VENTURA ‘ACES’ ANOTHER TEST--The 23-year old righthander simply known around the clubhouse as ‘Ace’ added to his rookie resume last night with 7.0 shutout innings en route to a 7-1 victory over the Indians to edge Kansas City a step closer to qualifying for fall ball...Yordano Ventura’s effort featured just four hits and four walks while fanning six and upping his mark to 14-10 while hurling KC into a tie for the top Wild Card spot with the A’s and putting three games of distance between them and Seattle...meanwhile, Detroit walked off the White Sox to keep a one-game lead in the Central with a matinee slated today...Ventura received ample support last night as the offense delivered 13 hits, six of which were doubles to tie a season best and in the process delivered all seven runs...the three thru seven spots in the batting order went a combined 10-for-22 with four doubles and all seven runs scored with Lorenzo Cain, Eric Hosmer, Billy Butler, Alex Gordon and Sal Perez each collecting two hits, while Omar Infante’s 2-run double from the #8 spot in the fourth inning actually opened the scoring.

FIVE TO PLAY--Tonight pulls the curtain on this 3-game stop in Cleveland and then the Royals will head to the Windy City for a 4-game finish to the regular season against the White Sox...the division leading Tigers faced the ChiSox this afternoon and then will host the Twins for four to closeout their year...as for Wild Card competition, Oakland concludes a series with the Angels today and then will travel to Texas for a 4-game season-ender...the Mariners, three back in the Wild Card, are in Toronto (2) and then home vs. the Angels (3).

‘ACE’ TAKES QUALITY TO NEW LEVEL--Like the statistic or not, Yordano Ventura is having a field day with the “quality start” column by recording his 11th in a row last night, the first Royal hurler to do so since Runelvys Hernandez (September 15, 2002-May 9, 2003)...his 11 straight are already a club rookie

record, as are his 22 on the season, two more than Bob Johnson had in 1970...in his last 11 assignments, Ventura has gone 7-2 with a 2.27 ERA, allowing 18 earned runs in 71.1 innings while holding the opposition to a collective .199 batting average (52-for-261)...he’s also allowed only three home runs in that span and none in his last 64.0 innings...he leads all Major League rookie pitchers in ERA (3.07), innings pitched (179.0), quality starts (22), opponents batting average (.235) and ranks second in wins (14) and third in strikeouts (153).

AOKI DOKIE--Japanese import, Nori Aoki, has been hotter than a teppanyaki grill since making the move to the #2 spot in the batting order on September 13...in the 10 games he’s played since, Aoki is batting .486 (18-for-37) with an on-base pct. of .537 and an OPS of 1.158...those numbers don’t reflect the hit he picked up in the 10th inning of the suspended game here on Monday night.

NED LONGEST TENURED KC SKIPPER--Tonight will be Ned Yost’s 771st game as manager of the Royals, surpassing Royals’ Hall of Famer skipper Dick Howser for the most games managed in franchise history...Yost has a 370-400 ledger as KC’s manager, including a 172-147 (.539) mark in the last two seasons...coupled with his 457 wins as manager in Milwaukee, Yost is currently 74th on the all-time managerial win list with 827 over his 11-year career, three shy of tying Fred Hutchinson’s 830 in a 12-year career as a skipper for 73rd.

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Kansas City RoyalsOFFICIAL GAME NOTES

Kansas City Royals (86-71) @ Cleveland Indians (82-76)Progressive Field - Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Game #158 - Road Game #77Fox Sports Kansas City, ESPN & KCSP Radio (610 Sports)

UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLESThursday, September 25 @ Chicago White Sox: RHP James Shields (14-8, 3.18) vs. LHP Jose Quintana (9-10, 3.22), 7:10 p.m., FSKC & 610 SportsFriday, September 26 @ Chicago White Sox: RHP Jeremy Guthrie (12-11, 4.28) vs. RHP Hector Noesi (8-10, 4.39), 7:10 p.m., FSKC & 610 SportsSaturday, September 27 @ Chicago White Sox: LHP Danny Duffy (9-11, 2.32) vs. LHP John Danks (10-11, 4.82), 6:35 p.m., FSKC & 610 Sports

Sunday, September 28 @ Chicago White Sox: RHP Yordano Ventura (14-10, 3.07) vs. RHP Chris Bassitt (1-1, 3.65), 1:10 p.m., FSKC & 610 SportsTonight’s game is being broadcast in Kansas City on KCSP Radio (610 Sports) and the Royals Radio Network with Royals’ Hall of Famer Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre and Steve Stewart, while Don Free controls the dials as the producer/engineer...tonight’s game is being televised on Fox Sports Kansas City with Steve

Physioc and Rex Hudler, while Joel Goldberg hosts Hy-Vee Royals Live with Royals’ Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery...tonight’s game is also being televised nationally on ESPN with Dave O’Brien, Aaron Boone and Tim Kurkjian.

Royals vs. Indians The Royals evened the season series with last night’s win, splitting the first 18 played with the Tribe...KC is now 4-5 here this year...Kansas City trails the all-time series by a 306-321 margin, including a 142-174 count in Cleveland, 69-100 in Pro-gressive Field. Date Site Score WP LP Att.4/21 @ Cle L, 3-4 McAllister Guthrie 10,7894/22 @ Cle W, 8-2 Shields Salazar 8,8484/23 @ Cle L, 3-5 Shaw Herrera 9,3114/24 @ Cle L, 1-5 Kluber Chen 10,4406/10 KC W, 9-5 Vargas Kluber 25,5406/11 KC W, 4-1 Ventura Bauer 19,9387/4 @ Cle W, 7-1 Ventura Tomlin 39,0207/5 @ Cle L, 3-7 House Guthrie 24,4817/6 @ Cle L, 1-4 Kluber Duffy 16,9917/24 KC W, 2-1 (14) Crow Rzepczynski 22,1207/25 KC W, 6-4 Herrera Carrasco 33,4607/26 KC W, 7-5 Guthrie McAllister 29,5677/27 KC L, 3-10 Salazar Chen 23,4098/29 KC L, 1-6 Salazar Vargas 31,3418/30 KC L, 2-3 (11) Tomlin Downs 35,0898/31 KC L, 3-4 (10) Allen Holland 39,009 9/22 @ Cle W, 2-0 Duffy Carrasco 10,4589/23 @ Cle W 7-1 Ventura Salazar 11,735

TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHERS: LHP Jason Vargas (11-10, 3.59) vs. RHP Trevor Bauer (5-8, 4.06) 2014 2013 Career 2014 2013 CareerJason Vargas vs. Indians 1-1 - 3-3 Major League Record 11-10 (3.59 ERA) 9-8 62-68Trevor Bauer vs. Royals 0-1 - 0-1 Major League Record 5-8 (4.06 ERA) 1-2 6-10

JASON VARGAS makes his 30th start of the season, the 184th starting assignment of his career and 204th overall outing...this is his fourth start this year against Cleveland and the ninth of his career...the 31-year old lefty signed a 4-year free agent contract with the Royals on November 22. SHORT NIGHT VS. TIGERS--Jason had his roughest go of the year last Friday in the opener of a weekend series against Detroit, dropping a 10-1 decision to the Tigers...he entered the night having allowed just 4 runs in the opening inning all year, however, Detroit solved him for 3 runs and 5 hits in the first...he wound up allowing 5 runs on 9 hits with 1 strikeout in a season low 3.1 innings...he’s 1-5 with a 5.51 ERA and .319 opponents average (46-for-144) in 6 starts since August 24 after recording a 2.13 ERA and .222 opponents average (32-for-144) over 6 starts from July 2 to August 18 (32-for-144)...this is the first time that he has dropped 3 straight starts since June 9-20, 2012. LIMITING THE FREEBIES--Vargy has held opponents to 1 walk or less 8 times in his last 10 starts...his 1.87 walks per 9.0 innings (38 in 183.0 IP) place him ninth in the A.L., including third among the league’s southpaws...his ratio would be the lowest of his career, besting his 2.28 BB/9.0 IP from 2012, when he was pitching for Seattle. CAREER-BEST ERA--Jason remains on track to post the best ERA of his career as his current 3.59 betters his 3.78 mark from 2010 with Seattle...his rate is the best by a qualifying Royals’ lefty since Charlie Leibrandt recorded a 3.19 ERA in 1988. VS. TRIBE--Jason is making his ninth career start against Cleveland, entering at 3-3 with 5 quality outings and a 4.88 ERA (26 ER in 48.0 IP)...he’s 1-1 with a no decision this year, winning a 9-5 decision home on June 10, allowing 3 earned runs in 7.2 innings and losing a 6-1 contest at “The K” on August 29, giving up 4 earned runs over 6.0 frames...his best outings have come in “The Pro” as he’s 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA over 3 career starts (5 ER in 20.0 IP), winning on August 14, 2010 as a Mariner...the only home run he has allowed here was hit by current teammate Jayson Nix. ROAD WARRIOR--Vargy has pitched well on the road, recording the A.L.’s third-best ERA at 2.42 and a .236 opponents average, which is 12th-best...Jason joins fellow

teammates Danny Duffy, Yordano Ventura and James Shields among the league’s top 16 in road opponents average...he is 5-4 through 13 road starts, last winning on August 18 at Minnesota.

ON THIS DATE--Jason tossed the fifth of his now 6 career shutouts on September 24, 2013 at Angel Stadium, allowing just 4 hits and a walk in a 3-0 win over Oakland.

Jason’s Last Win:September 3 vs. Texas (6.2 IP, 4-1 over Nick Tepesch)

Jason’s Last Loss:September 19 vs. Detroit (3.1 IP, 1-10 to Justin Verlander)

Jason’s Strikeout High:10, Twice, last on June 26, 2012 vs. Oakland (6.2 IP, no decision in a 3-2 win)

Jason’s Last Complete Game: and ShutoutAugust 13, 2014 vs. Oakland (9.0 IP, 3-0 over Scott Kazmir) - 11th career CG & 6th shutout

Vargas vs. IndiansPlayer AVG. AB H HR RBIMike Aviles .182 11 2 0 1Michael Bourn .300 10 3 0 2Michael Brantley .235 17 4 0 0Lonnie Chisenhall .333 6 2 0 0Jason Giambi 1.000 1 1 0 0Yan Gomes .333 9 3 0 0Tyler Holt .333 3 1 0 0Jason Kipnis .333 12 4 0 4David Murphy .083 24 2 0 0Jose Ramirez .333 3 1 0 1Carlos Santana .313 16 5 0 1Zach Walters .333 3 1 0 1

Jason’s 2014 Starts DATE OPPONENT SCORE IP H R ER HR BB SO TP-K LEFT 4/2 at Detroit ND, 1-2 (10) 7.0 5 1 1 1 1 6 106-69 0-1 4/7 Tampa Bay W, 4-2 8.0 4 1 1 1 1 2 110-74 4-1 4/13 at Minnesota ND, 3-4 7.0 5 2 2 1 3 4 112-70 3-2 4/18 Minnesota W, 5-0 7.0 7 0 0 0 1 4 113-71 5-0 4/23 at Cleveland ND, 3-5 6.0 6 3 2 0 2 2 100-63 3-3 4/29 Toronto ND, 10-7 6.1 10 5 5 1 0 5 94-64 2-5 5/4 Detroit L, 4-9 5.0 11 7 7 2 2 3 107-63 0-7 5/9 at Seattle W, 6-1 7.0 3 0 0 0 0 6 98-65 5-0 5/14 Colorado W, 3-2 6.2 5 2 2 1 1 8 103-66 3-2 5/19 Chicago L, 6-7 4.2 8 7 7 3 2 6 82-53 6-7 5/25 at Los Angeles ND, 3-4 6.1 3 1 1 0 5 6 109-60 3-0 5/30 at Toronto W, 6-1 6.0 7 1 1 1 3 7 108-70 4-1 6/4 St. Louis ND, 2-5 (11) 8.0 9 2 2 0 2 3 117-75 0-2 6/10 Cleveland W, 9-5 7.2 6 3 3 0 0 5 116-78 6-3 6/16 at Detroit W, 11-8 7.0 7 2 2 0 2 4 95-66 11-2 6/21 Seattle L, 1-2 8.2 10 2 2 0 0 2 115-84 1-2 6/27 Los Angeles ND, 8-6 4.0 9 6 6 3 0 1 63-44 8-5 7/2 at Minnesota W, 4-0 7.0 4 0 0 0 2 5 111-67 3-0 7/8 at Tampa Bay L, 3-4 5.2 6 2 2 0 2 3 109-62 1-2 8/2 at Oakland L, 3-8 4.1 7 7 4 0 0 5 75-47 1-7 8/8 San Francisco ND, 4-2 5.0 9 2 2 0 0 5 101-69 2-2 8/13 Oakland W, 3-0 9.0 3 0 0 0 0 4 97-65 3-0 8/18 at Minnesota W, 6-4 7.0 4 1 1 1 1 3 106-65 5-1 8/24 at Texas L, 1-3 6.0 11 3 2 0 4 3 105-60 1-3 8/29 Cleveland L, 1-6 6.0 10 4 4 0 0 5 112-72 0-4 9/3 Texas W, 4-1 6.2 6 0 0 0 0 5 102-69 2-0 9/9 at Detroit L, 2-4 5.1 6 4 4 2 3 6 99-64 2-4 9/14 Boston L, 4-8 5.1 4 5 5 1 1 8 91-59 4-3 9/19 Detroit L, 1-10 3.1 9 5 5 0 0 1 66-42 0-52014 Totals 11-10 3.59 183.0 193 78 73 18 38 127 2922-1876 64%Career Totals 62-68 4.19 1162.2 1184 571 541 143 339 766 - -

Royals Notes - Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indians - Wednesday, September 24, 2014Pitching Notes

Francisley Bueno (L)1st Batter Efficiency: 17/29 Saves/Save Opp: 0/1 (0%) Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 18/6 2014 Strikeout High: 4 on 7/20 @ Boston September 16 vs. Chicago 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 = Bueno was the ninth pitcher 8 days ago vs. Chicago, which set a club record for a 9-inning game...he allowed a hit, then fanned Avisail Garcia to end the ninth. = Francisley has a career ERA of 2.28 within the division, allowing 7 earned runs over 27.2 innings...he has a combined 3.66 ERA against all other clubs.

