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2018 Game Notes Oakland A’s (8-7-2) @ Kansas City Royals (8-9-1) Tuesday, March 13, 2018

A MONDAY SPLIT--The Royals shared Monday’s day/night doubleheader, recording a 4-0 decision over San Diego in the opener and then dropping a 5-1 contest last night to Texas... and four relievers were the story in game one, as Junis fired 4.0 hitless innings, fanning seven and allowing only one baserunner with a hit by pitch...Michael Saunders had a 3-run double and Salvador Perez clubbed a solo homer, his third of the spring, for all of the offense...in the nightcap, the Rangers held the KC offense to just three hits, one of which left the yard off the bat of which accounted for the only run...Burch Smith had a rough go in his two innings, allowing four runs (two earned) on three hits with three walks and a . ROSTER MOVES--The Royals moved 15 players to minor league camp after last night’s game...the club optioned , , Andres Machado, Eric Stout Upcoming Probables and and infielder to Omaha (AAA); infielder Samir Dueñez was Today vs. Oakland A’s @ Surprise Stadium (1:05) optioned to Northwest Arkansas (AA) and catcher Meibrys Viloria optioned to Wilmington Kendall Graveman, , Chris Hatcher, Blake Treinen (A)...additionally, pitchers Scott Blewett and , catcher Chase Vallot, infielders vs. Jack Lopez and and outfielders Donnie Dewees and Terrance Gore were assigned (L), Kelvin Herrera, Brandon Maurer, Sam Gaviglio, to minor league camp. Kevin Lenik, Seth Maness, Kevin McCarthy RADIO ADDITIONS--With Kansas State beginning its NCAA Tournament play on Friday, Wednesday vs. @ Surprise Stadium (1:05) our partners at 610 Sports (KCSP) have added both games of Saturday’s split-doubleheader to TBA their airwaves...originally scheduled to be webcasts, the first game vs. Texas will begin at 2:05 vs. p.m. (KC time) and the second broadcast will commence at 8:05 p.m. (KC time). Ian Kennedy, Brian Flynn (L), EXTRA-BASE HIT WHIT-- collected his 15th hit of the spring yesterday vs. Thursday vs. @ Camelback Ranch (1:05) San Diego, a third-inning single that set up Michael Saunders’ three-run double...of his 15 Jason Hammel hits, eight have gone for extra bases (three doubles, three triples and two home runs) for a .968 vs. slugging pct...he is third among all spring training hitters in total bases with 30. TBA WELCOME HOME MOOSE--On Saturday, the Royals signed third baseman Friday vs. @ Peoria Sports Complex (1:10) to a one-year deal with an option for 2019...the club record-setting hitter, who clobbered TBA 38 last year, will spend the next handful of days working out on the fields and in the cage, with his vs. first game action likely not taking place until later in the week. TBA BONIFACIO SUSPENDED--The Office of the Commissioner of announced on Saturday that outfielder Jorge Bonifacio has received an 80-game suspension without pay after testing positive for Boldenone, a performance-enhancing substance in violation of ’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program...Bonifacio’s 80-game suspension will commence at the start of the 2018 regular season. VS. ATHLETICS--Today is the final spring session with the Athletics, with these clubs playing to a 4-4 tie in KC’s second exhibition game of the spring on February 25...these clubs will meet seven times during the regular season, with all seven games coming in a 10-day stretch to open the month of June...the A’s will invade Kauffman Stadium on June 1-3 and then after a 3-game stop inAnaheim, the Royals will play four in the Coliseum on June 7-10. DENNY BACK FOR #50--The one common thread between the start of the Royals’ franchise in 1969 and the start of 2018 is the voice of ...the 2007 Ford Frick Award winner will be at the mic for his 50th season this year, the same anniversary the organization is celebrating, with only the Dodgers’ Vin Scully (67 years) and Jaime Jarrin (59 years) having longer stretches in the baseball broadcast booth. ROYALS “FRIENDED” BY FACEBOOK--Major League Baseball and Facebook Friday announced a joint agreement that the global audience of Facebook will exclusively televise 25 games this season...the Royals are among the early selections with the Wednesday, April 18 game in Toronto now a Facebook telecast, thus it will be scratched from the FSKC schedule. TUBE TIME--The next FSKC game with the familiar voices of , Steve Physioc and will be this Saturday in the day game against Texas, a 2:05 start in KC...all told, the Royals have five exhibition telecasts remaining including Saturday and then Sunday in Mesa against the Cubs, next Tuesday night at home vs. , Wednesday March 21 in Goodyear against Cleveland and capped with Thursday, March 22 vs. Milwaukee, which will be shown by the Fox Sports Milwaukee crew into the Kansas City region. 