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2015 CITY ROYALS Game Notes (13-9) @ Mariners - SS (10-10-2) Thursday, March 26, 2015

BLANKED BY CHISOX--Kansas City was kept off the board for the first time this spring, dropping a 6-0 decision last night to the in front of 7,288 in Surprise... was solid as the starter, but still wound up with the loss, working a spring-high 6.0 innings allowing a on three hits with two walks and four ...the pen was solved for five more runs, with allowing a tally and getting touched up for four in his inning of work...southpaw continued his terrific first spring as a Royal, working a 1-2-3 ninth, giving him 11.1 innings of work this spring with just two runs allowed (1.59 ERA)...at the plate, Alex Rios had the lone multi- game with a pair of knocks, but KC scuffled to an 0-for-9 evening with runners in scoring position...the loss dropped the Royals to 13-9 after a 10-1 start to the spring season. ROTATION SET--Kansas City skipper has announced his season-opening starting rotation for 2015, beginning with 23-year old slated to take the ball on Opening Upcoming Probables Day, April 6, vs. the Chicago White Sox in ...the last time Ventura worked in Thursday vs. (SS) @ Peoria Stadium (1:05) “The K” was Game #6 of the vs. the Giants, blanking San Francisco in the must-win , , , , game by a 10-0 count...Yordano will be followed in the rotation by another “home grown” hurler with slated to pitch in the #2 slot with his first start taking place on Wednesday, vs. April 8 vs. the ChiSox...newcomer Edinson Volquez will get the nod to finish up the Chicago series Felix Hernandez, Yoervis Medina, Tom Wilhelmsen, and then Jason Vargas will work the first road game of the year in Anaheim on May 10, where he Charlie Furbush (L) opened the 2014 ALDS vs. the Halos with 6.0 strong innings of a contest the Royals won, 3-2 in 11 innings...lastly, Jeremy Guthrie will wrap-up the first lap through the rotation in the second game Friday vs. Seattle Mariners @ (6:05) of the visit to Anaheim. James Paxton (L) vs. RADIO CHANGES--The Royals and 610 Sports Radio yesterday announced that four games have Yordano Ventura, , Jason Frasor, , been added to the spring training schedule, starting with tomorrow night when the Royals host these Franklin Morales (L) Seattle Mariners...also added to the schedule are the weekend games vs. the Saturday vs. Arizona Diamondbacks @ Salt River Fields (1:05) on Saturday from Salt River Fields and Sunday’s matchup in Surprise vs. the , with first pitch slated for 3:05 (CDT)...the final exhibition addition is the April 4 finale in Houston with Danny Duffy (L) a 3:10 first pitch scheduled...one other alteration in the spring schedule now has the Monday, March vs. TBA 30 game vs. the Rangers as a webcast on Royals.com and MLB.com, with first pitch scheduled for 3:05 p.m. (CDT)...that contest was initially announced as a radio game, but will now be available Sunday vs. Chicago Cubs @ Surprise Stadium (1:05) on the web...all told, 21 exhibition games will have been broadcast on 610 Sports and the Royals TBA Radio Network, one more than the previously announced schedule. vs. Edinson Volquez (L) ROSTER MOVES--The Royals continued to trim their spring roster on Sunday, optioning seven players and reassigning two others...optioned to Omaha (AAA) were and , Francisco Pena, infielder and Reymond Fuentes...optioned to Northwest Arkansas (AA) was left-handed and optioned to Wilmington (A) was outfielder ...reassigned to the minor league side were catcher and outfielder ...the moves left the Royals with 37 active players in camp, including nine non-roster invitees...the breakdown includes 18 pitchers (4 non-roster), 3 (1 non-roster), 10 infielders (3 non-roster) and 6 (1 non-roster)...among the 18 pitchers remaining in camp, 4 are left-handed...included are , who is on the 60-day disabled list as he continues to recover from surgery last spring and , who underwent TJ surgery on March 11. COVER BOYS--The regional cover for this week’s Sports Illustrated hit the newsstands on Tuesday and among the four being spread across the country was one featuring Salvador Perez and Greg Holland...the photo is contrarian in design with Salvy posing with a scowl and Holly displaying unbridled excitement. VS. M’S--Today is the first meeting of 2015 between the Royals and Mariners, with tomorrow night in Surprise the second and final spring session...after tomorrow, these clubs won’t meet until June 22-24 