Luis Mendoza with the win tonight for KC! Hope he can finish strong at the MLB level.AAA - Omaha: Columbus 8, Storm Chasers 32B Zawadzki 2-4RF Cain 1-4, BB, 3B, 2 RBI, RS1B Whittleman 1-3, BB, RBI, 2 KSS Falu 0-2, 3 BB, RSLF Lough 1-5, RSDH Ka'aihue 1-4, KOmaha stranded 10.O'Sullivan 3 IP, 6 ER, 6 H, BB, HRA, WP -- L, 0-1, 18.00 ERALebron 3 IP, ER, 3 H, 4 K, WPSisk IP, HHerrera...

AAA - Omaha: off day* The final Royals' minors game of the 2011 season will take place Tuesday in Albuquerque as Sean O'Sullivan starts for Omaha in the AAA Championship Game versus the Columbus Clippers (88-56, AAA Indians) and their starter, Mitch Talbot. Topeka native Jerad Head is a standout on the Clippers' roster, and also on the squad is former Omaha C Paul Phillips...

AAA - Omaha: Storm Chasers 11, Sacramento 62B Zawadzki 4-5, 2B (2), 3 RBI (5), RS -- .400LF Lough 2-6, HR, 2 RBI (5), K, 2 RS -- .3141B Ka'aihue 2-5, 2B (2), 2 RBI (8), 2 K, RS -- .214SS Falu 2-5, 2B (2), RBI (4), 2 RS -- .286DH Robinson 2-3, 2 BB, 2 2B (3), RS -- .385C Pina 1-3, 2 BB, 2B (2), RBI (8), 2 RS -- .368CF Dyson 1-5, BB, RBI (6), RS -- .212RF Cain 0-4, HBP, K -- .438Montgomery...

AAA - Omaha: off day* Mike Montgomery will get a chance to close out the series with the start Friday in game 3.

AAA - Omaha: Storm Chasers 15, Sacramento 4CF Dyson 4-6, 2B, HR, 4 RBI (5), 3 RS, SB -- .214DH Robinson 3-5, BB, 2B, 2 RBI (5), RS -- .348LF Lough 3-5, BB, 2B, 2 RBI (3), 3 RS -- .310RF Cain 2-5, SF, 2B (3), RBI (4), 3 K, RS -- .500SS Falu 2-4, S, 2B, RBI (3), 2 RS -- .2613B Mertins 2-4, BB, RBI (2), 2 RS -- .333C Pina 1-3, 2 BB, 2 RBI (7), K, RS -- .3752B Zawadzki 1-5, RBI (2),...

AAA - Omaha: Storm Chasers 3, Sacramento 2RF Cain 3-4, 3B (2), RBI (3) -- .522SS Falu 1-4, RBI (2) -- .2112B Zawadzki 1-4, 2B, RBI, K -- .200LF Lough 1-4, RS -- .250DH Robinson 0-2, 2 BB, K -- .278Mendoza 7 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 4 BB, 8 K, HRA, WP -- W, 2-0, 1.29 ERAHerrera 2 IP, 2 K -- SV, 1, 0.00 ERA* A back-and-forth game ended up going the way of the Chasers as Luis Mendoza picked up...

AAA - Omaha: off day* Omaha will welcome the Sacramento RiverCats (88-56 reg. season, AAA A's) for the first game of the best-of-5 on Tuesday. Luis Mendoza will start. The teams split a 4-game set in the regular season with 4 narrow margins of victory.

Put me in the camp of people who can't believe it's already been 10 years since one horrible Tuesday. Thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of those killed in New York City, D.C. and Pennsylvania, and those who have lost their lives fighting the war on terror since that day. Rarely in my life have I felt as raw of emotions as I did around that time...I think...

AAA - Omaha: Storm Chasers 4, Round Rock 2 (10)LF Lough 2-5 -- .2501B Ka'aihue 1-3, BB, S, walkoff HR, 2 RBI (6), 2 RS -- .267, Ghostface!3B Arias 1-3, BB, 2B (2), RBI, K -- .375C Clark 1-4, RBI, 2 K -- .250RF Cain 1-4, BB, 2B (2) -- .474DH Robinson 1-4, BB, 2 RS -- .313O'Sullivan 8 IP, 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, BB, 7 K, HRA -- 1.13 ERASisk 2/3 IP, 2 BB, K -- 0.00 ERAPucetas 1 1/3...

Say what you will about Judgment Night, the Emilio Estevez/Cuba Gooding Jr./Denis Leary movie from the '90s, but that was a great soundtrack. AAA - Omaha: Round Rock 9, Storm Chasers 8 (11)RF Cain 5-6, 2B, K, 3 RS -- .533, GIVE 'EM A DOSE!1B Ka'aihue 2-3, BB, HBP, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, K, RS -- .250, vintage Kila game3B-1B Arias 2-6, 2B, K, RS, E -- .385LF Lough 1-6, RBI, 3...

