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Kansas City Royals OFFICIAL GAME NOTES Kansas City Royals (25-55) @ Seattle Mariners (51-31) Safeco Field - Friday, June 29, 2018 Game #81 - Road Game #41 Fox Sports Kansas City and KCSP Radio (610 Sports) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Saturday, June 30 @ Seattle Mariners: RHP Jason Hammel (2-9, 5.34) vs. RHP Félix Hernández (7-6, 5.10), 9:10 p.m. (CDT), FSKC & 610 Sports Sunday, July 1 @ Seattle Mariners: RHP Brad Keller (2-2, 2.25) vs. LHP James Paxton (7-2, 3.65) , 3:10 p.m. (CDT), FSKC & 610 Sports Monday, July 2 vs. Cleveland Indians: RHP Corey Kluber (11-4, 2.54) vs. RHP Jakob Junis (5-9, 4.67), 7:15 p.m., FSKC & 610 Sports Tuesday, July 3 vs. Cleveland Indians: RHP Shane Bieber (3-0, 2.22) vs. LHP Danny Duffy (4-7, 4.94), 7:15 p.m., FSKC & 610 Sports Wednesday, July 4 vs. Cleveland Indians: RHP Trevor Bauer (7-5+ tonight) vs. RHP Ian Kennedy (1-7+ tonight), 7:15 p.m., FSKC & 610 Sports Thursday, July 5: Off day at home Tonight’s game is being broadcast in Kansas City on KCSP Radio (610 Sports) and the Royals Radio Network with Steve Physioc and Steve Stewart mikeside...this series from Seattle is being televised on FSKC with Ryan Lefebvre and Rex Hudler providing the play-by-play and analysis, respectively...Joel Goldberg hosts the pre and post-game shows, Royals Live. Mariners vs. Royals DUPE AND PERALTA SHARE THE SAVE--Kansas City hits Seattle, the final stop on this extended The Royals enter this series 1-2 vs. the M’s in 2018, taking journey, coming off a split in Milwaukee that was capped by the first “walk-off replay” victory since the the opener of a three-game set back on April 9-11 in Kauffman technology was put in place...Wily Peralta coaxed what appeared to be a game-ending double play ball off Stadium...KC swept its three-game stop here last summer and enter tonight winners of four in a row here dating back to ‘16... the bat of Ryan Braun, but it took eagle eye Bill Duplissea in the clubhouse to call for a review and eventual Kansas City still possesses a 230-213 advantage in the all-time reversal...the final out resulted in Peralta’s second big league save, both this week, and preserved a fourth work, but have a 104-111 deficit in Seattle, including a 30-42 win of the year for Danny Duffy, who allowed just a run on five hits with two walks and seven K’s over mark in Safeco Field. 6.0 innings...he and Brent Suter were locked up in a scoreless tie until Jesus Aguilar homered in the sixth, Date Site Score WP LP Att. 4/9 KC W, 10-0 Junis Gonzales 12,324 but Mike Moustakas tied the affair in the seventh with his 15th blast of the year and ignited KC’s largest 4/10 KC L, 3-8 Hernandez Skoglund 14,850 inning in nearly a month...the Royals would score four more times in the frame, with Adalberto Mondesi’s 4/11 KC L, 2-4 Vincent Grimm 14,314 6/29 @ Sea two-run single snapping the deadlock and giving Kansas City its biggest inning since scoring seven on 6/30 @ Sea May 30 vs. Minnesota...the win was KC’s third in the last six games after a stretch in which it lost 15 of 16 7/1 @ Sea affairs...Wednesday was the fifth win of the month for the Royals, the second where the opponent scored. BONI IS BACK--Second-year man Jorge Bonifacio has completed his 80-game suspension and 15-day minor league rehab assignment and has been activated to return to action beginning tonight against the Mariners...the 25-year old was suspended without pay on March 10 after testing positive for Boldenone, a performance- enhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program...during his rehab stint in Omaha (AAA), Boni batted .392 (20-for-51) with 11 runs, five doubles, a triple and nine RBI...as a rookie last year, Bonifacio batted .255 in 113 games with 17 home runs