OFFICIAL GAME NOTES (68-81) @ Kansas City Royals (81-67) Kauffman Stadium - Monday, September 15, 2014 Game #150 - Home Game #76 Fox Sports Kansas City & KCSP Radio (610 Sports) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Tuesday, September 16 vs. Chicago White Sox: RHP Chris Bassitt (0-1, 4.73) vs. RHP Liam Hendriks or LHP Danny Duffy, 7:10 p.m., FSKC & 610 Sports Wednesday, September 17 vs. Chicago White Sox: LHP Chris Sale (12-3, 1.99) vs. RHP Yordano Ventura (12-10, 3.27), 7:10 p.m., FSKC & 610 Sports Thursday, September 18: Off day at home Friday, September 19 vs. Detroit Tigers: TBA vs. RHP Jeremy Guthrie (11-11, 4.35), 7:10 p.m., FSKC, ESPN & 610 Sports Saturday, September 20 vs. Detroit Tigers: TBA vs. LHP Jason Vargas (11-9, 3.41), 12:05 p.m., FOX Network & 610 Sports Sunday, September 21 vs. Detroit Tigers: TBA vs. RHP James Shields (14-7+ tonight), 1:10 p.m., FSKC, TBS & 610 Sports Tonight’s game is being broadcast in Kansas City on KCSP Radio (610 Sports) and the Royals Radio Network with Royals’ Hall of Famer Denny Matthews, Steve Physioc and Steve Stewart, while Don Free controls the dials as the producer/engineer...tonight’s game is televised in High Definition on Fox Sports Kansas City with Ryan Lefebvre and Rex Hudler, while Joel Goldberg and Royals’ Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery anchor Royals’ Hy-Vee Live. Royals vs. White Sox NOT SUCH A ‘GRAND’ SUNDAY--The Red Sox played long ball here yesterday to the tune of seven of The Royals hold an 8-4 advantage over the ChiSox with 7 their runs coming via the home run, the most damaging a grand slam by Daniel Nava to stake Boston to an remaining...KC will closeout its 2014 regular season in “The 8-4 decision and a series victory...the loss coupled with Detroit’s come-from-behind effort against Cleveland Cell” with a 4-game set...the Royals have won 6 of the last 7 put the Royals 1 1/2 games out in the A.L. Central, the largest divisional deficit for KC since August 9 meetings vs. Chicago...KC trails in the all-time series, 332- 361, including a 180-161 advantage in Kansas City, 158-150 in when they were also 1 1/2 behind...Kansas City still holds a one-game lead for the second Wild Card slot Kauffman Stadium. over Seattle, while trailing Oakland for what would be the home field by 1 1/2 games...as for yesterday, the Date Site Score WP LP Att. Royals jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second inning with the big blow a 3-run homer by Eric Hosmer... 4/4 KC W, 7-5 Guthrie Johnson 40,103 Boston responded in the third when hit a 3-run shot, but then starter Jason Vargas retired 4/5 KC W, 4-3 Davis Downs 21,463 4/6 KC L, 1-5 Sale Shields 29,760 the next seven in order before the fateful sixth...after two were aboard and then a flyout, Vargy was removed 5/19 KC L, 6-7 Putnam Vargas 16,462 for Aaron Crow, who issued a bases filling walk, recorded a and then surrendered a grand slam to 5/20 KC L, 6-7 Rienzo Ventura 14,900 Daniel Nava on the first pitch of the at bat. 5/21 KC W, 3-1 Davis Quintana 17,576 6/13 @ Chi W, 7-2 Guthrie Quintana 22,773 THE FINAL COUNTDOWN--Kansas City enters the final two weeks of this 26-week marathon with 14 6/14 @ Chi W, 9-1 Duffy Noesi 24,527 6/15 @ Chi W, 6-3 Shields Rienzo 29,152 games remaining, including the completion of the suspended game a week from tonight in Cleveland with 7/21 @ Chi L, 1-3 Sale Guthrie 18,888 the Royals trailing 4-2 in the 10th inning...this 10-game homestand is off to a tough 1-3 start after Boston’s 7/22 @ Chi W, 7-1 Chen Carroll 20,428 visit and runs through the weekend with Detroit calling after Chicago...the regular season will conclude with 7/23 @ Chi W, 2-1 Davis Putnam 23,811 9/15 KC a 7+ game journey (suspended game included)...the Tigers are down to 13 games after sweeping the Tribe 9/16 KC over the weekend...KC’s remaining opponents include the White Sox (7), Indians (3+ suspended game) and 9/17 KC Tigers (3)...meanwhile, including three here vs. the Royals, Detroit has Minnesota (7) and the White Sox (3). 9/25 @ Chi 9/26 @ Chi CHAMPIONS AGAIN--The won their second straight Pacific Coast League title and 9/27 @ Chi third in the last four years with a 4-0 win at home yesterday over the Reno Aces...righthander Aaron Brooks 9/28 @ Chi fired a masterful 2-hitter, fanning nine while walking a pair to lead the defending Triple-A National Champs into another one-game title contest this time against the Pawtucket Red Sox tomorrow night in Charlotte, NC...Brett Hayes drove in a pair of runs, while Pedro Ciriaco and Paulo Orlando each had two hits...Orlando hit .410 (16-for-39) during Omaha’s post-season run. A WEEKEND WITH THE BENGALS--The 2014 home slate will conclude with a 3-game visit from the Detroit Tigers starting Friday night...Saturday’s middle affair has been switched from its original 6:10 start to 12:05 to accommodate the FOX Network, with Justin Kutcher, Tom Verducci and Ken Rosenthal hitting town...Saturday will also be Fan Appreciation Day, capped with the annual Shirts Off Their Backs promotion...the Royals need a reversal of fortune against the Tigers in 2014, going just 5-11 on the year, including a 1-6 ledger here in Kauffman Stadium. FOUR NOT ENOUGH--The Royals jumped out to their “magic number” yesterday with a 4-0 lead, but that wasn’t enough as KC dropped an 8-4 contest to fall to 63-11 when plating at least four...dating back to last year, the Royals are 127-25 when scoring at least four times...conversely, Kansas City is 18-56 when scoring under four. TONIGHT’S STARTING : LHP John Danks (9-11, 5.05) vs. RHP James Shields (14-7, 3.13) 2014 2013 Career 2014 2013 Career John Danks vs. Royals 0-0 1-0 6-0 Major League Record 9-11 (5.05 ERA) 4-14 70-85 James Shields vs. White Sox 1-1 2-1 6-5 Major League Record 14-7 (3.13 ERA) 13-9 114-89 JAMES SHIELDS makes his team leading 32nd start of the season, the 283rd career start and 284th overall appearance...tonight is his 21st career start against the White Sox and fourth of this season...Shields was acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays as the centerpiece of a 7-player deal on December 9, 2012. VINTAGE SHIELDS--James turned in a second-straight scoreless performance, James’ 2014 Starts blanking the Tigers over 7.0 innings last Wednesday in a 3-0 KC triumph at rainy Comerica DATE OPPONENT SCORE IP H R ER HR BB SO TP-K LEFT Park...Shields allowed a leadoff single to Ian Kinsler in the first, then promptly picked him 3/31 at Detroit ND, 3-4 6.1 5 3 3 1 1 3 106-71 3-1 4/6 Chicago L, 1-5 7.0 5 1 1 0 0 6 102-65 0-1 off and retired the next 18 hitters he faced...the Tigers’ second hit didn’t come until a 1-out 4/12 at Minnesota L, 1-7 5.2 6 7 1 2 3 5 115-69 1-7 single by Torii Hunter in the seventh inning, after KC had built a 2-0 lead...the seventh 4/17 at Houston W, 5-1 8.0 4 1 1 0 2 12 107-64 5-1 4/22 at Cleveland W, 8-2 6.0 6 2 1 0 1 9 106-65 6-2 frame was the only time Detroit threatened as both Hunter and Miguel Cabrera reached 4/27 at Baltimore W, 9-3 7.0 3 2 2 1 2 6 101-69 8-2 5/2 Detroit L, 2-8 6.1 12 8 7 1 1 3 105-68 2-6 base, however Shields got Victor Martinez to fly out and fanned J.D. Martinez to end the 5/7 at San Diego W, 8-0 7.0 7 0 0 0 2 4 118-73 7-0 inning and capping his scoreless outing...he allowed just 2 hits and a walk while fanning 5/13 Colorado W, 5-1 7.0 5 1 1 0 0 8 98-75 4-1 5/18 Baltimore W, 8-6 7.0 9 3 3 0 1 3 99-64 8-3 8...it was his 14th victory of the season and 20th road win over the last two years, most in 5/24 at Los Angeles ND, 7-4 (13) 6.0 9 4 4 2 2 4 112-71 4-4 the A.L., and tied for most in the Majors with Madison Bumgarner and Adam Wainwright. 5/29 at Toronto ND, 8-6 (10) 7.0 8 6 6 3 0 6 108-72 5-6 6/3 at St. Louis ND, 8-7 5.1 9 7 5 2 4 1 96-57 6-7 STREAKING--With 7.0 scoreless frames last Wednesday night, Shields upped his 6/8 New York W, 2-1 6.0 6 1 0 0 2 8 110-67 2-1 6/15 at Chicago W, 6-3 6.0 10 3 3 0 1 3 110-70 6-3 streak to 18.1 innings without allowing a run, the longest by a Royals’ starting this 6/20 Seattle ND, 5-7 7.0 9 5 5 2 1 4 103-67 5-5 season...it’s also the longest of his career, topping the 16.0 consecutive shutout innings he 6/25 L.A. Dodgers ND, 4-5 7.0 7 4 4 1 1 2 107-65 4-4 7/1 at Minnesota L, 2-10 5.0 9 5 4 0 2 5 113-71 1-5 worked as a rookie in 2006...the longest scoreless streak by an A.L. starter this year is 26.0 7/7 at Tampa Bay W, 6-0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1 10 103-64 2-0 innings by Texas’ Martin Perez (April 13-23), while James’ teammate Wade Davis has the 7/12 Detroit L, 1-5 7.0 7 2 2 0 0 8 121-78 1-2 7/18 at Boston ND, 4-5 5.2 8 4 3 1 1 3 112-74 4-3 longest overall shutout streak in the league, currently at 30.2 innings. 7/23 at Chicago ND, 2-1 7.0 6 1 1 0 1 7 105-74 1-1 7/29 Minnesota L, 1-2 6.0 6 2 1 0 4 5 124-77 0-2 FEWER FREEBIES--Shields enters tonight with the eighth-lowest walk ratio among 8/3 at Oakland W, 4-2 8.0 4 2 2 2 0 2 102-65 4-2 A.L. pitchers at 1.78 per 9.0 innings...he’s on pace for his lowest rate since 2008 (1.67). 8/9 San Francisco W, 5-0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1 5 109-72 5-0 8/14 Oakland ND, 7-3 6.0 7 3 3 0 1 5 111-73 2-3 VS. CHICAGO--James has gone 1-1 with a 2.25 ERA (5 ER in 20.0 IP) in 3 starts 8/19 at Colorado W, 7-4 6.0 9 2 2 1 1 6 95-63 4-2 against the White Sox this season...he was a 6-3 winner at ‘The Cell’ on June 15, giving up 3 8/25 New York L, 1-8 6.2 10 6 6 2 3 3 109-68 1-6 8/30 Cleveland ND, 2-3 (11) 7.0 5 1 1 0 1 4 112-74 0-1 runs over 6.0 innings...he then allowed a run on 6 hits over 7.0 innings in a no-decision there 9/5 at New York W, 1-0 8.1 3 0 0 0 0 6 97-68 1-0 9/10 at Detroit W, 3-0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1 8 98-68 2-0 July 23, a 2-1 Royals win...Shields is 6-5 with a 3.57 ERA (53 ER in 133.2 IP) in 20 starts 2014 Totals 14-7, 3.13 207.1 203 86 72 21 41 164 3314-2141 65% all-time vs. the Sox, including 3-2 with a 2.10 ERA over the last two years as a Royal. Career Totals 114-89 3.72 1890.2 1857 856 781 225 449 1610 - - BACK AT HOME--Shields returns to ‘The K’ with a 4-5 record and 3.44 ERA (34 Shields vs. White Sox ER in 89.0 IP) in 13 starts here this year...he’s looking for his first home victory since he tossed a complete game shutout in a 5-0 win over San Francsico on August 9...James has gone 55-42 with a 3.46 ERA with a .253 Player AVG. AB H HR RBI Jose Abreu .250 8 2 0 0 opponents’ average in 141 home starts in his career, including 7-11 with a 3.95 ERA with Kansas City. Jordan Danks .167 6 1 0 0 James’ Last Win: .444 9 4 0 0 Tyler Flowers .273 11 3 1 1 September 10 @ Detroit (7.0 IP, 3-0 over Rick Porcello) Avisail Garcia .167 12 2 0 0 James’ Last Loss: Conor Gillaspie .300 20 6 0 0 August 25 vs. New York (6.2 IP, 1-8 to Michael Pineda) Paul Konerko .158 38 6 0 1 Adrian Nieto .333 3 1 0 0 James’ Strikeout High: Josh Phegley .125 8 1 0 1 15, October 2, 2012 vs. Baltimore (9.0 IP, 1-0 loss to Miguel Gonzalez) Alexei Ramirez .412 51 21 2 6 James’ Last Complete Game & Shutout: .200 5 1 0 0 Moises Sierra .167 6 1 0 0 August 9 vs. San Francisco (9.0 IP, 5-0 over Tim Hudson) - 22nd career CG & 9th shutout Dayan Viciedo .320 25 8 0 3 Kansas City Royals • One Royal Way • Kansas City, MO 64129-6969 • www.royals.com • ©Kansas City Royals 2014 Royals Notes - Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals - Monday, September 15, 2014 Pitching Notes Tomorrow’s Starter - TBA

