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2017 Spring Training Game Notes Kansas City Royals (7-4) @ Reds (4-6) Tuesday, March 7, 2017 ACE 30

KARNS SHARP, BUT ROYALS FALL--Runs were at a premium yesterday in Surprise as the Diamondbacks handed Kansas City a 4-1 setback, despite another impressive outing for Nathan Karns...the righty, who was acquired from the in January, faced the minimum and needed just 34 pitches to navigate through his first 3.0 innings...however, Karns suffered his first defeat after surrendering a walk and a single to start the fourth, with both runs coming in after departing...the Royals couldn’t get much going offensively, scoring their lone tally in the eighth inning on Alex Gordon’s second hit of the day – a two-out RBI single to right field...Gordon was the only KC hitter to collect multiple hits in the game, while Lorenzo Cain had the only extra-base hit with a double to start the eighth. SENIOR TOUR CONCLUDES--Today ends a nine-game run of exhibition contests Upcoming Probables against National League foes with Kansas City making its second trip to Goodyear in four days...the Royals have gone 5-3 against the Senior Circuit this spring, with wins over Today @ @ Goodyear Stadium (1:05) Milwaukee, Colorado, the Dodgers and San Francisco (twice) during the streak...KC will Travis Wood (L), Chris Young, Scott Alexander (L), Miguel Almonte, host Team Venezuela tomorrow, before the club’s first off-day of the spring on Thursday... Andrew Edwards, Brandon League, Chris Withrow, the Royals will not see another National League opponent until Sunday, when LA visits Jonathan Sánchez (L) Surprise Stadium. vs. Sal Romano, Nefi Ogando, Michael Lorenzen, Kevin Shackelford, MOUND WORK STILL TOP NOTCH--Despite suffering a defeat yesterday, the Royals Lisalverto Bonilla, Blake Wood, Tony Cingrani (L), Barrett Astin, hurlers continued to put up solid outings...Kansas City checks into today’s action with a Alejandro Chacin team ERA of 3.56, just behind Arizona’s 3.54 mark for the Cactus League lead...in their first 11 exhibition games, the Royals’ relief have posted a 2.99 ERA (25 ER in 75.1 IP), Tomorrow vs. Team Venezuela @ Surprise Stadium (1:05) despite an eight-run eighth inning here last Saturday. Jose Alvarez (L) vs. INTERNATIONAL GUESTS--Beginning today, Team Venezuela will begin its training for , Mike Minor (L), Yender Cáramo, Kevin McCarthy, the World Classic at the Royals’ Surprise Complex...the team, which includes KC Malcom Culver, Eric Stout (L), Bobby Parnell stars Salvador Perez and Alcides Escobar, will work today, play the Royals in an exhibition game tomorrow at Surprise Stadium and the on Thursday, before their first Thursday - Off Day contest of the WBC, Friday in Jalisco, Mexico. Friday vs. @ Surprise Stadium (6:05) A WORLD BASEBALL SPRING--The Royals and the rest of TBA opened training camp early this year due to this being a WBC season...players from 16 vs. different countries will compete in the tournament, which is underway...team USA, who Jason Hammel will have Royals’ Eric Hosmer and has been assigned the Miami pool, which also features the defending champion Dominican Republic, Canada and Colombia...the Colombian squad will have Royals’ minor league catcher Meibrys Viloria and infielder Mauricio Ramos...also participating in this year’s WBC are: (Italy), Salvador Perez and Alcides Escobar (Venezuela), Joakim Soria (Mexico) and minor leaguers Gabe Kramer and Jake Kalish (Israel), Allan De San Miguel (Australia)...recently re-signed Peter Moylan is also slated to appear for Australia. VS. CINCY--The Royals take on Cincinnati for the second time in a four-day span, after dropping a split-squad affair, 9-7, here on Saturday...the clubs will meet one more time after today, March 20 in Surprise, but will not see each other in the regular season. ROSTER BREAKDOWN--The Royals reassigned pitcher A.J. Puckett to minor league camp on Friday and now have 65 players in camp...the breakdown includes 32 pitchers (14 non-roster), 8 catchers (5 non-roster), 14 infielders (4 non-roster) and 11 outfielders (1 non-roster)...among the 32 pitchers in camp, 11 are left-handed...southpaw Brian Flynn is listed among the 65 players on the roster, but will open the year on the 60-day disabled list as he recovers from a low back injury incurred just prior to spring training...of the 34 non-roster players in camp with Kansas City, nine have previous Major League experience, including six who had time in “The Show” in 2016...of the 33 roster players in camp, eight have yet to accrue any big league service time. .500 IN ‘16 FOR THE DEFENDING CHAMPS--After consecutive crowns, capped by a World Series