in Safeco and then closeout the season series on September 22-24 in Kauffman Stadium. STATISTICALLY SPEAKING--Kansas City’s 13 wins this spring are tied for second most in the Majors...KC’s .294 team batting average is second best among all clubs, trailing only the Angels’ .306 team mark. TV SCHEDULE CHANGE--With FS1 adding Kansas City’s June 18 game at home against the to their national schedule, the Royals and FSKC have added the July 29 game in Cleveland to the 150-game package for this season...with the most recent addition by FS1, currently only one game of the entire 162-game slate is not ticketed for television, the Thursday, August 27 day game at home vs. Baltimore, but should ESPN add any other Sunday Night Baseball exposures to KC’s schedule, that contest will likely also be picked up by FSKC...KC now has six games scheduled for FS1, four on FOX Sports and one Sunday Night Game on ESPN. GOOD START ON THE TUBE--The Royals and FOX Sports Kansas City had a 2.1 rating last night, which was a 62% increase over last year’s first exhibition telecast (1.3)... tomorrow night will be the second of four telecasts on FSKC, with the own announce crew of , and Joel Goldberg working the contest vs. the Mariners...FSKC will also carry the March 28 game in Scottsdale vs. the D’Backs and March 31 in Peoria vs. the Padres, with fans having the chance to listen to the announce crews of the Diamondbacks and Padres, respectively. ADDS FOR TODAY VS. THE MARINERS--The Royals have tapped into minor league camp for some assistance tonight by adding right-handed pitchers #90 Malcolm Culver and #90 , catcher #95 Micah Gibbs, #53 , infielder #69 and outfielder #79 Ethan Chapman. ON THE NETWORK--The next MLB Network exposure for the Royals is today vs. the Mariners in Peoria, which will be taped delayed until 8:00 a.m. (CDT) tomorrow... KC’s final game in Surprise on April 1 vs. the Dodgers will also be shown on MLB Network, but not until 2:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 2 (set your DVR for that one). SPRING WORK--The Royals are now 13-9 this spring, which is one more victory than all of last spring when the club went 12-16-2...Kansas City is 212-165 (.562) with 37 ties since moving to the Valley of the Sun in 2003...the Royals have an all-time exhibition record of 644-588 with 37 ties for a .523 winning pct...the Royals spent their first 34 seasons training in Florida, beginning with Fort Myers (1969-87), followed by a 15-year stint in Baseball City (1988-2002). THE FINAL WEEK AHEAD--Kansas City will host these Mariners tomorrow night in a 6:05 contest in Surprise...the Royals will travel back to Scottsdale for a final time in 2015 on Saturday for a 1:05 match with the Valley-dwelling Diamondbacks and then KC will have the Cubs pay their lone visit to Surprise on Sunday...the final exhibition action in Arizona will consist of a Monday matinee in Surprise as the visitor vs. the Rangers, a night game next Tuesday in Peoria vs. the Padres and then a spring finale at noon next Wednesday vs. the Dodgers in Surprise Stadium. POSTSEASON DROUGHT IS OVER--Though the sting of dropping of the World Series lingered throughout the offseason, the participation in the Fall Classic represented Kansas City’s first appearance in the postseason since 1985...the Royals did it in dramatic fashion, clinching the playoff berth in Chicago on the final weekend of the regular season and then winning the still talked about game over Oakland, rallying from a 7-3 deficit to in the eighth inning to take a 9-8 decision in 12 innings...that triumph would be the first of a Major League record eight consecutive wins to open the postseason, with KC’s first loss coming in Game One of the World Series vs. the Giants...in the interim, the Royals rolled through the Angels in three straight in the ALDS and then swept all four games from Baltimore in the ALCS, with taking MVP honors. A LOOK AHEAD IN 2015--KC will open its 2015 regular season at home for the first time since 2011, as the Chicago White Sox will invade Kauffman Stadium for a 3:10 start on Monday, April 6...following a day off Tuesday, the Royals and ChiSox will play two more games before Kansas City embarks on its first road trip, a week long journey to Anaheim (3) and Minnesota (3)... and the Oakland A’s will open KC’s second stay at “The K” on April 17, with last year’s Wild Card opponent in town for three, followed by Minnesota for three...Kansas City’s Interleague work this year this