Diamonds in the Rough 6.22

Wins by three of the four Royals rookie affiliates lead to a 5-2 total record at the minor league levels.  HR Roll Call Patrick Leonard (3) Chris Elder (1) Brawlun Gomez (1)

 

Clint Robinson via mindahaas.net

Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day Clint Robinson 2-3 2b, 3R, RBI, BB

Chris Dwyer

Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day Chris Dwyer 7 IP 2 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 7 K

Omaha Storm Chasers 11 Memphis Redbirds 3

The Chasers offense exploded for 10 runs in the first three innings of this one to salvage a split in the four game series and take a win prior to heading back on the road.  Starter Jake Odorizzi didn’t have his best stuff, allowing 10 hits in 6 innings, but it was enough to earn a win thanks to those 10 early runs.  The Chasers first five hitters reached in the 1st inning and the first six reached in the 3rd as the team scored 10 runs despite just one extra base hit, a 1 run double by Tony Abreu in the bottom of the 1st.  The Chasers lead stands at 14 games in the division following Fridays win.

W: Odorizzi (5-0, 2.72) L: Broderick (3-8, 7.66)
S: Hardy (1)

 

NW Arkansas Naturals 1 Arkansas Travelers 0

As a Royals fan I feel like Chris Dwyer’s new nickname should be Harvey Dent, also known as Two-Face on Batman cause we just never know what the lefty is gonna give the Naturals.  Sometimes the Naturals get the 6 or 7 walk starter that showed up May 4th and June 1st and sometimes they get the untouchable lefty like in the no hitter he was apart of May 10th.  Lucky for NW Arkansas they got the good Dwyer on this night as the lefty outdueled Arkansas righthander John Hellweg to give the Naturals a narrow 1-0 win.  On his game for all 7 innings Dwyer threw 62 strikes in 92 pitches, striking out 7 with only 2 hits allowed and completing a start without a walk allowed for the first time since April 28th.  The Naturals and Dwyer would take the lead in the bottom of the 6th thanks to a wild pitch from Hellweg that scored Yem Prades.  Relievers Jon Keck and Patrick Keating finished off the final two innings to earn the Hold and the save.

W: Dwyer (5-6, 5.24) L: Hellweg (2-7, 3.78)
S: Keating (9)

Clinton LumberKings 6 Kane County Cougars 1

The Cougars got on the board first with one run in the first inning to take the lead but from their not much went in their favor.  That 1-0 lead didn’t last long when the LumberKings leadoff hitter doubled and scored on a single by the next hitter quickly tying the game up.  Two hitters later the LumberKings homered to take a 3-1 lead and scored again later in the first on a Jack Lopez error to make 4-1 after just 1 inning.  That was plenty for the Clinton pitching staff who limited Kane County to just 3 hits the rest of the way to cruise to an easy 6-1 win.  Jack Lopez went 0 for 4 in his first Single A game for the Royals affiliate.

W: Miller (4-5, 3.66) L: Baez (1-2, 3.75)

Burlington Royals 6 Elizabethton Twins 5 

Burlington put on their rally hats Friday night to capture a late comeback win over the Twins.  The Royals trailed 5-2 following a tough start from Yender Caramo (4.1,6 H, 5 R) the bullpen came in shut the door and gave the offense an opportunity to make a game of things.  The Royals trimmed the lead to just one run in the 6th with solo home runs by Chris Elder and Patrick Leonard.  The bullpens quieted things down until the bottom of the 9th when a pair of walks put the tying run into scoring position.   With the tying runner in scoring position and another runner on a fielding error by Elizabethton right fielder Adam Walker would turn a tie game into a walkoff win for the Royals after catcher Beau Maggi scored all the way from first.  Burlington relievers Mark Peterson and Freddy Rodriguez worked the final 4.2 innings scoreless allowing just one hit in that span.

W: Rodriguez (1-0, 0.00) L: Melotakis (0-1, 5.40)

Elizabethton Twins
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Candido Pimentel	LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333
Jorge Polanco	SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400
Max Kepler	CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.059
Rory Rhodes	1B	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.556
Adam Walker	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167
Travis Harrison	3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	.091
Joshua Hendricks	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111
Jhonatan Arias	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Stephen Wickens	2B	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.429

 

BATTING
2B: Rhodes (2, Caramo), Wickens (1, Edelen).
HR: Harrison (1, 4th inning off Caramo, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Wickens 2; Harrison 4; Rhodes 3; Polanco, J 2; Kepler; Pimentel, C.
RBI: Rhodes (6), Harrison 2 (2), Kepler (3).
2-out RBI: Rhodes.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Harrison 2; Kepler.
GIDP: Kepler.
Team RISP: 3-for-9.
Team LOB: 4.FIELDING
E: Harrison 2 (3, fielding, throw), Polanco, J (1, fielding), Walker (1, fielding).
PB: Arias (1).
DP: 2 (Polanco, J-Rhodes, Polanco, J-Wickens-Rhodes).

Burlington Royals
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Humberto Arteaga	SS	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.313
Kenneth Diekroeger	2B	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Chris Elder	LF	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	.357
Fred Ford	RF	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.200
Patrick Leonard	3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	.267
Cameron Gallagher	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
    Beau Maggi	C	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000
Mark Threlkeld	1B	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.286
Henry Moreno	DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167
    1- Cameron Conner	PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Terrance Gore	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.286

1-Ran for Moreno in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Threlkeld (1, Nunez, L).
HR: Elder (1, 4th inning off Mata, An, 0 on, 0 out), Leonard (3, 4th inning off Mata, An, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Arteaga; Leonard 4; Moreno; Elder 4; Threlkeld 3.
RBI: Elder (4), Leonard (3), Arteaga (5), Threlkeld (3).
2-out RBI: Threlkeld.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gore; Leonard; Threlkeld 2; Diekroeger, K.
SAC: Gore.
GIDP: Maggi, Diekroeger, K.
Team RISP: 1-for-12.
Team LOB: 11.BASERUNNING
SB: Ford (1, 2nd base off Melotakis/Arias).

