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Friday in the minors: Adam is hard-luck loser, Colon is on fire, Bubba is ejected

Jason Adam can’t catch a break.

Adam, a 6-foot-4 right-hander who attended Blue Valley Northwest, allowed just one run on five hits in seven innings on Friday night, but Class AA Northwest Arkansas dropped a 2-0 decision at Corpus Christi.

The game was scoreless through six innings before the Hooks scored a run against Adam in the seventh. He struck out five and walked only one, but he fell to 0-6 on the season. Of his 100 pitches, 71 were for strikes.

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By PETE GRATHOFF. 4 minutes ago

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13 hours ago

Shields is second in AL in called strikeouts

Bill Arnold, who writes a weekly baseball column called Beyond The Box score, had an interesting item on pitchers with the most strikeouts with a called third strike.

Royals pitcher James Shields is tied for second in the American League (with his close friend David Price of the Rays and two others). Here’s the list for all of baseball:

1. Clay Buchholz, Red Sox, 37

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By PETE GRATHOFF. 13 hours ago

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15 hours ago

Royals fan races onto field and (momentarily) eludes capture with fancy footwork

As the Royals were headed to their 13th loss in their last 17 games Thursday night, one fan did his part to liven up the crowd at Kauffman Stadium.

Too bad his fancy juke move that eluded a police officer would only help the Chiefs. Well, maybe he could pinch run.

In the bottom of the eighth, the fan dashes across the middle of the diamond, and all in one move, slides on the pitcher’s mound to avoid the officer, steals the rosin bag and pops back up to his feet.

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23 hours ago

Thursday in the minors: Lamb has an outstanding start

Left-hander John Lamb had his best outing of the season, tossing seven shutout innings Thursday as High-A Wilmington beat Lynchburg 5-1.

Lamb, who once was regarded as the Royals’ top pitching prospect, had Tommy John surgery in 2011, then suffered a foot injury last year that limited him to 13 innings pitched. But on Thursday, he struck out eight, while allowing three hits and one walk.

In his three previous outings, Lamb had allowed 17 earned runs in 15 innings.

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By PETE GRATHOFF. 23 hours ago

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Bob Dutton is The Star's Royals beat writer and has covered the team since 2000. Find him on twitter at @Royals_Report, or email him at bdutton@kcstar.com.

Pete Grathoff has been with the Kansas City Star since 1997. He can be reached at pgrathoff@kcstar.com or tweet him @pgrathoff.

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