Down on the Farm, KC style

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Chasers Fall to the Rainiers, 3-2, on Thursday Night

PAPILLION, Neb. - Lefty Will Smith pitched well and the freshly promoted Wil Myers went 2-for-5 at the plate with an RBI but it was not enough as the Storm Chasers were stymied by the Tacoma Rainiers, 3-2, on Thursday. The loss snapped Omaha's 14 game Werner Park win streak.

Smith (1-3) performed well in defeat, pitching through 7.2 innings while giving up three runs (two earned.) Tacoma's (16-24) Sean Henn (3-0) picked up the win after working two innings in relief of starter Erasmo Ramirez while the Rainiers' Stephen Pryor earned his first save of the season.

No word yet on who's pitching tonight. I'm hoping for Odorizzi. Jamie Romack was traded to the Cardinals for cash considerations.

Naturals Sweep Drillers

TULSA, OK - The Northwest Arkansas Naturals got a brilliant start from Noel Arguelles on their way to a 2-1 win over the Tulsa Drillers on Thursday night at ONEOK Field. The win completes the sweep of the four-game series, and moves the Naturals within one game of the lead in the North Division.

Marks starts tonight

VENTURA, McCLURE CARRY ROCKS IN EMOTIONAL WIN

Through his first six Carolina League starts, 20-year-old Yordano Ventura was 0-3 with a 4.10 ERA and .269 batting average against. In his last two nods, he is 2-0 with a 0.69 ERA and a .119 batting average against. His efforts have lowered his season-long ERA to 2.97.

Sample gets the call

KC lost 5-7

Diamonds in the Rough 5.17
POD - Yordano Ventura
HOD - Yem Prades

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Storm Chasers Rally to Beat Rainiers, 5-4, on Friday

PAPILLION, Neb. - Starter Jake Odorizzi made a solid first impression in his Triple-A debut as the 22 year old hurled 6.2 innings of nine hit, three-run ball, en-route to a no-decision. What was decisive was the patented, exciting, Werner Park come-from-behind 5-4 victory to propel their home record to 16-2 and their overall record to 26-16.

Outfielder Wil Myers also had a solid game for Omaha as he collected three hits in four at-bats while knocking in and scoring a run. Jeremy Jeffress (3-2) secured the win after an inning of relief while Francisley Bueno notched his third save of the year after getting the game's final out.

Pitcher TBD

Naturals right on the Marks

Marks (3-1) turned in his best outing of the season going seven innings scattering three hits while walking two and fanning three. The outing was the longest of the season for Marks. Kendal Volz took over for Marks in the eighth inning and worked around a two-out single to keep the Naturals in front. Volz finished off the ninth inning as well to earn his sixth save of the season.

Pimentel starts tonight

DAVID'S WALKOFF HOMER WINS SERIES OPENER

Cole White (2-0) got the win in relief. He took over for Sample in the seventh and spun three shutout frames, yielding just three hits and chalking up four strikeouts.

Adam starts today

Kernels rally in 9th but fall to Cougars

Otherwise the home team couldn't figure out Cougar's starter Edwin Carl, who allowed just 1 run through 7 innings, striking out 4 Kernels in the process. Carl earned the win to push his record to 4-2.

Diamonds in the Rough 5.18
POD - Justin Marks
HOD - Kevin David

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Omaha was postponed due to rain. SOS will start game one. No word on game two.

Travelers snap Naturals' Streak

[FONT=arial]Pimentel went three and two-thirds inning allowing five hits and three runs in his second start of the season for the Naturals. Buddy Bauman relieved Pimentel and went two and a third innings scoreless innings allowing just one hit. The Travelers tacked on an insurance run in the seventh inning when Segura scored on a wild pitch thrown by Bryan Paukovits to make it 4-1.

Dwyer starts today

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp...=.jsp&sid=t426]First Time In Team History Wilmington Held To No Hits In Nine Innings[/url]

Jason Adam (1-6) took another loss thanks to having no run support once again. He was sharp through his first five innings of work, having allowed only a walk and a hit with seven strikeouts. Trouble loomed in the sixth inning. With one out, Teodoro Martinez spanked a double down the left field line. Tomas Telis then sharply rolled one to the right side. Merrifield grabbed the ball a few steps onto the outfield grass as he scampered towards the first base side. Realizing there was no play on Telis, Merrifield saw Martinez breaking for home. He zipped the ball to David on a fly and the Rocks catcher applied the tag for the second out.

Marimon starts today

KC went down 3-7

Diamonds in the Rough
POD - Jason Adam
HOD - NONE

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Storm Chasers and Rainiers Split Sunday's Doubleheader

Vin Mazzaro (2-0) started for the Chasers (27-17) in game one and picked up the victory after allowing five runs in 5.1 innings of work. Brandon Sisk earned the save after shutting out the Rainiers (17-26) in his 1.2 innings pitched. Clint Robinson was a key cog in the victory with his three RBI.