Casey Coleman1st Batter Efficiency: 8/9 Saves/Save Opp: 0/0 (0%) Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 6/0 2014 Strikeout High: 2 on 9/11 vs. Boston September 19 vs. Detroit 0.2+4 4 4 4 0 1 = Casey retired Torii Hunter and Miguel Cabrera in the fourth on Friday vs. Detroit, then allowed 4 hits in the fifth, with all 4 runners eventually scoring. =He was 5-1 with a 2.15 ERA, 3 saves and 53 strikeouts over 34 appearances (67.0 innings) with Omaha...he started 2014 in the Cubs organization.

Louis Coleman1st Batter Efficiency: 20/28 Saves/Save Opp: 0/0 (0%) Last Save: May 11, 2011 @ NYY (1st) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 12/8 2014 Strikeout High: 2 (3x, last 7/10 vs. Det) September 19 vs. Detroit 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 = Louis allowed 2 inherited runs and 1 of his own in the fifth on Friday, with Ian Kinsler’s 2-run homer stretching Detroit’s lead to 10-0. =He’s in his fourth stint of 2014 with KC...he was 2-1 with a 3.86 ERA and 7 saves in 28 games at Triple-A Omaha.

Tim Collins (L)1st Batter Efficiency: 9/19 Saves/Save Opp: 0/1 (0%) Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 7/4 2014 Strikeout High: 3 on 5/31 @ Toronto September 19 vs. Detroit 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 = Tim tossed a 1-2-3 ninth in Friday’s loss to the Tigers, his first big league outing since June 16 at Detroit. = Collins was recalled from Omaha on Friday...he helped the Storm Chasers win the Triple-A National Championship, going 2-1with a 2.76 ERA over 23 games.

Aaron Crow1st Batter Efficiency: 47/65 Saves/Save Opp: 3/5 (60%) Last Save: Sept. 2 vs. Texas (6th) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 24/10 2014 Strikeout High: 3 (2x, last 7/24 vs. Cle) September 19 vs. Detroit 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 =Aaron pitched a scoreless eighth on Friday vs. Detroit, allowing singles to Steven Moya and Nick Castellanos. =Aaron has fared better on the road this year, posting a 2.35 ERA and .220 opponents average...he posted a 6.00 ERA at home, with opponents batting .269.

Wade Davis1st Batter Efficiency: 51/69 Saves/Save Opp: 3/7 (43%) Last Save: Sept. 10 @ Det (3rd career) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 12/5 2014 Strikeout High: 4 on 5/6 @ San Diego September 21 @ Cleveland 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 =Wade settled in after a leadoff walk in the eighth on Monday, retiring Carlos Santana, Yan Gomes and Jason Kipnis to keep KC’s 2-0 lead intact. =Wade’s strikeout of Yan Gomes on Monday established a new Royals single-season relief record at 104, passing Jim York (1971) and Greg Holland (2013). =Davis has a season ERA of 0.90 (7 ER in 70.0 IP)...the single-season record for a Royals reliever is 1.21, set last year by Greg Holland. =Wade posted a 31.2 inning scoreless streak from June 27 to September 15, the longest stretch by a reliever in team history.

Scott Downs (L)1st Batter Efficiency: 32/55 Saves/Save Opp: 0/1 (0%) Last Save: May 26 vs. Cle (27th career) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 37/6 2014 Strikeout High: 3 (3x, last 6/14 @ KC) September 23 @ Cleveland 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 = Scott opened the eighth last night, allowing a leadoff double to Michael Brantley...J.B. Shuck, who ran for Brantley, moved to third on an error and scored on a 4-6-3 double play. =Downs has a career 1.59 ERA against Cleveland, allowing 7 earned runs over 39.2 innings while holding batters to a .182 average (26-for-143).

Brandon Finnegan (L)1st Batter Efficiency: 5/5 Saves/Save Opp: 0/0 (0%) Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 0/0 2014 Strikeout High: 2 (2x, last 9/13 vs. Bos) September 22 @ Cleveland 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 =Brandon delivered the biggest outing of his brief Major League career on Monday, working around Michael Brantley’s 2-out double for a scoreless seventh in a 2-0 game...he ended the inning with a strikeout of Jose Ramirez, battling back from a 3-0 count. =Brandon has posted 8 strikeouts over 5.1 scoreless innings in the Majors, striking out at least 1 in every outing. =He’s in the Majors after just 13 minor league outings...he posted a 0.60 ERA over 15.0 innings at Wilmington (A), then a 2.25 ERA in 12.0 Double-A innings. = The 17th overall pick in June, Brandon became the first 2014 draftee to make the Majors...he was 9-3 with a 2.04 ERA and 134 strikeouts this year at TCU.

Jason Frasor1st Batter Efficiency: 44/60 Saves/Save Opp: 0/2 (0%) Last Save: Sept. 26, 2010 (36th career) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 39/13 2014 Strikeout High: 3 on 9/12 vs. Boston September 23 @ Chicago 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 = Jason made his first appearance in a week last night, closing out a 7-1 win with a 1-2-3 ninth. = Jason has compiled 5.2 scoreless innings over 7 outings against Cleveland this year, allowing an inherited run with the Tribe batting .063 (1-for-16).

Liam Hendriks1st Batter Efficiency: 1/2 Saves/Save Opp: 0/0 (0%) Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 0/0 2014 Strikeout High: 5 (2x, last 8/27 vs. Min.) September 19 vs. Detroit 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 = Liam pitched 2.0 scoreless innings on Friday night vs. Detroit, working around leadoff singles in the sixth and seventh. =He has started 3 times for the Royals, most recently in place of Danny Duffy on September 16 vs. Chicago (3.0 IP+3, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO). =He was 4-1 in 5 starts for Triple-A Omaha, posting a 2.83 ERA after going 8-1 with a 2.33 ERA in 18 games (16 starts) for Buffalo in the Jays organization.

Kelvin Herrera1st Batter Efficiency: 50/67 Saves/Save Opp: 0/1 (0%) Last Save: Apr. 10, 2013 vs. Min (5th car.) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 41/9 2014 Strikeout High: 3 on 6/27 vs. LAA September 21 vs. Detroit 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 =Kelvin inherited runners at first and second with 1 out in the sixth on Sunday vs. Detroit, retiring Bryan Holaday and pinch-hitter Tyler Collins to preserve a 4-2 lead...he worked around Torii Hunter’s 2-out double in the seventh, getting Miguel Cabrera to ground to third on the eighth pitch of the at-bat. =Herrera’s scoreless streak ended at 31.0 IP on September 16 with his first runs allowed since June 24...it is the second-longest by a reliever in franchise history. =Kelvin has not allowed a home run in 92.0 innings dating to July 26, 2013 at Chicago...it’s the longest streak by a reliever in franchise history.

Greg Holland1st Batter Efficiency: 48/63 Saves/Save Opp: 44/46 (96%) Last Save: Sept. 21 vs. Det (111th career) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 5/1 2014 Strikeout High: 3 (6x, last 9/12 vs. Bos) Sept. 22 @ Cle. (Save) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 =Greg recorded his second save in as many days on Monday, working a 1-2-3 ninth in a 2-0 win...at 44 saves on the year, he’s second among A.L. pitchers behind Seattle’s Fernando Rodney (46). =Greg is 3 saves shy of his single-season club record, set last year....his 91 saves since the start of 2013 are the most by a Royal in back-to-back seasons. =He has 378 career strikeouts, 1 away from tying Steve Farr (379) for second all-time by a Royals reliever...Jeff Montgomery is first with 720. =Greg has allowed just 1 baserunner (a walk) in his last 6 outings, recording 11 strikeouts in 6.0 innings.

Tomorrow’s Starter - James Shields= James will make his team-leading 34th start as KC opens a 4-game set at Chicago...he’s 14-8 with a 3.18 ERA and 176 strikeouts over 221.0 innings. = Shields held Detroit to a run until the seventh on Saturday, allowing 2 runs, 3 hits and a walk in the inning as the Tigers took a 3-1 lead in a 3-2 final...he allowed the 3 runs, 6 hits and a walk with 6 strikeouts over 6.2 innings...despite the loss, he has a 1.75 ERA over his last 5 outings, all quality starts. = The A.L.’s top winner on the road (10-2), James has a 2.89 ERA over 18 starts...he has a 20-5 record and a 2.48 ERA away from home since the start of 2013, with the win total tied for second in the Majors...the only Royals hurler to post 10 or more wins on the road in back-to-back seasons, James is 59-47 for his career. = Shields is allowing just 1.71 walks per 9.0 innings, seventh in the A.L. and his lowest mark since 2008...he averaged 2.68 walks per 9.0 innings last year. = James is 6-5 with a 3.58 ERA vs. Chicago, including a 3-2 mark and a 2.28 ERA as a Royal...he’s 1-1 in 4 starts this year, recording a 2.67 ERA (8 ER in 27.0 IP) and 4-1 overall “The Cell”, with his 1.83 ERA there since the start of 2012 ranking second to Jeremy Guthrie (1.77) among pitchers with at least 6 starts.

2014 Pitching Lines G W-L SV SVO ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO OPP AVG Starters 157 60-54 - - 3.55 963.2 954 421 380 91 262 705 .257 Relievers 154 26-17 50 62 3.36 444.0 392 184 166 31 162 421 .237 Totals 157 86-71 50 62 3.49 1407.2 1346 605 546 122 424 1126 .251Bullpen Totals: 1st Batter Efficiency: 300/424 (71%) Saves/Save Opp: 50/62 (81%) Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 168/50 (30%)

