Kansas City Royals OFFICIAL GAME NOTES Texas Rangers (44-45) @ Kansas City Royals (44-44) Kauffman Stadium - Saturday, July 15, 2017 Game #89 - Home Game #45 FS 1 (HD) & KCSP Radio (610 Sports) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Sunday, July 16 vs. Texas Rangers: RHP Yu Darvish (6-8, 3.49) vs. RHP Ian Kennedy (3-6, 4.45), 1:15 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Monday, July 17 vs. Detroit Tigers: TBA vs. LHP Jason Vargas (12-3, 2.62), 7:15 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Tuesday, July 18 vs. Detroit Tigers: TBA vs. LHP Travis Wood (1-2, 6.06), 7:15 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Wednesday, July 19 vs. Detroit Tigers: TBA vs. RHP Jason Hammel (4-8, 5.02), 7:15 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Thursday, July 20 vs. Detroit Tigers: TBA vs. LHP Danny Duffy (5-5+ tonight), 7:15 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Tonight’s game can be heard back home on KCSP Radio (610 Sports) and the Royals Radio Network with Royals Hall of Famer Denny Matthews, Steve Physioc and Steve Stewart on the call, while Don Free controls the dials as the producer/engineer…tonight is being televised in HD on FS 1 with Ryan Lefebvre and C.J. Nitkowski in the booth...tomorrow’s series finale will be back on FOX Sports Kansas City with Ryan, Rex Hudler, Joel Goldberg and Jeff Montgomery.

Royals vs. Rangers DONE IN BY THE LONG BALL--The good news from Friday night is that everyone in the A.L. Central Kansas City’s struggles agianst the Rangers continued with lost, while the bad news is that everyone in the A.L. Central lost as the Royals could’ve picked up a game last night’s defeat, the 11th straight to Texas...KC’s last win was on the pack...while the rest of the Central was scuffling along, KC incurred a 5-3 loss here in “The K” here on July 22 of last year...KC still leads the all-time series by a last night, as Texas clubbed a pair of home runs that turned a 3-0 deficit into a 2-run advantage...Jason 277-272-1 count, including a 152-125-1 mark in Kansas City, 138- 112-1 in Kauffman Stadium. Hammel opened the contest with 5.0 hitless innings, but then his deflection of a one-out ground ball by Date Site Score WP LP Att. Elvis Andrus went for the Rangers’ first hit of the night and also set the stage for Adrian Beltre’s 3-run 4/20 @ Tex L, 0-1 (13) Alvarez Wood 26,898 homer which knotted the game at 3-3...Mike Napoli then came off the bench with his second career pinch 4/21 @ Tex L, 2-6 Hamels Karns 31,320 homer, clubbing a towering shot to left off of Mike Minor to stake Texas to his deciding lead...the Royals 4/22 @ Tex L, 1-2 Bush Wood 41,446 4/23 @ Tex L, 2-5 Darvish Hammel 37,177 had jumped out to a 2-0 advantage on Alcides Escobar’s third homer of the year, a 2-run ricochet off 7/14 KC L, 3-5 Perez Minor 35,591 the leftfield foul pole in the second...Jorge Bonifacio then expanded the lead to 3-0 with an RBI single, 7/15 KC knocking home Whit Merrifield, who had doubled with one out in the fifth...the loss was Kansas City’s 7/16 KC fourth in a row, the longest slide for the team since a 9-game losing streak that ended the month of April. HOME STREAK BEING TESTED--Last night kicked off the third and final 10-game homestand of the season for Kansas City with the Rangers here through tomorrow, followed by a pair of A.L. Central rivals with Detroit in for four and the White Sox next weekend for a 3-gamer...the Royals entered this set winners of three straight series here and unbeaten in the last five (4-0-1), including a 7-3 mark in the last homestand...KC is now 24-20 on the year in Kauffman Stadium...once this extended stay is completed, the Royals will have just 28 home games left on the 2017 docket while 37 are slated for the road, including a make-up game in Yankee Stadium on September 25 (12:05 KC time) from a May 25 rainout in the Bronx. BACK TO BREAK EVEN--The rollercoaster ride better known as the 2017 season is now 88 games old and the Royals are back to square one with a 44-44 ledger and 76 games remaining...Kansas City finds itself in third place, three games out in the cramped A.L. Central, while trailing in the Wild Card by a 1 1/2 games...this was the fourth straight year the Royals resumed post-break play with a winning record (44-43)...the 2014 club was 48-46 when the All-Star Game came around, then lost the first four games out of the break to fall to 48-50, before a 24-6 stretch put the Royals in the Wild Card hunt and eventually landed in the World Series. TIGERS NEXT--This 10-game stay will continue with the arrival of the Detroit Tigers on Monday in the first of a 4-game series, all contests ticketed for 7:15 first pitches...the Royals are just 2-4 against the Bengals to this point, posting 1-2 marks both here and in Comerica Park during the first two sets. ACE 30

REMEMBERING YO--The morning of January 22, 2017 will always be remembered as one of the most tragic days in franchise history when word was received that pitcher Yordano Ventura had his life cut short due to a car accident in his native Dominican Republic...signed as a 17-year old in 2008, the fireballing right-hander compiled a 38-31 during his abbreviated Major League career...among many highlights, “Ace” will be most remembered for blanking the San Francisco Giants over 7.0 innings in Game #6 of the 2014 World Series to force a seventh and deciding game, while pitching with a heavy heart himself due to the untimely passing of his friend Oscar Tavares...to honor the late Ventura, all uniforms in 2017 will be adorned with the ACE 30 patch. TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHERS: LHP Cole Hamels (4-0, 3.51) vs. LHP Danny Duffy (5-5, 3.76) 2017 2016 Career 2017 2016 Career Cole Hamels vs. Royals 1-0 2-0 3-1 Major League Record 4-0 (3.51 ERA) 15-5 140-96 Danny Duffy vs. Rangers 0-0 1-0 1-1 Major League Record 5-5 (3.76 ERA) 12-3 41-38 DANNY DUFFY takes the hill for his 14h start of the season, the 120th of his career and 148th appearance…he’s facing Texas for the second time this season, making his sixth start against the Rangers all-time...the 28-year-old left-hander signed a five-year deal in January to stay in Kansas City through the 2021 campaign…he was originally selected in the third round of the 2007 Draft. Danny’s 2017 Starts

.500 WEEK VS. ACES--A Southern California native, Danny made his first start DATE OPPONENT SCORE IP H R ER HR BB SO TP-K LEFT 4/3 at Minnesota ND, 1-7 6.0 3 1 1 1 3 8 100-62 1-1 at Dodger Stadium last Sunday, squaring off against 3-time Cy Young winner Clayton 4/8 at Houston W, 7-3 7.0 8 2 2 1 2 3 87-54 7-2 Kershaw, just five days after knocking off Seattle’s Felix Hernandez in Safeco Field... 4/14 LA Angels W, 7-1 7.0 3 1 1 0 2 6 103-68 6-1 4/20 at Texas ND, 0-1 (13) 7.1 4 0 0 0 3 5 100-65 0-0 things didn’t go quite as well against Kershaw as they did against “the King”, as Duff 4/25 at Chi. White Sox L, 5-10 4.2 9 6 6 0 2 2 96-61 2-6 incurred a 5-2 loss to the Dodgers...he was charged with five runs on six hits over his 5/2 Chi. White Sox L, 0-6 5.0 10 6 6 0 2 3 103-64 0-4 5/7 Cleveland L, 0-1 6.2 6 1 1 0 2 2 104-67 0-1 7.0 innings, with no walks and nine strikeouts...a 3-run third was his undoing, allowing 5/12 Baltimore ND, 3-2 7.0 8 2 2 0 1 6 97-65 2-2 5/18 NY Yankees W, 5-1 7.0 3 0 0 0 2 10 108-69 5-0 an RBI single before Justin Turner clubbed his second homer of the day, a 2-run blast... 5/23 at NY Yankees W, 6-2 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 7 105-72 6-2 Danny’s nine strikeouts were his second-most this year and most without issuing a walk 5/28 at Cleveland L, 1-10 4.0+ 9 6 6 0 3 2 89-57 1-4 7/4 at Seattle W, 7-3 5.2 5 2 2 0 2 4 86-58 6-2 since fanning 10 at Target Field on September 7 of last season...he suffered his first loss 7/9 at LA Dodgers L, 2-5 7.0 6 5 5 3 0 9 102-76 2-5 since May 28 at Cleveland – his last start before going on the disabled list...it was also 2017 Totals 5-5 3.76 81.1 80 34 34 7 27 67 1280-838 65.5% Career Totals 41-38 3.72 704.1 657 305 291 78 258 607 - - Duff’s first Interleague defeat since August 20, 2014, when he fell 5-2 at Coors Field. RARE LONGBALL TROUBLE--Last Sunday, Duff surrendered three home runs, including a pair to Justin Turner, after allowing four in his first 12 starts...his 0.77 home runs per 9.0 innings (7 HR in 81.1 IP) is still the seventh-lowest rate in the A.L. (min. 80.0 IP), while he has yet to allow a homer at home in 2017 (32.2 IP). FLAWLESS SINCE RETURN--Since returning from the disabled list, Danny has been perfect against left-handed batters, retiring all 12 of them over his two outings... he’s held lefties to a .203 average this season (12-for-59)...he hasn’t allowed an extra-base hit to a left-hander since an Omar Narvaez double in Chicago on April 26. K’S FOR THE KIDS--Duffy’s nine strikeouts last Sunday upped his season total to 67 and his donation to $33,500 for for Noah’s Bandage Project…for every strikeout he records, Danny will donate $500 to the foundation that provides fun bandages to kids and raises money for pediatric cancer research…last season he recorded 188 strikeouts, the most by a left-handed pitcher in franchise history, topping Bill Butler’s 156 strikeouts in 1969…his 607 career K’s are fourth-most by a left-handed pitcher in franchise history, trailing only Paul Splittorff (1,057), Larry Gura (633) and Charlie Leibrandt (618). VS. RANGERS--Danny worked 7.1 scoreless frames against these Rangers on April 20, but did not factor into the decision as KC fell 1-0 in 13 innings...he enters tonight 1-1 with a 3.90 ERA (12 ER in 27.2 IP) in five previous starts vs. Texas, holding them to a .222 average (22-for-99)...his lone victory came nearly a year ago, here on July 22, when he allowed one run on four hits over 6.2 innings in a 3-1 triumph, which is also the last time KC defeated the Rangers. FINALLY BACK HOME--It’s been 57 days since Duffy last took the mound at Kauffman Stadium, after missing the entire month of June with a right oblique strain... Duffy vs. Rangers he’s 2-2 with a 2.76 ERA (10 ER in 32.2 IP) here, with opponents batting .254 against him...last season, he went Player AVG. AB H HR RBI 7-0 at ‘The K’, joining Cleveland’s Andrew Miller (8-0) as the only Major League hurlers to go unbeaten at home Elvis Andrus .143 7 1 0 0 with at least seven wins in 2016...Danny is 17-17 with a 3.78 ERA in 70 outings (58 starts) all-time here. Adrian Beltre .111 9 1 1 3 Robinson Chirinos .000 0 0 0 0 Danny’s Last Win: Shin-soo Choo .400 5 2 0 1 July 4, 2017 at Seattke (5.2 IP, 7-3 over Felix Hernandez) Delino DeShields .286 7 2 0 2 Joey Gallo .000 3 0 0 0 Danny’s Last Loss: Carlos Gomez .250 4 1 0 0 July 9, 2017 at Los Angeles Dodgers (7.0 IP, 2-5 to Clayton Kershaw) Pete Kozma .500 2 1 0 0 Danny’s Strikeout High: Jonathan Lucroy .333 3 1 0 0 *16, August 1, 2016 at Tampa Bay (8.0 IP, 3-0 over Chris Archer) -- *Set franchise record Nomar Mazara .333 6 2 0 0 Danny’s Only Complete Game: Mike Napoli .667 6 4 2 3 Rougned Odor .333 6 2 1 1 August 11, 2016 vs. Chicago White Sox (9.0 IP, 2-1 win over Carson Fulmer) Kansas City Royals • One Royal Way • Kansas City, MO 64129-6969 • www.royals.com • ©Kansas City Royals 2017 Royals Notes - Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals - Saturday, July 15, 2017