Sean O'Sullivan (3-3) took the hill for Omaha in game two and was hit with a loss after allowing four runs in his 5.2 innings on the mound. Tommy Hottovy got the final out of the sixth and Blaine Hardy worked the seventh inning in relief of O'Sullivan and neither yielded a hit or a run.

Today's starter not yet listed.

Naturals Edged by Arkansas Travelers

Naturals starter Chris Dwyer was perfect over the first four innings he pitched, and allowed just two runs on three hits over his six and two-thirds total. He struck out five and walked three over the course of his outing. Travelers (18-25) starter John Hellweg allowed just two runs on six Naturals hits over four and two-thirds innings of work, walking six while striking out three. Neither starter factored in the decision.

Ethan Hollingsworth slated to start for NWA

ANOTHER WALKOFF ON THE RIVERFRONT FOR ROCKS

After having their offense shut down in a no-hitter on Saturday, the Blue Rocks pitching staff was near flawless on Sunday. Wilmington starter Sugar Ray Marimon totaled six innings of shutout baseball, ringing up nine strikeouts and allowing just one hit. Santiago Garrido (1-1) tossed the last three innings and picked up his first Carolina League victory. He allowed a run on three hits while striking out four Pelicans.

Billo gets the start today

Wisconsin wins a wild one on a walkoff

Kane County starting pitcher Brooks Pounders allowed the one run on four hits and struck out eight Timber Rattlers through six innings. The offense picked up when Pounders left the game.

Starting 9

Sorry I haven’t gotten to one of these in a while with everything that has been going on lately in my home life I just haven’t had the time. I’ll make sure that changes going forward !

A review of the top Royals minor league performances for the week of 5/13/12 thru 5/19/12.

Please remember that these rankings take into account age and level as well as performance.

#1 Wil Myers .524/.545/1.048 11-21 3 doubles, 1 triple, 2 Home Runs, 4 R, 7 RBI and a promotion to AAA. Myers is showing why I had him ranked #1 prior to 2011 and 2012 and why he’ll be in Kansas City very very soon.

Diamonds in the Rough 5.20
POD - Sugar Ray Marimon
HOD - Lane Adams (off to quite a start in KC)

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Chasers Offense Sputters, Lose 4-2 on Monday

Southpaw Mike Montgomery (2-1) was stung with the loss as he yielded three runs over four hits while issuing three free passes to Salt Lake (24-21) over 6.0 innings pitched. Third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff and catcher Cody Clark knocked a run in each, compiling all of the Storm Chasers' (27-18) offense in the process.

No word on a starter

Duncan's 4 Hits Not Enough for Naturals

The Naturals (24-20) avoided being shutout by getting on the board in the ninth inning. Eric Duncan led off the frame with a single off of Travelers' reliever Chris school for his fourth hit of the game. Orlando followed with a single, and Yem Prades came through with a two-run single to cut the lead to 6-2. Prades moved to second on a throwing error by Segura, and was then driven in by Carlo Testa that cut the lead to 6-3. The RBI was the 19th of the season for Testa. Steven Geltz came on in relief for the Travelers and got the last out of the ball game to record his fifth save of the season.

Arguelles to start

LAUGHER AT FRAWLEY ENDS IN ROCKS WIN

The big blows came in the fourth inning for Wilmington. Up 2-0, the Blue Rocks got their rally going with one out against Potomac starter Matt Swynenberg (3-2). Whit Merrifield powered a ball to right field that was sorely misplayed by Randolph Oduber, putting him at second base after the error. Angel Franco then slapped a triple down the first base line to make it 3-0. Brian Fletcher followed with a double that was smoked to the alley in right center which boosted the lead to 4-0. Brett Eibner tripled deep to deep right center which scored Fletcher from second for a 5-0 lead. With the infield drawn in, Cheslor Cuthbert raised the lead to 6-0 with a slow roller up the middle that snuck by the drawn in infield of the Nationals. Swynenberg was relieved after Cuthbert's single.

Rocks' Billo gets results with slider

Greg Billo always had confidence in his slider. His coaches at Class A Advanced Wilmington, however, did not.

But when the Blue Rocks staff finally allowed the right-hander to begin utilizing the secondary pitch once again, the move paid off.

Billo allowed just two hits and one walk over seven shutout innings in Wilmington's 7-0 win over Potomac on Monday. The 21-year-old added five strikeouts in his longest outing of the 2012 season.

"It was the second night that I was allowed to mix in the slider," he said. "It was taken away at the beginning of the season, when the coaching staff wanted me to focus on my other stuff.

Ventura gets the call

KC lost 4-7

Diamonds in the Rough 5.22
POD - Greg Billo
HOD - Juan Graterol

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Cheslor Cuthbert; The Story Of Struggle At 19

Cheslor Cuthbert came to Spring Training 2012 with a new bold body. The story was that Cuthbert struggled in the end of 2011 because he “wasn’t in the best baseball shape”. The body wasn’t awful but Cuthbert looked like he had enjoyed McDonalds on his roadtrips which is understandable for an 18 year old kid from Nicaragua in the Midwest League. From the sources I have spoken with Cuthbert looked to be in really good baseball shape in camp this year.

