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It was a wild night at Frawley Stadium.Wild pitches in the eighth and ninth innings ramped up the excitement before Royals No. 15 prospectBrewer Hicklen delivered a walk-off bunt as Wilmington nipped Salem, 3-2, in Game 3 to stave off elimination in the Mills Cup semifinals.

Reds RHP Vladimir Gutierrez, Triple-A Louisville: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 13 K -- The Reds' No. 11 prospect needed only six innings to set a career high in strikeouts. The only run he allowed in the Bats' 2-1 over Toledo win was unearned and

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (August 19, 2019) - The Carolina League's two first-half division champions boast the circuit's weekly award winners for August 12-18, as announced by the league office on Monday afternoon. Down East's Yanio Perez led the league in several categories en route to the Player of the Week honor,

By his own admission, Kris Bubic was feeling butterflies Thursday night.The 21-year-old was dealing a no-hitter through eight innings. He didn't know exactly what his pitch count was, but assumed he was close to a hook. He wanted the milestone.After yielding a knock on the second pitch of the ninth

Royals LHP Kris Bubic, Class A Advanced Wilmington: 9 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 11 K -- The 40th overall pick in last year's Draft, Bubic had never before completed eight innings in a start. In a 3-1 win over Fayetteville, he went all nine. The No. 6

Mariners OF Kyle Lewis, Double-A Arkansas: 4-for-4, 2 2B, R -- The 10th-ranked Mariners prospect recorded his third consecutive multi-hit game and the second four-hit contest of his career. He scored the Travelers' lone run in a 3-1 loss at Frisco, singling in the first inning and coming home on

Royals LHP Kris Bubic, Class A Advanced Wilmington: 6 IP, 5 H, R, 11 K -- The southpaw was in command for most of the outing, falling one strikeout shy of matching his career high. He kept Winston-Salem off the board through three innings, with his only blemish coming in the

Looking to bounce back from his last start, Kris Bubic recorded one of his best of the season. The Royals' No. 8 prospect tossed seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out 10, before Class A Advanced Wilmington pulled out a 2-1 victory over Salem in the first game of

Padres SS Luis Urías, Triple-A El Paso: 4-for-5, HR, 2B, 2 RBIs, 2 R -- There might not be much left for San Diego's No. 2 prospect to prove in the Minors. Even a brief slump didn't keep Urias down long as he fell a triple shy of the cycle during

Through his first two starts in the Carolina League, Kris Bubic admittedly was putting extra pressure on himself as he adjusted to his new surroundings. By the time his third start rolled around, he told himself he was at a higher level for a reason and he wouldn't need to

Royals LHP Daniel Lynch, Class A Advanced Wilmington: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K -- Lynch was the third pitcher taken in the first round by Kansas City in last year's Draft, and early returns on him have been nothing short of stellar. The No. 4

Dodgers RHP Dustin May, Double-A Tulsa: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 HB, 1 BB, 7 K -- The Dodgers' No. 2 prospect picked up his second win of the season in the Drillers' 5-0 blanking of Corpus Christi. May (2-1) needed all of 11 pitches to get through

Marlins RHP Zac Gallen, Triple-A New Orleans: 5 2/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 8 K --Miami's No. 18 prospect went seven innings without allowing a hit in his first start of the year on April 5. While he didn't get as deep in Wednesday's game, Gallen was

Kris Bubic started and ended his outing Friday night with punchouts. And there were lots more in between.The Royals' No. 9 prospect racked up a career-high 12 strikeouts over six innings and notched his first full-season win as Class A Lexington topped Columbia, 8-4, at Whitaker Bank Ballpark.

Kris Bubic's ability to rack up punchouts in bunches has stayed with him from college to the professional ranks. Through three years at Stanford, the ninth-ranked Royals prospect averaged more than a strikeout per inning, a rate he's boosted with Rookie-level Idaho Falls, thanks in part to a trusty new