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Kansas City Royals OFFICIAL GAME NOTES Kansas City Royals (37-85) @ Chicago White Sox (45-76) guaranteed Rate Field - Saturday, August 18, 2018 Game #123 - Road Game #61 Fox Sports Kansas City, KCSP Radio (610 Sports) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Sunday, August 19 @ Chicago White Sox: RHP Heath Fillmyer (1-1, 3.61) vs. RHP Reynaldo López (4-9, 4.40), 1:10 p.m., FSKC & 610 Sports Monday, August 20 @ Tampa Bay Rays: TBA vs. TBA, 6:10 p.m. (CT), FSKC & 610 Sports Tuesday, August 21 @ Tampa Bay Rays: TBA vs. TBA, 6:10 p.m. (CT), FSKC & 610 Sports Wednesday, August 22 @ Tampa Bay Rays: TBA vs. TBA, 6:10 p.m. (CT), FSKC & 610 Sports Thursday, August 23 @ Tampa Bay Rays: TBA vs. TBA, 6:10 p.m. (CT), FSKC & 610 Sports Tonight’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... tonight’s contest is also being televised on Fox Sports Kansas City with Ryan Lefebvre and Rex Hudler on the call...Joel Goldberg and Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery anchor the pre and post-game shows, Royals Live. Royals vs. White Sox SOUR SEVENTH SPOILS SERIES OPENER--Kansas City endured a nightmarish seventh inning Kansas City dropped the opener here last night, falling to last night, surrendering a pair of three-run homers as the White Sox rallied for a 9-3 triumph in the 5-9 against the ChiSox in 2018...the clubs will meet twice more this weekend and three times at Kauffman in September...the opener of this three-game set...the Royals led 3-0 early and 3-2 heading into the fateful inning, before Royals have a 377-394 deficit in all-time work, including 173- Chicago sent 10 men to the plate, scoring seven times on five hits and an error...the White Sox rally 218 in the Windy City and 103-126 at this address. spoiled another win for Jakob Junis, who exited with a 3-1 lead in the sixth...after one of his inherited Date Site Score WP LP Att. runners scored, he wound up being charged with two runs on five hits over 5.1 innings, remaining 3/29 KC L, 7-14 Shields Duffy 36,517 3/31 KC L, 3-4 Farquhar Maurer 17,564 unbeaten in the month of August in his career...KC grabbed the lead in the third inning with RBI hits 4/26 KC L, 3-6 Giolito Junis 18,315 from Whit Merrifield and Salvador Perez and an Alex Gordon sacrifice fly...Merrifield reached base 4/27 KC L, 4-7 (11) Infante Hill 15,395 four times, collecting a single, an RBI double and two walks, while Alcides Escobar added a pair of 4/28 KC-1 L, 0-8 Fulmer Oaks 16,971 4/28 KC-2 W, 5-2 Skoglund Covey 16,070 singles...the Royals have now dropped five-straight road contests, dating back to their last series here at 4/29 KC W, 5-4 McCarthy Rondon 23,892 the beginning of the month. 7/13 @CWS L, 6-9 Shields Keller 19,361 7/14 @CWS W, 5-0 Duffy Lopez 20,159 ALL GOOD THINGS MUST END--Last night’s seventh inning not only cost the Royals the lead, it 7/15 @CWS L, 1-10 Giolito Smith 23,434 7/31 @CWS W, 4-2 Duffy Shields 15,250 ended their errorless streak at 16 games, two shy of the Major League record held by the Yankees (2009) 8/1 @CWS W, 10-5 Junis Covey 18,019 and Boston (2016), according to Elias Sports Bureau...KC’s streak was snapped after 153.0 consecutive 8/2 @CWS L, 4-6 Cedeno Adam 19,682 innings without a fielding miscue, which dated back to the first inning of the July 29 contest at Yankee 8/17 @CWS L, 3-9 Shields Hill 24,556 8/18 @CWS Stadium...the error was just the eighth committed by the Royals in 27 games since the All-Star break... in that span, KC is tied for the highest fielding percentage in baseball (.992) with Cincinnati, while for the