Cuthbert came into 2012 with a ton of prospect hype. Cuthbert was ranked 81^st in Baseball America’s top 100 and 83^rd in Baseball Prospectus’ top 101. He was also ranked 5^th in Baseball America’s top 10 and 4^th on Baseball Prospectus’ top 11. From the looks of his physical build Cuthbert showed some want this offseason even though he received all of the accolades.

Good read about a nice prospect

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Chasers Lose Their Third Straight at Werner Park

Starting pitcher Ryan Verdugo (3-1) was hit with his first loss of the season after getting tagged for five runs over 5.2 innings pitched. Relievers Blaine Hardy, Brandon Sisk and Ramon Colon combined to finish the final 3.1 innings and gave up just a lone run.

Myers connects on first Triple-A homer

Wil Myers was one of the hottest hitters in the Texas League before his promotion.

So far, nobody in the Pacific Coast League has been able to cool him down. The Royals' No. 2 prospect collected three hits, including his first Triple-A home run, on Tuesday, but the Omaha Storm Chasers fell to the Salt Lake Bees, 6-3.

Myers went deep in his first at-bat, sending an 0-1 pitch from Major League veteran Juan Rincon over the left-field wall for a two-run homer.

He last left the park on May 14, when he smacked two longballs for Double-A Northwest Arkansas. "He threw a fastball up for ball one, then hung a curveball in the middle of the plate and I was able to turn on it," Myers said.

No listed starter yet

NWA had the day off. Arguelles pitches tonight.

LATE RALLY PROPELS ROCKS TO WIN

Ventura had some long innings but pitched an effective five innings of one-run ball. He yielded just three hits and a walk, but struck out nine Nats.

Sample starts this morning

KC had the day off as well.

Diamonds in the Rough 5.22
POD - Yordano Ventura
HOD - Wil Myers

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Storm Chasers Beat the Bees on Wednesday, 5-2

Young guns Jake Odorizzi (1-0) and Wil Myers also played key roles in Wednesday's win. Odorizzi pitched extremely well, allowing a lone run in his 6.0 innings on the mound to earn the first Triple-A victory of his career.

Meanwhile, Myers went 2-for-4 at the dish and connected for a mammoth solo home run in the eighth inning. The homer came a day after slugging his first career Triple-A bomb. Omaha (28-19) grabbed a 1-0 advantage in the bottom of the second thanks to a solo shot by Clint Robinson. The power surge continued as shortstop Tony Abreu hit a two-run jack in the third.

Myers hits tape-measure shot

It was the outfielder's seventh game in the Pacific Coast League after earning a promotion from Double-A Northwest Arkansas for hitting .343 with 13 homers in 35 games to start the year. After a 2-for-4 outing Wednesday, MLB.com's No. 16 prospect is hitting .417 with a .792 slugging percentage with the Storm Chasers.

His home run Wednesday was believed to be the longest in the two-year history of Omaha's Werner Park. "It was a fastball down and in from a lefty side-arm [angle]," said Myers. "It was actually a pretty good pitch. I was just able to keep my hands in and kind of golf it out."

There's video!
Storm Chasers Buzz by the Bees and Win, 4-2

Sean O'Sullivan (4-3) tallied his fourth win of the season after giving up just two runs in his 5.0 innings of work. Brandon Sisk pitched the sixth and seventh while Tommy Hottovy tossed the eighth and ninth innings to earn his third save of the year. Sisk and Hottovy allowed just one hit each in their respective two innings on the mound.

Mazzaro appears scheduled to start

Naturals rally Falls Short

The Naturals' offense continued to chip away at the lead getting an RBI ground out from Paulo Orlando and an Eric Duncan RBI single to make it an 8-7 ball game. The RockHounds got back on the board getting an insurance home run from shortstop Dusty Coleman in the top of the ninth inning. Christian Colon led off the bottom of the ninth with his fourth home run of the season, but the Naturals could not push another run across and fell 9-8.

RockHounds walk on bye

SPRINGDALE, AR - The Northwest Arkansas Naturals pitching staff issued ten walks as the Midland RockHounds defeated them 11-3 at Arvest Ballpark. The Naturals have now dropped five in a row, after winning six straight.

Pimentel to start

ROCKS BUST OUT BROOM AGAINST POTOMAC

Sample (1-5) picked up his first victory of the year. He went five shutout innings, allowing just two hits and four walks, while racking up six strikeouts. Keck followed with three scoreless innings and Sam Runion finished it off with a scoreless frame in the ninth for his first save.

