Omaha got off to a fast start in this one, dropping three runs on Elvin Rodriguez, including a pair of home runs, in the first inning on Tuesday. He settled in from there to surprisingly go five more innings, all of them scoreless, to keep the Mud Hens in the game, and eventually they managed to pull this one out with a walkoff single from Josh Lester.
The offense had no luck at all against a solid Royals pitching prospect with a good changeup in Jackson Kowar. The right-hander spun four perfect innings with eight strikeouts before mercifully departing for the fifth.