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At 23 wins and 30 losses, Omaha is rapidly seeing its season slip away. After a dreadful May, the Royals had to have hoped that June would be a new beginning.

Opening the month with a series against a Round Rock Express team that came into town sporting just a 23-29 record had to further embolden the team.

At some point, Omaha's late inning rallies are going to lead to dramatic victories. So far, they've been more of a tease.

Individually, most baseball players will tell you the hardest thing to do is hit a baseball. As a team they'll tell you one of the hardest things to do is sweep a double header.

That was obvious Wednesday night as the Omaha Royals and Fresno Grizzlies took part in two games that couldn't have been more different.

Bruce Chen wasn't about to let teammate Heath Phillips show him up. Phillips had thrown a complete game for the Royals two days earlier, and it was apparent that when the veteran righty took the ball in the opening game of the Wednesday night twin bill, he was looking to do the same.

The minor leagues are filled with stories of journeymen players who spend their entire careers bouncing from one Major League club to another Minor League club, but few can boast the kind of story that Lenny DiNardo has.

May 24th was a busy day for both the Kansas City, and Omaha Royals. Thanks to new injuries and the recovering from old ones, Kansas City made a whopping six transactions that will reshape the chemistry not only of the major league club, but also that of Omaha.

Brayan Pena is listed as a catcher, but this season is trying a new position, and so far, the results have been glowingly positive.

Pena is one of three catchers the Omaha Royals are currently carrying, and because of injuries and call-ups Pena has seen far more time in left field, than he has behind the plate.

The good news is the Omaha Royals eight game road trip is over. The bad news is they won just two games. The Royals have to be ecstatic to be done with a nightmare journey that saw the pitching staff post a 9.63 ERA over the eight games, and allowed 11 or more runs three times.

Shortstop Elliot Soto and reliever Jack VanLeur were named to the All-MVC first team, headlining the seven players that made up a high for...

The Maverick's magical season has come to a rather abrupt end. The Mavericks opened their NCAA regional playoffs with a win over Abilene Christian, the 9th ranked team in NCAA Division II.

UNO scored all five runs in one innings, rallying from a 3-0 deficit, and made it stand up for the 5-4 victory.

Chris Kessinger improved to 9-4 for the Mavs and hurled an impressive sixth complete game this season.