8

AAA: Omaha held off Oklahoma to take a 7-6 win Friday. The O-Royals scored the first 2 runs of the game in the 2nd on a 2-run homer by SS Luis Ugueto (his 6th). Oklahoma came back with 3 in the 3rd to take the lead but Omaha had a 4-run 4th on a 2-run homer by 3B Chris Truby (his 10th), a throwing error on a ball hit by Ugueto and a sac fly by RF Aaron Guiel. Omaha's final run in the 6th on a solo homer by Ugueto (his 7th) made it a 7-3 game and the bullpen held off the RedHawks. RP Santiago Ramirez came in to close in the 9th with the score 7-5 and gave up a leadoff homer but set the next three batters down in order to end it. SP Dennis Tankersley went 5 innings and allowed 3 ER on 5 hits and 3 BB with 6 Ks to get the W and move to 6-6 with a 4.84 ERA. RP Jaime Cerda got his 4th hold as he went 1 1/3 IP and allowed 1 ER on a BB with 3 Ks to move his ERA to 7.83. RP Wes Wilkerson pitched 2/3 of an inning and allowed 1 ER on 2 hits to move his ERA to 4.85. RP Matt Ford got his 4th hold with 1 IP of 1 hit to drop his ERA to 0.93. Ramirez got his 5th save with 1 ER on 1 hit and 1 K over 1 IP to move his ERA to 5.91. CF Adrian Brown was 2-5 to improve to .272 and Ugueto was 3-4 with 2 HRs and 3 RBI with 3 RS to improve to .231. His homers came from different sides of the plate and he was the first Omaha player to do so in 9 years.

Omaha is 40-49 and 10 games out of first. Tonight's pitching matchup: Oklahoma LH Ryan Snare (1-3, 5.80) vs. LH Brian Anderson (NR) in his second rehab start.

AA: Wichita got tagged for a 4-run first by Arkansas and the Travelers went on to a 7-3 win Friday. Arkansas took a 6-0 lead before Wichita scored in the 4th on an RBI double by DH Josh Pressley. The Wranglers' final 2 runs came in the 8th on a 2-run homer by CF Mitch Maier (his 3rd). SP Thad Markray only went 1/3 of an inning in the 1st and was marked for 4 ER on 4 hits and 3 BB to drop to 4-4 with a 4.84 ERA. RP Trae McGill went 2 2/3 IP and gave up 2 ER on 4 hits and 2 BB with 2 Ks to move his ERA to 4.67. RP Colt Griffin went 3 Ip and allowed 1 ER on 4 hits and 2 Ks to move his ERA to 3.72. RP Jonah Bayliss made his first appearance since his demotion from KC and went 2 hitless innings and K'd 1 to drop his ERA to 2.55. SS Donnie Murphy was 2-4 to improve to .285; Pressley was 2-4 with a double and RBI to improve to .281; C Mathew Tupman was 1-4 to drop to .307; and LF Mel Stocker was 2-4 to up his BA to .232. 1B Justin Huber was 0-4 to drop to .339. He also made his 10th error in the field.

Wichita is 8-6 and a game ahead of Springfield in the divisional race. The teams finish the series with a twinbill today. Pitching matchups: Game 1 -- Arkansas LHP Daniel Davidson (6-4, 4.53 ERA) v. LHP Mike Stodolka (3-7, 5.65 ERA). Game 2 -- Travs LHP Willie Collazo (0-1, 4.42 ERA) v. RHP Barry Armitage (2-2, 3.67 ERA).

High-A: High Desert had a big 7th to tie the game but Lancaster scraped together a run in the bottom of the inning to get an 8-7 win. The Mavs scored 2 in the 1st on a solo homer by LF Billy Butler (his 20th) and an RBI double by CF Chris Lubanski but Lancaster came right back with 3 on a 3-run bomb by SS Stephen Drew. High Desert tied the game in the 3rd on a solo homer by DH Pete Maestrales (his 9th) but it didn't last long as Lancaster scored 3 combined in the 3rd and 4th to take a 6-3 lead. The JetHawks scored again in the 6th to make it a 7-3 game before High Desert tallied 4 in the 7th on a 3-run shot by Butler (his 21st) and a solo blast by SS Adam Keim (his 18th). Lancaster got a run with 2 outs in the 7th to reclaim the lead and Maestrales reached base for HD in the 9th to lead off the inning only to get doubled off first on a line out by RF Alan Moye. Butler followed with a double that may have scored Maestrales but instead was just a double and Keim struck out to end the game. SP Cesar Herrera went 4 IP and allowed 6 R (3 ER) on 8 hits and 2 BB with 3 Ks to move his ERA to 5.90. RP Devon Lowery got the loss with 4 IP of 2 ER on 4 hits and 2 BB to fall to 1-1 with an ERA of 2.00. Maestrales was 1-3 with 2 BB, a HR, RBI and 2 RS to move his average to .318; Butler was 3-4 with a BB, double, 2 HR and 4 RBI along with 2 RS to improve to .360; Lubanski was 3-4 with a double and RBI to improve to .274; 1B Jared Price was 1-4 to drop to .304 and 3B Brandon Powell was 1-4 to drop to .307.

