RC Organizational Report: August 14

For the second straight night, Royals affiliates combined to go 3-4. However, a pair of pitchers had outstanding nights. Billy Buckner tossed seven shutout innings for the Omaha Royals, while Alex Caldera did the same for the Burlington Royals en route to a doubleheader split. RC has all the details inside in today's minor league report.

AAA: Omaha 2, Iowa 0

W: Billy Buckner (9-7, 3.82), S: Neal Musser (7)

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG
RF Justin Huber	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.278

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Billy Buckner (W, 9-7)	7.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	3.82
Neal Musser (S, 7)	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0.19

The Omaha Royals won their third straight game with a 2-0 shutout of Iowa. Billy Buckner tossed seven innings of three-hit ball, inducing 11 ground balls and striking out four. Ken Ray got into a little trouble in the eighth, but Neal Musser put out the fire with two strikeouts to end the inning. Justin Huber led the offense with a 2-for-4 night, and both hits were doubles.

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The Wichita Wranglers and the rest of the Texas League had the day off on Tuesday.

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High-A: Potomac 5, Wilmington 2

L: Rowdy Hardy (14-4, 2.58)

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG
2B Marc Maddox	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.254
3B Mario Lisson	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277
RF Brett Bigler	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.253

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Rowdy Hardy (L, 14-4)	6.0	7	5	5	0	5	2	2.58

The Wilmington Blue Rocks fell for the second straight night on Tuesday, 5-2. Rowdy Hardy was beat around for five runs in six innings, and picked up his fourth loss. Brett Bigler, who owns a .595 OBP in his last ten games, went 2-for-2 with two walks. Mario Lisson also stayed hot with 2-for-5 night, taking his hitting streak to 12 games.

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Low-A: Dayton 5, Burlington 3

W: Everett Teaford (5-8, 5.10), S: Angelo Morales (2)
HR: Jeff Bianchi (2)

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG
CF Derrick Robinson	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.251
LF Joe Dickerson	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Jason Godin (L, 4-4)	4.2	7	5	4	4	0	0	3.16
Aaron Hartsock	2.1	4	0	0	0	1	0	2.71

The Burlington Bees fell on Tuesday, 5-3. Jason Godin didn't have his stuff or his control, allowing seven hits and walking four while allowing five runs in 4.2 innings. The Bees' offense pounded out 13 hits, three each from Derrick Robinson and Joe Dickerson, but only managed to push across three runs.

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R-Adv: Great Falls 4, Idaho Falls 3

L: Matt Jensen (1-3, 3.05)

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG
CF Adrian Ortiz	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.315
3B Devery Van De Keere	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.285

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Ben Norton	4.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	3.32

The Idaho Falls Chukars dropped to 9-6 on the second half with a 4-3 loss to Great Falls. Royals 24th round pick Ben Norton made the start for the Chukars, going four innings and allowing two runs on five hits. Adrian Ortiz went 2-for-5 with his 14th stolen base of the season, but was also caught stealing for the fourth time later in the game. Canadian third baseman Devery Van De Keere went 2-for-4 with a walk.

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R-Adv: Danville 7, Burlington 4 (Game 1)

L: Jimmy Rollins (2-2, 5.84)

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG
RF Wilson Tucker	4	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	1	.294
SS Yeldrys Molina	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229

The Burlington Royals fell in game one of a doubleheader on Tuesday, 7-4. The B-Royals jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, but seven runs in the fifth and sixth innings combined gave Danville the win. Wilson Tucker went 2-for-4 with two doubles and knocked in three runs in game one.

R-Adv: Burlington 5, Danville 0 (Game 1)

W: Alex Caldera (1-1, 3.41)

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG
CF Patrick Norris	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	.278
RF Wilson Tucker	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	.298

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Alex Caldera (W, 1-1)	7.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	3.41

The Burlington Royals shut out Danville in game two, 5-0. Alex Caldera tossed a complete game (seven innings) two-hitter, walking one and striking out seven to pick up his first professional victory. Wilson Tucker picked up two more hits and knocked in a run. Patrick Norris went 2-for-3 with a walk and swiped two bases, and he leads the Appalachian League with 24 stolen bases.

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R: Royals 12, Brewers 2

W: Michael Lehmann (4-1, 3.31)
HR: Ryan Angel (2)

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG
SS Lifete Jose	2	3	2	0	0	0	1	4	0	.223
DH Diego Cruz	6	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	.312

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Danny Duffy	5.0	2	1	1	3	9	0	0.66
Michael Lehmann (W, 4-1)	3.0	2	1	0	1	2	0	3.31

The AZL Royals picked up a 12-2 win on Tuesday with the help of a nine-run eighth inning. Danny Duffy made the start for the Royals, allowing two hits and one run while striking out nine in five innings. Michael Lehmann allowed one unearned run in the following three innings, but otherwise pitched well and picked up the win. Lifete Jose reached base six times with two hits and four walks, and he also stole his sixth base of the season.