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Kansas City Royals OFFICIAL GAME NOTES Tampa Bay Rays (43-41) @ Kansas City Royals (46-33) Kauffman Stadium - Monday, July 6, 2015 Game #80 - Home Game #40 Fox Sports Kansas City (HD) & KCSP Radio (610 Sports) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Tuesday, July 7 vs. Tampa Bay Rays: LHP Matt Moore (0-0, 7.71) vs. RHP Chris Young (7-4, 2.64), 7:10 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Wednesday, July 8 vs. Tampa Bay Rays: RHP Chris Archer (9-5, 2.18) vs. RHP Jeremy Guthrie (6-5, 5.42), 7:10 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Thursday, July 9 vs. Tampa Bay Rays: RHP Nathan Karns (4-4, 3.21) vs. RHP Yordano Ventura (3-6, 4.68), 1:10 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Tonight’s game is being broadcast in Kansas City on KCSP Radio (610 Sports) and the Royals Radio Network with Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre and Steve Stewart, while Don Free serves as the producer/engineer...tonight’s game is being televised on Fox Sports Kansas City with Steve Physioc and Rex Hudler...the pre and post-game shows, Royals Live, is hosted by Joel Goldberg and Jeff Montgomery. Royals vs. Rays THE PERFECT DAY TO WALK IT OFF--There is never a bad day for a walk-off victory, but when Tonight is the first of seven with Tampa Bay this season, the it can occur and its result coincides with losses by everyone else in the division, then it’s particularly first four of which are this week and then KC will travel to St. satisfying...that was the case here yesterday as Eric Hosmer’s ninth inning double to plate Lorenzo Cain Pete at the end of August...the Royals went 4-2 vs. the Rays last gave KC a 3-2 victory over the Twins, returning Kansas City to 4 1/2 games up on Minnesota after a year, 2-1 in each venue...KC trails the all-time series by a 62-70 mark, but holds a 34-27 advantage in Kauffman Stadium. split of the 4-game series, while moving an extra game ahead the other three clubs in the A.L. Central... Date Site Score WP LP Att. things started slowly for the Royals, who had a tough time offensively against old friend, Ervin Santana, 7/6 KC who gave up just two runs on three hits during an 8.0-inning stint...one of the three hits, however, was a 7/7 KC 7/8 KC game-tying home run from All-Star-to-be Alex Gordon in the fifth inning...Danny Duffy gave up just two 7/9 KC runs himself over 6.1 innings, but was not to be around for the decision, leaving the contest with the tying 8/28 @ TB 8/29 @ TB run at second base and handing the ball to Ryan Madson, who ended the threat...Wade Davis and Greg 8/30 @ TB Holland each contributed scoreless inning, with Holly earning the victory. ROSTER MOVE--The Royals today placed third baseman Mike Moustakas on the Bereavement/Family Medical Emergency List and have recalled infielder Cheslor Cuthbert from Omaha (AAA)...the 22-year old Cuthbert, a native of Nicaragua, has appeared in 76 games for the Storm Chasers, hitting .256 with 31 runs, 14 doubles, eight homers and 33 RBI...should he appear in a game it will mark his Major League debut...he will wear #19. ROYALS SET ALL-STAR RECORD--A franchise record four Kansas City Royals will represent the American League as starters in the 2015 All-Star Game, catcher Salvador Perez, shortstop Alcides Escobar and outfielders Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon each ticketed to be in the starting lineup in the Midsummer Classic set for July 14 at Cincinnati’s Great American Ballpark...the four Royals starters are the most voted in on any one team since the Boston Red Sox had four elected A.L. starters in 2008, though David Ortiz could not participate due to injury...the 2015 total passes the previous franchise record of three, set in 1979, when catcher Darrell Porter, second baseman Frank White and third baseman George Brett all started for the A.L...with four players receiving fan-elected starts, the Royals become the 10th team