Royals Farm Report: May 18

Kane County's Sugar Ray Marimon and Chas Byrne combined to throw a no-hitter in the Cougars' 2-0 win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Wednesday night. Elsewhere in the minors, the Omaha Storm Chasers were off, while the Wilmington Blue Rocks swept a doubleheader against the Salem Red Sox. Click inside to see the day's results and box scores.

Triple-A: Scheduled Off Day

PCL North Division Standings

CLUB	W	L	PCT	GB
Omaha	23	16	.590	--
Iowa	17	22	.436	6.0
Nashville	15	23	.395	7.5
Memphis	14	24	.368	8.5

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Double-A: Tulsa 4, NW Arkansas 3

L: Patrick Keating (1-2, 5.19)
HR: Tim Smith (3)

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	Notes
Seratelli, LF	4	1	1	0	.274	2B (5), K
Colon, SS	4	0	0	1	.248	K
Romak, 1B	3	0	1	0	.268	BB, SB (3)
Smith, DH	4	1	1	1	.237	HR (3)
Lisson, 3B	3	1	1	0	.277	BB, K
Mertins, 2B	3	0	0	0	.238	SAC, 2 K
Francis, RF	3	0	2	1	.188	BB, K
Theriot, C	4	0	0	0	.167
Van Stratten, CF	3	0	0	0	.241	K

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Dwyer	6.0	2	1	1	4	2	0	5.82
Rollins (H, 1)	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	4.33
Keating (BS, 3)(L, 1-2)	0.2	3	3	3	0	1	1	5.19

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High-A: Wilmington 7, Salem 1 (7 innings – Game 1)

W: Elisaul Pimentel (3-1, 4.23)
HR: Tim Ferguson (3)

High-A: Wilmington 5, Salem 1 (7 innings – Game 2)

W: Tim Melville (4-4, 4.57)
HR: Whit Merrifield (1), Rey Navarro (2)

Game 1

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	Notes
Merrifield, CF	5	1	2	2	.324	9-game hitting streak
Ortiz, RF	5	0	0	0	.105	2 K
Navarro, 2B	3	0	1	1	.324	2B (10), BB
Whittleman, 1B	2	1	1	1	.256	2 BB
Ferguson, LF	4	1	1	2	.176	HR (3), 2 K
McClure, SS	3	0	1	0	.164	BB, SB (9)
Bonilla, C	4	1	1	0	.269
Lewis, DH	3	1	1	0	.227	BB, K
Batista, 3B	4	2	2	0	.220	SB (2)

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
E. Pimentel (W, 3-1)	6.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	4.23
Paukovits	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.45

Game 2

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	Notes
Merrifield, 2B	3	2	1	2	.324	HR (1), BB, SB (10); 10-gm hitting streak
Testa, RF	2	1	1	0	.286	BB, K
Navarro, DH	3	1	1	3	.324	HR (2), 2 K
Graterol, C	3	0	0	0	.170	K
Ferguson, CF	3	0	1	0	.180	SB (4)
McClure, SS	1	0	0	0	.163	2 BB, CS (5), PO
Lewis, 1B	2	1	0	0	.222	BB, 2 K
Batista, 3B	3	0	0	0	.213	2 K
Ortiz, LF	3	0	0	0	.091	OF Assist

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Melville (W, 4-4)	5.0	4	1	1	2	1	0	4.57
Chapman	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3.86

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Low-A: Kane County 2, Cedar Rapids 0 (No-hitter)

W: Sugar Ray Marimon (3-2, 2.75)
S: Chas Byrne (2)
HR: None

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	Notes
Franco, 3B	4	1	2	1	.244	3B (1), K, E (3)
Hall, SS	4	0	0	0	.311	K
Llanos, CF	4	0	0	1	.252
Caseres, 1B	4	0	2	0	.250
Watts, DH	3	0	0	0	.209	BB, K
Adams, RF	4	0	2	0	.207	2 K, OF Assist
Aparicio, LF	4	0	0	0	.138	2 K
Jones, C	3	1	1	0	.161	K
Espinal, 2B	2	0	0	0	.188	SAC, E (3)

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Marimon (W, 3-2)	7.2	0	0	0	2	7	0	2.75
Byrne (S, 2)	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.58