season, the Royals’ .988 mark is tied with Houston for tops in the American League. ROSTER MOVE--Today the Royals selected right-handed pitcher Jake Newberry (#68) from Omaha (AAA) and optioned Jason Adam to Triple-A...Newberry, 23, has allowed just two earned runs (0.90 ERA) and held opposing hitters to a .191 average in 16 appearances with the Storm Chasers, while he’s 5-0 with a 1.63 ERA in 41 combined appearances between Omaha and Northwest Arkansas (AA)...Newberry was originally selected by the Royals in the 37th round out of Mira Mesa High School in San Diego...when he debuts, Newberry will be the lowest-round draft pick to debut for KC since Jarrod Dyson (50th round) in 2010. VISIT TO TROP ON HORIZON--Kansas City opened this seven-day, seven-game road swing with last night’s 9-3 loss...following the completion of this series, the Royals will travel to St. Petersburg, Fla., for their annual series with the Rays...all four contests at ‘The Trop’ 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 Tropicana Field since 2012, going 12-6 at the park since the start of 2013. TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Brad Keller (5-5, 3.40) vs. RHP Dylan Covey (4-9, 6.06) 2018 2017 Career 2018 2017 Career Brad Keller vs. White Sox 0-1 - 0-1 Major League Record 5-5 (3.40 ERA) - 5-5 Dylan Covey vs. Royals 0-2 0-3 0-5 Major League Record 4-9 (6.06 ERA) 0-7 6-16 BRAD KELLER makes his 14th start and 35th appearance of his rookie season…it’s his sixth appearance (3rd start) vs. the White Sox…he was acquired via trade from the Reds, who selected him from Arizona in the 2017 Rule 5 Draft…he was Brad’s Major League Starts originally an eighth-round pick of Arizona in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft. DATE OPPONENT SCORE IP H R ER HR BB SO TP-K LEFT 5/30 vs. Minnesota ND, 11-8 3.0 3 1 1 0 1 3 51-29 9-1 SEVEN STRONG VS. TORONTO--Brad won for the third time in five starts 6/5 at LA Angels L, 0-1 4.1 5 1 1 0 1 3 75-45 0-0 6/10 at Oakland ND, 2-3 5.1 5 2 2 0 4 4 85-57 2-2 in a 3-1 victory over Toronto on Monday…he held the Blue Jays to one run on four 6/17 vs. Houston ND, 4-7 6.0 9 3 3 0 3 1 83-53 4-3 6/25 vs. LA Angels W, 2-0 7.0 2 0 0 0 2 6 109-67 1-0 hits and two walks in 7.0 innings, with four strikeouts…he surrendered a solo HR to 7/1 at Seattle L, 0-1 8.0 6 1 1 0 0 3 102-64 0-1 Devon Travis in the first, but allowed just five base runners the rest of the way, two of 7/7 vs. Boston ND, 4-15 4.2 6 4 4 0 5 2 89-46 4-3 7/13 at White Sox L, 6-9 2.2 7 5 5 0 4 1 70-42 2-5 which were erased on double plays…he retired 13 of his last 15 before exiting after 7.0 7/22 vs. Minnesota W, 5-3 7.0+ 3 3 3 1 2 8 99-68 5-3 7/28 at NY Yankees-1 W, 10-5 5.2 9 4 4 1 3 1 92-51 6-4 innings, one shy of his career high…he owns a 3.94 ERA (14 ER in 32.0 IP) in his last 8/2 at White Sox ND, 4-6 6.1 5 2 2 0 3 9 104-64 0-1 five starts, after yielding nine runs in 7.1 innings in his previous two. 8/7 vs. Chicago Cubs L, 0-5 6.0 7 4 4 0 3 4 98-61 0-4 8/13 vs. Toronto W, 3-1 7.0 4 1 1 1 2 4 101-57 3-1 REPUTABLE ROOKIE--Keller’s 3.40 ERA (36 ER in 95.1 IP) ranks second 2018 Totals (Starter) 4-4 3.82 73.0 71 31 31 3 33 49 1158-704 60.8% 2018 Totals (Reliever) 1-1 2.01 22.1 17 5 5 1 7 13 349-209 59.8% among Major League rookies (min. 90 IP), trailing St. Louis’ Jack Flaherty (3.05 in 2018 Totals 5-5 3.40 95.1 88 36 36 4 40 62 1507-913 60.6% 109.1 IP)…only three Royals have ended their first big league season with a lower ERA than Keller’s 3.40 (min. 90 IP): Jose Rosado (3.21 ERA in 106.2 IP in 1996), Rich Gale (3.09 ERA in 192.1 IP in 1978) & Doug Bird (2.99 ERA in 102.1 IP in 1973).