title in 2015, the Royals recorded an 81-81 ledger last season, finishing third in the American League Central...Kansas City has gone 351-297 in its last four seasons, tying the for the second best record in the American League in that span, just one-half game behind Cleveland (351-297)...this four-year stretch marks the first time the Royals have finished at .500 or better in four consecutive campaigns since going six straight from 1975-80...last year’s club navigated through the first three months with a 42-36 ledger, but scuffled to a 7-19 month of July...the Royals recovered with a 20-9 August, but then slipped and finished the campaign with a 12-17 record over September and October. SPRING WORK--Kansas City has gone 7-4 through the first 10 days of exhibition play, tying with the Angels and Seattle for the most Cactus League wins... the Royals were 14-21 in 2016, but 10-5 in Surprise, closing with eight consecutive home wins...the club drew a Surprise home record 126,108 last year for a per game average of 8,407....KC has an all-time exhibition record of 672-614 with 38 ties for a .522 winning pct...the club has posted a 240-191 mark with 18 ties for a .555 mark in the Valley of the Sun...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). THE SEASON AHEAD--The 2017 campaign will begin on Monday, April 3 in Target Field, as the Royals and Twins face-off in the first of a three-game series...all three games in Minneapolis will be day affairs, with an off day on Tuesday, April 4, sandwiched between games one and two...Kansas City will then head to Houston for a three-game weekend set before the home half of the schedule opens on Monday, April 10 against the Oakland A’s...KC will host the Athletics for a three-game set, also separated by an off day on April 11, then visits from the (3) and (2) will wrap-up the initial stay of the season...Kansas City will have a stretch from April 28-May 18 when it will play 16 of 20 games in Kauffman Stadium, separated only by a four-game journey to Tampa Bay on May 8-11...as evidenced by the two-game visit from the Giants during the opening homestand, the Royals will battle the N.L. West in Interleague play in 2017, also making trips to San Francisco (2), Dodger Stadium (3) and San Diego (3), while the Giants, Rockies (3) and Diamondbacks (3) pay a visit to “The K”, with the D’Backs series wrapping up the regular season on September 29-October 1. AT THE HELM--The winningest manager in franchise history, Ned Yost begins his seventh full season with the club, taking the reins on May 13, 2010... he has a 549-550 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 seventh among active managers is games (2,058) and wins (1,006)...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 Starts by Position 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 1B -- Hosmer (6), O’Hearn (2), Dozier (1), Dueñez (1), Merrifield (1) (1991-2002). 2B -- Mondesi (4), Merrifield (3), Colón (2), Cuthbert (2) ON THE RADIO--Today will be one of 20 scheduled radio broadcasts on KCSP (610 3B -- Cuthbert (5), Cecchini (2), Colón (2), Dozier (1), Sports) and the Royals Radio Network...throughout the spring, , Ryan Moustakas (1) Lefebrve, and Steve Stewart will call the action...the games not ticketed on SS -- Escobar (6), Colón (2), Torres (2), Mondesi (1) 610 will be carried on the web with Stewart providing the play-by-play. LF -- Soler (3), Gordon (2), Moss (2), O’Brien (2), Bonifacio (1), Orlando (1) PLENTY OF TV TIME--The Royals will have their first of 10 exhibition broadcasts on CF -- Cain (6), Orlando (3), Starling (2) Fox Sports Kansas City this Friday, when they host Oakland at 6:05...that contest will RF -- Soler (4), Gordon (3), Bonifacio (2), Orlando (2) be the first of three telecasts in as many days, as KC will also be on FSKC on Saturday against Cleveland from Goodyear, then again on Sunday when the Royals host the Los C -- Perez (5), Gallagher (3), Peña (3) Angeles Dodgers...there will be two telecasts in which KC will share the production with the P -- Duffy (2), Vargas (2), Hammel (1), Karns (1), Kennedy (1), opposing club, March 16 vs. San Diego in Peoria and April 1 vs. the Rangers in Arlington... Staumont (1), Young (1), Zimmer (1) , Steve Physioc, and Joel Goldberg will be along for the eight DH -- Moustakas (4), Moss (2), O’Brien (2), Gordon (1), Soler (1), telecasts provided by the FSKC crew. Vallot (1) ROYALS NOTES (Page 2) LAST TIME OUT TODAY’S PITCHERS: is attempting to come back after missing the last two Player Date IP H R ER BB SO HR W/L/S Major League seasons…placed on the Los Angeles Al Alburquerque 3/6 1.0 3 2 2 1 2 0 - Scott Alexander 