Pitching Notes Tomorrow’s Starter - Ian Kennedy = Ian makes his first start of the second half and 17th of the season in tomorrow’s series finale...he’s 3-6 with a 4.45 ERA with 76 strikeouts in 87.0 innings. = He last worked a week ago at Dodger Stadium, taking a no-decision in a game the Royals dropped 5-4 in 10 innings...the righty scattered seven hits and allowed three runs over his 6.0 innings with one walk and seven strikeouts...his seven hits were a season high, snapping a streak of 15-straight starts allowing six hits or less. = The veteran hurler has held the opposition to a .208 batting average (66-for-318), which ranks fourth in the American League...among MLB hurlers that have worked at least 80.0 innings this season, his 66 hits allowed are tied for the second fewest behind Dodgers’ lefty Alex Wood (50 in 80.2 IP). = After going winless in his first 11 starts this year, Kennedy is 3-0 with a 2.67 ERA (9 ER in 30.1 IP), holding opponents to a .197 average over his last five outings. = Ian is looking for his first victory vs. Texas...he’s 0-2 with a 3.77 ERA in five previous starts against the Rangers, which includes a no-decision earlier this year. = He will also attempt to snap a 10-start winless drought at home, which dates back to August 20 of last year...he’s 0-4 with a 4.71 ERA here this year. 2017 Pitching Lines G W-L SV SVO ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO OPP AVG Starters 88 29-29 - - 4.34 487.1 491 245 235 73 161 406 .261 Relievers 87 15-15 20 29 4.09 297.0 281 147 135 27 130 276 .250 Totals 88 44-44 20 29 4.25 784.1 772 392 370 100 291 682 .257 Bullpen Totals: 1st Batter Efficiency: 188/271 (69.4%) Saves/Save Opp: 20/29 (69.0%) Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 126/42 (33.3%) Al Alburquerque 1st Batter Efficiency:5/6 Saves/Save Opp: 0/0 (0.0%) Last Save: April 9, 2014 at LAD (1st) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 0/0 2017 Strikeout High: 3, 5/16 vs. NYY July 14 vs. Texas 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 = Al pitched around a leadoff single and a two-out walk to record a scoreless eighth inning last night...it marked his second appearance since being selected from Omaha (AAA) for the second time this season (July 3)...he pitched in five games during his first stint with KC, before being DFA’d on May 21. = In 22 outings with the Storm Chasers, Alburquerque is 2-1 with a 2.08 ERA (6 ER in 26.0 IP)...he’s also collected three saves in five chances. = Alburquerque made two big league appearances last season with the Angels...he posted a 17-6 record and a 3.20 ERA in 241 appearances with Detroit (2011-15). Scott Alexander (L) 1st Batter Efficiency:17/23 Saves/Save Opp: 0/0 (0.0%) Last Save: n/a Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 17/3 2017 Strikeout High: 4 on 6/9 at SD July 8 at LA Dodgers (Loss) 0.0 0 1 1 3 0 = Scott has made a career-high 23 outings this season and ranks 12th among AL relievers with a 2.16 ERA (8 ER in 25.1 IP). = Suffered his third loss of the year a week ago at Dodger Stadium, after walking the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th in a 5-4 setback...the three walks in a single outing were a career high...since returning from the DL on June 7, he’s allowed 11 walks in 19.0 innings...he issued just four walks in his first 14.1 innings. = He earned his first win (42nd appearance) on July 2 vs. Minnesota, relievingTravis Wood in the fifth en route to a 6-2 victory. = Held right-handed hitters to a .190 average (16-for-84), which ranks third among AL lefties...only Andrew Miller (.108) and Justin Wilson (.126) have been better. Miguel Almonte 1st Batter Efficiency:1/2 Saves/Save Opp: 0/0 (0.0%) Last Save: n/a Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: -/- 2017 Strikeout High: n/a July 9 at Iowa (AAA) 1.1 3 0 0 0 0 = Miguel was recalled from Omaha (AAA) yesterday as Neftalí Feliz was placed on the Paternity List...this marks the fourth time he’s been called up this season and second time this month...he last pitched in a Major League game on July 1, working a scoreless eighth inning against Minnesota. = In 13 appearances (seven starts) at the minor league level (combined AA and AAA), he’s 1-0 with a 1.33 ERA (6 ER in 40.2 IP) with 10 walks and 47 strikeouts. Kelvin Herrera 1st Batter Efficiency:27/36 Saves/Save Opp: 19/21 (90.5%) Last Save: July 5 at SEA (36th career) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 5/1 2017 Strikeout High: 3 on 6/7 vs. HOU July 8 at LA Dodgers 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 = Kelvin has collected 19 saves in 21 opportunities (90.5 percent) in his first full season as KC’s closer...his save total and save percentage are both tied for fifth in the American League...he owns a 2.18 ERA (5 ER in 20.2 IP) in save situations, however he has an 8.10 ERA (12 ERA in 13.1 IP) in non-save situations. = Herrera last worked six days ago in Los Angeles, when he walked in the winning run in the 10th inning...entered the game with the bases loaded and nobody out. = He has allowed seven homers in 34.0 innings this season (1.85 HR/9)—but none in his last 11 outings—after allowing six in 72.0 innings in 2016 (0.75 HR/9). Kevin McCarthy 1st Batter Efficiency:6/11 Saves/Save Opp: 0/0 (0.0%) Last Save: n/a Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 1/2 2017 Strikeout High: 2 on 6/6 vs. HOU July 14 vs. Texas 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 = Kevin made his 11th appearance last night, setting the side down with three ground ball outs in the ninth...he’s allowed one run over his last six outings (6.2 innings), while nine of his 11 outings have been scoreless this season...held leadoff hitters to a .176 average (3-for-17) in his career. = McCarthy started the year with Omaha (AAA), going 1-1 with a 2.33 ERA (7 ER in 27.0 IP) in 20 appearances for the Storm Chasers. Mike Minor (L) 1st Batter Efficiency:28/36 Saves/Save Opp: 0/0 (0.0%) Last Save: n/a Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 19/8 2017 Strikeout High: 4 (2x), last: 7/1 vs. MIN (1) July 14 vs. Texas (Loss) 1.1 2 2 2 0 1 = Mike suffered his second loss last night, surrendering a pinch-hit, go-ahead home run to Mike Napoli in the seventh...he recorded the final out of the sixth inning, before allowing a leadoff single to Carlos Gomez and Napoli’s two-run shot...it was the second home run he’s allowed and first since May 29 (J.D. Martinez). = Last night also marked just the third time Minor has allowed multiple runs in an outing. = He’s still posted the second-lowest ERA (1.67) in the AL since May 1 (min. 30.0 IP)...while his .181 opponents’ average (21-for-116) ranks seventh. = He’s held left-handed hitters to a .123 batting average (7-for-57), fourth lowest in the American League (min. 50 batters faced). Peter Moylan 1st Batter Efficiency:33/41 Saves/Save Opp: 0/0 (0.0%) Last Save: Sept. 9, 2012 at NYM (4th career) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 36/8 2017 Strikeout High: 3 on 6/9 at SD July 8 at LA Dodgers 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 = Peter has made 41 appearance out of the bullpen, tying him for sixth-most in the American League...after a rough stretch in May, he’s posted a 1.46 ERA (2 ER in 12.1 IP) since June 1, while he has allowed just one unearned run in his last seven outings (since June 27). = Moylan is tied for the MLB lead with 36 inherited runners...it was the most by a Royal before the All-Star break since Aaron Crow (27) in 2013. = He remains unbeaten in his last 139 appearances, the second-longest active streak in the Majors, trailing only Atlanta’s Sam Freeman (145). = Fanned all three batters he faced on 10 pitches on June 9 for the second time in his career (also, April 11, 2009 with Atlanta)…he’s the third Royals reliever to strikeout all three batters faced in an appearance in 10 pitches or less, joining Aaron Crow (July 24, 2014 vs. Cleveland) and Stan Belinda (Aug. 6, 1994 vs. Seattle). Joakim Soria 1st Batter Efficiency:30/39 Saves/Save Opp: 1/6 (16.7%) Last Save: July 3 at SEA (204th) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 7/3 2017 Strikeout High: 4 on 4/15 vs. LAA July 8 at LA Dodgers 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 = Joakim is tied for the team lead and for 10th in the American League with 11 holds this season...he’s posted a 2.70 ERA (4 ER in 13.1 IP) since June 5. = Soria allowed a game-tying homer to Cody Bellinger in the eighth last Saturday, snapping a streak of 37.1 innings without a homer, which was the fifth-longest active streak in the Majors…prior to the roundtripper, his 36.0 innings without a home run in 2017 were most in the American League. = Soria earned his first save of the season and 204th of his career on July 3 in Seattle, his first since April 13, 2016 at Houston…he ranks third in Royals history with 162 saves and fourth with 407 appearances…his career 2.81 ERA ranks fourth among active pitchers (min. 500 appearances).

Royals vs. Rangers 2017 Career Pitcher W-L S ERA G IP H ER W-L S ERA G IP H ER Alburquerque 0-0 0 0.00 1 1.0 1 0 0-0 0 3.00 10 9.0 6 3 Alexander 0-0 0 2.70 2 3.1 1 1 0-0 0 2.70 2 3.1 1 1 Almonte ------Duffy 0-0 0 0.00 1 7.1 4 0 1-1 0 3.90 5 27.2 22 12 Hammel 0-1 0 6.23 2 8.2 8 6 1-3 0 4.66 8 36.2 38 19 Herrera ------0-0 0 1.46 13 12.1 10 2 Kennedy 0-0 0 1.29 1 7.0 4 1 0-2 0 3.77 5 31.0 29 13 McCarthy 0-0 0 0.00 1 1.0 0 0 0-0 0 0.00 1 1.0 0 0 Minor 0-1 0 3.38 3 5.1 4 2 0-2 0 6.30 4 10.0 12 7 Moylan 0-0 0 0.00 3 1.1 2 0 0-0 0 5.40 5 1.2 4 1 Soria 0-0 0 0.00 1 1.0 1 0 1-2 3 5.63 15 16.0 17 10 Vargas ------5-8 0 4.04 21 120.1 134 54 Wood 0-2 0 13.50 2 1.1 3 2 0-3 0 3.38 5 10.2 10 4 Royals Notes - Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals - Saturday, July 15, 2017

