Royals on the Farm 8/3

AAA - Omaha: Memphis 5, O-Royals 2

DH Aldridge 2-3, BB, HR (12), RBI (46), K, RS -- .300
CF Falu 0-2, BB, SF, RBI (34) -- .253
RF Parraz 0-3, BB, 3 K, OF assist at home, E -- .292
2B Hulett 0-2, 2 BB, K -- .314
LF Lubanski 0-3, BB, 2 K, SB (7) -- .264
SS Lisson 1-4, 2B (13), RS -- .249

Meche 3 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, WP, balk -- L, 0-1, 4.91 ERA
Rosa 2 IP, 2 R (1 ER), 6 H, BB, K -- 4.91 ERA
Hamulack 2 1/3 IP, ER, 3 H, 3 K, HRA -- 5.36 ERA

*** Gil Meche's hitless rehab start fell apart in the 4th and the O-Royals didn't recover. Omaha loaded the bases to start the 1st but found a way to squander the opportunity. Cory Aldridge got the scoring started with a solo homer in the 3rd for his 12th of the season. Actually Meche, as noted above, didn't allow a hit but was pulled with 2 on and 2 out in the 4th and Carlos Rosa gave up a 2-run double to make it 2-1 Redbirds. Memphis added 2 runs to chase Rosa in the 6th and an Irving Falu sac fly in the 7th cut it to 4-2. Memphis 2B Jarrett Hoffpauir took Tim Hamulack long, tho, in the bottom of the 7th for his 13th of the season to finish the scoring. RP Pete Parise pitched the 9th for his 2nd save. Starter Adam Ottavino went 6 IP for the win with 1 ER allowed on 3 hits and 5 walks with 7 Ks to improve to 4-10 with a 4.62 ERA. Hoffpauir had 2 hits, including the HR, and his 42nd RBI along with a walk and 2 RS to move to .298. 3B Brian Barden drove in 2 runs (16).

Omaha is 44-64. The series ends tonight with Lenny DiNardo (7-4, 3.26) facing Memphis righty P.J. Walters (5-7, 4.38). RP Doug Waechter's rehab assignment is done so he's headed back to KC. I'd say with him and Meche back, Bruce Chen and Roman Colon are headed out of KC.

AA - NW Arkansas: Springfield 7, Naturals 1

LF-CF Dyson 2-4, K, SB (18) -- .271
2B Mertins 1-4, RBI (46), K -- .282
SS Bianchi 1-4, 3B, K -- .329
CF Lough 0-3 -- .330
C Clark 0-4, K -- .302
RF Duarte 0-1, 2 BB -- .251

Teaford 4 IP, 7 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 2 K, 3 HRA -- L, 3-5, 5.81 ERA
Nicoll 2 IP, BB, 2 K -- 3.50 ERA
Godin 2 IP, 2 H, K -- 1.80 ERA
Castaneda IP, BB -- 1.17 ERA

*** Everett Teaford got roughed up and Springfield took 3 of 4 in the set. The tone was set when RF Tyler Henley smoked a grand slam to right (his 11th) in the 1st. 3B Colt Sedbrook hit a 2-run homer (his 1st) in the 2nd to make it 6-0, then DH Tony Cruz went solo in the 4th for his 8th of the season to make it 7-0. The Naturals broke up the shutout with a Kurt Mertins RBI single in the 7th but left the bases full and didn't threaten again. SP Nick Additon got the win with 6 2/3 IP of an ER allowed on 4 hits and 3 walks with 3 Ks to move to 1-1 with a 6.10 ERA. Three Cards had 2 hits as Henley had 4 RBI (57) in improving to .325. Sedbrook also drove in 2 runs (9).

The Nats are 22-15 and back to 1 game up on first. A 3-game home set with the second-place Tulsa Drillers (21-16, AA Rockies) starts tonight with Matt Kniginyzky (4-8, 4.96) facing Tulsa righty Chaz Roe (4-2, 3.30). NWA is 8-11 versus the Drillers.

