Royals on the Farm 8/30

AAA - Omaha: Round Rock 3, Storm Chasers 2

LF Lough 2-3, BB, RBI (62), CS (7) -- .316
SS Falu 2-4, 2B (10), SB (21) -- .293
3B-1B Arias 2-3, 2 2B (12), RS -- .225
2B Y. Navarro 0-4, RBI (7), 2 K, CS (4) -- .228
RF Cain 0-4, 2 K -- .309
1B Robinson 0-1 -- .327, left game in 2nd

Montgomery 4 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, BB, 6 K, HRA, 2 WP -- L, 5-10, 5.40 ERA
Tejeda 2 2/3 IP, ER, H, K, HRA -- 3.77 ERA
Sisk 2 IP, BB, 3 K -- 1.45 ERA

* Round Rock dealt Mike Montgomery his 10th loss of the season on Tuesday. Montgomery left the bases full in the 1st but gave up a solo homer and RBI double in the 2nd. Yamaico Navarro hit an RBI fielder's choice in the 4th. Robinson Tejeda gave up Taylor Teagarden's 2nd homer of the game in the 6th. David Lough hit an RBI groundout in the 8th and Omaha squandered an Irving Falu double in the 9th. Omaha is 77-60. Memphis lost so the magic number dropped to 2. 2B Johnny Giavotella was named Omaha's player of the year and P Luis Mendoza was named Omaha pitcher of the year. Omaha would play the Express in round 1 of the PCL playoffs should the present positions hold.

AA - NW Arkansas: Naturals 7, Arkansas 2

CF Orlando 2-5, 3B (10), RBI (23), K, 2 RS -- .315
SS Colon 2-4, BB, 3B (2), RBI (60), RS -- .258
1B Romak 1-2, 2 BB, HR (23), 2 RBI (69), K, 2 RS -- .257
LF-1B Seratelli 1-4, 2 RBI (63), SB (34) -- .283, efforts rewarded with NWA player of year award
DH T. Smith 1-3, BB, 2B (12), RBI (42) -- .294
RF Myers 1-4, 2B (22), K, RS -- .260

W. Smith 7 IP, UER, 3 H, 3 BB, 10 K, WP, E (2) -- W, 13-9, 3.85 ERA, NWA pitcher of the year
Hardy 2 IP, ER, 2 H, 2 K -- 1.45 ERA

* The Naturals put together 6 late runs to win Tuesday. Will Smith worked out of a jam in the 2nd, and Jamie Romak led off the NW Arkansas 2nd with his 23rd homer. Smith retired 11 in a row but gave up a run-scoring wild pitch in the 7th to tie it. The offense picked him up with 4 runs in the inning on bases-loaded walks by Romak and Tim Smith and a 2-run Anthony Seratelli single. Blaine Hardy allowed a run in the 8th but the Nats answered with 3 on back-to-back RBI triples by Paulo Orlando and Christian Colon. NWA is 34-30. Game 2 is Wednesday. Elisaul Pimentel will make his Nats debut. The Nats roster is littered with players headed to the Arizona Fall League this fall. Pitchers Jeremy Jeffress, Brendan Lafferty, Nate Adcock and Bryan Paukovits will join OF Wil Myers, 1B Clint Robinson and SS Christian Colon in the AFL.

A-Adv. - Wilmington: Myrtle Beach 6, Blue Rocks 2

LF Testa 1-4, HR (7), RBI (41), K, RS -- .284
1B Lewis 0-3, SF, RBI (22) -- .205
CF Prades 0-3, BB, 2 K -- .300

Melville 4 2/3 IP, 4 ER, 6 H, 5 BB, 5 K, 2 WP -- L, 10-10, 4.49 ERA
Keck 2 1/3 IP, ER, 3 H, 2 BB, K, WP -- 6.10 ERA
Paukovits 2 IP, ER, 2 H, 2 K -- 3.52 ERA

* The Rocks were limited to only 2 hits in Tuesday's loss. The Pelicans scored first in the 3rd but Carlo Testa stayed hot by slamming his 7th homer in the bottom of the inning. Myrtle Beach took the lead again in the 4th, then added 2 in the 5th off Tim Melville and Jon Keck. The Pelicans made it 5-1 in the 6th, and Joey Lewis hit a sac fly in the 7th to cut it back to 3 runs. Myrtle Beach scored a run in the 8th and that was all it took. Wilmington is 27-37. Game 3 is Wednesday. Justin Marks will start. Neither Rocks honoree is still with the team as IF Rey Navarro and P Jake Odorizzi earned the team honors.

A - Kane County: Peoria 8, Cougars 7

2B-3B Franco 2-4, 2 S, 2 RBI (26), RS, SB (5) -- .253
CF Eibner 2-3, 3 BB, 2B (13), K -- .211
RF Llanos 2-4, 2B (18), K -- .249
1B Kuebler 1-3, 2 BB, 2B (17), 2 RBI (30), 2 RS -- .217
DH Beltre 0-3, 2 BB, S, RBI (37), K -- .253
LF Fletcher 0-3, 2 BB, 2 K -- .333, Kane Cty player of the year
3B Cuthbert 0-3, 2 K -- .272
The Cougars stranded 14.