AAA - Omaha: Storm Chasers 7, Round Rock 23B Arias 3-4, K, 2 RS -- .429C Pina 2-3, BB, HR, 4 RBI, K, RS -- .500SS Falu 2-4, 2 RS, SB -- .286DH Robinson 2-4, BB, K -- .375CF Dyson 1-4, S, RBI, K, RS -- .143RF Cain 1-5, RBI (2), 2 K -- .3332B Mertins 0-2, BB, SF, RBI, 2 K -- .400Mazzaro 6 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, BB, 6 K, HRA -- W, 1-0, 2.84 ERALebron 2 IP, H, 2 BB, 2 K -- 0.00 ERASisk 2...

AAA - Omaha: Storm Chasers 4, Round Rock 0 (5-hitter)RF Cain 2-4, 3B, RBI, K, RS2B Mertins 2-3DH Robinson 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, RSLF Lough 1-4, RS, assist at secondMendoza 7 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 4 K, WP -- W, 1-0, 0.00 ERAHerrera 2 IP, 4 K -- 0.00 ERA* A 3-run 1st was key along with another good Luis Mendoza outing as Omaha grabbed the early advantage in the series. Jarrod Dyson was caught stealing...

AAA - Omaha: off dayOPS rundownEric Hosmer 1.107 -- .439/.525/.582, look at that line in 26 games, we may never see him back in AAA1B/DH Clint Robinson .932 -- .326/.399/.533, 86 RS, 35 2B, 23 HR, 100 RBI, 58 BB/88 K, 2/3 SB, 8 E in 134 G/503 ABs -- had down July but was back to best at 1.126 OPS in August, hit .400 in the month, too bad it's a logjam at 1B in the majorsOF Lorenzo...

AAA - Omaha: Iowa 7, Storm Chasers 23B Whittleman 2-4, K -- .500, Omaha debutRF Mertins 2-3, RS -- .274DH Robinson 1-4, RBI (100), K -- .326, nice that he hit the century markLF Lough 1-4, RBI (65), E (4) -- .318CF Cain 0-3, HBP, E (8) -- .3121B Ka'aihue 0-4, 2 K -- .272Pucetas 4 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, K, HRA -- 4.98 ERALebron IP, 4 UER, 2 H, 2 BB, 2 K, WP -- L, 1-1, 0.55 ERAMiner...

AAA - Omaha: Iowa 2, Storm Chasers 1 SS Falu 2-4 -- .301 CF Dyson 1-5, 2B (10), RBI (26), 2 K -- .279 RF Cain 1-3, BB, picked off -- .314 LF Lough 1-3, BB, picked off -- .319 DH Robinson 1-4 -- .327 1B Ka'aihue 0-3, BB, K -- .276 Mazzaro 2 IP, ER, 3 H, 2 BB, K -- 4.29 ERA, appeared to have pitch count of 45 Montgomery 4 IP, ER, 4 H, BB, 6 K -- L, 5-11, 5.32 ERA Herrera 2 IP...

AAA - Omaha: rainout * The game won't be made up. Game 3 is Sunday as Vin Mazzaro starts. AA - NW Arkansas: Naturals 9, Tulsa 2 C Theriot 3-5, 2B (9), HR (5), 3 RBI (22), 2 RS -- .311 3B Lisson 3-5, 2B (21), HR (15), RBI (45), K, 2 RS -- .293 1B Romak 2-4, RBI (70) -- .255 2B-1B Seratelli 2-5 -- .282 LF Robinson 2-4, BB, K, RS, 2 SB (55) -- .251 SS Colon 1-4, S, RBI (61),...

AAA - Omaha: Storm Chasers 15, Iowa 5 2B Y. Navarro 3-4, 2 BB, HR (2), 2 RBI (9), 3 RS, 2 SB (3) -- .272 RF Falu 3-6, HR (2), RBI (47), 2 RS, CS (11) -- .299 LF Lough 3-6, 3B (11), RBI (64), 3 RS -- .318 1B Arias 3-4, 2 BB, RBI (25), 3 RS, SB (7) -- .234 DH Pina 2-5, BB, 2B (13), 4 RBI (25), K, RS -- .238 C Clark 1-3, 2 BB, 2B (12), 2 RBI (13), RS -- .232 3B Mertins 1-5, RBI (4...

Gonna save any month-end updates for the teams until after the ends of the regular seasons. AAA - Omaha: Round Rock 9, Storm Chasers 4 LF Lough 2-4, K, RS -- .316 1B Arias 1-4, 2 RBI (24), 2 K, RS -- .225 C Pina 0-2, BB, SF, RBI (21) -- .234 RF Cain 0-4, RBI (81), 2 K -- .314 Suppan 3 IP, 6 ER, 6 H, 3 BB, K, 2 HRA -- L, 11-8, 4.78 ERA Pucetas 4 IP, 4 H, 2 K -- 5.00 ERA Herrera...

