At Milwaukee Brewers (0-4) Monday, March 9, 2015
2015 KANSAS CITY ROYALS Spring Training Game Notes Kansas City Royals (5-0) at Milwaukee Brewers (0-4) Monday, March 9, 2015 LATE COMEBACK KEEPS SPRING PERFECT--The Royals plated four ninth inning runs on Sunday to rebound from a 4-2 deficit and take a 6-4 decision over the Angels in Tempe in a contest twice delayed by a honeybee infestation...the game was delayed for 10 minutes at the outset when the uninvited guests took over the field and sent players for cover before settling on a boom microphone attached to the screen behind the plate...the contest was held up again in the fourth when a Tempe beekeeper solved the issue with a spray that eradicated the colony...as for the game, Kansas City’s backups enabled the club to up its mark to 5-0 by scoring four times, the key blows a 2-run game-tying triple by Orlando Calixte and then run scoring singles by Ryan Jackson and Gabriel Noriega...Michael Mariot worked a scoreless eighth, thus was credited with his second win of the young spring, while Yohan Pino fanned two of three Angels he faced in the ninth for the save...Edinson Volquez made his Royals’ debut, working the first 2.0 innings allowing three hits and three runs (one earned)...former Angel, Kendrys Morales, had his third 2-hit game of Upcoming Probables the spring to lead KC’s 11-hit attack. Today vs. Milwaukee Brewers @ Maryvale Stadium (1:05) Jason Vargas (L), Aaron Brooks, Kelvin Herrera, Franklin VS. BREWERS--Today is the first of two exhibition meetings with Milwaukee, the other Morales (L), Brian Flynn, Ryan Madson, Brian Broderick slated for March 18 in Surprise...these clubs will meet during the regular season when the vs.
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