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Diamonds in the Rough 6.18

3-0 day for the Royals affiliates with Idaho Falls winning their crazy opener.  HR Roll Call John Whittleman (12) Carlo Testa (9)

 

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NW Arkansas Naturals 6 Tulsa Drillers 5 

A late rally sent the Naturals games to extras Monday.  The Drillers and Naturals exchanged home runs for the first seven innings with each team hitting a pair of home runs.  The problem with the long balls for NW Arkansas was that theirs came with no one on while the Drillers punched 5 across with their two home runs.  Down 5-3 through 7 innings the Naturals would manufacture a two out rally in the 8th with a single and a pair of walks scoring a run on a balk to cut the lead to one.  The game would go to the ninth where Nick Van Stratten would single, move to third with a wild pitch and a ground out where he would stand with 2 down and a 1-2 count on John Whittleman with the possibility of  a loss facing NW Arkansas.  Facing those two strikes Whittleman would come through with a soft single to left to drive Van Stratten in and send the game to extra innings.  Again the Naturals would come up big with 2 down getting a double from Carlo Testa to move into scoring position and once again coming through with a hitter facing a 1-2 count and two down, this time it was Julio Rodriguez driving Testa home with a line drive single to right field for the walkoff win.

Tulsa 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 14 0
NW Arkansas 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 14 0

W: Keck (2-0, 3.00) L: Riordan (3-2, 4.25)

Tulsa Drillers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Michael Mitchell CF 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237
Jonathan Herrera 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
    Tim Torres 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227
Nolan Arenado 3B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .292
Ben Paulsen DH 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 .272
Corey Dickerson LF 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 .161
Kiel Roling 1B 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .255
Kent Matthes RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .191
Lars Davis C 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .285
Warren Schaeffer SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .164
BATTING
2B: Paulsen (10, Hollingsworth), Roling (11, Hollingsworth), Mitchell, M (7, Keating).
HR: Dickerson (2, 4th inning off Hollingsworth, 2 on, 0 out), Paulsen (7, 7th inning off Keating, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Schaeffer; Arenado 2; Mitchell, M 4; Paulsen 6; Roling 2; Herrera; Dickerson 4; Davis 2; Matthes.
RBI: Dickerson 3 (7), Paulsen 2 (27).
2-out RBI: Paulsen 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Paulsen.
SAC: Herrera 2.
GIDP: Herrera, Schaeffer.
Team RISP: 4-for-10.
Team LOB: 8.BASERUNNING
SB: Mitchell, M (14, 2nd base off Hollingsworth/Jenkins).

FIELDING
PB: Davis (5).

Northwest Arkansas Naturals
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Lorenzo Cain CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167
    Nick Van Stratten RF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .298
Yem Prades RF-CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267
Eric Duncan 3B 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .292
John Whittleman 1B 5 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 .261
Paulo Orlando LF 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .284
Rey Navarro SS 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .242
Mario Lisson 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .251
Carlo Testa DH 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 .281
Ryan Jenkins C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .277
    a- Sharlon Schoop PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .272
    Julio Rodriguez C 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .261
a-Struck out for Jenkins in the 8th.
BATTING
2B: Testa, C (11, Riordan).
HR: Whittleman (12, 4th inning off Gardner, 0 on, 0 out), Testa, C (9, 6th inning off Gardner, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Rodriguez, Jul; Cain; Lisson; Duncan 2; Van Stratten; Testa, C 6; Navarro 2; Whittleman 6; Orlando.
RBI: Navarro (22), Whittleman 2 (35), Testa, C (31), Rodriguez, Jul (15).
2-out RBI: Testa, C; Whittleman; Rodriguez, Jul.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Whittleman; Jenkins; Orlando; Schoop 2.
Team RISP: 3-for-9.
Team LOB: 10.BASERUNNING
SB: Orlando (8, 2nd base off Gardner/Davis).
CS: Navarro (2, 2nd base by Gardner/Davis).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Orlando (Roling at home).
DP: 2 (Whittleman-Navarro-Whittleman, Lisson-Navarro-Whittleman).

Tulsa Drillers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Joe Gardner 6.0 9 3 3 1 6 2 4.68
Will Harris (H, 7) 1.2 1 1 1 1 2 0 2.93
Cory Riordan (BS, 2)(L, 3-2) 2.0 4 2 2 1 2 0 4.25
Northwest Arkansas Naturals
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Ethan Hollingsworth 5.1 8 3 3 0 4 1 5.88
Patrick Keating 2.0 4 2 2 1 1 1 3.90
Jon Keck (W, 2-0) 2.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.00
WP: Riordan, Hollingsworth.
Balk: Riordan.
HBP: Davis (by Hollingsworth).

