2013 NOTES Kansas City Royals (23-7-2) vs. (11-18-2) Thursday, March 28, 2013

LONG DAY ENDS IN A TIE--Wednesday saw the Royals have a 6-game winning streak halted in the afternoon and then saw a 7-0 lead go by the wayside in the nightcap that ended in a 9-9 tie...the afternoon affair was a 9-1 loss to the Brewers in Maryvale, as was touched for 6 runs (4 earned) on 10 hits in 5.2 innings with a walk and 3 K’s...meanwhile the offense was held to just 5 hits, with the lone run scoring on an Xavier Nady in the fourth inning...last night, Kansas City jumped on Cubs’ starter, Scott Feldman, for 7 runs on 12 hits in 4.1 innings in Surprise, but Chicago rebounded late against the KC pen, plating 5 in the eighth and 2 more in the ninth to forge the 10-inning deadlock... was strong in his final tuneup before opening the season on Monday on the south side of Chicago, working 5.0 innings allowing 2 runs on 3 hits with a walk and 4 K’s...Chris Getz led a 19- offensive attack, going 6-for-6 with a pair of runs scored and 2 RBI. CACTUS LEAGUE CHAMPS!!!--The Royals iced the Cactus League crown on Tuesday with an 11-6 win over the in Peoria...though it’ll mean Upcoming Probables nothing when regular season play begins on Monday in Chicago, Kansas City has Today vs. Cincinnati Reds @ Goodyear Stadium (1:05) established a franchise record for wins with 23, eclipsing the previous best of 22 Ervin Santana, Bruce (L), J.C. Gutierrez, set when the club trained in City, Florida in 1999. Dan Wheeler vs. GETZ HAS HUGE NIGHT--Chris Getz, who won the starting second base job a Mat Latos, Jose Arredondo, J.J. Hoover, Logan Ondrusek, week ago, continued to add to his tremendous spring with a 6-for-6 affair last Sean Marshall (L), Manny Parra (L) night against the ...his performance upped his spring average to Tomorrow vs. @ Surprise Stadium (12:05) .450, the third best in all of baseball, while his .492 on-base pct. ranks sixth and his Jeremy Guthrie, , , Kelvin Herrera, 27 hits are tied for eighth most. Tim Collins (L), Aaron Crow ROSTER MOVES--The Royals today optioned righthanded Louis vs. Coleman to Omaha (AAA) and assigned pitcher Dan Wheeler and /first Ubaldo Jimenez, , Nick Hagadone (L), Jerry Gil, baseman Max Ramirez to minor league camp...coupled with the moves yesterday Rich Hill (L) of optioning Francisley Bueno and Donnie Joseph and assigning Atahualpa Monday vs. @ U.S. Cellular Field (3:10) Severino to minor league camp, Kansas City now has 29 active players in camp... James Shields vs. (L) the breakdown includes 14 (1 non-roster), 3 , 7 infielders (1 non- Tuesday -- Off day in Chicago roster) and 5 (1 non-roster). Wednesday vs. Chicago White Sox @ U.S. Cellular Field (1:10) ROTATION SET--Manager Ned Yost has announced that Luis Mendoza will be Ervin Santana vs. the fifth starter in the rotation when the season begins next week, with Mendy’s Thursday vs. Chicago White Sox @ U.S. Cellular Field (1:10) first work slated for Saturday, April 6 in Philadelphia...he joins the previously Jeremy Guthrie vs. Gavin Floyd announced foursome of James Shields, Ervin Santana, Jeremy Guthrie and ...lefty will work out of the when the season commences. MATCHUPS IN CHICAGO--The 2013 regular season will begin on Monday in the Windy City, when the Royals and White Sox meet in a 3:10 game at U.S. Cellular Field...the pitching matchup for the opener will see James Shields battle southpaw Chris Sale...following an off day on April 2, the clubs will meet on Wednesday, April 3, at 1:10, with Ervin Santana toeing the slab against Chicago’s Jake Peavy...the opening series will conclude at 1:10 on