Hitting Notes Jorge Bonifacio This Series: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI Last Trip: 5-for-17 (.294), 2 runs, 2B, 3B, 2 BB Hit Streak: 5 g (7-21) = Jorge doubled off the wall in the first last night and had an RBI single in the fifth—his first since June—extending 27­ his career-high on-base streak to 18 games. = Bonifacio has hit in five straight, batting .333/.391/.524 (7-for-21) with a pair of doubles, his first career triple and an RBI. = Made his Major League debut April 21 in Arlington and hit his first career homer two days later, becoming the sixth Royal to hit his first homer within two games. = Ranks tied for fifth among AL rookies with 11 HR (but none since June 25), which were most by a Royals rookie before the break since Mark Quinn in 2000. = He and Emilio Bonifacio (2013) are the third set of brothers to play for Kansas City, joining George and Ken Brett and Tony Jr. and Francisco Peña. Drew Butera This Series: Has not played Last Trip: 0-for-3 Hit Streak: 0 g (0-6) = Drew last played on Sunday in Los Angeles, going 0-for-3, his first start since Game 2 of the July 1 doubleheader vs. Minnesota. = Butera’s last hit was a two-run triple in the ninth inning on June 29 at Detroit, his first RBI since May 18 vs. the Yankees. = He’s batting .271 (13-for-48) lifetime vs. the Rangers, including a solo home run last July 31 in Arlington. = He set career highs last season in doubles (10), home runs (four), batting average (.285), on-base (.328) and slugging (.480), making 34 starts behind the plate. Lorenzo Cain This Series: 0-for-3, BB Last Trip: 3-for-23 (.130), 4 runs, HR, 3 RBI, SF, 2 BB Hit Streak: 0 g (0-5) = Lorenzo went 0-for-3 with a walk last night, his 35th of the season, just two shy of his career high of 37 walks in 2015. = Cain ranked second in the Majors last season (min. 100 plate appearances) with a .371 average (33-for-89) vs. lefties, but he’s just 16-for-85 (.188) in 2017. = He ranks eighth in the American League with a .330 average (31-for-95) in the seventh inning or later, but he’s 0-for-his-last-11 after starting 31-for-84 (.369). = Tied for eighth in the AL with 15 steals and is the only player in MLB (min. 10 attempts) who hasn’t been caught…he’s 19-for-his-last-19 dating back to 2016. = He leads American League center fielders in starts (85), total chances (246) and putouts (239), and ranks second to Kevin Pillar in innings (736.1). Alcides Escobar This Series: 1-for-3, run, HR, 2 RBI Last Trip: 4-for-24 (.167), run, RBI Hit Streak: 1 g (1-3) = Esky hit a two-run home run off the left-field foul pole in the second inning last night, extending his home hitting streak to 11 games, in which he’s batting .400 (16-for-40)…he has an extra-base hit and an RBI in five straight home games, two shy of matching the club record held by Eric Hosmer from Aug 9-15, 2015. = Alcides is batting .287 (43-for-150) with 18 RBI in his last 38 game since May 30, raising his season average 47 points from .179 to .226. = He’s made a club-record 259 consecutive starts—all at shortstop—dating back to Sept. 26, 2015, the longest active streak in the Majors (any position), according to Elias Sports Bureau…he’s the first to start that many consecutive games at shortstop since Miguel Tejada started 284 straight for Baltimore (2004-05). = Alcides has played in 1,031 games since joining the Royals prior to 2011, second most in the Majors trailing only Robinson Cano (1,034). = He’s tied for second in the AL with four sacrifices…his 68 sacrifice hits since 2011 are second most in the Majors, trailing only Elvis Andrus (70). Alex Gordon This Series: 0-for-3 Last Trip: 3-for-17 (.176), 2 runs, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB Hit Streak: 0 g (0-8) = Alex went 0-for-3 last night, snapping a streak of five straight home games with an RBI…he does, however, have 12 extra-base hits in his last 29 games since June 5—good for a .464 slugging percentage—after recording just five extra-base hits (all doubles) through his first 49 games, a .202 slugging percentage. = Gordon has six outfield assists, tied for fourth in the American League, most recently throwing out Nelson Cruz at second base on July 5…he has 80 career outfield assists, most in the Majors since 2010…his eight errors in 1,623 chances since 2012 are tied with Nick Markakis for fewest among outfielders (min. 1,300 TC). = He's six runs shy of matching Mike Sweeney (700) for sixth in Royals history and is four homers shy of matching Frank White (160) for fifth. = He ranks tied for third in the AL with nine hit-by-pitches and ranks 13th among active players with a franchise-record 84 hit-by-pitches. Eric Hosmer This Series: 1-for-4 Last Trip: 11-for-24 (.458), 5 runs, 2 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB Hit Streak: 16 g (25-64) = Eric beat out an infield single to lead off the sixth inning last night, extending his hitting streak to 16 games, in which he’s batting .391/.435/.625 (25-for-64)… it’s the longest active streak in the Majors and is tied for the second longest of his career, trailing an 18-game streak from April 10-29, 2016. = He was charged with an error in the third inning last night, his second in six games, after going 123 straight games without one from Aug. 15, 2016-July 3, 2017. = Hosmer is batting .333 (37-for-111) vs. left-handed pitching, tied for third best among left-handed batters…he’s 0-for-10 vs. Cole Hamels. = Since May 1, Hosmer ranks fourth in the Majors with a .351 average (87-for-248), trailing only Jean Segura (.360), Carlos Correa (.357) and Jose Altuve (.357). = He has 11 go-ahead RBI this season and 73 since the start of 2015, third most in the AL, trailing only Albert Pujols (81) and Jose Abreu (74). Whit Merrifield This Series: 2-for-4, run, 2B Last Trip: 6-for-26 (.231), 4 runs, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI, BB, HBP, 3 SB Hit Streak: 1 g (2-4) = Whit went 2-for-4 last night, doubling in the fifth and scoring on Jorge Bonifacio’s RBI single…he has an extra-base hit in four straight home games. = Merrifield hit his first career leadoff home run on July 4 vs. Felix Hernandez, the first leadoff HR by a Royal sinceAlex Gordon on Sept. 14, 2015. = He ranks 10th in the American League with 14 steals—including six in his last eight games—and his 93.3% success rate (14-for-15) is third in the Majors. = He’s a lifetime .324 hitter (47-for-145) vs. left-handed pitching, including a .294 average (20-for-68) this season…he’s 1-for-3 with a triple vs. Hamels. = He ranks tied for fourth in the American League in triples (four) and bunt hits (four)…he’s batting .321 (25-for-78) with two outs, including 15 of his 33 RBI. = He had a Major League-best 19-game hitting streak from May 13-June 4, the longest by a Royal since Alex Gordon (also 19 games) in 2011. Brandon Moss This Series: 0-for-1, BB Last Trip: 1-for-5 (.200), run, 2B, BB Hit Streak: 0 g (0-3) = Brandon last played on Sunday in Seattle, popping out to third base as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning…he last started on July 4 at Seattle. = Moss recorded five hits in the split doubleheader on July 1 vs. Minnesota, matching his total from his previous nine games (30 at-bats) combined. = He last homered on July 1 vs. Minnesota (Game 1), a game-tying solo shot that traveled 474 ft., the longest by a Royal at Kauffman Stadium in the Statcast era (since 2015) and his first since May 26 at Cleveland, snapping a streak of 20 games (57 at-bats) without a homer. = He’s batting .385/.448/.692 (10-for-26) with two doubles and two homers vs. left-handed pitchers this season, but has made just two starts vs. lefty starters. = His 112 HR since 2013 are eighth most among active left-handed batters during that span, trailing C. Davis, Rizzo, Bruce, Harper, Cano, Votto and Seager. Mike Moustakas This Series: 2-for-4 Last Trip: 6-for-22 (.273), 5 runs, 2B, 3 HR, 5 RBI Hit Streak: 1 g (2-4) = Moose had two hits last night and has hit safely in 11 of his last 12, batting .300 (15-for-50), including six homers in an eight-game stretch from June 28-July 5. = Moustakas replaced Miguel Sano at third base in the seventh inning in Tuesday’s All-Star Game and went 0-for-2 vs. former teammates Greg Holland and Wade Davis…he drew 15.6 million votes last week to win the Final Vote presented by Esurance for the second time in his career (also, 2015). = Mike was the No. 4 seed in the Home Run Derby on Monday at Marlins Park and hit 10 home runs in the first round, one shy of his opponent, Miguel Sano, who advanced to the finals vs. Aaron Judge…he was the third Royal to participate in the HR Derby, joining Bo Jackson (1989) and Danny Tartabull (1991). = He homered in all three games in Seattle to finish the first half with 25 HR, marking a new career high for an entire season (previously, 22 HR in 2015) and the most by any Royal before the All-Star break since Jermaine Dye (22 HR) in 2000…according to STATS LLC, he’s one of four American League third basemen to hit 25 HR before the break, joining Miguel Cabrera (30 HR in 2013), Alex Rodriguez (30 HR in 2007) and Harmon Killebrew (28 HR in 1969 & ‘59, 26 HR in 1970). = He ranks third in the AL with 25 HR, trailing only Aaron Judge (30) and George Springer (27)…his 25 HR are tied for second most among Major League left-handed batters, trailing only Joey Votto (26)…his seven HR vs. left-handed pitchers trail only Votto (eight) and Anthony Rizzo (eight) among lefty batters. = According to STATS LLC, he has homered vs. 14 of the 16 teams the Royals have faced (including Texas), tied with Logan Morrison for most in the Majors… he’s also homered in 12 different ballparks (including nine of his 25 HR here at Kauffman Stadium), most in the Majors ahead of Morrison (11 different ballparks). Salvador Perez This Series: 0-for-4 Last Trip: 6-for-21 (.286), 2 runs, 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, BB Hit Streak: 0 g (0-5) = Salvy went 0-for-4 last night, snapping an eight-game hitting streak from June 30-July 8, in which he hit .394/.314/.529 (10-for-34) with nine RBI. = He played in his fifth straight All-Star Game (fourth straight start) on Tuesday in Miami, going 0-for-2 while catching the first 5.0 innings. = Perez went 2-for-5 with a go-ahead HR in the eighth inning last Saturday in Los Angeles, his 18th HR of the year, four shy of his career high done last season… his 18 HR were most by a catcher before the break since Brian McCann in 2008 and most by an AL catcher since Ivan Rodriguez (26) and Charles Johnson (20) in 2000. = His 57 RBI are just 22 shy of his career high done in 2012 and were second most by a Royals catcher before the break, trailing Darrell Porter (61) in 1979. = Only four of his 18 homers have come here, the last of which was his first career grand slam on June 21 vs. Boston, a go-ahead shot in the eighth inning. = Of his 105 career home runs, 100 have come as a catcher, most in franchise history…his 57 homers as a catcher since 2015 are most in the Majors, three more than Yasmani Grandal (54)...a four-time Rawlings Gold Glove winner, Perez has started 602 games behind the plate since 2013, most in the Major Leagues. Jorge Soler This Series: 0-for-3, run Last Trip: 0-for-13, BB Hit Streak: 0 g (0-17) = Jorge went 0-for-3 last night and reached on a fielder’s choice in the second inning ahead of Alcides Escobar’s two-run home run. = Soler is 0-for-17 since his last hit on July 2 vs. Minnesota, a double to leadoff the fifth inning…he’s just 5-for-35 (.143) vs. left-handed pitching. = Both of his home runs with the Royals have come at Kauffman Stadium and vs. left-handed pitchers…the first was a 464-ft. solo shot off Richard Bleier on May 14 vs. Baltimore, and the second was a two-run shot that traveled 417 ft. off Buddy Boshers on July 1 vs. Minnesota (Game 2). = He’s in his second stint with Kansas City, after playing in 18 games between May 6-June 3…he spent the first month on the 10-day DL with a strained left oblique. Ramón Torres This Series: 0-for-8, BB Last Trip: 0-for-12, BB Hit Streak: 0 g (0-13) = Ramón went 0-for-4 on Sunday in Los Angeles and is now 0-for-his-last-13 after starting 12-for-31 (.387)…he’s .182 vs. left-handed pitchers (2-for-11). = Torres had a career-high three hits on July 1 vs. Minnesota (Game 1) and is batting .368 (7-for-19) with three walks (.455 OBP) in seven home games. = Torres made his Major League debut on June 7, going 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI, becoming the seventh Royal to record at least two hits and an RBI in his debut and first since Johnny Giavotella on Aug. 5, 2011 vs. Detroit…he also became the first Royal with a hit from each side of the plate in his debut. = In 53 games at Omaha (AAA), he hit .327 (69-for-211) with eight doubles, a triple, five HR and 34 RBI, making starts at second base (19) and shortstop (32). Royals Notes - Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals - Saturday, July 15, 2017

