Royals on the Farm 6/12

AAA - Omaha: O-Royals 1, Nashville 0 (5-hitter)

DH Thorman 2-4, RBI (30), K -- .247
1B Ka'aihue 2-3, S -- .322
3B Maddox 2-3, 2B (6) -- .245
SS Falu 0-4 -- .302
CF Lough 1-4, K -- .278
LF Gordon 1-4, RS -- .362
RF Parraz 0-4, K -- .255

Hernandez 7 IP, 5 H, BB, 3 K -- W, 5-4, 5.18 ERA
Castaneda 1 2/3 IP, BB, 4 K -- 2.57 ERA
B. Hardy 1/3 IP, nothing -- SV, 2, 0.00 ERA

* Gaby Hernandez and 2 relievers walked the tightrope to lock in the shutout win Saturday. The only scoring action came in the 6th when Scott Thorman singled in a run. Hernandez got in trouble a couple times but got away clean and Federico Castaneda and Blaine Hardy finished it. Sounds SP Mike McClendon took the tough loss with 1 ER allowed over 6 IP to fall to 2-2. 3B Mat Gamel had 2 hits. Omaha is 32-28 and 1 1/2 games out. Phil Humber had a cut on his face that required 18 stitches to close but somehow escaped with no broken bones or teeth. Anthony Lerew starts Sunday's series finale.

AA - NWA: Arkansas 7, Naturals 6

1B C. Robinson 3-5, 2 2B (23), 3 RBI (38) -- .273
RF Van Stratten 2-5, 2B (10), RBI (19), E (2) -- .268
DH Mejia 2-4, 2B (10), K -- .267
3B Moustakas 1-3, BB, SF, 2B (16), RBI (54), 2 RS, E (9) -- .345
CF D. Robinson 1-4, HBP, RS, SB (28) -- .290, left after HBP in 9th
2B Giavotella 1-4, BB, 2 K, 2 RS, E (7) -- .264

B. Johnson 5 IP, 7 R (6 ER), 5 H, BB, 2 K, balk, E -- L, 0-1, 6.00 ERA
Chavez 3 IP, 2 H, BB, 3 K -- 6.19 ERA

* Blake Johnson got mauled by the Travs and the Nats couldn't crawl back into the game. Clint Robinson hit a 2-out RBI single in the 1st and then doubled with 2 out in the 3rd to set up a run-scoring error to make it 2-0 Naturals. Arkansas took command in the 4th with 4 runs off Johnson thanks to two 2-run doubles. The Naturals tied it in the 5th on a Mike Moustakas sac fly and Nick Van Stratten RBI double. A Johnson error scored the go-ahead run in the 6th before he was pulled for Chris Chavez, who allowed a 2-run single before getting out of the inning. Clint Robinson hit a 2-run double in the 9th but the Rocks left the tying run 90 feet away. RP Barret Browning pitched 2 1/3 hitless innings to move to 4-3. Starter Michael Anton allowed 4 runs (2 ER) over 4 2/3 IP. Former big leaguer P Daniel Cabrera made his Angels organizational debut with a scoreless IP. CF Jeremy Moore and C Brian Walker had 2 hits for the Travs with Walker driving in 4 runs (17). NWA is 36-25.

A-Adv. - Wilmington: Winston-Salem 2, Blue Rocks 1

LF Ortiz 1-5, RBI (13), K -- .284
1B Hosmer 1-5, K -- .357, 12-game hit streak
C S. Perez 1-4, K -- .276
RF Francis 0-4, HBP, K, OF assist at home -- .279
The Rocks stranded 11.

Melville 5 IP, ER, 6 H, 3 BB, 4 K -- 5.54 ERA
Baumann 3 IP, 2 H, BB, 4 K -- 2.27 ERA
Bowden 1/3 IP, ER, H, K, HRA -- L, 2-4, 2.02 ERA

* It was a bookend game as Winston-Salem scored in the 1st and 9th after the Rocks scored their only run in the 9th. Salvador Perez hit into a bases-loaded double play to stymie a 1st inning rally and Tim Melville got off to a bad start as the Dash scored a run but Nick Francis threw a runner out at the plate and Melville stranded the bases full. It was pretty cut-and-dried from there until Adrian Ortiz hit a clutch RBI single to tie it in the 9th. The Rocks stranded 2 in the inning and Barry Bowden gave up a 1-out walkoff homer in the bottom of the inning to RF Justin Greene (his 8th). RP Kyle Bellamy allowed an ER in 2 IP to blow his 1st save but pick up the win to move to 4-0. SP Nathan Jones pitched 5 scoreless frames. Three Dash batters had 2 hits led by Greene in the 9-slot. The Rocks are 29-34. The loss officially knocked the Rocks out of the first-half race with 7 games left. Chris Dwyer pitches Sunday's series finale.

A - Burlington: Lansing 5, Bees 3

2B Hall 2-4, BB, 2B (14), RBI (21), K, SB (13) -- .232
1B Lewis 2-4, E (7) -- .268
3B D. Batista 1-4, 2B (8), RBI (15), RS, SB (9) -- .234
LF Del Rosario 1-4, RBI, 2 K, RS -- .375
DH Myers 0-3, BB, K, RS -- .289
CF Testa 0-4, K -- .260

Sample 6 2/3 IP, ER, 3 H, 5 BB, 5 K, HRA, 2 WP -- 4.13 ERA
Sirrett IP, 4 R (3 ER), 5 H, 2 BB -- BS, 1, L, 1-1, 6.75 ERA
Kelley 1 1/3 IP, BB -- 5.40 ERA

* The Lugnuts cranked out 5 late runs to extend Burlington's losing streak. The game was scoreless until Burlington scored 2 in the 5th on a Luis Del Rosario RBI single and Gerard Hall RBI double. Tyler Sample gave up a leadoff homer in the 7th as he had a wild but solid start. Onassis Sirrett allowed the tying run to score before escaping the inning. Lansing added 3 runs in the 8th and Deivy Batista hit an RBI double in the 8th before the Bees stranded 2 in scoring position. RP Casey Beck struck out the side for Lansing in the 9th for his 1st save. RP Matt Wright pitched 2 scoreless for the win to move to 3-1. Starter Egan Smith allowed 2 runs (1 ER) over 5 IP. SS Ryan Goins was 2-5 with 2 doubles (11). The Bees are 20-42 and can't wait for the start of the second half. IF Ryan Wood is the latest KC farmhand who will be switched to a pitcher as he is headed to extended ST in Arizona. He was a 2009 draftee. RH Sugar Ray Marimon, who has a nice name but hasn't produced sweet numbers, has taken Wood's place on the roster.