Royals on the Farm 5/28

AAA - Omaha: O-Royals 6, Round Rock 5 (14)

1B Ka'aihue 2-5, 2 BB, 2B (6), 3 RBI (28), K, RS -- .330
3B Thorman 2-7, 2B (10), RBI (22), K, 2 RS -- .245
RF Gordon 2-5, HBP, S, 2B (6), HR (7), RBI (19), 2 K, 2 RS, SB (3), E (2) -- .376, makes it look so easy in the minors...
DH Parraz 2-4, 2 BB, HBP, K -- .259
CF Miller 2-7, 2B (4), GW RBI (14), 3 K -- .218
C Bellorin 2-5, 2B (3), 2 K, RS -- .227
LF Lough 1-6, BB, K, CS (2) -- .275
Omaha stranded 14.

Campillo 5 IP, 4 ER, 7 H, 4 K, 2 HRA -- 3.18 ERA
Castaneda 2 IP, UER, 2 H, 3 K -- 3.71 ERA
B. Hardy 2 IP, H -- 0.00 ERA, keeps it rolling
Rupe 4 IP, 2 H, K, balk -- 0.00 ERA
Holland IP, K -- W, 1-2, 4.38 ERA

* A 3-run 7th keyed an Omaha comeback and the Royals finally finished it in 14. Round Rock got a leadoff homer off Jorge Campillo in the 1st but Omaha matched the run on a 2-out RBI double by Kila Ka'aihue in the bottom of the frame. The Express pulled away with 3 in the 2nd on a 3-run homer but Alex Gordon cut it to 4-2 with a solo homer (his 7th) to lead off the 3rd. Federico Castaneda saw 2 errors behind him help the Express plate a run in the 6th to make it 5-2 but Scott Thorman hit an RBI double in the 7th followed by a Ka'aihue 2-run single to tie the game. Omaha left the bases juiced in the 9th and the teams battled into the 14th. Ka'aihue factored in with a leadoff walk in the 14th and Jai Miller came through with a 2-out RBI double to end it in walkoff fashion. RP Roy Corcoran took the loss with an ER over 2 2/3 IP to fall to 1-8. Starter and former Royals farmhand Andy Van Hekken allowed 5 runs (2 ER) over 7 IP. CF Jason Bourgeois had 3 hits, including the leadoff homer in the 1st (his 5th). Three other Express batters had 2 hits, including DH Andrew Locke, who hit his 5th homer with 3 RBI (21). Omaha is 25-21 and leapfrogged into second place with the W. Anthony Lerew starts Saturday's game 2.

AA - NWA: Frisco 3, Naturals 1

DH Mejia 2-4, K -- .268
CF D. Robinson 1-3, BB, RBI (17), K -- .323
2B Giavotella 1-4, 2 K, picked off -- .284
1B C. Robinson 1-4, 2B (16) -- .256
Moustakas DNP

Santiago 5 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, 3 K, pickoff -- L, 3-4, 2.82 ERA
Sisk 3 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 K, WP -- 1.67 ERA

* Frisco used a big 6th for the 3-game sweep. The main story of the game was who didn't play, as Mike Moustakas sustained what the team site called a "lower body injury" (what is this, the NHL?) on a foul pop play Thursday. On the field, the offense felt the effects of Moustakas' absence, as it's not really intended for Derrick Robinson to be your run producer with his bat, more with his baserunning. Both teams scattered baserunners until Robinson hit an RBI single in the 5th to make it 1-0 Naturals in support of Mario Santiago. Santiago hit the wall in the 6th as the RoughRiders got a leadoff triple and the first 4 batters reached to tie the score and load the bases with 0 outs. Brandon Sisk came in to try and put out the inferno but gave up a 2-run single before escaping the jam. Clint Robinson doubled and was stranded at third in the 8th and the Nats stranded 1 in the 9th. Starter Richard Bleier allowed an ER over 6 IP to win and move to 3-4. 1B Emerson Frostad had 2 hits and 2 RBI (7) to improve to .324. The Naturals are 28-18. Eduardo Paulino starts the first of 3 at the Midland RockHounds (22-25, AA A's) Saturday.

A-Adv. - Wilmington: Blue Rocks 4, Myrtle Beach 3

RF Romak 3-4, 2B (8), RBI (28), RS -- .233
CF Norris 2-3, BB, S, 2B (8), K, RS, CS (6), OF assist at second -- .220
SS Navarro 1-4, RBI (9) -- .207
C S. Perez 1-3, SF, RBI (16) -- .301, robbed of a homer, too
DH Prasch 1-3, RBI (12) -- .215
LF Ortiz 1-5 -- .271
1B Hosmer 0-5, 2 K -- .360

Melville 6 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 6 K, 2 WP -- 6.85 ERA, not bad
Keating 3 IP, H, BB, 4 K -- W, 1-0, 0.96 ERA

* The Blue Rocks got a comeback win to continue a stranglehold on the Pelicans. The Rocks stranded the bases full in the 2nd and Tim Melville struck out the side that inning. Myrtle Beach scored 2 in the 4th as Melville's good fortune ran thin. The Rocks struck back, tho, with 3 in the 6th as Jamie Romak doubled home a run, Salvador Perez hit a sac fly and Rey Navarro hit an RBI single to give Wilmington the lead. The Pelicans tied it off Melville in the 6th but Eddie Prasch hit the gamebreaking RBI single in the 8th. Patrick Keating closed it out for his 1st win of 2010. RP Yeliar Castro took the loss with an unearned run over 2 IP to drop to 2-2 after starter Brett Oberholtzer allowed 3 ER over 7 IP. LF Cole Miles and 3B Dan Nelson had 2 hits each for MB. The Rocks are 22-26. Chris Dwyer starts Saturday's game 2.

A - Burlington: Bees 7, Quad Cities 1

2B Hall 2-5, 2B (11), 2 RBI (17), K, RS, CS (3) -- .237
RF Oriental 2-2, BB, SF, RBI (16), RS -- .259
C Myers 2-4, BB, 2B (7), RBI (30) -- .277
LF Testa 2-4, 3B (6), 2 RS -- .266
CF Richardson 1-4, 2B (5), RBI (14), K, 2 RS, SB (16) -- .197
SS Alfaro 1-5, RBI, K -- .111
3B F. Cruz 1-4, RBI (10), RS, E (6) -- .246

Sample 6 IP, UER, H, 4 BB, 8 K, E -- W, 2-2, 4.20 ERA
Encarnacion 3 IP, H, 2 K -- SV, 1, 5.02 ERA

* Tyler Sample and Rodolfo Encarnacion combined on a 2-hitter as Burlington bounced back from a lackluster Clinton series. Quad Cities used its first hit of the game to score the Bandits' only run in the 2nd as Sample stranded the bases full. The Bees answered with 5 runs in the bottom of the inning on a run-scoring error, a Hilton Richardson RBI forceout, a 2-run Gerard Hall double and an RBI single from newest Bee J.D. Alfaro. Carlo Testa tripled and scored on a Rene Oriental sac fly in the 5th and Wil Myers singled home a run in the 6th to make it 7-1. Sample faced no further trouble and Encarnacion faced the minimum over his 3 IP. Bandits SP Jorge Rondon took the loss with 6 runs (2 ER) over 5 IP to drop to 2-3. The Bees are 18-31.