Adam gets the start. Rocks had Thursday off

KC won 4-3 and 13-12

Pine Tar Press 1/4 Season Top 40+1

A quarter of the way into the season and we’ve made some adjustments to our Top 40 prospects list after seeing players during instructs, spring training and regular season minor league games.

I like seeing these lists as it helps me pick up some of the lower level names to keep an eye on. Can't wait for the short season teams to get going so we can get a feel for a few of these guys.

Diamonds in the Rough 5.23
POD - Jake Odorizzi
HOD - Christian Colon

Diamonds in the Rough 5.24
POD - Tommy Hottovy
HOD - Dean Espy

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Two Solo Homers and Great Pitching Allow Omaha to Outlast Zephyrs

Metairie, LA - Wil Myers hit the game-winning home run with one out in the 12th inning as Omaha slipped past New Orleans, 2-1, Friday night in the first of four meetings at Zephyr Field. The Storm Chasers won their third straight to improve to 30-19 and maintain their nine-game lead over Iowa in the American Conference North Division.

New Orleans pitching had retired 13 batters in a row before Myers slammed Gary Glover's fifth pitch of the at-bat over the wall in left for his third home run in the last four games to put Omaha in front for the first time in the contest. Roman Colon then retired the side in order in the bottom of the inning to earn the victory. The right-hander retired nine of the 10 batters he faced, including each of the last eight.

Monty takes the hill today

Naturals stop skid

Pimentel (2-2) went five and two-thirds innings allowing seven hits and one run, walking one and striking out five. His counterpart Haviland (2-4) went five innings allowing six hits and six runs, five of which were earned.

Dwyer starts today

BLUE ROCKS DROWN IN A SEA OF SINGLES

Kevin David posted his fourth multi-hit effort over his last seven games. During that time, the reigning Carolina League Player of the Week has hit .524 (11-for-21) to raise his average by 60 points (.218-.278). That makes for his best batting average since April 20. He went 2-for-3 with a bruise and a run scored on Friday.

Garrido will start

KC won 7-3

Yordano Ventura................?

After seeing Yordano for the past couple of months I’ve learned a few things about him. He has a good smile, he might actually be smaller than I am, he nods his head when I speak English to him, he gets a nice chuckle when I talk to him in Spanish, oh yeah and he throws fire with an absolute hammer curveball.

Yordano has had a lot of articles written about him talking about how much effort his delivery has for such a small body. His delivery has effort but it is not anywhere near max effort. For those that may not understand what I mean effort is basically what it looks like when he throws. Does it look like his arm is going to fly off with the ball to home plate at any point, or does it look like he’s just out there playing catch? The delivery with Yordano lands somewhere in the middle because he does look to be out there just playing catch at times he shows a little more effort. Combine this with the fact that he’s 5’11 and oh we will say he’s exactly my size at 155 pounds it isn’t really realistic to think that he will be able to go out and eventually throw 170+ innings per year. Also, I have spoken with a member of the Royals front office and he said that they were concerned about Yordano spinning out of his delivery early causing him to lose command of his fastball.

Nice analysis on a prospect

Diamonds in the Rough 5.25
POD - Roman Colon
HOD - Christian Colon (He's going to get promoted to AAA mid season or so)

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Zephyrs Slow Down Storm Chasers

The Storm Chasers got on the board in the third on a fielding error by Nick Green that allowed Anthony Seratelli to score. However, in the next at-bat, both Wil Myers and hitting coach Tommy Gregg were ejected for arguing balls and strikes and the rally fizzled. The Zephyrs responded in the bottom of the frame on Dominguez's three-run shot off the left field foul pole that pushed the margin to 5-1. The highly-regarded third baseman has hit six of his 16 homers at the Triple-A level against Omaha.

Omaha's Late Comeback Attempt Thwarted

Storm Chasers starter Ryan Verdugo, who pitched for one season at LSU and makes his home in Baton Rouge, was lifted after seven innings during which he yielded a pair of runs on five hits while walking two and fanning five in a no-decision. Martin, who had allowed 13 runs over 9 1/3 innings in his last two starts at Colorado Springs and Reno, held the visitors to two runs on four hits while recording one strike out but also did not factor into the decision.

Offense comes alive early and bullpen preserves lead

Metairie, LA - Wil Myers collected three hits, scored twice and drove in a pair of runs to push Omaha past New Orleans, 6-3, Monday afternoon in the last of a four-game set at Zephyr Field. The Storm Chasers split the series with the Zephyrs to improve to 31-21 and maintain their seven-game cushion over Iowa as they get ready to begin a 12-game home stand over a 13-day stretch.

Pitcher TBD

RoughRiders homers top Naturals

Dwyer (3-5) went five innings allowing nine hits and eight runs, six of which were earned. He issued only two walks and struck out a season high seven. His counter part Barret Loux (10-0) went six innings allowing nine hits and six runs, while walking two and fanning seven.

