Kansas City Royals POSTGAME NOTES
Kansas City 8, Baltimore 3 4 Monday, August 24, 2015 R H E LOB Baltimore (62-62) 3 5 1 0 Starting Pitcher : Ubaldo Jimenez (84/55) Kansas City (76-48) 8 13 0 7 Starting Pitcher : Kris Medlen (69/49)
WP: Kris Medlen (2-0) LP: Ubaldo Jimenez (9-8) SV: None Time: 2:18 Temp: 89 Attendance: 27,797 Home Run Recap (Season Total • Inning • Runners on Base • Count • Distance • Pitcher) KANSAS CITY BALTIMORE Mike Moustakas (14, 6th, 1, 0-1, 417 ft, Jimenez) Adam Jones (24, 1st, 1, 0-0, 428 ft, Medlen)
Attendance Comparison Dates Total Average 2015 62 2,111,531 33,516 2014 63 1,476,908 23,442 Difference - 634,623 10,074
Kansas City Royals Notes 4The Royals recorded eight hits in the sixth inning which is a season-high... the last time the Royals recorded eight hits in an inning was Game #6 of the 2014 World Series, when they scored seven runs on eight hits in the second inning...the last regular season occurance was on June 13, 2013 at Tampa Bay in the sixth inning. 4Kansas City’s seven-run sixth inning matches most runs scored in an inning this year..the club also scored seven in the fourth inning June 24 at Seattle. 4KC went 9-for-16 with two outs in the game, upping the Royals’ big league leading average to .283 (395-for-1391) with two down. 4The Royals batted around for the 14th time this year in the sixth inning... the last time was August 15 in the second inning against the Angels when they scored six runs. 4Kris Medlen (6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO) made his first start as a Royal since returning from “Tommy John” surgery... he recorded his first win as a starting pitcher since September 27, 2013 when he beat the Phillies 1-0 as a member of the Atlanta Braves... he earned his first win with the team out of the bullpen last Tuesday at Cincinnati. 4Mike Moustkas hit his 14th home run of the year in the sixth inning...over his last four games, Moose has homered three times and collected seven RBI. 4Lorenzo Cain went 2-for-3 with two outs in the game...he’s hitting .391 (54-for-138) with two down this season, which leads the A.L. and ranks second in the Majors. 4Eric Hosmer collected an RBI in the third inning, his 20th in the month of August...he entered the day tied with Chris Davis for fourth in the A.L. this month. 4Alex Rios extended his hitting streak to six games which matches his longest of the season... he is 10-for-22 (.455) during his streak. 4Omar Infante recorded two triples in tonight’s game... it is the first time in his career he has collected two triples in the same game...it’s the second time a Royals player has done it this year, Paulo Orlando also had two triples on April 12 at Angel Stadium...Omar’s seven triples this season ties him for seventh in the A.L.
Baltimore Orioles Notes 4Ubaldo Jimenez (5.2 IP, 10 H, 7 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR) made his 25th start of the season and entered tonight ranked tied for the team lead with nine wins... he tied a season-high with 10 hits allowed, the last time being on May 27 vs. Houston... he also matched a season-high with seven runs allowed, the last time being on July 23 at the New York Yankees. 4Adam Jones hit his 24th home run of the season in the first inning...his 192 career homers rank seventh in Orioles history. 4Steve Clevenger extended his career-high hitting streak to eight games. 4The Orioles challenged Manny Machado’s out call on a fly ball to Lorenzo Cain... the call on the field was overturned and Machado was awarded a double... time of delay 2:37.