Royals Minor League Report (5/21): Storm Chasers And Beam Headline Royals Affiliates Split

[Kevin O'Brien]

 

The Storm Chasers cruised behind Drew Waters' three-hit, three-run game and Mitch Spence's four steady innings, romping past St. Paul 11-3. Drew Beam delivered six strong frames for Northwest Arkansas, supported by home runs from Jorge Alfaro and Justin Johnson, in a 6-4 win. Quad Cities dropped a 13-4 blowout despite Yimi Presinal's two scoreless innings and Derlin Figueroa's three-run homer. Columbia stranded nine runners and fell 5-4 to Augusta despite a Henry Ramos triple.

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Storm Chasers Pile Up 16 Hits In 11-3 Romp At St. Paul

The Omaha Storm Chasers banged out 16 hits, grabbed the lead in the fifth, and pulled away with a three-run seventh in an 11-3 win at St. Paul.

Waters paced the offense from the cleanup spot with three hits, three runs scored, an RBI, and a stolen base. Leadoff man Josh Rojas reached base five times with three hits, a double, a walk, two runs, and an RBI. John Rave matched with three hits, a double, a walk, two runs, and an RBI. Luca Tresh added three hits and two RBI. Abraham Toro drove in three on a two-run double in the ninth, and a sixth-inning sacrifice fly, and Gavin Cross supplied his first home run of the season.

 

 

Mitch Spence worked four innings, allowing two runs on three hits with one walk, four strikeouts, and one home run surrendered. Ben Sears picked up the win across two innings of one-run ball with one walk and four strikeouts. Jose Cuas tossed two scoreless innings, and Eric Cerantola closed with three strikeouts in the ninth.

Cross opened the fifth with his solo homer to make it 3-2, and two outs later, Dustin Dickerson singled and Rojas doubled him home for a 4-2 edge. The seventh padded the lead further. Rojas scored on a wild pitch during Kameron Misner's strikeout, then Waters and Tresh delivered back-to-back RBI singles. Toro's two-run double in the top of the ninth provided the final margin.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Josh Rojas (2B)	4	2	3	1	1	0
John Rave (LF)	4	2	3	1	1	0
Kameron Misner (DH)	5	0	1	1	0	3
Drew Waters (CF)	5	3	3	1	0	2
Brett Squires (1B)	4	1	0	0	1	2
Luca Tresh (C)	5	1	3	2	0	0
Gavin Cross (RF)	5	1	1	1	0	0
Abraham Toro (3B)	4	0	1	3	0	2
Dustin Dickerson (SS)	5	1	1	0	0	2

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Mitch Spence	4	3	2	2	1	4	1
Ben Sears (W)	2	1	1	1	1	4	1
Jose Cuas	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
Eric Cerantola	1	2	0	0	0	3	0

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Drew Beam And A Three-Run Sixth Lift Naturals Past Sod Poodles

Northwest Arkansas erased an early 2-0 deficit with home runs from Johnson and cleanup hitter Alfaro, holding on for a 6-4 win at Amarillo.

Leadoff man Carson Roccaforte sparked the lineup with three hits, including a triple. Alfaro went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer and two RBI, while Justin Johnson added a two-run home run and two RBI of his own. Omar Hernandez had two hits, scored twice, and stole a base. Daniel Vazquez added a double, and Connor Scott chipped in an RBI single.

 

 

Drew Beam turned in a quality start, working six innings and allowing three runs on five hits with one walk, three strikeouts, and one home run allowed. Brandon Johnson gave up a run in an inning of relief. Dennis Colleran Jr. tossed a scoreless inning, and Oscar Rayo struck out three in a scoreless ninth for the save.

After falling behind on a two-run homer in the first, the Naturals scratched a run back in the third when Hernandez scored from third on a balk. The bats fully arrived in the fifth, when Justin Johnson's two-run homer scored Hernandez to put NWA ahead 3-2. Three more came in the sixth: Alfaro's two-run shot scored Spencer Nivens, then Vazquez doubled, and Scott followed with an RBI single to make it 6-2.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Carson Roccaforte (CF)	4	0	3	0	0	1
Sam Kulasingam (2B)	4	0	0	0	0	0
Spencer Nivens (LF)	4	1	1	0	0	2
Jorge Alfaro (1B)	4	1	1	2	0	1
Daniel Vazquez (SS)	4	1	1	0	0	0
Connor Scott (RF)	4	0	1	1	0	1
Omar Hernandez (C)	4	2	2	0	0	1
Canyon Brown (DH)	3	0	0	0	1	2
Justin Johnson (3B)	3	1	1	2	0	0

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Drew Beam (W)	6	5	3	3	1	3	1
Brandon Johnson	1	2	1	1	0	1	0
Dennis Colleran Jr.	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Oscar Rayo (S)	1	1	0	0	0	3	0

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10-Run Sixth Sinks River Bandits In 13-4 Loss

A clean Quad Cities deficit turned into a rout when the bullpen surrendered 10 runs in the top of the sixth, sending the River Bandits to a 13-4 loss to Beloit.