This & That LONG BALL WREAKING HAVOC--Home runs are up everywhere this year and the Royals haven’t been spared of late, with the last two losses almost exclusively being attributed to the big fly...last Sunday’s pre-break setback in Dodger Stadium saw the homestanding Dodgers score a 5-2 decision with four of those runs coming via homers from Justin Turner (2) and Austin Barnes...then there was last night’s return to work after the break and the Rangers relying solely on the home run with Adrian Beltre tying the game with a 3-run shot in the sixth and Mike Napoli untying it with a 2-run pinch hit shot in the seventh. THE LAND OF HOZ--Kansas City first baseman Eric Hosmer extended his hitting streak to 16 games with an sixth inning infield hit last night...Hoz has hit .391 (25-for-64) with four homers, 12 RBI, a .435 on-base pct. and .625 slugging pct. during the 16-game streak, which is now two shy of his career best set in April of last year...he was hitting .185 after play on April 22, but since a 2-hit game against these Rangers on April 23 and in the 71 games since, he has batted .349 (95-for-272) with 46 runs, 19 doubles, a triple and 11 home runs, upping his season mark 133 points to its present .318 average...his 30 multi-hit games have all come since April 23. KC’S BEST BOMBERS EVER--Alcides Escobar clubbed his third homer of the year and the 108th for the Royals this season, as the club bears down on its all-time single season record...the team standard for homers in a season is 168 set during the 1987 campaign, with this year’s unit is currently on a pace to shatter that mark with 199 roundtrippers...KC has hit 16 home runs this month, which rank third most in the American League behind only Houston (22) and Texas (18). LOVING THE LEATHER--Kansas City was charged with its first error in the last five games last night...KC has now committed 35 errors on the year, six fewer than the runner-up Rockies and Marlins, while the second place defense in the American League is Minnesota with 44...at the 88-game mark a season ago, the Royals had 55 errors. VS. THE WEST--This visit from the Rangers resumes play against the A.L. West, with the Royals going 14-11 to this point, including an 8-3 mark in the last 11...Texas has been the one hiccup on the slate, with KC going winless in all five tries this year and now 0-for-the-last-11 vs. the Rangers...in other divisional work, the Royals are just 13-21 within the A.L. Central, with play resuming with 10-straight intradivisional matchups starting Monday vs. Detroit...KC has gone 10-8 in its last 18 Central battles after an abysmal 3-13 start...the Royals are 12-7 vs. the A.L. East and will resume play with that division on the next road trip with three in Boston and three in Baltimore...the three losses last weekend in Dodger Stadium dropped Kansas City to 5-5 in Interleague play, with 10 still on the docket. PATIENCE PAYING OFF--Lorenzo Cain received his 35th walk of the year last night, now just two walks shy of his single-season best...he established his career- high in 2015 with 37 free passes. MOOSE ON RECORD PACE--Monday’s Home Run Derby had the right guy from Kansas City, though Mike Moustakas came up a roundtripper shy of matching the 12 home runs hit by Minnesota’s Miguel Sano in the opening round...Moose’s 25 on the year are good for third in the American League and in a fifth place tie in the Majors with LA’s Cody Bellinger...Moustakas has already broken his personal single-season best of 22 from 2015 and hit three more home runs prior to the All-Star break than any Royal in history, breaking Jermaine Dye’s mark of 22 in 2000...Moose remains on a pace that would shatter Kansas City’s long-standing club record of 36 roundtrippers hit by Steve Balboni during the 1985 season...his 25 home runs to this point translate to 46 over the remainder of the campaign. THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER--Reliever Peter Moylan made his 41st relief appearance of the year last Saturday, the 34th in which he did not allow an earned run...the 38-year old from Australia, has been nothing short of spectacular since May 24, allowing just two earned runs in a total of 15.2 innings, spanning 19 appearances, for a 1.15 ERA with 18 strikeouts...he had allowed 16 earnies through his first 15.0 frames of the year for a 9.60 ERA, though 14 of those 16 runs scored over just three appearances with two 5-run and a 4-run outing. ESKY TURNAROUND COINCIDES WITH CLUB SUCCESS--Kansas City’s 18-10 run in the last 28 games has coincided with Alcides Escobar’s offensive resurgence, as the durable shortstop has hit .327 (36-for-110) with 17 runs scored in that span...Esky was hitting .178 on the year entering play on June 10, but has since raised his average 48 points to its present .226...though patience is far from a virtue for Escobar, who has walked just six times on the year including none in the last 29 games...he’s made a club-record 259 consecutive starts at shortstop dating back to September 26, 2015, the longest active streak in the Majors, according to the Elias Sports Bureau...the last MLB team to have the same starting SS in that many consecutive games was the Orioles, who had Miguel Tejada as their starting shortstop in 284 games from April 4, 2004 through August 20, 2005...should Esky get to 285, he will have the longest such streak since Cal Ripken started 2,216 consecutive games at SS for the Orioles from 1982 to 1996. DUPE KC’S SECRET WEAPON--Replay specialist and team eagle eye Bill Duplissea has not made a challenge since July 3 in Seattle when he made his 19th of the year and got a reversal on Whit Merrifield’s bunt attempt in the eighth...Duper is 14-for-19 for a 74% success rate, which currently tops the Majors...Duplissea also requested a Crew Chief review of Danny Espinosa’s home run on June 16 in Anaheim that was flipped into a foul ball upon review, but Dupe does not receive statistical credit for a Crew Chief review...Bill closed 2016 as the best in baseball at his craft with a 69.2% success rate, making good on 27 of 39 challenges, with the Mets next at 67.7% (21-for-31). AT THE HELM--The winningest manager in franchise history, Ned Yost is in his seventh full season with the club, taking the reins on May 13, 2010...he enters tonight a game below the .500 mark, currently at 593-594, which is still a huge accomplishment considering he had a 198-253 mark in his first two+ seasons in charge, but is since 395-341 (.537)...his win total has shattered Whitey Herzog’s previous team mark of 410 wins (1975-79)...Yost is the 16th full-time manager in franchise history and is seventh among active managers is games (2,146) and wins (1,050)...his postseason record of 22-9 represents a .710 winning pct., which is tops among all managers who have been at the helm for at least 20 postseason games...he’s also 2-0 in managing the American League All-Star team, winning in both Cincinnati (‘15) and San Diego (‘16), the last two times the home field advantage was determined by the All-Star outcome...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).

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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 Bonifacio .364 11 4 1 2 .364 11 4 1 2 .250 112 28 4 8 .000 3 0 0 0 .667 3 2 1 1 Butera .333 9 3 0 0 .271 48 13 1 3 .200 495 99 3 35 .250 8 2 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 Cain .214 14 3 0 1 .262 103 27 0 3 .297 1224 363 25 162 .250 8 2 0 1 .167 6 1 0 0 Escobar .118 17 2 1 2 .236 178 42 1 20 .265 2193 581 18 199 .167 18 3 0 1 .250 8 2 0 0 Gordon .056 18 1 0 0 .199 256 51 8 25 .262 2393 626 77 317 .273 11 3 0 0 .273 11 3 0 1 Hosmer .211 19 4 0 0 .277 159 44 8 22 .279 1797 502 51 264 .000 10 0 0 1 .167 12 2 0 1 Merrifield .313 16 5 0 1 .273 22 6 0 2 .289 315 91 6 42 .333 3 1 0 0 .143 7 1 0 1 Moss .091 11 1 0 0 .232 181 42 10 24 .230 1423 328 61 197 - - - - - .269 26 7 4 6 Moustakas .294 17 5 1 2 .270 111 30 3 7 .253 1310 332 45 170 .000 3 0 0 0 .222 9 2 1 1 Perez .000 13 0 0 0 .204 108 22 3 13 .276 1341 370 42 196 .000 8 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 Soler .000 3 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 .260 411 107 16 55 .000 3 0 0 0 - - - - - Torres ------.368 19 7 0 2 ------

Starting Pitchers Breakdown Catcher/Pitcher Matchups Catcher Breakdown (Team Record w/Starters) Butera Perez Totals Total KC Avg. Runs Team Quality Starts 20 68 88 Pitcher GS Runs Per Start Record Starts Pitcher Butera Perez Totals CS/ATT 1/12 10/41 11/53 Danny Duffy 13 44 3.4 6-7 8 Luke Farrell 1 11 11.0 1-0 0 Duffy 3-2 3-5 6-7 Pct. 8.3 24.4 20.8 Jason Hammel 18 61 3.4 4-14 8 Farrell - 1-0 1-0 ERA 4.95 4.01 4.25 Jakob Junis 6 31 5.2 4-2 2 Hammel 2-4 2-10 4-14 ER/IP 109/198.1 261/586.0 370/784.1 Nate Karns 8 31 3.9 4-4 3 Junis 0-1 4-1 4-2 Ian Kennedy 16 64 4.0 7-9 7 Karns 1-1 3-3 4-4 Team Eric Skoglund 3 4 1.3 1-2 1 Kennedy 1-3 6-6 7-9 Pitcher Pickoffs: - Matt Strahm 3 13 4.3 1-2 0 Skoglund 0-1 1-1 1-2 Pickoff & CS: 7 (Last: 6/18 @ LAA) Jason Vargas 17 84 4.9 13-4 12 Strahm - 1-2 1-2 Travis Wood 1 6 6.0 1-0 0 Vargas - 13-4 13-4 Chris Young 2 16 8.0 2-0 0 Wood - 1-0 1-0 Totals 88 365 4.1 44-44 41 Young 1-0 1-0 2-0 Total 8-12 36-32 44-44 Royals Notes - Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals - Saturday, July 15, 2017

2017 Royals Home Runs vs. vs. @ on Runners On Outs Tied Gave Direction Team Last Home Run AB’s Players Total LHP RHP Home Road 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 Game Lead LF LC CF RC RF Record Date Opp. Pitcher Since Bonifacio 11 3 8 4 7 5 6 - - 3 3 5 - 4 7 2 1 - 1 4-7 6/25/17 TOR F. Liriano 47 Butera 2 1 1 1 1 2 - - - 2 - - 1 - 1 1 - - - 2-0 5/14/17 BAL M. Givens 44 Cain 11 2 9 3 8 8 2 - 1 4 3 4 1 1 8 2 1 - - 8-1 7/5/17 @ SEA A. Miranda 16 Escobar 3 1 2 2 1 1 2 - - 2 - 1 1 1 2 1 - - - 2-1 7/14/17 TEX M. Perez 2 Gordon 5 - 5 2 3 4 - 1 - 2 1 2 - - - - 2 - 3 5-0 7/3/17 @ SEA A. Moore 18 Hosmer 12 3 9 7 5 2 9 1 - 4 2 6 1 6 4 3 2 1 2 8-4 7/9/17 @ LAD C. Kershaw 6 Merrifield 7 1 6 4 3 7 - - - 3 2 2 - 4 4 1 - - 2 3-4 7/4/17 @ SEA F. Hernandez 25 Moss 10 1 9 5 5 8 1 1 - 4 3 3 1 4 - - 2 4 4 6-3 7/1/17 MIN-1 J. Berrios 14 Moustakas 25 6 19 9 16 17 5 3 - 11 9 5 4 9 1 - - 6 18 18-6 7/5/17 @ SEA A. Miranda 17 Perez 18 6 12 4 14 8 8 1 1 10 5 3 3 8 8 8 1 - 1 10-7 7/8/17 @ LAD P. Baez 5 Soler 2 2 - 2 - 1 1 - - 1 - 1 - - 1 - 1 - - 1-1 7/1/17 MIN-2 B. Boshers 21 Torres ------44

Pinch-Hit: Last: Erik Kratz (8/18/14 @ Minnesota, seventh inning) - Franchise total: 76 Grand Slam: Last: Salvador Perez (6/21/17 vs. Boston, eighth inning) - Franchise total: 124; 2 in 2017 Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: Last: Shane Mack (5/22/98 @ Texas, seventh inning) 2-Homer Game: Last: Lorenzo Cain (6/16/17 @ Los Angeles Angels, solos off Jesse Chavez and Kenyan Middleton)- 5 times in 2017 3-Homer Game: Last: Lorenzo Cain (5/10/16 @ N.Y. Yankees, solo, 3-run, solo) - Franchise total: 9 Back-to-Back: Last: Salvador Perez and Mike Moustakas (6/28/17 @ Detroit, fourth inning off Daniel Norris)- 6 times in 2017 Back-to-Back-to-Back: Last: Tony Graffanino, Angel Berroa, Doug Mientkiewicz (5/25/06 vs. Detroit, first inning) Three Home Runs, One Inning: Last: Eric Hosmer, Salvador Perez and Lorenzo Cain (6/10/17 @ San Diego, eighth inning) Four Home Runs, One Inning: Last: Mike Sweeney, Jermaine Dye, Raul Ibanez and Carlos Beltran (6/29/01 @ Cleveland, fourth inning) Leadoff Game: Last: Whit Merrifield (7/4/17 @ Seattle) -Franchise total: 92 Inside-the-Park: Last: Jarrod Dyson (7/8/15 vs. Tampa Bay) - Franchise total: 96 Both Sides of the Plate in One Game: Last: Kendrys Morales (7/2/16 @ Philadelphia, 3-run, solo) - Franchise total: 8 Home Run by Pitcher: Last: Zack Greinke (6/10/05 @ Arizona) Walk-off Home Run: Last: Mike Moustakas (6/6/17 vs. Houston, ninth inning, Ken Giles pitching) - Franchise total: 68

