Royals on the Farm 7/17 -- Hosmer hits AA in big way, Sample shines

AAA - Omaha: Nashville 5, O-Royals 2

2B Maddox 2-4, 2B (8), RBI (23) -- .243
3B Moustakas 2-4, RS, SB, E -- .167, first AAA hit is out of the way
LF Gordon 1-5, 2B (20), RBI (43), 2 K -- .320
CF Lough 0-5 -- .257
SS Lucas 1-4, BB, RS -- .321
DH Ka'aihue 1-3, BB, 2 K, SB -- .301
RF Parraz 1-4, K -- .275
Omaha stranded 10.

Humber 1 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, HRA -- L, 4-6, 4.79 ERA, left with shoulder injury after getting hit, again
Castaneda 3 1/3 IP, 2 R (1 ER), 4 H, BB, 4 K, HRA -- 3.61 ERA
Herges 2 IP, H, K -- 4.66 ERA
Lowery IP, H, K -- 0.00 ERA

* Nashville took down the Royals as Phil Humber left with an early shoulder injury. Humber gave up a 2-out solo homer in the 1st but Marc Maddox tied it with an RBI double in the 2nd. Humber and Federico Castaneda gave up 2 runs in the 2nd as Humber's bad luck with liners continued as he took one off his shoulder that forced him from the game. Omaha got an RBI double from Alex Gordon in the 3rd to cut it to 3-2 but the Sounds scored 2 in the 5th for some needed breathing room. Omaha stranded 2 in the 8th and didn't threaten in the 9th. Devon Lowery made his first AAA pitching appearance since 2008 with a scoreless 9th. Starter Marty McLeary allowed 2 ER over 6 IP to improve to 3-6. LF Adam Stern had 3 hits, including his 3rd homer, and 2 RBI (16), and DH Erick Almonte had 2 hits. Omaha is 49-43. Manauris Baez starts Sunday's series finale.

AA - NW Arkansas: Naturals 10, Springfield 1 (7/G1)

RF Orlando 2-3, RBI (40), 2 RS -- .328
2B Giavotella 2-4 -- .287
SS McConnell 1-3, HR (2), 3 RBI (29), K, RS -- .227
LF D. Robinson 1-4, 3B (7), 2 RBI (38), 2 K -- .308
CF Dyson 1-4, 2 RBI, RS -- .250, nice 2010 Nats debut
1B Hosmer 1-2, BB, HR, RBI, 2 RS -- .500, homers in first AA AB
C Howell 1-2, S, RBI (22), RS -- .250
DH C. Robinson 0-3, K -- .311, need to make room for him at Omaha
3B Romak 1-2, BB, 2 RS -- .545

Osuna 4 IP, ER, 2 H, BB, 3 K -- 2.57 ERA
Barrera 2 IP, BB, K -- W, 1-0, 0.00 ERA
Keating IP, 3 K -- 3.54 ERA

* Nine late runs blew open a close game in the first of 2 with the Cardinals Saturday. Springfield took the lead off Edgar Osuna in the 1st but Eric Hosmer made the best of his first NWA AB with a solo homer in the 2nd off Nick Additon to tie the game. Springfield squandered a couple chances in the middle innings and Chris McConnell changed the game with one swing as he clubbed a 3-run homer in the 5th for his 2nd of the season. Paulo Orlando and Jeff Howell had RBI singles in the 6th and Jarrod Dyson hit a 2-run single before Derrick Robinson put it away with a 2-run triple. Henry Barrera and Patrick Keating pitched 3 hitless innings to finish off the 2-hitter. Additon allowed 4 ER over 5 IP to drop to 4-6.

Springfield 11, Naturals 4 (7/G2)

3B Romak 2-3, RS -- .565
LF D. Robinson 2-4, 2B (17), SB (40) -- .311
CF Dyson 1-3, SF, RBI (3), RS -- .333
SS Seratelli 1-3, 2B (6), RBI (24), RS -- .255
C Theriot 1-3, RBI (3), K, E (2) -- .257
2B Giavotella 0-3, K -- .282
1B C. Robinson 1-3, E (12) -- .314
DH Hosmer 0-3, K -- .200