2014 Pitching Lines G W-L SV SVO ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO OPP AVG Starters 149 56-52 - - 3.56 918.1 904 403 363 89 250 669 .256 Relievers 146 25-15 48 59 3.39 417.1 367 174 157 30 158 397 .236 Totals 149 81-67 48 59 3.50 1335.2 1271 577 520 119 408 1066 .250 Bullpen Totals: 1st Batter Efficiency: 281/397 (71%) Saves/ Opp: 48/59 (81%) Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 153/44 (29%) Francisley Bueno (L) 1st Batter Efficiency:17/28 Saves/Save Opp: 0/1 (0%) Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 17/6 2014 Strikeout High: 4 on 7/20 @ Boston September 11 vs. Boston 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 = Francisley worked a scoreless ninth on Thursday, allowing a leadoff single before a double play, then working around a triple and an intentional walk. = Bueno has a career ERA of 2.30 within the division, allowing 7 earned runs over 27.1 innings...he has a combined 3.66 ERA against all other clubs. Casey Coleman 1st Batter Efficiency:6/7 Saves/Save Opp: 0/0 (0%) Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 5/0 2014 Strikeout High: 2 on 9/11 vs. Boston September 14 vs. Boston 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 = Casey pitched the ninth inning in yesterday’s 8-4 loss to Boston, using a double play to work around a walk and a single. = He was 5-1 with a 2.15 ERA, 3 saves and 53 over 34 appearances (67.0 innings) with Omaha...he started 2014 in the Cubs organization. Louis Coleman 1st Batter Efficiency:18/26 Saves/Save Opp: 0/0 (0%) Last Save: May 11, 2011 @ NYY (1st) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 8/4 2014 Strikeout High: 2 (3x, last 7/10 vs. Det) September 14 vs. Boston 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 = Louis allowed a leadoff walk in the seventh yesterday against Boston, which turned into a run on a sac fly by Xander Bogaerts. = He recorded a 1-2-3 sixth here on Thursday vs. Boston, exiting after retiring Xander Bogaerts in the seventh. = He’s in his fourth stint of 2014 with KC...he was 2-1 with a 3.86 ERA and 7 saves in 28 games at Triple-A Omaha. Aaron Crow 1st Batter Efficiency:46/64 Saves/Save Opp: 3/5 (60%) Last Save: Sept. 2 vs. Texas (6th) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 24/10 2014 Strikeout High: 3 (2x, last 7/24 vs. Cle) September 14 vs. Boston 0.2 1 2 2 1 1 = Aaron inherited runners at second and third with 1 away and a 4-3 lead vs. Boston yesterday...he walked Yoenis Cespedes, then struck out Allen Craig before the game’s big hit, a grand slam on the first pitch to Daniel Nava...Boston went on to an 8-4 win. = Aaron has a career 2.88 ERA against the White Sox, allowing 8 runs over 25.0 innings. Wade Davis 1st Batter Efficiency:49/63 Saves/Save Opp: 3/6 (50%) Last Save: Sept. 10 @ Det (3rd career) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 10/3 2014 Strikeout High: 4 on 5/6 @ San Diego September 10 @ Det (Save) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 = Wade didn’t pitch during the Boston series...he posted his third save of the recent road trip and of his career on Wednesday at Detroit, wrapping up a 1-2-3 ninth with 2 strikeouts. = He has a 30.2 inning scoreless streak, a club record for a reliever...it’s also the longest active streak by any Major League pitcher and the longest this year by a reliever...he has a 0.17 ERA since April 26. = Davis is tied for first among A.L. relievers with 8 wins...he’s the first Royals reliever to notch 8 or more wins since 2000. = Wade’s 96 strikeouts rank third in a single season by a Royals reliever...the club mark of 103 is shared by Jim York (1971) and (2013). = He set a club record with his 29th hold on September 3, surpassing Jason Grimsley’s single-season record from 2003...Davis also leads the A.L. in holds. = Wade’s season ERA of 0.70 ranks fourth all-time among qualifying relievers, trailing only Fernando Rodney (0.60 in 2012), Dennis Eckersley (0.61 in 1990) and Al Benton (0.62 in 1949). Scott Downs (L) 1st Batter Efficiency:31/53 Saves/Save Opp: 0/1 (0%) Last Save: May 26 vs. Cle (27th career) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 36/6 2014 Strikeout High: 3 (3x, last 6/14 @ KC) September 8 @ Detroit 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 = Scott made his first appearance in 9 days last Monday at Detroit, working into the seventh after entering with 1 on and 1 away in the sixth...he ended the sixth by picking off Don Kelly, which was his sixth career pickoff and first since 2010. = Downs has appeared in 15 games for the Royals after opening 2014 with the White Sox, going 0-2 with a save and 6.08 ERA in 38 games. Brandon Finnegan (L) 1st Batter Efficiency:3/3 Saves/Save Opp: 0/0 (0%) Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 0/0 2014 Strikeout High: 2 (2x, last 9/13 vs. Bos) September 13 vs. Boston 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 = Brandon finished Saturday’s 7-1 win over Boston with a scoreless ninth, allowing a single while striking out 2...he has retired 11 of 12 batters so far in the Majors, including 5 strikeouts. = He made his big league debut on September 6 at Yankee Stadium, working 2.0 scoreless innings, including strikeouts of Jacoby Ellsbury and Derek Jeter. = He’s in the Majors after just 13 minor league outings...he posted a 0.60 ERA over 15.0 innings at Wilmington (A), then a 2.25 ERA in 12.0 Double-A innings. = The 17th overall pick in June, Brandon became the first 2014 draftee to make the Majors. = The Fort Worth native was 9-3 with a 2.04 ERA and 134 strikeouts in 105.2 innings this year at TCU. Jason Frasor 1st Batter Efficiency:42/58 Saves/Save Opp: 0/2 (0%) Last Save: Sept. 26, 2010 (36th career) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 36/11 2014 Strikeout High: 3 on 9/12 vs. Boston September 14 vs. Boston 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 = Jason allowed a walk and a single to open the eighth yesterday vs. Boston, though he worked out of the inning without damage. = Jason struck out the side in the eighth on Friday vs. Boston, the 11th time that he has fanned 3 in an inning and first since June 1,1 2013 vs. Cleveland. = The Chicago native pitched for the Sox down the stretch in 2011, making 20 appearances after a July trade from Toronto. Kelvin Herrera 1st Batter Efficiency:47 /63 Saves/Save Opp: 0/1 (0%) Last Save: Apr. 10, 2013 vs. Min (5th car.) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 38/9 2014 Strikeout High: 3 on 6/27 vs. LAA September 10 @ Detroit 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 = Kelvin recorded a 1-2-3 eighth at Detroit on Wednesday, ending with a strikeout to preserve KC’s 2-0 lead in what turned out to be a 3-0 final. = He extended his scoreless streak to 29.2 innings on Wednesday, dating back to June 27...it’s the second-longest streak by a Major League reliever this year, trailing only teammate Wade Davis, who is currently at 30.2 innings...it’s also the second-longest streak by a reliever in franchise history. = Kelvin has not allowed a home run in his last 87.1 innings dating to July 28, 2013...it’s the longest streak by a reliever in franchise history. Greg Holland 1st Batter Efficiency:45/60 Saves/Save Opp: 42/44 (95%) Last Save: Sept. 3 vs. Tex (109th career) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 5/1 2014 Strikeout High: 3 (6x, last 9/12 vs. Bos) September 12 vs. Boston 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 = Greg made his first appearance in 9 days on Friday vs. Boston as he had been slowed by a tight right triceps...he worked around a 1-out walk in the ninth, striking out the side. = Greg closed out the last homestand with a save in a 4-1 win over Texas on September 3, posting 2 K’s in a 1-2-3 ninth...his 42 saves are second in the A.L. to Fernando Rodney (45). = He’s 5-1 with a 1.14 ERA and 19 saves vs. Chicago, his highest total against any opponent (Detroit and Minnesota, 13). = Greg’s 89 saves over the last 2 years tie Dan Quisenberry (45 in 1983 and 44 in 1984) for the most by a Royal over back-to-back seasons...Holland set the single-season club mark last year with 47...he’s the third Royal to have multiple seasons of 40 or more saves, joining Quisenberry and Joakim Soria. Royals Notes - Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals - Monday, September 15, 2014 Hitting Notes Lane Adams Bos Series: Did not play Last Trip: pinch ran Hit Streak: n/a = Lane made his second Major League appearance last Wednesday night in Detroit, pinch running in the eighth inning...made his debut on September 1, also as a pinch-runner...he was recalled from Northwest Arkansas (AA), where he was hitting .269 (109-for-405) with 25 doubles, 3 triples and 11 homers for the Naturals. = Adams, KC’s 13th-round selection in 2009, was named a mid-season and postseason All-Star in the Texas League this year, stealing 38 bases. Nori Aoki Bos Series: 4-for-16, run, 2B, RBI, 2 BB Last Trip: 5-for-17 (.294), 3 RBI, 2 BB Hit Streak: 0 g (0-5) = Nori went 0-for-4 yesterday, drawing a walk in the ninth inning...he went 2-for-4 on Saturday night and is hitting .333 (20-for-60) with 7 RBI since August 1 here at ‘The K’...he ranks fifth in the , hitting .348 (39-for-112) vs. left-handed pitching, while he’s second in MLB as left-handed hitter. = Aoki has recorded 23 RBI since the All-Star break...he’s hitting .439 (18-for-42) with RISP in that span, including 6 for his last 11 in those situations. = He’s enjoyed success against the White Sox, batting .417 (15-for-36) with 4 doubles and 7 runs scored against them this season...this includes 6 multi-hit games... in 12 career games vs. Chicago, he’s hitting .396 (19-for-48) with 6 doubles, 9 runs scored and a .482 on-base pct. = A career .294 hitter (74-for-262) with a .456 slugging pct. during the month of September...the Royals are 35-9 in games where Nori scores at least one run. Billy Butler Bos Series: 0-for-4 Last Trip: 0-for-7, RBI Hit Streak: 0 g (0-11) = Billy didn’t play again yesterday, making his only start of the series Friday...he’s in an 0-for-11 skid and is 1-for-27 dating back to August 29. = He’s hit .359 (14-for-39) with 2 doubles, a homer and 8 RBI in 12 contests vs. the White Sox this season...hit safely in 9 of his last 10 games vs. Chicago at ‘The K’...his 18 career roundtrippers vs. the White Sox are more than he’s hit against any other club...batting .320 (40-for-125) vs. left-handed pitchers this year. = Named A.L. Player of the Week August 11, hitting .481 with 5 doubles, 2 homers and 7 RBI over the previous week...the first Royal to win the honor since 2012. = Butler ranks seventh in KC history with 127 career homers, moving past Danny Tartabull (124) with his blast on August 8 vs. the Giants...among Royals with over 2,000 at-bats, his .294 career batting average is tied for third with Kevin Seitzer (.294), behind George Brett (.305) and Mike Sweeney (.299). Lorenzo Cain Bos Series: 5-for-15, 3 runs, 2 2B, RBI, BB Last Trip: 5-for-19 (.263), 3 runs, 3B, HR, 3 RBI, SB Hit Streak: 5 g (8-19) = Lorenzo hit safely in his fifth-straight game, collecting a one-out single in the eighth...he’s batting .421 (8-for-19) with 2 doubles, a triple and 4 runs scored during his mini-streak...hitting .370 (10-for-27) with a .630 slugging percentage and 4 RBI in his last 7 contests. = Cain recorded his 25th steal Saturday night, becoming the third Royal to reach that mark...it’s the first time KC has had 3 different players with 25 steals in a season since 1983...his 25 thefts are tied for ninth in the A.L....he’s swiped 18 in his last 19 attempts, with his 18 thefts since July 1 tied for fifth-most in the A.L. = Batting .318 (35-for-110) with RISP, with his 46 RBI matching his career high total from last year...also batting .302 (61-for-202) here at the ‘The K’. = Lo collected his first inside-the-park home run Monday in Detroit...it was the first by a Royal since David DeJesus did it against Minnesota on April 23, 2010. = Cain’s .947 zone rating ranks first among A.L. and second in the Majors...tied for ninth in the A.L. with 8 outfield assists this season. Christian Colon Bos Series: Did not play Last Trip: Did not play Hit Streak: 2 g (2-9) = Christian hasn’t played since September 2, when he left the game with a fractured distal tip of the middle finger on his right hand...he’s made eight starts with KC this season and played in 19 games over three stints in the Major Leagues...batted .311 (107-for-344) with 18 doubles and 8 homers at Omaha (AAA) this year. = Collected 2 doubles and a triple on July 4 in Cleveland to become first Royal to collect 3 extra-base hits in his first start, since Mark Quinn in 1999. Jarrod Dyson Bos Series: 0-for-8, RBI Last Trip: 0-for-4, BB Hit Streak: 0 g (0-15) = Jarrod went 0-for-4 again yesterday, but drove in KC’s fourth run with an RBI ground out...he’s struggled this month, going 1-for-19 (.053) since the calendar changed to September...he’s also hitless in his last 15 at-bats, dating back to September 1...set career highs in average (.354) and OBP (.407) in August. = Dyson’s 33 steals rank third in the American League...he’s one theft shy from matching his career-high total from last season (34)...he’s the first Royal to record 30-plus steals in 3 consecutive years since Carlos Beltran (2001-03)...he’s also 3 steals away from matching U.L. Washington (120) for ninth on KC’s all-time list. = He’s tied for third in the A.L. with 9 bunt hits this season and tied for 11th in 22 infield hits..he’s 4-for-13 (.308) with a double and 3 steals vs. the Sox this year. Alcides Escobar Bos Series: 4-for-16, 2 runs, 2B, RBI, SB Last Trip: 5-for-20 (.250), 2 runs, 2B, RBI, 2 SB, SF, SAC Hit Streak: 2 g (3-9) = Esky went 1-for-5 yesterday, singling in the ninth inning...he hit out of the leadoff spot for the third time this season and second time in as many games. = He’s batting .316 (42-for-133) with 9 doubles, 2 triples and a homer vs. left-handed pitching this season...this includes a .349 average (15-for-43) since August 1...hitting .316 (12-for-38) with 4 doubles and 3 runs scored over his last 9 home games...his 5 triples this year are tops among A.L. . = Alcides recorded his 30th steal Thursday night, good for fifth in the A.L....he was caught stealing September 7 in the Bronx, just the fourth time in his last 63 attempts (59-of-63)...his 90.6 stolen base percentage (87-for-96) since the start of 2012 is the highest in the Major Leagues among players with at least 40 tries. = Tied for seventh in the A.L. with 24 infield hits this season...his 117 infield knocks since the start of 2011 are third-most in the Majors, behind Ichiro Suzuki (130) and Ben Revere (118)...he’s played in the most games at short (620) in the Majors over the past 4 seasons, 3 more than Alexei Ramirez (617) who is second. Johnny Giavotella Bos Series: Did not play Last Trip: Did not play Hit Streak: 0 g (0-6) = Johnny hasn’t played since being recalled from Omaha (AAA) on September 1...he hit .308 (136-for-441) with 33 doubles and 7 homers for the Chasers this year. = Giavotella has played in 10 games over 2 previous stints with KC this year, going 6-for-34 (.176) with a homer and 5 RBI...slugged his fourth career Major League home run on May 11 in Seattle, with his 3-run shot helping the Royals to a 9-7 victory...he’s hitting .301 (43-for-143) in his career with two outs in an inning. Alex Gordon Bos Series: 4-for-15, 4 runs, 2 2B, RBI BB Last Trip: 1-for-18 (.056), run, RBI, 7 BB, SB Hit Streak: 2 g (4-8) = Alex collected two hits yesterday, going 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored...after an 0-for-21 skid, he’s collected two hits in each of his last two contests. = Gordo recorded his 241st career double in the eighth inning yesterday, tying him for seventh on KC’s all-time list with Willie Wilson...it was also his 154th double since the start of 2011, ranking him fourth in the Majors...Alex is also 1 hit shy of tying Fred Patek (1,036) for ninth in team history. = He is hitting .348 (16-for-46) with 4 doubles, 7 RBI and a .444 on-base pct. against the White Sox this year. = He collected his team-leading 67th RBI of the year Saturday night, which are tied for 10th among A.L. outfielders...despite his recent struggles, he still ranks seventh in the A.L., hitting .336 (38-for-113) with runners in scoring position...leads the team with 19 homers, with 13 of them tying the game or giving KC the lead. Terrance Gore Bos Series: Did not play Last Trip: pinch ran Hit Streak: n/a = Terrance played in his third Major League game last Tuesday night, pinch-running for Omar Infante in the ninth inning...all three of his appearances this season have come as a pinch-runner...he recorded his first stolen base and scored his first run with the Royals on the same play September 3 vs. Texas. = Gore was recalled from Northwest Arkansas (AA) on September 2...he opened the year at Wilmington (A), where he ranked fourth in the Carolina League with 36 steals in 89 games...also played in 17 games at Omaha (AAA), where he hit .250 and recorded 11 steals in 14 attempts. Eric Hosmer Bos Series: 2-for-14, 2 runs, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 BB Last Trip: 8-for-21 (.381), 2 runs, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 BB Hit Streak: 1 g (1-2) = Eric hit his second home run in the last three games, blasting a three-run shot in the second inning...it was the first home run by the Royals with more than one person on base since Nori Aoki’s grand slam at Arizona on August 5...Hoz also drew a pair of walks yesterday, his first game with multiple walks since July 9. = He’s had success against Chicago starter John Danks in his career, going 7-for-14 with an RBI and 2 walks against the lefty...he’s hit .296 (55-for-186) with 24 RBI and a .425 slugging pct. against A.L. Central foes this season...batting .322 (103-for-320) after the sixth over the last two seasons. = He’s batting .305 (61-for-200) with runners on, compared to .235 with the bases empty...had a team-best 16-game hitting streak from June 30-July 20. Raul Ibanez Bos Series: Did not play Last Trip: Did not play Hit Streak: 0 g (0-4) = Raul hasn’t played since September 1, when he went 0-for-3 with a walk...he’s reached base via a hit or a walk in 5 of his last 6 games, while he has a .357 on-base percentage over his last 16 games...he’s recorded three multi-hit games since the All-Star break, most recently on August 16 with 2 hits at Target Field. = Ibanez was signed by the Royals on June 30 after spending the first 2 1/2 months with the Angels...became the oldest Royal to homer (42 years, 61 days) on August 1, with his solo shot in Oakland besting the A’s, 1-0...his 305 career roundtrippers are 14th-most among active Major Leaguers. Omar Infante Bos Series: 5-for-14, run, 2 RBI, BB, SAC Last Trip: 6-for-26 (.231), run, RBI, SB Hit Streak: 2 g (5-8) = Omar went 2-for-4 with an infield single yesterday...he recorded 3 hits on Saturday evening, his second 3-hit game of the week, also doing it last Tuesday night in Detroit...registered 2 RBI Saturday for his first multi-RBI contest sinceAugust 23 at Texas...batting .295 with a .335 OBP from the seventh inning on. = Infante has collected a career-best 62 RBI this season, seventh-most by a Royals ...he’s recorded 4 RBI or more on 4 occasions this year...prior to this year, Omar had just five games in his career with four-plus RBI...he’s hitting .300 (12-for-40) with 3 RBI and 6 runs scored against Chicago this season. = He enjoyed a 4-for-5 effort with 3 doubles and 4 RBI August 19 in Colorado...it was his first 4-hit game as a Royal, while his 3 doubles matched a career-best. Bos Series: Did not play Last Trip: Did not play Hit Streak: 1 g (1-3) = Erik hasn’t played since August 31, when he started behind the plate and went 1-for-3 with a double...he’s hitting .333 (8-for-24) with a double, 2 homers and 3 RBI since joining the Royals...recorded his first career multi-homer game August 18 at Target Field...acquired from Toronto on July 28 with RHP Liam Hendriks. Mike Moustakas Bos Series: 4-for-13, HBP, BB Last Trip: 5-for-21 (.238), 2 runs, 2B, RBI, SF Hit Streak: 4 g (4-13) = Mike hit safely in a fourth-straight game, going 1-for-3 with a walk yesterday...he finished the series 4-for-13 (.308), also reaching base six times in 15 plate appearances...he’s hit safely in 8 of his last 9 games, batting .290 (9-for-31) with a double and 2 runs scored. = Moose has hit 15 home runs this season, tied for sixth-most among A.L. third basemen...3 of them have come against Chicago, while 12 of them have come against A.L. Central foes...he’s batting .300 (9-for-30) with 6 walks and 7 runs scored against the ChiSox this season...tied for third on the team with 21 two-out RBI. Jayson Nix Bos Series: Did not play Last Trip: Did not play Hit Streak: 0 g (0-2) = Jayson hasn’t played since September 2, when he was a defensive replacement at third base in the ninth inning...played first base in his Royals debut on August 30, his first Major League game at the position...he’s appeared at six different positions in his MLB career (1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, RF). Royals Notes - Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals - Monday, September 15, 2014 Hitting Notes (Cont.) Carlos Peguero Bos Series: Did not play Last Trip: 0-for-3 Hit Streak: 0 g (0-5) = Carlos hasn’t played since starting in right field on September 6 in the Bronx...made his KC debut September 1, going 1-for-3 with a double vs. the Rangers... it marked his first big league action since appearing in 2 games duringApril, 2013 with the Mariners...had his contract selected September 1 from Omaha (AAA). = Peguero ranked second in the PCL with 30 homers this year...hit .311 during the month of August with six doubles, 15 homers and 32 RBI in 30 games. Francisco Pena Bos Series: Did not play Last Trip: Did not play Hit Streak: n/a = Francisco hasn’t played since being recalled by from Omaha (AAA) on September 1...he’s making his second stint in the big leagues this season, making his Major League debut on May 20 vs. the White Sox...he hit .240 with 27 homers and 61 RBI for the Storm Chasers...his 27 homers were tops by a in the PCL. = Pena is the youngest son of former Royals manager Tony Pena...he and older brother, Tony Jr., are only the second set of brothers to ever play for Kansas City, joining George and Ken Brett. Salvador Perez Bos Series: 3-for-16, 2 runs, 2B, RBI Last Trip: 4-for-24 (.167), RBI Hit Streak: 3 g (3-12) = Salvy hit safely in his third-straight game, going 1-for-4 yesterday...he’s hit safely in 11 of his last 13 games at ‘The K’, batting .298 (17-for-57) with 7 extra- base hits (5 doubles, a triple, a homer) and 9 RBI...batting .341 (14-for-41) with RISP since August 1, with 26 RBI in that span. = Perez is tops among A.L. backstops in hits (139) and multi-hit games (36)...he’s also second in extra-base hits (44), doubles (27) and third in RBI (65) and homers (16)...his 16 home runs are tied for ninth-most by a Royals catcher and the most since Miguel Olivo hit 23 roundtrippers in 2009. = He threw out on an attempted double steal Friday night, giving him 20 runners caught stealing...his total is tied for seventh in the A.L., while he’s thrown out 43 would-be base stealers since the start of last year, tied with Yan Gomes for most in the A.L. = Salvy has also picked off 4 baserunners this season, which is tied for the Major League lead...his 13 career picks are tied for sixth among active MLB . Josh Willingham Bos Series: 0-for-2, run, BB, HBP Last Trip: 5-for-15 (.333), 4 runs, 2B, BB Hit Streak: 0 g (0-2) = Josh did not play the last two nights after suffering a groin strain on Thursday...he is day-to-day...he’s reached base in seven-straight games via a hit or a walk and scored runs in each of his last five contests...looking for his first hit against the Red Sox, having gone 0-for-2 Thursday and 0-for-11 with the Twins. = Blasted 12 of his 14 homers since June 1...traded to KC on August 11 from Minnesota, in exchange for minor league pitcher Jason Adam. This & That HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOCH--Kansas City hurler Luke Hochevar is celebrating his 31st birthday today...out this season due to Tommy John surgery, Hoch shares this date with several luminaries such as Prince Harry (30), actor Tommy Lee Jones (68), Hall of Famer quarterback Dan Marino (53), Seattle coach Pete Carroll (63) and from the fraternity, Hall of Fame pitcher and former Royal, Gaylord Perry (76). ROLLERCOASTER AT HOME--The Royals are just 4-6 and trailing in a suspended game in their last 11 home contests...the year began with Kansas City going just 21-25 in Kauffman Stadium, but then from July 13 - August 27, KC reeled off a 14-4 mark here before falling into this recent funk...KC has seen a resurgence at the gate in 2014, entering tonight with a season total of 1,767,532 for 75 home dates, with yesterday’s crowd of 19,065 pushing this year’s total past last year’s season mark of 1,750,754 over the 81 dates...the Royals have averaged 23,567 per contest this year which paces the total to just over the 1.91 million mark and it would be the highest single-season total since 1993 when KC had 1,934,578 fans attend the 80-game home slate. CENTRALIZING THE SLATE--The just completed 1-3 set with Boston wrapped up out of division play for the Royals in 2014...KC has 14 games left on the docket (13 full games and one suspended), all of which will be against A.L. Central brethren...Kansas City is 31-31 during an up and down intradivisional season of play...KC turned the page from a 5-15 start within the Central to go 25-11 in its next 36 A.L. Central contests, but has since lost five of the last six and trail 4-2 in a suspended contest against Cleveland...for the record, the Royals wrapped up out-of-division work going 17-17 vs. the A.L. East, 18-14 vs. the A.L. Central and had a big league best 15-5 ledger against the National League, of which all but four of those games were against the N.L. West. A SECOND STRAIGHT SERIES LOSS--The Royals have dropped consecutive sets for the first time since around the All-Star break and to the same two teams who did it to KC previously...Kansas City went 1-2 in Detroit last week and then 1-3 vs. Boston over the weekend, the first consecutive series setbacks since losing three of four to the Tigers just before the break and then getting swept in Fenway in the first series after the All-Star Game...despite the last week, the Royals are still 13-3-1 in their last 16 series contested. SUSPENDED GAME RESUMPTION--The resumption of the August 31 suspended game will have a 6:05 first pitch in Progressive Field (5:05 Kansas City time) one week from tonight...the game will resume with Kansas City coming to bat in the bottom of the 10th inning, trailing 4-2, with Mike Moustakas scheduled to face reliever Kyle Crockett...the Indians plated a pair of unearned runs in the top of the 10th just prior to the storm’s arrival...all players on both expanded rosters are eligible to participate in the game resumption unless they’ve already been removed from the contest. FEW CHALLENGES--Manager Ned Yost asked for his first review since August 24 when he felt Ian Kinsler was indeed picked off at first base in the first inning last Wednesday night in Detroit...he and video guru Bill Duplissea were accurate in their assessment of the situation and got confirmation that Eric Hosmer did slap the tag on Kinsler in time...Yost, Dupe and the Royals have been extremely successful this year, going 21-12 in reviews (64%)...on the flip side, KC’s opponents have gone 16-for-38 (42%) in replay challenges. KC EMPLOYING THE SHORT GAME--The Royals enter tonight leading the American League with 148 infield hits...Kansas City has four in the Top 10 individually in infield knocks with Nori Aoki tied for fourth (25) and Alcides Escobar tied for seventh (24), while Lorenzo Cain is tied for ninth with 23, followed by Jarrod Dyson tied for 11th (22). SCORELESS STREAKS--The trio that worked Wednesday night’s win in Detroit have amassed a total 78.2 consecutive shutout innings, as Wade Davis, Kelvin Herrera and James Shields have the three longest active scoreless streaks in the American League...Davis has a big league best 30.2 dating back to June 27, while Herrera worked a shutout frame last night to up his streak to 29.2, also dating back to June 27...Shields, who opened the last road trip with 8.1 shutout innings in Yankee Stadium, closed the journey with 7.0 scoreless on Wednesday night in Comerica Park and will take the mound on Monday against the White Sox with an active streak of 18.1, which is one out more than the club’s previous best of this year for a starter which was set by Yordano Ventura from April 25-May 5. DAVIS AMONG BASEBALL’S ELITE--Wade Davis was forced to step in for regular Greg Holland during the last road trip and capped a trio of shutout with the first three saves of his professional career...Davis now possesses the Majors’ longest scoreless inning streak at 30.2, while his season ERA of 0.70 is tops in the Majors among all hurlers who have thrown at least 40.0 innings...the last run Wade allowed was on June 25th and has been the lone run surrendered in his last 52.0 innings for a 0.17 ERA dating back to April 26...since giving up two earned runs on April 5, Wade has allowed only two runs over his last 57 outings (59.0 innings) for a 0.31 ERA, while fanning 93...he opened the year going almost four full months without allowing an extra-base hit, but Minnesota’s Kurt Suzuki doubled on July 31. HOLLY BACK IN ACTION--Greg Holland remains second in the A.L. in saves and is the first to record back-to-back 40-save seasons for KC since Dan Quisenberry did it in 1983 (45) and ‘84 (44)...Holly has made good of 42 of his 44 tries this year, including 35 of the last 36 and 16 in a row...over a longer haul, Holland has converted 82 of his last 85 attempts (96.5%) since May 30 of last season, the highest percentage among closers with at least 40 opportunities in that span...since that date, Greg has five more saves than any other pitcher in baseball ( - 77) and has allowed just 14 earned runs in 108.1 innings for a 1.16 ERA...he recorded his 100th career save on August 8 and since posting his first career save on August 3, 2011 vs. Baltimore, Holland has gone 109-for-119, the best save pct. at 91.6 among closers with at least 100 save opportunities.

