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Updated: Sat Sep 06 03:17:59 EDT 2003
KANSAS CITY ROYALS ORGANIZATION NOTEBOOK
OMAHA... RHP BRAD VOYLES pitched six hitless innings against Colorado Springs August 21. Voyles, who retired the first 11 batters consecutively, was not involved in the decision, an eventual 5-1 setback...
2B BRENT ABERNATHY hit a game-tying grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning but the Royals fell to the Sky Sox in the ninth, 6-5, August 23...
DH BENNY AGBAYANI hit three doubles (3-3, 2 RBI) on August 22 in an 8-3 win against Colorado Springs...
2B CARLOS FEBLES hit .471 (8-17, 3 2B, 4 RBI) in five games August 22-26....
WICHITA... RHP ERIC THOMPSON improved to 10-0 with the Wranglers with seven innings of three-hit ball in a 3-1 victory over Round Rock August 26. Thompson allowed a single in the second inning and another in the fourth while still facing the minimum number of batters through the first five frames. He finished with six strikeouts and did not walk a batter for the third time in his last five starts. The 6-2 righthander has won each of his last five starts and has yielded just one earned run in 19 1/3 innings over his last three appearances. He has yet to surrender an earned run in 12 1/3 innings vs. Round Rock and is now 2-0 with an ERA of 1.15 in nine appearances at home with the Wranglers...
OF BYRON GETTIS drove in all five runs for the Wranglers, including the game-winner in the bottom of the ninth inning, as they outlasted Round Rock, 5-4, August 27. Gettis, who was just 2-for-15 (.133) over his previous five games, delivered a bases-loaded single with one out in the bottom of the ninth to seal the victory. Through August 27, Gettis was leading the league with 102 RBI...
RHP DANNY TAMAYO pitched a four-hit, 2-1 complete game win against San Antonio August 22 (9 IP, 1 BB, 4 SO)...
3B JUSTIN GEMOLL hit safely in 14 straight games (18-49, 2 2B, 5 RBI, 1 SB) August 7-26, raising his average from .258 to .272....
WILMINGTON... RHP KIERAN MATTISON (3-1, 3.74 ERA) and DH TREY DYSON (.275, 14 HR, 72 RBI) were both traded to the Cleveland Indians on August 25 in a deal for veteran pitcher Brian Anderson...
OF JUSTIN COWAN hit an RBI single to cap a two-run top of the ninth inning that beat Kinston, 4-3, August 21...
RHP ZACH MCCLELLAN tossed his first career shutout to lead the Blue Rocks over Myrtle Beach, 4-0 August 26. McClellan yielded just four singles, struck out six, including the side in the seventh, and walked three while not allowing a runner to reach third base. The 24-year-old had yet to throw more than seven innings this season...
RHP RYAN DOUGLASS threw eight scoreless innings (2 H, 2 BB, 4 SO) in a 2-0 win over the Pelicans August 24, improving to 3-0 with a 2.00 ERA in his last seven outings....
BURLINGTON... OF DONALD MURPHY went 4-for-4 with a walk and a pair of RBI in a 9-5 victory over Wisconsin August 21. Murphy produced an RBI single during a pivotal five-run eighth inning rally. SS ANGEL SANCHEZ had three hits, including a pair of singles in the big eighth inning...
2B ERIK DEAN hit an RBI single in the top of the ninth inning to beat the Timber Rattlers, 4-3, August 23. Dean also walked and scored during a two-run eighth that tied the score at 3-3...
3B DAMASO ESPINO hit a third-inning grand slam and OF DERRIK LYTLE added a solo shot in the top of the ninth to give the Bees a 5-1 lead over Wisconsin August 24. LHP NATE HOELSCHER gave up five runs (2 ER) in the bottom of the ninth, however, to take a 6-5 loss...
OF TIM FREND hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning and added a three-run blast during a six-run eighth as the Bees beat West Michigan, 14-6, August 25....
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