Royals on the Farm 6/3

AAA - Omaha: New Orleans 4, O-Royals 3

2B Mertins 3-4, HR (2), RBI (10), K, 2 RS, E (4) -- .265, finding his AAA stroke
DH Thorman 1-4, 2 RBI (26), K -- .236
1B Ka'aihue 0-2, 2 BB, K -- .341
LF Gordon 0-2, 2 BB, K, RS -- .361
SS Falu 0-5, 2 K -- .312
RF Parraz 1-4 -- .264

Lerew 5 1/3 IP, 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 5 BB, 3 K -- L, 4-3, 2.82 ERA
Holland 1 2/3 IP, H, 3 K -- 3.81 ERA
Castaneda IP, H, K -- 3.00 ERA

* Former Royal Brian Lawrence stymied the Omaha bats as New Orleans got the win. Kurt Mertins popped his 2nd homer of the season for a solo shot in the 1st but the Zephyrs tied it in the 2nd off Anthony Lerew. Lerew pitched well before faltering in the 6th as the Zephyrs scored 3 runs off Lerew and Greg Holland. Omaha stranded 2 in the 7th but got a 2-run single from Scott Thorman in the 8th. Omaha stranded 1 in the 9th. Lawrence allowed an ER over 7 IP to improve to 4-4. Fish prospect 1B Logan Morrison had 2 hits. Omaha is 29-23. David Lough missed the game with an undisclosed injury. The Royals clamed righty Kanekoa Texeira off waivers from Seattle today and DFA'd Brad Thompson. Texeira had a 5-point ERA with the M's. As a Rule 5'er, he'll have to stick in KC. Phil Humber starts Friday's series finale.

AA - NWA: Frisco 12, Naturals 2

3B Moustakas 2-4, HR (13), RBI (43), RS -- .371, nice to see that
DH Mejia 0-3, SF, RBI (28), K -- .254
CF D. Robinson 0-4, K -- .289
2B Giavotella 0-4, K -- .276
1B C. Robinson 1-4, 2B (19), 2 K, RS -- .267

Paulino 4 IP, 5 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 3 K -- L, 4-3, 4.60 ERA
Teaford 2 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, K -- 5.13 ERA
Chavez IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 2 BB -- 8.25 ERA
R. Hardy 2 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, BB, WP -- 6.75 ERA

* Frisco rocked the Naturals to even the series. An Ernesto Mejia sac fly in the 2nd gave the Naturals the lead but Frisco scratched out 2 in the 3rd and never trailed again. Three doubles plated 3 Frisco runs in the 4th and Mike Moustakas led off the Nats 4th with his 13th homer of the season for NWA's last run. The RoughRiders scored 2 in the 6th, 2 in the 7th and 3 in the 8th to make it a laugher. RP Warner Madrigal allowed an ER over 2 1/3 IP to improve to 1-0. Starter Ben Snyder allowed 2 ER over 3 1/3 IP. LF Marcus Lemon was 4-5 with a walk, 2 doubles and 3 RBI to improve to .253. 3B Renny Osuna had 3 hits and 3 others had 2 hits for Frisco. NWA is 30-21. RP Patrick Keating has been called up to NWA after slapping up a 1.19 ERA at Wilmington. Edgar Osuna starts the finale Friday.

A-Adv. - Wilmington: Blue Rocks 4, Potomac 3

DH Francis 1-3, HBP, 2B (2), 2 RBI (3), K, RS -- .182
1B Hosmer 1-4, RBI (31), K, CS -- .350
SS Navarro 0-2, SF, RBI (11), RS -- .200
CF Ortiz 1-3, BB, K, RS -- .279

Dwyer 6 IP, 2 UER, 2 H, 3 BB, 9 K -- W, 3-3, 3.61 ERA
Baumann IP, ER, 2 H, BB, 2 K, 2 WP -- 2.73 ERA
Bowden 2 IP, 2 K -- SV, 6, 1.48 ERA

* Wilmington made the most of its 4 hits to give Chris Dwyer some run support for the win. Potomac scored 2 in the 4th off Dwyer thanks in part to a Jason Taylor error but Nick Francis hit a 2-run double and scored on an Eric Hosmer single in the 5th. Rey Navarro hit a sac fly in the 6th to make it 4-2. Buddy Baumann threw 2 wild pitches to help the P-Nats to a run in the 7th but Barry Bowden pitched 2 perfect innings for his 6th save. RP Patrick McCoy took the loss for Potomac with 3 runs (2 ER) over 2 IP to fall to 0-1. Starter A.J. Morris allowed an unearned run over 4 hitless IP. Each team had 4 hits. The Rocks are 24-30. Lefty Starling De La Rosa has rejoined the team to replace Patrick Keating. Ivor Hodgson starts Friday's game 2.

A - Burlington: West Michigan 9, Bees 2

LF Testa 3-4, 2B (9), 3B (7), RS, CS (5) -- .275
2B D. Batista 1-3, SF, RBI (11), K, SB (6) -- .231
RF Oriental 0-4, RBI (18) -- .247
C Myers 1-3, BB, K -- .279
CF Richardson 1-4, K, RS -- .199

Sample 5 IP, 4 ER, 2 H, 5 BB, 6 K, HRA, WP -- L, 2-3, 4.47 ERA
Hodge 0 IP, 4 ER, 2 H, 3 BB, balk -- 5.32 ERA
Lehmann 3 IP, ER, 2 H, 3 BB, WP -- 6.89 ERA

* It was a rough day for Bees pitchers as West Michigan routed Burlington. Burlington stranded 2 in the 3rd and the Whitecaps scored their first run of the game. They added 3 in the 4th off Tyler Sample on a 3-run homer that was really Sample's only big misstep other than 5 walks. Mitch Hodge had a nightmare 6th as he didn't get an out and, combined with Mike Lehmann, allowed 4 runs in the inning. Lehmann threw a run-scoring wild pitch in the 7th. Deivy Batista hit a sac fly in the 8th and Carlo Testa tripled and scored on a Rene Oriental groundout in the 9th but it was much too little, too late. Starter Trevor Feeney allowed an ER over 8 IP to improve to 6-3. 2B Jimmy Gulliver had 2 hits, including his 1st homer and 4 RBI (5) with 2 walks and 3 runs scored. SS Hernan Perez also drove in 2 runs. The Bees are 19-35. A 3-game set at the South Bend Silver Hawks (25-29, A D-Backs) starts Friday.