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City Royals OFFICIAL GAME NOTES (1-0) @ Orioles (0-1) Oriole Park at Camden Yards - Saturday, October 11, 2014 Championship Series - Game #2 TBS, KCSP Radio (610 Sports) & ESPN Radio UPCOMING SCHEDULE Sunday, October 12: Off day in Kansas City (Royals work out at 2 p.m.) Game #3 - Monday, October 13 vs. : TBA vs. TBA, 7:07 p.m. (CDT), TBS, ESPN Radio & 610 Sports Game #4 - Tuesday, October 14 vs. Baltimore Orioles: TBA vs. TBA, 7:07 p.m. (CDT), TBS, ESPN Radio & 610 Sports Game #5 (if necessary) - Wednesday, October 15 vs. Baltimore Orioles: TBA vs. TBA, 3:07 p.m. (CDT), TBS, ESPN Radio & 610 Sports Thursday, October 16 -- Travel Day to Baltimore (if necessary) -- Media availability will be announced at a later date Game #6 (if necessary) - Friday, October 17 @ Baltimore Orioles: TBA vs. TBA, 7:07 p.m. (CDT), TBS, ESPN Radio & 610 Sports Game #7 (if necessary) - Saturday, October 18 vs. Baltimore Orioles: TBA vs. TBA, 7:07 p.m. (CDT), TBS, ESPN Radio & 610 Sports This series is being broadcast on KCSP Radio (610 Sports) and the Royals Radio Network with Royals’ Hall of Famer , , and Steve Stewart, while Don Free controls the dials as the producer/engineer...the ALCS is being televised nationally on TBS with Ernie Johnson Jr., Cal Ripken Jr., and Matt Winer...every game is also being broadcast nationally on ESPN Radio with Jon “Boog” Sciambi and Chris Singleton. THE 2014 KANSAS CITY ROYALS POST-SEASON GUIDE IS AVAILABLE ON-LINE AT MLBPRESSBOX.COM

Royals vs. Orioles KC BLASTS WAY TO SERIES OPENING WIN--The Royals are quickly developing a postseason Kansas City’s first-ever postseason game against the O’s reputation of winning games with the long ball and doing so in overtime, as Kansas City clubbed a pair of resulted in an 8-6, 10-inning triumph, giving the Royals a 3-1 10th inning home runs en route to an 8-6 win over the O’s in Game #1 of the ALCS... broke mark in Camden Yards this year...the regular season and now a 5-5 tie with his third of the night, a solo blast into the rightfield bleachers to open the 10th, and then postseason results: one-out later with a man aboard, hit his third roundtripper of the postseason for an 8-5 Date Site Score WP LP Att. 4/25 @ Bal W, 5-0 Ventura Jimenez 22,478 advantage...the O’s plated a in the 10th before secured his third of this year’s Fall Ball 4/26 @ Bal L, 2-3 (10) Britton Duffy 34,941 effort...the win was KC’s fourth extra-inning victory in five games of this postseason... earned 4/27 @ Bal W, 9-3 Shields Gonzalez 38,368 the victory with two dominant innings of relief, fanning four of the six hitters he faced...the Royals jumped 5/15 KC L, 1-2 Chen Ventura 12,455 5/16 KC L, 0-4 Tillman Guthrie 25,985 out to a 4-0 lead, courtesy of an solo homer in the third, followed later in the inning by a 5/17 KC W, 1-0 Duffy Norris 24,064 3-run from Gordon...the Kansas City leftfielder became the first Royal to knock home four runs in a 5/18 KC W, 8-6 Shields Jimenez 22,692 postseason game since notched four RBI in Game #7 of the 1985 ALCS against the Blue Jays. American League Championship Series 10/10 @ Bal W, 8-6 (10) Davis O’Day 47,124 BONUS BASEBALL IN THE POSTSEASON--Last night’s 10-inning win made Kansas City the first 10/11 @ Bal team in Major League history to win four extra-inning games in the same postseason and we’re only five 10/13 KC games into it...the previous five teams to have three extra-inning wins in a postseason all went on to win the 10/14 KC , the last the 2004 Red Sox...the last three extra-inning victories have been won by home runs with and Mike Moustakas doing the 11th inning honors in Anaheim in the ALDS, and then Alex Gordon and Moustakas providing the power here last night...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Royals are the first ever to have three go-ahead home runs in in a postseason. HOME GROWN ROYALS--It was never a secret that for the Royals to contend, they’d have to do it with the combination of home grown talent and then enhance the roster via the trade and free agent route...of the 25-players on the ALCS active roster, 13 were drafted or signed originally by the Royals...the group includes (draft round-year): (20th-2011), (50th-2006), Alex Gordon (1st-2005), Mike Moustakas (1st-2007), Salvador Perez (non-drafted free agent-2006), (1st-2004), Christian Colon (1st-2010), (1st-2014), (non-drafted free agent-2008), Eric Hosmer (1st- 2008), (non-drafted free agent-2006), (3rd-2007) and Greg Holland (10th-2007). AND THE REST OF THE SQUAD--The remaining dozen of the 2014 squad arrived via trades and free agency...that group includes (how acquired): Alcides Escobar and (trade with Milwaukee-Dec., 2010), (trade with Minnesota-2014), (trade with Colorado-July, 2012), (free agent-Dec., 2013), Wade Davis and (trade with Tampa Bay-Dec., 2012), (trade with Toronto-July, 2014), (trade with Milwaukee-Dec., 2013), (free agent-Nov., 2013), (trade with Texas-July, 2014) and (trade with Atlanta-July, 2010). POSTSEASON WINNING STREAK--It’s been 29 years in the making, but the Royals now have an 8-game postseason