Kansas City Royals POSTGAME NOTES

1 Kansas City 4, Chicago 1 4 Wednesday, April 9, 2015 R H E LOB Chicago (0-3) 1 4 1 4 Starting Pitcher : John Danks (75/55) Kansas City (3-0) 4 8 0 7 Starting Pitcher : Edinson Volquez (95/58)

WP: Edinson Volquez (1-0) LP: John Danks (0-1) SV: Greg Holland (2) Time: 2:37 Temp: 72 Attendance: 20,236 Home Recap (Season Total • Inning • Runners on Base • Count • Distance • Pitcher) KANSAS CITY CHICAGO Salvador Perez (1, 6th, 1, 3-2, 399, Danks) None

Attendance Comparison Dates Total Average 2015 3 83,706 27,902 2014 3 91,326 30,442 Difference - (7,620) (2,540)

Kansas City Royals Notes 4This is the 20th time overall that the Royals have swept a three-game series from the White Sox and first since June 13-15, 2014 at Chicago...the sweep is the first in Kansas City since August 17-19, 2012. 4 This is the first time the Royals swept the opening series of a season since March 31- April 3, 2008 at Detroit. 4Edinson Volquez (8.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO, 1 HBP) faced the White Sox for the first time since his Major League debut on August 30, 2005 with Texas and had his regular season scoreless innings streak of 24.0 IP snapped in the seventh (streak dated back to last year)...he’s the 278th pitcher in Royals history to record at least one win. 4Paulo Orlando made his Major League debut in left field and recorded his first hit with a leadoff in the fifth inning...he became the fifth Royal to triple in his Major League debut (also Irving Falu 5/6/12, Johnny Damon 8/12/95, Edgar Caceres 6/8/95, and Brian McRae 8/7/90)... Orlando is the 12th Royal to triple for his first Major League hit, first sinceChristian Colon on July 4, 2013 (Elias). 4Orlando has also become the third Brazilian-born player to appear in a big league game, joining catcher Yan Gomes (266 games) and pitcher Andre Rienzo (29 games). 4Alcides Escobar singled in his first at-bat, extending his hitting streak to 12 games dating back to September 20, 2014... he’s hitting .442 (23-for-52) during the streak. 4Salvador Perez hit his first of the season off Danks in the bottom of the sixth... the Royals have hit five home runs in three games this year...last year, the club hit its fifth home run in game number 15 on April 18.

Chicago White Sox Notes 4This is the first time that the White Sox have started 0-3 since 2004. 4John Danks (5.2 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 1 HR) received his first loss against the Royals in his career, dropping to 7-1 overall and 4-1 at Kauffman Stadium... the four earned runs are his most allowed against the Royals since May 31, 2009 (nine starts in between). 4Micah Johnson recorded his first Major League in the eighth inning.