Hitting NotesRoyals Notes - Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indians - Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Lane Adams This Series: Has not played Last Stand: 0-for-1, run Hit Streak: 0 g (0-1) = Lane hasn’t played in the series after making two appearances vs. Detroit last weekend...he scored a run on Saturday as a pinch runner and also played the final two innings in the outfield Friday...he’s played in 5 games since being recalled from Northwest Arkansas (AA) on September 1. =Adams was named a mid-season and postseason All-Star in the Texas League as well as the Naturals’ Player of the Year...he hit .269 (109-for-405) with 25 doubles, 3 triples and 11 homers and also ranked third in the league with 38 stolen bases...he was Kansas City’s 13th round selection in the 2009 MLB Draft.Nori Aoki This Series: 2-for-7, run, 2B, SB Last Stand: 18-for-38 (.474), 4 runs, 3 2B, 3B, 4 RBI, 5 BB, SB, 2 SAC Hit Streak: 3 g (3-10) =Nori went 1-for-4 last night, collecting the first of KC’s six doubles...he’s been one of the hottest hitters in baseball as of late, batting .486 (18-for-37) with 3 doubles, a triple and 5 runs scored over his last 10 games...his .397 average (27-for-68) during the month of September ranks third in the A.L. =Aoki set a Royals record with 11 hits in a 3-game series vs. Chicago, September 15-17...he became the first player in the Majors to reach base 13 times in a series since Kevin Kouzmanoff did it for the Padres vs. Milwaukee in 2009...he ranks second in the league, batting .376 (44-for-117) against left-handed pitching. =He’s also been a clutch performer, recording 26 RBI since the All-Star break, after collecting just 14 RBI in the ‘first half’...he’s batting .447 (21-for-47) with RISP since the break, including 8 for his last 15...he recorded a two-out RBI single in the completion of the suspended game Monday night. = Nori is tied for third in the league with 27 infield hits this season...he’s recorded 101 infield knocks since 2012, the most in the Majors in that span...the Royals are 39-11 in games where Aoki scores at least one run, while they’re undefeated in the 9 games where he’s scored multiple times.Billy Butler This Series: 3-for-8, 3 runs, 2B, RBI Last Stand: 3-for-16 (.188), 2B, RBI, BB Hit Streak: 3 g (5-12) =Billy collected two hits and matched a season high with 3 runs scored last night...hit safely in 4 of his last 5 games, going 6-for-17 (.353) with 2 doubles and 2 RBI...this is after a 1-for-27 skid from August 30 to September 15...last night marked his third game of the season with 3 runs scored and first since May 30 in Toronto. = He’s collected 34 of his 61 RBI this season against A.L. Central foes, including 10 vs. the Tribe this year...while he got off to a slow start this month, he’s a career .307 hitter (214-for-968) in the month of September with a .479 slugging percentage...he’s also hitting .304 in his career after the All-Star break. =Butler ranks seventh in KC history with 127 career homers, moving past Danny Tartabull (124) with his blast on August 8 vs. the Giants...among Royals with over 2,000 at-bats, his .294 career batting average is tied for third with Kevin Seitzer (.294), behind George Brett (.305) and Mike Sweeney (.299).Lorenzo Cain This Series: 3-for-9, SB Last Stand: 11-for-33 (.333), 4 runs, 2 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB Hit Streak: 5 g (8-19) = Lorenzo collected a pair of hits and also reached on an error last night, going 2-for-5...he’s hit safely in each of his last five games, going 8-for-19 (.421)...batting .309 (21-for-68) with 2 doubles, a triple, 2 homers and 8 RBI in September...it’s the fifth-straight month where he’s recorded 20 hits or more. =He collected his 27th infield hit of the year, tying him for third in the A.L. with teammate Nori Aoki and Baltimore’s Adam Jones...batting .314 (37-for-118) with runners in scoring position...his 50 RBI this season are a career high...ranks 10th in the league, batting .308 (100-for-325) during night games. = Cain was picked off and thrown out at second last night, the first time he’s been caught stealing since August 28...his 27 steals are tied for eighth in the A.L. = Lorenzo’s .949 zone rating is second among qualifying A.L. outfielders, behind only teammate Jarrod Dyson (.952)...tied for 10th in the A.L. with 8 outfield assists this season, while he’s recorded 15 assists over the last two years.Jarrod Dyson This Series: 0-for-2 Last Stand: 3-for-18 (.167), 2 runs, 2B, RBI, 2 SB Hit Streak: 0 g (0-3) = Jarrod was a defensive replacement for a third-straight night, going 0-for-1 at the plate....he snapped out of an 0-for-20 slump on Saturday, going 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored...it was his first 3-hit game since August 10 vs. San Francisco and fourth of the season. =Recorded his 36th stolen base of the season during the completion of the suspened game Monday, a career high...his 36 thefts rank third in the American League...he also tied U.L. Washington for ninth on KC’s all-time list with 120 career steals...his 18 stolen bases since the All-Star break are tops in the A.L. =Dyson is hitting .307 (35-for-114) with a .383 on-base percentage on the road this season...that includes going 7-for-19 (.368) with 2 walks and 2 stolen bases here at Progressive Field...set career highs for a month, hitting .354 (17-for-48) with a .407 on-base percentage in August.Alcides Escobar This Series: 2-for-9, RBI Last Stand: 14-for-41 (.341), 6 runs, 3 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, SB Hit Streak: 4 g (8-19) = Esky singled in the eighth inning to go 1-for-5 last night...hit safely in his last four games, going 8-for-19 (.421), while he’s hit .349 (15-for-43) with 3 doubles, a homer and 5 runs scored over his last 10 games...his 33 doubles are tied for second-most by a Royals shortstop with Jose Offerman’s 1996 total. =He matched a career high with 4 hits on Saturday vs. Detroit, marking the second time he’s done that this season...tied for fourth among A.L. shortstops with 40 multi-hit games this season...he’s also tied for ninth in the league with 24 infield hits, while he has 117 infield knocks since 2011, third in MLB. =Alcides has 31 stolen bases this season, ranking him fifth in the American League...caught stealing Sunday, marking the 11th time he’s been caught in his last 99 attempts (88.9 percent)...his stolen base percentage since the start of 2012 ranks second in the Majors behind Jacoby Ellsbury (89.7 percent). =He’s played in the most games at shortstop (628) in the Majors over the past four seasons...he’s also just one of four players in MLB to play in every game for his team, along with Tampa Bay’s Evan Longoria, San Francisco’s Hunter Pence and Atlanta’s Freddie Freeman.Johnny Giavotella This Series: Has not played Last Stand: 1-for-1, run, 2B Hit Streak: 1 g (1-1) = Johnny hasn’t played since collecting a double and a run scored Friday night vs. Detroit, his only appearance with the Royals since being recalled from Triple-A Omaha on September 1...he hit .308 with 33 doubles, 7 homers and 61 RBI for the Storm Chasers this season. =Giavotella had played in 10 games over 2 previous stints with KC this year, going 6-for-34 (.176) with a homer and 5 RBI...slugged his fourth career Major League home run on May 11 in Seattle, with his 3-run shot helping the Royals to a 9-7 victory...he’s hitting .301 (43-for-143) in his career with two outs in an inning.Alex Gordon This Series: 2-for-8, 2 runs, 2B, 2 RBI Last Stand: 7-for-36 (.188), 6 runs, 3 2B, 5 RBI, 2 BB, 2 SB Hit Streak: 1 g (2-4) =Dueces were wild for Alex last night as he went 2-for-4 with a two-run double and scored twice...his two-hit game snapped him out of a 1-for-19 skid and marked his first multi-hit game since September 14 vs. Boston...despite a rough start to September (12-for-71), Gordo still leads the club in homers (19) and RBI (73). =Gordon ranks seventh in the American League, hitting .336 (42-for-125) with runners in scoring position...his 73 RBI on the year are tied for ninth among A.L. outfielders...tops on the team with 19 multi-RBI games, while his 14 game-winning RBI are tied with Mike Trout and Victor Martinez for fifth in the league. =He’s recorded 61 assists since becoming a full-time outfielder in 2011, more than any other player in that span...he’s collected 7 assists this season. =Gordo is eight runs shy of matching Fred Patek (571) for seventh on KC’s all-time list...his two-run double last night marked his 156th two-base hit since the start of 2011, which are fourth-most in the Majors in that span...with 121 career homers, he needs 2 more to tie Carlos Beltran (123) for ninth on KC’s all-time list.Terrance Gore This Series: Has not played Last Stand: 0-for-1, 2 runs, SB Hit Streak: 0 g (0-1) = Terrance hasn’t played in the series, but had a stolen base and a run scored in the completion of the suspended game Monday...he’s played in 7 games this year, including 6 as a pinch runner and has 3 steals...scored the winning run in the ninth inning on September 15 vs. the White Sox, coming in on Lorenzo Cain’s walk-off hit. =Gore was recalled from Northwest Arkansas (AA) on September 2...ranked fourth in the Carolina League with 36 steals in 89 games at Wilmington (A)...he also spent time with Omaha (AAA), where he batted .250 and swiped 11 bases in 14 attempts.Eric Hosmer This Series: 3-for-9, 2 runs, 2B, RBI Last Stand: 9-for-32 (.281), 3 runs, 4 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 5 BB Hit Streak: 5 g (8-19) = Eric collected a pair of hits, including a double to leadoff the fifth inning last night...he’s hit safely in his last five games, going 8-for-19 (.421) with 4 doubles and 2 RBI...after missing 29 games with a fractured right hand, Hosmer has hit .301 (22-for-73) with a .507 slugging pct. since coming off the D.L. September 1. = Hoz has the third-best road batting average in the American League, hitting .324 (78-for-241) with a .444 slugging pct....hitting an even .300 (15-for-50) with 4 doubles, a homer and 6 RBI vs. the Tribe this season...he’s collected 68 doubles since the start of 2013, which are tied for 12th-most in the American League. =He’s batting .316 (67-for-212) with runners on base, compared to .235 with the bases empty...had a team-best 16-game hitting streak from June 30-July 20.Raul Ibanez This Series: Has not played Last Stand: 0-for-3, BB Hit Streak: 0 g (0-7) =Raul hasn’t played since pinch hitting Saturday vs. Detroit...he’s 8-for-31 (.258) with 2 doubles and 2 triples vs. the Tribe this year, with a .395 OBP. = Ibanez was signed by KC on June 30 after spending the first 2 1/2 months with the Angels...became the oldest Royal to homer (42 years, 61 days) on August 1, with his solo shot in Oakland besting the A’s, 1-0...his 305 career roundtrippers are 14th-most among active Major Leaguers.Omar Infante This Series: 3-for-7, run, 2 2B, 2 RBI Last Stand: 7-for-30 (.233), 3 runs, 4 RBI, 5 BB, SAC, SF Hit Streak: 3 g (4-10) = Omar put KC on the board last night with a two-run double in the fourth inning...after an 0-for-10 stretch, Infante has hit safely in his last three games, going 4-for-10 with 2 doubles and 3 runs scored...he’s hitting .346 (9-for-26) with 2 doubles and 4 RBI at Progressive Field this season...his safely in 6 of his last 7 road games. = Infante has recorded a career-best 66 RBI this season, seventh-most by a Royals second baseman, the most since Alberto Callaspo drove in 73 runs in 2009...hitting .361 (35-for-97) with a .443 slugging pct. when he hits fifth in the batting order or lower, compared to .231 with a .320 slugging pct. when he hits leadoff or No. 2. =He enjoyed a 4-for-5 effort with 3 doubles and 4 RBI August 19 in Colorado...it was his first 4-hit game as a Royal, while his 3 doubles matched a career-best.Erik Kratz This Series: Has not played Last Stand: 0-for-2 Hit Streak: 0 g (0-3) = Erik hasn’t played in the last two games after making a pair of appearances in the Detroit series...he went 0-for-2 on Friday night as a sub in the sixth inning. = He’s hitting .308 (8-for-26) with a double, 2 homers and 3 RBI since joining the Royals...recorded his first career multi-homer game August 18 at Target Field...acquired from Toronto on July 28 with RHP Liam Hendriks in exchange for INF Danny Valencia.Mike Moustakas This Series: 0-for-7, BB Last Stand: 8-for-28 (.286), run, 2B, RBI, HBP, 2 BB, SB Hit Streak: 0 g (0-9) =Mike went hitless in four at-bats last night and is 0-for-7 in the series...he collected a leadoff single in the 10th inning of the suspend game, which was finished Monday night...hit safely in 8 of the 10 games on the last homestand, going 8-for-28 (.286) with a double, RBI and 2 walks. =Moose collected a double, 4 homers and 9 RBI in his first 6 games at Progessive Field this season...he’s blasted 6 of his 15 home runs against the Tribe this season while he’s hit 11 against A.L. Central opponents...his 15 homers rank seventh among A.L. third basemen.

Royals Notes - Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indians - Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Hitting Notes (Cont.)

This & ThatROAD WARRIORS--The Royals have saved their best work for the road this year, with last night upping the club mark to 44-32 away from ‘The K’, already two wins better than KC accrued at home this year (42-39)...KC’s current road ledger is tied with Baltimore for the fourth highest win total and tied for the second highest road winning pct. (.579) in the American League...Kansas City entered play on July 22 in Chicago with a 26-25 record away from ‘The K’, but has since reeled off an 18-7 ledger in road tilts, the second best mark in the A.L. (Angels are at 20-10), while going 7-1-1 in nine series played after icing this visit to Cleveland with last night’s win...KC has won sets at Chicago, Oakland, Arizona, Minnesota, Texas, New York and Cleveland, while splitting a 2-gamer in Colorado and losing two of three games in Detroit...the 44 road wins to this point are the third most in franchise history and just three wins behind the ‘77 club for second highest success rate away from home and four shy of the team record of 48 in the first World Series year of 1980.

BACK-TO-BACK WITH 86--Last night’s win was KC’s 86th of the year, matching last season’s victory total and marking the first time since 1977 (102) and 1978 (92) that the club won at least 86 games in consecutive seasons...the last two full seasons KC had a winning mark was 1988-89, when the Royals went 84-77 and 92-70, respectively.

DAVIS SETS STRIKEOUT MARK--The breakout year of Wade Davis continued here on Monday night with a scoreless eighth that featured a strikeout of Yan Gomes for his 104th K of the season to establish a Royals’ record for strikeouts by a reliever...he broke the mark of fellow bullpen-mate Greg Holland, set last year, and Jim York, a reliever for KC in 1971...Davis has attained his 104 K’s in 70.0 innings for a 13.4 strikeout to 9-inning ratio, the third best mark in the A.L. (minimum 60.0 innings).

OFFENSE DOUBLES DOWN--The Royals matched a season high with six doubles last night, upping the season total to 277 which is good for a fourth place tie in the A.L...KC has nine players with at least 20 doubles this season, tying a club record...the group of Eric Hosmer (34), Alcides Escobar and Alex Gordon (33 each), Billy Butler (30), Salvador Perez (28), Lorenzo Cain (27), Nori Aoki (22), Omar Infante (21) and Mike Moustakas (20) are the fourth nine-some to hit the 20-double mark joining the 1977, ‘78 and 2008 squads.

KEEPING IT IN THE YARD--The bullpen duo of Wade Davis and Kelvin Herrera have combined for 137.0 homerless innings during the 2014 campaign...Davis has tossed 70.0 frames and allowed only four extra-base hits (all doubles), while Herrera has fired 67.0 innings and given up a dozen extra-base knocks (all doubles)...Davis, Herrera and the Dodgers’ Brandon League are the only three pitchers in the Majors who have worked at least 60.0 innings with no home runs surrendered.

FINAL STOP IN CHICAGO--The Royals will closeout the 162-game slate with a 4-game visit to U.S. Cellular Field starting tomorrow night...KC is 10-5 vs. the ChiSox this year, including a 5-1 mark in Chicago...Kansas City is 12-2 in their last 14 contests in “The Cell.”

SHORT GAME PAYS OFF--The Royals enter tonight second in the American League in infield hits with 155...Kansas City features four in the Top 11 individually in infield knocks with Nori Aoki and Lorenzo Cain tied for third (27), Alcides Escobar tied for ninth (24) and Jarrod Dyson tied for 13th (22).

