Royals on the Farm 9/8 -- NWA has to wait

AA - NW Arkansas: Game 1 postponed

* Rain washed out game 1 of the TL semifinal series and it will instead take place Thursday. Will Smith was called up to AA to join the Naturals while Barry Bowden was sent back to Wilmington.

Rookie - Idaho Falls: The Chukars are up, 8-7, on Casper in the 8th

1B Watts 2-4, 2 2B (13), RBI (57), K, 2 RS -- .281
RF Taylor 2-4, 2B (5), RS, E (6) -- .242
C Cornstubble 1-4, 2B (3), 2 RBI (10), K, E (7), PB (4), pickoff -- .279
CF Conner 1-4, RBI (3), K -- .182
LF Culver 1-3, BB, RBI (22), 2 K, RS -- .213
3B Liberto 1-4, RBI (3), RS -- .438

Blauer 4 1/3 IP, 5 ER, 9 H, 4 K -- 6.14 ERA
Roualdes IP, ER, H, 2 BB, HRA -- 5.96 ERA
Penny 2 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, BB, 3 K, balk -- 3.18 ERA

* This score has already changed as Casper has tied it at 8 in the 8th. That's been the tone of the game. The Chukars scored 2 in the 1st on a Murray Watts RBI double and Malcom Culver RBI single. Casper got a run back in their half of the inning off Chad Blauer, but IF scored 3 in the 2nd on a Cameron Conner RBI groundout and a rare 2-run wild pitch that made it 5-1 IF. Blauer stranded 2 in the 4th but the lead vanished in a 4-run Casper 5th off Blauer and Jordan Roualdes. Roualdes gave up a solo homer in the 6th and Robert Penny allowed another run in the 7th to make it 7-5. The Chukars launched a comeback in the 8th as Mike Liberto hit an RBI single and Dale Cornstubble hit a 2-run double to make it 8-7. Penny balked in the tying run in the 8th. We'll see how it shakes out. The Chukars finish their season Thursday.