winning streak, including a 5-0 mark this year...Kansas City pulled the curtain on the with St. Louis by winning Game 5 in and then returning home for victories over the Redbirds in the final two affairs at ‘The K’...KC opened its return to postseason play on September 30 this season with a 12-inning win over the A’s in the Game, rebounding from a 7-3 deficit to in the eighth inning, and then took all three games of the ALDS over the Angels, two in extra innings. ROAD WARRIORS--The 3-0 road mark in the postseason is consistent with how the regular season went as the Royals saved their best work for the road this year going 47-34 away from ‘The K’, five wins better than Kansas City totaled at home this year (42-39)...the road year turned around in Chicago, as KC entered play on July 22 in Chicago with a 26-25 record away from ‘The K’, but then reeled off a 21-9 record in road tilts, matching the Angels for the most road wins since that date...Kansas City was 8-1-1 in its last 10 road series played...the 47 road wins were the third most in franchise history and one win behind the ‘77 club for second highest success rate away from home. TODAY’S STARTING : RHP Yordano Ventura (14-10, 3.20) vs. RHP Bud Norris (15-8, 3.65) 2014 2013 Career 2014 2013 Career Yordano Ventura vs. Orioles 1-1 - 1-1 Major League Record 14-10 (3.20 ERA) 0-1 14-11 Bud Norris vs. Royals 0-1 - 0-1 Major League Record 15-8 (3.65 ERA) 10-12 53-57 YORDANO VENTURA takes the hill in Game #2 of the ALCS, his third postseason appearance...the first Royals rookie to start twice in the postseason, Ventura signed a free agent contract as a 17-year-old on October 8, 2008 out of Samana in the and debuted on September 17, 2013. EXCELLENT AT THE “BIG A”--Yordano was the starter in Kansas City’s 4-1, 11-inning win over the Halos in Game #2 of the ALDS in Anaheim a week ago last night...he carried a shutout into the sixth inning and wound up allowing a run on 5 hits and a walk with 5 over 7.0 innings...he exited a 1-1 game, settling for a no decision in a bid to become the first Royals rookie to win a playoff game, with that honor going to Brandon Finnegan, thanks to Eric Hosmer’s 2-run homer in the 11th and then an insurance tally...Ventura became the fourth in team history to go at least 7.0 innings in a postseason game with no more than 1 run allowed, joining , and , who all did it twice. VS. BALTIMORE--“” has pitched well in 2 career starts vs. the O’s, going 1-1 with a 1.26 ERA, both this year...he was a 5-0 winner here on April 25, fanning 8 over 8.0 innings, allowing 7 hits as the O’s had a baserunner in each inning...Ventura became the first Royals rookie since 2010 to record 8.0 shutout innings...he fanned 9 over 6.1 innings in losing a 2-1 decision on May 15 at home as hit a 2-run homer in the fourth. AGAINST THE EAST--Yordano’s April 25 start here was part of a career-opening 22.0 inning scoreless stretch vs. A.L. East clubs, which ended in KC against the Orioles on May 15...he recorded a 2.38 ERA, ninth-best among 34 hurlers with at least 8 starts vs. A.L. East teams in 2014...the April 25 contest was the lone time over the 8 starts that the Royals scored more than 2 runs for him, with the overall support of 2.64 runs per 9.0 innings second-lowest among pitchers with 8-plus starts. AMONG MLB’S TOP ROOKIES--The 23-year old led big league rookies in quality starts (22), innings (183.0) and opponents’ batting average (.240), with his 14 wins second to Matt Shoemaker of the Angels (16)...Ace was also second among rookie in strikeouts (159) and ERA (3.20), with his ERA 10th among all A.L. hurlers. ON KC’S ROOKIE LEADERBOARD, TOO--Yordano’s 22 quality starts set a Royals rookie record while his 14 wins placed him in a tie for for fourth and were the most since set the bar at 17 in 1989...his 159 strikeouts rank third among KC freshmen, the most since 1973. STRONG DOWN THE STRETCH--Ventura recorded 11 straight quality starts prior to his final regular season outing, going 7-2 over the longest “quality” span by any Royals pitcher since 2003-04...the 7 wins from July 31 on tied him for second in the American League, trailing only the Halos’ Matt Shoemaker (8). ON THE ROAD--The righty was 8-3 on the road this year, posting a 3.18 ERA (31 ER in 87.2 IP) over 14 starts, with wins in his final 3 decisions...the 8 wins tied him Ventura vs. Orioles for fourth among all A.L. pitchers this year and rank second by a Royals rookie, trailing only club Hall of Famer Player AVG. AB H HR RBI , who was 9-9 in 1973. Nelson Cruz .167 6 1 1 2 .000 2 0 0 0 Yordano’s Last Win: .333 6 2 0 0 September 23 @ Cleveland (7.0 IP, 7-1 over Danny Salazar) J.J. Hardy .667 6 4 0 0 Yordano’s Last Loss: .000 7 0 0 0 September 12 vs. (7.0 IP, 2-4 to Allen Webster) .000 5 0 0 0 .667 6 4 0 0 Yordano’s High: .000 3 0 0 0 10, May 5 @ (6.0 IP, no-decision in a 6-5 loss) Kansas City Royals • One Royal Way • Kansas City, MO 64129-6969 • www.royals.com • ©Kansas City Royals 2014 Royals Notes - Kansas City Royals @ Baltimore Orioles - Saturday, October 11, 2014 Pitching Notes Monday’s Game 3 Starter - TBA