Idaho Falls Chukars 16 Orem Owlz 14

Rookie ball can get a bit ugly at times with some poor pitching and poor defense at times and that was certainly the case in the first game of the year.  The two teams combined for 30 runs on 29 hits while getting quite a few second chances thanks to the 9 errors committed by the two teams.  Along with the Royals affiliate featured plenty of new prospects with 8 different players making debuts including Bryan Brickhouse, Jack Lopez, Adalberto Mondesi and Elier Hernandez.  Brickhouse had an extremely difficult time his first start lasting just 1.2 innings while struggling with the zone, walking 3 and giving up 7 runs on 5 hits.  The right-hander showed decent velocity topping out in the mid 90′s but missing regularly and just flashing a usable curveball. Elier Hernandez and Jack Lopez debuts went much better with each collecting two hits while Lopez reached base four times, scoring 3 runs and stealing a base.  The sixth error of the game by Orem cost them in the bottom of the eighth when a one out throwing error scored Jerico Blanco and Ethan Chapman to give Idaho Falls the eventual winning margin.

Orem 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 14 14 6
Idaho Falls 2 0 2 1 3 0 6 2 x 16 15 3

W: Cruz (1-0, 0.00) L: Sookee (0-1, 0.00)
S: Allen (1)

Orem Owlz
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Drew Martinez CF-LF 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .200
Wendell Soto SS 5 3 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 .600
Jarrod Parks 2B 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 .250
Michael Bolaski 3B 6 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 .500
Wade Hinkle 1B 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .400
Michael Snyder DH 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000
Jonathan Walsh RF 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Anthony Bemboom C 4 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 .500
Andrew Ray LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .500
    Quinten Davis CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
BATTING
2B: Ray (1, Schulz), Bolaski (1, Schulz), Hinkle (1, Mills), Bemboom (1, Cruz, F).
HR: Soto, W (1, 1st inning off Brickhouse, 0 on, 1 out), Bolaski (1, 7th inning off Mills, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Bemboom 3; Soto, W 6; Bolaski 7; Ray 3; Hinkle 3; Martinez, D; Parks.
RBI: Soto, W 2 (2), Ray (1), Martinez, D (1), Parks (1), Hinkle 2 (2), Bolaski (1), Bemboom 2 (2).
2-out RBI: Soto, W; Parks; Hinkle; Bemboom 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Snyder; Martinez, D; Hinkle 2; Ray.
SF: Hinkle.
GIDP: Bolaski.
Team RISP: 5-for-19.
Team LOB: 9.BASERUNNING
SB: Soto, W (1, 2nd base off Brickhouse/Shin), Martinez, D (1, 2nd base off Schulz/Shin).

FIELDING
E: Walsh, J 3 (3, fielding, throw, fielding), Soto, W (1, fielding), Hinkle (1, fielding), Parks (1, throw).
Outfield assists: Walsh, J (Chapman at home).
DP: (Bolaski-Parks-Hinkle).

 

Idaho Falls Chukars
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Jack Lopez SS 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500
Adalberto Mondesi DH 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .200
Elier Hernandez RF 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .333
Nicholas Cuckovich 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 .250
Julio Aparicio LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .500
Jin-Ho Shin C 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250
Rainier Bello 1B 5 2 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 .800
    1- Jerico Blanco PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    Jared Schlehuber 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ethan Chapman CF 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 .667
Carlos Garcia 2B 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1-Ran for Bello, R in the 8th.
BATTING
2B: Hernandez (1, Efferson), Bello, R (1, Efferson).
3B: Chapman 2 (2, Efferson, Krehbiel), Bello, R (1, Krehbiel).
TB: Hernandez 3; Mondesi; Cuckovich; Chapman 6; Shin; Lopez 2; Bello, R 7; Aparicio 2.
RBI: Mondesi (1), Cuckovich 3 (3), Hernandez (1), Bello, R 2 (2), Chapman 2 (2), Aparicio 2 (2).
2-out RBI: Hernandez; Cuckovich 2; Aparicio 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Shin 2.
SAC: Garcia, C.
SF: Chapman.
GIDP: Hernandez.
Team RISP: 6-for-17.
Team LOB: 8.BASERUNNING
SB: Lopez (1, 2nd base off Efferson/Bemboom).

FIELDING
E: Hernandez (1, fielding), Bello, R (1, missed catch).
DP: (Lopez-Garcia, C).

