Royals on the Farm 5/29 and 5/30

Happy Memorial Day, everyone....thoughts and prayers to every soldier and veteran serving or with past service in defense of the U.S.A.

AAA - Omaha: Memphis 9, Storm Chasers 4 (Sun.)

2B Giavotella 2-4, K, RS -- .284
1B C. Robinson 1-2, BB, S, 2 RBI (34), K, RS -- .349
3B Moustakas 1-4, 2B (10), RBI (38), K -- .269
SS Arias 0-4, RBI (7), E (4) -- .230
RF Dyson 1-4, RS -- .282
LF Lough 1-3, S, RS -- .321
DH Ka'aihue 1-4, K -- .269
CF Cain 1-4, 2 K -- .304

Montgomery 4 1/3 IP, 6 ER, 8 H, 3 BB, 5 K, HRA -- L, 2-2, 5.18 ERA, 86 pitches
Rollins 1 2/3 IP, 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 2 BB -- 10.80 ERA
Hardy 2 IP, K -- 6.05 ERA

* Things fell apart for Omaha in the 5th versus Memphis Sunday. Mike Moustakas hit an RBI groundout and Clint Robinson singled in a run to stake the Chasers to a 2-0 lead in the 1st. Mike Montgomery stranded 2 in the 2nd but allowed 2 runs in the 3rd to tie the game. Joaquin Arias hit an RBI groundout in the 4th and Robinson squeezed home a runner in the 5th to make it 4-2 Omaha. Montgomery gave up a leadoff homer and RBI double before getting pulled in the 5th, and Heath Rollins allowed an RBI groundout and RBI double before closing out the inning with Omaha down, 6-4. Rollins was battered for 3 runs in the 6th as Memphis pulled away from the Chasers. Twelve of the last 13 Chasers went down after Robinson's squeeze play. Five Redbirds had 2 hits, including LF Aaron Luna, who hit his 3rd homer with 2 RBI (10).

Storm Chasers 9, Memphis 2

3B Moustakas 3-5, 2B (11), 2 RS -- .278
DH Ka'aihue 2-5, 2B (3), 2 RBI (15), K, RS -- .281
SS Zawadzki 1-4, BB, GS (4), 4 RBI (22), RS -- .220
2B Giavotella 1-5, RBI (30), K -- .282
CF Cain 1-3, 2 HBP, 2B (14), RBI (22), K, RS -- .304
RF Dyson 1-3, BB, HBP, SB (6), RS -- .286
LF Lough 1-5, 2B (13), SB (4), RS -- .317
1B C. Robinson 0-2, 3 BB, 2 RS -- .345

Jeffress 2 IP, ER, H, 5 BB, K, WP -- 6.35 ERA, 50 pitches
Mendoza 7 IP, ER, 2 H, BB, 3 K -- W, 2-3, 4.17 ERA

* A Lance Zawadzki grand slam in the 6th was the big blow in an easy Storm Chaser victory. Omaha struck first as Jarrod Dyson drew a leadoff walk in the 1st, stole second and scored on a Johnny Giavotella single. Jeremy Jeffress walked the bases full in the 1st but got a double play to get out of the jam. He loaded 'em again in the 2nd and this time let in a run on a wild pitch to tie the game. Dyson was thrown out at home on a botched double steal to end the Omaha 3rd (with Mike Moustakas at the plate, no less, smart move). The game was still tied at 1 in the 6th when the Chasers loaded the bases with 1 out, Lorenzo Cain took an HBP to bring in a run and Zawadzki blasted his 4th of the season to make it 6-1 and chase SP Adam Ottavino. Kila Ka'aihue added a 2-out, 2-run double in the 7th to make it 8-1. A Moustakas single scored a run in the 9th as an error aided the run. Luis Mendoza had retired 13 straight entering the 9th but allowed a run before getting a game-ending double play. Omaha is 28-23. A 4-game home set with the New Orleans Zephyrs (28-23, AAA Marlins) starts Tuesday with Jeff Suppan starting.

AA - NW Arkansas: Midland 11, Naturals 3 (Sun.)

