Kansas City Royals OFFICIAL GAME NOTES Los Angeles Angels (23-27) @ Kansas City Royals (21-25) Kauffman Stadium - Sunday, May 26, 2013 - 1:10 P.M
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Kansas City Royals OFFICIAL GAME NOTES Los Angeles Angels (23-27) @ Kansas City Royals (21-25) Kauffman Stadium - Sunday, May 26, 2013 - 1:10 p.m. Game #47 - Home Game #22 FOX Sports Kansas City & KCSP Radio (610 Sports) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Monday, May 27 vs. St. Louis Cardinals: RHP Adam Wainwright (6-3, 2.38) vs. RHP James Shields (2-5, 2.47), 1:10 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Tuesday, May 28 vs. St. Louis Cardinals: LHP Tyler Lyons (1-0, 1.29) vs. RHP Ervin Santana (3-4, 3.14), 7:10 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Wednesday, May 29 @ St. Louis Cardinals: RHP Luis Mendoza (1-2, 5.05) vs. RHP Lance Lynn (7-1, 2.95), 7:15 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Thursday, May 30 @ St. Louis Cardinals: RHP Jeremy Guthrie (5-3, 3.91) vs. LHP John Gast (2-0, 5.11), 7:15 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Friday, May 31 @ Texas Rangers: RHP Wade Davis (3-3+ today) vs. TBA, 7:05 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Saturday, June 1 @ Texas Rangers: RHP James Shields (2-5+ tomorrow) vs. TBA, 3:05 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Sunday, June 2 @ Texas Rangers: RHP Ervin Santana (3-4+ Tuesday) vs. TBA, 2:05 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Every game can be heard in Kansas City on KCSP Radio (610 Sports) with Royals’ Hall of Famer Denny, Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre and Steve Stewart mikeside today, while Don Free controls the dials as the producer/engineer...today’s game is being televised in High Definition by FOX Sports Kansas City with Steve Physioc and Rex Hudler describing the action...the pre and postgame show on FSKC, Royals Live, is hosted by Joel Goldberg, who is joined by Royals’ Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery. Royals vs. Angels OFFENSE BLANKED AS DROUGHT CONTINUES--The Royals continue to scuffle at the plate By dropping the first 3 games of this series, the Royals have and yesterday it resulted in the third shutout of the year as a quintet of Los Angeles hurlers held KC lost the season set to the Halos, despite taking a pair in Anaheim to just 4 hits in a 7-0 outcome...Jeremy Guthrie was outstanding in the early going, allowing just an to open the last road trip...Kansas City trails the all-time body of work by a 270-279 margin, including a 126-145 deficit in KC, unearned run through the first five innings...he was solved for a solo homer into the jetstream to left in 112-125 in “The K.” the sixth by Hank Conger and another oppo shot by Josh Hamilton in the seventh, making the count Date Site Score WP LP Att. 3-0, but the Halos erupted for 4 in the eighth to put the game on ice...the Royals didn’t mount many 5/13 @ Ana W, 11-4 Mendoza Blanton 32,203 5/14 @ Ana L, 2-6 Vargas Guthrie 33,028 threats against former farmhand Billy Buckner, who won in the big leagues for the first time in four 5/15 @ Ana W, 9-5 Davis Enright 31,917 years, as Kansas City went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position...Mike Moustakas had KC’s lone 5/23 KC L, 4-5 Blanton Santana 18,784 extra-base hit with a double if the fifth but he was left stranded...the loss was the fourth in a row, the 5/24 KC L, 2-5 Vargas Hochevar 32,148 second 4-game slide within the last 9 days and over a longer haul, the 15th loss in the last 19 games, 5/25 KC L, 0-7 Buckner Guthrie 27,958 5/26 KC turning a 17-10 ledger into the current 21-25 mark...after 46 games last year, KC was 19-27. PEREZ PLACED ON BEREAVEMENT LEAVE--The Royals have lost catcher Salvador Perez for a minimum of three days and maximum of seven, as he left the club to be with his family in Venezuela after the passing of his maternal grandmother yesterday...to replace Salvy on the roster, the Royals today selected the contract of catcher Adam Moore from the Omaha (AAA) roster...Moore, 29, is hitting .190 (15-for-79) in 24 games for the Storm Chasers with 2 doubles, 5 home runs and 12 