Royals on the Farm 9/6

AA - Wichita: Wranglers 5, Tulsa 2 (Wichita leads best-of-5 series 2-0)

3B Gordon 2-4, RBI, 2 K, CS -- .222
DH D. Brown 3-3, SF, 2 2B, RBI, RS -- .571
LF Lubanski 1-4, BB, RBI, RS -- .222
CF Maier 1-4, RS -- .222
2B Murphy 1-3, HR, 2 RBI -- .500
SS Sanchez 2-4 -- .333

Lumsden 3 2/3 IP, 0 H, 6 BB, 3 K, E (1), WP -- ND, 0.00 ERA, yikes, six walks, control was lacking, was pulled for 90-pitch limit
C. Smith 3 IP, ER, 4 H, BB, 4 K -- W, 1-0, 3.00 ERA
Lowery IP, nothing -- SV, 2, 0.00 ERA

*** The Wranglers overcame Tyler Lumsden's control problems to hold the Drillers to only 5 hits as they took command of the series. After Lumsden walked 2 in the 1st but got out of the jam, Donnie Murphy got the Wranglers started with a 2-run homer in the 2nd after Dee Brown led off the inning with a single. Alex Gordon added an RBI single and Brown a sac fly in the 3rd to make it 4-0. Lumsden walked 2 more and threw in a wild pitch in the 3rd but once again got out without a Tulsa run scored. Chris Lubanski made it 5-0 in the 4th with an RBI single but was thrown out to end the inning trying to stretch it to a double. After 2 more walks in the 4th, Lumsden was pulled for Cody Smith, who kept Tulsa hitless into the 6th. He gave up 3 straight hits to start the 7th and allowed the Drillers' first run. Two Smith Ks and a bases-loaded pop out induced by Jarod Plummer ended the threat. Plummer gave up a solo homer in the 8th in-between striking out the side to draw the Drillers 1 run closer but Devon Lowery sat the Drillers down in order in the 9th to end it. The series now shifts to Wichita, where the Wranglers will have two chances to lock down the series. Tulsa LF Matt Miller was 1-4 with the HR and RBI, 1B Joe Koshansky was 0-4 and C Alvin Colina was 1-3 with a double.

Game 3 is Thursday night. Junior Herndon pitches for Wichita vs. the Drillers' Steven Register. Corpus Christi also took game 2 over Midland Wednesday.

High-A - High Desert: Lake Elsinore 7, Mavs 5 (Storm lead best-of-3 series 1-0)

3B E. Lucas 2-4, 2B, K, RS -- .500
RF McFall 2-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, K, 2 RS -- .500
2B Gaffney 2-4, RBI -- .500
1B R. Brown 1-4, 2B, RBI, K -- .250
RF Valentin 1-4, HR, RBI -- .250

Christensen 4 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 5 K -- ND, 6.75 ERA
de la Vara 3 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, BB, 2 K -- 6.00 ERA
Barnes 1/3 IP, 2 R (1 ER), H, E (1) -- L, 0-1, 27.00 ERA
Rowe 1 2/3 IP, H, 3 K -- 0.00 ERA

*** The Mavs couldn't hold a 6th-inning lead on their home field so now have to win 2 in enemy territory to move on in the Cal League playoffs. Ed Lucas and Rusty Brown had back-to-back doubles in the 1st to get HD a 1-0 lead. Dan Christensen set the first 4 Storm batters down in order but then gave up a walk, 2 doubles and a single aided by an error by Mavs SS Irving Falu to give the Storm a 3-1 lead. After Christensen worked out of 2-on, 0-out jams in the 3rd and 4th, Gilbert de la Vara took over in the 5th and the Mavs closed the gap to 1 on a Mike Gaffney RBI single that inning. de la Vara gave up a run in the 6th to make it 4-2 LE but the Mavs weren't finished. They scored 3 in the 6th on back-to-back homers by Brian McFall (a 2-run shot) and Geraldo Valentin to take a 5-4 lead. de la Vara allowed a 1-out RBI double in the 7th to tie the game and Justin Barnes had a fielding error and allowed a sac fly and RBI triple in the 8th to make it 7-5 Storm. The last 10 Mavs immediately following the 6th-inning homers went down in order to end the game. Storm SS Skip Adams was 3-3 with a walk and double, DH Matt Hagen was 2-5 with 2 doubles and an RBI and 3B Chase Headley was 1-5 with a triple and RBI.

Game 2 is Thursday night. The Mavs' John Gragg pitches against the Storm's Manny Ayala. In other news, C Tomas Duenas left the team to enter classes at Florida International after hitting .340 in August to help HD into the playoffs. Odd.

Rookie - Idaho Falls: Ogden 4, Chukars 3

SS McConnell 2-4, HR (4), RBI (33), K, CS -- .261
C Morizio 2-3, BB -- .264
2B Gil 2-4, HR (2), 2 RBI (15), K -- .223
CF Dickerson 0-4, K -- .278
LF Bigler 1-3, BB, K, RS, SB (20) -- .268
DH Maddox 1-4, 3B (4), 2 K -- .330

Hardy 3 IP, 2 H, BB, K -- ND, 2.80 ERA
Cribb 5 IP, 4 ER, 7 H, BB, 4 K, 2 HRA -- L, 2-6, 5.19 ERA

*** Idaho Falls squandered a 3-0 lead to drop another game to Ogden. Brett Bigler led off the game with a single and Gilbert Gil followed with a 2-run homer for his 2nd of '06 and gave IF a 2-0 lead quickly. Bigler was thrown out at the plate to end the Chukar 3rd trying to score on a Jase Turner single but Chris McConnell led off the 4th with his 4th homer of the season to make it 3-0 IF. Josh Cribb came in to pitch the 4th to relieve Rowdy Hardy and gave up a single and 2-run homer to the first 2 batters he faced. Another solo homer later in the inning tied it at 3. An RBI single off Cribb in the 5th gave Ogden the lead and the Chukars didn't seriously threaten to score again. The Chukars are 17-20. Ogden RF Carlos Santana was 2-4 with his 27th RBI to move to .305, 3B Josh Bell was 2-4 to move to .308 and 1B Rick Taloa was 1-3 with his 11th homer and 2 RBI (48) to move to .276.

The regular season ends Thursday night. No announced pitchers.