ALL-CENTRAL FINISH--All five of KC’s remaining games are against A.L. Central brethren, with the club going 36-35 during an up and down intradivisional season...KC turned the page from a 5-15 start within the Central to go 25-11 in its next 36 A.L. Central contests, then fell into a 3-9 slide before winning the last three in a row...Kansas City went just 6-13 vs. the Tigers and is 9-9 against Cleveland, while posting winning marks against the White Sox (10-5 with four to play) and Minnesota (11-8)...for the record, the Royals closed out-of-division work going 17-17 vs. the A.L. East, 18-14 vs. the A.L. Central and had a big league best 15-5 ledger against the National League, of which all but four of those games were against the N.L. West.

RUNNIN’ ROYALS--For the second straight year, Kansas City leads the Majors in stolen bases, upping the season total to 150...the Royals are just three thefts shy of their chart-topping 153 last year...Jarrod Dyson, despite being a part-time player, has swiped 30, 34 and now 36 in his last three seasons, totaling 100 bags in that span which is seventh among all big league thieves...KC is the only big league club with three players with at least 25 thefts, as Dyson is joined by Alcides Escobar (31) and Lorenzo Cain (27), marking the first time for the franchise since U.L. Washington, Willie Wilson and John Wathan each swiped at least 25 bags in 1983.

HOLLY BACK IN FORM--Greg Holland upped his save total to 44 with his perfect ninth inning here on Monday night, showing he’s all the way back from a week off due to triceps tightness...he has allowed only one baserunner in his last 6 outings (a walk) while fanning 11 in 6.0 innings...Greg remains second in the A.L. with his 44 saves and is the first to record back-to-back 40-save seasons for Kansas City since Dan Quisenberry did it in 1983 (45) and ‘84 (44)...Holly has made good of 44 of his 46 tries this year, including 37 of the last 38 and 18 in a row...over a longer haul, Holland has converted 84 of his last 87 attempts (96.6%) since May 30 of last season, the highest percentage among closers with at least 40 opportunities in that span...since that date, Greg has six more saves than any other pitcher in baseball (Craig Kimbrel - 78) and has allowed just 14 earned runs in 111.1 innings for a 1.13 ERA...he recorded his 100th career save on August 8 and since posting his first career save on August 3, 2011 vs. Baltimore, Holland has gone 111-for-121, the best save pct. at 91.7 among closers with at least 100 save opportunities.

FEW KC CHALLENGES OF LATE--Manager Ned Yost has asked for only two replay reviews since August 24, spanning 28 games, the most recent was a week ago tonight when he felt Chicago’s Jose Abreu left the bag at second in the midst of a stolen base and Alcides Escobar was able to hold the tag...just 57 seconds later, NYC agreed with Ned and ran the KC skipper’s record to 22-12 for a 65% success rate...on the flip side, KC’s opponents have gone 16-for-39 (41%) in replay challenges.

Adams - - - - -Aoki .241 58 14 0 4Butler .266 64 17 2 10Cain .275 51 14 0 3Dyson .286 42 12 0 3Escobar .318 66 21 0 5Giavotella - - - - -Gordon .179 67 12 2 8Gore - - - - -Hosmer .300 50 15 1 6Ibanez .258 31 8 0 3Infante .259 58 15 0 7Kratz .200 10 2 0 0Moustakas .210 62 13 6 12Nix .000 2 0 0 0Peguero - - - - -Pena - - - - -Perez .250 72 18 2 5Willingham .313 16 5 1 2

- - - - - .241 58 14 0 4 .291 485 141 8 60 .272 114 31 1 14 .274 135 37 0 9 .283 247 70 2 28 .192 52 10 1 6 .254 429 109 14 52 - - - - - .268 231 62 7 35 .287 428 123 18 80 .280 328 92 5 40 .200 10 2 0 0 .252 214 54 7 36 .197 76 15 2 6 .333 3 1 1 1 - - - - - .265 166 44 3 19 .213 169 36 6 27

Player AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI

vs. Indians (2014) vs. Indians (career) On Road (career)

.000 0 0 0 0 .274 815 223 10 68 .277 2143 594 62 298 .273 630 172 7 66 .248 408 101 0 18 .261 1512 394 10 129 .250 236 59 1 27 .263 1984 522 58 212 .000 0 0 0 0 .281 1116 314 32 143 .269 3815 1027 144 583 .283 2410 681 51 263 .206 233 48 11 32 .234 955 223 29 99 .216 681 147 20 64 .205 88 18 3 12 - - - - - .287 790 227 25 103 .255 2053 524 102 335

vs. Bauer

- - - - - .333 6 2 0 0 .167 6 1 0 0 .500 2 1 0 0 1.000 1 1 0 1 .667 3 2 0 1 - - - - - .000 5 0 0 0 - - - - - .000 2 0 0 0 .333 3 1 0 0 .250 4 1 0 1 - - - - - .500 4 2 0 0 .500 2 1 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - .167 6 1 0 0 - - - - -

vs. Quintana

- - - - - .462 13 6 0 1 .208 24 5 0 1 .250 28 7 0 3 - - - - - .259 27 7 0 3 .600 5 3 0 0 .241 29 7 0 3 - - - - - .107 28 3 0 3 - - - - - .308 13 4 0 0 - - - - - .333 24 8 2 3 .333 3 1 0 2 - - - - - - - - - - .333 27 9 2 6 .429 21 9 3 6

Jayson Nix This Series: Has not played Last Stand: 0-for-4, SF, RBI Hit Streak: 0 g (0-6) = Jayson drove in the Royals only run Friday night, collecting a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning...it marked his first RBI in a Royals uniform and first since August 11, with the Pirates...looking for his first hit since being claimed on waivers by KC on August 28...has played 6 positions (1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, RF) in his career.Carlos Peguero This Series: Has not played Last Stand: 0-for-2 Hit Streak: 0 g (0-7) =Carlos hasn’t played in the last four games, since going 0-for-2 last Friday against Detroit...he’s played in three games for KC this year, after being recalled from Omaha (AAA) on September 1...made his Royals debut September 1 vs. Texas, going 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored. = Peguero ranked second in the PCL with 30 homers this year...hit .311 during the month of August with six doubles, 15 homers and 32 RBI in 30 games.Francisco Pena This Series: Has not played Last Stand: Did not play Hit Streak: n/a = Francisco hasn’t played since being recalled by from Omaha (AAA) on September 1...he’s in his second stint in the big leagues this season after making his Major League debut on May 20 vs. the White Sox...he hit .240 with 27 homers and 61 RBI for the Storm Chasers...his 27 homers were tops by a catcher in the PCL. = Pena is the youngest son of former Royals manager Tony Pena...he and older brother, Tony Jr., are the second set of brothers to ever play for Kansas City.Salvador Perez This Series: 3-for-8, 2B, 2 RBI Last Stand: 8-for-38 (.211), 3 runs, 2B, 2 RBI, BB Hit Streak: 2 g (3-8) = Salvy went 2-for-4 with an infield single and a two-run double in the fifth inning last night...after a rough start to the month, he’s hit safely in 5 of his last 6 contests, going 8-for-22 (.364) with 3 RBI in that span...his 147 hits this season have established a career high after he had 145 hits last season. = Perez’s double last night was his first extra-base hit since September 13 vs. Boston, while it was just his fifth extra-base hit (4 doubles, 1 homer) of the month. =He leads American League catchers with 147 hits and 39 multi-hit games...he’s also second in doubles (28), extra-base hits (45) and third in runs scored (55). = Tied for fourth in the A.L., having thrown out 22 would-be base stealers this season...he’s caught 45 trying to steal over the last two seasons, which is tied with Cleveland’s Gomes for most in the A.L. and tied for third in the Major Leagues, behind Russell Martin (57) and Wellington Castillo (47). = Salvy has also picked off 4 baserunners this season, which is tied for the Major League lead...his 13 career picks are tied for sixth among active MLB catchers.Josh Willingham This Series: Has not played Last Stand: 0-for-9, 2 runs, 3 BB, HBP Hit Streak: 0 g (0-10) = Josh hasn’t played in the series, after starting as the DH Saturday vs. Detroit, going 0-for-4...he’s struggled as of late, going hitless in his last 10 at-bats since collecting 2 hits in Detroit on September 10...batting .313 (5-for-16) with a double and a homer and three runs scored vs. the Tribe this season. = Blasted 12 of his 14 homers since June 1, but is homerless since August 22...traded to KC on August 11 from Minnesota, in exchange for RHP Jason Adam.

2014 Royals Home Run Breakdown

Royals Notes - Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indians - Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Multi-Hit Games Multi-RBI Games RBI Hitting Streaks Hits Players 2 3 4 5 6+ Total 2 3 4 5 6+ Total Tying Go-Ahead 2-out 5-10 11-15 16+ Current Long (3+) Infield Bunt Adams - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 g - - - Aoki 33 5 2 - - 40 6 - 1 - - 7 3 10 12 5 - - 3 g 6 gm (2x) 27 6 Butler 28 7 1 - - 36 11 3 - - - 14 6 18 18 9 - - 3 g 10 gm (6/10-20) 7 - Cain 22 9 4 - - 35 6 1 1 - - 8 9 10 14 7 - - 5 g 6 gm (4x) 27 - Dyson 15 4 - - - 19 3 1 - - - 4 3 3 10 3 - - 0 g 5 gm (3x) 22 9 Escobar 32 6 2 - - 40 8 2 2 - - 12 3 8 23 5 1 - 4 g 12 gm (6/1-14) 24 5 Giavotella - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 1 1 3 - - - 0 g - - - Gordon 33 7 1 - - 41 15 2 1 - 1 19 12 22 19 6 - - 1 g 9 gm (5/23-31) 6 - Gore - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 g - - - Hosmer 26 6 3 - - 35 6 4 1 - - 11 1 17 15 6 - - 5 g 16 gm (6/30-7/20) 5 1 Ibanez 7 - - - - 7 4 3 - - - 7 1 8 10 1 - - 0 g 5 gm (6/16-7/2) 2 - Infante 22 10 1 - - 33 10 2 3 - 1 16 3 13 22 6 - - 3 g 9 gm (6/8-18) 13 - Kratz 3 - - - - 3 5 - - - - 5 1 2 4 - - - 0 g 3 gm (5x) 2 1 Moustakas 14 2 - - - 16 7 4 1 - - 12 3 9 21 5 - - 0 g 6 gm (2x) 2 - Nix 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 0 g 2 gm - - Peguero - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 g 1 gm - - Pena - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Perez 28 10 1 - - 39 7 6 1 - - 14 10 16 27 3 1 - 2 g 12 gm (6/5-18) 5 - Willingham 11 1 - - - 12 5 4 - - - 9 4 13 11 4 - - 0 g 8 gm (5/28-6/4) 5 -

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vs. vs. @ on Runners On Outs Tied Gave Direction Team Last Home Run AB’s Players Total LHP RHP Home Road 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 Game Lead LF LC CF RC RF Record Date Opp. Pitcher Since Adams - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Aoki 1 - 1 - 1 - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - - 1 1-0 8/5/14 @ ARZ B. Schultz 146 Butler 9 4 5 5 4 4 4 1 - 4 3 2 - 4 6 2 - - 1 5-3 8/24/14 @ TEX S. Baker 64 Cain 5 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 - 1 2 2 1 3 1 4 - - - 2-2 9/17/14 CWS C. Sale 17 Dyson 1 - 1 1 - 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 0-1 6/25/14 LAD D. Haren 140 Escobar 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 - 1 2 1 - - - 1-1 9/17/14 CWS C. Sale 23 Giavotella 1 - 1 - 1 - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 1 - - - - 1-0 5/11/14 @ SEA D. Farquhar 15 Gordon 19 9 10 11 8 8 7 4 - 13 1 5 3 10 - - 2 10 7 14-3 9/3/14 TEX N. Tepesch 63 Gore - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Hosmer 8 1 7 5 3 3 4 1 - 2 3 3 - 4 - - 3 1 4 5-3 9/14/14 BOS J. Kelly 28 Ibanez 5 - 5 3 2 3 1 1 - - 4 1 1 1 - - - 1 4 3-2 8/1/14 @ OAK S. Gray 31 Infante 6 2 4 2 4 2 2 1 1 - 3 3 - 2 4 2 - - - 6-0 8/13/14 OAK S. Kazmir 130 Kratz 5 3 2 1 4 3 2 - - 2 1 2 - - 2 1 2 - - 3-1 8/18/14 @ MIN R. Pressly 13 Moustakas 15 3 12 5 10 7 6 2 - 5 5 5 1 4 - - - 2 13 10-4 8/25/14 NYY M. Pineda 89 Nix 1 - 1 - 1 1 - - - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - 0-1 4/23/14 @ LAD Z. Greinke 54 Peguero - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4/25/13 LAA G. Richards 14 Pena - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Perez 16 3 13 8 8 9 3 4 - 6 6 4 3 6 12 3 1 - - 14-2 9/1/14 TEX C. Lewis 79 Willingham 14 3 11 5 9 10 3 1 - 7 4 3 3 7 7 4 2 - - 9-4 8/22/14 @ TEX C. Lewis 40

