Royals on the Farm 9/10 -- Kila puts Omaha in PCL Champ Series

AAA - Omaha: Storm Chasers 4, Round Rock 2 (10)

LF Lough 2-5 -- .250
1B Ka'aihue 1-3, BB, S, walkoff HR, 2 RBI (6), 2 RS -- .267, Ghostface!
3B Arias 1-3, BB, 2B (2), RBI, K -- .375
C Clark 1-4, RBI, 2 K -- .250
RF Cain 1-4, BB, 2B (2) -- .474
DH Robinson 1-4, BB, 2 RS -- .313

O'Sullivan 8 IP, 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, BB, 7 K, HRA -- 1.13 ERA
Sisk 2/3 IP, 2 BB, K -- 0.00 ERA
Pucetas 1 1/3 IP, K -- W, 1-0, 0.00 ERA

* Kila Ka'aihue used one swing of the bat to put Omaha in the Pacific Coast League Championship Series. Cody Clark singled in a run in the 2nd and Sean O'Sullivan took a perfect game into the 7th. Joaquin Arias doubled Ka'aihue home in the 6th to make it 2-0. O'Sullivan issued a walk in the 7th to spoil the perfecto but kept the no-hitter intact until 3B Luis Cruz tied it with a 2-run homer in the 8th. Kevin Pucetas stranded 2 in the 9th and, after a 1-out Clint Robinson walk in the 10th, Kila laid the Express to rest with a 2-run bomb off the right foul pole. Omaha moves on to the best-of-5 PCL Championship Series versus either Reno or Sacramento. Reno leads that series, 2 games to 1, going into game 4 today. The Championship Series will start Tuesday.

AA - NW Arkansas: Arkansas 9, Naturals 5

CF Orlando 3-4, K, 2 RS -- .333
2B Bianchi 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, RS, CS -- .286
DH Smith 1-4, HR, RBI (2), K, RS -- .200
C Eigsti 0-2, BB, RBI -- .000
SS Colon 1-5, E -- .067, not his best in the playoffs
RF Myers 0-3, HBP, 2 K, E -- .100, ditto

Jeffress 3 2/3 IP, 6 R (3 ER), 6 H, 3 BB, 3 K, HRA, 2 WP, E -- L, 0-1, 7.36 ERA, had a bad feeling it would go this way
Volz 1 1/3 IP, ER, 2 H, K, HRA, pickoff -- 2.25 ERA
Baumann 2 IP, H, 2 K -- 0.00 ERA
Dennick IP, 2 ER, 3 H, BB -- 18.00 ERA
Dobies IP, BB -- 0.00 ERA

* And then there were 2. The NW Arkansas Naturals will not get a chance to repeat as Texas League champs, as Arkansas battered Jeremy Jeffress and didn't look back Saturday. Jeffress got out to a rough start as 3B Luis Jimenez hammered a 3-run homer in the 1st. NWA stranded 2 in the 3rd and the Travs chased Jeffress with a 3-run 4th. Tim Smith led off the Naturals 4th with his 1st playoff homer and a wild pitch and Jeff Bianchi groundout added runs to trim it to 6-3. Jimenez clubbed his 2nd homer of the game in the 5th off Kendal Volz. Bianchi hit an RBI double and Ryan Eigsti drove in a run with a groundout in the 6th to cut it to 7-5. Ryan Dennick gave up 2 RBI doubles in the 8th and the Naturals didn't threaten any further comebacks.

A - Kane County: Quad Cities 7, Cougars 0 (4-hitter)

3B Cuthbert 2-3 -- .267
CF Eibner 1-3 -- .214
SS Calixte 1-3 -- .167
LF Fletcher 0-4, 2 K, assist at second -- .133

L. Perez 4 IP, 4 ER, 6 H, K, HRA -- L, 0-1, 9.00 ERA
Garrido 2 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, BB, K -- 6.75 ERA
Carl 2 1/3 IP, ER, 3 H, 4 K -- 4.15 ERA

* It was all Bandits in Saturday's game 1 as SP Trevor Rosenthal pitched a complete-game shutout. Quad Cities got the only run they needed in the 2nd, then added 2 in the 3rd and 1 in the 4th. KC stranded 2 in the 2nd, and wouldn't threaten again. The Bandits polished it off with 2 in the 7th and 1 in the 9th. The series shifts to Quad Cities for Sunday's must-win game 2 for the Cougars. Jason Mitchell will start.