RBI...he was initially a waiver claim last July 7 from Seattle and appeared in 4 games for the Royals late last year...he will wear #32. HOME DRY SPELL AT SEVEN--Kansas City takes the field today looking to win in Kauffman Stadium for the first time since May 5 when the club posted a 6-5 come-from-behind win over the White Sox in 10 innings...since that date, the Royals have lost one to Chicago, three to the Yankees and three to the Angels...KC was 10-4 in the early going at “The K” but has since fallen to 10-11. GETZY GETS THE GATE--Generally mild-mannered Chris Getz was shown the door early yesterday when first base umpire Marty Foster ejected the Royals’ second baseman after play concluded in the top of the sixth inning...it was the first ejection of any Kansas City personnel this year and the second in Getzy’s career, the other occurring on July 8, 2011, when another first base umpire, Tom Hallion, had apparently heard enough and ran Chris. DAY BALL--The Royals get another shot at afternoon baseball with today the second of three straight games under the sun...Kansas City is now 10-7 in day games this year, despite entering today with losses in their last 4 daylight affairs...the 10 wins are tied for the second most in the American League behind Cleveland, Boston, New York and Cleveland each with 11. DUFFY COMEBACK TO BEGIN--Lefthanded hurler Danny Duffy, sidelined since undergoing Tommy John surgery last June 13, will begin a minor league rehab assignment today when he is scheduled to throw four innings or 60 pitches for Northwest Arkansas when they play in San Antonio...Duffy, 24, suffered the injury in a Mother’s Day start on May 13 in Chicago and had the operation a month later...he has made 26 starts for the big league club, going 6-10, including a 2-2 mark in 6 starts prior to the injury last year...he was a third round pick of the Royals in 2007...Felipe Paulino, also coming back from TJ surgery last July 3, remains on his throwing program at the Royals’ minor league facility in Surprise, AZ. TODAY’S STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Jerome Williams (3-1, 2.53) vs. RHP Wade Davis (3-3, 5.91) 2013 2012 Career 2013 2012 Career Jerome Williams vs. Royals - 0-0 0-0 Major League Record 3-1 (2.53 ERA) 6-8 36-38 Wade Davis vs. Angels 1-0 0-0 2-0 Major League Record 3-3 (5.91 ERA) 3-0 31-25 WADE DAVIS is making his 10th start as a Royal in today’s series finale...this is his fourth career start (seventh appearance) against the Angels and 128th career big league outing (74th start)...he was acquired as part of a 7-player deal with Tampa Bay on December 9, 2012 that also involved James Shields and Elliot Johnson. Wade’s 2013 Starts RALLY RESULTS IN NO DECISION--Wade dodged defeat on Tuesday night DATE OPPONENT SCORE IP H R ER HR BB SO TP-K LEFT in Houston, as the Kansas City offense came to life in the latter innings and recorded a 4/5 at Philadelphia ND, 13-4 4.0 9 4 4 2 0 2 76-50 0-4 4/10 Minnesota W, 3-0 5.0 4 0 0 0 3 6 96-61 1-0 7-3 win over the Astros...Davis made only one costly error during his 5.0 inning stint, 4/17 at Atlanta W, 1-0 7.0 5 0 0 0 0 7 92-62 1-0 allowing a 2-out, 0-2 home run to Jimmy Paredes in the fourth inning that gave the 4/24 at Detroit L, 5-7 3.2 8 7 3 0 4 2 95-50 4-7 4/29 Cleveland L, 0-9 4.2 12 8 8 2 3 3 93-57 0-8 ‘Stros a 3-0 lead...the Royals plated a pair in the seventh and then took the lead in the 5/5 Chicago ND, 6-5 6.0 5 1 1 0 3 5 98-63 3-1 eighth with a 4-spot to stake Bruce Chen to the win in relief...all told, Davis yielded 5/10 N.Y. Yankees L, 6-11 5.0 7 7 7 2 2 3 95-62 5-5 5/15 at Los Angeles W, 9-5 5.1 9 4 4 0 3 2 103-60 8-3 the 3 runs along with 8 hits and 4 walks over 5.0 IP, with 6 strikeouts. 5/21 at Houston ND, 7-3 5.0 8 3 3 1 4 6 102-65 0-3 LAST WIN AGAINST HALOS--Wade's third win of the year was 11 days ago at 2013 Totals 3-3, 5.91 45.2 67 34 30 7 22 36 850-530 62% Angel Stadium...KC built an 8-0 lead, with Davis allowing 4 runs, 9 hits and 3 walks Career Totals 31-25, 4.12 504.1 503 246 231 61 189 377 - - over 5.1 innings in a 9-5 outcome...he made 4 relief appearances last year, allowing a run in 4.0 innings and is 2-0 overall with a 3.92 ERA over 20.2 IP (9 ER).