50TH SEASON OF ROYALS BASEBALL--The 2018 campaign is the Golden Anniversary season of the Royals who began play in 1969 in Ft. Myers, FL...this 33-game exhibition slate will feature 32 games here in Arizona and then will be capped with a stop in Omaha against KC’s AAA affiliate for all 50 seasons of the franchise’s existence...KC has seven games remaining in Surprise, six of which will be as the home club...the 2018 spring slate also has two more split squads, one of the day/night style vs the Rangers this Saturday at noon and 6:00 p.m...the 2018 exhibition slate is a strange one in that the Royals will not play the or the Colorado Rockies...there are a pair of off days in the spring slate on March 5 and 19...the 2018 regular season starts on Thursday, March 29 in Kauffman Stadium against the White Sox in the first of a 3-game series. SURPRISE STADIUM RATED NUMERO UNO--At USA TODAY’s request, ReviewTrackers conducted a study of more than 36,000 online reviews of the 23 spring training ballparks and analyzed 130,000 key words used in the reviews...the study provided a look at how baseball fans feel about the ballparks used for exhibition games...to create a score for each spring training stadium, ReviewTrackers examined how fans felt about four aspects of their visits: the facility; family friendliness; food; and the fan experience...to no surprise (pun intended), the Surprise Stadium, spring home of the Royals and Rangers, generated the highest overall score of the 10 Cactus League venues, finishing first in family friendliness...the park also topped all 23 spring parks (Arizona and Florida combined) in the facility and fan-experience categories. ROSTER BREAKDOWN--After last night’s flurry of roster moves, the Royals have 53 players in camp, though is on the 60-day D.L. and Jorge Bonifacio is on the suspended list...the breakdown includes 26 pitchers (8 non-roster), 5 catchers (2 non-roster), 13 infielders (6 non-roster) and 9 outfielders (3 non- roster)...among the 26 active pitchers in camp, 5 are left-handed...of the 19 non-roster players in camp with Kansas City, 10 have previous Major League experience, including eight who had time in “The Show” in 2017...of the 34 roster players in camp, 3 have yet to accrue any big league service time. SPRING WORK--After last night’s loss to the Rangers, the Royals have an all-time exhibition record of 689-634 with 41 ties for a .521 winning pct...the 2018 exhibition season is the 16th here in the Valley of the Sun where the club has posted a 258-210 mark with 19 ties for a .551 mark...the Royals spent their first 34 seasons training in Florida, beginning with Fort Myers (1969-87), followed by a 15-year stint in Baseball City (1988-2002). WORKING TOWARD MARCH 29--The 2018 campaign will see the earliest start for the Royals, with the lid-lifter scheduled for Thursday, March 29 against the ...that 3:15 contest will be the first of a 3-game series, that will see a “weather” off day on Friday, March 30, then resumption with games on Saturday (6:15 p.m.) and Sunday (1:15 p.m.)