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Player AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Adams ------.000 0 0 0 0 ------Aoki .417 36 15 0 1 .396 48 19 0 1 .289 751 217 9 56 .333 3 1 0 0 - - - - - Butler .359 39 14 1 8 .284 490 139 18 89 .312 2144 669 65 324 .206 34 7 0 3 - - - - - Cain .244 45 11 0 8 .272 147 40 3 20 .282 592 167 9 71 .000 6 0 0 0 - - - - - Colon ------.292 24 7 0 1 ------Dyson .308 13 4 0 1 .306 49 15 1 5 .265 446 118 4 40 ------Escobar .200 45 9 0 0 .278 245 68 3 19 .261 1415 369 10 120 .000 13 0 0 0 - - - - - Giavotella .000 3 0 0 0 .309 68 21 0 9 .217 198 43 3 18 .500 8 4 0 1 - - - - - Gordon .348 46 16 0 7 .252 404 102 5 40 .275 1873 515 63 258 .172 29 5 0 0 - - - - - Gore ------.000 0 0 0 0 ------Hosmer .270 37 10 1 9 .258 233 60 6 20 .267 1029 275 26 128 .500 14 7 0 1 - - - - - Ibanez .400 5 2 0 1 .304 398 121 18 68 .276 3652 1007 161 624 .364 11 4 1 4 - - - - - Infante .300 40 12 0 3 .270 293 79 9 25 .272 2255 613 29 222 .235 17 4 1 2 - - - - - Kratz ------.236 250 59 12 34 ------Moustakas .300 30 9 3 6 .244 197 48 9 23 .237 843 200 23 97 .077 13 1 0 1 - - - - - Nix - - - - - .275 40 11 1 7 .210 618 130 18 65 .500 2 1 0 0 - - - - - Peguero - - - - - .333 6 2 0 0 .187 123 23 6 15 ------Pena .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 ------Perez .289 38 11 1 4 .292 185 54 6 21 .287 682 196 18 103 .250 8 2 0 0 - - - - - Willingham .255 47 12 2 5 .221 226 50 6 30 .251 1848 464 93 297 .176 17 3 0 3 - - - - - Royals Notes - Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals - Monday, September 15, 2014