3/1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - TRAVIS WOOD (L) – 30, scheduled to make his Dodgers’ DL following Spring Training in 2015 with second appearance and first start with the Royals after Miguel Almonte 3/2 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - right shoulder impingement and was released on July Yender Cáramo 3/6 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - signing a two-year contract on Feb. 15…allowed one 10…in 2014, went 2-3 with a 2.57 ERA (18 ER in Malcom Culver 3/5 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 S unearned run on one hit in 2.0 innings of relief in his 63.0 IP) with the Dodgers…an All-Star in 2011 with Danny Duffy 3/5 3.0 4 2 2 0 3 0 - Royals debut on Thursday vs. Colorado…pitched Jonathan Dziedzic 3/4 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 - the Seattle Mariners, when he set a career high with 37 Andrew Edwards 3/4 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 - exclusively out of the bullpen with the last saves and a 2.79 ERA in 65 appearances. Luke Farrell 3/6 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 - season, going 4-0 with a 2.95 ERA in 77 appearances… Kelvin Herrera 3/6 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - ranked second in the Majors, limiting left-handed hitters Jake Junis 3/6 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 - JONATHAN SÁNCHEZ (L) – 34, makes his fourth Nathan Karns 3/6 3.0 2 2 2 1 3 0 L to a .128 average (14-for-109)…stranded 32 of the 37 appearance of the spring, most recently yielding seven Ian Kennedy 3/3 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 W inherited baserunners he faced, good for fifth in the NL earned runs on five hits and two walks on Saturday vs. Brandon League 3/4 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - with a 86.5 success rate. Kevin McCarthy 3/5 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 W Cincinnati without recording an out…last pitched in Mike Minor 2/27 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 - the Major Leagues in April of 2013 with Pittsbugh… Peter Moylan 3/2 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - SCOTT ALEXANDER (L) – 27, makes his fourth in Major League camp with these Reds in 2016, but Bobby Parnell 3/1 1.0 4 3 3 0 1 0 - outing…he has faced the minimum through his first was released on March 18…tossed the 13th no-hitter in Reid Redman^ 3/4 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 - three appearances, recording 3.2 scoreless innings… Jonathan Sánchez 3/4 0.0 5 7 7 2 0 0 L San Francisco Giants history vs. San Diego on July 10, Joakim Soria 3/5 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 - had two stints with the Royals in 2016, posting a 3.32 2009, allowing no hits and no walks with 11 … 3/3 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 - ERA (7 ER in 19.0 IP) in 17 outings overall…matched acquired by the Royals from San Francisco prior to the Eric Stout 3/6 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - a career-high with 3.0 innings pitched on May 15 vs. 2012 season, going 1-6 in 12 starts before being dealt to Matt Strahm 3/5 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - Atlanta, retiring nine of the 10 hitters he faced, in a Jason Vargas 3/4 2.0 3 1 1 0 3 0 - Colorado on July 20 for Jeremy Guthrie. Chris Withrow 3/4 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - game Kansas City won 4-2 in 13 innings…made his Travis Wood 3/2 2.0 1 1 0 0 2 0 W Major League debut on Sept. 2, 2015 vs. Detroit… CHRIS WITHROW – 28, is making his third Chris Young 3/2 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 - 2/26 1.1 4 3 2 1 1 1 L named Omaha Pitcher of the Year in 2015. appearance this spring, most recently a scoreless inning on Saturday vs. Cincinnati…made a career-high 46 ^-Minor League camp addition MIGUEL ALMONTE – 23, will take the mound for appearances with Atlanta last season, going 3-0 with his fourth Cactus League outing today…pitched a 1-2- a 3.58 ERA and 12 holds...missed 22 games in August SPRING TRANSACTIONS 3 inning on Saturday vs. San Francisco…struggled last with right elbow inflammation…held left-handed hitters season, going 5-8 with a 6.63 ERA (56 ER in 76.0 IP) to a .192 batting average last season and just one extra- Date Player Transaction between Omaha (AAA) and Northwest Arkansas (AA) base hit – a solo shot to Philadelphia’s Jimmy Parades 2/13 RHP-Seth Maness Signed to a minor league contract last year…made 12 starts in his first 13 appearances on July 31…originally selected by the Los Angeles 2/15 LHP-Travis Wood Signed to a two-year contract of 2016, before making his final 19 outings out of the Dodgers in the first round