Thursday, April 4, with Jeremy Guthrie taking on righthander Gavin Floyd...Kansas City will then shift its attention to interleague play for a 3-game series in Philadelphia as the Phils open the home half of the slate...KC will send Wade Davis, a still to be named starter and Shields to the hill at ...Santana is slated to make the start in the Kauffman Stadium opener on April 8 vs. Minnesota. RADIO TODAY AND TOMORROW--Now that the Kansas NCAA tournament basketball schedule is set, the Royals and 610 Sports have finalized the broadcast slate for the rest of spring training...the Royals and 610 added today’s game in Goodyear against Cincinnatiand tomorrow’s spring finale with Cleveland can be heard on 1660 AM in Kansas City at 2:05 p.m. DEFICITS REMAIN SCARCE--The Royals never trailed in last night’s tie with the Cubs, which has been par for the way the club has played this spring...Kansas City has now been behind in only 71 of the 291 innings played during this exhibition season, or only 24% of the time. VS. REDS--Today is the third and final meeting between these clubs, with Kansas City looking to sweep the spring series...the Royals were 3-2 winners over Cincy on March 1 in Surprise and then took an 8-1 decision here two days later...these clubs are not slated to meet during the regular season. OFFENSE CONTINUES TO PACE MLB--With 19 hits in the nightcap on Wednesday, the Royals enter today leading all 30 MLB clubs with a .336 average, 27 points higher than the next closest club, the ...the Royals are first in baseball with 217 runs, 398 hits, 84 doubles, a .388 on-base pct. and .903 OPS, while ranking second in slugging pct. with a .515 mark...individually, Chris Getz ranks third in hitting (.450), Lorenzo Cain is fifth (.446), Alex Gordon ranks 10th (.420) and is 11th (.418)...Cain is first among all hitters in on-base pct. with a .530 mark, while Getz is sixth (.492)...Gordon’s 29 hits are fifth in the Majors, just ahead of Moustakas at sixth (28) and Getz tied for eighth (27)...Billy Butler’s 19 RBI are tied for the top spot among all hitters on both sides of the country...Gordo is tied for sixth in home runs with 6. MLB NETWORK APRIL TELEVISION--The MLB Network has announced its April schedule of Major League action and the Royals are ticketed for a trio of appearances...the first will be a national telecast on April 6 from Philadelphia, though that broadcast will be blacked out in KC since it will also be carried by Fox Sports Kansas City...the April 13 affair when Toronto visits Kauffman Stadium is the backup game for the Network and then on April 17 when KC visits Atlanta, the 12:10 start vs. the Braves will be on MLB Network...the game in Atlanta is not on the FSKC slate, thus Kansas Citians will be able to watch the MLB Network feed. FINALE TOMORROW--The Royals will host the Cleveland Indians tomorrow at noon at the Surprise Recreation Campus to pull the curtain on Spring Training-2013...Kansas City will charter out to Chicago immediately following the contest, take Saturday off per the basic agreement and then workout on Sunday in U.S. Cellular Field in preparation for Monday’s 2013 lid-lifter vs. the White Sox. SPRING WORK--Kansas City is 23-7-2 entering today’s contest, with 2 games remaining in this 34-game spring slate, minimized due to two rainouts...the Royals have an all-time exhibition record of 615-563 with 35 ties for a .522 winning pct...since coming to Arizona in 2003, Kansas City has posted a much better 185-140 mark with 15 ties for a .569 mark...the Royals spent their first 34 seasons training in Florida, starting in Fort Myers (1969-87), followed by a 15-year stint in Baseball City (1988-2002). LITTLE HELP PLEASE--The Royals have brought over 10 players from minor league camp to assist with today’s contest: rigthanded pitchers Malcolm Culver (#76) and Anthony Ortega (#95), lefthanded pitcher Buddy Baumann (#90); catcher Juan Graterol (#91); infielders Anthony Seratelli (#69), Angel Franco (#82) and (#85); outfielders Roman Hernandez (#79), Paulo Orlando (#80) and Lane Adams (#88). NED’S THIRD FULL SEASON BEGINS--The 16th full-time manager in franchise history, Ned Yost, was named to his post on May 13, 2010 and recorded a 198-253 ledger since taking the reins...included was a 72-90 mark a year ago...this is his second stint as a big league manager after nearly six full campaigns at the helm for the Milwaukee Brewers (2003-2008)...he compiled a 457-502 record with the Brew Crew including a 166-146 mark in his last two seasons...Yost, a catcher during his playing days, began his coaching career in the Atlanta organization, including 12 straight seasons on Bobby Cox’s big league staff (1991-2002). ON THE AIR--Monday in Chicago will kickoff 140 telecasts on FSKC, with Ryan Lefebvre and Rex Hudler providing the call from U.S. Cellular Field...the first 13 games of the season will be aired on FSKC before a day game in Atlanta on April 17, which will be shown nationally on the MLB Network...all told, the only game from thru May 21 that will not be televised will be April 25 from . ROYALS NOTES (Page 2) LAST TIME OUT Player Date IP H R ER BB SO HR W/L/S TODAY’S PITCHERS: Bruce Chen 3/26 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 - Louis Coleman 3/26 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - ERVIN SANTANA makes his sixth and final start of the spring today...the Royals’ #2 starter will pitch Tim Collins 3/27 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - next Wednesday in Chicago...he went 6.0 frames last Saturday vs. Arizona, allowing 4 runs (2 earned) in Aaron Crow 3/27 1.1 2 2 2 0 2 0 - 6.0 innings...Ervin has walked 3 and struck out 18 in his 19.0 spring innings...was acquired by the Royals Wade Davis 3/25 5.0 4 2 1 3 1 0 W Jeremy Guthrie 3/24 6.0 6 2 2 0 8 1 W on October 31, 2012 and is in his first camp in the west valley after spending his entire career in Tempe... J.C. Gutierrez 3/27 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - the 30-year-old former A.L. All-Star is 96-80 with a 4.33 ERA in his big league career covering 236 games Kelvin Herrera 3/27 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Luke Hochevar 3/27 0.2 5 5 5 1 0 0 - (233 starts) since his debut in 2005...last season, Ervin was 9-13 with a 5.16 ERA, but was 5-3 with a 3.76 Greg Holland 3/26 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - ERA in his final 11 starts...an author of a 2011 no-hitter, the San Cristobal, Dominican Republic resident Donnie Joseph 3/24 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - Luis Mendoza 3/27 5.2 10 6 4 1 3 1 L leaves the Angels organization among the club’s top seven in wins, innings and ...he has posted Ervin Santana 3/23 6.0 7 4 2 1 3 0 - five seasons of -digit wins and topped 200 innings four times. James Shields 3/27 5.0 3 2 2 1 4 0 - Dan Wheeler 3/27 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 -