Testa, Naturals top RoughRiders

SPRINGDALE, AR - Carlo Testa delivered three hits, and was just a single shy of the cycle, as the Northwest Arkansas Naturals to a 9-5 win over the Frisco RoughRiders on Sunday night at Arvest Ballpark.

RoughRiders jump on Naturals early

Johnny Whittleman tacked on another run for the Naturals blasting a home run to deep right center field. The home run was the ninth of the season for Whittleman, which is second on the team to Wil Myers' who had 13 before being promoted to Triple-A Omaha.

NWA has today off. Marks will start tomorrow

SHUTOUT SURGE CONTINUES FOR BLUE CREW

Santiago Garrido lowered his ERA to 1.06 with Wilmington and 0.83 overall on the year including his time with Low-A Kane County.

Sugar Ray Marimon's ERA as a reliever is now 0.73. Overall, his 2.13 mark trails only Myrtle Beach ace Cody Buckel in the CL.

In 11 appearances, Nick Rogers is 1-0 with six saves in as many tries and a miniscule 0.57 ERA. The Carolina League has hit just .145 against him with 18 strikeouts against three walks over his 15.2 innings. He also stranded his first inherited runner of the season.

ROCKS FALL IN RUBBER MATCH

The Blue Rocks scored just five runs over the three-game series. During that time, the team went just 3-for-28 (.107) with men in scoring position. The Blue Crew left a man in scoring position in every inning but one on Sunday.

FRANCO'S HOMER CARRIES ROCKS

Zebulon, NC - Angel Franco's first Carolina League home run snapped a 2-2 deadlock in the fourth inning for a lead his squad would not surrender as the Wilmington Blue Rocks (24-25) bested the Carolina Mudcats (22-27) on Memorial Day, 4-3. The Rocks' league-high 20th one-run game of the season is also their ninth win in 12 games.

Sample starts today

KC won Saturday 5-1 and lost their next two 2-7 and 9-15

Starting 9

#1 Christian Colon .375/.583/.625 6-16 2b, HR, 4 RBI, 8 BB, 7 R – the former 4th overall pick has made the most out of his repeat visit to AA hitting well since the end of April and using a patient approach to get on base.

Five pitchers on the list this week.

Diamonds in the Rough 5.26
POD - Santiago Garrido
HOD - Nick Van Stratten

Diamonds in the Rough 5.27
POD - Buddy Baumann
HOD - Carlo Testa

Diamonds in the Rough 5.28
POD - Nick Graffeo
HOD - Orlando Calixte

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Chasers Fall to the I-Cubs, 5-4, on Tuesday

Jonathan Sanchez, who started his first rehab game with the Storm Chasers (31-22), put on a fine performance. Sanchez did not factor in to the decision but went 5.2 strong innings and allowed just a single run while punching out five Cubs (24-27). Reliever Doug Davis (0-1) was tagged with the loss after allowing four runs to score in just 1.1 innings.

Looks like SOS will be starting tonight

NWA had the day off. No starter is listed but I believe Marks was supposed to start today.

BIG INNING DOOMS BLUE CREW

Sample allowed four runs (three earned) over 5.1 frames. He walked none and struck out eight, one short of his career-high mark.

Adam is scheduled to start
BILLO NAMED PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Wilmington, DE - The Carolina League has announced that Wilmington Blue Rocks pitcher Greg Billo is the Carolina League Pitcher of the Week for May 21-27. The Rocks' right-hander had a great start on May 21 against the Potomac Nationals. He tossed seven shutout innings allowing just two hits and a walk to go along with five strikeouts. He picked up his fourth victory of the year. Billo is the second Blue Rock this season to receive such honors from the Carolina League. Catcher Kevin David was named the Carolina League Player of the Week for May 14-20.

KC lost 4-5 in 11

Diamonds in the Rough 5.29
POD - Jonathan Sanchez
HOD - Yuniesky Betancourt

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Omaha had their game rained out last night and will play a DH this evening.

Barfield Walks off on Naturals

The Naturals (26-25) retook the lead in the top of the fifth inning. Prades led off the inning with a single, his third hit of the game, and later scored on a triple by Duncan that made it 4-3. The triple was the first of the season for Duncan, who picked up his third RBI of the night on the play. Mario Lisson followed with an RBI single against RockHounds starter Dan Straily that made it 5-3.

Pimentel starts tonight for NWA

MISCUES & DOUBLE PLAYS LET DOWN BLUE ROCKS

Jason Adam has lost seven straight starts. During that time he has received 15 runs of support.

Marimon starts for the Rocks tonight

Kane County Slugs Way to Win Over Clinton

Again, the Cougars would have an answer. They loaded the bases in the sixth inning after Justin Trapp was awarded first base after being hit by a pitch in the face. Trapp squared to bunt on the pitch that appeared to hit the bat and then his face. It brought up Jorge Bonifacio who met a pitch from David Colvin rudely and knocked it out for a grand slam to put Kane County on top 11-9.

