Royals on the Farm 6/13

AAA - Omaha: O-Royals 5, Nashville 2

LF Huber 1-3, BB -- .257
1B Bell 3-4, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI (14), RS -- .193
SS Blanco 2-4, RBI (15), RS -- .285
CF Robinson 1-5, 2B, RBI (18), K -- .294
RF Guiel 0-4, 3 K -- .242
2B Gotay 0-5, 3 K -- .251
C Phillips 1-1, 3 BB, RS -- .277

Hernandez 6 1/3 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 4 BB, 11 K!! -- W, 3-3, 5.71 ERA, where did that come from?
Yarnall 2 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, BB, 3 K -- SV, 1, 3.79 ERA

*** Runelvys Hernandez had his best start of the season at Omaha and the Royals snapped a losing skid. With 1 out and runners on the corners in the 2nd, Buddy's son Rick Bell came through with a bases-clearing triple to put Omaha up, 2-0. Blanco followed with an RBI single to make the score 3-0. Runelvys had a no-hitter through 5 1/3 innings before a single broke it up. Bell hit an RBI single in the 4th to extend the lead but was thrown out trying to stretch it to a double. Runelvys gave up a 1-out double and single in the 7th and was pulled for Yarnall, who got out of the jam unscathed. Robinson doubled home Blanco in the 9th for some more padding on the lead before Yarnall gave up 2 in the bottom of the 9th but salvaged a save. Omaha is 26-39. Sounds SP Dana Eveland was tagged with his 2nd loss with 4 ER over 6 IP to move his ERA to 1.93. Tony Gwynn Jr. was 1-5 to drop to .315, 3B Vinny Rottino was 2-4 to move to .286 and SS Chris Barnwell was 0-3 to drop to .327.

Game 3 of the series is a Wednesday matinee. Pitchers: RH Brian Boehringer (0-2, 3.94) vs. Sounds RH Ben Hendrickson (3-2, 2.29).

AA - Wichita: Wranglers 5, Tulsa 4

3B Gordon 0-3, 2 BB, K, RS -- .307
RF Butler 1-5, K -- .310
CF Maier 1-3, RBI (43), RS, 2 HBP -- .302
C Tupman 0-3, BB, 2 RBI (24) -- .318
SS Sanchez 1-4, BB -- .286
2B Murphy 1-4, 2B, 2 K, RS, HBP -- .214

Middleton 6 IP, ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 5 K, HRA -- W, 4-3, 3.91 ERA
Braun 2 1/3 IP, H, 2 K -- SV, 9, 1.73 ERA, old school save

*** The Wranglers almost squandered a 5-1 lead but Braun held the line on the mound to secure the win. Both teams' offenses were quiet until the 4th when Wichita scored 3 on a Tupman RBI ground out, a sac fly by 1B Kila Kaaihue and Maier RBI single. Middleton gave up a leadoff homer in the Tulsa 4th but Wichita got that back and 1 more in the 7th on an RBI single by LF Dee Brown and Tupman RBI force out for a 5-1 lead. RP Devon Lowery replaced Middleton to start the 7th and got into trouble as he loaded the bases with 1 out. A 2-run single and sac fly cut the lead to 5-4 and brought in RP Nate Hoelscher, who gave up a single before being pulled in favor of Braun. Braun got a force out to end the inning with the slim Wrangler lead. Tulsa got 2 on with 0 out in the 8th but Braun got a pop out, strike out and force out to end the threat. He had a 1-2-3 9th to shut the door. Wichita is 32-33 and 6 games back of first. Tulsa DH Chris Iannetta was 1-4 with his 10th homer and 24th and 25th RBI in dropping to .324, 1B Joe Koshansky was 1-4 to drop to .322, 3B Ian Stewart was 1-4 with his 33rd and 34th RBI to move to .252 and SS Troy Tulowitzki was 0-4 to drop to .283.

Wichita and Tulsa also play a matinee Wednesday for the series finale. No announced pitchers.