Pinch-Hit: Last: Erik Kratz (8/18/14 @ Minnesota, seventh inning) - Franchise total: 76 Grand Slam: Last: Nori Aoki (8/5/14 @ Arizona, fifth inning) - Franchise total: 117Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: Last: Shane Mack (5/22/98 @ Texas, seventh inning) 2-Homer Game: Last: Erik Kratz (8/18/14 @ Minnesota), 2 solo3-Homer Game: Last: Danny Tartabull (7/6/91 vs. Oakland) Back-to-Back: Last: Salvador Perez, Mike Moustakas (7/25/14 vs. Cleveland, second inning) Back-to-Back-to-Back: Last: Tony Graffanino, Angel Berroa, Doug Mientkiewicz (5/25/06 vs. Detroit, first inning)Three Home Runs, One Inning: Last: Melky Cabrera, Eric Hosmer and Brayan Pena (5/27/11 @ Texas, 14th inning)Four Home Runs, One Inning: Last: Mike Sweeney, Jermaine Dye, Raul Ibanez and Carlos Beltran (6/29/01 @ Cleveland, fourth inning)Leadoff Game: Last: Lorenzo Cain (6/25/14 vs. Los Angeles Dodgers) - Franchise total: 87Inside-the-Park: Last: Lorenzo Cain (9/8/14 @ Detroit) - Franchise total: 95Both Sides of the Plate in One Game: Last: Wilson Betemit (6/10/10 @ Minnesota) - Franchise total: 6Home Run by Pitcher: Last: Zack Greinke (6/10/05 @ Arizona)Walk-off Home Run: Last: Alex Gordon (8/26/14 vs. Minnesota, 9th inning, Perkins pitching) - Franchise total: 65Opponent:Pinch-Hit: Last: Raul Ibanez, Seattle (9/5/13 @ Kauffman Stadium, Greg Holland pitching, 9th inning)Grand Slam: Last: Daniel Nava, Boston (9/14/14 @ Kauffman Stadium, Aaron Crow, 6th inning)Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: Last: Darryl Strawberry, New York (5/2/98 @ Kauffman Stadium, Scott Service pitching, 9th inning)Back-to-Back: Last: Carlos Santana and Yan Gomes, Cleveland (7/27/14 @ Kauffman Stadium, Aaron Crow pitching, 9th inning)Leadoff Game: Last: Shin-Soo Choo, Texas (8/23/14 @ Globe Life Park, Jeremy Guthrie pitching)Inside-the-Park: Last: Jason Kipnis, Cleveland (7/3/13 @ Kauffman Stadium, Jeremy Guthrie pitching, 6th inning)Walk-off Home Run: Last: Ramon Santiago @ Detroit (8/30/11 @ Comerica Park, Aaron Crow pitching, 10th inning)Three Home Runs, One Inning: Last: Jason Heyward, Justin Upton and Dan Uggla, Atlanta (4/16/13 @ Turner Field, Kelvin Herrera pitching, 8th inning)Four Home Runs, One Inning: Last: Alex Rios, Carlos Quentin, Andruw Jones, Dayan Viciedo, Chicago (7/11/10 @ U.S. Cellular, Anthony Lerew pitching, 3rd inning)Three Home Runs, One Player: Last: Shin-soo Choo, Cleveland (9/17/10 @ Kauffman Stadium, Kyle Davies-1; Bryan Bullington-1; Greg Holland-1)Both Sides of the Plate in One Game: Last: Ryan Doumit, Minnesota (7/22/12 @ Kauffman Stadium, Jeremy Guthrie and Tim Collins pitching)

2014 Single-Game Bests

Triple Play by the Royals: June 11, 2006 vs. Tampa Bay (DeJesus-Elarton- Berroa-Teahen with Branyan batting, 2nd inning)Triple Play vs. Royals: April 20, 2012 vs. Toronto at Kauffman Stadium, (6-3, Hosmer batting, 3rd inning)Royal hit for the cycle: George Brett, July 25, 1990 @ Toronto Opponent hit for the cycle: Jeff DaVanon, Anaheim, August 25, 2004 at Angel StadiumRoyal Five-Hit Game: Billy Butler, September 5, 2013 @ Seattle (5-for-5)Royal Six-Hit Game: Joe Randa, Sept. 9, 2004 at Detroit-Game 1 (6-for-7)Royals Two Hits, One Inning: Billy Butler, August 17, 2014 @ Minnesota (2nd)Royals Five-RBI Game: Eric Hosmer, August 5, 2013 vs. MinnesotaRoyals Six-RBI Game: Alex Gordon, May 18, 2014 vs. BaltimoreRoyals Seven-RBI Game: (12 times) - last: Billy Butler, April 7, 2013 @ PhillyRoyals Position Player Pitching: Mitch Maier, April 15, 2012 vs. ClevelandOpponent Position Player Pitching: A.L.: Jamey Carroll, Minnesota, August 5, 2013 at Kauffman Stadium; N.L.: D’Angelo Jimenez, San Diego, June 30, 2002 at Kauffman StadiumRoyals Pitcher Homered: Zack Greinke, June 10, 2005 @ ArizonaRoyals Pitcher With a Hit: James Shields, June 3, 2014 @ St. LouisRoyals Pitcher With a RBI: James Shields, June 3, 2014 @ St. LouisRoyals Three or more Steals, One Game: Nori Aoki (3) and Jarrod Dyson (3), August 10, 2014 vs. San Francisco

No-Hitter by the Royals: Bret Saberhagen, August 26, 1991 vs. Chicago (Royals 7-0)No-Hitter vs. Royals: Jon Lester, May 19, 2008 @ Boston in Fenway Park (Red Sox 7-0)One-Hitter by the Royals (complete game): Zack Greinke, August 30, 2009 at Seattle (Royals 3-0) One-Hitter vs. Royals (complete game): Scott Baker, Minnesota, August 31, 2007 (Game 2) at Metrodome (Twins 5-0)Two-Hitter by the Royals (complete game): James Shields, April 13, 2013 vs. Toronto (Blue Jays 3-2)Two-Hitter vs. Royals (complete game): Jeff Niemann, Tampa Bay, June 3, 2009 at Tropicana Field (Rays, 9-0)Back-to-Back Complete Game Wins by the Royals: Brian Bannister and Zack Greinke, April 13-14, 2008 vs. Minnesota (5-1) and at Seattle (5-1)Back-to-Back Shutouts by the Royals: Sept. 29-30, 1992 at California (2-0 and 4-0)Back-to-Back Shutouts vs. Royals: May 22-23, 2009 @ St Louis (5-0 and 5-0)Three Straight Shutouts vs. Royals: July 5-7, 2004 at Minnesota (9-0, 4-0, 12-0)10+ Innings Pitched by a Royals starter: Kevin Appier, July 23, 1992 at Cleveland (10.0)10+ Strikeouts by a Royals starter: James Shields, July 7, 2014 @ Tampa Bay (10)Shutout by the Royals (Complete Game): Jason Vargas, August 13, 2014 vs. Oakland (Royals 3-0)Shutout by the Royals (Combined): September 22, 2014 @ Cleveland (2-0); Duffy (6.0), Finnegan (1.0), Davis (1.0), Holland (1.0)

Opponent Three or more Steals, One Game: Ben Revere, Minnesota, September 14, 2011 at KC (3 SB)Royals Steal of Home: Alcides Escobar, vs. Cleveland, September 18, 2013 (5th inning) - on double stealOpponent Steal of Home: Brett Lawrie, Toronto, April 22, 2012 at Kauffman Stadium (8th inning) - on double stealRoyals Suspended Game: August 31, 2014 vs. Cleveland (Rain)Royals Home Run in first ML at bat: Jon Nunnally, April 29, 1995 vs. New York (Melido Perez pitching, 1st inning)Royals Home Run in 4 Consecutive Games: Billy Butler, July 26-29, 2011 Royals 0-0 Game After 9 innings: September 22, 2013 vs. Texas (4-0 in 10 inn.) Royals Walk-Off Win: September 15, 2014 vs. Chicago (4-3, 9 innings) Royals Bat Around: August 27, 2014 vs. Minneosta (8th inning, 6 runs) -- 23 times in 2014 --Three-game sweep by Royals at Kauffman Stadium: September 1-3, 2014 vs. TexasThree-game sweep by Royals on the road: August 5-7, 2014 @ ArizonaFour-game sweep by Royals at Kauffman Stadium: September 15-18, 2008 vs. SeattleFour-game sweep by Royals on the road: May 7-10, 1999 @ MinnesotaThree-game sweep by opposition at Kauffman Stadium: June 20-22, 2014 vs. SeattleThree-game sweep by opposition on the road: July 18-20, 2014 @ BostonFour-game sweep by opposition at Kauffman Stadium: May 23-26, 2013 vs. Los Angeles AngelsFour-game sweep by opposition on the road: September 24-27, 2012 @ Detroit

Disabled List (3) Player D.L. Type Injury Dates on D.L. Eligible for reinstatement Games Missed Team RecordRHP-Luke Hochevar 60-day Recovery from Tommy John surgery March 30 (retro March 21) April 5 157 86-71RHP-Michael Mariot 60-day Right hamstring strain August 28 October 26 25 12-13INF-Christian Colon 15-day Fractured middle finger on right hand September 17 (retro to September 7) September 22 7 4-3

Royals Notes - Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indians - Wednesday, September 24, 20142014 Recent Transactions

Date Player Transaction7/16 RHP-Jason Frasor Acquired from Texas in exchange for RHP Spencer Patton INF/OF-Jimmy Paredes Designated for assignment RHP-Louis Coleman Optioned to Omaha7/24 INF/OF-Jimmy Paredes Traded to Baltimore for cash considerations7/28 C-Erik Kratz/ RHP-Liam Hendriks Acquired from Toronto for INF Danny Valencia C-Brett Hayes Designated for assignment7/29 INF-Christian Colon Recalled from Omaha8/2 1B-Eric Hosmer Placed on 15-day D.L. (fractured right third metacarpal) LHP-Jason Vargas Activated from 15-day D.L.8/11 OF-Josh Willingham Acquired from Minnesota for RHP Jason Adam8/12 LHP-Scott Downs Placed on the 15-day D.L. (cervical facet sprain)8/27 RHP-Liam Hendriks Recalled from Omaha RHP-Aaron Crow Optioned to Northwest Arkansas8/28 INF-Jayson Nix Claimed on Outright Waivers from Pittsburgh RHP-Michael Mariot Recalled from Omaha; placed on 60-day D.L. (right hamstring strain) LHP-Scott Downs Activated from 15-day D.L. RHP-Liam Hendriks Optioned to Northwest Arkansas8/30 INF-Christian Colon Optioned to Northwest Arkansas9/1 LHP-Brandon Finnegan Contract selected from Northwest Arkansas OF-Carlos Peguero Contract selected from Omaha LHP-Chris Dwyer Designated for assignment RHP-Blake Wood Designated for assignment 1B-Eric Hosmer Returned from rehab assignment; reinstated from 15-day D.L. OF-Lane Adams Recalled from Northwest Arkansas RHP-Casey Coleman Recalled from Omaha INF-Johnny Giavotella Recalled from Omaha C-Francisco Pena Recalled from Omaha9/2 RHP-Aaron Crow Recalled from Northwest Arkansas RHP-Liam Hendriks Recalled from Northwest Arkansas INF-Christian Colon Recalled from Northwest Arkansas OF-Terrance Gore Recalled from Northwest Arkansas9/17 INF-Christian Colon Placed on 15-day D.L. (fractured middle finger on right hand), retroactive to September 79/19 LHP-Tim Collins Recalled from Omaha

The Lineup CardStarts by Batting Order

1st: Aoki (59-45), Cain (8-13), Colon (0-1), Dyson (10-5), Escobar (7-4), Infante (2-3)2nd: Aoki (6-4), Cain (1-2), Escobar (7-6), Giavotella (1-0), Hosmer (14-18), Infante (57-40), Valencia (0-1)3rd: Butler (12-13), Cain (6-3), Gordon (15-12), Hosmer (37-31), Perez (16-11), Willingham (0-1)4th: Butler (45-34), Gordon (13-17), Hosmer (3-0), Ibanez (0-1), Perez (22-15), Valencia (1-2), Willingham (2-2)5th: Butler (3-4), Gordon (53-38), Hosmer (6-6), Infante (2-6), Moustakas (6-1), Perez (14-15), Valencia (0-1), Willingham (2-0)6th: Butler (11-10), Cain (16-5), Escobar (0-1), Giavotella (2-2), Gordon (3-0), Hosmer (2-4), Ibanez (6-3), Infante (4-3), Kratz (0-2), Maxwell (0-1), Moustakas (4-5), Perez (25-21), Valencia (6-9), Willingham (7-5)7th: Aoki (1-0), Butler (4-2), Cain (18-17), Ciriaco (0-1), Colon (1-0), Escobar (3-8), Giavotella (2-1), Hayes (0-2), Ibanez (7-3), Infante (2-4), Kratz (3-0), Maxwell (1-2), Moustakas (38-24), Peguero (1-1), Perez (3-0), Valencia (2-6)8th: Aoki (1-1), Cain (15-14), Ciriaco (1-2), Colon (2-0), Dyson (4-6), Escobar (32-16), Giavotella (1-0), Hayes (0-3), Ibanez (1-1), Infante (5-1), Kratz (0-1), Maxwell (2-6), Moustakas (20-19), Paredes (0-1), Valencia (2-0)9th: Aoki (2-2), Ciriaco (3-4), Colon (4-3), Dyson (24-16), Escobar (36-36), Giavotella (0-1), Hayes (4-5), Moustakas (3-1), Nix (2-0), Paredes (0-1), Pitchers (8-2)