2014 Royals Home Run Breakdown vs. vs. @ on Runners On Outs Tied Gave Direction Team Last Home Run AB’s Players Total LHP RHP Home Road 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 Game Lead LF LC CF RC RF Record Date Opp. Pitcher Since Adams ------Aoki 1 - 1 - 1 - - - 1 - - 1 ------1 1-0 8/5/14 @ ARZ B. Schultz 115 Butler 9 4 5 5 4 4 4 1 - 4 3 2 - 4 6 2 - - 1 5-3 8/24/14 @ TEX S. Baker 44 Cain 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 - - 1 1 2 - 2 1 3 - - - 2-2 9/8/14 @ DET J. Verlander 24 Colon ------43 Dyson 1 - 1 1 - 1 - - - 1 ------1 0-1 6/25/14 LAD D. Haren 132 Escobar 2 1 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 - - 1 2 - - - - 1-1 5/11/14 @ SEA R. Elias 399 Giavotella 1 - 1 - 1 - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 1 - - - - 1-0 5/11/14 @ SEA D. Farquhar 14 Gordon 19 9 10 11 8 8 7 4 - 13 1 5 3 10 - - 2 10 7 14-3 9/3/14 TEX N. Tepesch 34 Gore ------Hosmer 8 1 7 5 3 3 4 1 - 2 3 3 - 4 - - 3 1 4 5-3 9/14/14 BOS J. Kelly 1 Ibanez 5 - 5 3 2 3 1 1 - - 4 1 1 1 - - - 1 4 3-2 8/1/14 @ OAK S. Gray 28 Infante 6 2 4 2 4 2 2 1 1 - 3 3 - 2 4 2 - - - 6-0 8/13/14 OAK S. Kazmir 106 Kratz 5 3 2 1 4 3 2 - - 2 1 2 - - 2 1 2 - - 3-1 8/18/14 @ MIN R. Pressly 11 Moustakas 15 3 12 5 10 7 6 2 - 5 5 5 1 4 - - - 2 13 10-4 8/25/14 NYY M. Pineda 66 Nix 1 - 1 - 1 1 - - - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - 0-1 4/23/14 @ LAD Z. Greinke 50 Peguero ------4/25/13 LAA G. Richards 12 Pena ------Perez 16 3 13 8 8 9 3 4 - 6 6 4 3 6 12 3 1 - - 14-2 9/1/14 TEX C. Lewis 49 Willingham 14 3 11 5 9 10 3 1 - 7 4 3 3 7 7 4 2 - - 9-4 8/22/14 @ TEX C. Lewis 32

Pinch-Hit: Last: Erik Kratz (8/18/14 @ Minnesota, seventh inning) - Franchise total: 76 Grand Slam: Last: Nori Aoki (8/5/14 @ Arizona, fifth inning) - Franchise total: 117 Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: Last: Shane Mack (5/22/98 @ Texas, seventh inning) 2-Homer Game: Last: Erik Kratz (8/18/14 @ Minnesota), 2 solo 3-Homer Game: Last: Danny Tartabull (7/6/91 vs. Oakland) Back-to-Back: Last: Salvador Perez, Mike Moustakas (7/25/14 vs. Cleveland, second inning) Back-to-Back-to-Back: Last: Tony Graffanino, Angel Berroa, Doug Mientkiewicz (5/25/06 vs. Detroit, first inning) Three Home Runs, One Inning: Last: Melky Cabrera, Eric Hosmer and Brayan Pena (5/27/11 @ Texas, 14th inning) Four Home Runs, One Inning: Last: Mike Sweeney, Jermaine Dye, Raul Ibanez and Carlos Beltran (6/29/01 @ Cleveland, fourth inning) Leadoff Game: Last: Lorenzo Cain (6/25/14 vs. Los Angeles Dodgers) - Franchise total: 87 Inside-the-Park: Last: Lorenzo Cain (9/8/14 @ Detroit) - Franchise total: 95 Both Sides of the Plate in One Game: Last: Wilson Betemit (6/10/10 @ Minnesota) - Franchise total: 6 Home Run by Pitcher: Last: (6/10/05 @ Arizona) Walk-off Home Run: Last: Alex Gordon (8/26/14 vs. Minnesota, 9th inning, Perkins pitching) - Franchise total: 65 Opponent: Pinch-Hit: Last: Raul Ibanez, Seattle (9/5/13 @ Kauffman Stadium, Greg Holland pitching, 9th inning) Grand Slam: Last: Daniel Nava, Boston (9/14/14 @ Kauffman Stadium, Aaron Crow, 6th inning) Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: Last: Darryl Strawberry, New York (5/2/98 @ Kauffman Stadium, Scott Service pitching, 9th inning) Back-to-Back: Last: Carlos Santana and Yan Gomes, Cleveland (7/27/14 @ Kauffman Stadium, Aaron Crow pitching, 9th inning) Leadoff Game: Last: Shin-Soo Choo, Texas (8/23/14 @ Globe Life Park, Jeremy Guthrie pitching) Inside-the-Park: Last: Jason Kipnis, Cleveland (7/3/13 @ Kauffman Stadium, Jeremy Guthrie pitching, 6th inning) Walk-off Home Run: Last: Ramon Santiago @ Detroit (8/30/11 @ Comerica Park, Aaron Crow pitching, 10th inning) Three Home Runs, One Inning: Last: Jason Heyward, Justin Upton and Dan Uggla, Atlanta (4/16/13 @ Turner Field, Kelvin Herrera pitching, 8th inning) Four Home Runs, One Inning: Last: Alex Rios, Carlos Quentin, Andruw Jones, Dayan Viciedo, Chicago (7/11/10 @ U.S. Cellular, Anthony Lerew pitching, 3rd inning) Three Home Runs, One Player: Last: Shin-soo Choo, Cleveland (9/17/10 @ Kauffman Stadium, Kyle Davies-1; Bryan Bullington-1; Greg Holland-1) Both Sides of the Plate in One Game: Last: Ryan Doumit, Minnesota (7/22/12 @ Kauffman Stadium, Jeremy Guthrie and Tim Collins pitching) 2014 Single-Game Bests Multi-Hit Games Multi-RBI Games RBI Hitting Streaks Hits Players 2 3 4 5 6+ Total 2 3 4 5 6+ Total Tying Go-Ahead 2-out 5-10 11-15 16+ Current Long (3+) Infield Bunt Adams ------Aoki 32 4 - - - 36 5 - 1 - - 6 3 8 12 5 - - 0 g 6 gm (2x) 25 6 Butler 26 7 1 - - 34 11 3 - - - 14 6 17 16 9 - - 0 g 10 gm (6/10-20) 7 - Cain 21 8 4 - - 33 6 - 1 - - 7 8 8 13 6 - - 5 g 6 gm (3x) 23 - Colon - 2 - - - 2 ------3 - - - 2 g 3 gm (8/13-20) 2 1 Dyson 15 3 - - - 18 3 1 - - - 4 3 3 10 3 - - 0 g 5 gm (3x) 22 9 Escobar 29 6 1 - - 35 8 2 2 - - 12 2 8 21 5 1 - 2 g 12 gm (6/1-14) 24 5 Giavotella ------1 - - - 1 1 1 3 - - - 0 g - - - Gordon 32 7 1 - - 40 13 2 1 - 1 17 11 21 18 6 - - 2 g 9 gm (5/23-31) 6 - Gore ------Hosmer 23 6 3 - - 32 6 4 1 - - 11 1 16 13 5 - - 1 g 16 gm (6/30-7/20) 5 1 Ibanez 7 - - - - 7 4 3 - - - 7 1 8 10 1 - - 0 g 5 gm (6/16-7/2) 2 - Infante 21 10 1 - - 32 9 2 3 - 1 15 2 12 22 6 - - 2 g 9 gm (6/8-18) 13 - Kratz 3 - - - - 3 5 - - - - 5 1 2 4 - - - 1 g 3 gm (5x) 2 1 Moustakas 14 2 - - - 16 7 4 1 - - 12 2 9 21 4 - - 4 g 6 gm (8/18-25) 2 - Nix 1 - - - - 1 ------1 - - - 0 g 2 gm - - Peguero ------0 g 1 gm - - Pena ------Perez 25 10 1 - - 36 6 6 1 - - 13 10 16 24 3 1 - 3 g 12 gm (6/5-18) 4 - Willingham 11 1 - - - 12 5 4 - - - 9 4 13 11 4 - - 0 g 8 gm (5/28-6/4) 5 -

