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June 30, 2005 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Omaha Storm Chasers News Release


TONIGHT: The Royals open a 4-game series/home stand at Rosenblatt Stadium, hosting the Albuquerque Isotopes. Omaha is coming off a 10-6 road trip. Air-time is 6:45 on Magic 1490 and at www.Oroyals.com.

LAST ACTION: The Iowa Cubs swept a doubleheader from the Royals at Principal Park, winning 2-1 and 4-1. In the nightcap Tuesday, Shawn Camp (2-5) had a 1-0 lead and a no-hitter until two outs in the 6th, when Nate Freese singled. Trenidad Hubbard followed with a two-run homer to put Iowa ahead 2-1 and the Cubs scored two more times in the decisive inning. Iowa starter Rich Hill (2-1) allowed just one run on two hits over 6.2 innings, striking out ten Royals. In the opener, Iowa made the most of just three hits. Denny Bautista (0-1) took the loss in his 2nd rehab assignment start, allowing one run in 2.2 innings. Chris George surrendered Scott McClain's team-leading 17th home run for the decisive run.

ROYALS REPORT: The Royals' 10-6 record was their second-best on the CWS trip since it was expanded from 12 games to 16 games in 2000. Omaha went 11-5 on its long trek in 2003. This year, the Royals wound up outscoring their opponents 87-64 and out-homering them 27-14 on the trip. *** The Royals matched a season low by collecting just two hits in the nightcap on Tuesday. The three hits for Iowa in its 2-1 win in Tuesday night's opener also equaled a season low for an Omaha opponent. *** McClain's homer was the only hit and run allowed by George. In his last five games (three starts), George is 3-1 with a 2.43 ERA. *** KC reliever Jeremy Affeldt rejoins Omaha today to begin another rehab assignment for his groin injury. Affeldt made five rehab appearances with Omaha for the same ailment from May 24-June 4, going 0-0 with a 5.40 ERA. *** Scott Sullivan's rehab assignment has been ended after he re-injured his back. *** Paul Phillips has hit at a .382 clip (21-55) over his past 14 games, upping his average from .243 to .275. *** Cory Aldridge extended his hitting streak since joining Omaha to six games with a single in Tuesday's opener, but it was halted in the nightcap as he went 0-for-2. *** Adrian Brown is 6-for-his-last-34 (.176). *** Chad Santos is hitting .314 (11-35) with three homers and eight RBI over his past ten games. *** In 14 games of the road trip, Calvin Pickering hit .291 (16-55) with four home runs and nine RBI.

STARTERS: LH Donovan Osborne (0-0, 0.00) vs. RH Danny Tamayo (4-5, 5.27) Tamayo makes his 16th start (18th appearance) of the season. The 26-year old right-hander's last appearance was a June 24 start at New Orleans. He got the win in the Royals' 10-4 victory (5.0 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 HR). In 4 games (3 starts) on the trip, Tamayo was 1-1 with a 3.86 ERA. In 2 starts vs. Albuquerque, he's 0-2 with a 6.52 ERA. Tamayo was named by KC as the Royals Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2004. He spent most of last season with Wichita, going 12-7 with a 3.92 ERA in 25 starts, allowing only 36 walks and striking out 123 batters, in 142.1 innings. Tamayo was KC's 10th round pick in 2001 out of Notre Dame.

PROBABLES FOR REMAINDER OF SERIES:

Fri., 7:05: RH Frank Castillo (6-4, 4.61) vs. RH Dennis Tankersley (5-6, 4.84)

Sat., 6:05: RH Ariel Prieto (4-4, 5.53) vs. RH Kyle Snyder (0-0, 1.56)

Sun., 6:05: RH Travis Smith (2-2, 7.50) vs. RH Denny Bautista (0-1, 4.91)

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