Starts by PositionP: Brooks (0-1), Chen (4-3), Duffy (12-12), Guthrie (18-13), Hendriks (1-2), Shields (20-13), Vargas (14-15), Ventura (17-12)C: Hayes (4-10), Kratz (2-3), Perez (80-58)1B: Butler (23-12), Hosmer (62-59), Ibanez (1-0)2B: Ciriaco (3-5), Colon (4-3), Giavotella (6-4), Infante (72-57), Valencia (1-2)3B: Ciriaco (1-2), Colon (3-1), Moustakas (74-49), Paredes (0-2), Valencia (9-16)SS: Escobar (86-71)LF: Aoki (0-1), Dyson (0-2), Gordon (84-66), Ibanez (2-2)CF: Cain (46-42), Dyson (38-26), Maxwell (2-3)RF: Aoki (64-49), Cain (17-12), Ibanez (3-2), Maxwell (1-6), Peguero (1-1), Willingham (0-1)DH: Aoki (5-2), Butler (52-51), Ibanez (8-4), Kratz (1-0), Perez (0-4), Valencia (1-1), Willingham (11-7)

Kansas City By the Days Monday 12-8 Tuesday 14-10 Wednesday 18-6 Thursday 7-8 Friday 13-12 Saturday 10-15 Sunday 12-13

Lineup Production Batting Order - HR RBI 1st - 4 57 2nd - 5 63 3rd - 16 83 4th - 13 71 5th - 18 69 6th - 16 74 7th - 11 59 8th - 9 65 9th - 1 40

Multi-Run Innings for Royals # of runs # times last time 2 runs - 82 September 23 @ Cleveland (7th inning, 3 hits) 3 runs - 38 September 23 @ Cleveland (5th inning, 3 hits) 4 runs - 17 September 17 vs. Chicago (3rd inning, 4 hits) 5 runs - 8 August 15 @ Minnesota (4th inning, 5 hits)

6 runs - 3 August 27 vs. Minnesota (8th inning, 7 hits) 7 runs - 3 August 17 @ Minnesota (2nd inning, 5 hits)

8 runs - 1 August 5 @ Arizona (5th inning, 5 hits)

Daily UpdateScore by Innings

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 TotalRoyals 55 74 62 92 97 46 85 60 44 3 5 1 3 1 - 628Opponents 59 53 78 84 83 67 53 48 62 10 5 2 - - - 612

Victory Margin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15+Royals 22 19 15 9 8 8 1 2 - 1 - - - - -Opponents 24 9 7 11 5 5 4 2 2 1 - 1 - - -

Royals vs. Indians 2014 Career

Bueno 0-0 0 3.86 5 7.0 7 3C. Coleman 0-0 0 9.00 1 1.0 2 1L. Coleman 0-0 0 0.00 1 1.0 0 0Collins 0-0 0 0.00 1 0.0 1 0Crow 1-0 2 7.50 6 6.0 8 5Davis 0-0 0 1.29 7 7.0 8 1Downs 0-1 1 4.00 12 9.0 10 4Duffy 1-1 0 1.63 5 27.2 25 5Finnegan 0-0 0 0.00 1 1.0 1 0Frasor 0-0 0 0.00 7 5.2 1 0Guthrie 1-2 0 8.44 3 16.0 31 15Hendriks - - - - - - -Herrera 1-1 0 1.29 6 7.0 6 1Holland 0-1 3 1.50 6 6.0 4 1Shields 1-0 0 1.38 2 13.0 11 2Vargas 1-1 0 4.12 3 19.2 22 9Ventura 3-0 0 1.57 4 28.2 22 5

Pitcher W-L S ERA G IP H ER W-L S ERA G IP H ER 0-0 0 2.53 9 10.2 9 3 0-0 0 9.00 1 1.0 2 1 0-1 0 5.27 13 13.2 12 8 0-4 0 6.75 29 26.2 28 20 4-0 2 2.73 27 26.1 21 8 2-2 0 4.32 17 33.1 36 16 1-2 4 1.59 40 39.2 26 7 1-1 0 2.61 7 38.0 39 11 0-0 0 0.00 1 1.0 1 0 2-3 2 3.05 44 41.1 35 14 5-5 0 6.06 13 68.1 86 46 1-1 0 7.62 5 26.0 32 22 1-2 2 5.03 19 19.2 22 11 0-2 10 4.45 26 28.1 24 14 4-5 0 3.53 16 102.0 105 40 3-3 0 4.88 8 48.0 54 26 3-0 0 1.57 5 34.1 27 6

Starting Pitchers Breakdown Total KC Avg. Runs Team QualityPitcher GS Runs Per Start Record StartsAaron Brooks 1 2 2.0 0-1 0Bruce Chen 7 26 3.7 4-3 1Danny Duffy 24 81 3.4 12-12 12Jeremy Guthrie 31 131 4.2 18-13 15Liam Hendriks 3 14 4.7 1-2 1James Shields 33 142 4.3 20-13 23Jason Vargas 29 121 4.2 14-15 18Yordano Ventura 29 111 3.8 17-12 22Totals 157 628 4.0 86-71 92

Catcher/Pitcher Matchups (Team Record w/Starters)

Pitcher Perez Hayes Kratz TotalsBrooks - 0-1 - 0-1Chen 3-1 1-2 - 4-3Duffy 11-7 1-3 0-2 12-12Guthrie 15-12 2-1 1-0 18-13Hendriks 1-2 - - 1-2Shields 19-12 0-1 1-0 20-13Vargas 14-14 - 0-1 14-15Ventura 17-10 0-2 - 17-12Total 80-58 4-10 2-3 86-71

Catcher Breakdown Perez Hayes Kratz Pena TotalsStarts 137 14 5 0 156CS/ATT 22-77 1-8 1-5 1-1 26-91Pct. 28.6 22.2 20.0 100.0 28.6Catcher PO 4 - - - 4ERA 3.20 6.10 3.29 0.00 3.49 ER/IP 430/1210.2 97/143.0 19/52.0 0/1.0 546/1407.2

TeamPitcher Pickoffs: 13 (September 10 @ Detroit)Pickoff & CS: 3 (September 22 @ Clevelamd)

Errorless Streaks Player Streak Last Error ROYALS 0 9/23/14 @ CLE Pitchers 21 8/31/14 vs. CLE Adams 1 - Aoki 84 5/9/14 @ SEA Butler 1 8/31/14 vs. CLE Cain 33 8/15/14 @ MIN Dyson 14 9/1/14 vs. TEX Escobar 2 9/21/14 vs. DET Giavotella 7 5/11/14 @ SEA Gordon 47 8/2/14 @ OAK Gore 1 -

Player Streak Last Error Hosmer 11 9/11/14 vs. BOS Ibanez 4 7/10/14 vs. DET Infante 4 9/19/14 vs. DET Kratz 58 5/30/13 vs. BOS Moustakas 0 9/23/14 @ CLE Nix 13 8/13/14 @ DET Peguero 33 6/12/11 @ DET Pena 1 - Perez 5 9/17/14 vs. CWS Willingham 57 9/14/13 vs. TB

Royals Notes - Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indians - Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Miscellaneous Statistics

Royals EjectionsDate Player/Coach Umpire/Type of Play5/17 Ned Yost (1st/34th career) Chris Segal at home plate (foul tip call on A. Jones)5/27 Ned Yost (2nd/35th career) Kerwin Danley at mound (balls & strikes)6/15 Ned Yost (3rd/36th career) Paul Emmel at home plate (balk call on J. Shields)6/25 Mike Moustakas (1st career) Brian Knight at home plate (from bench)

Team Batting Royals Opponents Most runs, game 12 Twice, last: August 17 @ Minnesota 16 July 10 vs. Detroit Most runs, extra-inning game 8 May 29 @ Toronto 11 August 28 vs. Minnesota Most hits, game 17 June 16 @ Detroit 20 August 12 vs. Oakland Most hits, extra-inning game 16 Twice, last: May 24 @ Los Angeles 14 Twice, last: August 28 vs. Minnesota Fewest hits, game 3 Twice, last: September 5 @ New York 2 Twice, last September 10 @ Detroit Most runs, inning 8 August 5 @ Arizona (5th) 8 Twice, last: August 2 @ Oakland (5th) Most hits, inning 7 Thrice, last: August 27 vs. Minnesota (8th) 8 Twice, last: August 2 @ Oakland (5th) Most doubles, game 6 Thrice, last: September 23 @ Cleveland 8 July 10 vs. Detroit Most doubles, extra-inning game 4 May 6 @ San Diego 5 Twice, last: August 28 vs. Minnesota Most triples, game 2 August 15 @ Minnesota 2 Thrice, last: September 16 vs. Chicago Most home runs, game 3 4 times, last: August 17 @ Minnesota 4 July 27 vs. Cleveland Most home runs, extra-inning game 2 April 16 @ Houston 3 May 29 @ Toronto Most home runs, inning 2 6 times, last: August 5 @ Arizona (5th) 2 4 times, last: July 27 vs. Cleveland (9th) Most extra-base hits, game 6 6 times, last: September 23 @ Cleveland 9 July 10 vs. Detroit Most extra-base hits, extra-inning game 5 May 6 @ San Diego 7 May 24 @ Los Angeles Most steals, game 7 August 10 vs. San Francisco 3 4 times, last: June 28 vs. Los Angeles Angels Most times caught stealing, game 2 Thrice, last: September 9 @ Detroit 2 Thrice, last: July 12 vs. Detroit Most sacrifice flies, game 4 June 11 vs. Cleveland (ties franchise record) 3 Twice, last: September 16 vs. Chicago Most sacrifices, game 2 5 times, last: September 20 vs. Detroit 2 May 8 @ Seattle Most strikeouts, game 12 August 12 vs. Oakland 13 4 times, last: July 7 @ Tampa Bay Most strikeouts, extra-inning game 13 August 30 vs. Cleveland 15 July 24 vs. Cleveland Most walks, game 9 August 30 vs. Cleveland 10 May 28 vs. Houston Most walks, extra-inning game 9 August 30 vs. Cleveland 6 July 24 vs. Cleveland Most left on base, game 14 July 22 @ Chicago 14 May 30 @ Toronto Most left on base, extra-inning game 16 August 30 vs. Cleveland 12 Twice, last: June 4 vs. St. Louis Fewest left on base, game 1 Twice, last: September 3 vs. Texas 1 August 3 @ Oakland Fewest left on base, extra-inning game 2 July 24 vs. Cleveland 1 May 29 @ Toronto Most double plays turned 4 June 17 @ Detroit 4 Thrice, last: August 20 @ Colorado Most errors, game 4 April 16 @ Houston 5 May 11 @ Seattle Individual Batting: Most hits, game 4 12 times, last: Aoki (September 16 vs. Chicago) Most hits, extra-inning game 4 Cain (May 5 @ San Diego), Hosmer (May 24 @ Los Angeles) Most runs, game 3 9 times, last: Butler (September 23 @ Cleveland) Most doubles, game 3 Cain (June 29 vs. Los Angeles Angels), Infante (August 19 @ Colorado) Most triples, game 1 27 times, last: Aoki (September 21 vs. Detroit) Most home runs, game 2 Gordon (May 18 vs. Baltimore), Moustakas (July 22 @ Chicago), Kratz (August 18 @ Minnesota) Most RBI, game 6 Infante (April 27 @ Baltimore), Gordon (May 18 vs. Baltimore) Most RBI, extra-inning game 3 Hosmer (May 5 @ San Diego), Infante (May 29 @ Toronto) Most total bases, game 10 Gordon (May 18 vs. Baltimore) (2 HR, 2 1B) Most walks, game 3 Thrice, last: Hosmer (July 9 @ Tampa Bay) Most stolen bases, game 3 Thrice, last: Dyson (September 2 vs. Texas) Longest hitting streak 16 Hosmer (June 30-July 20) Individual Pitching: Most innings pitched, starter 9.0 Guthrie (August 7 @ Arizona), Shields (August 9 vs. San Francisco), Vargas (August 13 vs. Oakland) Most innings pitched, reliever 5.0 Chen (June 28 vs. Los Angeles) Most strikeouts, starter 12 Shields (April 17 @ Houston) Most strikeouts, reliever 8 Chen (June 28 vs. Los Angeles) Most walks, starter 6 Duffy (July 30 vs. Minnesota), Ventura (August 16 @ Minnesota) Most walks, reliever 3 Marks (April 20 vs. Minnesota) Most runs allowed 8 Shields (May 2 vs. Detroit), Guthrie (July 10 vs. Detroit), Guthrie (September 8 @ Detroit) Most home runs allowed 3 4 times, last: Vargas (June 27 vs. Los Angeles) Consecutive scoreless innings, starter 18.1 Shields (August 30-September 10) Consecutive scoreless innings, reliever 31.2 Davis (June 27-September 15) Longest winning streak (2 or more) 6 Crow (April 24-present) Team Miscellaneous: Longest winning streak, overall 10 June 7-18 Longest winning streak, home 6 July 30-August 11 Longest winning streak, road 8 June 2-18 Longest losing streak, overall 5 May 1-5 Longest losing streak, home 4 May 1-4, May 26-June 4, August 28-31 Longest losing streak, road 5 March 31-April 13 Longest game-inning, home 14 July 24 vs. Cleveland Longest game-inning, road 13 May 24 @ Los Angeles Longest game-time, home 4:16 September 16 vs. Chicago (longest in franchise history) Longest game-time, road 3:35 Twice, last: July 22 @ Chicago Longest game-time (extra-innings, home) 4:23 July 24 vs. Cleveland; August 30 vs. Cleveland Longest game-time (extra-innings, road) 4:52 May 24 @ Los Angeles Shortest game-time home 2:06 August 13 vs. Oakland Shortest game-time road 2:14 June 1 @ Toronto Shortest game-time (extra-innings, home) 3:46 June 4 vs. St. Louis Shortest game-time (extra-innings, road) 3:03 May 6 @ San Diego Largest crowd-home 40,103 April 4 vs. Chicago White Sox Smallest crowd-home 10,705 April 29 vs. Toronto Largest crowd-road 48,110 September 7 @ New York Yankees Smallest crowd-road 8,848 April 22 @ Cleveland Largest winning margin 10 August 5 @ Arizona (12-2) Largest losing margin 12 July 10 vs. Detroit (4-16) Largest deficit overcome to win 5 July 26 vs. Cleveland (trailed 5-0 after 2 1/2) Largest lead lost 5 May 19 vs. Chicago (led 5-0 after 2)

