POSTGAME NOTES

Baltimore 2, Kansas City 1 4 Thursday, May 15, 2014 R H E LOB Baltimore (21-18) 2 10 0 7 Starting : Wei-Yin Chen (95/61) Kansas City (20-20) 1 7 0 6 Starting Pitcher : (104/70)

WP: Wei-Yin Chen (5-2) LP: Yordano Ventura (2-3) SV: Zach Britton (1) Time: 2:56 Temp: 57 Attendance: 12,455 Home Recap (Season Total • Inning • Runners on Base • Count • Distance • Pitcher) KANSAS CITY BALTIMORE None Nelson Cruz (12 • 4 • 1 • 0-0 • 406 ft. • Ventura)

Attendance Comparison Dates Total Average 2014 18 363,167 20,175 2013 18 362,409 20,134 Difference - 758 41

Kansas City Royals Notes 4The Royals fall to 2-18 on the season when scoring fewer than four runs. 4Kansas City matched a season-high with 13 strikeouts (also April 17 at Houston). 4Yordano Ventura (6.1 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 9 SO) is still winless in five outings at the K, despite allowing just seven earned runs over 27.0 innings of work... Ventura entered with an -leading 1.64 ERA in night games. 4Ventura has stranded 13 runners and struck out 17 batters in 14.1 innings of work vs. Baltimore this season...the runs were his first allowed against theA.L. East, snapping a streak of 22.0 consecutive innings. 4Ventura has surrendered eight consecutive runs by way of over his last three appearances. 4Tim Collins has compiled 14 strikeouts over 9.1 scoreless innings in 11 career appearances vs. Baltimore... Collins has stranded all six runners that he has inherited over that time. 4Aaron Crow now has 19 consecutive appearances without allowing an earned run, breaking Louis Coleman's club record of 18 in 2013. 4Danny Valencia went 1-for-3 with a double and a sacrifice fly... the was just his second career hit vs. Chen, but Valencia is a career .303 hitter (20-for-66) vs. Baltimore. 4Alcides Escobar has a hit in nine of his last 11 games after singling in the bottom of the fifth inning... Esky is hitting .333 (13-for-39) over that span. 4Alex Gordon went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles... it was Gordon’s first multi-hit game at the K since April 19 when the Gold Glover had three hits in a win vs. Minnesota... it was Gordo’s 10th multi-hit game of the season. 4Alex Gordon cut down J.J. Hardy at the plate for the third out of the seventh inning... it was Gordon’s fourth outfield of the season and the 60th of his career, one back of Carlos Beltran for third on the Royals’ all-time list. 4Salvador Perez is hitting .500 (5-for-10) with a home run and a pair of walks on the club’s current homestand after going 1-for-3 with a walk tonight.

Baltimore Orioles Notes 4The victory was just the fourth in 13 tries for Baltimore vs. A.L. Central opponents... the Orioles are 17-9 against the rest of baseball. 4The Orioles are 16-8 in night games in 2014, the best mark in baseball, while going just 5-10 in day games. 4Baltimore has won 12 of its last 18 road games... the Orioles entered ranked fourth in the A.L. in wins and win percentage away from home. 4The O's improve to 10-3 in one-run games...and 15-8 when they record at least one home run. 4The Baltimore bullpen held another lead... the O’s improved to 15-1 when leading after seven innings. 4Wei-Yin Chen (5.1 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO) improves to 3-1 with a 4.48 ERA (20.1 IP, 10 ER) in four road starts this year... O’s starters have allowed three earned runs or less 13 times since April 18. 4The Birds improve to 31-16 when Chen pitches 5.1 or more innings... Baltimore is just 6-10 when Chen throws 5.0 or fewer innings. 4Zach Britton earned his first career save after working a scoreless ninth inning. 4Nelson Cruz’s two-run blast in the top of the fourth inning was his seventh road home run of the season... Cruz entered as the American League leader with 23 RBI on the road... He also entered tied for fifth in home runs hit away from his home park. 4Nick Markakis snapped a 0-for-14 streak, going 3-for-4 with three singles.