FIELDING
E: Gallagher (2, catcher interference), Ford (2, fielding).
DP: (Arteaga-Diekroeger, K-Threlkeld).

Elizabethton Twins
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Angel Mata	4.2	3	2	2	4	2	2	3.86
Luis Nunez	0.2	1	2	1	2	2	0	13.50
Brett Lee (H, 1)	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Tyler Herr (H, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.50
Mason Melotakis (BS, 1)(L, 0-1)	0.2	1	2	1	2	0	0	5.40

Burlington Royals
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Yender Caramo	4.1	7	5	5	0	1	1	10.38
Daniel Hernandez	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Brian Edelen	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Freddy Rodriguez (W, 1-0)	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00

WP: Lee, Caramo.
HBP: Wickens (by Caramo), Leonard (by Mata, An).

 

 

 

 

Grand Junction Rockies 13 Idaho Falls Chukars 4

 

One of those ugly games you get every now and then at the rookie ball level as the defense committed seven errors and the pitching following starter Spencer Patton struggled to get outs allowing 11 runs (7 ER) over the final 4 innings.

 

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Idaho Falls	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	Â	4	10	7

 

W: Mason (1-0, 0.00) L: Cruz (1-1, 20.25)

 

Grand Junction Rockies
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Cesar Galvez	SS	6	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.350
David Dahl	CF	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222
Julian Yan	RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250
    a- Jeffrey Popick	PH-RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Jason Stolz	3B	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.286
Matt Wessinger	2B	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385
Miguel De Leon	1B	5	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	.250
Wilfredo Rodriguez	C	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000
Ryan Garvey	LF	4	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	2	.462
Juan Ciriaco	DH	4	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.467

a-Grounded out for Yan, J in the 9th.

BATTING
HR: De Leon, M (2, 6th inning off Cruz, F, 1 on, 2 out), Garvey (1, 9th inning off Hentges, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Ciriaco 2; Yan, J; Wessinger 2; De Leon, M 5; Garvey 5; Galvez, Ce 3; Dahl 2.
RBI: Galvez, Ce (1), De Leon, M 2 (7), Garvey 3 (3), Ciriaco (3), Yan, J (4).
2-out RBI: Galvez, Ce; De Leon, M 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Dahl; De Leon, M; Wessinger; Popick.
SF: Yan, J.
Team RISP: 3-for-14.
Team LOB: 8.BASERUNNING
SB: Ciriaco 2 (3, 2nd base off Patton/Morin, 2nd base off Patton/Morin), Wessinger (3, 2nd base off Patton/Morin).
CS: Dahl 2 (2, 2nd base by Patton/Morin, 3rd base by Allen/Morin).

FIELDING
E: De Leon, M (1, fielding), Dahl 2 (2, throw, fielding), Wessinger (2, fielding).
DP: 2 (Galvez, Ce-Wessinger-De Leon, M, Stolz-Wessinger-De Leon, M).
Pickoffs: Rodriguez, W (Cuckovich at 2nd base).

Idaho Falls Chukars
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Ethan Chapman	CF	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.471
Adalberto Mondesi	SS	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	.400
Elier Hernandez	RF	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	.364
Nicholas Cuckovich	3B	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.318
Rainier Bello	1B	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.444
Parker Morin	C	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.364
Jin-Ho Shin	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.083
Nick DelGuidice	2B	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Ysmelin Alcantara	LF	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143

 

BATTING
2B: Chapman (1, Carasiti), Morin (1, Mejia, J).
3B: Mondesi (1, Carasiti).
TB: Hernandez 2; Mondesi 3; Cuckovich 2; Chapman 3; Bello, R; Morin 3.
RBI: Chapman (6), Hernandez (5).
2-out RBI: Chapman; Hernandez.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hernandez 2; Cuckovich 2; Alcantara 2; Bello, R; DelGuidice.
GIDP: Cuckovich, DelGuidice.
Team RISP: 2-for-12.
Team LOB: 13.BASERUNNING
PO: Cuckovich (2nd base by Rodriguez, W).

FIELDING
E: Alcantara (1, fielding), Morin (1, throw), Bello, R 2 (4, fielding, throw), Chapman (1, throw), Mondesi 2 (3, fielding, fielding).
PB: Morin 2 (3).

Grand Junction Rockies
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Matthew Carasiti	3.2	5	4	2	4	1	0	4.91
Zachary Jemiola	1.1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0.00
Michael Mason (W, 1-0)	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Rayan Gonzalez	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Jordan Mejia	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0.00

Idaho Falls Chukars
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Spencer Patton	5.0	6	2	1	0	5	0	1.80
Fernando Cruz (BS, 2)(L, 1-1)	1.0	1	3	3	3	1	1	20.25
Kevin Allen	1.0	3	4	3	1	0	0	13.50
Chase Hentges	2.0	4	4	1	1	0	1	12.00

Cruz, F pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.
Allen pitched to 3 batters in the 8th.

 

AZL Royals 19 AZL Padres 12

Plenty of offense for the AZL Royals as they bashed their way to 20 hits and 19 runs.