...KC will then depart on its first road swing of the year with a 6-game journey through Detroit (3) and Cleveland (3)... the first two trips of the campaign will include 3-game stops in the Motor City to battle the Tigers, then the Royals will not travel to Detroit again until the final trip of the year in late September...Kansas City will take on the National League Central in Interleague action, playing home & home 2-game sets with Milwaukee and , a home & home 3-game series with St. Louis and then a 3-game series in Kauffman Stadium against the Chicago Cubs (August 6-8) and 3-game road trip to Pittsburgh (September 17-19). AT THE HELM--The winningest manager in franchise history, Ned Yost begins his eighth full season with the club, taking the reins on May 13, 2010...he has a 629- 632 regular season record at the helm for the Royals, surpassing Whitey Herzog’s previous team mark of 410 wins (1975-79)...Yost is the 16th full-time manager in franchise history and enters this year sixth among active managers is games (2,220) and wins (1,086)...his postseason winning pct. of .710 (22-9) is tops among all managers in history who have worked at least 20 playoff games...this is his second stint as a big league manager after nearly six full campaigns at the helm for the (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). THE WEEK AHEAD--This four-day homestand will conclude tomorrow with a 1:05 visit from the Cubs...KC will then hit the road for games on Thursday in Glendale vs. the Dodgers and Friday in Peoria vs. the Padres...Saturday will be a split-doubleheader with two against the Rangers here in Surprise at 12:05 and 6:05. ON THE AIRWAVES--Today and tomorrow can be heard on 610 Sports and the Royals Radio Network with Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc and Steve Stewart providing the call...Stewart also anchors the webcasts...the next webcasts will be Thursday and Friday, then both games of Saturday’s day/night twinbill with the Rangers have been added to the 610 Sports calendar. TODAY’S KANSAS CITY PITCHERS LAST TIME OUT #41 DANNY DUFFY (L), 29, will make his third #60 KEVIN LENIK, 26, is scheduled to make his fifth Player Date IP H R ER BB SO HR W/L/S start of the spring today…he last pitched on Thursday in appearance of the spring today…he last pitched Saturday Miguel Almonte 3/12 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 - Scott Barlow 3/12 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 - Glendale vs. the White Sox and recorded 3.0 scoreless in Scottsdale vs. Arizona and allowed his first run of the Scott Blewett 3/12 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - innings, allowing just two hits and one walk, with four spring…in his first big league camp with Kansas City… Blaine Boyer 3/12 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - …made his first career start in pitched at three levels in 2017, including 12 outings at Michael Broadway 3/11 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Danny Duffy 3/8 3.0 2 0 0 1 4 0 W 2017, when he went 9-10 with a 3.81 ERA in 24 starts… Omaha (AAA)…signed by the Royals on June 15 after Brian Flynn 3/9 2.0 4 1 1 0 1 0 - won a gold medal with Team USA in the World Baseball beginning the season with the Windy City Thunderbolts Heath Fillmyer 3/12 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - Classic, going 2-0 with a 1.13 ERA (1 ER in 8.0 IP) in of the Independent Frontier League…orginially signed by Sam Gaviglio 3/8 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Foster Griffin 3/11 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - two starts, both pool-clinching wins…held left-handed the as an undrafted free agent in 2016 and Jesse Hahn 3/1 2.0 3 3 3 1 1 0 - batters to a .167 average (17-for-102), eighth best in the pitched at Spokane (R) in his only season in the Rangers’ Jason Hammel 3/10 2.0 4 3 3 2 2 0 - American League (min. 100 lefties faced), including .091 organization. Kelvin Herrera 3/10 1/0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - Tim Hill 3/9 1.0 2 2 2 1 3 0 - (5-for-55) in his last 13 starts…had two DL stints: May 30- LENIK W-L ERA IP H ER BB SO Jakob Junis 3/12 4.0 0 0 0 0 7 0 W Nate Karns 3/11 3.0 3 2 2 0 4 1 L July 3 (strained right oblique) and Aug. 26-Sept. 16 (left 2018 Cactus League 0-1 1.80 5.0 5 1 1 1 elbow impingement)…recorded 130 strikeouts, totalling a Brad Keller 3/10 1.2 4 3 3 0 1 0 - 2017 Burlington 0-0 0.00 5.0 3 0 0 4 Ian Kennedy 3/9 3.0 3 0 0 1 2 0 - $65,000 donation to Noah’s Bandage Project…for every Lexington 0-0 2.16 8.1 8 2 6 11 Kevin Lenik 3/10 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 L 3/11 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - strikeout he recorded in 2017, Danny donated $500 