2014 Postseason Pitching Lines G W-L SV SVO ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO OPP AVG Starters 5 1-0 - - 4.03 29.0 29 13 13 5 7 22 .257 Relievers 5 4-0 3 5 2.63 24.0 16 7 7 1 11 28 .193 Totals 5 5-0 3 5 3.40 53.0 45 20 20 6 18 50 .230 Bullpen Totals: 1st Batter Efficiency: 15/24 (63%) Saves/Save Opp: 3/5 (60%) Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 9/4 (44%)

Tim Collins (L) 1st Batter Efficiency:11/23 Saves/Save Opp: 0/1 (0%) Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 8/4 2014 Strikeout High: 3 on 5/31 @ Toronto October 2 @ Los Angeles 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 = Tim entered a 2-2 game in the ninth inning of Game 1 of the ALDS at the Angels, hitting on a 1-1 count...Beckham moved to second on a sacrifice , with Tim recording a big strikeout of for the second out. = Collins has compiled 9.1 scoreless innings and a .156 opponents average over 11 career outings vs. the O’s, stranding all 6 inherited runners and striking out 14. = Collins was recalled from Omaha September 19...he helped the Storm Chasers win the -A National Championship, posting a 2.76 ERA over 23 outings. Wade Davis 1st Batter Efficiency:56/76 Saves/Save Opp: 3/7 (43%) Last Save: Sept. 10 @ Det (3rd career) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 13/5 2014 Strikeout High: 4 (2x, last 10/10 @ Bal) Oct. 10 @ Baltimore (Win) 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 = Wade was outstanding last night as he fanned 4 over 2.0 scoreless innings in a 5-5 game...the Royals prevailed 8-6 in 10 innings, lifting Wade to the win. = Wade’s 109 strikeouts set a Royals single-season relief record, ahead of (1971) and Greg Holland (2013), who had 103 apiece. = Davis compiled a season ERA of 1.00 (8 ER in 72.0 IP), setting a new single-season record for a Royals reliever. = Wade posted a 31.2 inning scoreless streak from June 27 to September 15, the longest stretch by a reliever in team history. Danny Duffy (L) 1st Batter Efficiency:2/7 Saves/Save Opp: 0/0 (0%) Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 1/0 2014 Strikeout High: 9 on 6/14 @ CWS Oct. 2 @ Los Angeles (Win) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 = Danny pitched a scoreless 10th inning in Game 1 of the ALDS at the Angels, working around ’s leadoff single by retiring , and Howie Kendrick...the Royals moved ahead 3-2 on a Mike Moustakas homer in the 11th, lifting Duffy to the win in his postseason debut. = Duffy’s first 6 big league appearances this year were in relief...he was 1-1 with a 2.16 ERA, holding batters to a .167 average. Brandon Finnegan (L) 1st Batter Efficiency:9/11 Saves/Save Opp: 0/1 (0%) Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 2/1 2014 Strikeout High: 3 on 9/30 vs. Oakland October 10 @ Baltimore +3 2 1 1 1 0 = Brandon faced 3 batters in the sixth last night, allowing a run on Alejandro De Aza's bloop infield single as Baltimore tied the game at 5-5. = Brandon pitched a scoreless 10th in Game 2 at the Angels, walking with 1 away, then inducing an inning-ending 3-6-3 from Josh Hamilton...the Royals scored 3 in the 11th, resulting in Brandon’s first win at the Major League level...he became the first Royals rookie to win a playoff game. Jeremy Guthrie 1st Batter Efficiency:-/- Saves/Save Opp: -/- Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: -/- 2014 Strikeout High: 9 (2x, last 6/18 @ Det) Sept. 26 @ Chicago (Win) 7.0 4 0 0 1 6 = Jeremy last pitched in KC’s postseason clincher on September 26 at Chicago, tossing 7.0 shutout innings in the 3-1 final. = Jeremy is looking to make his first career postseason appearance...the former Oriole has pitched in relief 27 times, last with Colorado in 2012. Jason Frasor 1st Batter Efficiency:46/64 Saves/Save Opp: 0/2 (0%) Last Save: Sep. 26, 2010 (36th career) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 43/14 2014 Strikeout High: 3 on 9/12 vs. Boston October 3 @ Los Angeles 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 = Jason sent Game 2 of the ALDS at into extras at 1-1 by retiring Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and Howie Kendrick in the ninth. = Jason finished the 12th inning of the September 30 Wild Card contest vs. Oakland, picking up the win in his first career postseason appearance. = The longtime Blue Jay has faced Baltimore 61 times, the most of any active Major League pitcher...former teammate Casey Janssen is second at 49 outings. Kelvin Herrera 1st Batter Efficiency:54 /74 Saves/Save Opp: 0/1 (0%) Last Save: Apr. 10, 2013 vs. Min (5th car.) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 44/10 2014 Strikeout High: 3 (2x, last 9/30 vs. Oak) October 10 @ Baltimore 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 = Kelvin gave the Royals a big lift last night after inheriting 2 runners with no outs in the sixth inning of a 5-5 game, inducing a force out, then closing the frame on a 6-4-3 double play...he concluded a 1-2-3 seventh with strikeouts of J.J. Hardy and Ryan Flaherty. = Kelvin held opponents to 2 runs over his final 36 regular season outings, recording a 0.48 ERA over 37.1 innings. = Herrera has a 0.73 ERA over 10 regular season appearances and 12.1 innings vs. the O’s, allowing a lone run in his first career matchup. Greg Holland 1st Batter Efficiency:54/70 Saves/Save Opp: 49/51 (96%) Last Save: Oct. 10 @ Bal (3rd post.) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 5/1 2014 Strikeout High: 3 (6x, last 9/12 vs. Bos) Oct. 10 @ Baltimore (Save) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 = Greg closed out last night’s 8-6 win, though it wasn’t easy...a 2-out single by Ryan Flaherty and a walk to set up a ’s pinch-hit single, which scored Flaherty...Holly retired Nick Markakis on a grounder to first, notching his third postseason save, which ties for the most by a KC hurler. = Greg saved 46 regular season games, second in the A.L. and the second-highest total in team history as he had 47 last year. = Holland’s 93 saves over the last two seasons are second-most in the Majors, behind only Atlanta’s (97)...he’s converted 93-of-98 save opportunities in that period, with his 94.9 percentage leading the Major Leagues, just ahead of the Angels’ Huston Street (93.7) and ’s (92.4).

Royals vs. Orioles ALCS Career Pitcher W-L S ERA G IP H ER W-L S ERA G IP H ER Collins ------2-1 0 0.00 11 9.1 5 0 Davis 1-0 0 0.00 1 2.0 0 0 6-5 0 3.92 20 82.2 82 36 Duffy ------1-1 0 1.46 3 12.1 7 2 Finnegan 0-0 0 INF 1 0.0 2 1 ------Frasor ------3-2 3 3.82 61 61.1 54 26 Guthrie ------2-1 0 2.67 4 27.0 27 8 Herrera 0-0 0 0.00 1 2.0 0 0 0-0 0 0.73 10 12.1 8 1 Holland 0-0 1 9.00 1 1.0 2 1 1-0 4 1.93 8 9.1 6 2 Shields 0-0 0 7.20 1 5.0 10 4 11-7 0 3.52 26 176.1 168 69 Vargas ------2-3 0 1.94 8 55.2 46 12 Ventura ------1-1 0 1.26 2 14.1 14 2 Royals Notes - Kansas City Royals @ Baltimore Orioles - Saturday, October 11, 2014 Hitting Notes Nori Aoki This Series: 1-for-3, run, BB Postseason: 5-for-19 (.263), 4 runs, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SB = Nori went 1-for-3 with a run and a walk last night...after starting the postseason 1-for-13, he’s reached base in 6 of his last 8 plate appearances and scored three runs...became the third Royals player to be perfect at the plate with at least 3 at bats in Game 3 of the ALDS, going 3-for-3 last Sunday. = Hit .317 (69-for-218) after the All-Star break, after batting just .260 before the break...collected 29 RBI after the break, hitting .412 (21-for-51) with runners in scoring position during the ‘second half’ of the season...he went 10-for-29 (.345) against the O’s during the regular season, including 6-for-15 (.400) here. = Ranked third in the American League, hitting .363 (45-for-124) against left-handed pitching, which was the top average in the Majors by a left-handed hitter... batted .379 (33-for-87) over the month of September, third-highest in the American League...his .432 OBP over the final month also ranked fourth in the A.L. = Ranked sixth in the A.L. with 27 infield hits, while his 101 infield hits in his MLB career are most in the Majors since the start of 2012. Billy Butler This Series: 2-for-4, run, RBI, SF Postseason: 4-for-17 (.235), 2 runs, 3 RBI, 3 BB, SB, SF = Billy recorded his second multi-hit game of the postseason, going 2-for-4 with a run scored and sacrifice fly...snapped an 0-for-9 skid with his single in the second inning, which dated back to the eighth inning of the Wild Card Game vs. Oakland...he’s a career .318 hitter (34-for-107) here during the regular season. = Finished the regular season swinging a hot bat, going 12-for-30 (.400) with three doubles and seven RBI during KC’s final eight games. = His hot hitting corresponded with hot streaks by the Royals during the season...he hit .389 (14-for-36) with 4 doubles, a homer and 10 RBI during KC’s 10- game winning streak (June 7-18), while he hit .333 (24-for-72) with a .583 slugging pct. and 14 RBI during the Royals’ 16-4 stretch, July 24-August 14. = Among Royals players with at least 2,000 at bats, his .295 career batting average ranks third, behind only (.305) and (.299). Lorenzo Cain This Series: 2-for-3, 2 runs, 2B, 2 BB Postseason: 6-for-22 (.273), 6 runs, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 2 BB = Lo collected a pair of hits and walked twice, going 2-for-3 last night...it marked his second multi-hit game of the playoffs, also going 2-for-6 in the Wild Card Game vs. the A’s...celebrated the birth of his son, Cameron Loe Tuesday evening. = Enjoyed a breakout year in his fourth season with the Royals, setting career highs in games played (133), runs (55), hits (142), doubles (29), triples (4), RBI (53) and stolen bases (28)...his 28 steals were good for eighth in the league...he swiped 21 bags after July 1, which was tied for fifth-most in MLB in that span. = Matched a career-best with a nine-game , September 19-27, also his longest of the season...batted .375 (12-for-32) with 2 doubles and 5 runs scored during the streak.... Collected a career-high 27 infield hits, which tied for third in the American League with Adam Jones and Chicago’s . = Batted over .342 in both April (13-for-38) and May (26-for-76), marking the first time in his career he’s hit over .300 in