Royals Record When:Lead after six innings: 63-5Lead after seven innings: 70-1Lead after eight innings: 76-1Starter works more than 6.0 IP: 52-28Score first: 60-21Score more than three runs: 67-12Hit home run: 48-19Series opener: 30-2110 or more hits: 47-16

Tied after six innings: 12-11Tied after seven innings: 9-8Tied after eight innings: 6-7Starter works 6.0 IP: 16-16Opponents score first: 26-50Score three runs or less: 19-59Do not homer: 38-52Series finale: 28-21Opponents 10 or more hits: 17-38

Trail after six innings: 11-55Trail after seven innings: 7-62Trail after eight innings: 4-63Starter works less than 6.0 IP: 18-27In the last turn at bat (KC/OPP): 17/13Walkoff wins (KC/OPP): 4/4Comeback wins (KC/OPP): 32/26Errorless games by KC: 53-26

Alex Gordon 8 runs to tie for 7th on KC all-time list (F. Patek-571) 2 HR to tie for 9th on KC all-time list (C. Beltran-123)

Upcoming MilestonesRaul Ibanez 30 at bats for 7,500

Omar Infante 13 RBI for 500

Josh Willingham 5 HR for 200 12 hits for 1,000

2014 Day-By-Days

Royals Notes - Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indians - Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Winning Losing Home Home Road Road Date Opponent D/N W-L Score Record Pos. GB Pitcher Pitcher Save Att. No. Total No. Total March (0-1) 3/31 at Det D L 3-4 0-1 T4 -1.0 Nathan Davis (R, 0-1) -- 45,068 1 45,068

April (14-11) 4/2 at Det D L 1-2 (10) 0-2 T4 -2.0 Alburquerque Collins (R, 0-1) -- 26,906 2 71,974 4/3 at Det D Postponed Due to Rain – Made up June 19 4/4 CWS D W 7-5 1-2 4 -2.0 Guthrie (1-0) Johnson Holland (1) 40,103 1 40,103 4/5 CWS D W 4-3 2-2 3 -2.0 Davis (R, 1-1) Downs Holland (2) 21,463 2 61,566 4/6 CWS D L 1-5 2-3 5 -2.0 Sale Shields (0-1) -- 29,760 3 91,326 4/7 TB N W 4-2 3-3 3 -1.5 Vargas (1-0) Moore Holland (3) 12,087 4 103,413 4/8 TB N L 0-1 3-4 T4 -1.5 Peralta Holland (0-1) Balfour 13,905 5 117,318 4/9 TB D W 7-3 4-4 3 -1.0 Guthrie (2-0) Odorizzi -- 13,612 6 130,930 4/11 at Min N L 1-10 4-5 4 -1.5 Gibson Chen (0-1) -- 24,338 3 96,312 4/12 at Min D L 1-7 4-6 5 -2.5 Nolasco Shields (0-2) -- 23,963 4 120,275 4/13 at Min D L 3-4 4-7 5 -2.5 Fien Crow (R, 0-1) Perkins 20,878 5 141,153 4/15 at Hou N W 4-2 5-7 5 -2.0 Ventura (1-0) Harrell Holland (4) 29,778 6 170,931 4/16 at Hou N W 6-4 (11) 6-7 T4 -1.5 Duffy (R, 1-0) Williams Holland (5) 23,043 7 193,974 4/17 at Hou N W 5-1 7-7 4 -1.0 Shields (1-2) Feldman -- 26,333 8 219,707 4/18 Min N W 5-0 8-7 T1 - Vargas (2-0) Nolasco -- 21,192 7 152,122 4/19 Min D W 5-4 9-7 T1 - Chen (1-1) Correia Holland (6) 24,291 8 176,413 4/20 Min D L 3-8 9-8 2 -1.0 Hughes Ventura (1-1) -- 17,710 9 194,123 4/21 at Cle N L 3-4 9-9 T2 -1.0 McAllister Guthrie (2-1) Axford 10,789 9 230,496 4/22 at Cle N W 8-2 10-9 2 -1.0 Shields (2-2) Salazar -- 8,848 10 239,344 4/23 at Cle N L 3-5 10-10 T2 -1.0 Shaw Herrera (R, 0-1) Axford 9,311 11 248,655 4/24 at Cle D L 1-5 10-11 T4 -2.0 Kluber (C) Chen (1-2) -- 10,440 12 259,095 4/25 at Bal N W 5-0 11-11 T2 -2.0 Ventura (2-1) Jimenez -- 22,478 13 281,573 4/26 at Bal N L 2-3 (10) 11-12 T3 -2.0 Britton Duffy (R, 1-1) -- 34,941 14 316,514 4/27 at Bal D W 9-3 12-12 3 -1.5 Shields (3-2) Gonzalez -- 38,368 15 355,482 4/29 Tor N W 10-7 13-12 T2 -1.5 Crow (R, 1-1) Cecil -- 10,705 10 204,828 4/30 Tor N W 4-2 14-12 2 -1.5 Herrera (R, 1-1) Hutchison Holland (7) 11,715 11 216,543

May (12-17) 5/1 Tor N L 3-7 14-13 2 -2.0 Buehrle Guthrie (2-2) Loup 11,207 12 227,750 5/2 Det N L 2-8 14-14 2 -3.0 Porcello Shields (3-3) -- 28,021 13 255,771 5/3 Det N L 2-9 14-15 2 -4.0 Smyly Duffy (1-2) -- 29,200 14 284,971 5/4 Det D L 4-9 14-16 T3 -5.0 Verlander Vargas (2-1) -- 22,504 15 307,475 5/5 at SD N L 5-6 (12) 14-17 4 -6.0 Stauffer Collins (R, 0-2) -- 14,089 16 369,571 5/6 at SD N W 3-1 (11) 15-17 4 -6.0 Davis (R, 2-1) Vincent Holland (8) 16,542 17 386,113 5/7 at SD D W 8-0 16-17 3 -6.0 Shields (4-3) Cashner -- 18,228 18 404,341 5/8 at Sea N L 0-1 16-18 3 -6.0 Iwakuma Duffy (1-3) Rodney 12,577 19 416,918 5/9 at Sea N W 6-1 17-18 3 -5.0 Vargas (3-1) Maurer -- 20,858 20 437,776 5/10 at Sea N L 1-3 17-19 3 -6.0 Young Ventura (2-2) Rodney 29,359 21 467,135 5/11 at Sea D W 9-7 18-19 3 -5.0 Coleman (R, 1-0) Farquhar Holland (9) 30,447 22 497,582 5/13 Col N W 5-1 19-19 2 -5.5 Shields (5-3) Morales -- 15,914 16 323,389 5/14 Col D W 3-2 20-19 2 -5.5 Vargas (4-1) Chacin Holland (10) 27,323 17 350,712 5/15 Bal N L 1-2 20-20 2 -6.0 Chen Ventura (2-3) Britton 12,455 18 363,167 5/16 Bal N L 0-4 20-21 T3 -7.0 Tillman (C) Guthrie (2-3) -- 25,985 19 389,152 5/17 Bal N W 1-0 21-21 3 -7.0 Duffy (2-3) Norris Holland (11) 24,064 20 413,216 5/18 Bal D W 8-6 22-21 2 -7.0 Shields (6-3) Jimenez Holland (12) 22,692 21 435,908 5/19 CWS N L 6-7 22-22 T2 -7.0 Putnam Vargas (4-2) Petricka 16,462 22 452,370 5/20 CWS N L 6-7 22-23 T3 -7.0 Rienzo Ventura (2-4) Belisario 14,900 23 467,270 5/21 CWS N W 3-1 23-23 3 -6.0 Davis (R, 3-1) Quintana Holland (13) 17,576 24 484,846 5/23 at LAA N L 1-6 23-24 4 -6.5 Wilson Duffy (2-4) -- 35,082 23 532,664 5/24 at LAA D W 7-4 (13) 24-24 T2 -5.5 Crow (R, 2-1) Morin Holland (14) 42,140 24 574,804 5/25 at LAA D L 3-4 24-25 T2 -5.5 Kohn Collins (R, 0-3) Frieri 36,114 25 610,918 5/26 Hou N L 2-9 24-26 T3 -5.5 Feldman Ventura (2-5) -- 32,070 25 516,916 5/27 Hou N L 0-3 24-27 4 -6.5 McHugh Guthrie (2-4) -- 17,826 26 534,742 5/28 Hou D L 3-9 24-28 4 -6.5 Cosart Duffy (2-5) -- 16,220 27 550,962 5/29 at Tor N W 8-6 (10) 25-28 T3 -6.5 Davis (R, 4-1) Redmond Holland (15) 17,978 26 628,896 5/30 at Tor N W 6-1 26-28 3 -6.5 Vargas (5-2) Happ -- 21,543 27 650,439 5/31 at Tor D L 2-12 26-29 3 -6.5 Stroman Brooks (0-1) Redmond 31,652 28 682,091

June (17-10) 6/1 at Tor D L 0-4 26-30 5 -6.5 Buehrle Guthrie (2-5) -- 38,008 29 720,099 6/2 at StL N W 6-0 27-30 T4 -6.0 Duffy (3-5) Miller -- 41,230 30 761,338 6/3 at StL N W 8-7 28-30 T4 -5.0 Davis (R, 5-1) Rosenthal Holland (16) 41,192 31 802,530 6/4 StL N L 2-5 (11) 28-31 5 -5.0 Freeman Herrera (R, 1-2) Neshek 22,126 28 573,088 6/5 StL N W 3-2 29-31 T4 -4.0 Ventura (3-5) Wacha Holland (17) 24,438 29 597,526 6/6 NYY N L 2-4 29-32 T4 -5.0 Whitley Guthrie (2-6) Robertson 23,418 30 620,944 6/7 NYY N W 8-4 30-32 T4 -5.0 Crow (R, 3-1) Phelps -- 26,991 31 647,935 6/8 NYY D W 2-1 31-32 3 -4.0 Shields (7-3) Kuroda Holland (18) 24,614 32 672,549 6/9 NYY N Postponed Due to Rain – Made up Monday, August 25 6/10 Cle N W 9-5 32-32 3 -3.0 Vargas (6-2) Kluber Crow (1) 25,540 33 698,089 6/11 Cle D W 4-1 33-32 2 -2.0 Ventura (4-5) Bauer Holland (19) 19,938 34 718,027 6/13 at CWS N W 7-2 34-32 2 -1.5 Guthrie (3-6) Quintana -- 22,773 32 825,303 6/14 at CWS D W 9-1 35-32 2 -1.5 Duffy (4-5) Noesi -- 24,527 33 849,830 6/15 at CWS D W 6-3 36-32 2 -1.5 Shields (8-3) Rienzo Holland (20) 29,152 34 878,982 6/16 at Det N W 11-8 37-32 2 -0.5 Vargas (7-2) Verlander -- 31,774 35 910,756 6/17 at Det N W 11-4 38-32 1 +0.5 Ventura (5-5) Scherzer -- 34,328 36 945,084 6/18 at Det D W 2-1 39-32 1 +1.5 Guthrie (4-6) Smyly Holland (21) 37,209 37 982,293 6/19 at Det D L 1-2 39-33 1 +0.5 Sanchez Duffy (4-6) Nathan 35,715 38 1,018,008 6/20 Sea N L 5-7 39-34 2 -0.5 Furbush Holland (R, 0-2) Rodney 38,475 35 756,502 6/21 Sea D L 1-2 39-35 2 -1.5 Medina Vargas (7-3) Rodney 21,640 36 778,142 6/22 Sea D L 1-2 39-36 2 -2.5 Elias Ventura (5-6) Rodney 23,278 37 801,420 6/23 LAD N W 5-3 40-36 2 -2.0 Guthrie (5-6) Greinke Holland (22) 21,615 38 823,035 6/24 LAD N L 0-2 40-37 2 -3.0 Kershaw Duffy (4-7) Jansen 28,302 39 851,337 6/25 LAD N L 4-5 40-38 2 -4.0 Wright Davis (R, 5-2) Wilson 19,776 40 871,113 6/27 LAA N W 8-6 41-38 2 -3.5 Mariot (R, 1-0) Shoemaker Holland (23) 35,461 41 906,574 6/28 LAA D L 2-6 41-39 2 -4.5 Morin Ventura (5-7) -- 21,093 42 927,667 6/29 LAA D W 5-4 42-39 2 -3.5 Holland (R, 1-2) Grilli -- 27,803 43 955,470 6/30 at Min N W 6-1 43-39 2 -3.5 Duffy (5-7) Pino -- 28,533 39 1,046,541

