City Royals POSTGAME NOTES

Detroit 5, Kansas City 1 4 Saturday, July 12, 2014 R H E LOB Detroit (53-37) 5 11 0 5 Starting : Rick Porcello (96/56) Kansas City (47-46) 1 6 1 6 : (121/78)

WP: Rick Porcello (12-5) LP: James Shields (9-5) SV: None Time: 3:08 Temp: 91 Attendance: 33,849 Home Recap (Season Total • Inning • Runners on Base • Count • Distance • Pitcher) KANSAS CITY DETROIT J.D. Martinez (13 • 9 • 0 • 2-0 • 392 ft. • Crow) (7 • 9 • 1 • 3-0 • 427 ft. • Crow)

Attendance Comparison Dates Total Average 2014 46 1,042,675 22,667 2013 46 1,029,097 22,372 Difference - +13,578 +295

Kansas City Royals Notes 4Kansas City falls to 21-25 at home this season and have now dropped six consecutive home contests vs. the Tigers... KC has been outscored 49-14 over that span. 4Royals hitters went 0-for-5 with runners in and are now 3-for-21 (.143) for the series vs. Detroit. 4James Shields (7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 SO) has recorded 18 and just one walk over his last two outings. 4Shields falls to 3-3 at , where he has posted a 3.83 ERA (23 ER in 54.1 IP)... the loss snaps a three-game home win streak. 4Shields threw 121 pitches, the most he has thrown in a game since totaling 122 pitches at Oakland on May 17, 2013... it was the 12th time in Shields’ career that he has thrown at least 121 pitches. 4Aaron Crow surrendered two home runs for the first time in 230 career appearances... the three runs in the ninth inning snapped a 9.2 inning scoreless streak that began on June 13... nine of Crow’s 23 career homers allowed have come vs. Detroit. 4Eric Hosmer extended his to a career-high 12 games with a in the first inning (two other streaks of 11)...the 12-game streak also matches Salvador Perez and for the team-high this season. 4Salvador Perez caught Austin Jackson and Torii Hunter attempting to steal second base in the first and ninth innings, respectively... Perez has now thrown out 14 base-runners this season. 4Billy Butler went 2-for-3 with a and a sacrifice fly... Butler is now hitting .340 (16-for-47) with eight RBI for his career vs. Rick Porcello. 4Nori Aoki made his first start in left field since June 27, 2012 as a member of the ... it was just his eighth Major League start in left field.

Detroit Tigers Notes 4Detroit improves to 37-4 when scoring five-or-more runs... the Tigers are 32-11 when scoring first and 28-15 away from , which ranks as the best road mark in . 4Rick Porcello (7.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 SO) is now tied with New York’s for the lead in wins with 12...Porcello’s career high is 14 in 2009 and 2011. 4Porcello improves to 8-2 with a 2.91 ERA (21 ER in 65.0 IP) in 10 road starts... his eight road victories are the most among A.L. . 4Porcello induced a pair of double plays in the second and third innings, giving him 19 double play balls this season... he entered tonight’s contest tied for second in the American League in twin-killings. 4Austin Jackson went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored, giving him eight hits over his last four games... Jackson has reached base in nine of the last 10 contests, hitting .349 (15-for-43) with five doubles over that span. 4Torii Hunter tripled for the first time this season in the fourth inning... it was Hunter’s first three-bagger since Sept. 21, 2013 vs. Chicago... the Pine Bluff, Ark., native has a in eight of his last 10 games, .452 (19-for-42) with three home runs, three extra base hits, and 13 RBI over that span. 4J.D. Martinez has reached base in 28 of his last 30 games after going 3-for-4 with a pair of singles... Martinez is hitting .390 (46-for-118) with 10 home runs and 28 RBI over that span. 4Brad Ausmus challenged the ruling on the field in the ninth inning that Nick Castellanos was out at first base... after a one minute, four-second review, the call on the field was overturned, was given an error on the play, and Castellanos was ruled safe at first.