Royals on the Farm 6/18

AAA - Omaha: Round Rock 7, Storm Chasers 5

SS Aviles 2-4, 3B, HR (4), RBI (9), K, 2 RS -- .290
LF Lough 2-4, 2B (17), 3B (6), RS, SB (8) -- .316
3B Zawadzki 2-4, RBI (27), K -- .258
CF Dyson 1-5, RBI (2), 2 K -- .293
1B C. Robinson 0-3, SF, RBI (51) -- .340
2B Giavotella 1-4 -- .313
RF Cain 0-4, K, RS -- .295
DH Ka'aihue 1-3, BB, RS -- .279

Chen 5 IP, 4 ER, 5 H, BB, 7 K, 2 HRA -- 6.00 ERA
Pucetas 2 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 2 HRA -- L, 4-3, 5.34 ERA
Jeffress IP, H -- 6.46 ERA

* Round Rock reaped the benefits of 4 homers in the victory over Omaha Saturday. David Lough led off the 2nd with a triple and scored on an error, and Lance Zawadzki singled in a run later in the inning to make it 2-0 Omaha. Bruce Chen gave up a solo homer in the 2nd but Mike Aviles tripled and scored on a Clint Robinson sac fly in the 3rd. Chen gave up a 3-run homer in the 3rd to make it 4-3 Express. Aviles led off the 6th with his 4th homer to tie the game but Kevin Pucetas came on in relief and served up a 2-run homer in the bottom of the inning as Round Rock again had an answer. Jarrod Dyson hit an RBI single in the 7th to trim the lead to 1, but the Express got a solo homer in the bottom of the frame to get the run back. Former Royal P Brett Tomko got the win for Round Rock. Three Express batters had 2 hits led by 3B Chris Davis, who homered twice (12) and drove in 4 runs (36) and stole a base while committing 2 errors (5). 2B Luis Cruz and RF Joey Butler also homered. Omaha is 38-31. Game 3 is Sunday as Mike Montgomery starts.

AA - NW Arkansas: Springfield 3, Naturals 1

3B Lisson 2-4, 2B (8), HR (11), RBI (24), RS -- .238
CF D. Robinson 2-4, 2B (3) -- .262
SS Colon 1-3, S -- .260
RF Myers 0-4, 2 K -- .278
1B Seratelli 0-3, BB, K -- .308
C S. Perez 0-2, BB, HBP -- .267
2B Bianchi 0-4 -- .287

Davies 6 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 4 K -- L, 0-2, 5.63 ERA
Chapman 1 2/3 IP, 2 H, BB, K -- 1.17 ERA
Barrera 1 1/3 IP, H, K -- 0.00 ERA, 2011 NWA debut

* Just as the Naturals took the lead, Springfield stormed back to pull out a victory on Saturday. NWA stranded 2 in the 1st and then again in the 3rd, and Kyle Davies cruised through 5 in his third rehab outing. Mario Lisson went deep in the 5th for his 11th of the season and Davies hit the skids in the 6th. With 2 on and 1 out, Cards DH Charles Cutler hit a 2-run triple and scored on a sac fly to make it 3-1 Springfield. NWA got two in scoring position with 1 out in the 7th but got nada and didn't get another hit. Cutler and SS Ryan Jackson had 2 hits, as Cutler had 2 RBI (12) and is hitting .328. NWA is 33-31 and the loss was a crippler as Arkansas swept a doubleheader from Tulsa to regain first place. Zach Miner starts the series finale Sunday.

A-Adv. - Wilmington: Blue Rocks 7, Winston-Salem 2

2B Navarro 3-5, 2B (14), 2 HR (7), 3 RBI (38), 3 RS -- .283, what a season for Rey
DH Francis 3-4, BB, 2 2B (17), K, 3 RS -- .301
3B Whittleman 2-4, SF, 2B (17), 2 RBI (34) -- .231
CF Prades 2-4, BB, 2 RBI (5), K -- .289
LF Merrifield 2-4, BB, 2 K, picked off, CS (7) -- .284
RF Testa 1-4, BB, 3B (3), K, RS -- .269
The Rocks stranded 11.

Marks 6 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 12 K (!) -- W, 3-5, 4.91 ERA, booyakasha
Ed. Garcia 1 2/3 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 K -- 0.00 ERA, organizational debut for Edgar
Mariot IP, 2 H, 3 K, WP -- 2.93 ERA

* Justin Marks and Rey Navarro keyed another Wilmington win as the Rocks look to end the first half strong. Navarro hit a solo blast in the 1st for his 6th of the season and Yem Prades hit an RBI single before Wilmington stranded 2. Marks got out of a bases-loaded situation with only 1 run scored in the 2nd, and John Whittleman hit an RBI double in the 3rd to get the run back. Navarro followed a Carlo Testa triple in the 4th with a 2-run homer for his 2nd of the game and 7th of the season to make it 5-1 Rocks. Marks allowed a run in the 5th but the Rocks picked it up in the 6th with another Prades RBI single. Newest Rock P Edgar Garcia got out of trouble in the 8th and Whittleman added an insurance sac fly in the bottom of the inning. Mike Mariot struck out the side around 2 hits in the 9th to finish it. LF Nick Ciolli and 3B Jake Oester (son of former Red Ron) had 2 hits for the Dash. Former LSU standout CF Jared Mitchell was 0-3 with a walk and 2 K to drop to .223. Wilmington is 36-32 and finishes the first half Sunday as Elisaul Pimentel starts the series finale.

A - Kane County: Clinton 4, Cougars 2

LF Fletcher 2-4 -- .323
1B Stovall 1-4, 3B (5), RBI (27), K, RS -- .298
SS Espinal 0-1, BB, SF, RBI (14), E (7) -- .181
3B Cuthbert 1-3, BB -- .291
CF Eibner 1-3, BB, RS -- .143

Ventura 5 2/3 IP, 4 R (3 ER), 5 H, 3 BB, 2 K, HRA -- L, 1-2, 4.40 ERA
Billo 3 1/3 IP, BB, 3 K -- 1.66 ERA

* Yordano Ventura and the Cougars came out on the short end of the stick in Saturday's tilt with Clinton. Ventura allowed 2 runs on 2 hits in the 1st but Ryan Stovall hit an RBI triple and scored on a Yowill Espinal sac fly to tie it in the 2nd. KC stranded 2 in the 3rd and Ventura stranded 2 in the 5th. The backbreaker came on a 2-run homer in the 6th as the LumberKings took the lead. Kane County didn't threaten therafter. Clinton SP Jandy Sena allowed 2 runs (1 ER) with 3 walks and 0 K over 7 IP but got the win to move to 4-3 with a 3.62 ERA. DH Mickey Wiswall and 3B Matt Browning had 2 hits for Clinton as Browning hit his 2nd homer and drove home 3 runs (13). KC is 28-40. The Cougars wrap up the first half in Sunday's finale as Jason Adam gets the start. Then they have 4 days off. P Sugar Ray Marimon has been scratched from an all-star appearance and will be replaced by Cougars RP Chase Boruff.