year will be vs. the Central, with the Reds, Cardinals, Brewers and Pirates visiting Kauffman Stadium this summer, while the Royals travel to Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago, facing the Cubs in for the first time since 2001...Kansas City will be well represented in Cincinnati earlier than its scheduled visit in mid-August, as the Reds are hosting the 2015 All-Star Game of which Ned Yost and his staff will be operating for the American League by virtue of last year’s title. BACK-TO-BACK WINNING SEASONS--The Royals are coming off an 89-73 campaign, locking up the Wild Card on the final weekend, the second consecutive winning campaign for the club...it marked the first time the club had consecutive winnings seasons since the 1993-94 Royals, though the ‘94 season was cut short due to a work stoppage...last year’s club posted the franchise’s most wins (89) and best winning percentage (.549) since recording a 92-70 mark during the 1989 season...the 2014 Royals had the most regular season road wins in the American League with 47, only two behind the big league leading Dodgers...the 47 road triumphs were the most for the franchise since winning a club record 48 in 1980...KC then went 5-2 on the road in the postseason, including 2-0 sweeps in both Anaheim and Baltimore. ROYALS NOTES (Page 2) LAST TIME OUT TODAY’S PITCHERS: Player Date IP H R ER BB SO HR W/L/S 3/21 4.2 6 1 1 2 3 0 - JEREMY GUTHRIE – 35, will make just his second start of Major League Spring Training...last action came in a minor Louis Coleman 3/25 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 - league contest vs. San Diego last Friday, giving up 2 runs on 2 hits over 4.0 innings...tossed 2.0 innings vs. the White Tim Collins 3/4 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 - Sox on March 10, being saddled with the loss, allowing 3 runs on 4 hits in the first inning...also missed a start (March Wade Davis 3/22 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - Danny Duffy 3/22 5.1 6 2 2 1 2 0 - 15) with an illness...in the final year of a 3-year contract with KC, signing as a Major League free agent on November 30, Brian Flynn 3/25 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2012...pitched well in the second-half of the 2014 season, going 8-2 with a 3.42 ERA over his final 12 regular-season Jason Frasor 3/23 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - starts...this included his eighth career in a 6-2 triumph at Arizona on August 7, and a 3-1 victory in KC’s 3/19 2.0 2 2 2 1 4 0 - playoff-clinching win at Chicago on September 26...made three starts during the postseason, including two in the World Jeremy Guthrie 3/20 4.0 2 2 1 0 3 0 - Series, going 1-1 with a 4.05 ERA...started Game 7 of the World Series vs. San Francisco, and suffered the loss in a 3-2 Kelvin Herrera 3/22 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 W Giants win...pitched for a All-Star team in a tour of Japan in November and also teamed with Luke Hochevar 3/23 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 - U.S. Olympic softball Gold Medalist Jessica Mendoza in a “Diamond Diplomacy” tour in Panama in January...formerly Greg Holland 3/22 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 - Ryan Madson 3/23 1.0 4 3 2 0 1 0 - an avid shoe collector, announced on Twitter that he was retiring from the hobby earlier in Spring Training. Franklin Morales 3/25 1.0 4 4 4 1 2 1 - Jason Vargas 3/25 6.0 3 1 1 2 4 0 L JASON FRASOR – 37, will make his team-leading eighth appearance of Spring Training today...hasn’t allowed a run Yordano Ventura 3/21 5.0 4 1 1 3 6 0 - in his seven Cactus League appearances, recording 7 strikeouts in 7.0 innings...last pitched Monday against the Giants Edinson Volquez 3/23 4.0 7 4 4 4 2 0 L in Scottsdale, pitching around a one-out triple by ...earned his first victory last Friday vs. Padres here, 3/20 3.0 2 1 1 1 3 0 - tossing a scoreless fourth in front of KC’s three-run fifth...he’s not allowed a run in his six 1.0-inning appearances thus far...acquired by the Royals on July 16 from Texas, in exchange for minor league pitcher ...signed a one- italics = in Minor League game year deal to stay in KC on November 28...made 23 appearances after the trade last season, posting a 3-0 mark, a 1.53 ERA (3 ER in 17.2 IP) and an 0.96 WHIP...earned a pair of wins during the Royals’ postseason run, making seven SPRING TRANSACTIONS total appearances...was the winning pitcher in KC’s 9-8 Wild Card win in 12 