Opponent: Pinch-Hit: Last: Mike Napoli, Texas (7/14/17 @ Kauffman Stadium, off Mike Minor, 7th inning) Grand Slam: Last: Colby Rasmus, Tampa Bay (5/10/17 @ Tropicana Field off Peter Moylan, 8th inning) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: Last: Darryl Strawberry, New York (5/2/98 @ Kauffman Stadium, Scott Service pitching, 9th inning) Back-to-Back: Last: Andrew Benintendi and Xander Bogaerts, Boston (6/21/17 @ Kauffman Stadium, Ian Kennedy pitching, 4th inning) Leadoff Game: Last: Cameron Maybin (6/17/17 @ Angel Stadium, Jakob Junis pitching) Inside-the-Park: Last: Logan Forsythe, Tampa Bay (7/8/15 @ Kauffman Stadium, Jeremy Guthrie pitching, 4th inning) Walk-off Home Run: Last: Mitch Moreland, Texas (7/30/16 @ Globe Life Park, Brad Pounders pitching, 9th inning) Three Home Runs, One Inning: Last: Ezequiel Carrera, Josh Donaldson and Troy Tulowitzki, Toronto (7/5/16 @ Rogers Centre, Chris Young pitching, 3rd inning) Four Home Runs, One Inning: Last: Alex Rios, Carlos Quentin, Andruw Jones, Dayan Viciedo, Chicago (7/11/10 @ U.S. Cellular, Anthony Lerew pitching, 3rd inning) Three Home Runs, One Player: Last: Brian Dozier, Minnesota (9/5/16 @ Target Field, Ian Kennedy-2, Brooks Pounders-1) Both Sides of the Plate in One Game: Last: Victor Martienz, Detroit (6/16/16 @ Kauffman Stadium, Danny Duffy and Chien-Ming Wang pitching)

2017 Single-Game Bests Multi-Hit Games Multi-RBI Games RBI Hitting Streaks Hits Players 2 3 4 5 6+ Total 2 3 4 5 6+ Total Tying Go-Ahead 2-out 5-10 11-15 16+ Current Long (3+) Infield Bunt Bonifacio 18 - - - - 18 6 2 - - - 8 2 8 9 3 - - 5 g 7 g (5/16-23) 2 - Butera 3 1 - - - 4 3 - - - - 3 1 - 4 - - - 0 g - - - Cain 16 6 - - - 22 2 2 - 1 - 5 2 7 8 5 - - 0 g 7 g (6/13-19) 12 - Escobar 16 4 - - - 20 5 1 - - - 6 2 5 11 1 - - 1 g 9 g (6/18-28) 9 1 Gordon 6 1 - - - 7 3 2 - - - 5 3 4 10 1 - - 0 g 5 g (5/16-24) 6 1 Hosmer 23 7 - - - 30 9 2 - - - 11 2 11 17 7_ 1 1 16 g 16 g (6/24-pres) 8 1 Merrifield 16 3 - - - 19 5 2 - - - 7 4 9 15 3 1 1 1 g 19 g (5/13-6/4) 12 4 Moss 4 2 - - - 6 2 1 - - - 3 1 4 6 1 - - 0 g 5 g (5/12-21) 2 - Moustakas 15 2 1 - - 18 7 3 2 - - 12 8 13 18 7 1 - 1 g 11 g (4/12-25) 6 1 Perez 18 5 - - - 23 12 3 1 - - 16 3 14 15 5 - - 0 g 10 g (6/5-18) 1 - Soler 2 - - - - 2 1 - - - - 1 - - 5 - - - 0 g 4 g (5/13-17) - - Torres 3 1 - - - 4 ------1 - 1 - - - 0 g 4 g (6/25-7/2) 2 -

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No-Hitter by the Royals: Triple Play by the Royals: Opponent Three or more Steals, One Game: Bret Saberhagen, August 26, 1991 vs. Chicago June 11, 2006 vs. Tampa Bay (DeJesus-Elarton- Jose Reyes, Toronto, July 11, 2014 at KC (3 SB) (Royals 7-0) Berroa-Teahen with Branyan batting, 2nd inning) Royals Steal of Home: No-Hitter vs. Royals: Triple Play vs. Royals: Alex Rios, vs. Pittsburgh, July 20, 2015 (4th inning) Jon Lester, May 19, 2008 @ Boston April 20, 2012 vs. Toronto at Kauffman Stadium, Opponent Steal of Home: in Fenway Park (Red Sox 7-0) (3-6, Hosmer batting, 3rd inning) Brett Lawrie, Toronto, April 22, 2012 at Kauffman One-Hitter by the Royals (complete game): Royal hit for the cycle: Stadium (8th inning) - on double steal Zack Greinke, August 30, 2009 @ Seattle George Brett, July 25, 1990 @ Toronto Royals Suspended Game: (Royals 3-0) Opponent hit for the cycle: April 24, 2015 @ Chicago White Sox (Rain) One-Hitter vs. Royals (complete game): Jeff DaVanon, Anaheim, August 25, 2004 Royals Home Run in first ML at bat: Carlos Carrasco, Cleveland, September 25, 2015 at Angel Stadium Jon Nunnally, April 29, 1995 vs. New York at Kauffman Stadium (Indians 6-0) Royal Five-Hit Game: (Melido Perez pitching, 1st inning) Two-Hitter by the Royals (complete game): Salvador Perez, May 23, 2016 @ Minnesota (5-for-5) Royals Home Run in 4 Consecutive Games: James Shields, April 13, 2013 vs. Toronto Royal Six-Hit Game: Salvador Perez, April 6-9, 2017 (Blue Jays 3-2) Joe Randa, Sept. 9, 2004 @ Detroit-Game 1 (6-for-7) Royals 0-0 Game After 9 innings: Two-Hitter vs. Royals (complete game): Royals Two Hits, One Inning: April 20, 2017 at Texas (lost 1-0 in 13 innings) Jeff Niemann, Tampa Bay, June 3, 2009 Lorenzo Cain, June 10, 2017 @ San Diego (1B, HR) Royals Walk-Off Win: at Tropicana Field (Rays, 9-0) Royals Five-RBI Game: June 23, 2017 vs. Toronto (5-4 in 9 innings) Back-to-Back Complete Game Wins by the Royals: Lorenzo Cain, June 10, 2017 @ San Diego (Thrice in 2017) Brian Bannister and Zack Greinke, April 13-14, 2008 Royals Six-RBI Game: Royals Bat Around: vs. Minnesota (5-1) and @ Seattle (5-1) Alex Gordon, May 18, 2014 vs. Baltimore June 30, 2017 vs. Minnesota (4th inning, 5 runs) Back-to-Back Shutouts by the Royals: Royals Seven-RBI Game: (9 times in 2017) May 17 & 19, 2015 vs. New York (6-0) (13 times) - last: Omar Infante, Sept. 17, 2015 @ Cleveland Three-game sweep by Royals at Kauffman Stadium: and vs. Cincinnati (3-0) Royals Nine-RBI Game: May 12-14, 2017 vs. Baltimore Back-to-Back Shutouts vs. Royals: Mike Moustakas, September 12, 2015 @ Baltimore Three-game sweep by Royals on the road: April 29-30, 2016 @ Seattle (1-0 and 6-0) Royals Position Player Pitching: July 3-5, 2017 @ Seattle Three Straight Shutouts vs. Royals: Drew Butera, July 26, 2016 vs. Los Angeles Angels Four-game sweep by Royals at Kauffman Stadium: July 5-7, 2004 @ Minnesota (9-0, 4-0, 12-0) Opponent Position Player Pitching: August 18-21, 2016 vs. Minnesota 10+ Innings Pitched by a Royals starter: A.L.: Andrew Romine, Detroit, June 18, 2016 at Four-game sweep by Royals on the road: Kevin Appier, July 23, 1992 @ Cleveland (10.0) Kauffman Stadium; N.L.: D’Angelo Jimenez, San Diego, May 7-10, 1999 @ Minnesota 10+ Strikeouts by a Royals starter: June 30, 2002 at Kauffman Stadium Three-game sweep by opposition at Kauffman Stadium: Royals Pitcher Homered: September 4-6, 2015 vs. Chicago White Sox Danny Duffy (10) vs. New York Yankees, May 18, 2017 Zack Greinke, June 10, 2005 @ Arizona Shutout by the Royals (Complete Game): Three-game sweep by opposition on the road: Royals Pitcher With a Hit: July 7-9, 2017 @ Los Angeles Dodgers Jason Vargas, June 2, 2017 vs. Cleveland (4-0) Danny Duffy, July 9, 2017 @ LA Dodgers Shutout by the Royals (Combined): Four-game sweep by opposition at Kauffman Stadium: Royals Pitcher With a RBI: September 12-15, 2016 vs. Oakland May 30, 2017 vs. Detroit, 1-0 Danny Duffy, July 2, 2016 @ Philadelphia Skoglund (6.1), Moylan (0.2), Minor (1.0), Herrera (1.0) Four-game sweep by opposition on the road: Royals Three or more Steals, One Game: April 20-23, 2017 @ Texas Whit Merrifield (3), July 2, 2017 vs. Minnesota

Disabled List (4) Player D.L. Type Injury Dates on D.L. Eligible for reinstatement Games Missed Team Record RHP-Nate Karns 60-day right extensor strain/nerve irritation May 24 (retro to May 21) July 20 43 25-18 OF-Paulo Orlando 60-day left tibia fracture June 1 July 31 36 22-14 INF-Cheslor Cuthbert 10-day left wrist sprain June 28 (retro to June 26) July 6 13 7-6 LHP-Matt Strahm 60-day left knee inflammation July 1 August 30 9 4-5 Royals Notes - Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals - Saturday, July 15, 2017

2017 Transactions Date Player Transaction Date Player Transaction 4/1 INF/OF-Whit Merrifield Optioned to Omaha (AAA) 5/30 LHP-Eric Skoglund Selected from Omaha 4/2 OF-Jorge Soler Placed on 10-day D.L. (left oblique strain) LHP-Danny Duffy Placed on 10-day DL (right oblique strain), retro to May 29 INF/OF-Hunter Dozier Recalled from Omaha/Placed on 60-day D.L. (left oblique strain) 6/3 OF-Billy Burns Recalled from Omaha RHP-Peter Moylan Selected from Omaha OF-Jorge Soler Optioned to Omaha 4/10 OF-Terrance Gore Optioned to Northwest Arkansas (AA) 6/6 RHP-Jakob Junis Recalled from Omaha 4/11 LHP-Matt Strahm Optioned to Omaha RHP-Seth Maness Optioned to Omaha 4/12 LHP-Scott Alexander Recalled from Omaha 6/7 LHP-Scott Alexander Returned from rehab assignment, reinstated from 10-day DL RHP-Jakob Junis Recalled from Omaha OF-Billy Burns Optioned to Omaha 4/16 RHP-Jakob Junis Optioned to Omaha INF-Ramon Torres Recalled from Omaha 4/18 INF-Whit Merrifield Recalled from Omaha RHP-Kevin McCarthy Optioned to Omaha 4/21 OF-Jorge Bonifacio Recalled from Omaha 6/19 RHP-Kevin McCarthy Recalled from Omaha LHP-Matt Strahm Recalled from Omaha LHP-Eric Skoglund Optioned to Omaha INF-Raul Mondesi Optioned to Omaha 6/23 RHP-Neftali Feliz Signed as a Major League free agent OF-Paulo Orlando Optioned to Omaha RHP-Chris Young Designated for assignment 5/5 RHP-Ian Kennedy Placed on the 10-day DL (right hamstring strain) 6/26 LHP-Brian Flynn Returned from rehab assignment, reinstated from 60-day DL RHP-Miguel Almonte Recalled from Northwest Arkansas Optioned to Omaha 5/6 OF-Jorge Soler Reinstated from 10-day DL RHP-Nate Karns Transferred to 60-day DL (right extensor strain) RHP-Miguel Almonte Optioned to Northwest Arkansas 6/28 INF-Cheslor Cuthbert Placed on 10-day DL (left wrist sprain), retro to June 26 5/9 LHP-Scott Alexander Placed on 10-day DL (right hamstring strain), retro to 5/8 OF-Jorge Soler Recalled from Omaha RHP-Jakob Junis Recalled from Omaha 6/30 RHP-Jakob Junis Optioned to Omaha 5/10 RHP-Al Alburquerque Selected from Omaha LHP-Eric Skoglund Recalled from Omaha RHP-Jakob Junis Optioned to Omaha 7/1 RHP-Luke Farrell Selected from Omaha/Recalled (26th man) INF/OF-Peter O’Brien Designated for assignment RHP-Seth Maness Designated for assignment RHP-Seth Maness Selected from Omaha LHP-Matt Strahm Placed on 10-day DL (left knee inflammation) INF-Christian Colon Designated for assignment RHP-Miguel Almonte Recalled from Omaha 5/21 RHP-Jakob Junis Recalled from Omaha/optioned to Omaha after Game 1 7/3 RHP-Al Alburquerque Selected from Omaha RHP-Al Alburquerque Designated for assignment LHP-Matt Strahm Transferred to 60-day DL OF-Alex Gordon Placed on Paternity List LHP-Eric Skoglund Optioned to Omaha INF-Raul Mondesi Recalled from Omaha/optioned to Omaha after Game 2 7/4 LHP-Danny Duffy Returned from rehab assignment/reinstated from DL RHP-Ian Kennedy Reinstated from 10-day DL RHP-Miguel Almonte Optioned to Omaha RHP-Jakob Junis Optioned to Omaha (after Game 1) 7/14 RHP-Neftalí Feliz Placed on Paternity Leave List RHP-Miguel Almonte Recalled from Northwest Arkansas (26th man) RHP-Miguel Almonte Recalled from Omaha 5/24 OF-Alex Gordon Reinstated from Paternity List RHP-Nate Karns Placed on 10-day DL (right extensor strain), retro to May 21 5/29 RHP-Kevin McCarthy Recalled from Omaha RHP-Miguel Almonte Optioned to Omaha