Orem Owlz
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Brandon Efferson 3.2 7 5 4 0 1 0 9.82
Garrett Baker 1.1 2 3 0 1 1 0 0.00
Joseph Krehbiel 1.1 4 4 3 0 2 0 20.25
Aaron Sookee (L, 0-1) 1.2 2 4 0 4 1 0 0.00
Idaho Falls Chukars
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Bryan Brickhouse 1.2 5 7 7 3 1 1 37.80
Ali Williams 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Clayton Schulz 4.0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Alec Mills (BS, 1) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 1 9.00
Matthew Strahm 0.2 1 5 1 3 1 0 13.50
Fernando Cruz (BS, 1)(W, 1-0) 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Kevin Allen (S, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
WP: Sookee 2, Brickhouse, Strahm.
IBB: Mondesi (by Sookee), Lopez (by Sookee).
HBP: Aparicio (by Efferson), Cuckovich (by Sookee).

 

 

 

 

DSL Indians 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 10 3
DSL Royals 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 6 2

W: Ortiz (1-0, 6.00) L: Alcantara (0-1, 2.61)

DSL Indians
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Joel Mejia CF 6 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .270
Ordomar Valdez 2B 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 .313
Victor Cabral LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314
Juan Carlos Moncion 1B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .227
Michael Depen RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333
Omar Sanchez DH 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 .129
Juan De La Cruz C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190
    1- Andri Santana PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
    Kevin Calderon C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Amauri Castillo 3B 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .146
Ivan Castillo SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167
1-Ran for De La Cruz, Ju in the 7th.
BATTING
2B: Sanchez 2 (4, Crisostomo, Crisostomo), Mejia, J (3, Feliz).
3B: Mejia, J (1, Crisostomo).
TB: Moncion; Castillo, A; Cabral; Valdez, O 2; Sanchez 4; Mejia, J 5; De La Cruz, Ju.
RBI: Valdez, O 3 (4).
2-out RBI: Valdez, O.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Moncion; Castillo, A; Castillo 2; Sanchez 2; Cabral 2.
SF: Valdez, O.
Team RISP: 2-for-18.
Team LOB: 11.BASERUNNING
SB: Valdez, O (6, 2nd base off Feliz/Gonzalez, C).
CS: Santana (3, 2nd base by Machado/Gonzalez, C).
PO: Santana (1st base by Machado).FIELDING
E: Moncion (2, fielding), Castillo 2 (5, fielding, fielding).
DP: (Castillo-Valdez, O-Moncion).

DSL Royals
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Jeckson Flores SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .239
Misael Bueno RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .204
Wander Franco 3B 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 .308
Cristian Cano 2B 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .422
Eddy Melo 1B-C 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .275
Cesar Gonzalez C 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .079
    a- Johan Santa PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200
    Roberto Tovar 1B 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .100
Brawlun Gomez LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .077
Luis Lara DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .280
    b- Jose Solano PH-DH 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250
Jose Giron CF 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242
a-Singled for Gonzalez, C in the 8th. b-Singled for Lara in the 11th.
BATTING
2B: Gonzalez, C (2, Marte, J).
TB: Cano; Solano; Melo; Santa; Gonzalez, C 2; Franco.
RBI: Santa (5), Solano (3).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cano 2; Gomez, B; Lara 2.
SAC: Melo; Gomez, B.
GIDP: Cano.
Team RISP: 2-for-13.
Team LOB: 8.BASERUNNING
SB: Franco 2 (4, 2nd base off Vizcaya/De La Cruz, Ju, 2nd base off Vizcaya/De La Cruz, Ju), Giron (3, 2nd base off Zapata/De La Cruz, Ju).
CS: Flores, J (2, 2nd base by Vizcaya/De La Cruz, Ju).FIELDING
E: Gonzalez, C (1, throw), Feliz (1, throw).
Pickoffs: Machado (Santana at 1st base).

DSL Indians
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Anthony Vizcaya 4.0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0.64
Jose Zapata 1.0 0 1 0 2 1 0 14.54
Juan Marte 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.40
Edward Estrella (H, 1) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 0 4.05
Martin Alcantara (BS, 1)(L, 0-1) 3.0 2 1 1 2 2 0 2.61
DSL Royals
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Branly Crisostomo 5.1 4 1 1 0 2 0 3.38
Andres Machado (H, 1) 1.0 2 1 1 2 1 0 7.20
Igor Feliz (BS, 1) 2.2 4 2 1 2 1 0 3.27
Jesus Ortiz (W, 1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.00
WP: Vizcaya 2, Zapata, Crisostomo 2, Machado, Feliz.
Balk: Vizcaya 2, Alcantara.
IBB: Moncion (by Machado), Sanchez (by Feliz), Moncion (by Feliz).
HBP: Cabral (by Machado).