Yambati expected to start for KC

Diamonds in the Rough 5.30
POD - None
HOD - Jorge Bonifacio

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Storm Chasers and I-Cubs Split Thursday's Doubleheader

Sean O'Sullivan (4-4) was hit with the loss in game one after tossing 6.1 innings of three-run ball. Yuniesky Betancourt had quite a day at the plate, collecting three hits in four at-bats.

Thanks to Montgomery's masterful two-hit performance on the mound and an offensive outburst put forth by the home team, game two of the twin-bill could not have been any more different than game one.

Seven Storm Chasers contributed offensively with atleast one hit and Wil Myers lead the charge with three hits and four runs batted in, including a three-run shot in the second inning.

Starter not yet known
Omaha's Montgomery nearly unhittable

Mike Montgomery has encountered his fair share of struggles with Triple-A Omaha this season, but nothing had been as bad as his last outing. The southpaw established season highs with seven runs and eight hits allowed over just 4 1/3 innings in a 9-2 loss to New Orleans on May 26.

Something had to change in order for the results to do the same. And for Montgomery, the change was simple. He stopped caring, or caring too much anyway.

Because of the mental adjustment, the Royals' No. 3 prospect returned to the form that earned him such high acclaim in the first place. Montgomery threw 5 1/3 no-hit innings Thursday night before allowing a solo home run to Cubs' No. 2 prospect Brett Jackson in Omaha's 10-1 win over Iowa.

Big inning enough for RockHounds

Pimentel (2-3) turned in a quality start for the Naturals working a season high six and a third innings allowing four hit and three runs, while walking two and striking out a season high six. Haviland (3-4) went five innings for the RockHounds allowing three hits and two runs, issuing three walks and fanning five

Dwyer to start tonight

FIVE-RUN EIGHTH OVERWHELMS WILMINGTON

Carolina claimed a narrow lead thanks to Jake Lowery's RBI double in the second and Giovanny Urshela's run-scoring groundout in the third. That would be all the Mud-Tribe would get against Sugar Ray Marimon. The Wilmington hurler posted his fourth straight quality start with six innings of two-run ball. He whiffed eight, walked one and allowed just five hits

Ventura to start

KC rained out.

Diamonds in the Rough 5.31
POD - Mike Montgomery
HOD - Wil Myers

I should have updated stats posted at some point today for both the Farm and KC

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Stats through games played 5.31

Omaha Storm Chasers

Wil Myers OF - .333, 9 R, 4 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 12 RBI, 5 BB, 12 SO (15 games)
Jarrod Dyson OF - .333, 12 R, 3 2B, 3 3B, 7 SB, 4 BB, 5 SO (15 games)
Johnny Giavotella 2B - .331, 28 R, 8 2B, 5 HR, 25 RBI, 18 BB, 11 SO (31 games)
Clint Robinson 1B - .320, 29 R, 16 2B, 8 HR, 35 RBI, 34 BB, 30 SO (55 games)
Tony Abreu 2B - .308, 23 R, 9 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 29 RBI, 4 BB, 31 SO (46 games)
Irving Falu SS - .306, 13 R, 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 6 SB, 5 BB, 5 SO (21 games)
Derrick Robinson OF - .303, 36 R, 5 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, 9 SB, 7 CS, 25/45 (46 games)
Max Ramirez C - .297, 22 R, 7 2B, 6 HR, 33 RBI, 22/33 (44 games)
Anthony Seratelli 2B - .290, 19 R, 3 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR, 24 RBI, 6 SB, 20/28 (45 games)
David Lough RF - .279, 31 R, 10 2B, 6 3B, 4 HR, 27 RBI, 13 SB, 11/21 (53 games)
Jason Bourgeois CF - .157, 16 R, 3 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 4 SB, 3 CS, 5/13 (27 games)

Mike Montgomery - 3-2, 4.74, 11G/11GS, 1 CG, 62.2 IP, 31 BB/39 SO
Ryan Verdugo - 3-1, 3.61, 10/10, 57.1, 28/46
Will Smith - 1-3, 4.01, 9/9, 51.2, 13/37
Vin Mazzaro - 2-0, 4.40, 8/8, 47.0, 11/39
Sean O'Sullivan - 4-4, 5.68, 14/4, 1 SV, 44.1, 17/19
Francisley Bueno - 1-3, 3.45, 19/0, 3 SV, 28.2, 8/30
Jeremy Jeffress - 3-2, 4.61, 17/0, 1 SV, 27.1, 13/26
Roman Colon - 3-1, 3.08, 17/0, 2 SV, 26.1, 14/23
Nate Adcock - 3-1, 1.37, 4/4, 26.1, 8/14
Brandon Sisk - 2-1, 4.18, 18/0, 5 SV 23.2, 12/24
Tommy Hottovy - 2-0, 1.40, 15/0, 3 SV, 19.1, 6/28
Everett Teaford - 2-0, 1.06, 3/3, 17.0, 5/14
Jake Odorizzi - 1-0, 3.24, 3/3, 16.2, 3/13

