2015 Game Notes Kansas City Royals (5-0) at (0-4) Monday, March 9, 2015

LATE COMEBACK KEEPS SPRING PERFECT--The Royals plated four ninth inning runs on Sunday to rebound from a 4-2 deficit and take a 6-4 decision over the Angels in Tempe in a contest twice delayed by a honeybee infestation...the game was delayed for 10 minutes at the outset when the uninvited guests took over the field and sent players for cover before settling on a boom microphone attached to the screen behind the plate...the contest was held up again in the fourth when a Tempe beekeeper solved the issue with a spray that eradicated the colony...as for the game, Kansas City’s backups enabled the club to up its mark to 5-0 by scoring four times, the key blows a 2- game-tying triple by Orlando Calixte and then run scoring singles by Ryan Jackson and Gabriel Noriega...Michael Mariot worked a scoreless eighth, thus was credited with his second win of the young spring, while Yohan Pino fanned two of three Angels he faced in the ninth for the ...Edinson Volquez made his Royals’ debut, working the first 2.0 innings allowing three hits and three runs (one earned)...former Angel, Kendrys Morales, had his third 2- game of Upcoming Probables the spring to lead KC’s 11-hit attack. Today vs. Milwaukee Brewers @ Maryvale Stadium (1:05) Jason Vargas (L), Aaron Brooks, Kelvin Herrera, Franklin VS. BREWERS--Today is the first of two exhibition meetings with Milwaukee, the other Morales (L), Brian Flynn, , Brian Broderick slated for March 18 in Surprise...these clubs will meet during the regular season when the vs. Royals and Brew Crew play home & home 2-game sets on June 15-16 in Milwaukee and June Jimmy Nelson, Tyler Thornburg, Rob Wooten, Neal Cotts (L) 17-18 in Kauffman Stadium. Tuesday vs. @ Surprise Stadium (1:05) NEW KID ON THE BLOCK--Prior to Saturday’s game the Royals announced the signing Tyler Danish, Eric Surkamp, Scott Carroll, Joe Savery (L), Arcenio of right-handed Chris Young...the 6-10 hurler recorded a 12-9 ledger and 3.65 ERA Leon, Raul Fernandez, Zach Phillips (L) for Seattle last year, his first year back in action after missing the entire 2013 campaign due to vs. injury...he has a 65-52 career record over 189 appearances (188 starts). Jeremy Guthrie, Brandon Finnegan (L), , Jason Frasor, Casey Coleman, Louis Coleman, Scott Alexander (L) POSTSEASON DROUGHT IS OVER--Though the sting of dropping Game Seven of Wednesday SS vs. @ Surprise Stadium (1:10) the World Series lingered throughout the offseason, the participation in the Fall Classic TBA represented Kansas City’s first appearance in the postseason since 1985...the Royals did it in vs. dramatic fashion, clinching the playoff berth in Chicago on the final weekend of the regular Yordano Ventura, , Brian Broderick, Miguel Almonte, season and then winning the still talked about Wild Card game over Oakland, rallying from a Jandel Gustave, Buddy Baumann (L), Joe Paterson (L) 7-3 deficit to Jon Lester in the eight inning to take a 9-8 decision in 12 innings...that triumph Wednesday SS vs. @ Goodyear Stadium (1:10) would be the first of a Major League record eight consecutive wins to open the postseason, Joe Blanton, John Lamb (L), Brian Flynn (L), Yohan Pino, with KC’s first loss coming in Game One of the World Series vs. the Giants...in the interim, Michael Mariot, Chris Dwyer (L) the Royals rolled through the Angels in three straight in the ALDS and then swept all four vs. games from Baltimore in the ALCS, with Lorenzo Cain taking MVP honors. Paul Maholm (L), Tony Cingrani (L), Kevin Gregg, Sam LeCure, Nate Adcock ROSTER BREAKDOWN--The Royals have 67 players in camp with the addition of Chris Young on Saturday...the breakdown includes 33 (12 non-roster), 7 catchers (4 non- Thursday vs. @ Goodyear Stadium (1:10) roster), 15 infielders (6 non-roster) and 12 (3 non-roster)...among the 33 pitchers (L), Franklin Morales (L), Luke Hochevar, in camp, 12 are left-handed. Christian Binford, Ryan Madson vs. ADDS FOR TODAY--The Royals have brought a pair of pitchers from minor league camp to Nick Maronde (L), Bryan Shaw, Scott Downs (L), Anthony Swarzak possibly assist in today’s tilt...right-handed pitchers #78 Reid Redman and #88 Andy Ferguson Charles Brewer, CC Lee, Jeff Manship are on the trip.