Figueroa provided the offensive highlight with a three-run home run in the eighth, finishing 1-for-4 with three RBI and a stolen base. Angel Acosta led the way with three hits. Erick Torres added a single and two stolen bases. Cleanup hitter Ramon Ramirez singled and scored. Blake Mitchell drew a walk and scored a run, but struck out four times. The Bandits stranded six runners.

Starter Aiden Jimenez worked five innings, allowing three runs on six hits with two walks, five strikeouts, and one home run, and was tagged with the loss. Ryan Ure recorded one out in the sixth while giving up five runs on a hit and three walks. Hunter Alberini followed and was charged with five more runs on four hits with two walks and two strikeouts across two-thirds of an inning. Presinal then steadied things with two scoreless, hitless innings and four strikeouts. Diego Guzman closed with a scoreless ninth.

The sixth featured a steady drumbeat of damage: a single, a triple, another single, a multi-run hit, more singles, and a double turned a 3-0 game into 13-0. Quad Cities got on the board in the seventh when Acosta singled and came around to score on Asbel Gonzalez's groundout. Figueroa's three-run homer in the eighth, scoring Mitchell and Ramirez, accounted for the remaining offense.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Luke Pelzer (LF)	3	0	0	0	1	2
Asbel Gonzalez (CF)	5	0	0	0	0	2
Blake Mitchell (C)	4	1	0	0	1	4
Ramon Ramirez (DH)	4	1	1	0	0	0
Derlin Figueroa (3B)	4	1	1	3	0	1
Erick Torres (RF)	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tyriq Kemp (SS)	3	0	1	0	1	1
Trevor Werner (1B)	4	0	0	0	0	2
Angel Acosta (2B)	4	1	3	0	0	1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Aiden Jimenez (L)	5	6	3	3	2	5	1
Ryan Ure	1/3	1	5	5	3	0	0
Hunter Alberini	2/3	4	5	5	2	2	0
Yimi Presinal	2	0	0	0	0	4	0
Diego Guzman	1	0	0	0	1	0	0

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Fireflies Strand Nine, Fall 5-4 At Augusta

A relentless inability to cash in cost the Columbia Fireflies, who stranded nine runners in a 5-4 loss to the Augusta GreenJackets.

Cleanup hitter Hyungchan Um went 3-for-4 with a walk and an RBI. Leadoff man Henry Ramos drove in two runs on a triple and a groundout, finishing 1-for-5 with a run scored. Sean Gamble singled, scored, and drove in a run. Daniel Lopez doubled, stole a base, and scored twice. Josh Hammond and Um combined for four of the team's seven hits.

 

 

Denis Samudio worked four innings, allowing three runs on four hits with one walk, six strikeouts, and one home run, taking the loss. Dash Albus surrendered the decisive blow in the fifth on a two-run home run, finishing with two runs on two hits and a walk in his inning of work. Max Martin tossed two scoreless innings with a strikeout, and Henson Leal closed the eighth with a scoreless frame and two strikeouts.

Columbia chased Augusta all night after falling behind 2-0 in the first. They cut it to 2-1 in the third on Ramos' RBI groundout that scored Lopez. The sixth produced one more when Um singled home Gamble to make it 5-2. The seventh accounted for the last two: Ramos tripled to drive in Lopez, then Gamble's groundout brought Ramos around to make it 5-4. From there, every threat ended without another run crossing the plate.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Henry Ramos (LF)	5	1	1	2	0	2
Sean Gamble (CF)	5	1	1	1	0	1
Josh Hammond (SS)	5	0	1	0	0	1
Hyungchan Um (C)	4	0	3	1	1	1
Yandel Ricardo (2B)	3	0	0	0	0	0
Stone Russell (3B)	4	0	0	0	0	2
JC Vanek (1B)	4	0	0	0	0	1
Roni Cabrera (DH)	2	0	0	0	1	1
Daniel Lopez (RF)	3	2	1	0	0	2

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Denis Samudio (L)	4	4	3	3	1	6	1
Dash Albus	1	2	2	2	1	0	1
Max Martin	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Henson Leal	1	1	0	0	0	2	0

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Top-20 Prospect Performance

1. Kendry Chourio: DNP
2. David Shields: DNP
3. Sean Gamble: 1-for-5, R, RBI, K
4. Blake Mitchell: 0-for-4, R, BB, 4 K
5. Josh Hammond: 1-for-5, K
6. Ramon Ramirez: 1-for-4, R
7. Drew Beam: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, HR
8. Asbel Gonzalez: 0-for-5, 2 K
9. Ben Kudrna: DNP
10. Carson Roccaforte: 3-for-4, 3B, K
11. Yandel Ricardo: 0-for-3
12. Felix Arronde: DNP
13. Blake Wolters: DNP
14. Michael Lombardi: DNP
15. Luinder Avila: DNP
16. Steven Zobac: DNP
17. Frank Mozzicato: DNP
18. Daniel Vazquez: 1-for-4, R, 2B
19. Warren Colcano: DNP
20. Shane Panzini: DNP

 

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