KC Royals Brandon Finnegan Struggles for Omaha

It was a rough night all around for the KC Royals minor league teams, as they managed to go 0-5 yesterday. Let us take a quick look around the action.

It was a rough night for the Omaha Storm Chasers pitching in the 9-5 loss. Brandon Finnegan started the game and struggled, allowing three runs, two earned, in his five innings of work, despite striking out five batters. Clayton Mortensen followed and did not fair any better, allowing six runs in his four innings of work, as Omaha found themselves in a 9-2 hole through five innings. The Storm Chasers fought back, scoring twice in the sixth as Jose Martinez tripled in a run and scored on Casey Kotchman‘s groundout. Erik Kratz homered in the top of the ninth, but Omaha was unable to close the gap any further.

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In the first game of their double header, the Northwest Arkansas Naturals lost 5-1. The Naturals actually had the lead for most of the game, as Hunter Dozier doubled with one out before scoring on Zane Evans‘ base hit. That would prove to be the only run until the top of the sixth, when the San Antonio Missions scored three runs, highlighted by two runs scoring on Trae Turner’s infield single and an error by Luke Harrell. San Antonio tacked on two more runs in the seventh to put the game away.

The second game was not much better for the Naturals. This time, the Missions jumped out to an early 3-0 lead on two first inning triples and a pair of RBI singles from Turner and Duanel Jones. The Missions added a run in the fourth and another in the sixth to take a 5-0 lead before the Naturals made it a bit interesting. Mike Bianucci had a two out, two run double to cut the lead to 5-2, but Jorge Bonifacio struck out to end the game.

In the Carolina League, the Wilmington Blue Rocks were shut out by the Carolina Mudcats 7-0. Andrew Waszak and two relievers combined to hold the Blue Rocks to five hits, with Robert Pehl as the only Wilmington player to get more than one hit on the night. The Mudcats held a 2-0 lead heading into the fourth, where they put the game away on a pair of two run home runs from Jacob Schrader and Joseph Odom. Jake Junis allowed all seven runs in the loss, as he gave up eight hits and two walks in five innings.

Rounding out the action with the South Atlantic League, the Lexington Legends were hammered by the Greenville Drive 11-4. The Drive took a 4-0 lead into the bottom of the third before the Legends scored three runs on a base hit and a pair of ground outs. After trading runs int he fourth, Greenvile was able to pull away in the sixth on Yoan Moncada‘s first home run stateside, a two run shot. Four more runs combined between the eighth and ninth innings ended the contest, as the Drive put away the Legends. Foster Griffin took the loss, allowing seven runs, six earned, on eight hits and a walk. On the plus side, he did strike out five in his six innings of work.

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