consecutive months...he also batted .305 (25-for-82) in August and .315 (28-for-89) in September...collected a career-high 8 outfield assists, which tied for 11th in the A.L. Christian Colon This Series: Has not played Postseason: 1-for-1, run, RBI, SB, SAC = Christian hasn’t played since driving in the tying run and scoring the winning run in the 12th inning vs. Oakland in the Wild Card Game September 30. = Made his Major League debut on July 2 and had three seperate stints with the Royals...he also played in 86 games at Triple-A Omaha. = Collected three hits twice with Kansas City, including on July 4 at Cleveland...with two doubles and a triple in that game, he became the second Royal to record 3 extra-base hits in their first Major League start, joining who hit two homers and doubled vs. the Angels on September 14, 1999. Jarrod Dyson This Series: 0-for-1, BB Postseason: 0-for-3, run, SB, SAC, BB = Jarrod came on as a pinch runner in the seventh inning and was 0-for-1 with a walk...he’s played in all five postseason games, coming off the bench each time. = He went 4-for-13 (.308) with a and three runs scored against the Orioles this season. = His career-high 36 steals tied for third in the A.L. with Detroit’s Rajai Davis this season...it was the most by a Royals player since Carlos Beltran swiped 41 bags during the 2003 season...tied U.L. Washington for ninth in club history with his 120th career theft on September 22 during the completion of a . = Tied for the American League lead in zone rating (.953), matching Oakland’s ...hit .302 (35-for-116) on the road during the regular season. Alcides Escobar This Series: 1-for-5, run, HR, RBI, BB Postseason: 6-for-23 (.261), 3 runs, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 3 SAC = Alcides homered in the third inning for KC’s first run of the game...the was the first by a Royals in postseason play since Fred Patek’s blast in Game 2 of the 1978 ALCS...it was also the first by a Royals’ leadoff hitter since George Brett’s three-homer game vs. the Yankees in Game 3 of the 1978 ALCS. = Became the second Royal to record 2 sacrifices in a playoff game, joining Patek (Game 3 of 1977 ALCS). = He was the only Royals player and one of just four in the Major Leagues to appear in all 162 games this season, along with Atlanta’s , Tampa Bay’s and San Francisco’s ...he’s played in 633 games over the past four seasons, tops among MLB and fifth overall. = Had a bounce-back season, batting .285 with 34 doubles, five triples and three homers, after hitting just .234 with 28 extra-base hits (20 doubles, 4 triples, 4 homers) in 2013...ended the season on a nine-game hitting streak, batting .425 (17-for-40) with three doubles and three RBI during the streak. = Hit out of the leadoff spot the last two weeks of the season, batting .362 (25-for-69) with five doubles, a homer, nine runs scored and a .397 on-base percentage. Alex Gordon This Series: 3-for-4, run, 2B, HR, 4 RBI Postseason: 6-for-19 (.316), 3 runs, 3 2B, HR, 8 RBI, 4 BB, 3 SB = Alex was the star of last night’s win, slugging the go-ahead home run to lead off the 10th inning, while he also cleared the bases with a double in the third inning... his 4 RBI last night match the club’s postseason record for a single game, last accomplished by Jim Sundberg in Game 7 of the 1985 ALCS. = Gordon became the first player to drive in at least 3 runs in consecutive postseason games since Mike Lowell did it for the Red Sox in Games 1 and 2 of the 2007 ALCS vs. Cleveland...his 8 postseason RBI are third-most by a Royal, behind only ’ 10 RBI in 1980 and ’s 9 RBI in the 1985 postseason. = Ranked sixth in the American League, hitting .338 (44-for-130) with runners in scoring position during the regular season...led the team with 74 RBI and 19 homers. = He’s a career .294 hitter (32-for-109) with 7 doubles, 8 homers and 16 RBI at Camden Yards...collected 61 assists since becoming a full-time before the 2011 season, which are the most in the Major Leagues in that span...has won three consecutive Rawlings Gold Glove Awards. Terrance Gore This Series: Has not played Postseason: 3 SB = Terrance hasn’t played in the last two games, but is still tied with teammate Alex Gordon for most thefts (3) in postseason play. = Made his Major League debut on September 2 vs. Texas and went on to appear in 11 games, including nine as a pinch runner. = He scored five runs and recorded five stolen bases, despite making just two plate appearances during September...he ranks second in Major League history with the most runs scored and two plate appearances or fewer, behind former Oakland designated runner, Herb Washington (33 runs scored, 0 plate appearances). Eric Hosmer This Series: 1-for-5 Postseason: 8-for-19 (.421), 5 runs, 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 5 BB = Eric singled with two-outs in the seventh inning, going 1-for-5 last night...hitting .421 (8-for-19) with four extra-base hits (2B, 3B, 2 HR) in the postseason thus far...became just the fifth Royal to hit multiple home runs in a single playoff series with his pair in the ALDS vs. the Angels. = Hoz