RC Organizational Report: June 13

It was not a good day for most of the Royals' minor league system, as Burlington was the organization's only winner. Wilmington was swept away in a doubleheader, while Wichita and Omaha both wasted excellent outings by their starting pitchers en route to losses. RC recaps all the day's action inside in today's minor league report

AAA: Iowa 4, Omaha 3 (11 innings)

L: Ryan Braun (0-2, 3.00)
HR: Billy Butler (13), Richard Lewis (2)

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG
CF Mitch Maier	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.282
1B Billy Butler	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	.280
C Matt Tupman	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	.329

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Tyler Lumsden	8.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	5.18
Ryan Braun (L, 0-2)	2.1	6	4	4	2	1	1	3.00

Omaha fell in a heartbreaker Wednesday night to Iowa, 4-3. Southpaw Tyler Lumsden was brilliant through eight innings, allowing only four hits and one walk while striking out three. Ryan Braun came in for the save in the ninth inning, but allowed three runs to tie the game up at three. After pitching a scoreless 10th inning, Braun allowed another run in the bottom of the 11th to give Iowa the win. Billy Butler was 2-for-5 with a home run, his 13th of the season, while Mitch Maier also had a couple of hits.

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AA: Springfield 2, Wichita 0

L: Danny Christensen (1-6, 5.43)

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG
SS Irving Falu	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Danny Christensen (L, 1-6)	7.0	6	1	1	2	4	0	5.43
Jarod Plummer	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	1	3.82

The Wranglers wasted a great pitching performance by Danny Christensen, as the offense only produced five hits in a loss to the Springfield Cardinals, 2-0. Christensen went seven innings, allowing six hits and a run while striking out four. All five hits by the Wranglers came from only three players, and Irving Falu and Geraldo Valentin each had two hits. Luke Hochevar (3-5, 4.75) will get the start on Thursday.

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High A: Frederick 6, Wilmington 1 (Game 1)

L: Julio Pimentel (3-3, 2.96)

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Julio Pimentel (L, 3-3)	4.0	7	2	2	1	1	1	2.96

Game one of the doubleheader got stopped after the fourth inning, and lasted long enough that starter Julio Pimentel had to be taken out of the game. Frederick was up 2-1 at the time the game was stopped, and then exploded for four runs in the sixth inning to cement the lead. Five Wilmington hitters each had one hit.

Frederick 8, Wilmington 2 (Game 2)

L: Patrick Green (0-4, 7.06)

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG
CF Jose Duarte	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	.299

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Rayner Oliveros	1.0	4	4	4	1	0	0	2.72
Gilbert de la Vara	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.61

The second game of the twin bill wasn't all the different from game one. The Blue Rock offense couldn't get the job done again, smacking only three hits in game two. Jose Duarte was 1-for-2 with a triple and a walk as the lone bright spot. Duarte is batting .412 in his last 10 games to go along with five stolen bases. Blake Johnson (3-5, 4.67) is in line for the start on Friday after an off day on Thursday.

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Low A: Burlington 6, Peoria 3

W: Aaron Hartsock (3-2, 2.72), S: Chris Hayes (3)
HR: Michael Thompson (13)

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG
2B Kurt Mertins	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.274
SS Jeff Bianchi	4	0	3	2	0	0	2	1	0	.250

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Matt Campbell	4.1	6	3	3	0	1	0	3.71
Aaron Hartsock (W, 3-2)	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.72

Burlington won its third game in a row against the Peoria Chiefs on Wednesday, taking this game, 6-3. Jeff Bianchi led the way on offense, going 3-for-4 with a couple of doubles and a walk. Matt Campbell wasn't stellar in his return to Burlington, but was picked up by reliever Aaron Hartsock in a big way, as Hartsock went three scoreless innings while only allowing one hit. Righty Harold Mozingo (5-5, 3.58) is in line for the start for the Bees on Thursday, as they hope to sweep Peoria.