Kansas City Royals OFFICIAL GAME NOTES Kansas City Royals (38-85) @ Chicago White Sox (45-77) guaranteed Rate Field - Sunday, August 19, 2018 Game #124 - Road Game #62 Fox Sports Kansas City, KCSP Radio (610 Sports) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Monday, August 20 @ Tampa Bay Rays: RHP Jorge López (0-2, 4.44) vs. RHP Ryan Stanek (1-3, 2.74), 6:10 p.m. (CT), FSKC & 610 Sports Tuesday, August 21 @ Tampa Bay Rays: RHP Glenn Sparkman (0-1, 4.95) vs. LHP Blake Snell (14-5, 2.10), 6:10 p.m. (CT), FSKC & 610 Sports Wednesday, August 22 @ Tampa Bay Rays: RHP Jakob Junis (6-11, 4.76) vs. TBA, 6:10 p.m. (CT), FSKC & 610 Sports Thursday, August 23 @ Tampa Bay Rays: TBA vs. RHP Tyler Glasnow (0-1, 3.38), 6:10 p.m. (CT), FSKC & 610 Sports Today’s game is being broadcast in Kansas City on KCSP Radio (610 Sports) and the Royals Radio Network with Steve Physioc and Steve Stewart mikeside... today’s series finale is also being televised on Fox Sports Kansas City with Ryan Lefebvre and Rex Hudler on the call...Joel Goldberg anchors the pre and post- game shows, Royals Live. Royals vs. White Sox ROYALS RALLY TO EVEN SERIES--Kansas City used some clutch hitting and a dominating Kansas City knotted this three-game set at a win a piece last performance by the bullpen to even this series with a 3-1 triumph here last night...one night after losing night, moving to 6-9 against the ChiSox overall this season... after today’s rubber game, the clubs will meet in a three-game a 3-0 lead, the Royals turned the tables, erasing an early 1-0 deficit...Alex Gordon tied the game in the set at Kauffman, Septemeber 10-12...the Royals have a 378-394 sixth inning with a solo shot to right, while after Lucas Duda doubled, Jorge Bonifacio drove in the deficit in the all-time series, including a 174-218 record in Chi- go-ahead run with a two-out single to left...the KC bullpen did the rest, holding the Sox scoreless over cago and 104-126 at this park. Date Site Score WP LP Att. the final 4.0 innings on two hits, while recording eight strikeouts...Brandon Maurer allowed a leadoff 3/29 KC L, 7-14 Shields Duffy 36,517 double to José Abreu in the eighth, but then struck out the side, while Wily Peralta retired all three he 3/31 KC L, 3-4 Farquhar Maurer 17,564 faced in the ninth for his eighth save...starter Brad Keller picked up his sixth victory, scattering seven 4/26 KC L, 3-6 Giolito Junis 18,315 4/27 KC L, 4-7 (11) Infante Hill 15,395 hits over 5.0 innings, but gave up just one run on a solo shot by Nicky Delmonico in the second inning... 4/28 KC-1 L, 0-8 Fulmer Oaks 16,971 White Sox starter Dylan Covey held KC to just one hit through the first five innings, before the offense 4/28 KC-2 W, 5-2 Skoglund Covey 16,070 4/29 KC W, 5-4 McCarthy Rondon 23,892 finally broke through...the Royals won for the third time in their last six games, after a 1-9 stretch that 7/13 @CWS L, 6-9 Shields Keller 19,361 began with their last series at this ballpark. 7/14 @CWS W, 5-0 Duffy Lopez 20,159 7/15 @CWS L, 1-10 Giolito Smith 23,434 RUBBER GAME #15--Kansas City will look to change its luck in rubber games this afternoon, 7/31 @CWS W, 4-2 Duffy Shields 15,250 8/1 @CWS W, 10-5 Junis Covey 18,019 entering today at 2-12 in series-deciding contests...the Royals have dropped each of their last six 8/2 @CWS L, 4-6 Cedeno Adam 19,682 rubber matchups, dating back to the Sunday matinee vs. Oakland on June 3...KC opened the year with 8/17 @CWS L, 3-9 Shields Hill 24,556 8/18 @CWS W, 3-1 Keller Covey 19,018 six-straight rubber-game losses, but won consecutive series deciders at St. Louis on May 23 and vs. 8/19 @CWS Minnesota, six days later. KELLER’S STELLAR ROOKIE YEAR--First-year hurler Brad Keller continued his impressive rookie season last night, holding the Sox to just one run over 5.0 innings to pick up his sixth victory...among Major League rookies that have worked at least 100.0 innings, Keller’s 3.32 ERA (37 ER in 100.1 IP) ranks second to only St. Louis’ Jack Flaherty (3.05), while he’s also second in hits per 9.0 innings (8.52) and third in opponents’ batting average (.255) among that group... his six victories are also tied for seventh among MLB first-year hurlers...he allowed a solo shot to Nicky Delmonico last night, but still ranks second among all American League pitchers (min. 90.0 IP), with a 0.45 HR/9 ratio (5 HR in 100.1 IP). RAYS ON DECK--Following today’s contest the Royals will travel to St. Petersburg, Fla., for their annual series at Tropicana Field...all four contests with the Rays will feature evening 6:10 p.m. CT starts...KC trails in all-time work with Tampa Bay by a slight 77-79 margin, which includes a 35-47 deficit in Florida... however, the Royals have not lost a series at ‘The Trop’ since 2012, going 12-6 at the park since the start of 2013. RISP REWARDED--While just a small sample size, Kansas City’s production with runners in scoring position this week has been noticeably improved as the club has gone 16-for-45 (.356) in those situations over its last seven contests, including 4-for-12 (.333) in this series...after batting a Major-League worst .217 with RISP through July 1, the Royals have hit .275 (56-for-204) in scoring situations since the All-Star break...on the mound, KC held the White Sox to 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position last night and 4-for-20 (.200) in this series, with all four hits coming in the seventh inning on Friday. TODAY’S STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Heath Fillmyer (1-1, 3.61) vs. RHP Reynaldo López (4-9, 4.40) 2018 2017 Career 2018 2017 Career Heath Fillmyer vs. White Sox 0-0 - 0-0 Major League Record 1-1 (3.61 ERA) - 1-1 Reynaldo López vs. Royals 0-1 2-0 2-1 Major League Record 4-9 (4.40 ERA) 3-3 12-15 HEATH FILLMYER makes his seventh start and 11th appearance of his rookie season…it’s his second appearance (first start) vs. the White Sox…he was acquired with Jesse Hahn from Oakland on January 29 in a four-player trade that sent Brandon Moss and Ryan Buchter to the Athletics…he was a fifth-round pick of the A’s in the 2014 First-Year Player Draft out of Mercer Community College (N.J.). Heath’s MLB Appearances DATE OPPONENT SCORE IP H R ER HR BB SO TP-K LEFT NO-DECISION VS. TORONTO--Heath didn’t factor into the decision in the 6/24 at Houston ND, 3-11 4.0 3 2 2 1 2 1 60-35 3-11 Royals’ 6-5 loss to Toronto last Tuesday...he allowed four runs on five hits and a career- 6/30 at Seattle ND, 4-6 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 23-11 4-6 7/4 vs. Cleveland ND, 2-3 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 40-23 2-3 high five walks in 5.0 innings, with three strikeouts…he loaded the bases in the second 7/8 vs. Boston* L, 4-7 4.1 8 4 3 0 3 0 73-39 3-3 7/13 at White Sox ND, 6-9 2.1 3 1 1 1 2 2 56-42 2-6 and third innings, which resulted in three runs, including a run-scoring wild pitch…after 7/23 vs. Detroit* ND, 4-5 6.2 3 2 1 0 2 6 88-59 3-0 the Royals tied the game in the third, he surrendered a go-ahead HR to Danny Jansen in 7/28 at NY Yankees-2* ND, 4-5 5.0 5 3 3 1 2 2 84-45 2-3 8/3 at Minnesota* ND, 4-6 3.0 5 3 3 0 3 3 70-40 2-3 the fourth…he threw 93 pitches before exiting after 5.0 innings in a tie game…Fillmyer 8/8 vs. Chi. Cubs* W, 9-0 7.0 3 0 0 0 2 3 98-62 5-0 remains unbeaten in his last five starts, in which he’s 1-0 with a 3.71 ERA (11 ER in 8/14 vs. Toronto* ND, 5-6 5.0 5 4 4 1 5 3 93-52 4-4 2018 MLB (Starter) 1-1 4.06 31.0 29 16 14 2 17 17 506-297 58.7% 26.2 IP), after dropping his first start July 8 vs. Boston. 2018 MLB (Reliever) 0-0 2.38 11.1 7 3 3 2 5 7 179-111 62.0% 2018 MLB Totals 1-1 3.61 42.1 36 19 17 4 22 24 685-408 59.6% AS A RELIEVER--Fillmyer made four of his first five big league appearances out *-start of the bullpen, posting a 2.38 ERA (3 ER in 11.1 IP) and a .179 opponents’ average (7- for-39)…all four of his relief outings have been at least 2.0 innings, including a season-high 4.0 frames in his Major League debut on June 24 at Houston, in which he became the first Royal to record at least 4.0 innings of relief in his debut since Dusty Hughes on Sept.