The Last Time... No-Hitter by the Royals: Triple Play by the Royals: Opponent Three or more Steals, One Game: Bret Saberhagen, August 26, 1991 vs. Chicago June 11, 2006 vs. Tampa Bay (DeJesus-Elarton- Ben Revere, Minnesota, September 14, 2011 at KC (3 SB) (Royals 7-0) Berroa-Teahen with Branyan batting, 2nd inning) Royals Steal of Home: No-Hitter vs. Royals: Triple Play vs. Royals: Alcides Escobar, vs. Cleveland, September 18, 2013 Jon Lester, May 19, 2008 @ Boston April 20, 2012 vs. Toronto at Kauffman Stadium, (5th inning) - on double steal in Fenway Park (Red Sox 7-0) (6-3, Hosmer batting, 3rd inning) Opponent Steal of Home: One-Hitter by the Royals (complete game): Royal hit for the cycle: Brett Lawrie, Toronto, April 22, 2012 at Kauffman Zack Greinke, August 30, 2009 at Seattle George Brett, July 25, 1990 @ Toronto Stadium (8th inning) - on double steal (Royals 3-0) Opponent hit for the cycle: Royals Suspended Game: One-Hitter vs. Royals (complete game): Jeff DaVanon, Anaheim, August 25, 2004 August 31, 2014 vs. Cleveland (Rain) Scott Baker, Minnesota, August 31, 2007 (Game 2) at Angel Stadium Royals Home Run in first ML at bat: at Metrodome (Twins 5-0) Royal Five-Hit Game: Jon Nunnally, April 29, 1995 vs. New York Two-Hitter by the Royals (complete game): Billy Butler, September 5, 2013 @ Seattle (5-for-5) (Melido Perez pitching, 1st inning) James Shields, April 13, 2013 vs. Toronto Royal Six-Hit Game: Royals Home Run in 4 Consecutive Games: (Blue Jays 3-2) Joe Randa, Sept. 9, 2004 at Detroit-Game 1 (6-for-7) Billy Butler, July 26-29, 2011 Two-Hitter vs. Royals (complete game): Royals Two Hits, One Inning: Royals 0-0 Game After 9 innings: Jeff Niemann, Tampa Bay, June 3, 2009 Billy Butler, August 17, 2014 @ Minnesota (2nd) September 22, 2013 vs. Texas (4-0 in 10 inn.) at Tropicana Field (Rays, 9-0) Royals Five-RBI Game: Royals Walk-Off Win: Back-to-Back Complete Game Wins by the Royals: Eric Hosmer, August 5, 2013 vs. Minnesota August 26, 2014 vs. Minnesota (2-1, 9 innings) Brian Bannister and Zack Greinke, April 13-14, 2008 Royals Six-RBI Game: Royals Bat Around: vs. Minnesota (5-1) and at Seattle (5-1) Alex Gordon, May 18, 2014 vs. Baltimore August 27, 2014 vs. Minneosta (8th inning, 6 runs) Back-to-Back Shutouts by the Royals: Royals Seven-RBI Game: -- 23 times in 2014 -- Sept. 29-30, 1992 at California (2-0 and 4-0) (12 times) - last: Billy Butler, April 7, 2013 @ Philly Three-game sweep by Royals at Kauffman Stadium: Back-to-Back Shutouts vs. Royals: Royals Position Player Pitching: September 1-3, 2014 vs. Texas May 22-23, 2009 @ St Louis (5-0 and 5-0) Mitch Maier, April 15, 2012 vs. Cleveland Three-game sweep by Royals on the road: Three Straight Shutouts vs. Royals: Opponent Position Player Pitching: August 5-7, 2014 @ Arizona July 5-7, 2004 at Minnesota (9-0, 4-0, 12-0) A.L.: Jamey Carroll, Minnesota, August 5, 2013 at Four-game sweep by Royals at Kauffman Stadium: 10+ Innings Pitched by a Royals starter: Kauffman Stadium; N.L.: D’Angelo Jimenez, San Diego, September 15-18, 2008 vs. Seattle Kevin Appier, July 23, 1992 at Cleveland (10.0) June 30, 2002 at Kauffman Stadium Four-game sweep by Royals on the road: 10+ Strikeouts by a Royals starter: Royals Pitcher Homered: May 7-10, 1999 @ Minnesota James Shields, July 7, 2014 @ Tampa Bay (10) Zack Greinke, June 10, 2005 @ Arizona Three-game sweep by opposition at Kauffman Stadium: Shutout by the Royals (Complete Game): Royals Pitcher With a Hit: June 20-22, 2014 vs. Seattle Jason Vargas, August 13, 2014 vs. Oakland James Shields, June 3, 2014 @ St. Louis Three-game sweep by opposition on the road: (Royals 3-0) Royals Pitcher With a RBI: July 18-20, 2014 @ Boston Shutout by the Royals (Combined): James Shields, June 3, 2014 @ St. Louis Four-game sweep by opposition at Kauffman Stadium: September 10, 2014 @ Detroit (3-0); Shields (7.0), Royals Three or more Steals, One Game: May 23-26, 2013 vs. Los Angeles Angels Herrera (1.0), Davis (1.0) Nori Aoki (3) and Jarrod Dyson (3), August 10, 2014 Four-game sweep by opposition on the road: vs. San Francisco September 24-27, 2012 @ Detroit

Disabled List (2) Player D.L. Type Injury Dates on D.L. Eligible for reinstatement Games Missed Team Record RHP-Luke Hochevar 60-day Recovery from Tommy John surgery March 30 (retro March 21) April 5 149 81-67 RHP-Michael Mariot 60-day Right hamstring strain August 28 October 26 17 7-9 Royals Notes - Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals - Monday, September 15, 2014 2014 Recent Transactions The Lineup Card

Date Player Transaction Starts by Batting Order 7/16 RHP-Jason Frasor Acquired from Texas in exchange for RHP Spencer Patton 1st: Aoki (59-44), Cain (8-13), Colon (0-1), Dyson (10-5), Escobar (2-1), Infante (2-3) INF/OF-Jimmy Paredes Designated for assignment 2nd: Aoki (1-1), Cain (1-2), Escobar (7-6), Giavotella (1-0), Hosmer (14-18), RHP-Louis Coleman Optioned to Omaha Infante (57-39), Valencia (0-1) 7/24 INF/OF-Jimmy Paredes Traded to Baltimore for cash considerations 3rd: Butler (12-13), Cain (1-1), Gordon (15-11), Hosmer (37-31), Perez (16-11) 7/28 C-Erik Kratz/ 4th: Butler (45-33), Gordon (12-14), Ibanez (0-1), Perez (22-15), Valencia (1-2), RHP-Liam Hendriks Acquired from Toronto for INF Willingham (1-2) C-Brett Hayes Designated for assignment 5th: Butler (0-4), Gordon (52-38), Hosmer (6-6), Infante (2-6), Moustakas (6-1), 7/29 INF-Christian Colon Recalled from Omaha Perez (13-11), Valencia (0-1), Willingham (2-0) 8/2 1B-Eric Hosmer Placed on 15-day D.L. (fractured right third metacarpal) 6th: Butler (11-10), Cain (16-4), Escobar (0-1), Giavotella (2-2), Hosmer (1-1), LHP-Jason Vargas Activated from 15-day D.L. Ibanez (6-3), Infante (4-3), Kratz (0-2), Maxwell (0-1), Moustakas (4-5), 8/11 OF-Josh Willingham Acquired from Minnesota for RHP Jason Adam Perez (24-21), Valencia (6-9), Willingham (7-5) 8/12 LHP-Scott Downs Placed on the 15-day D.L. (cervical facet sprain) 7th: Aoki (1-0), Butler (2-1), Cain (18-17), Ciriaco (0-1), Colon (1-0), Escobar (3-8), 8/27 RHP-Liam Hendriks Recalled from Omaha Giavotella (2-1), Hayes (0-2), Ibanez (7-3), Infante (2-2), Kratz (3-0), RHP-Aaron Crow Optioned to Northwest Arkansas Maxwell (1-2), Moustakas (38-23), Peguero (1-1), Valencia (2-6) 8/28 INF-Jayson Nix Claimed on Outright Waivers from Pittsburgh 8th: Aoki (1-1), Cain (15-14), Ciriaco (1-2), Colon (2-0), Dyson (4-6), RHP-Michael Mariot Recalled from Omaha; placed on 60-day D.L. Escobar (32-16), Giavotella (1-0), Hayes (0-3), Ibanez (1-1), Kratz (0-0), (right hamstring strain) Maxwell (2-6), Moustakas (20-17), Paredes (0-1), Valencia (2-0) LHP-Scott Downs Activated from 15-day D.L. 9th: Aoki (2-2), Ciriaco (3-4), Colon (4-3), Dyson (24-14), Escobar (36-35), RHP-Liam Hendriks Optioned to Northwest Arkansas Giavotella (0-1), Hayes (4-5), Paredes (0-1), Pitchers (8-2) 8/30 INF-Christian Colon Optioned to Northwest Arkansas 9/1 LHP-Brandon Finnegan Contract selected from Northwest Arkansas Starts by Position OF-Carlos Peguero Contract selected from Omaha P: Brooks (0-1), Chen (4-3), Duffy (11-11), Guthrie (17-13), Hendriks (1-1), LHP-Chris Dwyer Designated for assignment Shields (19-12), Vargas (14-14), Ventura (15-12) RHP-Blake Wood Designated for assignment C: Hayes (4-10), Kratz (2-2), Perez (75-55) 1B-Eric Hosmer Returned from rehab assignment; reinstated from 15-day D.L. 1B: Butler (22-11), Hosmer (58-56), Ibanez (1-0) OF-Lane Adams Recalled from Northwest Arkansas 2B: Ciriaco (3-5), Colon (4-3), Giavotella (6-4), Infante (67-53), Valencia (1-2) RHP-Casey Coleman Recalled from Omaha 3B: Ciriaco (1-2), Colon (3-1), Moustakas (69-45), Paredes (0-2), Valencia (9-16) INF-Johnny Giavotella Recalled from Omaha C-Francisco Pena Recalled from Omaha SS: Escobar (81-67) 9/2 RHP-Aaron Crow Recalled from Northwest Arkansas LF: Aoki (0-1), Dyson (0-2), Gordon (79-62), Ibanez (2-2) RHP-Liam Hendriks Recalled from Northwest Arkansas CF: Cain (41-40), Dyson (38-24), Maxwell (2-3) INF-Christian Colon Recalled from Northwest Arkansas RF: Aoki (59-46), Cain (17-11), Ibanez (3-2), Maxwell (1-6), Peguero (1-1), OF-Terrance Gore Recalled from Northwest Arkansas Willingham (0-1) DH: Aoki (5-1), Butler (48-50), Ibanez (8-4), Kratz (1-0), Perez (0-3), Valencia (1-1), Willingham (10-6) Lineup Production Kansas City By the Days Errorless Streaks Batting Order - HR RBI Monday 9-8 Player Streak Last Error Player Streak Last Error 1st - 3 52 Tuesday 13-9 ROYALS 1 9/13/14 vs. BOS Gore - - 2nd - 5 60 Pitchers 13 8/31/14 vs. CLE Hosmer 3 9/11/14 vs. BOS Wednesday 17-6 Ibanez 4 7/10/14 vs. DET 3rd - 15 79 Adams - - Thursday 7-8 Aoki 77 5/9/14 @ SEA Infante 5 9/9/14 @ DET 4th - 13 67 Butler 0 8/31/14 vs. CLE Kratz 56 5/30/13 vs. BOS 5th - 18 67 Friday 13-11 Saturday 10-14 Cain 26 8/15/14 @ MIN Moustakas 1 9/13/14 vs. BOS 6th - 16 69 Colon 0 9/2/14 vs. TEX Nix 10 8/13/14 @ DET 7th - 11 55 Sunday 11-12 Dyson 7 9/1/14 vs. TEX Peguero 32 6/12/11 @ DET 8th - 9 62 Escobar 3 9/11/14 vs. BOS Pena 1 - 9th - 1 40 Giavotella 6 5/11/14 @ SEA Perez 8 9/6/14 @ NYY Gordon 39 8/2/14 @ OAK Willingham 57 9/14/13 vs. TB Daily Update Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Total Royals 53 72 56 87 91 45 80 57 42 2 5 1 3 1 - 595 Opponents 54 52 73 79 78 67 48 46 62 10 5 2 - - - 577 Victory Margin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15+ Royals 21 18 14 8 8 8 1 2 - 1 - - - - - Opponents 22 9 6 11 5 5 4 2 1 1 - 1 - - -

