Kansas City Royals OFFICIAL GAME NOTES Kansas City Royals (36-39) @ Minnesota Twins (34-40) Target Field - Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 7:10 P.M
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Kansas City Royals OFFICIAL GAME NOTES Kansas City Royals (36-39) @ Minnesota Twins (34-40) Target Field - Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 7:10 p.m. Game #76 - Road Game #38 Fox Sports Kansas City (HD) & KCSP Radio (610 Sports) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Friday, June 28 @ Minnesota Twins: RHP James Shields (2-6, 2.92) vs. RHP P.J. Walters (2-3, 4.88), 7:10 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Saturday, June 29 @ Minnesota Twins: RHP Wade Davis (4-5, 4.96) vs. RHP Kyle Gibson (M.L.B. debut), 3:10 p.m., No TV & 610 Sports Sunday, June 30 @ Minnesota Twins: RHP Ervin Santana (5-5, 2.74) vs. RHP Kevin Correia (6-5, 3.82), 1:10 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Monday, July 1: Off day at home Every game can be heard in Kansas City on KCSP Radio (610 Sports) with Royals Hall of Famer Denny Matthews, Steve Physioc and Steve Stewart mikeside tonight, while Don Free controls the dials as the producer/engineer...tonight’s game is being televised in High Definition by FOX Sports Kansas City with Ryan Lefebvre and Rex Hudler describing the action...the pre and postgame show on FSKC, Royals Live, is hosted by Joel Goldberg. Royals vs. Twins SANDWICH SWINGS BY GORDO RESULT IN VICTORY--Alex Gordon was the starter and the The Royals pay their first visit of the year to the Twin Cities closer for the Kansas City offense last night, opening the game with a home run and then a little over after taking 5 of 6 meetings in Kauffman Stadium earlier this three hours later finishing the affair with a run scoring single to snap a 3-3 deadlock and give the Royals season...Kansas City is attempting to win its first season set from a 4-3 walk-off. 10-inning victory over Atlanta...the win was KC’s fourth walk-off of the year and capped Minnesota since going 11-8 in 2003...the Royals will have to a 2-3 stay at “The K”...the 10th inning knock wrapped up a 3-hit night for Gordo, while Salvador Perez improve their work in Target Field to do so, posting 9-18 ledger here since it opened in 2010...all-time, the Royals are 320-362 also contributed 3 knocks to combine for half of Kansas City’s dozen hits...Aaron Crow wound up the vs. the Twins, including an overall 149-190 mark in Minnesota. winner, working a scoreless final frame, entering an inning after closer Greg Holland fanned all 3 Braves Date Site Score WP LP Att. he faced on 11 pitches to get through the ninth...lost in the euphoria of victory was Luis Mendoza’s 4/8 KC W, 3-1 Santana Correia 40,073 solid performance, working 6.2 innings allowing 5 hits and leaving with two men aboard, both of whom 4/9 KC W, 7-4 Guthrie Pelfrey 11,697 4/10 KC W, 3-0 Davis Hendriks 10,069 eventually scored during Atlanta’s 3-run uprising that knotted the score. 6/4 KC L, 0-3 Deduno Mendoza 20,134 6/5 KC W, 4-1 Guthrie Walters 12,407 GORDO BREAKS PERSONAL DINGER DROUGHT EARLY--Alex Gordon opened the home half of 6/6 KC W, 7-3 Collins Burton 14,942 the first inning last night with a 404-foot icebreaker to stake the Royals to an early 1-0 lead en route to an 6/27 @ Min eventual 4-3 victory in 10 innings over the Braves...for Gordo, it was his first home run since May 9, in 6/28 @ Min Baltimore, when he took Freddy Garcia deep, a span of 159 at bats between blasts...it was also his 10th 6/29 @ Min 6/30 @ Min career game-opening home run, first since being the last Royal to accomplish it on August 11, 2012, at 7/30 @ Min Baltimore...Gordon is now tied with Johnny Damon for third most leadoff home runs in franchise history, 7/31 @ Min one behind the leaders, Willie Wilson and David DeJesus. 