CF D. Robinson 2-4, BB, RS, 2 SB (13), picked off -- .260
2B Bianchi 2-4, RBI (20) -- .253
C Theriot 1-4, HR, RBI (6), K, RS -- .184, I'd like to see the Royals draft a good C and keep him there
SS Colon 0-4 -- .234

Dwyer 5 1/3 IP, 5 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 6 K, WP -- L, 1-4, 6.14 ERA
E. Paulino 1 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 4 H, BB, 4 K, 2 WP -- 4.71 ERA
Baez 1 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, WP -- 13.50 ERA

* Midland scored its runs in two big bunches to drub the Naturals on Sunday. Derrick Robinson led off the game with a single, stole second and advanced to third on an error on the play, then scored on a Jeff Bianchi groundout to make it 1-0 NWA early. Ben Theriot clubbed his 1st homer of the season in the 5th to make it 2-0 as Chris Dwyer took a no-hitter into the 6th. A 1-out single in the 6th broke it up, and the hits didn't stop there. Three more hits and an intentional pass and 2 runs in later, Dwyer was pulled for Eduardo Paulino, who allowed a 2-run single and run-scoring wild pitch before finishing the inning. Nick Van Stratten scored on a Derrick Robinson pickoff play in the 6th to cut it to 5-3, but Midland went off for 6 in the 7th on 5 hits, 2 walks and 2 wild pitches off Paulino and Manauris Baez. The Nats didn't mount any serious threat to the 8-run lead. SS Grant Green had 3 hits but also 2 errors (10) to improve to .287. Two other Hounds had 2 hits as 3B Adam Heether drove in 2 runs (11) and RF Jeremy Barfield drove in 4 (27).

Midland 4, Naturals 2

CF D. Robinson 2-4, RS -- .270
1B Seratelli 2-4, RS, SB (10) -- .294
2B Bianchi 2-3, BB, K -- .262
DH Romak 1-3, SF, RBI (24) -- .245
LF Van Stratten 1-3, OF assist at third -- .255
SS Colon 1-4, 2B (3), K -- .235
C S. Perez 1-4, K -- .264

Baumann 4 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 4 BB, 3 K -- 4.58 ERA
Sisk 3 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 3 K, HRA -- L, 2-1, 4.24 ERA
Keating IP, 2 H -- 4.15 ERA

* A Midland rally in the 5th was the difference in the loss for NWA Monday. NW Arkansas got their runs early as SP Polin Trinidad balked in a run and allowed a Jamie Romak sac fly in the 1st. Buddy Baumann also had a rough 1st as Midland tied the game on 3 hits and 2 walks. Nick Van Stratten cut down a runner at third from left to keep one run off the board. Brandon Sisk took over in the 5th and teed up a 2-run homer to 2B Adam Heether (his 5th) to make the difference. Salvador Perez hit into a bases-loaded double play to end the Nats 6th and then hit into another one in the 9th. Heether was 3-4 with the homer and 3 RBI (14) to improve to .260. 3B Stephen Parker also had 2 hits. The Naturals are 24-21. They have Tuesday off.

A-Adv. - Wilmington: Myrtle Beach 9, Blue Rocks 3

RF Prades 2-4, K -- .346
3B Batista 2-4, K -- .240
CF Merrifield 1-5, RBI (19), 2 K, RS, 2 SB (12), OF assist at second -- .301
DH Testa 0-4, RBI (17) -- .293
C Bonilla 1-4, RBI (14), K -- .277
2B Navarro 0-4, K -- .298

E. Pimentel 2 2/3 IP, 9 ER, 5 H, 4 BB, K, HRA -- L, 3-3, A Memorial Day weekend to forget for Elisaul, 5.36 ERA
Paukovits 3 1/3 IP, 2 H, 2 K -- 3.13 ERA
Gibson 2 IP, 3 H -- 4.15 ERA

* Elisaul Pimentel got taken to the woodshed as the Pelicans finished the series strong. Like their two bigger brethren, the Rocks scored a 1st-inning run on a single and 2 stolen bases by Whit Merrifield and a Carlo Testa RBI groundout. Also like their bigger minors brethren, they also gave up runs in bunches as Pimentel gave up a 3-run homer in the 2nd and then combined with Bryan Paukovits to allow 6 runs in the 3rd. Jose Bonilla hit an RBI single in the 7th and Merrifield added an RBI fielder's choice. The Rocks got runners on in the last 2 innings but couldn't get any more home. Pelicans SP Justin Grimm allowed an ER with 5 K over 6 IP to improve to 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA. 2B Santiago Chirino had 3 hits, including his 1st homer, and 4 RBI (12) and CF Jared Hoying had 2 hits. Two other Pelicans had 2 RBI.

