Royals on the Farm 6/19 -- Rookie leagues open

AAA - Omaha: Memphis 4, O-Royals 3 (7/game 1)

SS Blanco 1-2, HR (2), SF, 2 RBI (17), K, 2 E (15) -- .272
LF Costa 1-4, 2B -- .250
CF Guiel 0-3, RS -- .239
RF Allen 0-3 -- .332
2B Gotay 0-3, K -- .244

Hernandez 6 IP, 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, BB, 5 K, HRA, WP -- L, 3-4, 5.53 ERA

*** Runelvys gave up a backbreaker homer in the 5th and Omaha dropped another game to Memphis in the opener of a doubleheader. Fatty allowed a run in the 2nd but Omaha tied it in the 3rd on a Blanco sac fly after Mike Aviles led off the inning with a double. Guiel scored in the 4th on a Memphis fielding error on a ball hit by Paul Phillips to make the score 2-1 and Omaha added another run in the 5th on Blanco's 2nd homer, a solo shot to left. Runelvys gave up a leadoff double in the 5th and later wild pitched the run home before Redbirds LF Brian Martin struck for his first homer of the season for Memphis and the 2-run shot gave Memphis a 4-3 lead. Orber Moreno and Brian Falkenborg finished Omaha off. Omaha dropped to 27-43. Falkenborg picked up his 10th save and dropped his ERA to 3.38. Martin was 1-2 with 2 RBI to move to .270 and CF Skip Schumaker was 0-3 to drop to .280.

O-Royals 3, Memphis 1 (10/game 2)

RF Costa 2-3, BB -- .429
SS Blanco 1-2, BB, HBP, 2 RS -- .275
LF Allen 1-3, 2 BB, 2 RBI (38) -- .332
CF Guiel 1-5, RBI (27) -- .238
2B Gotay 1-3, BB, K, picked off -- .245

Hudson 4 IP, ER, 3 H, BB, 2 K -- ND, 2.30 ERA
Boehringer 4 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 2 K -- W, 1-3, 2.88 ERA
Nelson IP, K -- SV, 6, 2.33 ERA

*** The Omaha offense nearly squandered good pitching performances but turned on in the 10th to get the win. Hudson gave up 3 hits in the 1st as Memphis scored a run and Redbirds SP Randy Leek held Omaha in check until the 6th when Guiel came through with a 1-out RBI single. Mike Aviles grounded into 2 inning-ending double plays with runners in scoring position and the game stayed tied at 1. With 2 on and 2 out in the 10th, Allen came through with a 2-run single before Aviles grounded into a force out to end another inning. Nelson set Memphis down in order in the bottom of the 10th to end the game. Omaha improved to 28-43 and is still 11 1/2 games out of first. Schumaker was 1-3 to move to .281.

Omaha had Tuesday off and starts a 5-game set at the Iowa Cubs (32-38, AAA guess who) Wednesday.

AA - Wichita: all-star break

The Wranglers' all-star reps play tonight in the TL All-Star Game in Little Rock, Ark. The Wranglers ended the first half at 34-36 and 7 games out of first.

High-A - High Desert: Inland Empire 5, Mavs 0

1B Stodolka 0-4, K -- .288
LF Valentin 2-4, 2B, K -- .303
DH R. Brown 2-3, K -- .286
C Donachie 0-2, K, PB (7) -- .276

Christensen 5 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, BB, 5 K -- L, 1-5, 5.75 ERA

*** 66ers starter Robert Rohrbaugh pitched a complete-game 4-hitter and Inland Empire tied the Mavs for the first-half title. Christensen gave up 2 runs in the 4th and another in the 5th and the Mavs scattered their 4 hits over 4 innings and never seriously threatened. High Desert is 0-1 in the second half in the weird situation where IE was playing its final first-half game and HD its first second-half game. Rohrbaugh K'd 10 in moving to 7-1 with a 1.46 ERA. IE 2B Yung-Chi Chen was 1-4 to drop to .327, 3B Matt Tuiasosopo was 1-3 with his 33rd RBI to move to .307 and RF Mike Wilson was 1-4 to drop to .311.

The loss snapped a 9-game win streak and set up Tuesday's winner-take-all game with IE for the first-half title, as the tiebreaker sets forth the first second-half game between the two determines the champ. Luis Cota pitches for HD, so the Mavs need him on top of his game.

Low-A - Burlington: all-star break

The Bees ended the first half at 35-32. They get back into action Thursday.

Rookie - Idaho Falls: opening day Tuesday

The Chukars start their season with a 4-game set at the Casper Rockies (Rookie guess who). Idaho Falls' opening roster includes '06 draft picks P Harold Mozingo (6th rd), OF Brett Bigler (7th), 2B Marc Maddox (9th), P Everett Teaford (12th), P Dan Best (14th), C Matt Morizio (17th), P Burke Baldwin (21st), P Romas Hicks (22nd), P Aaron Hartsock (23rd), C Brandon Lance (31st) and 2005 draftees OF Joe Dickerson, SS Shawn Hayes and draft-and-follow P Bryan Casey. 1B Jase Turner is the main returnee.