Northwest Arkansas Naturals

Nick Van Stratten RF - .350, 4 R, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 1/5 (12)
Wil Myers OF - .343, 32 R, 11 2B, 1 3B, 13 HR, 30 RBI, 16/42 (35)
Sharlon Schoop SS - .303, 14 R, 6 2B, 6 HR, 14 RBI, 14/26 (34)
Christian Colon SS - .302, 25 R, 7 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 20 RBI, 9 SB, 21/19 (50)
Carlo Testa LF - .297, 24 R, 8 2B, 3 3B, 7 HR, 27 RBI, 13/44 (42)
Eric Duncan 2B - .294, 12 R, 1 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, 4/16, (22)
Yem Prades OF - .292, 30 R, 10 2B, 3 HR, 15 RBI, 7 SB, 6/44 (44)
John Whittleman 1B - .253, 28 R, 15 2B, 9 HR, 28 RBI, 40/57, (49)
Rey Navarro 2B - .186, 23 R, 4 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 14 RBI, 5 SB, 15/12 (46)

Chris Dwyer - 3-5, 5.51, 10/9, 49.0, 26/45
Justin Marks - 3-2, 4.18, 10/10, 47.1, 26/41
Noel Arguelles - 2-5, 7.27, 10/10, 43.1, 24/18
Jake Odorizzi - 4-2, 3.32, 7/7, 38.0, 10/47
Elisaul Pimentel - 2-3, 6.37, 13/4, 35.1, 15/29
Buddy Baumann - 3-1, 3.99, 15/0, 29.1, 15/27
Kendal Volz - 3-1, 2.19, 16/0, 6 SV, 24.2, 11/16
Michael Mariot - 1-2, 5.11, 15/0, 1 SV, 24.2, 8/27
Tim Melville - 2-1, 7.71, 6/5, 23.1, 15/19
Patrick Keating - 0-0, 2.78, 17/0, 6 SV, 22.2, 13/24

Wilmington Blue Rocks

Brian Fletcher OF - .317, 22 R, 11 2B, 3 HR, 21 RBI, 17/35 (50)
Angel Franco 3B - .295, 18 R, 9 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 16 RBI, 14/20 (42)
Whit Merrifield OF - .271, 31 R, 11 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 20 RBI, 10 SB, 15/43 (48)
Kevin David C - .260, 15 R, 7 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, 7/30 (36)
Cheslor Cuthbert 3B - .216, 13 R, 7 2B, 1 HR, 19 RBI, 19/32 (45)
Brett Eibner CF - .190, 20 R, 8 2B, 3 3B, 7 R, 23 RBI, 23/62 (44)

Jason Adam - 1-8, 3.57, 11/11, 63.0, 16/47
Greg Billo - 4-3, 4.53, 10/9, 49.2, 17/46
Tyler Sample - 1-6, 5.29, 10/10, 49.1, 21/52
Yordano Ventura - 2-4, 3.10, 10/10, 49.1, 16/61
Sugar Ray Marimon - 3-0, 2.23, 11/6, 1 SV, 48.1, 10/49
Leondy Perez - 3-1, 3.58, 10/3, 2 SV, 32.2, 5/22
Sam Runion - 0-0, 2.45, 13/0, 1 SV, 22.0, 7/17
Cole White - 2-0, 4.22, 11/0, 21.1, 13/22
Santiago Garrido - 2-2, 3.44, 5/2, 1 SV, 18.1, 6/17
Nick Rogers - 1-0, 0.53, 12/0, 6 SV, 17.0, 4/19
Edwin Carl - 0-0, 13.50, 2/0, 2.2, 3/4

Kane County Cougars

Lane Adams CF - .330, 36 R, 13 2B, 4 3B, 4 HR, 38 RBI, 10 SB, 19/37 (52)
Jorge Bonifacio OF - .319, 34 R, 10 2B, 4 3B, 4 HR, 26 RBI, 19/41 (51)
Daniel Mateo SS - .299, 33 R, 11 2B, 4 3B, 3 HR, 27 RBI, 21/34 (50)
Tim Ferguson CF - .288, 14 R, 5 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 13 RBI, 12/17 (37)
Justin Trapp SS - .274, 30 R, 10 2B, 4 3B, 4 HR, 23 RBI, 17/48 (47)
Michael Antonio SS - .260, 29 R, 11 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 31 RBI, 11/21 (48)
Orlando Calixte SS - .242, 25 R, 10 2B, 3 3B, 8 HR, 28 RBI, 19/38 (50)
Murray Watts 1B - .208, 27 R, 10 2B, 1 3B, 8 HR, 24 RBI, 15/32 (35)
Dean Espy 1B - .196, 6 R, 4 2B, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 2/11 (17)

