Royals on the Farm 9/6 -- And then there were two...and a triple crown for Clint

AAA - Omaha: O-Royals 9, Oklahoma City 1

DH Maddox 2-6, 2B (19), 3B (3), 2 RBI (39), RS -- .263
RF Parraz 2-4, BB, RBI (61), 2 K, RS, SB (8) -- .266
SS Falu 2-5, BB, 3B (6), RBI (46), RS -- .272
1B Thorman 2-5, RS, SB (6) -- .280
LF Lucas 2-4, BB, RS, SB (7) -- .307
3B Moustakas 1-6, RBI (48), K -- .293
CF Lough 1-2, BB, S, SF, RBI (58), E (4) -- .280
PH-C Bonilla 1-1, RS -- 1.000, AAA debut
Omaha stranded 12.

Herges 6 IP, ER, 5 H, 4 K -- W, 9-4, 4.63 ERA
Rupe IP, 2 H -- 2.92 ERA
B. Anderson IP, 2 H, K -- 2.57 ERA
Collins IP, nothing -- 1.33 ERA

* Omaha finished the season strong with the rout of the RedHawks. Omaha stranded 2 in the 2nd and Matt Herges allowed Oklahoma City's only run in the 2nd. Irving Falu hit an RBI groundout in the 5th and a 2-run error made it 3-1 Omaha. Jordan Parraz hit an RBI single and David Lough added a sac fly in the 6th to make it 5-1. Falu and Marc Maddox hit back-to-back triples in the 7th and a wild pitch scored Maddox to stretch it to 7-1. Mike Moustakas notched his final minor league RBI of the season with an 8th inning single and Maddox doubled in a run in the 9th. Omaha finished 81-63 for the 5th 80-win season in the 42 years of Omaha history. Anthony Lerew won the PCL ERA title at 2.55. Herges' start was his last pro baseball appearance as according to the team site, he's retiring. The 81-63 record is Omaha's best mark since 1999. OF Jarrod Dyson is getting a shot at KC.

AA - NW Arkansas: Naturals 9, Tulsa 0 (4-hitter)

CF D. Robinson 3-5, 2 2B (26), 2 RBI (48), K, 2 RS -- .286, showed improvement at plate in 2010
DH C. Robinson 2-2, SF, 2B (41), 3 RBI (98) -- .335, earned special honor Monday
2B Giavotella 1-3, BB, 2B (35), 2 RBI (65), 2 RS -- .322
1B Seratelli 1-5, 2B (9), RBI (39), K, RS -- .254
RF Van Stratten 1-4, K, RS -- .262
LF T. Smith 1-4 -- .306

Paulino 6 IP, 3 H, BB, 5 K -- W, 8-5, 4.04 ERA
Keating IP, H, 3 K -- 3.10 ERA
Barrera IP, K -- 1.80 ERA
Sisk IP, nothing -- 4.46 ERA

* The Naturals coasted to another win to complete one of the best regular seasons ever for a Royals affiliate. While Mike Moustakas left NWA with a triple crown intact, it was instead teammate Clint Robinson who seized the Texas League triple crown. The Nats got it started Monday with a Anthony Seratelli RBI double and Clint Robinson sac fly in the 1st. Johnny Giavotella ripped a 2-run double in the 3rd and Clint Robinson followed with an RBI single to make it 5-0. Robinson hit an RBI double in his next AB to continue a great final game. NWA starter Eduardo Paulino and three relievers scattered 4 singles in a lockdown performance. A run-scoring wild pitch and 2-run Derrick Robinson double in the 8th laid the Drillers to rest. NWA finished 44-26 in the second half and 86-54 overall. A best-of-5 TL semifinal series with the Springfield Cardinals (38-32) starts Wednesday. Clint Robinson finished with a .335 BA (plus a 1.035 OPS), 29 HR and 98 RBI to be the first TL triple crown winner in 11 years. He won the RBI title by 1 as his 3 RBI Monday were crucial. Adam Piatt was the last TL player to win a triple crown. For the honor, Robinson got a curtain call from the crowd. Danny Duffy is set to start game 1 with Springfield.

A-Adv. - Wilmington: Frederick 14, Blue Rocks 8

C S. Perez 4-5, RS -- .290
SS Colon 3-5, BB, 2B (12), 3B (2), RBI (30), 2 RS -- .278, came along nicely in pro debut
DH Myers 2-4, BB, 2 2B (18), 3 RBI (38), RS -- .346, finished on 11-game hit streak
RF Francis 2-5, 2B (24), HR (16), 3 RBI (61), RS -- .284
2B F. Garcia 1-4, BB, RBI (11), 2 K, RS -- .186
CF Ortiz 1-5, BB, K, 2 RS -- .289
Wilmington stranded 12.