Multi-Run Innings for Royals # of runs # times last time 2 runs - 77 September 13 vs. Boston (8th inning, 3 hits) 3 runs - 37 September 13 vs. Boston (4th inning, 3 hits) 4 runs - 16 September 14 vs. Boston (2nd inning, 5 hits) 5 runs - 8 August 15 @ Minnesota (4th inning, 5 hits) 6 runs - 3 August 27 vs. Minnesota (8th inning, 7 hits) 7 runs - 3 August 17 @ Minnesota (2nd inning, 5 hits) 8 runs - 1 August 5 @ Arizona (5th inning, 5 hits)

Royals vs. White Sox Catcher/Pitcher Matchups 2014 Career (Team Record w/Starters) Pitcher W-L S ERA G IP H ER W-L S ERA G IP H ER Pitcher Perez Hayes Kratz Totals Bueno 0-0 0 3.38 4 2.2 4 1 0-0 0 2.25 6 4.0 4 1 Brooks - 0-1 - 0-1 C. Coleman 0-0 0 0.00 1 1.2 2 0 0-0 0 1.93 4 4.2 4 1 Chen 3-1 1-2 - 4-3 L. Coleman 0-0 0 0.00 1 1.1 1 0 0-0 0 2.12 12 17.0 10 4 Duffy 10-7 1-3 0-1 11-11 Crow 0-0 0 6.75 6 4.0 5 3 2-2 0 2.88 26 25.0 25 8 Guthrie 14-12 2-1 1-0 17-13 Davis 3-0 0 2.57 7 7.0 4 2 7-1 0 1.69 18 58.2 41 11 Downs 0-1 0 0.00 1 0.2 0 0 1-1 5 2.42 28 26.0 12 7 Hendriks 1-1 - - 1-1 Duffy 1-0 0 0.00 1 7.0 5 0 2-0 0 1.23 3 14.2 10 2 Shields 18-11 0-1 1-0 19-12 Finnegan ------Vargas 14-13 - 0-1 14-14 Frasor 0-0 0 0.00 2 0.2 0 0 5-2 0 1.66 33 21.2 15 4 Ventura 15-10 0-2 - 15-12 Guthrie 2-1 0 3.70 4 24.1 21 10 7-7 0 3.49 25 152.0 136 59 Total 75-55 4-10 2-2 81-67 Hendriks ------0-3 0 6.64 4 20.1 21 15 Herrera 0-0 0 0.00 6 5.2 3 0 2-1 0 1.44 26 25.0 22 4 Holland 0-0 5 0.00 6 6.0 3 0 5-1 19 1.14 36 39.1 31 5 Shields 1-1 0 2.25 3 20.0 21 5 6-5 0 3.57 20 133.2 141 53 Vargas 0-1 0 13.50 1 4.2 8 7 1-2 0 7.14 8 40.1 50 32 Ventura 0-1 0 6.00 1 6.0 7 4 0-2 0 7.20 2 10.0 13 8

Catcher Breakdown Starting Pitchers Breakdown

Total KC Avg. Runs Team Quality Perez Hayes Kratz Pena Totals Pitcher GS Runs Per Start Record Starts Starts 129 14 5 0 148 Aaron Brooks 1 2 2.0 0-1 0 CS/ATT 20-72 1-8 1-5 1-1 23-86 Bruce Chen 7 26 3.7 4-3 1 Danny Duffy 23 78 3.4 11-11 11 Pct. 27.8 22.2 20.0 100.0 26.7 Jeremy Guthrie 30 126 4.2 17-13 15 Catcher PO 4 - - - 4 Liam Hendriks 2 9 4.5 1-1 1 ERA 3.19 6.10 3.38 0.00 3.50 James Shields 31 136 4.4 19-12 21 ER/IP 404/1143.2 97/143.0 19/48.0 0/1.0 520/1335.2 Jason Vargas 28 120 4.3 14-14 18 Yordano Ventura 27 98 3.6 15-12 20 Team Totals 149 595 4.0 81-67 87 Pitcher Pickoffs: 13 (September 10 @ Detroit) Pickoff & CS: 2 (July 27 vs. Cleveland) Royals Notes - Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals - Monday, September 15, 2014 Miscellaneous Statistics Team Batting Royals Opponents Most runs, game 12 Twice, last: August 17 @ Minnesota 16 July 10 vs. Detroit Most runs, extra-inning game 8 May 29 @ Toronto 11 August 28 vs. Minnesota Most hits, game 17 June 16 @ Detroit 20 August 12 vs. Oakland Most hits, extra-inning game 16 Twice, last: May 24 @ Los Angeles 14 Twice, last: August 28 vs. Minnesota Fewest hits, game 3 Twice, last: September 5 @ New York 2 Twice, last September 10 @ Detroit Most runs, inning 8 August 5 @ Arizona (5th) 8 Twice, last: August 2 @ Oakland (5th) Most hits, inning 7 Thrice, last: August 27 vs. Minnesota (8th) 8 Twice, last: August 2 @ Oakland (5th) Most doubles, game 6 Twice, last: September 2 vs. Texas 8 July 10 vs. Detroit Most doubles, extra-inning game 4 May 6 @ San Diego 5 Twice, last: August 28 vs. Minnesota Most triples, game 2 August 15 @ Minnesota 2 Twice, last: June 25 vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Most home runs, game 3 4 times, last: August 17 @ Minnesota 4 July 27 vs. Cleveland Most home runs, extra-inning game 2 April 16 @ Houston 3 May 29 @ Toronto Most home runs, inning 2 6 times, last: August 5 @ Arizona (5th) 2 4 times, last: July 27 vs. Cleveland (9th) Most extra-base hits, game 6 4 times, last: August 19 @ Colorado 9 July 10 vs. Detroit Most extra-base hits, extra-inning game 5 May 6 @ San Diego 7 May 24 @ Los Angeles Most steals, game 7 August 10 vs. San Francisco 3 4 times, last: June 28 vs. Los Angeles Angels Most times caught stealing, game 2 Thrice, last: September 9 @ Detroit 2 Thrice, last: July 12 vs. Detroit Most sacrifice flies, game 4 June 11 vs. Cleveland (ties franchise record) 3 July 10 vs. Detroit Most sacrifices, game 2 4 times, last: July 23 @ Chicago 2 May 8 @ Seattle Most strikeouts, game 12 August 12 vs. Oakland 13 4 times, last: July 7 @ Tampa Bay Most strikeouts, extra-inning game 13 August 30 vs. Cleveland 15 July 24 vs. Cleveland Most walks, game 7 Twice, last: July 22 @ Chicago 10 May 28 vs. Houston Most walks, extra-inning game 9 August 30 vs. Cleveland 6 July 24 vs. Cleveland Most left on base, game 14 July 22 @ Chicago 14 May 30 @ Toronto Most left on base, extra-inning game 16 August 30 vs. Cleveland 12 Twice, last: June 4 vs. St. Louis Fewest left on base, game 1 Twice, last: September 3 vs. Texas 1 August 3 @ Oakland Fewest left on base, extra-inning game 2 July 24 vs. Cleveland 1 May 29 @ Toronto Most double plays turned 4 June 17 @ Detroit 4 Thrice, last: August 20 @ Colorado Most errors, game 4 April 16 @ Houston 5 May 11 @ Seattle Individual Batting: Most hits, game 4 10 times, last: Escobar (August 29 vs. Cleveland) Most hits, extra-inning game 4 Cain (May 5 @ San Diego), Hosmer (May 24 @ Los Angeles) Most runs, game 3 8 times, last: Gordon (August 17 @ Minnesota) Most doubles, game 3 Cain (June 29 vs. Los Angeles Angels), Infante (August 19 @ Colorado) Most triples, game 1 26 times, last: Cain (September 10 @ Detroit) Most home runs, game 2 Gordon (May 18 vs. Baltimore), Moustakas (July 22 @ Chicago), Kratz (August 18 @ Minnesota) Most RBI, game 6 Infante (April 27 @ Baltimore), Gordon (May 18 vs. Baltimore) Most RBI, extra-inning game 3 Hosmer (May 5 @ San Diego), Infante (May 29 @ Toronto) Most total bases, game 10 Gordon (May 18 vs. Baltimore) (2 HR, 2 1B) Most walks, game 3 Thrice, last: Hosmer (July 9 @ Tampa Bay) Most stolen bases, game 3 Thrice, last: Dyson (September 2 vs. Texas) Longest hitting streak 16 Hosmer (June 30-July 20) Individual Pitching: Most innings pitched, starter 9.0 Guthrie (August 7 @ Arizona), Shields (August 9 vs. San Francisco), Vargas (August 13 vs. Oakland) Most innings pitched, reliever 5.0 Chen (June 28 vs. Los Angeles) Most strikeouts, starter 12 Shields (April 17 @ Houston) Most strikeouts, reliever 8 Chen (June 28 vs. Los Angeles) Most walks, starter 6 Duffy (July 30 vs. Minnesota), Ventura (August 16 @ Minnesota) Most walks, reliever 3 Marks (April 20 vs. Minnesota) Most runs allowed 8 Shields (May 2 vs. Detroit), Guthrie (July 10 vs. Detroit), Guthrie (September 8 @ Detroit) Most home runs allowed 3 4 times, last: Vargas (June 27 vs. Los Angeles) Consecutive scoreless innings, starter 18.1 Shields (August 30-present) Consecutive scoreless innings, reliever 30.2 Davis (June 27-present) Longest winning streak (2 or more) 6 Crow (April 24-present) Team Miscellaneous: Longest winning streak, overall 10 June 7-18 Longest winning streak, home 6 July 30-August 11 Longest winning streak, road 8 June 2-18 Longest losing streak, overall 5 May 1-5 Longest losing streak, home 4 May 1-4, May 26-June 4 Longest losing streak, road 5 March 31-April 13 Longest game-inning, home 14 July 24 vs. Cleveland Longest game-inning, road 13 May 24 @ Los Angeles Longest game-time, home 3:37 April 4 vs. Chicago Longest game-time, road 3:35 Twice, last: July 22 @ Chicago Longest game-time (extra-innings, home) 4:23 July 24 vs. Cleveland; August 30 vs. Cleveland Longest game-time (extra-innings, road) 4:52 May 24 @ Los Angeles Shortest game-time home 2:06 August 13 vs. Oakland Shortest game-time road 2:14 June 1 @ Toronto Shortest game-time (extra-innings, home) 3:46 June 4 vs. St. Louis Shortest game-time (extra-innings, road) 3:03 May 6 @ San Diego Largest crowd-home 40,103 April 4 vs. Chicago White Sox Smallest crowd-home 10,705 April 29 vs. Toronto Largest crowd-road 48,110 September 7 @ New York Yankees Smallest crowd-road 8,848 April 22 @ Cleveland Largest winning margin 10 August 5 @ Arizona (12-2) Largest losing margin 12 July 10 vs. Detroit (4-16) Largest deficit overcome to win 5 July 26 vs. Cleveland (trailed 5-0 after 2 1/2) Largest lead lost 5 May 19 vs. Chicago (led 5-0 after 2) Royals Record When: Lead after six innings: 59-3 Tied after six innings: 12-10 Trail after six innings: 10-59 Lead after seven innings: 66-1 Tied after seven innings: 9-8 Trail after seven innings: 6-58 Lead after eight innings: 72-1 Tied after eight innings: 6-7 Trail after eight innings: 3-59 Starter works more than 6.0 IP: 49-26 Starter works 6.0 IP: 15-16 Starter works less than 6.0 IP: 17-25 Score first: 57-20 Opponents score first: 24-47 In the last turn at bat (KC/OPP): 16/12 Score more than three runs: 63-11 Score three runs or less: 18-56 Walkoff wins (KC/OPP): 3/4 Hit home run: 46-18 Do not homer: 35-49 Comeback wins (KC/OPP): 30/24 Series : 28-20 Series finale: 26-20 Errorless games by KC: 51-25 10 or more hits: 44-15 Opponents 10 or more hits: 16-36