 

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I grew up on the mean gravel roads of Iowa where I started my love for baseball from the age of 2. George Brett and the voice of Denny Matthews deepened my love even more for the Royals as my father and I spent summers listening to the team on our deck or in the car on our way to or from my little league and high school games. Sports was always the common bond that my father and I enjoyed and the Royals were in the center of that. I currently live in La Vista with my wife, two sons, two dogs and a pair of gross cats where we are grinding through until we can move somewhere warm when we retire. I own Casino Cab Company and Bluffs Affordable Auto Repair in Council Bluffs trying to build my 1% empire. If you are in the area you can find me at Omaha Storm Chasers games on most nights or just follow me on twitter @ClintScoles.

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Comments (10)

  • PREGNANT ROLLERSKATE

    June 19, 2012 at 10:58 pm

    Greg, Just dawned on me you were referring to Colon’s toe…to bad we cant delete a post on here like Facebook……;o)

  • Clint Scoles

    Clint Scoles

    June 19, 2012 at 7:18 pm

    Mike,

    Thanks for the info Lopez going to Kane County would probably mean a bump to High A Wilmington for Orlando Calixte. Diekroeger could take Lopez spot with Mondesi moving over to be the regular SS.

  • Michael Lycklama

    June 19, 2012 at 6:49 pm

    Bryan Brickhouse and Kyle Smith won’t make it to the weekend in Idaho Falls. That’s been publicly stated. The same is expected of Lopez, but it hasn’t been publicly declared. All three are headed up to Kane County, so say my sources.

    Michael Lycklama
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    http://www.chukarsextra.com

  • PREGNANT ROLLERSKATE

    June 19, 2012 at 6:41 pm

    Greg, I take it you are saying Bubba is going to DL…if so man what a start to his career…..Clint I agree & for an ie last yr @ Omaha Dyson played CF while Cain plaed RF, but if he has a chance for CF I sure would like to see him more in CF than RF also Id take Mondesi in CF if he can play & hit there….nice to have some fresh prospects starting up….

  • Greg Schaum

    Greg Schaum

    June 19, 2012 at 3:15 pm

    They had to cut it off…

    I kid

    Going to DL

  • Clint Scoles

    Clint Scoles

    June 19, 2012 at 10:47 am

    Young ugly baseball you’re gonna get plenty of that at rookie ball. Some thought he’d be a RF in time so maybe they are making that move now. I’m sure we’ll see him a few games in CF also but Chapman is a better defender out there currently.

    As far as assignments go there is no right or wrong answer and if you can get Mondesi some games against a higher level of competition and he can handle it then that’s a good thing. I didn’t see the quick reflexes out of Mondesi that you may like out of SS and his best spot longterm could be CF.

  • PREGNANT ROLLERSKATE

    June 19, 2012 at 10:06 am

    I thought Elier Hernandez was suppose to have 5tool CF potential….. w/ him starting in RF @ 16yrs of age seems more like a corner power potential bat, 2errors in RF to start the yr hope that is just his extremely young age showing there…..they could have placed Mondesi in the AZL in order to let all 3(Mondesi, Lopez & Arteaga) play SS everyday but I guess they are focusing on developing Mondesi’s bat more over his Defense w/ the higher level of competition. I would guess that means 1 repeats the level or Calixte moves off SS to uncluster the 4….Any word on Colon’s Toe?? …..thx in adv

  • cpass

    June 19, 2012 at 9:36 am

    Bubba’s injury last year was a quad, not a hamstring. Call me paranoid, but I have concerns about whether he’ll stay healthy, as this is the third such injury since last spring.

  • Clint Scoles

    Clint Scoles

    June 19, 2012 at 9:05 am

    Royals have some depth at SS at the lower levels. Either way they were going to be forced to team Mondesi up with a good shortstop prospect in Lopez or Humberto Arteaga. Hamstring has been described as a tweak currently and he’ll be pushed back 3 or 4 days.

  • Kyle

    June 19, 2012 at 6:13 am

    It’s good to see the short season schedule is underway. It’s good to see Elier and Adalberto already in the states. Why are Mondesi and Lopez both on the same team though? Aren’t they both considered high profile SS prospects?? I never can remember, which short season team is considered the higher level??

    What’s the word on Starling?? Minor tweak or another pulled hamstring. Didn’t that same injury cut his AFL short last year?

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