collected 3 hits and a walk in Game 2 of the ALDS, joining George Brett as the only Royals to reach base 4+ times in multiple postseason games. = Batted .321 (53-for-165) with 14 doubles, a triple, five homers and 23 RBI after July 1...his .509 in that span ranked 11th in the American League...his 35 doubles were tied for 10th in the American League, while he’s tied for 12th in the league with 69 doubles over the last two seasons. = Had a career-best 16-game hitting streak from June 30-July 20, where he batted .413 (26-for-63) with six doubles, two homers and nine RBI...his streak was the longest by a Royal since Salvador Perez hit safely in 17-straight games in 2012... Suffered a fracture in his right hand and missed 29 games, placed on the disabled list August 2. Omar Infante This Series: 1-for-4, BB Postseason: 3-for-20 (.150), run, RBI, 2 BB, SF = Omar collected a single in the sixth inning and also drew a walk, going 1-for-4 last night...his base hit snapped an 0-for-11, which dated back to the 11th inning of the Wild Card Game September 30...he played in his 35th postseason game last night, tying him with Dave Concepcion for sixth all-time by a Venezuelan-born player. = Recorded a career-best 66 RBI, the seventh-most by a Royals ...went 4-for-12 vs. the Angels (.333) this year with his first career June 27...he also recorded a walk-off single in the third game of the series, June 29...he had four games with 4 RBI or more, including 6 vs. the Orioles on April 27 here. Erik Kratz This Series: Has not played Postseason: Has not played = Erik hasn’t played yet this postseason...he joined the Royals on July 29 in a trade that included RHP and sent INF to Toronto. = He recorded his first career multi-home run game on August 18 at after entering as a pinch-hitter for an injured Salvador Perez in the seventh inning, homering on the first pitch...batted .333 (8-for-24) with a double, 2 home runs and 3 RBI in August…batted .281 after the All-Star break. Mike Moustakas This Series: 1-for-5, run, HR, 2 RBI Postseason: 5-for-19 (.263), 5 runs, 3 HR, 4 RBI, BB = Moose hit his third home run of the postseason in the 10th inning last night...two of them have come in extra-innings, including the go-ahead homer vs. the Angels in Game 1 of the ALDS...his 3 homers are tied for second-most by a Royals player in a single postseason, trailing only Willie Aikens’ 4 homers in 1980. = He blasted 15 home runs, which ranked seventh among A.L. third basemen...hit 11 home runs between June 10 and August 25, which were tied for 10th-most in the American League during that span...had a pair of 6-game hitting streaks, most recently from September 11-16 in KC’s final homestand of the year. Salvador Perez This Series: 0-for-4, run, BB Postseason: 3-for-23 (.130), run, 2 RBI, BB = Salvy went 0-for-4 last night, but scored his first run of the postseason in the 10th inning after drawing a walk...he’s hitless since collecting 2 hits in Game 2 of the ALDS...recorded the third walk-off hit in Royals postseason history with an RBI single in the 12th inning vs. Oakland in the Wild Card Game on September 30. = Started a KC record 143 games behind the plate...his 146 games as a overall were also tops in team history...also the starting A.L. catcher in the All-Star Game. = Led A.L. in hits (150) and multi-hit games (40), while he was second in extra-base hits (47) and tied for second in runs scored (57)...his 150 hits were the most by a KC backstop since ’s 155 base knocks during the 1979 season...threw out 23 would-be base stealers, which ranked fifth in the American League. Josh Willingham This Series: Has not played Postseason: 1-for-2 = Josh didn’t play last night and hasn’t since pinch hitting in Game 2 of the ALDS...collected a pinch-hit single in the ninth inning in the Wild Card Game, the first pinch hit by a Royal in a postseason game since tripled in Game 1 of the 1985 World Series...a career .333 hitter (39-for-117) against the O’s. = He was acquired by the Royals in an August 11 trade with the Twins that also sent minor league pitcher to Minnesota...he hit .233 with 2 homers, 6 RBI and a .349 on-base percentage in 23 games for Kansas City...hit .344 (11-for-32) with 4 doubles, 2 homers and 6 RBI in his first 10 games with the Royals. Royals Notes - Kansas City Royals @ Baltimore Orioles - Saturday, October 11, 2014 This & That POSTSEASON STREAKING--The Royals have gone 5-0 to open the 2014 postseason, winning the Wild Card game at home over Oakland, taking all three contests in the ALDS vs. the Angels and then winning the ALCS opener last night...Kansas City is the first team since the 2009 Yankees to take its first five games of a postseason, with New York going 3-0 vs. the Twins in the ALDS and then winning the first two games of the ALCS vs. Texas...the last team to take its first six postseason games was the 2007 , who actually won their first seven by going 3-0 vs. the Philadelphia in the ALDS and then swept the Diamondbacks in four games of the ALCS to get to the World Series. POWER FROM SHORT--Alcides Escobar’s second-inning home run last night was