A-Adv. - Wilmington: Blue Rocks 11, Winston-Salem 3

SS Seratelli 2-4, HR (3), 3 RBI (28), K, RS, E (19) -- .293
1B Hosmer 2-5, HR, 3 RBI (5), K, RS, E -- .220, first Advanced-A homer
CF D. Robinson 2-5, HR (2), 3 RBI (35), RS, picked off -- .230
C Eigsti 2-4, 2 2B (10), 3 RS -- .198
2B Giavotella 1-5, HR (3), RBI (37), RS -- .256
RF Van Stratten 1-3, BB, HBP, HR (2), RBI (3), 2 RS, OF assist at first -- .182, getting the hang of things
3B Moustakas 1-4, BB, K, RS -- .251, didn't get in on longball act, but did take a walk

Caldera 5 IP, 3 R (2 ER), 8 H, BB, 4 K -- W, 4-8, 5.28 ERA
Liotta 3 IP, BB, 3 K -- 3.66 ERA
Basurto IP, 2 K -- 1.69 ERA

*** The Rocks scorched to an 8-0 lead then coasted to their 9th straight win. Eric Hosmer got it started with a 3-run homer in the 1st for his 1st as a Rock, then, after Nick Van Stratten doubled off a guy at first to end the WS 1st, Derrick Robinson hit an RBI groundout to make it 4-0 Rocks in the 2nd. Nick Van Stratten went solo in the 3rd for his 2nd homer for the Rocks and Anthony Seratelli ripped a 3-run shot in the 4th for his 3rd of the season to make it 8-0. Winston-Salem finally got to Alex Caldera for a run in the 5th but Robinson clubbed a 2-run homer in the 6th for his 2nd in 2 days to make it 10-1. Caldera and Ray Liotta allowed 2 runs in the 6th but Johnny Giavotella led off the 9th with his 3rd homer to finish the scoring. Starter Greg Infante took the loss with 3 1/3 IP of 8 ER allowed on 8 hits and a walk to fall to 1-1 with an 8.00 ERA. 1B Jim Gallagher and DH Seth Loman had 2 hits for the Dash.

The Rocks are 22-14 and 2 1/2 games out. Game 2 with the Dash is tonight as Mario Santiago (5-11, 4.26) faces Dash righty Jacob Rasner (3-2, 3.70). The 5 HR in Monday's game tied a team record and was the first time in franchise history the Rocks had hit that many in a 9-inning game.

A - Burlington: Clinton 5, Bees 0 (3-hitter)

CF Norris 1-4, K -- .247
LF Ortiz 1-4, K -- .196
2B F. Garcia 1-3, K -- .253
3B Taylor 0-4, K -- .245
RF Francis 0-3, K -- .254
C Bonilla 0-3, 2 K -- .226
DH Griffin 0-3, K -- .316
SS R. Wood 0-3, K -- .118

Melville 4 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, BB, 5 K, HRA -- L, 3-6, 4.08 ERA
R. Pena 3 IP, ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 2 K, WP -- 4.85 ERA
Thompson IP, ER, 2 H, K -- 3.02 ERA

*** Clinton SP Kenn Kasparek shut the Bees down. The 'Kings got a solo homer from CF Dan Carroll (his 2nd) in the 3rd and the Bees only had 1 baserunner through 5 innings. Clinton scored 2 in the 4th off Tim Melville and added another run off Riquy Pena in the 5th to make it 4-0. James Thompson allowed a run in the 8th and the Bees never really threatened. Kasparek allowed 3 hits with 9 Ks in going the distance to move to 8-5 with a 2.32 ERA. SS Shaver Hansen had 2 hits and 2 RBI (3) with his 2nd double to move to .271 and DH Kris Sanchez had 2 hits, including his 16th double, and 2 RS to move to .304.

The Bees are 15-21 and 5 games back. Game 2 is tonight as Mike Lehmann (3-4, 4.59) faces LumberKings lefty Jonathan Hesketh in his level debut.

