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The Royals started their off-season personnel moves by retaining three minor-league players who were eligible to become free agents: outfielder/first baseman Scott Thorman and two left-handed pitchers, Kelvin Villa and Carlos Rivas.

Tacoma 10, O-Royals 5 1B Ka'aihue 2-3, BB, 2B , HR , 4 RBI , K, RS -- .263, readying for KC Sept.

Royals 7, Reno 6 CF Raines Jr. 3-3, HR , RBI , 2 RS, SB -- .220 DH Aldridge 2-4, 3B , HR , 4 RBI , K, RS -- .309 PH-C House 1-1, 2B , 2 RBI , RS -- .252 RF Hulett 0-4, 3 K -- .300 1B Ka'aihue 1-3, BB, 2 RS -- .261 SS Lisson 0-3 -- .236 Duckworth 6 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 3 BB, 6 K, HRA, WP -- 5.31 ERA Hamulack IP, 3 ER, 5 H, BB, K -- 5.51 ERA, was ...

Wednesday 12 Aug Reno Aces Top Omaha Royals 6-4 - PCL Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 09:31AM OMAHA, Neb.

Probably the best story in KC thus far in '09, other than Zack's performance , Hochevar's emergence and Bannister's return to old form, is the hitting of Billy Butler.

Probably the best story in KC thus far in '09, other than Zack's performance , Hochevar's emergence and Bannister's return to old form, is the hitting of Billy Butler.

Can more than 1 Royals starter function at a high level at one time? When Zack is on, nobody else is, although Meche wasn't awful at the start of the season.

A few notes from Rosenblatt last night: - Dusty Hughes made the start because scheduled starter Stephen Randolph 's contract was apparently bought by a Japanese team.

Friday 24 Jul Friday, July 24, 2009 at 10:07AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-Casey Fossum allowed just one run in seven strong innings and buoyed the Iowa Cubs to a 5-1 victory over the Omaha Royals at Principal Park.

What a sparkling start to the "second half" -- three games with the Rays, three leads and games blown in the 8th.

Daniel Descalso hit a grand slam, Allen Craig added a three-run homer and Mark Shorey knocked a bases-clearing double to lead Memphis to a 12-0 win over the Royals Saturday night at Rosenblatt Stadium.

Royals 5, Memphis 3 CF Maier 2-4, 2B , K, RS -- .387, back in lineup LF Thorman 1-4, 2B , 2 RBI -- .289 DH Hulett 1-2, BB, S, 2B , RBI , RS -- .292 3B Lisson 1-3, SF, RBI , K, CS -- .250 RF Raines 1-3, HR , RBI , RS -- .215 2B Falu 1-3, BB, 2 RS, SB -- .260 SS Hernandez 0-3 -- .280, back in lineup Phillips 6 2/3 IP, ER, 6 H, BB, 6 K -- W, 5-7, 5.77 ...

Had time to do today's report after all....see you all next week....have a good one! AAA - Omaha: O-Royals 2, Oklahoma City 0 3B Metcalf 3-3, 2B , RBI , RS -- .228 RF Falu 1-4, RBI , K -- .264 2B Hulett 0-3, BB, K -- .302, back in O-Royals uni 1B Ka'aihue 0-2, 2 BB -- .260, keeping a healthy OBP, but it's dipped to .398 SS Lisson 0-4, 2 K, RS, SB ...

Tuesday 07 Jul Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 11:55PM The Oklahoma City RedHawks beat the Omaha Royals 12-2 Tuesday night at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark.

It's always a good day in the minors when your so-called top pitching prospect gets arrested for public urination and disorderly conduct.

Memphis 2, O-Royals 1 RF Aldridge 1-2, HR , RBI , RS -- .297, left in 5th C House 1-4, 2B -- .278 DH Buck 0-4 -- .143 1B Ka'aihue 0-3, K -- .272 SS Lisson 0-3 -- .210 Ponson 5 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 4 K -- L, 0-1, 3.00 ERA Duckworth 2 IP, BB -- 4.64 ERA Atencio 1/3 IP, 2 BB, K, WP -- 6.27 ERA Hughes 2/3 IP, nothing -- 4.54 ERA *** Omaha managed only 4 hits ...

Before this baseball season, a report surfaced that Yankees star Alex Rodriguez was on the list of 104 big-league players who tested positive in 2003 for performance-enhancing drugs.

Round Rock 3, O-Royals 2 1B Ka'aihue 3-4, 2B , K, RS -- .287 LF Thorman 1-4, RBI , 2 K, OF assist at home -- .228 3B Metcalf 1-3, BB, 2B , RBI , CS -- .242 C House 0-4, K -- .299 CF Raines Jr.

Game 1: Royals 1,Grizzlies 0 Game 2: Grizzlies 7, Royals 5 Let's split: Fresno's Geno Espineli induced a pair of groundouts with the potential tying run at the plate and the Grizzlies won the second of two seven-inning games with Omaha.

Royals 1, Fresno 0 1B Ka'aihue 2-3, 2B , RS -- .285 DH House 1-3, RBI -- .303 C B. Pena 1-3, 2B -- .325 3B Metcalf 0-2, BB -- .256 SS Lisson 1-3, K -- .333 CF Duarte 0-2, BB -- .130 Chen CG, 2 H, BB, 8 K, pickoff -- W, 2-2, 4.13 ERA, wonder if Royals will give him a look in KC this season *** Bruce Chen was at the top of his game in hurling a ...