Royals on the Farm 6/16 -- Crow gets plucked, again

AAA - Omaha: Albuquerque 14, O-Royals 6

LF Gordon 2-5, RBI (30), 3 K, E (4) -- .367
1B Ka'aihue 2-5, 2B (10), 2 K, RS -- .329
SS Falu 1-5, 2 RBI (20), RS -- .291
RF Parraz 1-3, HBP, RBI (31), K, 2 RS -- .260
C Clark 1-2, BB, SF, 2B (6), RBI (11), K -- .194
DH Thorman 0-5, RBI (31), 2 K -- .243, ejected in 9th
CF Lough 1-3, S, RS, K -- .270

Mendoza 5 IP, 8 ER, 10 H, BB, 4 K, HRA -- L, 4-5, 4.14 ERA, that's the Luis we know
B. Hardy 2 IP, 3 ER, 3 H, 3 K, HRA -- 2.02 ERA
Holland IP, 3 ER, 3 H, HRA -- 5.77 ERA

* Albuquerque battered Luis Mendoza and 2 Omaha relievers Wednesday. Mendoza allowed a run in the 1st but Kila Ka'aihue doubled and scored on a Jordan Parraz groundout in the 2nd to tie it. The Isotopes scored a run in the 3rd and 4 in the 4th to make it 6-1. Cody Clark hit a sac fly in the 5th before Alex Gordon singled in a run and Scott Thorman hit an RBI groundout to cut it to 6-4. Mendoza took more damage with a 2-run homer in the 5th but Irving Falu hit a 2-run single in the 6th to keep the deficit at 2. That's as close as it got as Blaine Hardy gave up 3 in the 7th and Greg Holland gave up 3 in the 8th. Albuquerque SP Tim Corcoran allowed 6 runs (5 ER) over 6 2/3 IP to improve to 5-6. Four Isotopes had 3 hits led by 3B Russ Mitchell's 2 HR (7) and 4 RBI (42). Omaha is 34-30. As Luke Hochevar hit the DL with an elbow sprain, Anthony Lerew got a shot at The Show and will start for KC Thursday. Gaby Hernandez starts the finale for Omaha Thursday. The Royals released lefty John Parrish.

AA - NW Arkansas: Tulsa 8, Naturals 2

DH Smith 2-2, HR (5), RBI (22), 2 RS -- .310
CF D. Robinson 2-3, 2B (9), 3B (6), RBI (23) -- .296
2B Giavotella 0-3, K -- .273
RF Van Stratten 1-3 -- .269
1B C. Robinson 1-3, K, picked off -- .282

Crow 4 IP, 6 R (5 ER), 5 H, 2 BB, 7 K, 3 WP -- L, 3-6, 5.96 ERA, K rate and K/BB was nice, at least
R. Hardy 2 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, BB, 2 K -- 6.41 ERA

* A 5-run rally off Aaron Crow led the Drillers to the win over NWA to stave off a step closer to the first-half title. Derrick Robinson tripled in a run in the 3rd and Tulsa answered back largely with a 2-out, 5-run rally on 3 hits, a walk, 2 wild pitches and a Nats error. The Drillers added a run in the 4th before Tim Smith added NWA's other run on a solo homer in the 5th for his 5th of the season. Rowdy Hardy gave up 2 runs in the 6th and Mother Nature called it after the inning. Tulsa SP Keith Weiser allowed 2 ER over 6 IP to improve to 5-4. CF Charles Blackmon had 3 hits while 2 others had 2 hits. RF Ryan Harvey drove in 3 runs (30). NWA is 38-26. A 4-game home set with Springfield (33-30, AA Cards) starts Thursday so the Nats can wrap up the title with a good series.

A-Adv. - Wilmington: Salem 9, Blue Rocks 6

1B Hosmer 2-4, HR (3), 2 RBI (40), 2 RS, E (6) -- .354
CF Ortiz 2-5, 3B (6), 2 RBI (16), RS -- .294
RF Francis 2-4, SF, 2B (9), RBI (10), K, RS, E -- .319
LF Romak 1-3, HBP, HR (5), RBI (41), RS -- .271
C S. Perez 0-4, K -- .261

Caldera 5 IP, 6 R (5 ER), 8 H, 4 BB, 3 K -- L, 6-4, 3.25 ERA, rough night
Lafferty 2 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 2 K, HRA, pickoff -- 5.24 ERA
Thompson IP, K -- 7.91 ERA

* Salem continued to dominate the Rocks with an 8th straight win over Wilmington. Alex Caldera had his worst start in a while as the Red Sox scored 3 in the 1st thanks in part to a Nick Francis throwing error. The Rocks got 2 runs back in the 3rd on an Adrian Ortiz RBI triple and Francis sac fly. The Sox rattled off 6 straight runs from there as Caldera allowed a run in the 3rd and 2 in the 5th. Brendan Lafferty allowed 3 in the 7th to make it 9-2. Eric Hosmer and Jamie Romak went back to back longballs (Hosmer's 3rd, a 2-run shot, and Romak's 5th) in the 7th to cut the lead to 4 and Ortiz had an RBI single in the 9th but that was as close as the Rocks would get. RP Michael Lee allowed an ER in 4 IP to improve to 5-3 for Salem. Starter Miguel Gonzalez allowed 2 ER in 4 IP. 1B Jorge Padron was 4-4 with 2 RBI (8), DH Ryan Lavarnaway had 3 hits (including his 14th HR) and 3B Will Middlebrooks had 2 hits. The Rocks are 29-36. John Lamb starts the series finale Thursday.

A - Burlington: Peoria 12, Bees 7

2B Hall 2-4, SF, 2 RBI (23), K -- .232
RF Oriental 2-4, HR (3), 3 RBI (21), K, RS, CS (3) -- .235
3B D. Batista 2-3, 2B (2), 3 RS, SB (10) -- .240
SS Alfaro 0-4, BB, RBI (4), 2 K, E (4) -- .146
C Myers 0-5, 4 K, PB (16) -- .292
LF Testa 1-4, 2 K, RS, E (2) -- .256

Wooley 3 IP, 5 R (4 ER), 4 H, 2 BB, 2 K -- L, 2-5, 7.21 ERA
Hodge 2 IP, ER, 2 H, K -- 6.67 ERA
Sirrett 2 IP, 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, K, WP -- 6.39 ERA
Kelley IP, 2 UER, 2 H, BB -- 4.88 ERA
Runion IP, 2 ER, 4 H, BB, K -- 10.47 ERA, can't keep that ERA in 3 digits

* The good times lasted 1 game for Burlington as Peoria resumed the Bees' losing ways. Nick Wooley started and gave up 5 runs in the 2nd for all the Chiefs would need. Mitch Hodge gave up a run in the 5th and J.D. Alfaro broke up the shutout with an RBI groundout in the 6th. Peoria scored 2 in the 7th off Onassis Sirrett and 2 in the 8th off Scott Kelley to make it 10-1. Gerard Hall hit an RBI single in the 8th but Sam Runion got lit up for 2 runs in the 9th. The Bees tacked on 5 runs in the 9th on a Rene Oriental 3-run homer (his 3rd), a run-scoring error and a Hall sac fly to make it close but not close enough. Peoria SP Kenneth "Trey" McNutt moved to 6-0 with 5 IP of a hit, walk and 10 Ks. Six Chiefs had multiple hits. The Bees are 21-45. They have Thursday off.