the second-ever postseason homer by a Royals’ shortstop and first since Fred Patek’s home run in Game #2 of the 1978 ALCS against the Yankees in Kansas City…Escobar’s home run was the first by a Royals player in ALCS competition since went deep against Toronto in Game #7 of that ALCS. ALCS 25-MAN ROSTER--The Royals have stuck with the roster that was used to sweep the Angels, carrying an 11-pitcher staff...the ALCS active roster consists of: PITCHERS (11): Wade Davis, Tim Collins (L), Danny Duffy (L), Brandon Finnegan (L), Jason Frasor, Jeremy Guthrie, Kelvin Herrera, Greg Holland, James Shields, Jason Vargas (L), Yordano Ventura. CATCHERS (2): Erik Kratz, Salvador Perez. INFIELDERS (6): Billy Butler, Christian Colon, Alcides Escobar, Eric Hosmer, Omar Infante, Mike Moustakas. (6): Nori Aoki, Lorenzo Cain, Jarrod Dyson, Alex Gordon, Terrance Gore, Josh Willingham. PEN DOES IT AGAIN--The Royals are showing the nation what Kansas Citians came to appreciate this summer with one of the top bullpens in the game...KC’s relief corps worked 5.0 innings last night, allowing one run in the sixth and then blanking the O’s the rest of the way to allow the offense to plate a trio of 10th inning runs before surrendering another tally in the bottom of the 10th...all told, in the last four postseason games, the KC pen has allowed three runs in 17.0 innings for a 1.59 ERA...youthful southpaws Danny Duffy and rookie Brandon Finnegan each earned wins in the ALDS, while Wade Davis fired two perfect innings last night for the series opening triumph and Greg Holland has recorded three saves, giving him 49 on the year, which includes his 46 regular season rescues. BOMBS AWAY--Kansas City’s lack of regular season power has been well documented with a Major League least 95 home runs during the 162-game slate, but the Royals are more than making up for it since the postseason kicked off...after going homerless in the 9-8, 12-inning Wild Card win over Oakland, KC has powered seven home runs in its last four games, including a trio of blasts last night...Mike Moustakas has homered in three of the last four games, clubbing the game-winner in the opener of the ALDS in Anaheim with an 11th inning shot, while Eric Hosmer has hit a pair of home runs, one a game-winner in Anaheim in the 11th frame of Game #2 of the ALDS...Alcides Escobar and Alex Gordon joined the long ball party last night with their first of the postseason, Gordon’s the game-winner in the 10th. RUNNIN’ ROYALS--The Royals went without a theft last night, as Jarrod Dyson was called out at second base on an attempt in the seventh inning, though it appeared he had an ...Kansas City has swiped 12 bases during this postseason and employing eight different thieves...KC opened the playoffs by tying an MLB postseason record with seven thefts in the win over Oakland, with seven different Royals recording steals...for the second straight year, the Royals led the Majors in stolen bases with 153 both this year and last season...Jarrod Dyson, despite being a part-time player, has swiped 30, 34 and now 36 in his last three seasons, totaling 100 bags in that span which is seventh among all big league thieves, most of whom play every day...KC was the only big league club with three players with at least 25 thefts, as Dyson is joined by Alcides Escobar (31) and Lorenzo Cain (28), marking the first time for the franchise since U.L. Washington, and each swiped at least 25 bags in 1983. ON-THE-JOB TRAINING--This 2014 version of the Kansas City Royals entered the September 30 Wild Card Game with only five players who had previous postseason experience with Wade Davis, Omar Infante, , James Shields and Raul Ibanez...with Ibanez and Nix inactive for the ALDS and now the ALCS, KC is down to three who have experience in October baseball. HOLLY HAS ANOTHER SOLID YEAR--Greg Holland finished the regular season with 46 saves, good for second in the A.L. in saves and is the first Royal to record back-to-back 40-save seasons for Kansas City since Dan Quisenberry did it in 1983 (45) and ‘84 (44)...while postseason stats are not included in the regular season total, Holly has now made good on 49 of his 51 save tries this year, including 42 of the last 43 and 23 in a row after last night’s rescue...over a longer haul in regular season play, Holland has converted 86 of his last 89 attempts (96.6%) since May 30 of last season, the highest percentage among closers with at least 40 opportunities in that span...since that date, Greg has five more saves than any other pitcher in baseball (Craig Kimbrel - 81) and Holland has allowed just 14 earned runs in 113.1 innings for a 1.11 ERA...he recorded his 100th career save on August 8 and since posting his first career save on August 3, 2011 vs. Baltimore, Holland has gone 113- for-123, the best save pct. at 91.9 among closers with at least 100 save opportunities. GORE A BLUR ON THE BASES--Terrance Gore, a 23-year old outfielder from Macon, GA, has had a meteoric rise this season, culminating with a little over a month in the Majors thanks to the wheels he possesses...KC’s 20th round selection