July (12-13) 7/1 at Min N L 2-10 43-40 2 -4.5 Nolasco Shields (8-4) -- 23,383 40 1,069,924 7/2 at Min D W 4-0 44-40 2 -4.5 Vargas (8-3) Correia -- 28,860 41 1,098,784 7/4 at Cle N W 7-1 45-40 2 -4.0 Ventura (6-7) Tomlin -- 39,020 42 1,137,804 7/5 at Cle N L 3-7 45-41 2 -4.0 House Guthrie (5-7) -- 24,481 43 1,162,285 7/6 at Cle D L 1-4 45-42 2 -4.0 Kluber Duffy (5-8) -- 16,991 44 1,179,276 7/7 at TB N W 6-0 46-42 2 -3.5 Shields (9-4) Odorizzi -- 13,406 45 1,192,682 7/8 at TB N L 3-4 46-43 2 -4.5 Boxberger Vargas (8-4) McGee 12,818 46 1,205,500 7/9 at TB N W 5-4 47-43 2 -4.5 Crow (R, 4-1) Yates Holland (24) 12,150 47 1,217,650 7/10 Det N L 4-16 47-44 2 -5.5 Smyly Guthrie (5-8) -- 21,775 44 977,245 7/11 Det N L 1-2 47-45 2 -6.5 Sanchez Duffy (5-8) Nathan 31,581 45 1,008,826 7/12 Det N L 1-5 47-46 2 -7.5 Porcello Shields (9-5) -- 33,849 46 1,042,675 7/13 Det D W 5-2 48-46 2 -6.5 Ventura (R, 7-7) Verlander Holland (25) 23,424 47 1,066,099 All-Star Break (Game at Target Field in Minneapolis) 7/18 at Bos N L 4-5 48-47 T2 -6.5 Buchholz Downs (R, 0-3) Uehara 37,743 48 1,255,393 7/19 at Bos N L 1-2 48-48 3 -6.0 De La Rosa Duffy (5-8) Uehara 37,878 49 1,293,271 7/20 at Bos D L 0-6 48-49 3 -7.0 Lester Ventura (7-8) -- 37,439 50 1,330,710 7/21 at CWS N L 1-3 48-50 3 -8.0 Sale Guthrie (5-9) Petricka 18,888 51 1,349,598 7/22 at CWS N W 7-1 49-50 3 -7.0 Chen (2-2) Carroll -- 20,428 52 1,370,026 7/23 at CWS D W 2-1 50-50 3 -7.0 Davis (R, 6-2) Putnam Holland (26) 23,811 53 1,393,837 7/24 Cle N W 2-1 (14) 51-50 2 -7.0 Crow (R, 5-1) Rzepczynski -- 22,120 48 1,088,219 7/25 Cle N W 6-4 52-50 2 -6.0 Herrera (R, 2-2) Axford Crow (2) 33,460 49 1,121,679 7/26 Cle N W 7-5 53-50 2 -5.0 Guthrie (6-9) McAllister Holland (27) 29,567 50 1,151,246 7/27 Cle D L 3-10 53-51 2 -5.0 Salazar Chen (2-3) -- 23,409 51 1,174,655 7/29 Min N L 1-2 53-52 2 -5.0 Gibson Shields (9-6) Perkins 30,686 52 1,205,341 7/30 Min N W 3-2 54-52 2 -5.0 Frasor (R, 2-1) Hughes Holland (28) 20,747 53 1,226,088 7/31 Min N W 6-3 55-52 2 -4.0 Ventura (8-8) Thielbar Holland (29) 24,127 54 1,250,215

2014 Day-By-Days (Cont.)

Royals Notes - Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indians - Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Minor League ReportOmaha Storm Chasers (AAA)

Pacific Coast LeagueAmerican Conference, Northern Division

(76-67, Triple-A and PCL Champions, Season Complete)

Team Leaders (* = Among Players in the organization)AVG Johnny Giavotella .308HR Carlos Peguero 30 RBI Matt Fields 81Runs Matt Fields 67 SB Paulo Orlando 34W Aaron Brooks 12SO John Lamb 131SV Louis Coleman 7*

NW Arkansas Naturals (AA)Texas LeagueNorth Division

(28-41 2nd half, 53-87 overall, Season Complete) Team Leaders (^ = League Leader)AVG Cheslor Cuthbert .276HR Lane Adams, 11 Orlando Calixte RBI Jorge Bonifacio 51Runs Lane Adams 65 SB Lane Adams 38W Andy Ferguson 11SO Andy Ferguson 118SV Andrew Triggs 19^

Wilmington Blue Rocks (A-Advanced)Carolina League

Northern Division(32-37 2nd half, 65-72 overall, Season Complete)

Team Leaders (^ = League Leader)AVG Hunter Dozier .295HR Cody Stubbs 10 RBI Bubba Starling 54Runs Bubba Starling 67 SB Terrance Gore 36W Glenn Sparkman 8SO Sean Manaea 146^SV Mark Peterson 22^

Lexington Legends (A)South Atlantic League

Southern Division(28-42 2nd half, 57-83 overall, Season Complete)

Team Leaders AVG Frank Schwindel .286HR Frank Schwindel 20 RBI Frank Schwindel 70Runs Alfredo Escalera 62 SB Carlos Garcia 31W Jake Junis 9SO Jake Junis 109SV Tim Hill 8

Burlington Royals (R)Appalachian League

East Division(28-40, Season Complete)

Team Leaders (^ = League Leader)AVG Logan Moon .332^HR Brandon Dulin, 7 Chase Vallot 7 RBI Chase Vallot 27Runs Chase Vallot 29 SB Logan Moon 16W Yunior Marte, Julio Pinto 4SO Niklas Stephenson 47SV Estarlin Cordero 5

Idaho Falls Chukars (R)Pioneer LeagueSouth Division

(18-20 2nd half, 38-38 overall, Season Complete) Team Leaders (^ = League Leader)AVG Ryan O’Hearn .361HR Ryan O’Hearn 13 RBI Ryan O’Hearn 54Runs Ryan O’Hearn 61^ SB DonAndre Clark 14W Jake Newberry 6SO Torey Deshazier 66SV Nick Green 4

Winning Losing Home Home Road Road Date Opponent D/N W-L Score Record Pos. GB Pitcher Pitcher Save Att. No. Total No. Total

August (19-10) 8/1 at Oak N W 1-0 56-52 2 -4.0 Guthrie (7-9) Gray Holland (30) 35,067 54 1,428,904 8/2 at Oak D L 3-8 56-53 2 -5.0 Lester Vargas (8-5) -- 30,097 55 1,459,001 8/3 at Oak D W 4-2 57-53 2 -5.0 Shields (10-6) Kazmir Holland (31) 22,612 56 1,481,613 8/5 at Ari N W 12-2 58-53 2 -4.5 Duffy (6-10) Miley -- 16,677 57 1,498,290 8/6 at Ari N W 4-3 59-53 2 -3.5 Ventura (9-8) Collmenter Holland (32) 16,157 58 1,514,447 8/7 at Ari N W 6-2 60-53 2 -2.5 Guthrie (C, 8-9) Nuno -- 17,809 59 1,532,256 8/8 SF N W 4-2 61-53 2 -2.5 Frasor (R, 3-1) Bumgarner Holland (33) 28,307 55 1,278,522 8/9 SF N W 5-0 62-53 2 -1.5 Shields (C, 11-6) Hudson -- 35,114 56 1,313,636 8/10 SF D W 7-4 63-53 2 -0.5 Duffy (7-10) Lincecum Holland (34) 27,359 57 1,340,995 8/11 Oak N W 3-2 64-53 1 +0.5 Herrera (R, 3-2) Gray Holland (35) 21,479 58 1,362,474 8/12 Oak N L 3-11 64-54 1 +0.5 Lester Guthrie (8-10) -- 27,161 59 1,389,635 8/13 Oak N W 3-0 65-54 1 +0.5 Vargas (C, 9-5) Kazmir -- 21,099 60 1,410,734 8/14 Oak D W 7-3 66-54 1 +0.5 Crow (R, 6-1) Samardzija Holland (36) 20,569 61 1,431,303 8/15 at Min N W 6-5 67-54 1 +1.5 Duffy (8-10) Nolasco Holland (37) 32,013 60 1,564,269 8/16 at Min N L 1-4 67-55 1 +0.5 Hughes Ventura (9-9) Perkins 35,575 61 1,599,844 8/17 at Min D W 12-6 68-55 1 +1.5 Guthrie (9-10) Milone -- 31,455 62 1,631,299 8/18 at Min N W 6-4 69-55 1 +2.0 Vargas (10-5) May Holland (38) 25,559 63 1,656,858 8/19 at Col N W 7-4 70-55 1 +2.0 Shields (12-6) Matzek Holland (39) 30,394 64 1,687,252 8/20 at Col N L 2-5 70-56 1 +1.0 De La Rosa Duffy (8-11) Hawkins 28,834 65 1,716,086 8/22 at Tex N W 6-3 71-56 1 +2.5 Ventura (10-9) Lewis Holland (40) 26,991 66 1,743,077 8/23 at Tex N W 6-3 72-56 1 +3.0 Guthrie (10-10) Tepesch -- 27,400 67 1,770,477 8/24 at Tex D L 1-3 72-57 1 +2.0 Baker Vargas (10-6) Feliz 30,049 68 1,800,526 8/25 NYY N L 1-8 72-58 1 +1.5 Pineda Shields (12-7) -- 31,758 62 1,463,061 8/26 Min N W 2-1 73-58 1 +1.5 Davis (R, 7-2) Perkins -- 13,847 63 1,476,908 8/27 Min N W 6-1 74-58 1 +2.5 Davis (R, 8-2) Hughes -- 17,668 64 1,494,576 8/28 Min N L 5-11 (10) 74-59 1 +1.5 Swarzak Chen (R, 2-4) -- 17,219 65 1,511,795 8/29 Cle N L 1-6 74-60 1 +0.5 Salazar Vargas (10-7) -- 31,341 66 1,543,136 8/30 Cle N L 2-3 (11) 74-61 T1 - Tomlin Downs (R, 0-4) -- 35,089 67 1,578,225 8/31 Cle* N L 3-4 (10) 74-62 - - Allen Holland (1-3) Atchison 39,009 68 1,617,234

September (12-9) 9/1 Tex N W 4-3 75-62 T1 - Ventura (11-9) Lewis Holland (41) 21,536 69 1,638,770 9/2 Tex N W 2-1 76-62 T1 - Frasor (R, 4-1) Kirkman Crow (3) 19,435 70 1,658,205 9/3 Tex N W 4-1 77-62 1 +1.0 Vargas (11-7) Tepesch Holland (42) 15,771 71 1,673,976 9/5 at NYY N W 1-0 78-62 1 +1.5 Shields (13-7) Pineda Davis (1) 36,284 69 1,836,810 9/6 at NYY D L 2-6 78-63 1 +1.5 McCarthy Hendriks (1-1) -- 45,262 70 1,882,072 9/7 at NYY D W 2-0 79-63 1 +1.5 Ventura (12-9) Greene Davis (2) 48,110 71 1,930,182 9/8 at Det N L 5-9 79-64 1 +0.5 Verlander Guthrie (10-11) -- 30,758 72 1,960,940 9/9 at Det N L 2-4 79-65 2 -0.5 Scherzer Vargas (11-8) Nathan 32,603 73 1,993,543 9/10 at Det N W 3-0 80-65 1 +0.5 Shields (14-7) Porcello Davis (3) 29,751 74 2,023,294 9/11 Bos N L 3-6 80-66 T1 - Buchholz Hendriks (1-1) Mujica 28,673 72 1,702,649 9/12 Bos N L 2-4 80-67 2 -1.0 Webster Ventura (12-10) Mujica 19,191 73 1,721,840 9/13 Bos N W 7-1 81-67 2 -1.0 Guthrie (11-11) De La Rosa -- 26,627 74 1,748,467 9/14 Bos D L 4-8 81-68 2 -2.0 Kelly Vargas (11-9) -- 19,065 75 1,767,532 9/15 CWS N W 4-3 82-68 2 -2.0 Davis (R, 9-2) Petricka -- 21,390 76 1,788,922 9/16 CWS N L 5-7 82-69 2 -2.0 Surkamp Herrera (R, 3-3) Putnam 28,904 77 1,817,826 9/17 CWS N W 6-2 83-69 2 -1.0 Ventura (13-10) Sale -- 26,425 78 1,844,251 9/19 Det N L 1-10 83-70 2 -2.0 Verlander Vargas (11-10) -- 37,945 79 1,882,196 9/20 Det D L 2-3 83-71 2 -3.0 Scherzer Shields (14-8) Nathan 37,074 80 1,919,270 9/21 Det D W 5-2 84-71 2 -2.0 Guthrie (12-11) Porcello Holland (43) 37,212 81 1,956,482 9/22 at Cle N W 2-0 85-71 2 -1.0 Duffy (9-11) Carrasco Holland (44) 10,458 75 2,033,752 9/23 at Cle N W 7-1 86-71 2 -1.0 Ventura (14-10) Salazar -- 11,735 76 2,045,487 9/24 at Cle N 9/25 at CWS N 9/26 at CWS N 9/27 at CWS N 9/28 at CWS D

* - Suspended, completed on September 22 in Cleveland.