Rookie - Idaho Falls: Orem 7, Chukars 6 (11)

C S. Perez 3-5, 2 RBI (19), K, RS -- .283
1B Espinosa 3-4, S, RBI (13), K, E (5) -- .260
2B Franco 3-5, BB, RS -- .234
DH Stovall 2-6, 2B, RBI (4), 2 K -- .208
3B Morales 1-5, HR, RBI (13), 2 K, RS -- .273
SS D. Batista 2-5, BB, 3B (5), K, 2 RS, SB (6), 2 E (9) -- .309
CF Llanos 0-5, BB, 2 K, E -- .000, IF debut
RF Testa 0-5, BB, 3 K, OF assist at third -- .286
C Theriot 1-1, E (3), PB (2) -- .339
* IF stranded 14. LF Julio Aparicio had an OF assist at second.

Garrido 5 IP, 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, BB, 3 K, HRA, balk -- 5.29 ERA
Folmer 2 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, BB, 3 K -- BS, 1, 2.51 ERA
C. White 2 1/3 IP, UER, 2 H, 2 BB, 4 K -- 1.29 ERA
Keating 2/3 IP, UER, H, K, HRA -- L, 3-1, 2.75 ERA, first pro loss

*** IF blew a lead in the 8th, regained it in the 9th, blew it again in the 9th and then lost in the 11th. Salvador Perez hit a 2-run single in the 1st aided by an Owlz error and Tito Espinosa added an RBI single to spot IF a 3-0 lead. The Chukars stranded 2 in the 2nd and Orem got on the board in the 3rd off Santiago Garrido. Jason Morales led off the 4th with his 1st homer of the season for Idaho Falls to make it 4-1. Orem 1B Dillon Baird clubbed his 2nd homer in the 4th and the Owlz crawled closer with a run in the 5th. Richard Folmer lost the lead in the 8th but Cole White came in to strand the bases full. The Chukars responded as Deivy Batista led off the 9th with a triple and scored on a Salvador Perez single to tie the game. Ryan Stovall came through with a 2-out RBI single to give IF the lead but a passed ball in the Orem 9th set up a game-tying sac fly. With 1 out and 1 on in the Owlz 11th, OF Richard Cates stole second and two throwing errors on the play brought him home to score the walkoff run. RP Jeremy Berg pitched a scoreless 11th for the win to move to 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA. Starter Patrick Corbin lasted only 1 1/3 IP and allowed 3 ER on 3 hits and 3 walks with 2 Ks to move his ERA to 6.23. Three Owlz had 2 hits and SS Jon Karcich drove in 2 runs (8) and made his 9th error. Baird's HR gave him 14 RBI as he moved to .402.

IF is 0-1. Game 2 pits Sugar Ray Marimon (1-3, 6.92) against Orem righty Orangel Arenas (1-3, 5.46).

Rookie - Burlington: off day

The B-Royals are 11-28. A 4-game set with the Pulaski Mariners (16-20) starts tonight as the teams finish a suspended game, then play the regular game. The Royals are 0-2 versus Pulaski.

Rookie - AZL: Giants 10, Royals 0 (3-hitter)

DH L. Adams 1-3, K -- .244
RF Howard 1-3, K -- .208
2B McConnell 1-4 -- .200
SS Trapp 0-4, K -- .322
1B G. Baldwin 0-3, BB, 2 K -- .308

L. Santiago 3 1/3 IP, 8 R (7 ER), 8 H, BB, 4 K, HRA, WP, balk -- L, 0-3, 6.19 ERA
G. Batista 2 2/3 IP, ER, 2 H, HRA -- 4.82 ERA
L. Roberts IP, 3 K -- 1.35 ERA
Worrell IP, ER, H, 2 K, balk -- 3.12 ERA
J. Adams IP, H, BB, K -- 2.57 ERA

*** The Royals' rough second half continued. The Giants scored 2 in the 3rd and 7 in the 4th as Leonel Santiago and Geronimo Batista took the damage. The Royals never threatened. Giants SP Bryan Salsbury worked 6 IP of 2 hits allowed with 5 Ks to improve to 2-1 with a 2.51 ERA. DH Julio Izturis was 4-4 with his 5th double, 11th RBI, 9th SB and 2 RS to move to .366. Three other Giants had 2 hits as 1B Jesse Shriner hit his 13th double, 2nd HR and drove in 3 runs (19) to move to .312. 2B Josh Lopez had 2 hits and 2 RBI (6) and 2 RS to move to .333.

The 2-6 Royals have tonight off.