Royals on the Farm 8/31

I'm gonna save the August wrapup for each team's season end, since we're not that far away...

AAA - Omaha: O-Royals 7, Round Rock 0 (5/1-hitter)

SS Falu 3-3, RBI (42), 2 RS -- .268
3B Moustakas 1-3, RBI (44), K, RS, E (9) -- .298
CF Dyson 2-3, RS -- .282
DH Maddox 2-3, 2B (18), 3B (2), RBI (36), RS -- .268
LF Lucas 1-2, SF, RBI (49), RS -- .312
C Clark 1-2, RBI (22), K -- .266
RF Parraz 0-2, RBI (58) -- .251

Lerew 5 IP, H, BB, 4 K -- W, 8-4, 2.60 ERA

* Mother Nature lent a helping hand as Omaha won a rain-shortened game. Jordan Parraz hit an RBI groundout in the 2nd and Omaha scored 4 in the 3rd on a Mike Moustakas RBI single, Ed Lucas sac fly, Marc Maddox RBI triple and Cody Clark RBI single. Irving Falu singled home a run in the 4th and an error scored another run to make it 7-0. Rain washed it out after the 5th as Anthony Lerew finished off a shortened 1-hitter. Omaha is 76-62. Mike Moustakas' 11 RBI Monday are an unofficial Omaha record as its the most by an O-Royal in a game since at least 1989. The PCL record is 14. It was the first 3-homer game for Omaha since Ken Harvey in 2002. Brian Bannister pitches game 3 Wednesday. In tonight's BS news, the official KC site is reporting Mike Moustakas is likely not getting a September callup. Guess who is? Josh Fields! Hooray! I hate Dayton Moore as a GM. He makes me not want to like the Royals anymore, and more than just a little.

AA - NW Arkansas: Naturals 15, Arkansas 3

1B C. Robinson 4-5, 2 2B (39), 3 RBI (92), K, 2 RS -- .328
CF Orlando 3-5, S, HR (11), 2 RBI (61), K, 2 RS, SB (24) -- .310
C Pina 2-5, 2 2B (16), 2 RBI (43), RS -- .257
LF T. Smith 2-2, HR (9), 2 RBI (50), RS -- .303
3B Fields 2-4, BB, 2 2B (8), 2 RBI (9), 3 RS -- .436
LF-SS Seratelli 2-5, 3B (3), RBI (37), K, 2 RS, OF assist at third -- .258
DH Hosmer 1-5, 2B (12), 2 RBI (32), K, 2 RS -- .313
2B Giavotella 1-5, BB, HR (8), RBI (60), 2 K, RS -- .321
RF Van Stratten 1-5, K -- .267

Lamb 5 IP, 3 ER, 3 H, BB, 5 K -- W, 2-1, 5.72 ERA
Sisk 3 IP, 4 H, 5 K -- 4.59 ERA
Barrera IP, nothing -- 1.96 ERA

* Two 3-inning bursts of scoring helped the Naturals cruise to the win. Josh Fields hit an RBI double and Clint Robinson hit an RBI single to make it 2-0 in the 1st. Eric Hosmer followed with a 2-run double, Josh Fields hit an RBI double and Clint Robinson hit an RBI single in the 2nd to make it 6-0. As John Lamb stayed perfect thru 3, the Nats added another run in the 3rd on a Paulo Orlando RBI single. Lamb faltered to allow 3 runs in the 4th. Brandon Sisk stranded 2 in the 6th and the Nats got back to work that inning on a Paulo Orlando solo homer for his 11th of the season, a Clint Robinson RBI double and 2-run Manny Pina double that made it 11-3. Tim Smith led off the 7th with his 9th homer and Johnny Giavotella hit his 8th homer to make it 13-3. The Naturals finished the scoring with 2 in the 8th on an Anthony Seratelli RBI triple and Tim Smith RBI single. The Naturals are 39-25. A cadre of Naturals are headed to the Arizona Fall League, including 1B Eric Hosmer, lefty Danny Duffy, righty Patrick Keating, lefty Mike Montgomery, IF Johnny Giavotella, and OF Derrick Robinson. C Salvador Perez will also hit the AFL from Wilmington.