Upcoming Milestones Billy Butler 2 runs for 500 Alex Gordon 9 doubles for 500 Omar Infante 17 RBI for 500 1 hit to tie for 9th on KC all-time list (F.Patek-1036) Jarrod Dyson 13 runs to tie for 7th on KC all-time list (F. Patek-570) Josh Willingham 5 HR for 200 3 SB to tie for 9th on KC all-time list (U.Washington-120) 2 HR to tie for 9th on KC all-time list (C. Beltran-123) 12 hits for 1,000

Raul Ibanez 33 at bats for 7,500

Royals Ejections Date Player/Coach Umpire/Type of Play 5/17 Ned Yost (1st/34th career) Chris Segal at home plate (foul tip call on A. Jones) 5/27 Ned Yost (2nd/35th career) Kerwin Danley at mound (balls & strikes) 6/15 Ned Yost (3rd/36th career) Paul Emmel at home plate (balk call on J. Shields) 6/25 Mike Moustakas (1st career) Brian Knight at home plate (from bench) Royals Notes - Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals - Monday, September 15, 2014 2014 Day-By-Days Winning Losing Home Home Road Road Date Opponent D/N W-L Score Record Pos. GB Pitcher Pitcher Save Att. No. Total No. Total

March (0-1) 3/31 at Det D L 3-4 0-1 T4 -1.0 Nathan Davis (R, 0-1) -- 45,068 1 45,068

April (14-11) 4/2 at Det D L 1-2 (10) 0-2 T4 -2.0 Alburquerque Collins (R, 0-1) -- 26,906 2 71,974 4/3 at Det D Postponed Due to Rain – Made up June 19 4/4 CWS D W 7-5 1-2 4 -2.0 Guthrie (1-0) Johnson Holland (1) 40,103 1 40,103 4/5 CWS D W 4-3 2-2 3 -2.0 Davis (R, 1-1) Downs Holland (2) 21,463 2 61,566 4/6 CWS D L 1-5 2-3 5 -2.0 Sale Shields (0-1) -- 29,760 3 91,326 4/7 TB N W 4-2 3-3 3 -1.5 Vargas (1-0) Moore Holland (3) 12,087 4 103,413 4/8 TB N L 0-1 3-4 T4 -1.5 Peralta Holland (0-1) Balfour 13,905 5 117,318 4/9 TB D W 7-3 4-4 3 -1.0 Guthrie (2-0) Odorizzi -- 13,612 6 130,930 4/11 at Min N L 1-10 4-5 4 -1.5 Gibson Chen (0-1) -- 24,338 3 96,312 4/12 at Min D L 1-7 4-6 5 -2.5 Nolasco Shields (0-2) -- 23,963 4 120,275 4/13 at Min D L 3-4 4-7 5 -2.5 Fien Crow (R, 0-1) Perkins 20,878 5 141,153 4/15 at Hou N W 4-2 5-7 5 -2.0 Ventura (1-0) Harrell Holland (4) 29,778 6 170,931 4/16 at Hou N W 6-4 (11) 6-7 T4 -1.5 Duffy (R, 1-0) Williams Holland (5) 23,043 7 193,974 4/17 at Hou N W 5-1 7-7 4 -1.0 Shields (1-2) Feldman -- 26,333 8 219,707 4/18 Min N W 5-0 8-7 T1 - Vargas (2-0) Nolasco -- 21,192 7 152,122 4/19 Min D W 5-4 9-7 T1 - Chen (1-1) Correia Holland (6) 24,291 8 176,413 4/20 Min D L 3-8 9-8 2 -1.0 Hughes Ventura (1-1) -- 17,710 9 194,123 4/21 at Cle N L 3-4 9-9 T2 -1.0 McAllister Guthrie (2-1) Axford 10,789 9 230,496 4/22 at Cle N W 8-2 10-9 2 -1.0 Shields (2-2) Salazar -- 8,848 10 239,344 4/23 at Cle N L 3-5 10-10 T2 -1.0 Shaw Herrera (R, 0-1) Axford 9,311 11 248,655 4/24 at Cle D L 1-5 10-11 T4 -2.0 Kluber (C) Chen (1-2) -- 10,440 12 259,095 4/25 at Bal N W 5-0 11-11 T2 -2.0 Ventura (2-1) Jimenez -- 22,478 13 281,573 4/26 at Bal N L 2-3 (10) 11-12 T3 -2.0 Britton Duffy (R, 1-1) -- 34,941 14 316,514 4/27 at Bal D W 9-3 12-12 3 -1.5 Shields (3-2) Gonzalez -- 38,368 15 355,482 4/29 Tor N W 10-7 13-12 T2 -1.5 Crow (R, 1-1) Cecil -- 10,705 10 204,828 4/30 Tor N W 4-2 14-12 2 -1.5 Herrera (R, 1-1) Hutchison Holland (7) 11,715 11 216,543

May (12-17) 5/1 Tor N L 3-7 14-13 2 -2.0 Buehrle Guthrie (2-2) Loup 11,207 12 227,750 5/2 Det N L 2-8 14-14 2 -3.0 Porcello Shields (3-3) -- 28,021 13 255,771 5/3 Det N L 2-9 14-15 2 -4.0 Smyly Duffy (1-2) -- 29,200 14 284,971 5/4 Det D L 4-9 14-16 T3 -5.0 Verlander Vargas (2-1) -- 22,504 15 307,475 5/5 at SD N L 5-6 (12) 14-17 4 -6.0 Stauffer Collins (R, 0-2) -- 14,089 16 369,571 5/6 at SD N W 3-1 (11) 15-17 4 -6.0 Davis (R, 2-1) Vincent Holland (8) 16,542 17 386,113 5/7 at SD D W 8-0 16-17 3 -6.0 Shields (4-3) Cashner -- 18,228 18 404,341 5/8 at Sea N L 0-1 16-18 3 -6.0 Iwakuma Duffy (1-3) Rodney 12,577 19 416,918 5/9 at Sea N W 6-1 17-18 3 -5.0 Vargas (3-1) Maurer -- 20,858 20 437,776 5/10 at Sea N L 1-3 17-19 3 -6.0 Young Ventura (2-2) Rodney 29,359 21 467,135 5/11 at Sea D W 9-7 18-19 3 -5.0 Coleman (R, 1-0) Farquhar Holland (9) 30,447 22 497,582 5/13 Col N W 5-1 19-19 2 -5.5 Shields (5-3) Morales -- 15,914 16 323,389 5/14 Col D W 3-2 20-19 2 -5.5 Vargas (4-1) Chacin Holland (10) 27,323 17 350,712 5/15 Bal N L 1-2 20-20 2 -6.0 Chen Ventura (2-3) Britton 12,455 18 363,167 5/16 Bal N L 0-4 20-21 T3 -7.0 Tillman (C) Guthrie (2-3) -- 25,985 19 389,152 5/17 Bal N W 1-0 21-21 3 -7.0 Duffy (2-3) Norris Holland (11) 24,064 20 413,216 5/18 Bal D W 8-6 22-21 2 -7.0 Shields (6-3) Jimenez Holland (12) 22,692 21 435,908 5/19 CWS N L 6-7 22-22 T2 -7.0 Putnam Vargas (4-2) Petricka 16,462 22 452,370 5/20 CWS N L 6-7 22-23 T3 -7.0 Rienzo Ventura (2-4) Belisario 14,900 23 467,270 5/21 CWS N W 3-1 23-23 3 -6.0 Davis (R, 3-1) Quintana Holland (13) 17,576 24 484,846 5/23 at LAA N L 1-6 23-24 4 -6.5 Wilson Duffy (2-4) -- 35,082 23 532,664 5/24 at LAA D W 7-4 (13) 24-24 T2 -5.5 Crow (R, 2-1) Morin Holland (14) 42,140 24 574,804 5/25 at LAA D L 3-4 24-25 T2 -5.5 Kohn Collins (R, 0-3) Frieri 36,114 25 610,918 5/26 Hou N L 2-9 24-26 T3 -5.5 Feldman Ventura (2-5) -- 32,070 25 516,916 5/27 Hou N L 0-3 24-27 4 -6.5 McHugh Guthrie (2-4) -- 17,826 26 534,742 5/28 Hou D L 3-9 24-28 4 -6.5 Cosart Duffy (2-5) -- 16,220 27 550,962 5/29 at Tor N W 8-6 (10) 25-28 T3 -6.5 Davis (R, 4-1) Redmond Holland (15) 17,978 26 628,896 5/30 at Tor N W 6-1 26-28 3 -6.5 Vargas (5-2) Happ -- 21,543 27 650,439 5/31 at Tor D L 2-12 26-29 3 -6.5 Stroman Brooks (0-1) Redmond 31,652 28 682,091

June (17-10) 6/1 at Tor D L 0-4 26-30 5 -6.5 Buehrle Guthrie (2-5) -- 38,008 29 720,099 6/2 at StL N W 6-0 27-30 T4 -6.0 Duffy (3-5) Miller -- 41,230 30 761,338 6/3 at StL N W 8-7 28-30 T4 -5.0 Davis (R, 5-1) Rosenthal Holland (16) 41,192 31 802,530 6/4 StL N L 2-5 (11) 28-31 5 -5.0 Freeman Herrera (R, 1-2) Neshek 22,126 28 573,088 6/5 StL N W 3-2 29-31 T4 -4.0 Ventura (3-5) Wacha Holland (17) 24,438 29 597,526 6/6 NYY N L 2-4 29-32 T4 -5.0 Whitley Guthrie (2-6) Robertson 23,418 30 620,944 6/7 NYY N W 8-4 30-32 T4 -5.0 Crow (R, 3-1) Phelps -- 26,991 31 647,935 6/8 NYY D W 2-1 31-32 3 -4.0 Shields (7-3) Kuroda Holland (18) 24,614 32 672,549 6/9 NYY N Postponed Due to Rain – Make up scheduled for Monday, August 25 6/10 Cle N W 9-5 32-32 3 -3.0 Vargas (6-2) Kluber Crow (1) 25,540 33 698,089 6/11 Cle D W 4-1 33-32 2 -2.0 Ventura (4-5) Bauer Holland (19) 19,938 34 718,027 6/13 at CWS N W 7-2 34-32 2 -1.5 Guthrie (3-6) Quintana -- 22,773 32 825,303 6/14 at CWS D W 9-1 35-32 2 -1.5 Duffy (4-5) Noesi -- 24,527 33 849,830 6/15 at CWS D W 6-3 36-32 2 -1.5 Shields (8-3) Rienzo Holland (20) 29,152 34 878,982 6/16 at Det N W 11-8 37-32 2 -0.5 Vargas (7-2) Verlander -- 31,774 35 910,756 6/17 at Det N W 11-4 38-32 1 +0.5 Ventura (5-5) Scherzer -- 34,328 36 945,084 6/18 at Det D W 2-1 39-32 1 +1.5 Guthrie (4-6) Smyly Holland (21) 37,209 37 982,293 6/19 at Det D L 1-2 39-33 1 +0.5 Sanchez Duffy (4-6) Nathan 35,715 38 1,018,008 6/20 Sea N L 5-7 39-34 2 -0.5 Furbush Holland (R, 0-2) Rodney 38,475 35 756,502 6/21 Sea D L 1-2 39-35 2 -1.5 Medina Vargas (7-3) Rodney 21,640 36 778,142 6/22 Sea D L 1-2 39-36 2 -2.5 Elias Ventura (5-6) Rodney 23,278 37 801,420 6/23 LAD N W 5-3 40-36 2 -2.0 Guthrie (5-6) Greinke Holland (22) 21,615 38 823,035 6/24 LAD N L 0-2 40-37 2 -3.0 Kershaw Duffy (4-7) Jansen 28,302 39 851,337 6/25 LAD N L 4-5 40-38 2 -4.0 Wright Davis (R, 5-2) Wilson 19,776 40 871,113 6/27 LAA N W 8-6 41-38 2 -3.5 Mariot (R, 1-0) Shoemaker Holland (23) 35,461 41 906,574 6/28 LAA D L 2-6 41-39 2 -4.5 Morin Ventura (5-7) -- 21,093 42 927,667 6/29 LAA D W 5-4 42-39 2 -3.5 Holland (R, 1-2) Grilli -- 27,803 43 955,470 6/30 at Min N W 6-1 43-39 2 -3.5 Duffy (5-7) Pino -- 28,533 39 1,046,541

