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Kansas City Royals Kansas City Royals OFFICIAL GAME NOTES Kansas City Royals (36-32) @ Detroit Tigers (36-29) Comerica Park - Monday, June 16, 2014 Game #69 - Road Game #35 Fox Sports Kansas City (HD) & KCSP Radio (610 Sports) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Tuesday, June 17 @ Detroit Tigers: RHP Yordano Ventura (4-5, 3.20) vs. RHP Max Scherzer (8-2, 3.05), 6:08 p.m. (CDT), FSKC (HD), MLB Network & 610 Sports Wednesday, June 18 @ Detroit Tigers: RHP Jeremy Guthrie (3-6, 3.94) vs. LHP Drew Smyly (3-5, 3.58), 1:08 p.m. (CDT), FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Thursday, June 19 @ Detroit Tigers: LHP Danny Duffy (4-5, 2.83) vs. RHP Anibal Sanchez (3-2, 2.44), 1:08 p.m. (CDT), FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Friday, June 20 vs. Seattle Mariners: RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (5-3, 2.59) vs. RHP James Shields (7-3, 3.44), 7:10 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Saturday, June 21 vs. Seattle Mariners: RHP Chris Young (5-4+ tonight) vs. LHP Jason Vargas (6-2+ tonight), 1:10 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Sunday, June 22 vs. Seattle Mariners: LHP Roenis Elias (5-5+ tomorrow) vs. RHP Yordano Ventura (4-5+ tomorrow), 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 controls the dials as the producer/engineer...tonight’s game is being televised in High Definition on Fox Sports Kansas City with Steve Physioc and Rex Hudler on the call, while Joel Goldberg and Jeff Montgomery anchor Royals Live. Royals vs. Tigers WINNING WINDY CITY WEEKEND--This 7-game road swing through a pair of A.L. Central cities The Royals look to break into the win column against Detroit started with a bang, as Kansas City completed a 3-game sweep of the White Sox with a 6-3 win in this year, going 0-5 to this point, including a pair of one-run losses yesterday’s finale...the triumph extended KC’s season-high winning streak to seven in a row, put the here to open the campaign...this series has been expanded by a club a season-best four games over .500 and was the 10th in the last 11 games contested at U.S. Cellular day with Thursday’s matinee thanks to an April 3 rainout...KC Field...the Father’s Day victory saw the Royals continue their recent usage of the long ball, as Eric now trails the all-time series by a 305-307 mark, including a 145- 163 deficit in Motown, 58-71 here in Comerica. Hosmer opened the scoring with a 2-run shot in the first and then Salvador Perez clubbing a 3-run blast Date Site Score WP LP Att. in the third...James Shields was the benefactor, as the veteran righthander allowed 10 hits and a walk, but 3/31 @ Det L, 3-4 Nathan Davis 45,068 limited the ChiSox to just the three runs, while a quartet of relievers held the fort for the final 3.0 frames, 4/2 @ Det L, 1-2 (10) Albuquerque Collins 26,906 4/3 @ Det Rained out (Rescheduled for June 19) capped by Greg Holland’s league leading 20th save of the year...the current 7-game win streak is the 5/2 KC L, 2-8 Porcello Shields 28,021 longest for KC since a 9-gamer last July 22-August 1, while the club is now 10-3 in June. 5/3 KC L, 2-9 Smyly Duffy 29,200 5/4 KC L, 4-9 Verlander Vargas 22,504 BASEBALL’S HOTTEST HITS MOTOWN--Kansas City’s current 7-game streak is the longest active 6/16 @ Det winning skein in the Majors, two wins better than Colorado’s 5-gamer...included in this streak are five 6/17 @ Det victories over A.L. Central opponents and dating back to a late-May meeting with the White Sox, six 6/18 @ Det straight overall vs. the Central, which has brought the Royals to 11-15 within the division after a rough 6/19 @ Det 7/10 KC 5-15 start...the Royals are now 30-4 when scoring at least four runs, including six times during this streak. 