J.C. GUTIERREZ, 29, is in his first big league camp with the Royals after spending the 2012 spring SPRING TRANSACTIONS rehabbing from September 2011 Tommy John surgery...today is his 12th spring outing...he last pitched Date Player Transaction on Monday against the Dodgers, allowing a hit but striking out the side in an inning...the former Arizona 3/8 LHP-Noel Arguelles Optioned to Northwest Arkansas made 19 appearances at three stops of the Royals system last year before being named Venezuela LHP-Ryan Verdugo Assigned to minor league camp RHP-Sugar Ray Marimon Assigned to minor league camp Winter League Reliever of the Year this past offseason, posting a 0.81 ERA in 24 appearances for Caracas... C-Manuel Pina Assigned to minor league camp the Barcelona, Venezuela, resident is 5-10 with a 4.79 ERA in 150 career big league outings. C-Julio Rodriguez Assigned to minor league camp OF- Assigned to minor league camp 3/12 LHP-Chris Dwyer Optioned to Omaha DAN WHEELER makes his 11th spring appearance...he allowed 2 hits but was able to post his 10th LHP-Justin Marks Optioned to Omaha scorless outing this spring Monday vs. the Dodgers...Wheeler is unscored upon in 10.0 innings, issuing LHP-John Lamb Optioned to Northwest Arkansas 3/13 RHP-Guillermo Moscoso Requested Unconditional Release Waivers just 1 walk and striking out 13 while compiling 3 saves...spends his first season in Royals camp, signing 3/15 RHP-Guillermo Moscoso Claimed on Waivers by Toronto as a minor league free agent on December 16, 2012...the 35-year-old is 25-43 with a 3.98 ERA in 589 career 3/18 LHP- Optioned to Omaha big league appearances for the Rays, Mets, Astros, Red Sox and Indians...he spent a majority of last season LHP-Will Smith Optioned to Omaha RHP-Nate Adcock Optioned to Omaha with the Indians’ Triple-A club, Columbus, posting a 3-3 record with a 2.32 ERA in 36 outings...Wheeler RHP-Blaine Boyer Assigned to minor league camp was 1 of just 3 relievers in baseball to post at least 60 appearances in each of the seasons from 2005-2010. RHP-Michael Mariot Assigned to minor league camp RHP-Brian Sanches Assigned to minor league camp RHP- Assigned to minor league camp BRUCE CHEN (L) makes his sixth spring appearance and second since being officially moved to the C-Adam Moore Assigned to minor league camp pen...worked around 2 hits and a walk to toss a scoreless frame on Tuesday at Peoria against the M’s... INF-Christian Colon Assigned to minor league camp INF-Anthony Seratelli Assigned to minor league camp also pitched last Thursday in a minor league intrasquad game, allowing 4 runs (2 earned) on 4 hits with INF-Brandon Wood Assigned to minor league camp no walks and 4 K’s in 6.0 innings...made 34 starts for the Royals in 2012, posting an 11-14 mark with a OF-Will Taveras Assigned to minor league camp 3/20 OF-Endy Chavez Released from minor league contract 5.07 ERA...the 35-year-old won 12 games in back-to-back seasons for KC in 2010 and 2011, being named 3/23 2B- Optioned to Omaha the club’s Pitcher of the Year in the latter season...the Surprise, Ariz., resident signed a two-year contract 3/25 OF-David Lough Optioned to Omaha through 2013 with the Royals on November 29, 2011...Chen leads all Pananamian-born pitcher in starts LHP-George Sherrill Released from minor league contract OF-Xavier Nady Released from minor league contract (203) and innings (1,356.1), is second in wins (71) and strikeouts (1022), and third in games (351). 3/27 OF-Desmond Henry Acquired as player to be named in November 8, 2012 trade with Texas LHP-George Sherrill Signed to minor league contract with OTHER PITCHERS: invitation to spring training BUDDY BAUMANN (L) OF-Xavier Nady Signed to minor league contract with MALCOM CULVER invitation to spring training LHP-Donnie Joseph Optioned to Omaha ANTHONY ORTEGA LHP-Francisley Bueno Optioned to Omaha INF-Irving Falu Optioned to Omaha LHP-Atahualpa Severino Assigned to minor league camp 3/28 C-Max Ramirez Assigned to minor league camp RHP-Louis Coleman Optioned to Omaha RHP-Dan Wheeler Assigned to minor league camp