High-A - High Desert: Mavs 15, Rancho Cucamonga 3

1B Stodolka 2-4, BB, RBI (31), 2 RS -- .304
LF Valentin 2-4, 2B, 3B, BB, 3 RBI (29), 2 RS -- .283
C Donachie 2-4, SF, 3 RBI (16), 2 RS -- .284
2B Perez 2-5, 2B (11), 2 RS -- .283
DH R. Brown 1-5, 2 K, RBI (29), RS -- .268
CF Senreiso 2-3, 2 RS -- .253
RF McFall 1-3, SF, K, HR (9), 4 RBI (31) -- .238
* Every Mavs position player scored at least 1 run

Crist 7 IP, ER, 5 H, BB, 3 K -- W, 2-1, 4.10 ERA, nice start

*** Three big innings helped the Mavs rout Rancho Cucamonga and creep closer in the divisional race as the first half dwindles. A Donachie sac fly, RBI triple by Valentin and McFall sac fly got High Desert on the board for 3 in the 2nd and, after the Quakes got 1 back in the 4th, the Mavs came up and got a Valentin RBI double and 3-run homer by McFall -- his 9th -- for a 7-1 lead. That was the score entering the bottom of the 7th when the Mavs started the inning with 5 straight hits, including RBI singles by SS Irving Falu, Brown and Stodolka. Donachie hit an RBI single before Valentin drew a bases-loaded walk, McFall drove in a run with a double-play ball and 3B Ed Lucas reached on a throwing error that scored a run. A Donachie single drove in the 15th run in the 8th and the Quakes scored 2 in the 9th but it was, for all intents and purposes, over. High Desert is 34-31 and 1 1/2 games back of Inland Empire with 5 games left in the first half. The Quakes committed 5 errors in the loss but only 4 of the runs were unearned. Quakes 3B Freddy Sandoval was 3-5 with 2 RBI to move to .303, C Michael Collins was 2-4 to move to .303 and 1B Cliff Remole was 1-4 to drop to .297. SS Sean Rodriguez made 4 of the errors to move his season total to 19 and was 0-3 at the plate.

Game 3 of the 4-gamer is Wednesday night. Pitchers: LH Danny Christensen (1-4, 5.80) vs. Rancho Cucamonga RH Amalio Diaz (0-0, 2.00).

Low-A - Burlington: Bees 5, Kane County 4

C Thibault 3-4, 2 RBI (18), RS -- .238
OF Santana 2-3, HBP, RS -- .258
CF Duarte 1-2, BB, K, CS -- .289
2B Johnson 0-3 -- .269
SS McConnell 1-3, BB, RBI (16), SB (8) -- .163
3B Lisson 1-3, BB, 2B (16), RBI (37), 2 RS, E (9) -- .216

Penn 7 IP, 3 R (2 ER), 5 H, BB, 4 K, HRA -- W, 5-2, 2.86 ERA
de la Vara IP, ER, 2 H, 3 K, HRA -- SV, 7, 3.46 ERA

*** The Bees came back from being down, 3-0, to take the series finale with Kane County. The Cougars scored 1 in the 2nd and 2 in the 4th off Penn (the 2nd inning run was unearned because of a 2-out error by Lisson) for a 3-0 lead. Burlington got the help of a KC error in the bottom of the 4th as a run scored on a fielding error on a ball hit by 1B John Lowen and McConnell singled home a run to cut the lead to 3-2. Thibault singled home the tying run in the 5th before the Bees surged ahead with 2 in the 7th on a Lisson RBI double and Thibault RBI single for a 5-3 Bees lead. De la Vara gave up a leadoff dinger in the 9th but then struck out the side to nail down the game. Burlington is 32-31. Cougars C Anthony Recker was 3-4 with 2 HR (7 on the season now) and 3 RBI to move to .314 and 3B Jeff Baisley was 1-4 to drop to .319.

The Bees have Wednesday off before starting a 4-game set at the Clinton LumberKings (22-43, Low-A Rangers) Thursday to end the first half of the season.