8/1 @ Min 8/5 KC KC STRONG IN BONUS BASEBALL--The Royals upped their mark to 6-1 during “free” baseball with 8/6 KC last night’s 4-3 win in 10 innings...the six victories are tied for the second most in the Majors (Arizona is 8/7 KC 8-2)...Kansas City is 3-1 in extra frames at Kauffman Stadium and 3-0 on the road. 8/27 @ Min 8/28 @ Min PAULINO RETURNS TO REHAB ASSIGNMENT--Righthanded pitcher Felipe Paulino, recovering 8/29 @ Min from Tommy John surgery last July 3, will return to his minor league injury rehabilitation assignment on Sunday night when he pitches for Northwest Arkansas (AA)...the 29-year old worked 5.0 shutout innings for the Naturals on June 11, but a sore lower back forced him to return to KC, where he had no issues in a simulated game at “The K” on Tuesday. ANOTHER CLOSE CALL--Last night’s 4-3 win was the sixth game in the last 8 to be determined by a single tally, with Kansas City going 3-3 in those affairs... the Royals are tied with the White Sox for the second most one-run games in the American League with 28, each posting a 12-16 ledger (the Angels have 29 and are 12-17)...coupled with an 8-7 mark in games decided by 2 runs, Kansas City has gone 20-23 in games determined by 2 runs or less, or 43 of the 75 played (57%). TOP OF THE HEAP ON THE HILL--The Royals continue to hold down the top spot in the American League ERA race with a 3.51 mark, the fourth best ERA in the Majors and leading the A.L. over Texas at 3.72...Kansas City has gone 14-9 this month, while the pitching staff has recorded an overall ERA of 2.75, allowing 63 earned runs in 206.0 innings, the second best mark in the Majors behind Toronto’s 2.46 June ERA...KC’s starters this month have gone 6-4 with a 2.92 ERA, giving up 46 earnies in 142.0 innings, while the pen has posted a 7-5 ledger with eight saves in nine opportunities, allowing 17 earned runs in 64.0 innings for a 2.39 ERA...Kansas City’s relievers rank third the Majors with a 2.92 ERA (63 earned runs in 194.1 innings)...last night was the 42nd game this year the KC staff held the opposition to three earned runs or less, posting a 27-15 mark in those affairs. TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Jeremy Guthrie (7-5, 4.20) vs. RHP Samuel Deduno (3-2, 3.72) 2013 2012 Career 2013 2012 Career Jeremy Guthrie vs. Twins 2-0 0-1 6-2 Major League Record 7-5 (4.20 ERA) 8-12 62-82 Samuel Deduno vs. Royals 1-0 1-0 2-0 Major League Record 3-2 (3.72 ERA) 6-5 9-7 JEREMY GUTHRIE is making his 16th start of 2013 and 226th career appearance (199th start)...tonight is his 12th outing (10th start) vs. the Twins... Guthrie signed a 3-year deal as a free agent on Nov. 30, 2012 after being acquired July 20, 2012 from Colorado in exchange for Jonathan Sanchez. ROUGH START--Jeremy was involved in his shortest start since 2009 last time Jeremy’s 2013 Starts out, making it just 2.1 innings in a 9-1 loss to Chicago last Friday at “The K”...Guthrie DATE OPPONENT SCORE IP H R ER HR BB SO TP-K LEFT surrendered 2 runs in the first inning and 4 in the third, departing with one out and 4/4 at Chicago W, 3-1 6.0 5 1 1 0 1 9 94-61 3-1 4/9 Minnesota W, 7-4 6.2 6 4 4 3 1 2 110-70 7-4 two men on...he did record his first strikeout since in 3 starts when he fanned Tyler 4/16 at Atlanta ND, 3-6 7.0 5 2 2 2 1 6 91-61 2-2 Flowers in the second inning...Guthrie entered the start 6-5 with a 2.88 career ERA 4/21 at Boston (G2) ND, 5-4 (10) 6.0 9 4 4 1 4 2 112-72 4-4 4/28 Cleveland (G1) W, 9-0 6.2 6 0 0 0 3 5 112-65 4-0 against the White Sox, including 3-0 as a Royal. 5/4 Chicago W, 2-0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1 3 106-74 2-0 AS A ROYAL--Guthrie joined KC last July and is 12-8 through his first 29 starts, 5/9 at Baltimore W, 6-2 6.0 7 2 1 1 3 3 100-63 4-1 5/14 at Los Angeles L, 2-6 7.0 11 5 5 4 3 0 105-65 2-5 posting a 3.69 ERA and 101 strikeouts over 185.1 innings...he has worked at least 6.0 5/20 at Houston L, 5-6 5.0 8 6 6 2 3 2 96-55 4-6 innings 24 times, including 18 quality starts. 5/25 Los Angeles L, 0-7 7.1 5 7 6 2 1 2 106-70 0-4 5/30 at St.