innings over Oakland and also earned Date Player Transaction the victory in Game 3 of the ALCS vs. Baltimore (2-1)...since the start of 2004, Jason has made 647 relief appearances, 3/7 RHP-Chris Young Signed a one-year free agent contract which are fifth-most in that span. 3/7 RHP-Kris Medlen Placed on 60-day D.L. 3/13 LHP-John Lamb Optioned to Triple-A Omaha KELVIN HERRERA – 25, takes the hill for his seventh appearance of Cactus League play...earned his first victory in 3/13 LHP- Reassigned to minor league camp his last outing, tossing 0.2 inning against the Giants on Sunday...allowed 2 runs in 5.2 innings this spring, collecting 3/13 RHP-Miguel Almonte Reassigned to minor league camp six strikeouts...coming off his finest professional season in 2014, ranking fifth among MLB relievers with a 1.41 ERA... 3/13 RHP-Christian Binford Reassigned to minor league camp recorded a 31.0-inning scoreless streak from June 27 to September 16 last season, which is the second-longest in club 3/13 LHP- Reassigned to minor league camp history behind Wade Davis (31.2 IP)...has an active streak of 95.0 innings without allowing a , dating back to 3/13 C-Zane Evans Reassigned to minor league camp July 26, 2013, when he allowed a two-run shot to White Sox infielder Conor Gillaspie...posted a 1-0 record and a 1.80 3/13 C-Cameron Gallagher Reassigned to minor league camp ERA (3 ER in 15.0 IP) in 11 postseason appearances...earned the win in Game 2 of the World Series, pitching a scoreless 3/13 RHP- Reassigned to minor league camp 1.2 innings in a 7-2 triumph...since July 1, 2013, his 1.79 ERA (20 ER in 100.2 IP) is second-lowest in the A.L., behind 3/18 OF- Optioned to Triple-A Omaha 3/18 OF- Optioned to Triple-A Omaha only Boston’s Koji Uehara (1.63). 3/18 RHP- Optioned to Triple-A Omaha 3/18 INF- Optioned to Triple-A Omaha GREG HOLLAND – 29, makes his seventh appearance of the Spring, having recorded four-straight scoreless outings, 3/18 LHP- Reassigned to minor league camp dating back to March 10...last worked Sunday vs. the Giants, pitching around a leadoff walk and recording a pair of 3/18 RHP- Reassigned to minor league camp strikeouts in his scoreless outing...earned his first victory of the Spring on March 16, tossing a flawless sixth inning vs. 3/18 RHP- Reassigned to minor league camp Cleveland in front of KC’s five-run rally...coming off his second-consecutive All-Star campaign in 2014...ranked third 3/18 INF- Reassigned to minor league camp in the Majors with 46 saves last season, while his 93 rescues over the past two years are second in the big leagues to only 3/18 INF-Matt Fields Reassigned to minor league camp Atlanta’s Craig Kimbrel (97)...received the first Award, which will be presented annually to the top 3/18 INF-Raul Mondesi Reassigned to minor league camp reliever in the American League...tied a Major League record with seven saves during the postseason, which included 3/18 LHP- Reassigned to minor league camp saves in all four games of the ALCS sweep of the ...left the club after the Wild Card win over Oakland 3/18 OF- Reassigned to minor league camp on September 30 to witness the birth of his first son, Nash Gregory, in Asheville, N.C....returned to the team during 3/22 INF-Cheslor Cuthbert Optioned to Triple-A Omaha Game 1 of the ALDS in Anaheim and pitched a spotless 11th inning to earn the . 3/22 OF-Reymond Fuentes Optioned to Triple-A Omaha 3/22 RHP-Michael Mariot Optioned to Triple-A Omaha 3/22 C-Francisco Pena Optioned to Triple-A Omaha RYAN MADSON – 34, makes his seventh Cactus League appearance this afternoon...allowed three runs (two earned) 3/22 RHP-Yohan Pino Optioned to Triple-A Omaha in the eighth inning during his last outing, Monday vs. the Giants in Scottsdale...allowed just one run on four hits over 3/22 LHP-Brandon Finnegan Optioned to Double-A NW Arkansas his first five outings of the Spring, with the run coming on a solo shot to Milwaukee’s Matt Long on March 9...trying 3/22 OF-Terrance Gore Optioned to Single-A Wilmington to make a comeback after he has not pitched in the Major Leagues since 2011...missed the entire 2012 season following 3/22 C-Parker Morin Reassigned to minor league camp “Tommy John” surgery in May of that season...in 473 career relief appearances, he is 39-25 with a 3.04 ERA and 52 3/22 OF-Brett Eibner Reassigned to minor league camp saves in 78 chances...established a career-high with 32 saves in 34 chances with the in 2011...uncle, Steve Barr, pitched for the and (1969-76).