of the 2007 Draft…traded to 2/15 LHP-Brian Flynn Placed on 60-day D.L. bullpen…a 2013 participant in the XM All-Star Futures Atlanta in 2015, in a deal that also included infielders 2/17 RHP-Peter Moylan Signed to a minor league contract Game at Citi Field in New York. Alberto Callaspo (going to the Dodgers) and Juan Uribe 3/3 RHP-A.J. Puckett Assigned to minor league camp (going to the Braves). ANDREW EDWARDS – 25, has worked three scoreless outings this spring, most recently an inning on CHRIS YOUNG – 37, is scheduled to make his second Saturday in Goodyear vs. Cincinnati…made a career- appearance of the spring, after starting on Thursday high 42 appearacnes between Northwest Arkansas (AA) vs. Colorado, holding the Rockies scoreless over 2.0 and Omaha (AAA) last season, posting a 3.96 ERA (27 innings…looking to bounce back from an off year ER in 61.1 IP) and 74 strikeouts (10.9 SO/9.0 IP)… in 2016, in which he was 3-9 with a 6.19 ERA in 34 his rate was second-highest among Royals appearances (13 starts)…missed nearly a month of farmhands (minimum 60.0 IP), trailing only Josh action, being placed on the 15-day D.L. (right forearm Staumont (12.2)…a 2016 Pacific Coast League All-Star. strain) on May 15…also had bilateral core and right- sided adductor repair surgery during the offseason… BRANDON LEAGUE – 34, veteran right-hander who enters 2017 having allowed the fewest hits (1,083) will make his fourth spring appearance this afternoon… among active pitchers that have logged at least 1,200 recorded a scoreless inning on Saturday in Goodyear career innings. vs. Cincinnati after allowing a run in each of his first three outings…a 12-year Major League veteran who

2017 SPRING SCHEDULE (all times local) Date Day Opponent Site Time/Result Record WP LP Save ATT February 25# Saturday at Texas Surprise W, 7-5 1-0 Stout (1-0) Bass Cáramo (1) 5,134 February 26* Sunday TEXAS Surprise L, 4-6 1-1 Darvish Zimmer (0-1) Reyes 4,556 February 27* Monday at Seattle Peoria W, 14-3 (7) 2-1 Vargas (1-0) Gallardo - 3,400 February 28*MLB Tuesday at Milwaukee Maryvale W, 6-3 3-1 Moylan (1-0) Burgos Caramo (2) 1,806 March 1* Wednesday CHICAGO CUBS Surprise L, 3-7 3-2 Butler Junis (0-1) - 7,593 March 2* Thursday COLORADO Surprise W, 3-1 4-2 Wood (1-0) Senzatela Edwards (1) 3,897 March 3* Friday at Los Angeles Dodgers Glendale W, 7-2 5-2 Kennedy (1-0) Hill - 6,536 March 4 Saturday SAN FRANCISCO Surprise W, 2-0 6-2 Alexander (1-0) Sitton Parnell (1) 8,006 at Cincinnati Goodyear L, 7-9 6-3 Luetge Sánchez (0-1) Astin 3,043 March 5* Sunday at San Francisco Scottsdale W, 4-3 7-3 McCarthy (1-0) Suarez Culver (1) 11,197 March 6* Monday ARIZONA Surprise L, 1-4 7-4 Ray Karns (0-1) Davis 4,824 March 7* Tuesday at Cincinnati Goodyear 1:05 p.m. March 8* Wednesday TEAM VENEZUELA Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 9 Thursday OFF DAY March 10TV Friday OAKLAND Surprise 6:05 p.m. March 11TV MLB Saturday at Cleveland Goodyear 1:05 p.m. March 12TV* Sunday LOS ANGELES DODGERS Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 13 Monday at Colorado Scottsdale 1:10 p.m. March 14* MLB Tuesday LOS ANGELES ANGELS Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 15* Wednesday at Chicago White Sox Glendale 1:05 p.m. March 16TV Thursday SEATTLE Surprise 1:05 p.m. at San Diego Peoria 1:05 p.m. March 17 MLB Friday at Milwaukee Maryvale 1:05 p.m. March 18TV Saturday CLEVELAND Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 19 Sunday at Chicago Cubs Mesa 7:05 p.m. March 20TV MLB Monday CINCINNATI Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 21* Tuesday at Arizona Scottsdale 1:10 p.m. March 22TV* MLB Wednesday SAN DIEGO Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 23 Thursday OFF DAY March 24 Friday at Seattle Peoria 1:10 p.m. March 25TV MLB Saturday MILWAUKEE Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 26 MLB Sunday at Los Angeles Angels Tempe 1:10 p.m. March 27* Monday at Oakland Mesa 1:05 p.m. March 28TV* MLB Tuesday CHICAGO WHITE SOX Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 29 Wednesday TEXAS Surprise 12:05 p.m. March 30 Thursday OFF DAY March 31* Friday at Texas Arlington 7:05 p.m. April 1TV MLB Saturday at Texas Arlington 1:05 p.m.

# Denotes Charity Game (game and stats will count in Cactus League) Record Attendance * Game broadcast on KCSP-610 AM in Kansas City (4 more radio broadcasts will be added in mid-March) Home: 2-3 Home: 28,876 TV Broadcast on FOX Sports Kansas City Road: 5-1 Home avg.: 5,775 MLB Broadcast on MLB Network (Live broadcasts: 3/17, 3/20; Delayed: 2/28, 3/11, 3/14, 3/22, 3/25, 3/26, 3/28, 4/1) vs. A.L.: 2-1 Road: 28,073 NOTE: All games webcast on royals.com vs. N.L.: 5-3 Road avg.: 4,679