to the Omaha 1-1 1.88 24.0 11 5 8 24 foundation that provides fun bandages to kids and raises Andres Machado 3/12 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Seth Maness 3/9 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 - money for pediatric cancer research. #62 SAM GAVIGLIO (pronounced Guh-VEE-leo), Brandon Maurer 3/10 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 27, is scheduled to make his fourth appearance of the Kevin McCarthy 3/9 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 - DUFFY W-L ERA IP H ER BB SO Jake Newberry^ 2/25 0.2 3 1 1 0 1 1 - 2018 Cactus League 1-0 3.60 5.0 3 2 3 4 spring today…last pitched Thursday in Glendale vs. the Trevor Oaks 3/12 1.2 5 1 1 0 2 0 - 2017 KANSAS CITY 9-10 3.81 146.1 143 62 41 130 White Sox and recorded a scoreless inning…acquired by Wily Peralta 3/9 2.0 2 1 1 0 5 1 - Kansas City from Seattle off waivers on Sept. 1, 2017… Eric Skoglund 3/11 2.2 4 1 1 0 2 1 - Omaha 0-1 3.68 7.1 6 3 1 8 Burch Smith 3/12 2.0 3 4 2 3 1 0 L made four appearances with the Royals, including two Glenn Sparkman 3/12 1.2 1 0 0 2 1 0 - #40 KELVIN HERRERA, 28, is making his fifth starts, going 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA and beat the White 3/10 1.0 3 3 3 2 0 0 - appearance of the spring today…has recorded four Sox 4-3 on Sept. 12…earned his first Major League win Eric Stout 3/12 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Kyle Zimmer 3/9 0.2 1 1 1 2 0 0 - scoreless outings (4.0 IP) to date, allowing just two hits on May 18 with Seattle, recording 5.0 scoreless innings and three walks…converted 26 of 28 opportunities vs. the White Sox…had three stints in the Majors with ^-Minor League camp addition (92.9%) between April 13 and Aug. 16, the best percentage Seattle, including making his big league debut on May SPRING TRANSACTIONS in the American League during that stretch…allowed 11 at Toronto. Date Player Transaction nine runs (seven earned) over his first six appearances in GAVIGLIO W-L ERA IP H ER BB SO September (4.2 IP)…allowed seven HR in his first 24.1 2/23 OF-Michael Saunders Signed to a minor league contract 2018 Cactus League 0-0 9.00 5.0 8 5 2 6 2/28 1B-Lucas Duda Signed to Major League contract innings (2.59 HR/9), but just two in his last 35.0 innings 2017 SEATTLE 3-5 4.62 62.1 63 32 21 40 OF-Billy Burns Designated for assignment (0.51 HR/9)…an AL All-Star in consecutive seasons, Tacoma 3-6 3.88 72.0 72 31 12 57 3/6 OF-Jon Jay Signed to Major League contract RHP-Jesse Hahn Placed on 60-day DL 2015-16. KANSAS CITY 1-0 3.00 12.0 13 4 5 9 3/7 RHP-Ricky Nolasco Signed to a minor league contract HERRERA W-L ERA IP H ER BB SO 3/10 3B-Mike Moustakas Signed to Major League contract 2018 Cactus League 0-0 0.00 4.0 2 0 3 3 #61 KEVIN McCARTHY, 26, is scheduled to make 3/12 RHP-Scott Barlow Optioned to Omaha (AAA) 2017 KANSAS CITY 3-3 4.25 59.1 60 28 20 56 his team-leading sixth appearance of the spring today… INF-Hunter Dozier Optioned to Omaha (AAA) he last pitched here on Friday in the split-squad game RHP-Heath Fillmyer Optioned to Omaha (AAA) vs. Arizona and allowed two runs on three hits in 1.0 RHP-Andres Machado Optioned to Omaha (AAA) #37 BRANDON MAURER, 27, is scheduled to make inning…allowed just one run in his previous four his fourth appearance of the spring today…he’s recorded LHP-Eric Stout Optioned to Omaha (AAA) appearances (5.1 IP)…spent time with the Royals in each RHP-Kyle Zimmer Optioned to Omaha (AAA) three scoreless outings (3.0 IP) to date, most recently on of the last two seasons…made 58 appearances between INF-Samir Dueñez Optioned to Northwest Arkansas (AA) Saturday in Scottsdale vs. Arizona…in his first camp Omaha (AAA) and Kansas City in 2017…had a 1.59 ERA C-Meibrys Viloria Optioned to Wilmington (A) with Kansas City after being acquired from San Diego in (5 ER in 28.1 IP) over his first 22 outings, including a RHP-Scott Blewett Assigned to minor league camp a six-player trade on July 24, 2017…combined to record streak of 10 straight outings (July 19-Aug. 25) without OF-Donnie Dewees Assigned to minor league camp 22 saves between San Diego (20) and Kansas City (two)… allowing an earned run…made his Major League debut OF-Terrance Gore Assigned