2015 SPRING SCHEDULE (all times local) Date Day Opponent Site Time/Result Record WP LP Save ATT March 4#* Wednesday at Texas Surprise W, 13-2 1-0 Brooks (1-0) Lewis - 7,195 March 5* Thursday TEXAS SURPRISE W, 5-4 2-0 Mariot (1-0) Asher - 5,147 March 6* Friday at Cleveland Goodyear W, 11-9 3-0 Blanton (1-0) Shaw C. Coleman (1) 3,796 March 7 Saturday CINCINNATI SURPRISE W, 3-2 4-0 L. Coleman (1-0) Hoover Gustave (1) 6,526 March 8MLB* Sunday at Angels Tempe W, 6-4 5-0 Mariot (2-0) McBryde Pino (1) 7,434 March 9* Monday at Milwaukee Maryvale W, 5-4 6-0 F. Morales (1-0) Strong Flynn (1) 4,615 March 10* Tuesday CHICAGO WHITE SOX SURPRISE L, 2-6 6-1 Danish Guthrie (0-1) - 6,462 March 11* Wednesday SAN DIEGO SURPRISE W, 4-3 7-1 Gustave (1-0) Despaigne Almonte (1) 5,591 at Cincinnati Goodyear W, 5-2 8-1 Pino (1-0) LeCure - 3,047 March 12MLB Thursday at Cleveland Goodyear W, 10-5 9-1 F. Morales (2-0) Shaw Binford (1) 4,803 March 13 Friday OAKLAND SURPRISE W, 8-4 10-1 Volquez (1-0) Bassitt - 7,954 March 14 Saturday SURPRISE L, 6-7 (10) 10-2 Stewart Broderick (0-1) Spomer 8,437 March 15 Sunday at Colorado Scottsdale L, 2-6 10-3 Kendrick Brooks (1-1) - 12,243 March 16* Monday CLEVELAND SURPRISE W, 6-5 11-3 Holland (1-0) Brewer Young (1) 8,137 March 17* Tuesday at Chicago Cubs Mesa L, 3-4 11-4 Hammel Duffy (0-1) Perakslis 15,181 March 18* Wednesday MILWAUKEE SURPRISE L, 4-8 11-5 Peralta Volquez (1-1) Goforth 7,562 March 19 Thursday COLORADO SURPRISE L, 2-13 11-6 Lyles Vargas (0-1) - 7,752 March 20*MLB Friday at San Diego Peoria W, 6-1 12-6 Frasor (1-0) Quackenbush - 10,625 March 21*MLB Saturday at Chicago White Sox Glendale L, 4-6 12-7 Webb Finnegan (0-1) - 7,734 March 22 Sunday SAN FRANCISCO SURPRISE W, 4-2 13-7 Herrera (1-0) Stratton Pino (2) 9,184 March 23* Monday at San Francisco Scottsdale L, 3-8 13-8 Peavy Volquez (1-2) - 10,915 March 24 Tuesday OFF DAY March 25TV*MLB Wednesday CHICAGO WHITE SOX SURPRISE L, 0-6 13-9 Rodon Vargas (0-2) - 7,288 March 26MLB Thursday at Seattle Peoria 1:05 p.m. March 27TV*MLB Friday SEATTLE SURPRISE 6:05 p.m. March 28TV*MLB Saturday at Arizona Scottsdale 1:10 p.m. March 29* Sunday CHICAGO CUBS SURPRISE 1:05 p.m. March 30 Monday at Texas Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 31*TV MLB Tuesday at San Diego Peoria 7:05 p.m. April 1*MLB Wednesday SURPRISE 12:05 p.m. April 2 Thursday OFF DAY April 3* Friday at Houston Houston 7:05 p.m. April 4* Saturday at Houston Houston 3:05 p.m. Record Attendance # Denotes Charity Game (game and stats will count in Cactus League) Home: 6-5 Home: 80,040 * Game broadcast on KCSP-610 AM in Kansas City (4 more radio broadcasts will be added in mid-March) Road: 7-4 Home avg.: 7,276 TV Broadcast on FOX Sports Kansas City MLB Broadcast on MLB Network (Live broadcasts: 3/21, 3/25, 3/27 and 3/31; Delayed 3/8, 3/12, 3/20, 3/26, 3/28, 4/1 ) vs. A.L.: 7-4 Road: 87,588 NOTE: All games webcast on royals.com vs. N.L.: 6-5 Road avg.: 7,963