Royals Ejections Date Player/Coach Umpire/Type of Play 5/27 Eric Hosmer Bill Welke/Arguing check swing 5/27 Ned Yost Bill Welke/Arguing check swing 6/25 Peter Moylan John Tumpane/Arguing balls and strikes 7/8 Lorenzo Cain Bill Miller/Arguing between innings

Daily Update Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Total Royals 30 24 37 58 47 40 38 57 30 3 - 1 - - - 365 Opponents 32 38 49 69 44 47 47 33 26 2 1 1 1 - - 392 Victory Margin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15+ Royals 9 11 2 9 6 4 3 ------Opponents 8 8 7 5 6 4 - 2 2 - 2 - - - -

The Lineup Card Starts by Batting Order Starts by Position Duffy (6-7), Farrell (1-0), Hammel (4-14), Junis (4-2), Karns (4-4), 1st: Escobar (14-11), Gordon (7-10), Merrifield (21-20), Moustakas (1-2), Torres (1-1) P: Kennedy (7-9), Skoglund (1-2), Strahm (1-2), Vargas (13-4), Wood (1-0), 2nd: Bonifacio (17-11), Cain (4-7), Moustakas (20-24), Torres (3-2) Young (2-0) 3rd: Bonifacio (0-1), Cain (38-36), Hosmer (6-7) C: Butera (8-12), Perez (36-32) 4th: Hosmer (38-37), Perez (6-7) Cuthbert (1-0), Hosmer (42-43), Moss (1-1) 5th: Bonifacio (1-6), Cuthbert (2-2), Gordon (1-2), Merrifield (0-1), 1B: Moustakas (2-2), Perez (35-31), Soler (3-0) 2B: Colon (3-3), Cuthbert (0-1), Merrifield (31-29), Mondesi (4-9), Torres (6-2) 6th: Bonifacio (10-5), Cuthbert (1-3), Escobar (1-1), Gordon (3-7), Merrifield (3-4), 3B: Cuthbert (7-9), Moustakas (36-34), Torres (1-1) Moss (5-10), Moustakas (17-8), Orlando (2-1), Soler (1-5), Torres (1-0) SS: Escobar (44-44) 7th: Bonifacio (2-4), Cuthbert (4-5), Escobar (9-15), Gordon (1-1), Merrifield (2-2), LF: Bonifacio (4-2), Gordon (37-37), Merrifield (2-2), Moss (0-1), Soler (1-2) Moss (14-7), Orlando (4-4), Soler (8-6) CF: Bonifacio (0-1), Cain (42-43), Gordon (2-0) 8th: Bonifacio (0-1), Butera (1-3), Colon (2-2), Cuthbert (1-1), Escobar (18-14), Gordon (7-7), Merrifield (9-4), Mondesi (0-1), Moss (6-7), Orlando (0-1), RF: Bonifacio (27-27), Gordon (0-1), Merrifield (3-3), Moss (0-1), Orlando (7-6), Soler (0-2), Torres (0-1) Soler (7-6) 9th: Bonifacio (1-3), Butera (7-9), Colon (1-1), Cuthbert (1-3), Escobar (2-3), DH: Bonifacio (0-1), Cuthbert (1-4), Hosmer (2-1), Moss (24-21), Moustakas (4-3), Gordon (20-11), Merrifield (1-2), Mondesi (4-8), Torres (2-0), Orlando (1-0), Perez (5-5), Soler (4-5) Pitchers (4-4)

Lineup Production Kansas City By the Days Multi-Run Innings for Royals Batting Order - HR RBI # of runs # times last time Monday 4-6 1st - 3 32 2 runs - 51 7/14 vs. Texas (2nd, 2 hits) Tuesday 6-6 2nd - 17 44 Wednesday 7-7 3rd - 15 38 3 runs - 24 7/5 @ Seattle (10th, 3 hits) Thursday 4-5 4th - 12 48 4 runs - 7 7/5 @ Seattle (1st, 3 hits) Friday 9-6 5th - 19 54 5 runs - 4 6/30 vs. Minnesota (4th, 6 hits) Saturday 8-5 6th - 18 43 6 runs - 3 6/13 @ San Francisco (6th, 6 hits) 7th - 8 27 Sunday 6-9 7 runs - - - 8th - 9 27 8 runs - - - 9th - 7 32 9 runs - 1 6/10 @ San Diego (8th, 6 hits) Errorless Streaks Player Streak Last Error Player Streak Last Error ROYALS 0 7/14/17 vs. TEX Hosmer 0 7/14/17 vs. TEX Pitchers 17 6/21/17 vs. BOS Merrifield 8 7/1/17 vs. MIN-2 Bonifacio 6 7/1/17 vs. MIN-2 Moss 29 9/6/16 @ PIT Butera 38 9/23/16 @ DET Moustakas 39 5/18/17 vs. NYY Cain 12 6/27/17 @ DET Perez 34 5/24/17 @ NYY Escobar 7 7/2/17 vs. MIN Soler 56 4/23/16 @ CIN Gordon 20 6/15/17 @ LAA Torres 15 - Royals Notes - Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals - Saturday, July 15, 2017 Miscellaneous Statistics Team Batting Royals Opponents Most runs, game 12 Twice, last: June 10 @ San Diego 12 Twice, last: May 10 @ Tampa Bay Most runs, extra-inning game 9 July 5 @ Seattle 6 Twice, last: July 5 @ Seattle Most hits, game 17 July 1 vs. Minnesota-1 18 May 28 @ Cleveland Most hits, extra-inning game 12 May 9 @ Tampa Bay (12 innings) 12 Twice, last: May 9 @ Tampa Bay (12 innings) Fewest hits, game 1 May 7 vs. Cleveland 2 Twice, last: May 3 vs. Chicago White Sox Most runs, inning 9 June 10 @ San Diego (8th) 8 April 24 @ Chicago White Sox (6th) Most hits, inning 6 5 times, last: June 30 vs. Minnesota (4th) 7 April 24 @ Chicago White Sox (6th) Most doubles, game 6 June 6 vs. Houston 5 Thrice, last: July 1 vs. Minnesota-2 Most doubles, extra-inning game 2 May 9 @ Tampa Bay (12 innings) 3 April 20 @ Texas Most triples, game 2 June 24 vs. Toronto 2 May 12 vs. Baltimore Most triples, extra-inning game - - Most home runs, game 5 June 10 @ San Diego 4 April 21 @ Texas Most home runs, extra-inning game 3 Twice, last: July 5 @ Seattle (10 innings) 3 Twice, last: July 5 @ Seattle (10 innings) Most home runs, inning 3 June 10 @ San Diego (8th) 2 5 times, last: July 5 @ Seattle (2nd) Most extra-base hits, game 8 June 6 vs. Houston 7 May 31 vs. Detroit Most extra-base hits, extra-inning game 4 Twice, last: July 5 @ Seattle (10 innings) 4 Thrice, last: July 8 @ LA Dodgers (10 innings) Most steals, game 4 May 8 @ Tampa Bay 3 April 30 vs. Minnesota Most times caught stealing, game 2 May 21 @ Minnesota-1 2 Twice, last: June 9 @ San Diego Most sacrifice flies, game 2 Thrice, last: June 30 vs. Minnesota 2 Thrice, last: May 28 @ Cleveland Most sacrifices, game 2 Twice, last: May 9 @ Tampa Bay 2 May 7 vs. Cleveland Most strikeouts, game 14 June 18 @ Los Angeles Angels 16 May 8 @ Tampa Bay Most strikeouts, extra-inning game 17 April 9 @ Houston (12 innings) 14 May 9 @ Tampa Bay (12 innings) Most walks, game 6 Thrice, last: May 27 @ Cleveland 9 April 5 @ Minnesota Most walks, extra-inning game 6 May 9 @ Tampa Bay (12 innings) 8 April 9 @ Houston (12 innings) Most left on base, game 12 June 14 @ San Francisco 15 July 1 vs. Minnesota-1 Most left on base, extra-inning game 11 April 18 vs. San Francisco (11 innings) 11 April 9 @ Houston (12 innings) Fewest left on base, game 1 Twice, last: June 20 vs. Boston 1 July 9 @ LA Dodgers Fewest left on base, extra-inning game 5 April 9 vs. Houston (12 innings) 3 July 5 @ Seattle (10 innings) Most double plays turned 4 June 2 vs. Cleveland 3 4 times, last: June 29 @ Detroit Most errors, game 3 July 1 vs. Minnesota-2 4 May 8 @ Tampa Bay Individual Batting: Most hits, game 4 Moustakas (June 6 vs. Houston) Most hits, extra-inning game 3 4 times, last: Moustakas (July 5 @ Seattle) Most runs, game 3 5 times, last: Moss (July 1 vs. Minnesota-1) Most doubles, game 2 6 times, last: Merrifield (July 2 vs. Minnesota) Most triples, game 1 11 times, last: Bonifacio (July 4 @ Seattle) Most home runs, game 2 5 times, last: Cain (June 16 @ LA Angels) Most RBI, game 5 Cain (June 10 @ San Diego) Most RBI, extra-inning game 2 8 times, last: Perez (July 8 @ LA Dodgers) Most total bases, game 9 4 times, last: Cain (June 16 @ LA Angels) Most total bases, extra-inning game 7 Perez (May 9 @ Tampa Bay) Most walks, game 3 Three times, last: Bonifacio (June 24 vs. Toronto) Most stolen bases, game 3 Merrifield (July 2 vs. Minnesota) Longest hitting streak (min. 5 games) 19 Merrifield (May 13-June 4) Individual Pitching: Most innings pitched, starter 9.0 Vargas (June 2 vs. Cleveland) Most innings pitched, reliever 3.0 Thrice, last: Wood (May 9 @ Tampa Bay) Most strikeouts, starter 12 Karns (May 13 vs. Baltimore) Most strikeouts, reliever 4 4 times, last: Young (May 21 @ Minnesota-2) Most walks, starter 5 Kennedy (April 5 @ Minnesota) Most walks, reliever 3 4 times, last: Alexander (July 8 @ LA Dodgers) Most runs allowed 7 Hammel (May 10 @ Tampa Bay, July 1 vs. Minnesota-2) Most home runs allowed 4 Karns (April 21 @ Texas) Consecutive scoreless innings, starter 15.2 Vargas (April 13-24) Consecutive scoreless innings, reliever 14.1 Minor (May 4-27) Longest winning streak (2 or more) 7 Vargas (May 27-present) Team Miscellaneous: Longest winning streak, overall 6 June 10-16 Longest winning streak, home 4 April 13-16 Longest winning streak, road 6 June 10-16 Longest losing streak, overall 9 April 20-30 Longest losing streak, home 2 April 10-12, April 28-30, May 6-7, May 16-17, June 4-5 Longest losing streak, road 8 April 9-26 Longest game-inning, home 11 April 18 vs. San Francisco Longest game-inning, road 13 April 20 @ Texas Longest game-time, home 3:40 May 29 vs. Detroit Longest game-time, road 3:44 June 10 @ San Diego Longest game-time (extra-innings, home) 3:37 April 18 vs. San Francisco (11 innings) Longest game-time (extra-innings, road) 4:24 May 9 @ Tampa Bay (12 innings) Shortest game-time home 2:19 June 2 vs. Cleveland Shortest game-time road 2:16 July 9 @ LA Dodgers Shortest game-time (extra-innings, home) - Shortest game-time (extra-innings, road) 3:20 May 19 @ Minnesota (10 innings) Largest crowd-home 40,019 April 10 vs. Oakland Smallest crowd-home 18,604 May 2 vs. Chicago White Sox Largest crowd-road 48,017 July 7 @ LA Dodgers Smallest crowd-road 9,320 May 10 @ Tampa Bay Largest winning margin 7 Thrice, last: June 30 vs. Minnesota (8-1) Largest losing margin 11 Twice, last: May 10 @ Tampa Bay (1-12) Largest deficit overcome to win 6 June 6 vs. Houston (trailed 1-7 after 3 1/2; won 9-7) Largest lead lost 3 6 times, last: July 14 vs. Texas (led 3-0 after 5; lost 3-5)