Paulino 3 1/3 IP, 4 R (3 ER), 5 H, 4 BB, K, WP -- L, 7-5, 4.08 ERA
R. Hardy 1 2/3 IP, H, K -- 4.40 ERA
Teaford IP, H -- 0.00 ERA
Sisk 2/3 IP, 6 ER, 5 H, BB, K, HRA -- 3.80 ERA
B. Johnson 1/3 IP, ER, 2 H -- 5.87 ERA

* Springfield returned the favor for game 1 as the teams combined for 10 runs in the 9th and the Cardinals got 7 of them. A run-scoring error helped Springfield to a run in the 1st and they added 2 in the 3rd off Eduardo Paulino. The Cards made it 4-0 in the 4th and the Nats didn't get on the board until the 6th. Brandon Sisk had his worst outing in a long time as the Cards victimized him and Blake Johnson for 7 runs to make it 11-1. The Naturals tightened the score a little bit as Anthony Seratelli hit an RBI double, Ben Theriot hit an RBI single and Jarrod Dyson hit a sac fly before they finally ran out of outs. Starter Brian Broderick allowed 4 runs (3 ER) over 6 1/3 IP to improve to 3-2. C Steven Hill had 3 hits, including his 13th homer, and 6 RBI (61) to single-handedly (of course other guys had to get on base) take down the Nats. Four Cards had 2 hits. The Nats are 14-6. Chris Dwyer starts Sunday's series finale. Ernesto Mejia was demoted to make room for Hosmer.

A-Adv. - Wilmington: Frederick 10, Blue Rocks 7

1B Mejia 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, RS -- .600, makes best of demotion
2B Navarro 3-5 -- .249
LF Walton 2-5, HR (3), 3 RBI (24), K, RS -- .200
RF Francis 2-4, BB, RBI (24), RS, OF assist at second -- .266
DH S. Perez 2-5, RBI (33), RS, picked off -- .247
SS Colon 1-4, HBP, 2 RS, E (5) -- .238
C Myers 0-4, BB, RS -- .370
The Rocks stranded 10.

Duffy 4 IP, 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 2 BB, 3 K, 2 HRA, pickoff -- 6.75 ERA, still has some shape to round into
Hodgson 2 IP, 3 ER, 2 H, 2 BB -- L, 5-8, 4.81 ERA
Thompson 2 IP, 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, BB, 2 K, WP -- 6.61 ERA
Bowden IP, H -- 1.95 ERA

* The Rocks lost the lead for good in the 6th. Ernesto Mejia and Salvador Perez hit RBI singles in the 1st to spot Danny Duffy a 2-0 lead. Duffy gave up back-to-back homers as the Keys took a 3-2 lead in the 2nd but Mejia tied it with an RBI double in the 3rd and a Jamar Walton RBI single made it 4-3 Wilmington. A Christian Colon error factored into the tying run scoring in the 4th for Frederick but Nick Francis hit an RBI single in the bottom of the inning to make it 5-4. Frederick regained the lead with 3 runs in the 6th and then battered James Thompson for 3 runs in the 7th. The Rocks stranded 2 in the 8th but Walton hit a 2-run homer in the 9th for his 3rd of the season to make the final score a little closer. RP John Mariotti pitched 4 scoreless to improve to 3-3. Starter Nathan Nery allowed 4 ER over 3 IP. SS Pedro Florimon Jr. had 2 hits including his 3rd homer. The Rocks are 15-8. They have Sunday off. 1B-DH type Joey Lewis was promoted from Burlington. Tim Melville was put on the DL for as of yet undisclosed reasons.

A - Burlington: Bees 13, Dayton 5

CF Merrifield 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, K, 3 RS -- .556
RF Testa 3-4, 2B (15), 3B (11), 2 RBI (35), K, 3 RS -- .276
SS Hall 2-4, BB, 2B (21), HR (3), RBI (34), 2 K, 3 RS, E (23) -- .234
3B D. Batista 2-5, RBI (18), 2 K, 2 RS -- .227
1B F. Cruz 2-3, 2 BB, RBI (12), 2 RS, CS (2), E (15) -- .232
2B Liberto 1-4, BB, RBI -- .125
DH Aparicio 1-5, 2 RBI (4), 2 K -- .200

Sample 7 IP, H, 3 BB, 5 K -- W, 4-6, 3.65 ERA
Barrow IP, BB -- 5.40 ERA
Encarnacion IP, 5 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 2 K, HRA, WP -- 7.18 ERA