A-Adv. - Wilmington: Blue Rocks 9, Myrtle Beach 4

DH Myers 2-4, BB, GS (4), 4 RBI (34), RS -- .339
CF Ortiz 2-3, BB, S, 2B (17), 2 RBI (33), 2 RS, SB (29) -- .285
2B Navarro 2-3, BB, 2B (11), K, RS -- .239
C S. Perez 2-4, 2B (20), RS -- .283
SS Colon 1-3, BB, SF, 2 RBI (29), RS -- .274
RF Francis 1-4, HR (13), RBI (55), RS -- .280

Paukovits 5 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 6 H, 6 K, HRA, WP -- 5.51 ERA
Lafferty 2 2/3 IP, 2 H, 4 K -- W, 3-1, 2.81 ERA
M. Baez IP, BB, K -- 4.28 ERA

* The Rocks poured it on in a 7-run 6th to beat the Pelicans. The Pelicans scored off Bryan Paukovits in the 1st but Christian Colon tied it with a sac fly in the 3rd. Myrtle Beach notched a 3-run homer in the 4th off Paukovits. Colon singled in a run in the 5th but the Royals were down, 4-2, going into the 6th. Nick Francis led off that inning with his 13th homer, Adrian Ortiz ripped a 2-run double and Wil Myers cranked a grand slam for his 4th homer for the Rocks to make it 9-4. From there it was up to Brendan Lafferty and Manauris Baez to end it. The Rocks are 33-30. Aaron Crow pitches game 3 Wednesday. The Rocks set a new franchise single-season K record as a pitching staff with 1,092 on the season thru Tuesday.

A - Burlington: Bees 9, Beloit 5

3B F. Cruz 3-5, RBI (21), 2 RS -- .213
2B D. Batista 2-5, 2 K, RS, SB (17) -- .228
1B Kuebler 1-4, SF, 2B (6), 2 RBI (20), 2 K -- .287
CF Merrifield 0-4, BB, 2 RBI (20), RS -- .233
C Theriot 1-4, BB, HR, RBI (17), 2 K, RS -- .276
RF Testa 1-2, 3 BB, RBI (47), RS -- .277
SS McClure 0-5, RBI (11), 3 K, E (3) -- .239

Hayenga 7 IP, 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 3 BB, 3 K, HRA -- W, 3-12, 6.14 ERA, he's on a tear
Kelley 0 IP, nothing -- 3.96 ERA
Hodge 1 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, K -- 6.57 ERA

* The Bees finally beat the Snappers behind a decent start from Keaton Hayenga. Beloit scored 2 in the 3rd but Hayenga only allowed a hit in the rest of his outing. Ben Theriot led off the 5th with his 1st homer of the season for the Bees, Fernando Cruz hit an RBI single and a 2-run error made it 4-1 Burlington. Jake Kuebler hit a 2-out RBI double in the 7th and the Bees scored 4 in the 8th on a Whit Merrifield bases-loaded walk, a run-scoring error, a bases-loaded Carlo Testa walk and Kuebler sac fly. Mitch Hodge allowed an inherited runner to score in the 8th and then allowed 2 more runs before finishing it in the 9th. The Bees are 21-40. A 3-game set at the Cedar Rapids Kernels (33-30, A Angels) starts Wednesday.

Rookie - Idaho Falls: off day

* A 2-game set at the Ogden Raptors (16-12, Rookie Dodgers) starts Wednesday. OF Cameron Conner is being moved up after struggling through the AZL in his pro debut.

Rookie - Burlington: Danville 12, B-Royals 0

1B Baldwin 2-4, 2B (5), K -- .184
DH Escobar 2-3 -- .230
C Robertson 0-3, K -- .111

L. Santiago 3 IP, 8 R (7 ER), 8 H, BB, WP -- L, 6-3, 2.78 ERA
Mazur 3 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 5 H, 2 K -- 5.34 ERA
Giovenco 1 2/3 IP, H, 2 BB, 3 K, WP -- 6.39 ERA

* The B-Royals didn't seem to care much about winning Tuesday after clinching a playoff spot Monday. They didn't take BP according to the team site, which also pretty much blows off Tuesday's 12-run loss. They threw Leonel Santiago out there for some reason and he got rocked over 3 IP before getting pulled early, I assume to hold him out for a possible game 2 or game 3 playoff start. (I stand corrected, B-Royals blog reports Willian Avinazar is set for game 2 and Jonathan Dooley for game 3 if necessary). Danville scored 5 in the 1st and was off to the races. The Royals stranded 2 twice. The Appy League wastes no time getting to the playoffs as the Royals will take on the Johnson City Cardinals (42-24) at home Wednesday in game 1 of a best-of-3. The other series pits Pulaski versus Elizabethton. Jon Keck starts the playoff opener.