Kinston 9, Blue Rocks 1

2B Navarro 1-4, 3B (6), RBI (28), K -- .297, only Rocks hit
LF Merrifield 0-4 -- .294
RF Testa 0-3, BB, K -- .286
CF Prades 0-4, 2 K -- .300

Melville 3 1/3 IP, 8 R (5 ER), 7 H, 2 BB, 2 K, HRA -- L, 5-5, 4.83 ERA
Lafferty 3 2/3 IP, ER, 4 H, BB, 3 K, WP -- 2.37 ERA
Dennick IP, 2 K -- 2.51 ERA

* The Rocks were shut down by Tribe SP Clayton Cook as he and RP Kyle Landis collaborated on a 1-hitter. Kinston got started with a run in the 2nd and Tim Melville gave up 2 more runs in the 3rd. Kinston did the rest of its work in the 4th on 5 straight hits capped off by a grand slam by SS Casey Frawley, which chased Melville from the game. They added another run off Brendan Lafferty before the dust settled with Kinston up, 9-0. Rey Navarro broke up Cook's no-hit bid with a 2-out RBI triple in the 6th. Landis came on for 3 perfect innings of relief and that was it. Cook improved to 5-3 with a 3.42 ERA. C Roberto Perez had 4 hits and 2 RBI (10) to improve to .210. Two others had 2 hits. Frawley's granny was his 6th and he had 4 RBI (29). Wilmington is 28-21. Game 2 is Tuesday as Justin Marks and Tyler Sample take the reins.

A - Kane County: Wisconsin 2, Cougars 0

1B Kuebler 2-4 -- .143
SS Hall 1-4, K -- .293
CF Llanos 0-4, K -- .251

Marimon 8 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, BB, 7 K, 2 HRA -- L, 3-3, 3.16 ERA, tough loss
Keck IP, BB, K -- 4.03 ERA

* Sugar Ray Marimon pitched well but the Cougars took the L. Marimon got a double play to escape a 1st-inning jam but gave up a solo homer in the 3rd. The Cougars had 3 baserunners thrown out at third in the first 5 innings. Marimon gave up another solo homer in the 8th and the Cougars got the tying run to the plate in the 9th but went nowhere. P Tyler Thornburg pitched a complete-game 5-hitter with 8 K to improve to 4-0 with a 1.31 ERA. CF Reggie Keen and C Tyler Roberts had 2 hits, as Roberts provided all the offense with 2 HR (3).

Cougars 5, Wisconsin 4 (11)

CF Llanos 3-5, BB, RS, CS (7), E (2) -- .260
3B Cuthbert 2-5, RBI (7) -- .314
RF Beltre 2-5, RBI (14), K, RS -- .256
C Jenkins 2-5, K -- .250
LF Adams 2-5, 2 K, RS -- .241
DH Stovall 2-5, 2B (10) -- .283
SS Calixte 1-5, 2B, 2 RBI (5), 2 K, RS -- .294
1B Kuebler 0-4, 2 BB, RBI (2), 2 K -- .128
KC stranded 11.

L. Perez 6 IP, UER, H, 3 BB, 5 K, E (4) -- 2.54 ERA, can't buy a win this season
Odenbach 2 IP, H, BB, K -- 2.30 ERA
Boruff 2 IP, 5 H, K, balk -- 1.23 ERA
Mitchell IP, 3 ER, 4 H -- W, 3-1, 5.48 ERA

* A 1-1 game got crazy in the 11th as Kane County locked down a 5-4 extra-innings win. Cheslor Cuthbert singled in a run in the 1st but the Cougars stranded 2, and wouldn't score again until extras. Leondy Perez took a 1-hit shutout into the 6th but made a 1-out throwing error on a pickoff attempt that was compounded by an Alex Llanos throwing error on the play as the tying run scored. Chase Boruff got a bases-loaded double play to keep the tie intact in the 9th, and the Cougars foiled a double steal by throwing out a runner at the plate in the 10th. Matt Mitchell took the mound in the 11th and things went downhill as 4 hits, including 2 doubles, helped 3 runs score to make it 4-1 Rattlers. The Cougs had 2 on with 1 out in their half when Orlando Calixte hit a 2-run double and Geulin Beltre tied it with a single. With 2 out and 2 in scoring position, Llanos was intentionally walked and Jake Kuebler worked a bases-loaded walkoff walk. RF Robert Garvey had 3 hits for Wisconsin while two others had 2 hits. KC is 23-28. A 3-game set at the Lake County Captains (23-28, A Indians) starts Tuesday with Leonel Santiago (4-4, 2.48) starting the opener.