* The Bees took a 1-hitter into the 9th in dominating the Dragons Saturday. Whit Merrifield had an RBI single in his first AB of the night and Carlo Testa followed with an RBI triple and Julio Aparicio added a 2-run single to make it 4-0 Bees after 1. Gerard Hall doubled and scored on a wild pitch in the 2nd and the Bees scored 4 again in the 4th on a Deivy Batista RBI single, Merrifield RBI double, Testa RBI double and another run-scoring wild pitch to make it 9-0. Hall hit his 3rd homer of the season in the 5th and the Bees surged to a 13-0 lead with 3 in the 6th on a Fernando Cruz RBI single, a Mike Liberto RBI groundout and run-scoring error. The Dragons got a hit in the 1st but didn't get another until the 9th. Rodolfo Encarnacion gave up a 3-run homer and 2-run double in the 9th to spoil the shutout. Dayton SP J.C. Sulbaran allowed 8 runs (7 ER) over 3 1/3 IP to drop to 4-6. SS Didi Gregorius had 2 hits for the Dragons. DH Cameron Satterwhite hit his 6th HR. The Bees are 11-10. The series continues Sunday.

Rookie - Idaho Falls: Great Falls 12, Chukars 6

1B Watts 3-4, HR (5), 4 RBI (25), RS -- .301
SS Trapp 2-5, RBI (3), RS, SB -- .270
LF Ferguson 1-3, RS -- .323
LF Figueroa 1-2, K, RS -- .412
2B Espinal 1-5, 3 K -- .295
DH David 1-4, 2B (4), 3 K, RS -- .318

Billo 5 IP, 5 ER, 8 H, 2 BB, 4 K, 2 HRA, 3 WP -- L, 2-2, 6.26 ERA, not handling the Pioneer League well
Peacock 2 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, K, 2 HRA -- 4.00 ERA
Morizio 1 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 4 H, BB, 2 K, HRA -- 3.29 ERA
Graffeo 2/3 IP, H, BB, 2 K -- 1.88 ERA

* The Chukars got close in the middle innings but the Voyagers pulled away to win. A run-scoring error and Murray Watts RBI groundout made it 2-0 IF in the 1st. Greg Billo gave up a 3-run homer and 2-run homer in the 2nd as Great Falls took a 5-2 lead. Justin Trapp hit an RBI groundout in the 5th and Watts went solo in the 6th for his 5th of the season to cut it to 5-4. Brian Peacock served up back-to-back homers in the 7th as Great Falls moved it to 8-4. Watts came through with a 2-out, 2-run single in the 7th to keep the Chukars close but the Voyagers closed it out with 4 in the 9th off Matt Morizio and Nick Graffeo. The last 6 Chukars went down consecutively. Starter Charles Delk allowed 3 runs (2 ER) over 5 IP to move to 1-2. CF Ryan Lee and RF Michael Early had 4 hits, including homers, and Early had 5 RBI (18). Four other Voyagers had 2 hits. IF is 12-14. The series continues Sunday.

Rookie - Burlington: B-Royals 3, Princeton 2 (6)

LF MacDougall 2-2, HR (3), RBI (13), RS, CS (3) -- .218
1B Furmanek 1-2, HR (3), RBI (3), RS -- .471
DH Jenkins 1-3, 2B (8), RBI (9) -- .291
3B Stovall 1-3, RS, SB (8) -- .338
SS McClure 0-2, CS (2), E (6) -- .253

Dooley 5 IP, 2 R (1 ER), 4 H, BB, 4 K -- W, 2-3, 5.66 ERA
Worrell 0 IP, H -- 0.96 ERA

* Mother Nature helped the Royals secure the win. Ryan Jenkins hit a 2-out RBI double in the 1st but Princeton matched it off Jonathan Dooley. Gabe MacDougall socked his 3rd homer of the season to start the 2nd and Seth Furmanek went solo in the 4th for his 3rd of the season to make it 3-1 Royals. Princeton scored another run in the 4th to cut it to 3-2. Josh Worrell gave up a leadoff double in the 6th but then the rains washed it out to lock in the Royal win. Starter Jacob Partridge took the loss for the Rays with 3 ER over 5 IP to fall to 2-2. LF Bryan Fogle and 2B Hector Guevara had 2 hits and RBI for the Rays. The Royals are 14-11. Crawford Simmons starts Sunday.

Rookie - AZL: off day