in AL history to have four players win fan-elected starting assignments...the others were the ‘75 Athletics, ‘81 Yankees, ‘82 Angels, ‘87 Yankees, ‘99 Indians, ‘01 Mariners, ‘05 Red Sox, ‘08 Red Sox and 2011 Yankees...for the record, Perez received 13,747,294 votes, Escobar had 11,960,907 votes, Cain, who finished second to Mike Trout in the outfield, had 12,399,127 and the third place finishing Gordon recorded 10,609,006 votes...the remainder of the squad will be announced tonight. ‘THE K’ BECOMING A GATHERING PLACE-The Royals fell just 563 fans shy of their 12th straight crowd of 30,000+ on Sunday, but still had 29,427 come through the turnstiles on a steamy Midwestern Sunday...Kansas City has had 27 gatherings in excess of 30K this year, highlighted by 13 sellouts...the Royals have already announced that based on advance sales for 2015, that single-game sales have cracked the 2,000,000 mark for the first time since 1991 and the 12th time in team history...the Royals eclipsed the 1,000,000 mark in turnstile attendance in their 31st home date of the year, the fastest the franchise has ever drawn seven figures... Kansas City is averaging 33,232 per game, which is an improvement of 11,403 compared to 39 dates last year...with 42 home dates remaining, the current per game average factors out to just under 2.7 million over a full season, which would shatter the team record of 2,477,700 set in 1989. KC’S PEN STILL THE BEST--The Kansas City bullpen contributed 2.1 scoreless innings of work yesterday and wound up with the win, as Greg Holland was credited with the victory after his shutout frame in the ninth...the Royals easily possess the best ERA in the Majors with a 2.03 mark, while cross-state rival St. Louis next at 2.16...over the last 13 games, 9 of which were on the last road trip, the KC pen has allowed seven earned runs in 41.0 innings for a 1.54 ERA. TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Alex Colome (3-4, 4.70) vs. RHP Edinson Volquez (8-4, 3.48) 2015 2014 Career 2015 2014 Career Alex Colome vs. Royals 1st career apperance Major League Record 3-4 (4.70 ERA) 2-0 6-5 Edinson Volquez vs. Rays - 1-0 2-0 Major League Record 8-4 (3.48 ERA) 13-7 74-63 EDINSON VOLQUEZ is making his 202nd career start, his 208th overall outing and team-leading 17th start of 2015...he faces Tampa Bay for the fourth time in his career...the righty, who turned 32 last Friday, inked a two-year deal on December 29, 2014 with a mutual option for 2017. NO DECISION IN HOUSTON--Edinson’s winning streak remains active at four Volquez’s 2015 starts after a no decision in KC’s 6-5 loss at Minute Maid Park last Wednesday...he was provided DATE OPPONENT SCORE IP H R ER HR BB SO TP-K LEFT 4/9 vs. Chicago W, 4-1 8.0 4 1 1 0 1 5 95-58 4-1 an early 3-0 lead, but a solo homer by Chris Carter in the fourth and then a 4-run fifth by 4/15 @ Minnesota L, 1-3 7.2 5 3 3 1 1 7 106-77 1-3 Houston gave the ‘Stros a 5-3 lead...a leadoff single in the sixth ended Edinson’s evening 4/20 vs. Minnesota W, 7-1 7.0 5 1 1 0 1 5 99-66 4-1 4/26 @ Chicago L, 3-5 5.2 5 5 1 0 2 6 90-64 3-4 as he fanned eight, allowing the five runs, eight hits and a walk...by also allowing a solo 5/2 vs. Detroit L, 1-2 6.0 5 2 2 0 3 4 102-63 0-2 homer to Marwin Gonzalez, it marked the first time since May 17, 2014, that Volquez 5/7 vs. Cleveland ND, 7-4 3.0 2 3 3 0 6 3 78-41 4-3 5/12 @ Texas ND, 7-6 5.0 6 4 4 1 3 3 82-48 4-3 allowed more than one homer in a game, a span of 38 starts. 5/17 vs. New York W, 6-0 7.0 3 0 0 0 0 5 101-63 6-0 STRONG STRETCH--Volquez has gone 6-1 with a 3.71 ERA (22 ER in 53.1 IP) 5/23 vs. St. Louis W, 3-2 6.0 4 2 2 0 3 1 84-53 3-2 5/29 @ Chicago Cubs ND, 8-4 5.2 6 3 3 1 1 9 109-72 4-3 since May 17...his six wins in that span are tied for the MLB lead, while he was 4-1 in June, 6/5 vs. Texas L, 0-4 5.1 6 4 4 1 3 6 100-60 0-4 6/10 @ Minnesota W, 7-2 7.0 6 1 1 0 3 6 115-71 7-1 to win Royals Pitcher of the Month honors...overall, Volquez is tied for ninth in the A.L.