and 40 RBI...to make room on the 25-man roster for Bonifacio, the Royals designated infielder Ryan Goins for assignment. FUTILITY STREAK IS HISTORY--With five runs in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers in Miller Park, the Royals snapped their club record of 19 consecutive games of scoring four runs or fewer, the longest such streak in the Majors since the Orioles went 21 games in 1992...the dry spell began with a 1-0 loss in Anaheim on June 5 and ran through this past Tuesday in Milwaukee with KC plating a total of 36 runs in the 19 games, a 1.9 per contest average...during the extended drought, the Royals scored four runs (once), three runs (5 times), two runs (six times), one run (five times) and were blanked on two occasions...despite the five-run outburst in the seventh inning on Wednesday, Kansas City has still scored a big league low 53 runs this month, 26 fewer than the runner-up Tampa Bay Rays (79). DUFFY BACK IN FORM--After a rugged start to his season, Danny Duffy has turned the corner with continued solid work that carried into Wednesday’s 5-4 win over the Brewers in Milwaukee...he worked 6.0 innings on Wednesday allowing just a run on a solo homer, with five hits and two walks while fanning seven...it was the fifth time in his last seven starts that Duffy has held the opposition to one or fewer runs over at least 6.0 innings...after seeing his season ERA climb to 6.88 after a start on May 19 against the Yankees, Duff has posted a 2.68 mark (13 earned runs in 43.2 innings) over his last seven starts, going 3-1 while holding opponents to a .208 average. TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Ian Kennedy (1-7, 5.09) vs. LHP Marco Gonzales (7-5, 4.04) 2018 2017 Career 2018 2017 Career Ian Kennedy vs. Mariners - 1-0 2-2 Major League Record 1-7 (5.09 ERA) 5-13 92-99 Marco Gonzales vs. Royals 0-1 0-0 0-1 Major League Record 7-5 (4.04 ERA) 1-1 12-8 IAN KENNEDY makes his 17th start of the season and 284th of his career (286th appearance)…it’s his fifth career start vs. Seattle and first since last July… he’s in the third season of a five-year deal he signed on January 29, 2016. Ian’s 2018 Starts DATE OPPONENT SCORE IP H R ER HR BB SO TP-K LEFT SEVEN STRONG IN HOUSTON--Ian’s winless streak reached 14 in the Royals’ 3/31 vs. White Sox ND, 3-4 6.0 4 1 1 0 2 5 105-73 3-1 4-3 loss in 12 innings at Minute Maid Park last Saturday...still seeking his first win since 4/7 at Cleveland W, 1-0 6.0 4 0 0 0 0 8 101-75 1-0 4/12 vs. Angels L, 1-7 6.0 7 1 1 1 2 3 100-63 0-1 April 7, Kennedy was charged with two runs on four hits and one walk in 7.0 innings, 4/18 at Toronto L, 5-15 5.0 8 6 4 2 3 6 106-62 4-6 4/24 vs. Milwaukee L, 2-5 3.0 6 4 4 1 1 0 58-35 0-4 with five strikeouts…he retired 10 of the first 11 batters and didn’t allow a hit until 4/29 vs. White Sox ND, 5-4 5.0 5 2 2 0 2 6 97-66 4-2 the fourth, when the Astros plated two on a sacrifice fly and a solo home run by Yuli 5/4 vs. Detroit ND, 4-2 6.0 6 0 0 0 1 7 103-69 0-0 5/10 at Baltimore L, 6-11 4.0 8 9 9 3 2 4 78-52 6-9 Gurriel…he retired 10 of the next 12 before exiting with a 3-2 lead, which was erased in 5/15 vs. Tampa Bay ND, 5-6 6.0 7 5 5 1 3 6 101-66 3-5 5/21 at St. Louis L 0-6 5.2 9 5 5 1 1 5 108-70 0-5 the ninth and led to a walk-off, bases-loaded single by Carlos Correa in the 12th…Ian is 5/26 at Texas ND, 3-4 (10) 5.0 5 2 2 0 3 4 90-55 3-2 0-7 with a 5.79 ERA (48 ER in 74.2 IP) in his last 14 starts, the longest active drought in 6/1 vs. Oakland L, 0-16 3.0 7 8 8 3 2 3 71-48 0-8 6/6 at LA Angels ND, 3-4 5.0 7 1 1 0 3 5 99-57 1-1 the Majors (min. 1 start in 2018) as Oakland hurler Chris Bassitt ended a 15-game skid 6/12 vs. Cincinnati ND, 1-5 (10) 8.0 3 0 0 0 3 5 104-68 1-0 6/18 vs. Texas L, 3-6 6.0 4 5 5 2 3 8 108-68 3-5 on Wednesday vs.