Upcoming Milestones Alcides Escobar Alex Gordon Eric Hosmer 2 runs for 500 1 SB to move to 9th on KC all-time list (T. Goodwin-150) 4 HR to tie for 5th on KC all-time list (F. White-160) 37 hits to tie for 9th on KC all-time list (J. Randa-1,084) 6 runs to tie for 6th on KC all-time list (M. Sweeney-700) 8 2B to tie for 5th on KC all-time list (M. Sweeney-297)

Royals Record When: Lead after six innings: 33-4 Tied after six innings: 4-7 Trail after six innings: 7-33 Lead after seven innings: 33-4 Tied after seven innings: 5-6 Trail after seven innings: 6-34 Lead after eight innings: 39-1 Tied after eight innings: 4-7 Trail after eight innings: 1-36 Starter works more than 6.0 IP: 23-6 Starter works 6.0 IP: 7-11 Starter works less than 6.0 IP: 14-27 Score first: 23-19 Opponents score first: 21-25 In the last turn at bat (KC/OPP): 8/8 Score more than three runs: 34-10 Score three runs or less: 10-34 Walkoff wins (KC/OPP): 3/5 Hit home run: 36-23 Do not homer: 8-21 Comeback wins (KC/OPP): 26/21 Series opener: 14-15 Series finale: 12-16 Errorless games by KC: 33-26 10 or more hits: 25-9 Opponents 10 or more hits: 11-23 Extra Innings: 2-5 Royals Notes - Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals - Saturday, July 15, 2017

2017 Day-By-Days Winning Losing Home Home Road Road Date Opponent D/N W-L Score Record Pos. GB Pitcher Pitcher Save Att. No. Total No. Total

April (7-16) 4/3 at Min D L 1-7 0-1 5 -1.0 Santana Strahm (R, 0-1) - 39,615 1 39,615 4/5 at Min D L 1-9 0-2 5 -2.5 Santiago Kennedy (0-1) - 15,171 2 54,786 4/6 at Min D L 3-5 0-3 5 -3.0 Rogers Minor (R, 0-1) Kintzler 16,078 3 70,864 4/7 at Hou N W 5-1 1-3 5 -3.0 Vargas (1-0) Fiers - 30,491 4 101,355 4/8 at Hou N W 7-3 2-3 5 -2.0 Duffy (1-0) Gregerson - 35,373 5 136,728 4/9 at Hou D L 4-5 (12) 2-4 5 -3.0 Devenski Strahm (R, 0-2) - 32,411 6 169,139 4/10 Oak D L 0-2 2-5 5 -3.5 Cotton Kennedy (0-2) Doolittle 40,019 1 40,019 4/12 Oak N L 3-8 2-6 5 -4.0 Triggs Hammel (0-1) - 24,380 2 64,399 4/13 Oak N W 3-1 3-6 5 -3.0 Vargas (2-0) Hahn Herrera (1) 22,160 3 86,559 4/14 LAA N W 7-1 4-6 T4 -3.0 Duffy (2-0) Ramirez - 26,838 4 113,397 4/15 LAA N W 3-2 5-6 T4 -2.0 Soria (R, 1-0) Alvarez Herrera (2) 24,162 5 137,559 4/16 LAA D W 1-0 6-6 T4 -2.0 Herrera (R, 1-0) Parker - 27,950 6 165,509 4/18 SF N L 1-2 (11) 6-7 5 -2.0 Law Alexander (R, 0-1) Melancon 20,864 7 186,372 4/19 SF N W 2-0 7-7 T2 -1.0 Vargas (3-0) Bumgarner Herrera (3) 24,402 8 210,774 4/20 at Tex N L 0-1 (13) 7-8 T4 -1.0 Alvarez Wood (R, 0-1) - 26,898 7 196,037 4/21 at Tex N L 2-6 7-9 5 -2.0 Hamels Karns (0-1) - 31,320 8 227,357 4/22 at Tex N L 1-2 7-10 5 -3.0 Bush Wood (R, 0-2) - 41,446 9 268,803 4/23 at Tex D L 2-5 7-11 5 -3.0 Darvish Hammel (0-2) Bush 37,177 10 305,980 4/24 at CWS N L 1-12 7-12 5 -3.5 Gonzalez Vargas (3-1) - 11,484 11 317,464 4/25 at CWS N L 5-10 7-13 5 -4.5 Jennings Duffy (2-1) - 14,591 12 332,055 4/26 at CWS D L 2-5 7-14 5 -4.5 Quintana Karns (0-2) Robertson 18,218 13 350,273 4/28 Min N L 4-6 7-15 5 -5.5 Breslow Soria (R, 1-1) Kintzler 27,911 9 238,685 4/29 Min N (PPD Rain - Makeup scheduled for July 1 as part of a split doubleheader) 4/30 Min D L 5-7 7-16 5 -6.5 Hughes Hammel (0-3) Kintzler 32,685 10 271,370

May (15-14) 5/1 CWS N W 6-1 8-16 5 -5.5 Vargas (4-1) Covey - 20,148 11 291,518 5/2 CWS N L 0-6 8-17 5 -6.0 Quintana Duffy (2-2) - 18,604 12 310,122 5/3 CWS N W 6-1 9-17 5 -5.5 Karns (1-2) Pelfrey - 22,298 13 332,420 5/4 CWS D L 3-8 9-18 5 -6.0 Holland Kennedy (0-3) - 36,525 14 368,945 5/5 Cle N W 3-1 10-18 5 -5.5 Hammel (1-3) Salazar Herrera (4) 25,722 15 394,667 5/6 Cle D L 1-3 10-19 5 -6.0 Miller Herrera (R, 1-1) Allen 23,743 16 418,410 5/7 Cle D L 0-1 10-20 5 -7.0 Clevinger Duffy (2-3) Allen 25,754 17 444,164 5/8 at TB N W 7-3 11-20 5 -6.0 Karns (2-2) Snell - 12,826 14 363,099 5/9 at TB N W 7-6 (12) 12-20 5 -6.0 Junis (R, 1-0) Moreno Herrera (5) 9,921 15 373,020 5/10 at TB N L 1-12 12-21 5 -6.0 Archer Hammel (1-4) - 9,320 16 382,340 5/11 at TB D W 6-0 13-21 5 -5.5 Vargas (5-1) Odorizzi - 9,340 17 391,680 5/12 Bal N W 3-2 14-21 5 -5.5 Soria (R, 2-1) Nuno Herrera (6) 25,467 18 469,631 5/13 Bal N W 4-3 15-21 5 -5.5 Maness (R, 1-0) Asher Herrera (7) 24,662 19 494,293 5/14 Bal D W 9-8 16-21 5 -4.5 Strahm (R, 1-2) Bleier Herrera (8) 30,662 20 524,955 5/16 NYY N L 1-7 16-22 5 -4.5 Sabathia Hammel (1-5) - 30,878 21 555,833 5/17 NYY N L 7-11 16-23 5 -5.0 Pineda Vargas (5-2) Betances 22,899 22 578,732 5/18 NYY N W 5-1 17-23 5 -4.5 Duffy (3-3) Montgomery - 22,803 23 601,535 5/19 at Min N L 3-4 (10) 17-24 5 -5.5 Kintzler Alburquerque (R, 0-1) - 23,553 18 415,233 5/20 at Min D (PPD Rain - Makeup played May 21) 5/21 at Min-1 D W 6-4 18-24 5 -4.5 Minor (R, 1-1) Hughes Herrera (9) - - 19 5/21 at Min-2 D L 4-8 18-25 5 -5.5 Mejia Kennedy (0-4) - 27,852 20 443,085 5/22 at NYY N L 2-4 18-26 5 -6.5 Pineda Vargas (5-3) Betances 35,005 21 478,090 5/23 at NYY N W 6-2 19-26 5 -6.5 Duffy (4-3) Warren - 35,931 22 514,021 5/24 at NYY N L 0-3 19-27 5 -7.5 Severino Hammel (1-6) Betances 34,610 23 548,631 5/25 at NYY D (PPD Rain - Makeup scheduled for September 25) 5/26 at Cle N W 6-4 20-27 5 -6.5 Minor (R, 2-1) Shaw Herrera (10) 29,603 24 578,234 5/27 at Cle D W 5-2 21-27 5 -6.5 Vargas (6-3) Salazar Herrera (11) 30,920 25 609,154 5/28 at Cle D L 1-10 21-28 5 -6.5 Tomlin Duffy (4-4) - 23,136 26 632,290 5/29 Det N L 7-10 21-29 5 -6.5 Rodriguez Soria (R, 2-2) J. Wilson 28,419 24 629,954 5/30 Det N W 1-0 22-29 5 -5.5 Skoglund (1-0) Verlander Herrera (12) 21,864 25 651,818 5/31 Det N L 5-6 22-30 5 -5.5 Saupold Kennedy (0-5) J. Wilson 24,347 26 676,165

June (17-9) 6/2 Cle N W 4-0 23-30 5 -6.0 Vargas (C, 7-3) Tomlin - 33,408 27 709,573 6/3 Cle D W 12-5 24-30 T4 -5.0 Hammel (2-6) Carrasco - 26,497 28 736,070 6/4 Cle D L 0-8 24-31 T4 -6.0 Otero Skoglund (1-1) - 28,185 29 764,255 6/5 Hou N L 3-7 24-32 5 -6.5 Fiers Kennedy (0-6) - 21,892 30 786,147 6/6 Hou N W 9-7 25-32 5 -5.5 Minor (R, 3-1) Giles - 20,974 31 807,121 6/7 Hou N W 7-5 26-32 4 -4.5 Vargas (8-3) Diaz Herrera (13) 25,628 32 832,749 6/8 Hou N L 1-6 26-33 4 -5.5 Harris Herrera (R, 1-2) - 32,747 33 865,496 6/9 at SD N L 3-6 26-34 4 -6.5 Chacin Strahm (R, 1-3) Maurer 23,055 27 655,345 6/10 at SD D W 12-6 27-34 4 -6.5 Wood (R, 1-2) Hand - 26,107 28 681,452 6/11 at SD D W 8-3 28-34 4 -5.5 Junis (2-0) Lamet - 25,599 29 707,051 6/13 at SF N W 8-1 29-34 4 -5.0 Vargas (9-3) Blach - 41,284 30 748,335 6/14 at SF D W 7-2 30-34 T3 -4.0 Hammel (3-6) Cueto - 41,144 31 789,479 6/15 at LAA N W 7-2 31-34 T3 -4.0 Strahm (2-3) Nolasco - 34,884 32 824,363 6/16 at LAA N W 3-1 32-34 T3 -3.0 Kennedy (1-6) Chavez Herrera (14) 34,184 33 858,547 6/17 at LAA N L 0-9 32-35 T3 -3.5 Meyer Junis (2-1) - 41,209 34 899,756 6/18 at LAA D W 7-3 33-35 T3 -3.5 Vargas (10-3) Ramirez Herrera (15) 40,178 35 939,934 6/19 Bos N W 4-2 34-35 3 -3.5 Hammel (4-6) Boyer Herrera (16) 27,992 34 893,488 6/20 Bos N L 3-8 34-36 3 -3.5 Sale Strahm (2-4) - 25,983 35 919,471 6/21 Bos D W 6-4 35-36 3 -3.5 Soria (R, 3-2) Scott Herrera (17) 30,826 36 950,297 6/23 Tor N W 5-4 36-36 3 -3.0 Soria (R, 4-2) Loup - 38,848 37 989,145 6/24 Tor D W 3-2 37-36 3 -2.0 Vargas (11-3) Estrada Herrera (18) 26,938 38 1,016,083 6/25 Tor D L 2-8 37-37 3 -2.5 Liriano Alexander (R, 0-2) - 37,182 39 1,053,265 6/27 at Det N L 3-5 37-38 3 -2.5 Verlander Strahm (2-5) J. Wilson 29,488 36 969,422 6/28 at Det N W 8-2 38-38 3 -2.5 Kennedy (2-6) Norris - 29,614 37 999,036 6/29 at Det D L 3-7 38-39 3 -3.5 Fulmer Junis (2-2) - 33,681 38 1,032,717 6/30 Min N W 8-1 39-39 3 -3.0 Vargas (12-3) Santana - 34,332 40 1,087,597