7/11 KC SLUG ON THE RISE--The current 12-4 stretch that began in Toronto on May 29 has seen a substantial 7/12 KC 7/13 KC uptick in Kansas City’s power numbers at the plate...in the 16 games, the Royals have clubbed 37 doubles, 9/8 @ Det 2 triples and 14 home runs, scoring 82 runs for a per game average of 5.1, while the slugging pct. during 9/9 @ Det these 16 contests is at .426...in the 52 games prior to May 29, KC had 21 roundtrippers, was scoring at 9/10 @ Det 9/19 KC a 3.8 per game rate and compiled a slugging pct. of .348...the top two teams in the A.L. in doubles are 9/20 KC meeting over the next four days, as KC’s 132 are second to Detroit’s 136...meanwhile, the Royals have 9/21 KC struck out the least than any Major League club with 383, with the Tigers next with 424. NAVIGATING A DIFFICULT STRETCH--On May 29, the Royals arrived in Toronto riding a 4-game losing streak, capped by a 3-game sweep at home by the Houston Astros...the series with the Jays started a daunting stretch of schedule, where KC was getting set to play 30 games against 9 teams, with all but one over the .500 mark...yesterday was the 16th game in the stretch, with Kansas City going 12-4 featuring a 2-2 split in Toronto and then series wins over the Cardinals (3-1) and Yankees (2-1), a 2-game sweep of division rival Cleveland and the just completed 3-game brooming of the Whie Sox...with 14 games to go the gauntlet includes this 4-game stop in Detroit (36-29), and 3-game home series against Seattle (35-34), the L.A. Dodgers (37-34) and the other L.A. entry, the Angels (37-31). STAFF TOUGHENS IN DICEY SITUATIONS--While the offense has kicked into gear of late, the one constant all season has been the pitching staff and particularly during this winning streak they’ve excelled in the tougher situations...since the June 7 win at home over the Yankees that started this winning streak, KC hurlers have held opponents to a .169 average with runners in scoring position (12-for-71)...KC hurlers were most impressive during the weekend set in Chicago, holding the White Sox to 3-for-29...Kansas City pitchers are fifth in the American League overall by limiting the opposition to a .237 mark in RISP situations. TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHERS: LHP Jason Vargas (6-2, 3.30) vs. RHP Justin Verlander (6-6, 4.61) 2014 2013 Career 2014 2013 Career Jason Vargas vs. Tigers 0-1 - 2-2 Major League Record 6-2 (3.30 ERA) 9-8 57-60 Justin Verlander vs. Royals 1-0 1-3 17-5 Major League Record 6-6 (4.61 ERA) 13-12 143-83 JASON VARGAS will make his 15th start of the season, the 169th of his career and 189th appearance overall...he takes on the Tigers for the third time this season and eighth in his career, all as a starter...the 31-year old signed a four-year free agent contract with the Royals on November 22. TAMING THE TRIBE--Jason upped his mark to 6-2 last Tuesday with a 9-5 Jason’s 2014 Starts triumph over the Tribe at Kauffman Stadium...he worked 7.2 innings, allowing 3 runs 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 on 6 hits with no walks and 5 strikeouts...the veteran lefty carried a shutout into the 4/7 Tampa Bay W, 4-2 8.0 4 1 1 1 1 2 110-74 4-1 eighth inning, before 3-straight hitters reached with 2 outs in the frame...Jason Kipnis 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 delivered a two-run double to right on Vargas’ 116th and last pitch of the game... 4/23 at Cleveland ND, 3-5 6.0 6 3 2 0 2 2 100-63 3-3 fortunately, the Royals had built a 6-0 lead, helping him win at Kauffman Stadium 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 for the first time since a 3-2 triumph over Colorado on May 14...over his last 4 starts, 5/9 at Seattle W, 6-1 7.0 3 0 0 0 0 6 98-65 5-0 Vargas has recorded a 2.25 ERA, allowing just 7 earned runs in his last 28.0 innings. 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 INCREASING THE K’s--Jason recorded 5 strikeouts in his victory over Cleveland, 5/25 at Los Angeles ND, 3-4 6.1 3 1 1 0 5 6 109-60 3-0 giving 41 over his last 7 starts...since May 9, Vargas is averaging 7.96 strikeouts per 9.0 5/30 at Toronto W, 6-1 6.0 7 1 1 1 3 7 108-70 4-1 6/4 St.
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