L. Perez 3 2/3 IP, 7 ER, 10 H, 3 K, WP, balk -- L, 7-13, 3.53 ERA
Garrido 2 1/3 IP, 4 H, K -- 6.52 ERA
Rivers 2 IP, H, 2 K -- 4.12 ERA
Carl IP, ER, 2 H, BB -- 9.00 ERA, Cougar debut

* The Cougars almost overcame a big Peoria rally, but couldn't quite get over the hump Tuesday. Leondy Perez and Santiago Garrido gave up 7 runs in the 4th. Kane County loaded the bases with 0 out in the 4th and Angel Franco hit an RBI groundout before 2 run-scoring wild pitches trimmed it to 7-3. Jake Kuebler hit a 2-run double in the 7th and Franco singled in a run to cut it to 7-6. Edwin Carl made his KC debut in the 9th and allowed a run that came in handy, as Geulin Beltre hit an RBI fielder's choice in the inning, but the Cougars couldn't get it tied. KC is 34-30. A 3-game set at the Cedar Rapids Kernels (26-37, A Angels) starts Wednesday. Greg Billo was named Kane County's pitcher of the year.

Rookie - Idaho Falls: A 4-game home set with the Orem Owlz (18-10, Rookie Angels) starts tonight. OF Runey Davis was named IF player of the year and, who else, Edwin Carl, was named IF pitcher of the year.

Rookie - Burlington: Johnson City 4, B-Royals 3

2B Hamblen 2-3, 2B, 3B, RBI (3), K, RS -- .121
DH J. Rodriguez 1-3, 2B (5), RBI (14), K, CS (4) -- .252
1B Watts 1-4, HR (15), RBI (44), K, RS -- .222
SS Trapp 0-4, K -- .259

Ridings 4 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, 5 K -- 3.92 ERA
A. Gonzalez 3 2/3 IP, ER, 3 H, BB, 3 K -- L, 2-2, 4.66 ERA

* It was another day, another 1-run loss for the Royals as Johnson City swept the season-ending series. The Cardinals scored 2 runs in the 1st off Matt Ridings but Murray Watts led off the 2nd with his 15th homer and Derek Hamblen tripled home the tying run. Johnson City regained the lead in the bottom of the 2nd, but Jose Rodriguez doubled in Hamblen in the 5th to retie it. The tie didn't last long as Johnson City got to Abel Gonzalez for a run in the 6th. The last 4 Royals went down in order to bring the season to a sour end. The Royals finished 24-44. Stat recap tomorrow. OF Jorge Bonifacio was Burlington's player of the year and P Nick Graffeo was Burlington's pitcher of the year.

Rookie - AZL: The Royals finished 22-34

OPS rundown
IF Nick DelGuidice 1.121 OPS, arguably best debut of any 2011 Royals newbies, and he was a non-drafted FA, AZL Royals player of the year
OF D'Andre Toney 1.018 OPS -- .340/.432/.587, 32 RS, 12 2B, 5 3B, 5 HR, 29 RBI, 14 BB/28 K, 7/18 SB, 3 E in 43 G/150 ABs -- other than his SB%, nothing to complain about in pro debut, led the team in several categories
2B Adrian Morales .904 OPS -- .323/.436/.468, 22 RS, 6 2B, 4 HR, 28 RBI, 22 BB/24 K, 5/8 SB, 10 E in 34 G/124 ABs -- another one of the cream of the 2011 crop, not bad for 49th rounder
OF Terrance Gore .852 OPS -- .340/.447/.404, 22 RS, 2 2B, 2 3B, 16 RBI, 15 BB/21 K, 17/17 SB, 2 E in 35 G/94 ABs -- stat line looks like Toney with less pop, better SB instincts, maybe little better plate discipline?
IF Nick Cuckovich .785 OPS -- .302/.418/.367, 23 RS, 7 2B, 3B, 19 RBI, 23 BB/39 K, 24/30 SB, 10 E in 37 G/139 ABs -- led team in BB and SB, held his own in pro debut
Others....IF Carlos Garcia .731 (12 XBH, 16 E in 40 G/147 ABs)...C Rainier Bello .690 (notable as being top C at level)...C Travis Lane .682 (better OBP, less pop than Bello, actually had more XBH than Rainier but in many more ABs)...OF Jerico Blanco .663 (.294 OBP, 9 2B, 23 RBI, 38 K in 47 G/168 ABs)...OF Jerrell Allen .650...SS Humberto Arteaga .614...1B Brian Gaylord .594...C Cameron Gallagher .389 (.141/.209/.179, 6 RS, HR, 7 RBI, 7 BB/15 K, E in 20 G/78 ABs, rough intro as he brings up the rear, but it's only upward and onward from here, right?)

WHIP rundown
Clayton Schulz 0.66 -- 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 BB/17 K in 4 G (1 start) and 16 2/3 IP -- no complaints
Andrew Stueve 1.02 -- 1-3, 2.09, 6 SV, 6 BB/40 K in 22 G (1 start) and 43 IP -- good enough for a promotion -- named AZL pitcher of year for Royals
Ali Williams 1.43 -- 1-1, 3.89, 2 HRA, 10 BB/35 K in 13 G (3 starts) and 37 IP -- that's not a good dropoff from 2nd to 3rd
Eric Diaz 1.45 -- 1-4, 5.65, 3 HRA, 16 BB/42 K in 12 G (9 starts) and 51 IP -- also not great, but both he and Williams had OK K/BB
Casey Edelbrock 1.53 -- 0-2, 8.04, HRA, 5 BB/19 K in 8 G and 15 2/3 IP
Others....Julio "Max" Morales 1.71 (tied for team lead with 3 wins, 22 BB/41 K in 42 IP)...Christian Witt 1.77 (also had 3 wins, 9.11 ERA, 4 HRA, 7 BB/19 K in 27 2/3 IP)...Fernando Cruz 1.90 (15 BB/17 K in 23 2/3 IP, transition to pitcher didn't go well)...Stephen Lumpkins 2.07 (22 BB/26 K in 33 1/3 IP)...Andrew Durden 2.21 (only 6 1/3 IP)...Cesar Ogando 2.34 (10.52 ERA, 4 HRA, 24 BB/23 K in 12 G (11 starts) and 31 2/3 IP, ugly stats)