AAA - Omaha: Storm Chasers 12, New Orleans 2 RF Cain 5-5, 3 RBI (80), SB (16), E (7) -- .317, gave 'em a dose on Wednesday DH Mertins 3-5, 3B, RBI (3), K, 2 RS, SB -- .271 2B Y. Navarro 3-5, K, 2 RS, 2 E (10) -- .250 CF Dyson 2-5, BB, HR (3), 3 RBI (24), K, 3 RS -- .289 SS Falu 2-5, BB, 3B (9), 3 RBI (46), 2 RS -- .295 LF Lough 1-5, BB, RBI (63), RS, SB (14) -- .314 Omaha stranded...

AAA - Omaha: Round Rock 3, Storm Chasers 2 LF Lough 2-3, BB, RBI (62), CS (7) -- .316 SS Falu 2-4, 2B (10), SB (21) -- .293 3B-1B Arias 2-3, 2 2B (12), RS -- .225 2B Y. Navarro 0-4, RBI (7), 2 K, CS (4) -- .228 RF Cain 0-4, 2 K -- .309 1B Robinson 0-1 -- .327, left game in 2nd Montgomery 4 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, BB, 6 K, HRA, 2 WP -- L, 5-10, 5.40 ERA Tejeda 2 2/3 IP, ER, H, K, HRA...

AAA - Omaha: Storm Chasers 4, Round Rock 3 RF Cain 2-4, RBI (77), RS, SB (15), assist at second -- .312 1B Robinson 1-4, 2 RBI (99), K -- .328 LF Lough 0-2, BB, SF, RBI (61) -- .313 Mazzaro 6 IP, 3 R (2 ER), 7 H, 3 BB, 5 K, WP -- W, 7-2, 4.29 ERA Lebron 3 IP, 2 BB, 3 K -- SV, 1, 0.71 ERA * Willy Lebron came up with 3 great innings of relief to back up Vin Mazzaro as Omaha pruned...

AAA - Omaha: Storm Chasers 11, New Orleans 10 RF Falu 3-5, BB, 2B (9), RBI (43), RS, SB (20), CS (10) -- .294 2B Zawadzki 3-5, 2 RS -- .248 1B Ka'aihue 2-5, 2 RBI (65) -- .277 LF Dyson 2-4, BB, S, 2 RS, E (6) -- .286 CF Cain 2-4, HBP, SF, RBI (76), K, 3 RS, assist at home -- .310 SS Y. Navarro 2-5, K, E (6) -- .250 DH Robinson 1-4, HBP, HR (23), 2 RBI (97), K, RS -- .329 3B...

AAA - Omaha: New Orleans 6, Storm Chasers 3 RF Cain 4-4, 2B (28), RS, CS (6), assist at home -- .309 1B Robinson 2-4, 2B (35), RBI (95), K, RS -- .329 DH Ka'aihue 1-4, HR (11), 2 RBI (63), 2 K, RS -- .275 LF Lough 1-5, 2 K -- .315 Suppan 5 1/3 IP, 5 ER, 9 H, BB, 3 K -- L, 11-7, 4.54 ERA Miner 2 2/3 IP, ER, 4 H, 4 K, 2 WP -- 1.83 ERA * The Zephyrs outlasted the Chasers, but...

AAA - Omaha: Storm Chasers 14, New Orleans 1 3B Arias 3-5, 2B (9), HR (2), 3 RBI (21), K, 3 RS -- .222 LF Lough 3-6, 2 RS -- .316 CF Dyson 2-6, 2 RBI (21), 2 K, RS -- .287 1B Robinson 2-5, 2B (34), 2 RBI (94), K, RS -- .328 SS Y. Navarro 2-2, BB, 2 SF, 2B (3), 3B, 2 RBI (6), 2 RS -- .254 DH Ka'aihue 2-5, 2B (19), RBI (61), 2 K, 2 RS -- .275 2B Falu 2-4, S, RBI (42), 2 K -- ...

AAA - Omaha: New Orleans 8, Storm Chasers 2 1B Robinson 4-4, HR (22), 2 RBI (92), RS -- .327, what a season for Clint, hope he gets a September call SS Y. Navarro 2-4, 2B (2), 2 K -- .230 LF Lough 1-4, K, assist at home -- .313 RF Cain 1-4, K, RS, E (6) -- .304 DH Ka'aihue 1-4 -- .273 Montgomery 4 IP, 4 ER, 8 H, BB, 3 K -- L, 5-9, 5.44 ERA Tejeda 2 IP, 2 ER, 2 BB, K -- 3.79...