to minor league camp on Sept. 9, 2016, becoming the first player from Marist LHP-Foster Griffin Assigned to minor league camp had a 3.41 ERA (12 ER in 31.2 IP) in home outings and a University (N.Y.) to reach the big leagues. INF-Jack Lopez Assigned to minor league camp 10.08 ERA (31 ER in 27.2 IP) on the road. INF-Nicky Lopez Assigned to minor league camp McCARTHY W-L ERA IP H ER BB SO C-Chase Vallot Assigned to minor league camp MAURER W-L ERA IP H ER BB SO 2018 Cactus League 1-1 4.26 6.1 9 3 1 8 2018 Cactus League 0-0 0.00 3.0 4 0 2 2 2017 Omaha 1-1 3.09 32.0 32 11 9 17 2017 SAN DIEGO 1-4 5.72 39.1 39 25 8 38 KANSAS CITY 1-0 3.20 45.0 50 16 13 27 KANSAS CITY 2-2 8.10 20.0 34 18 11 21 #63 SETH MANESS, 29, is scheduled to make his fifth appearance of the spring…last pitched in Friday’s split-squad game here vs. Arizona, and allowed one run on two hits and a walk in 1.0 inning…did not pitch in Cactus League play in 2017 due to injury…spent most of the season at Omaha (AAA)…made one stint with Kansas City from May 10-June 5…started his career with St. Louis, where he made 215 relief appearances between 2013-15, eighth most in the Majors during that span. MANESS W-L ERA IP H ER BB SO 2018 Cactus League 0-0 7.20 5.0 10 4 1 1 2017 Omaha 2-2 6.13 47.0 63 32 8 35 KANSAS CITY 1-0 3.72 9.2 16 4 2 4

2018 SPRING SCHEDULE (all times local) Date Day Opponent Site Time/Result Record WP LP Save ATT February 24 Saturday LOS ANGELES DODGERS (SS) Surprise W, 8-4 1-0 B. Smith (1-0) Broussard - 5,020 February 25* Sunday at Oakland Mesa T, 4-4 1-0-1 - - - 4,144 February 26* Monday at San Francisco Scottsdale W, 10-6 2-0-1 Flynn (1-0) Beede - 6,946 February 27 Tuesday SEATTLE Surprise W, 14-9 3-0-1 K. McCarthy (1-0) Bonnell - 2,887 February 28* Wednesday CINCINNATI Surprise W, 3-2 4-0-1 Machado (1-0) Reed - 3,006 March 1MLB Thursday at Seattle Peoria W, 4-3 5-0-1 Keller (1-0) Bradford Fillmyer (1) 4,795 March 2*TV/MLB Friday at San Diego Peoria L, 13-5 5-1-1 Wilhelmsen Oaks (0-1) - 4,307 March 3 Saturday CHICAGO WHITE SOX Surprise L, 9-5 5-2-1 Scahill Flynn (1-1) Stephens 5,793 March 4* Sunday at Cincinnati Goodyear W, 10-3 6-2-1 Hammel (1-0) DeSclafani - 4,005 March 5 Monday OFF DAY March 6*TV/MLB Tuesday SAN DIEGO Surprise L, 5-4 6-3-1 Quantrill McCarthy (1-1) - 4,018 March 7* Wednesday MILWAUKEE Surprise L, 10-6 6-4-1 Derby Griffin (0-1) - 5,236 March 8 Thursday at Chicago White Sox (SS) Glendale W, 12-0 7-4-1 Duffy (1-0) Kopech - 3,419 March 9MLB Friday at Los Angeles Dodgers Glendale L, 6-4 7-5-1 Cingrani Machado (1-1) Neal 10,594 ARIZONA Surprise L, 7-2 7-6-1 Bradley Stout (0-1) - 6,206 March 10TV Saturday at Arizona Scottsdale L, 10-3 7-7-1 Suarez Lenik (0-1) - 13,511 March 11*TV Sunday CLEVELAND (SS) Surprise L, 3-1 7-8-1 Merritt Karns (0-1) Head (1) 5,590 March 12*TV Monday SAN DIEGO Surprise W, 4-0 8-8-1 Junis (1-0) Mitchell - 4,761 MLB TEXAS (SS)# Surprise L, 5-1 8-9-1 Chavez Smith (1-1) - 6,575 March 13* Tuesday OAKLAND Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 14* Wednesday CHICAGO CUBS Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 15 MLB Thursday at Los Angeles Dodgers Glendale 1:05 p.m. March 16 Friday at San Diego Peoria 1:10 p.m. March 17*TV Saturday TEXAS Surprise 12:05 p.m. *MLB at Texas Surprise 6:05 p.m. March 18TV Sunday at Chicago Cubs Mesa 1:05 p.m. March 19 Monday OFF DAY March 20*TV/MLB Tuesday SAN FRANCISCO Surprise 6:05 p.m. March 21*TV/MLB Wednesday at Cleveland Goodyear 6:05 p.m. March 22TV/MLB Thursday at Milwaukee Maryvale 1:05 p.m. March 23 Friday at San Francisco Scottsdale 1:05 p.m. LOS ANGELES DODGERS Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 24 Saturday at Arizona Scottsdale 1:10 p.m. March 25MLB Sunday CHICAGO CUBS Surprise 12:05 p.m. March 26* Monday at Omaha 6:05 p.m.

# Denotes Charity Game (game and stats will count in Cactus League) * Game broadcast on KCSP-610 AM in Kansas City (2 more radio broadcasts will be added in mid-March) Record Attendance TV Broadcast on FOX Sports Kansas City Home: 4-6 Home: 43,856 MLB Broadcast on MLB Network (Live broadcasts: 3/15, 3/22) Road: 4-3-1 Home avg.: 10/4,386 NOTE: All games webcast on royals.com vs. A.L.: 3-3-1 Road: 52,597 vs. N.L.: 5-6 Road avg.: 8/6,575