July (5-5) 7/1 Min D W 11-6 40-39 - - Minor (R, 4-1) Duffey - 25,571 41 1,113,168 Min N L 5-10 40-40 3 -3.0 Jorge Hammel (4-7) - 32,448 42 1,145,616 7/2 Min D W 6-2 41-40 T2 -3.0 Alexander (R, 1-2) Santiago - 28,775 43 1,174,391 7/3 at Sea N W 3-1 42-40 T2 -2.5 Kenendy (3-6) Moore Soria (1) 35,789 39 1,068,506 7/4 at Sea D W 7-3 43-40 T2 -1.5 Duffy (5-4) Hernandez - 25,555 40 1,094,061 7/5 at Sea N W 9-6 (10) 44-40 2 -0.5 Minor (R, 5-1) Pazos Herrera (19) 15,157 41 1,109,218 7/7 at LAD N L 1-4 44-41 3 -2.0 Maeda Hammel (4-8) Jansen 48,017 42 1,157,235 7/8 at LAD N L 4-5 (10) 44-42 3 -3.0 Stripling Alexander (R, 1-3) - 45,225 43 1,202,460 7/9 at LAD D L 2-5 44-43 3 -3.0 Kershaw (C) Duffy (5-5) - 41,524 44 1,243,984 7/11 All-Star Game at Marlins Park (Miami, FL) 7/14 Tex N L 3-5 44-44 3 -3.0 Perez Minor (R, 5-2) Claudio 35,591 44 1,209,982 7/15 Tex N 7/16 Tex D 7/17 Det N 7/18 Det N 7/19 Det N 7/20 Det N 7/21 CWS N 7/22 CWS N 7/23 CWS D 7/24 at Det N 7/25 at Det N 7/26 at Det N 7/28 at Bos N 7/29 at Bos N 7/30 at Bos 7/31 at Bal N Royals Notes - Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals - Saturday, July 15, 2017

Instant Replay Reviews Date Opponent Inning Original Call Score at Time Time Delay Outcome Challenge Record 4/3 at Minnesota 7 Kepler called out at 1B 1-1 0:58 Overturned Opp. 1-0 4/8 at Houston 5 Marisnick called out on SB attempt 1-2 2:18 Stands Opp. 1-1 7 Marisnick no interference on DP 1-2 2:13 Overturned KC 1-0 4/9 at Houston 2 Reddick called safe at 2B on SB 0-1 1:40 Overturned KC 2-0 4/10 Oakland 6 Mondesi called out at 2B 0-2 1:16 Overturned KC 3-0 4/13 Oakland 2 Mondesi called out on SB attempt 2-0 1:05 Overturned KC 4-0 4/15 Los Angeles Angels 5 Maldonado safe at 1B 2-1 1:28 Overturned KC 5-0 4/18 San Francisco 10 Hosmer safe at 1B 1-1 0:43 Overturned Opp 2-1 4/19 San Francisco 5 Orlando safe at 2B on SB attempt 0-0 2:18 Stands Opp 2-2 4/20 at Texas 12 Merrifield safe at 2B on SB attempt 0-0 2:55 Stands Opp 2-3 4/21 at Texas 7 Gomez safe at 1B on DP 1-6 1:50 Overturned KC 6-0 4/23 at Texas 4 Chirinos foul ball (HBP) 2-1 0:53 Overturned Opp 3-3 4/24 at Chicago White Sox 7 Garcia called out at 1B 1-12 0:40 Overturned Opp 4-3 4/28 Minnesota 8 Sano double off top of wall (Crew Chief) 4-4 0:58 Stands -- 5/4 Chicago White Sox 6 Soto hit by pitch 0-5 1:13 Confirmed KC 6-1 5/5 Cleveland 3 Perez safe at 2B on SB attempt 0-0 0:53 Overturned KC 7-1 5/9 at Tampa Bay 12 Cain safe at 2B on SB attempt 7-6 1:14 Confirmed Opp 4-4 5/14 Baltimore 4 Cain out at 2B on fielder’s choice 5-5 1:26 Confirmed KC 7-2 5/16 New York Yankees 8 Bonifacio no catch in RF 0-6 3:30 Overturned KC 8-2 5/17 New York Yankees 5 Carter safe at HP 2-10 0:35 Overturned KC 9-2 5/18 New York Yankees 4 Ellsbury out at 1B 2-0 1:44 Overturned Opp 5-4 5/21-1 at Minnesota 8 Merrifield out at 2B on SB attempt 6-4 1:03 Stands KC 9-3 5/22 at New York Yankees 7 Escobar safe at 1B 2-3 0:52 Overturned Opp 6-4 5/27 at Cleveland 4 Kipnis foul ball (Crew Chief) 1-2 0:44 Confirmed -- 5/29 Detroit 1 Cain safe at 1B 0-0 0:36 Overturned Opp 7-4 3 Gordon out at 2B 1-0 0:48 Overturned KC 10-3 6/2 Cleveland 6 Cain out at 1B 0-0 1:14 Overturned KC 11-3 6/6 Houston 4 Cain safe at 1B 1-7 0:55 Overturned Opp 8-4 6/9 at San Diego 9 Cain safe at 1B 2-6 1:12 Stands Opp 8-5 6/10 at San Diego 6 Cordoba safe at 1B 2-4 1:28 Overturned KC 12-3 6/15 at Los Angeles Angels 5 Espinosa HR (fair/foul) (Crew Chief) 4-1 0:48 Overturned -- 6/17 at Los Angeles Angels 6 Butera out at 2B on force 0-5 1:38 Overturned KC 13-3 6/18 at Los Angeles Angels 1 Calhoun ball off top of fence (Crew Chief) 0-1 1:59 Stands -- 6/19 Boston 3 Bogaerts safe at 1B on pickoff 0-0 3:05 Stands KC 13-4 6/24 Toronto 3 Escobar safe at HP on sac fly 1-1 2:12 Stands Opp 8-6 6/25 Toronto 8 Hosmer out at 2B 2-8 2:27 Stands KC 13-5 6/27 at Detroit 6 Iglesias out at 1B 3-5 0:33 Overturned Opp 9-6 6/30 Minnesota 3 Dozier foul ball down RF line (Crew Chief) 0-0 1:13 Stands -- 4 Hosmer HR down LF line (Crew Chief) 3-1 1:51 Stands -- 7/1 Minnesota-1 9 Polanco no HBP 6-11 1:24 Stands Opp. 9-7 7/1 Minnesota-2 2 Escobar safe at 1B 2-0 0:37 Overturned Opp. 10-7 9 Rosario out at 2B 5-10 1:07 Overturned Opp. 11-7 7/3 at Seattle 8 Merrifield out at 1B 3-1 0:31 Overturned KC 14-5 7/5 at Seattle 5 Cruz out at 2B 6-6 2:31 Stands Opp. 11-8

Possible Outcomes - Confirmed, Stands or Overturned

Minor League Report Omaha Storm Chasers (AAA) NW Arkansas Naturals (AA) Wilmington Blue Rocks (A-Advanced) Pacific Coast League Texas League Carolina League American Conference, Northern Division North Division Northern Division (41-49) (50-41) (51-41)

R H E LOB (12 innings) R H E LOB R H E LOB Nashville (Athletics) 3 5 3 4 Tulsa (Dodgers) 1 15 0 16 Lynchburg (Indians) 4 8 0 5 Omaha 4 9 0 10 Northwest Arkansas 2 10 2 11 Wilmington 5 8 0 8

WP: Malcom Culver (1-2) WP: Jake Newberry (4-2) WP: Walker Sheller (1-1) HR: None HR: None HR: None

Omaha scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to Samir Duenez drove in both Northwest Arkansas runs, Wilmington walked off Lynchburg for a third- walk-off Nashville. Logan Moon and Billy Burns both including a sac fly in the 12th inning to provide the winning consecutive game, last night winning on a bases loaded walk scored on a throwing error in the ninth. Cam Gallagher went run. He also gave the Naturals a 1-0 lead in the first with to Brandon Downes in the ninth. Downes collected two hits 4-for-4 with an RBI single, while Luke Farrell struck out an RBI ground out. Nicky Lopez added three hits for the and drove in a pair of runs. Luis Rico and Walker Sheller 10 in 6.0 innings, matching a season high. Malcom Culver Naturals. Emilio Ogando worked 5.0 scoreless innings, combined to throw 3.2 scoreless innings out of the bullpen, recorded the win in relief, tossing a 1-2-3 ninth inning. while Jake Newberry picked up his fourth win, tossing a with Sheller earning his first win of the season. scoreless 12th.

Lexington Legends (A) Idaho Falls Chukars (R) Burlington Royals (R) Surprise Royals (R) South Atlantic League Pioneer League Appalachian League Arizona League Southern Division South Division East Division West Division (46-43) (11-14) (7-14) (8-8)

(21 innings) R H E LOB R H E LOB R H E LOB R H E LOB Lexington 7 18 2 14 Helena (Brewers) 5 10 6 12 Elizabethton (Twins) 3 2 1 7 AZL Brewers 6 7 0 5 Delmarva (Orioles) 6 17 3 18 Idaho Falls 7 9 2 5 Burlington 5 7 0 7 Surprise Royals 8 17 1 9

WP: Vance Tatum (3-1) WP: Geoffrey Bramblett (1-1) WP: Yerelmy Garcia (1-1) WP: Jose De Leon (1-0) SV: Jose Veras (4) SV: Josh Mitchell (1) SV: Luis Alcantara (2) SV: Michael Austin (2) HR: Marten Gasparini (8), Angelo Castellano (5) HR: None HR: Dennicher Carrasco (5) HR: None

Idaho Falls won its second game in a row, Surprise won its third straight yesterday, Lexington outlasted Delmarva in a record- Burlington took the rubber game from scoring three runs in the sixth to pull away from scoring four runs in the eighth inning to rally setting game that was resumed yesterday. Marten Elizabethton last night. Dennicher Carrasco’s Helena. Geoffrey Bramblett earned his first past the Brewers. Cristian Perez went 5-for-5 Gaspirini’s solo shot in the 21st inning provided the two-run shot in the eighth erased a one-run win of the year, allowing one earned run in 5.0 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored. winning margin in the longest game in the club’s deficit, while Jose Marquez’s RBI single innings of relief. Three Chukars recorded multi- Nick Pratto collected two hits, two RBI and history. The teams were scheduled to play a another provided an insurance run. Yerelmy Garcia hit games, including Robby Rinn, who went recorded his third stolen base. game last night, but it was postponed due to rain. picked up the win, tossing 2.1 innings of 2-for-4 with a double, RBI and stolen base. scoreless relief for Burlington.