in 2011, Gore’s year began in Wilmington, KC’s club in the , where he pilfered 36 bags in 40 tries...to prepare him for a potential September big league audition, Gore was moved to Omaha (AAA), where he swiped 11 bases in 14 tries... he was then added as part of the September roster expansion and went 5-for-5 as a big league base thief...Gore has proven to be such a threat on the bases that he has been on each postseason roster to this point and swiped three bags in his first three games in the playoffs. A LOOK BACK AT ‘14--Kansas City snapped its postseason dry spell with an 89-73 season, capped a week ago today with a 6-4 win over the White Sox in Chicago to finish one game behind the in the ...the rollercoaster ride that was the 2014 season saw the Royals trail by as many as 6 1/2 games after play on June 1, only to reel off a 13-2 stretch to take a 1 1/2-game advantage in the Central on June 18...KC then fell into a 9-18 skid from June 19-July 21 to fall to eight games behind the Tigers, but a win in Chicago on July 22 jumpstarted a season-ending stretch in which the Royals were 41-23 and popped champagne corks for the first time in 29 years on September 26 with a win over the White Sox in U.S. Cellular Field...the two combatants in the ALCS were the two winningest teams in the American League from July 22 on, with the Royals posting 41 victories and the O’s 42...the 89-victory season marked the most by the Kansas City franchise since winning 92 games in 1989...KC has coupled its last two seasons for a 175-149 mark for a .540 winning pct. 89-WIN YEAR--The Royals recorded 89 victories, the most for the franchise since going 92-70 in 1989...with 86 wins last year and 89 this season, Kansas City has eclipsed the 86-win mark in consecutive years for the first time since 1977 (102) and 1978 (92)...the last two full seasons KC had a winning mark was 1988-89, when the Royals went 84-77 and 92-70, respectively. KEEPING IT IN THE YARD--The bullpen duo of Wade Davis and Kelvin Herrera combined for 140.0 homerless innings during the 2014 campaign...Davis tossed 72.0 frames and allowed only five extra-base hits (four doubles and a triple), while Herrera fired 68.0 innings and given up 12 extra-base knocks (all doubles)...Davis, Herrera and the Dodgers’ were the only three pitchers in the Majors who have worked at least 60.0 innings with no home runs surrendered. DAVIS SETS STRIKEOUT MARK--The breakout bullpen year of Wade Davis ended with 109 strikeouts, shattering the team record for a reliever held by fellow bullpen-mate Greg Holland, set last year, and Jim York, a reliever for KC in 1971...Davis attained his 109 K’s in 72.0 innings for a 13.6 strikeout to 9-inning ratio, the third best mark in the A.L. (minimum 60.0 innings). OFFENSE DOUBLES DOWN--Kansas City had nine players with at least 20 doubles this season, tying a club record...the group of Eric Hosmer (35), Alcides Escobar and Alex Gordon (34 each), Billy Butler (32), Lorenzo Cain (29), Salvador Perez (28), Nori Aoki (22), Omar Infante (21) and Mike Moustakas (20) are the fourth nine-some to hit the 20-double mark joining the 1977, ‘78 and 2008 squads. SHORT GAME PAID OFF--The Royals finished the year second in the American League in infield hits with 158...Kansas City featured four in the Top 14 individually in infield knocks with Lorenzo Cain tied for third (28), Nori Aoki tied for sixth (27), Alcides Escobar tied for 12th (24) and Jarrod Dyson tied for 14th (22). NED LONGEST TENURED KC SKIPPER-- has been at the helm for 775 regular season games as the Kansas City , surpassing Royals’ Hall of Famer skipper (770) for the most games managed in franchise history, and becoming the first manager since Howser to lead the Royals to the postseason... Yost has a 373-402 ledger as KC’s manager, including a 175-149 (.540) mark in the last two seasons...coupled with 457 wins in Milwaukee, Yost is tied for 73rd on the all-time managerial win list with 830 over his 11-year career, matching ’s total in a 12-year career as a skipper of the Tigers, Cardinals and Reds. vs. Orioles (ALCS) vs. Orioles (career)* At Camden Yards* vs. Norris TBA

Player AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Aoki .333 3 1 0 0 .345 29 10 0 1 .400 15 6 0 1 .250 8 2 0 0 Butler .500 4 2 0 1 .313 211 66 10 38 .318 107 34 6 17 .333 6 2 0 1 Cain .667 3 2 0 0 .195 41 8 0 1 .182 22 4 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 Colon ------Dyson .000 1 0 0 0 .263 38 10 0 0 .300 20 6 0 0 - - - - - Escobar .200 5 1 1 1 .265 117 31 0 6 .213 61 13 0 2 .167 6 1 0 0 Gordon .750 4 3 1 4 .294 211 62 13 35 .294 109 32 8 16 .500 6 3 0 0 Gore ------Hosmer .200 5 1 0 0 .230 113 26 3 11 .250 64 16 1 6 .000 5 0 0 0 Infante .250 4 1 0 0 .262 130 34 4 23 .290 69 20 3 18 .231 13 3 0 1 Kratz - - - - - .000 4 0 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 .250 4 1 0 0 Moustakas .200 5 1 1 2 .188 80 15 3 7 .217 46 10 3 6 .200 5 1 0 0 Perez .000 4 0 0 0 .236 55 13 2 6 .281 32 9 2 5 - - - - - Willingham - - - - - .333 117 39 7 21 .316 57 18 1 5 - - - - - *-Does not include postseason *-Does not include postseason