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POSTGAME NOTES

Kansas City 5, 2 4 Sunday, July 13, 2014 R H E LOB Detroit (53-38) 2 9 0 5 Starting : (97/67) Kansas City (48-46) 5 10 0 8 Starting Pitcher : Bruce (83/60)

WP: (7-7) LP: Justin Verlander (8-8) SV: (25) Time: 3:02 Temp: 83 Attendance: 23,424 Home Recap (Season Total • Inning • Runners on Base • Count • Distance • Pitcher) KANSAS CITY DETROIT

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Attendance Comparison Dates Total Average 2014 47 1,066,099 22,683 2013 47 1,049,610 22,332 Difference - +16,489 +351

Kansas City Royals Notes 4Kansas City batted around in the seventh inning, the 16th time that the Royals have batted around this season and first since June 29 vs. LosAngeles...the five runs in the frame was the most for the Royals since scoring seven against the Angels on June 27. 4Bruce Chen (5.1 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO) remains 6-9 with a 5.44 ERA (69 ER in 114.2 IP) vs. Detroit for his career... the start was his first since April 24 at . 4Chen is 1-0 with a 4.67 ERA (11 ER in 21.2 IP) in five appearances at this season. 4Yordano Ventura (1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO) made the first relief appearance of his Major League career, replacing Chen with one out in the sixth inning. 4Ventura becomes the sixth Royals rookie to win seven or more games before the All-Star Break and the first since Tom Gordon (10) in 1989. 4Wade Davis tossed a perfect eighth inning for his 17th hold of the season, one behind for the A.L. lead... Davis has allowed just one run in his last 29.1 innings and remains the only pitcher in the Majors with more than eight appearances who hasn’t allowed an extra base . 4Greg Holland became just the third Royals (Jeff Montgomery, 1993 and , 2008 and 2010) to reach 25 saves before the All-Star Break despite getting just his second opportunity in the last 15 games... Holland is ranked second in the A.L. in saves behind Seattle’s (27). 4Brett Hayes had the first Royals hit of the game, a off of the wall in left-centerfield in the third inning... it was Hayes’ first double since Sept. 5, 2013 vs. Seattle. 4Raul Ibanez singled in the seventh inning to snap a 0-for-25 skid at the plate. 4Eric Hosmer extended his career-long to 13 games with a ground-rule RBI double in the seventh inning... Hosmer’s hit parade is the longest active streak in the and the longest of any Royal since Salvador Perez hit in 17 straight in 2012. 4Omar Infante’s 46 RBI are the most by a Kansas City since drove in 51 runs prior to the break in 1986... it is the third highest pre- break total in club history, with White’s total first and (47 in 1973) second.

Detroit Tigers Notes 4Detroit loses for just the 12th time in 44 games when scoring first... Tigers fall to 16-34 when scoring four runs or fewer. 4Justin Verlander (6.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO) is now just three shy of tying (1,770) for third all-time in Tigers history. 4Verlander falls to 4-3 with a 5.07 ERA (37 ER in 65.2 IP) in 10 road starts this season... the loss was just his fifth in 19 career starts at Kauffman Stadium and his first loss overall since June 16 vs. Kansas City. 4Austin Jackson hit safely in each game of the four-game set after going 2-for-4 with a pair of singles... Jackson is 10-for-22 (.455) with four extra base hits and nine runs scored since July 9. 4J.D. Martinez has reached base in 29 of his last 31 games after going 3-for-4 with a RBI... Martinez is hitting .402 (49-for-122) with 10 home runs and 29 RBI over that span. 4Martinez now has seven multi-hit games and three three-hit games in the month of July... he has five three-hit games this season and three have come vs. Kansas City, including two in the last two days. 4Rajai Davis went 3-for-3 with three singles and a run scored... it was Davis’ fourth multi-hit game of July... Davis is hitting .448 (13-for-29) with five RBI this month.