Crow 4 2/3 IP, 8 ER, 10 H, BB, 7 K, 2 WP -- L, 2-3, 5.93 ERA, at least his BB/K is looking solid
Dennick IP, ER, 3 H, BB, WP -- 4.97 ERA
Basurto 1 1/3 IP, UER, H, BB, K, WP -- 3.46 ERA
Paukovits 2 IP, 4 ER, 5 H -- 5.88 ERA

* It was 8-7 at one point before the Keys took off to take the season finale. Aaron Crow's final 2010 start didn't go favorably as Frederick scored 3 runs in the 1st on 3 hits and a wild pitch. Crow stranded 2 in the 2nd but the Rocks scored 2 in the 3rd on a Christian Colon RBI triple and Wil Myers RBI double. Crow and Ryan Dennick were victimized for 5 runs in the 5th, but the Rocks answered all 5 runs with a 2-run Myers double and 3-run Nick Francis homer for his 16th of the season. Dennick allowed another run in the 6th before Eric Basurto stranded the bases full. Basurto allowed a run in the 7th and Bryan Paukovits gave up 4 runs in the 8th. The Rocks left the bases full in the 8th and got a Fernando Garcia RBI single in the 9th before leaving 'em loaded again. That was Garcia's first hit since July 15. The Blue Rocks finished 36-32 and 68-70 overall. Eric Hosmer ended up with the Carolina League batting title at .354 despite not playing for the Rocks for the last month. He still had enough ABs to qualify.

A - Burlington: Bees 7, Clinton 6

CF Merrifield 3-5, 3B (3), 2 RBI (26), K -- .253
2B D. Batista 2-4, HR (6), 2 RBI (32), RS -- .236
3B F. Cruz 2-4, 2B (15), RS, E (21) -- .221
SS McClure 0-4, SF, GW RBI (14), K, E (5) -- .225
C Theriot 1-4, 2B (13), RBI (20), RS -- .300
LF Richardson 1-3, BB, RBI (38), K, RS -- .204
RF Testa 1-4, 2B (24), K, RS -- .275

M. Mitchell 6 1/3 IP, 6 R (3 ER), 7 H, BB, 9 K, 2 HRA -- 5.60 ERA, like to see 9 Ks tho
Encarnacion 1 2/3 IP, 2 H, K -- BS, 3, 8.03 ERA
De La Rosa IP, nothing -- W, 1-1, 5.09 ERA

* A 6-run Bees rally wasn't enough as it took a 9th inning run to get them a walkoff win in the season finale. Matt Mitchell gave up solo homers in the 1st and 4th but Burlington took over that inning with 6 runs on a Ben Theriot RBI double, 2-run Deivy Batista homer (his 6th), Hilton Richardson RBI single and 2-run Whit Merrifield triple. Clinton scratched out a run off Mitchell in the 6th but Mitchell was pulled with 1 out and the bases loaded in the 7th. Rodolfo Encarnacion gave up 2 singles to score 3 runs and tie the game. Julio Aparicio drew a leadoff walk in the 9th, advanced to third on a Merrifield single and scored on an Alex McClure sac fly to end it. McClure had committed an error in the Clinton 7th. The Bees finished 24-43 and 46-90 overall. They are the first MWL team to lose 90 since 2006.

Rookie - Idaho Falls: Casper 8, Chukars 4

LF Pickett 3-4, K, 2 RS, SB (3), CS -- .391
RF Polonia 2-4, 2B (4), RBI (8), 2 K -- .238
3B Liberto 2-4, K -- .556
SS Trapp 2-4, K -- .263
1B Culver 1-4, HR (4), 2 RBI (21), RS -- .216
CF Conner 1-5, RBI (2), 2 K, SB (4) -- .200
DH Watts 1-3, BB, 2B (10), K, RS -- .274
C Cornstubble 0-4, 2 K, E (6) -- .281

Billo 4 1/3 IP, 8 R (7 ER), 11 H, 3 BB, 3 K, 2 HRA, E (2), 2 WP -- L, 4-8, 5.59 ERA
Graham 1 2/3 IP, 2 BB, 3 K -- 5.40 ERA
Mariot 2 IP, 2 K -- 3.54 ERA

* Casper pounded Greg Billo and the Chukars Monday. Billo stranded 2 in the 1st but allowed 3 runs in the 2nd on 4 singles and a wild pitch. A 2-run homer and run-scoring Billo error punctuated a 3-run Casper 4th to make it 6-0. Another 2-run dinger in the 5th stretched it to 8-0 and chased Billo. Cameron Conner broke up the shutout with an RBI groundout in the 8th and Malcom Culver rocked a 2-run homer in the 9th for his 4th of the season. Juan Polonia added an RBI double before the Chukars finally ran out of outs. IF is 10-25. Game 2 is Tuesday.