Kellen Moen - 2-2, 5.43, 11/11, 58.0, 15/50
Aaron Brooks - 3-6, 5.11, 11/11, 56.1, 10/46
Edwin Carl - 4-2, 2.11, 10/10, 55.1, 12/44
Brooks Pounders - 3-1, 3.63, 11/7, 44.2, 17/51
Jason Mitchell - 1-3, 4.30, 11/4, 1 SV, 37.2, 12/31
Scott Alexander - 2-2, 2.34, 9/5, 34.2, 14/31
Matt Ridings - 3-2, 2.59, 15/0, 31.1, 6/34
Santiago Garrido - 3-0, 0.68, 6/3, 26.1, 9/15
Robinson Yambati - 1-1, 6.75, 6/1, 1 SV, 14.2, 11/10

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Storm Chasers Tame the I-Cubs on Friday, Win 5-4

PAPILLION, Neb. - The Omaha Storm Chasers salvaged a series split as they defeated the Iowa Cubs on Friday night, 5-4, in front of 7,847 cheering fans at Werner Park. Wil Myers went 2-for-4 at the plate and homered, for the second day in a row, to dead center field. Anthony Seratelli also connected for a homer to help propel Omaha to their 33rd win of the season.

Left-hander Ryan Verdugo started for the Storm Chasers (33-23) but was unable to earn a decision after tossing five innings of five-hit, two-run baseball. However, reliever Jeremy Jeffress was credited with the win after working the eighth inning.

Omaha Shuts Out Memphis, 3-0, on Saturday

PAPILLION, Neb. - The Omaha Storm Chasers blanked the Memphis Redbirds, 3-0, to take game one of their four-game series on Saturday night at Werner Park. First baseman Clint Robinson went one-for-four with a double and two runs batted in to help aid Jake Odorizzi snag his second career Triple-A victory.

Storm Chasers Lose 7-5 as Ninth Inning Rally Falls Short

PAPILLION, Neb. - The Omaha Storm Chasers' modest three-game win streak was snapped on Sunday at the hands of the Memphis Redbirds. Despite the loss, Wil Myers continues to torch Triple-A pitching staffs with his three-hit performance to raise his batting average to .343. Myers' two-run bomb in the ninth inning was his sixth Triple-A home run and his 19th of the year when combined with his 13 round-trippers in Double-A Northwest Arkansas.

Rehabbing Kansas City Royal Jonathan Sanchez started for Omaha (34-24) and battled with his control throughout his 2.2 innings on the mound, as he walked four in the third inning and allowed six runs to score. Blaine Hardy pitched 2.1 innings in relief of Sanchez and yielded one run while Jeremy Jeffress and Brandon Sisk rounded out the game and held the Redbirds (20-37) scoreless in their combined four innings on the hill.

No word on a starter.

RockHounds sweep Naturals

Midland added to their lead in the bottom of the second inning. Dwyer (3-6) issued six walks in the frame allowing the RockHounds to score three runs and make it 4-0. Bryan Paukovits came one to record the final out and was able to strand three of the RockHound runners on base. Dwyer went one and two-thirds innings allowing one hit and four runs, issuing seven walks.

Naturals Corral Frisco in 10 Innings

Arguelles was able to finish the inning and pitched a solid sixth without further damage. He allowed just the two runs on six hits, while striking out three and walking three.

Naturals bats blast RoughRiders

Christian Colon reached base on a two-out bunt in the third inning to help the Naturals get something started. He stole second base, his eleventh steal of the season, and scored on a Mario Lisson RBI single to give the Naturals a 1-0 lead.

Marks set to start

ONE-RUN VICTORIES SWEEP DOUBLEHEADER FOR ROCKS

The Blue Rocks pitching staff made that lone run stand up. Yordano Ventura (3-4) started for the Blue Rocks and was very strong. He only worked five innings but struck out six batters around three hits and three walks, while not allowing a run. Chase Boruff came on in the sixth and recorded two innings of shutout ball to pick up his third save of the year.

Billo (5-3) fired another strong ball game. He tossed five innings of one-run ball, allowing just four hits and a walk to go along with six strikeouts. Nick Rogers came on in relief and shut the door with two perfect innings of relief, notching his seventh save in as many tries.

FIVE ERRORS DO IN ROCKS

Edwin Carl did a superb job in relief of Leondy Perez. In tossing four shutout frames, he struck out five batters. The four innings marks the longest outing of his career. His previous career-high was three innings in a relief appearance for the Idaho Falls Chukars of the Pioneer League on September 3, 2010 against the Orem Owlz. He fanned seven men in that outing.

Garrido starts today

KC split a DH on Friday 5-2 and 0-2. Lost Saturday 3-15 and won Sunday 6-5

Diamonds in the Rough 6.1
POD - Angel Baez
HOD - Anthony Seratelli

Diamonds in the Rough 6.2
POD - Yordano Ventura
HOD - Paulo Orlando

Diamonds in the Rough 6.3
POD - Edwin Carl
HOD - Wil Myers