High Desert is 8-7 and a 1/2 game back of Rancho Cucamonga. No announced starters yet for tonight's game with Lancaster.

Low-A: Burlington SP Patrick Green held Beloit to 1 run on 6 hits over 8 innings as Burlington took a 5-1 win over Beloit Friday. The Bees scored once in the 1st on an RBI ground out by DH Damaso Espino and Beloit tied it that inning on a solo homer. After that Green held the Snappers in check and the Bees scored 1 in the 5th on a double play ball by 2B Geraldo Valentin, 1 in the 6th on a solo homer by 1B Rusty Brown (his 9th) and 2 in the 7th on a Brown fielder's choice and a bases loaded walk by C Robert Grana. Green walked 2 and K'd 5 in his longest career start to improve to 4-7 with a 4.32 ERA. RP Chad Blackwell closed out the win with 1 hitless IP that included a walk as his ERA sagged to 2.25. SS Irving Falu was 2-5 with a double to improve to .262; Espino was 2-5 with an RBI to up his BA to .265; Brown was 2-4 with a BB, HR and 2 RBI to improve to .281; and CF Cody Cure was 2-3 with a BB to improve to .250. Falu stole 2 bases to get to 12 on the season.

Burlington is 7-9 and 4 games out of first. Tonight's pitching matchup: RH Patrick Hicklen (4-4, 4.25) v. Beloit RH David Shinskie (1-6, 7.88).

Rookie: It was a pitchers' duel Friday in Orem as Idaho Falls dropped a game to the Owlz, 2-1. Orem scored 2 off Chukars starter Michael Penn in the 2nd and the Chukars could only get 3 hits off Orem pitchers before the 9th when 3B Shawn Hayes knocked in SS Christopher McConnell with a single. Idaho Falls had three chances to tie the game and failed. Penn went 4 innings and allowed 2 R (1 ER) on 3 hits and a BB with 4 Ks to get the loss and drop to 0-1 with a 3.63 ERA. RP Jacob Eckley allowed 3 hits and a BB with a K over 1 2/3 IP to drop his ERA to 3.38. RP Kraig Schambough walked 1 and K'd 2 over 1 1/3 IP to drop his ERA to 2.84 and RP Matthew Kniginyzky allowed 1 hit with 2 Ks in 1 IP to keep his ERA at 0.00. CF Ethien Santana was 0-4 to drop to .321; McConnell was 2-3 with a BB and triple to improve to .373; and C Kiel Thibault was 1-3 with a double to drop to .346.

Idaho Falls is 8-10 and 4 games back of Ogden. The final game of the 2-game set with Orem is tonight.

The Arizona League Royals had their 9-game winning streak snapped in an 8-4 loss to the Giants Friday. The Royals tied the game at 1 in the 4th on an RBI force out by CF Joseph Dickerson but the Giants scored 4 that inning to take a 5-1 lead. The Royals scored 2 in the 5th on a 2-run single by SS Jeff Bianchi but couldn't get all the way back. Their final run came in the 8th on an RBI single by Dickerson. SP Juan Abreu went 4 innings and allowed 5 ER on 7 hits and 2 BB with 1 K to drop to 1-1 with a 5.65 ERA. RP Henry Barrera went 1 1/3 IP and allowed 3 hits to drop his ERA to 14.14 and RP Drew Coffey went 2 2/3 IP and allowed 3 ER on 5 hits and 2 BB with 3 Ks to make his ERA 12.71. Bianchi was 1-5 with 2 RBI to drop to .462; LF Matt Diaz made a rehab appearance and went 2-4 with a double to set a .500 BA; Dickerson was 1-4 with 2 RBI to drop to .377; and 3B Pedro Lopez was 1-4 to drop to .371.

The ASL Royals are 10-4 and tied with the Giants atop the league. They take on the Mariners today and the Angels tomorrow.