2013 SPRING SCHEDULE (all times local) Date Day Opponent Site Time/Result Record WP LP ATT #*February 22 Friday at Texas Surprise T, 5-5 0-0-1 - - - 7,985 February 23 Saturday TEXAS SURPRISE W, 4-2 1-0-1 Verdugo (1-0) Brigham - 3,428 *February 24 Sunday at Texas Surprise W, 7-5 2-0-1 Coleman (1-0) Lindblom Mariot (1) 3,302 *February 25 Monday ARIZONA SURPRISE W, 16-4 3-0-1 Dwyer (1-0) Delgado - 2,617 February 26 Tuesday at Cleveland Goodyear W, 4-1 4-0-1 Davis (1-0) Albers Wheeler (1) 1,577 February 27 Wednesday MILWAUKEE SURPRISE W, 3-2 5-0-1 Collins (1-0) Manzanillo Mariot (2) 3,049 *February 28 Thursday at San Diego Peoria W, 5-4 6-0-1 Smith (1-0) Ross Adcock (1) 1,648 March 1 Friday CINCINNATI SURPRISE W, 3-2 7-0-1 Lamb (1-0) Stevens Wheeler (2) 3,141 March 2 Saturday SAN FRANCISCO (SS) SURPRISE W, 9-5 8-0-1 Mendoza (1-0) Heston - 5,362 *March 3 Sunday at Cincinnati Goodyear W, 8-1 9-0-1 Davis (2-0) Cingrani - 2,691 March 4 Monday OFF DAY *March 5 Tuesday OAKLAND (SS) SURPRISE W, 8-2 10-0-1 Chen (1-0) Colon - 2,647 March 6 Wednesday at Arizona Scottsdale W, 8-1 11-0-1 Shields (1-0) Cahill - 8,115 *March 7 Thursday SEATTLE (SS) SURPRISE L, 2-12 11-1-1 Iwakuma Moscoso (0-1) - 4,026 March 8 Friday CLEVELAND SURPRISE 1:05 (Rained Out) *at Colorado Scottsdale 7:10 (Rained Out) March 9 Saturday at San Francisco Scottsdale W, 13-2 12-1-1 Ventura (1-0) Petit - 11,647 *March 10 Sunday LOS ANGELES ANGELS SURPRISE W, 17-11 13-1-1 Hochevar (1-0) Hanson - 7,417 March 11 Monday OFF DAY *March 12 Tuesday at Oakland Phoenix L, 3-6 13-2-1 Neshek Shields (1-1) Scribner 4,789 March 13 Wednesday SEATTLE SURPRISE W, 4-2 14-2-1 Adcock (1-0) Wilhelmsen Crow (1) 6,029 March 14 Thursday at Cleveland Goodyear W, 5-3 15-2-1 Guthrie (1-0) McAllister Mariot (3) 3,684 March 15 Friday SAN DIEGO (SS) SURPRISE W, 7-5 16-2-1 Adcock (2-0) Stauffer Wheeler (3) 4,051 at (SS) Glendale L, 1-8 16-3-1 Fife Ventura (1-1) -- 8,125 MLBMarch 16 Saturday at Chicago Cubs Mesa L, 3-8 16-4-1 Takahashi Chen (1-1) -- 9,918 *March 17 Sunday CHICAGO WHITE SOX SURPRISE W, 10-0 17-4-1 Mendoza (2-0) Stewart -- 6,090 MLBMarch 18 Monday at Texas Surprise L, 2-8 17-5-1 Lowe Santana (0-1) -- 7,280 *March 19 Tuesday COLORADO SURPRISE L, 2-7 17-6-1 Nicasio Guthrie (1-1) -- 6,151 *March 20 Wednesday LOS ANGELES DODGERS SURPRISE W, 7-2 18-6-1 Davis (3-0) Harang -- 5,709 March 21 Thursday OFF DAY MLBMarch 22 Friday at Los Angeles Angels Tempe W, 13-9 19-6-1 Shields (2-1) Cabrera -- 9,682 *March 23 Saturday ARIZONA SURPRISE W, 11-10 20-6-1 Coleman (2-0) Bonine -- 6,669 MLBMarch 24 Sunday at Chicago White Sox Glendale W, 8-2 21-6-1 Guthrie (2-1) Purcey -- 7,148 *TVMLBMarch 25 Monday LOS ANGELES DODGERS SURPRISE W, 8-2 22-6-1 Davis (4-0) Greinke -- 5,936 *March 26 Tuesday at Seattle Peoria W, 11-6 23-6-1 Marimon (1-0) Bonderman -- 6,098 *March 27 Wednesday at Milwaukee Maryvale L, 1-9 23-7-1 Gallardo Mendoza (2-1) -- 3,657 TVMLB CHICAGO CUBS SURPRISE T, 9-9 23-7-2 ------6,842 *March 28 Thursday at Cincinnati Goodyear 1:05 *March 29 Friday CLEVELAND SURPRISE 12:05

# Denotes Charity Game (game and stats will count in Cactus League) Record Attendance * Game broadcast on KCSP-610 AM in Kansas City (March 29 on 1660 AM in KC) Home: 13-2-1 Home: 79,164 TV Broadcast on FOX Sports Kansas City Road: 10-5-1 Home avg.: 4,948 MLB Broadcast on MLB Network (3/16, 3/18, 3/24 and 3/27 reaired) vs. A.L.: 11-3-1 Road: 97,355 NOTE: All games webcast on royals.com vs. N.L.: 12-4-1 Road avg.: 6,085