July (12-13) 7/1 at Min N L 2-10 43-40 2 -4.5 Nolasco Shields (8-4) -- 23,383 40 1,069,924 7/2 at Min D W 4-0 44-40 2 -4.5 Vargas (8-3) Correia -- 28,860 41 1,098,784 7/4 at Cle N W 7-1 45-40 2 -4.0 Ventura (6-7) Tomlin -- 39,020 42 1,137,804 7/5 at Cle N L 3-7 45-41 2 -4.0 House Guthrie (5-7) -- 24,481 43 1,162,285 7/6 at Cle D L 1-4 45-42 2 -4.0 Kluber Duffy (5-8) -- 16,991 44 1,179,276 7/7 at TB N W 6-0 46-42 2 -3.5 Shields (9-4) Odorizzi -- 13,406 45 1,192,682 7/8 at TB N L 3-4 46-43 2 -4.5 Boxberger Vargas (8-4) McGee 12,818 46 1,205,500 7/9 at TB N W 5-4 47-43 2 -4.5 Crow (R, 4-1) Yates Holland (24) 12,150 47 1,217,650 7/10 Det N L 4-16 47-44 2 -5.5 Smyly Guthrie (5-8) -- 21,775 44 977,245 7/11 Det N L 1-2 47-45 2 -6.5 Sanchez Duffy (5-8) Nathan 31,581 45 1,008,826 7/12 Det N L 1-5 47-46 2 -7.5 Porcello Shields (9-5) -- 33,849 46 1,042,675 7/13 Det D W 5-2 48-46 2 -6.5 Ventura (R, 7-7) Verlander Holland (25) 23,424 47 1,066,099 All-Star Break (Game at Target Field in Minneapolis) 7/18 at Bos N L 4-5 48-47 T2 -6.5 Buchholz Downs (R, 0-3) Uehara 37,743 48 1,255,393 7/19 at Bos N L 1-2 48-48 3 -6.0 De La Rosa Duffy (5-8) Uehara 37,878 49 1,293,271 7/20 at Bos D L 0-6 48-49 3 -7.0 Lester Ventura (7-8) -- 37,439 50 1,330,710 7/21 at CWS N L 1-3 48-50 3 -8.0 Sale Guthrie (5-9) Petricka 18,888 51 1,349,598 7/22 at CWS N W 7-1 49-50 3 -7.0 Chen (2-2) Carroll -- 20,428 52 1,370,026 7/23 at CWS D W 2-1 50-50 3 -7.0 Davis (R, 6-2) Putnam Holland (26) 23,811 53 1,393,837 7/24 Cle N W 2-1 (14) 51-50 2 -7.0 Crow (R, 5-1) Rzepczynski -- 22,120 48 1,088,219 7/25 Cle N W 6-4 52-50 2 -6.0 Herrera (R, 2-2) Axford Crow (2) 33,460 49 1,121,679 7/26 Cle N W 7-5 53-50 2 -5.0 Guthrie (6-9) McAllister Holland (27) 29,567 50 1,151,246 7/27 Cle D L 3-10 53-51 2 -5.0 Salazar Chen (2-3) -- 23,409 51 1,174,655 7/29 Min N L 1-2 53-52 2 -5.0 Gibson Shields (9-6) Perkins 30,686 52 1,205,341 7/30 Min N W 3-2 54-52 2 -5.0 Frasor (R, 2-1) Hughes Holland (28) 20,747 53 1,226,088 7/31 Min N W 6-3 55-52 2 -4.0 Ventura (8-8) Thielbar Holland (29) 24,127 54 1,250,215 Royals Notes - Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals - Monday, September 15, 2014 2014 Day-By-Days (Cont.)

Winning Losing Home Home Road Road Date Opponent D/N W-L Score Record Pos. GB Pitcher Pitcher Save Att. No. Total No. Total

August (19-9) 8/1 at Oak N W 1-0 56-52 2 -4.0 Guthrie (7-9) Gray Holland (30) 35,067 54 1,428,904 8/2 at Oak D L 3-8 56-53 2 -5.0 Lester Vargas (8-5) -- 30,097 55 1,459,001 8/3 at Oak D W 4-2 57-53 2 -5.0 Shields (10-6) Kazmir Holland (31) 22,612 56 1,481,613 8/5 at Ari N W 12-2 58-53 2 -4.5 Duffy (6-10) Miley -- 16,677 57 1,498,290 8/6 at Ari N W 4-3 59-53 2 -3.5 Ventura (9-8) Collmenter Holland (32) 16,157 58 1,514,447 8/7 at Ari N W 6-2 60-53 2 -2.5 Guthrie (C, 8-9) Nuno -- 17,809 59 1,532,256 8/8 SF N W 4-2 61-53 2 -2.5 Frasor (R, 3-1) Bumgarner Holland (33) 28,307 55 1,278,522 8/9 SF N W 5-0 62-53 2 -1.5 Shields (C, 11-6) Hudson -- 35,114 56 1,313,636 8/10 SF D W 7-4 63-53 2 -0.5 Duffy (7-10) Lincecum Holland (34) 27,359 57 1,340,995 8/11 Oak N W 3-2 64-53 1 +0.5 Herrera (R, 3-2) Gray Holland (35) 21,479 58 1,362,474 8/12 Oak N L 3-11 64-54 1 +0.5 Lester Guthrie (8-10) -- 27,161 59 1,389,635 8/13 Oak N W 3-0 65-54 1 +0.5 Vargas (C, 9-5) Kazmir -- 21,099 60 1,410,734 8/14 Oak D W 7-3 66-54 1 +0.5 Crow (R, 6-1) Samardzija Holland (36) 20,569 61 1,431,303 8/15 at Min N W 6-5 67-54 1 +1.5 Duffy (8-10) Nolasco Holland (37) 32,013 60 1,564,269 8/16 at Min N L 1-4 67-55 1 +0.5 Hughes Ventura (9-9) Perkins 35,575 61 1,599,844 8/17 at Min D W 12-6 68-55 1 +1.5 Guthrie (9-10) Milone -- 31,455 62 1,631,299 8/18 at Min N W 6-4 69-55 1 +2.0 Vargas (10-5) May Holland (38) 25,559 63 1,656,858 8/19 at Col N W 7-4 70-55 1 +2.0 Shields (12-6) Matzek Holland (39) 30,394 64 1,687,252 8/20 at Col N L 2-5 70-56 1 +1.0 De La Rosa Duffy (8-11) Hawkins 28,834 65 1,716,086 8/22 at Tex N W 6-3 71-56 1 +2.5 Ventura (10-9) Lewis Holland (40) 26,991 66 1,743,077 8/23 at Tex N W 6-3 72-56 1 +3.0 Guthrie (10-10) Tepesch -- 27,400 67 1,770,477 8/24 at Tex D L 1-3 72-57 1 +2.0 Baker Vargas (10-6) Feliz 30,049 68 1,800,526 8/25 NYY N L 1-8 72-58 1 +1.5 Pineda Shields (12-7) -- 31,758 62 1,463,061 8/26 Min N W 2-1 73-58 1 +1.5 Davis (R, 7-2) Perkins -- 13,847 63 1,476,908 8/27 Min N W 6-1 74-58 1 +2.5 Davis (R, 8-2) Hughes -- 17,668 64 1,494,576 8/28 Min N L 5-11 (10) 74-59 1 +1.5 Swarzak Chen (R, 2-4) -- 17,219 65 1,511,795 8/29 Cle N L 1-6 74-60 1 +0.5 Salazar Vargas (10-7) -- 31,341 66 1,543,136 8/30 Cle N L 2-3 (11) 74-61 T1 - Tomlin Downs (R, 0-4) -- 35,089 67 1,578,225 8/31 Cle N Suspended – Rain (CLE up 4-2 bot. 10); Will be made up September 22 at 5:05 p.m. CT 39,009 68 1,617,234

September (7-5) 9/1 Tex N W 4-3 75-61 1 +0.5 Ventura (11-9) Lewis Holland (41) 21,536 69 1,638,770 9/2 Tex N W 2-1 76-61 1 +0.5 Frasor (R, 4-1) Kirkman Crow (3) 19,435 70 1,658,205 9/3 Tex N W 4-1 77-61 1 +1.5 Vargas (11-7) Tepesch Holland (42) 15,771 71 1,673,976 9/5 at NYY N W 1-0 78-61 1 +2.0 Shields (13-7) Pineda Davis (1) 36,284 69 1,836,810 9/6 at NYY D L 2-6 78-62 1 +2.0 McCarthy Hendriks (1-1) -- 45,262 70 1,882,072 9/7 at NYY D W 2-0 79-62 1 +2.0 Ventura (12-9) Greene Davis (2) 48,110 71 1,930,182 9/8 at Det N L 5-9 79-63 1 +1.0 Verlander Guthrie (10-11) -- 30,758 72 1,960,940 9/9 at Det N L 2-4 79-64 T1 - Scherzer Vargas (11-8) Nathan 32,603 72 1,993,543 9/10 at Det N W 3-0 80-64 1 +1.0 Shields (14-7) Porcello Davis (3) 29,751 73 2,023,294 9/11 Bos N L 3-6 80-65 1 +0.5 Buchholz Hendriks (1-1) Mujica 28,673 72 1,702,649 9/12 Bos N L 2-4 80-66 2 -0.5 Webster Ventura (12-10) Mujica 19,191 73 1,721,840 9/13 Bos N W 7-1 81-66 2 -0.5 Guthrie (11-11) De La Rosa -- 26,627 74 1,748,467 9/14 Bos D L 4-8 81-67 2 -1.5 Kelly Vargas (11-9) -- 19,065 75 1,767,532 9/15 CWS N 9/16 CWS N 9/17 CWS N 9/19 Det N 9/20 Det D 9/21 Det D 9/22 at Cle N 9/23 at Cle N 9/24 at Cle N 9/25 at CWS N 9/26 at CWS N 9/27 at CWS N 9/28 at CWS D

Minor League Report Omaha Storm Chasers (AAA) NW Arkansas Naturals (AA) Wilmington Blue Rocks (A-Advanced) Pacific Coast League Texas League Carolina League American Conference, Northern Division North Division Northern Division (76-67, Pacific Coast League Champions) (28-41 2nd half, 53-87 overall, Season Complete) (32-37 2nd half, 65-72 overall, Season Complete) Omaha wins series 3-2 R H E LOB Reno (Diamondbacks) 0 2 3 5 Team Leaders (^ = League Leader) Team Leaders (^ = League Leader) Omaha 4 8 1 9 AVG Cheslor Cuthbert .276 AVG Hunter Dozier .295 HR Lane Adams, 11 HR Cody Stubbs 10 WP: Aaron Brooks (3-0) Orlando Calixte RBI Bubba Starling 54 HR: None RBI Jorge Bonifacio 51 Runs Bubba Starling 67 Runs Lane Adams 65 SB Terrance Gore 36 The Storm Chasers won a second straight PCL title and SB Lane Adams 38 W Glenn Sparkman 8 third in four years. Aaron Brooks went the distance, striking W Andy Ferguson 11 SO Sean Manaea 146^ out nine while allowing just two hits and two walks. He was SO Andy Ferguson 118 SV Mark Peterson 22^ named the 2014 PCL Playoffs MVP after going 3-0 with a SV Andrew Triggs 19^ 0.75 ERA. Brett Hayes doubled home Pedro Ciriaco and Paulo Orlando in the first. Whit Merrifield added an RBI in the second. Omaha will play Pawtucket (Red Sox) tomorrow at 6:07 Central in the Triple-A National Championship Game at Charlotte. The game will air on NBC Sports Network. Idaho Falls Chukars (R) Burlington Royals (R) Pioneer League Appalachian League Lexington Legends (A) South Division East Division South Atlantic League (18-20 2nd half, 38-38 overall, Season Complete) (28-40, Season Complete)

Southern Division Team Leaders (^ = League Leader) (28-42 2nd half, 57-83 overall, Season Complete) AVG Ryan O’Hearn .361 Team Leaders (^ = League Leader) HR Ryan O’Hearn 13 AVG Logan Moon .332^ Team Leaders (^ = League Leader) RBI Ryan O’Hearn 54 HR Brandon Dulin, 7 AVG Frank Schwindel .286 Runs Ryan O’Hearn 61^ Chase Vallot 7 HR Frank Schwindel 20 SB DonAndre Clark 14 RBI Chase Vallot 27 RBI Frank Schwindel 70 W Jake Newberry 6 Runs Chase Vallot 29 Runs Alfredo Escalera 62 SO Torey Deshazier 66 SB Logan Moon 16 SB Carlos Garcia 31 SV Nick Green 4 W Yunior Marte, Julio Pinto 4 W Jake Junis 9 SO Niklas Stephenson 47 SO Jake Junis 109 SV Estarlin Cordero 5 SV Tim Hill 8