SPRING WORK--The Royals are off to a 5-0 this year and are 204-156 (.567) with 37 ties since moving to the Valley of the Sun in 2003...Kansas City is coming off of a 12-16-2 exhibition ledger in 2014, but more than made up for that by claiming the A.L. title last October...the Royals have an all-time exhibition record of 636-579 with 37 ties for a .523 winning pct...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 WEEK AHEAD--The Royals will return to Surprise tomorrow for a 1:05 game against the White Sox and then the lone split-squad action of 2015 will occur Wednesday with KC hosting the Padres while also sending a club south on the 303 to face the Reds in Goodyear...Kansas City will again return to Goodyear on Thursday, to battle the Indians, before hosting Billy Butler and the A’s a on Friday in Surprise...the Halos will hit Surprise this Saturday and then the Royals will travel to Scottsdale for a matchup with the Rockies on Sunday at Salt River Fields.

A LOOK AHEAD IN 2015--KC will open its 2015 regular season at home for the first time since 2011, as the Chicago White Sox will invade Kauffman Stadium for a 3:10 start on Monday, April 6...following a day off Tuesday, the Royals and ChiSox will play two more games before Kansas City embarks on its first road trip, a week long journey to Anaheim (3) and Minnesota (3)...Billy Butler and the Oakland A’s will open KC’s second stay at “The K” on April 17, with last year’s Wild Card opponent in town for three, followed by Minnesota for three...Kansas City’s Interleague work this year this year will be vs. the National League Central, with the Reds, Cardinals, Brewers and Pirates visiting Kauffman Stadium this summer, while the Royals travel to Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago, facing the Cubs in Wrigley Field for the first time since 2001...Kansas City will be well represented in Cincinnati earlier than its scheduled visit in mid-August, as the Reds are hosting the 2015 All-Star Game of which manager Ned Yost and his staff will be operating for the American League by virtue of last year’s title.

BACK-TO-BACK WINNING SEASONS--The Royals are coming off an 89-73 campaign, locking up the Wild Card on the final weekend, the second consecutive winning campaign for the club...it marked the first time the club had consecutive winnings seasons since the 1993-94 Royals, though the ‘94 season was cut short due to a work stoppage...last year’s club posted the franchise’s most wins (89) and best winning percentage (.549) since recording a 92-70 mark during the 1989 season...the 2014 Royals had the most regular season road wins in the American League with 47, only two behind the big league leading Dodgers...the 47 road triumphs were the most for the franchise since winning a club record 48 in 1980...KC then went 5-2 on the road in the postseason, including 2-0 sweeps in both Anaheim and Baltimore.

AT THE HELM--The 16th full-time manager in franchise history, Ned Yost, was named to his post on May 13, 2010 and has recorded a 373-402 ledger since taking the reins...already the manager of the most games in franchise history with 775, he will enter the 2015 campaign just 37 wins shy of tying Whitey Herzog as the winningest manager in team history...Yost is currently third on that list behind only Herzog (410) and Dick Howser (404)...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 in his last two seasons...Yost, a catcher during his playing days, began his coaching career in the Atlanta organization, including 12 straight seasons on Bobby Cox’s big league staff (1991-2002).

ON THE AIRWAVES--Today is the fifth of at least 20 spring radio broadcasts on KCSP Radio (610 Sports) and the Royals Radio Network...Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc and Steve Stewart will be mikeside all spring...the Royals will also be on radio tomorrow and Wednesday...KC will add more broadcasts once the University of Kansas has its postseason schedule established...the Royals are ticketed for four telecasts on FSKC, with their own announce crew working the March 25 game here vs. the White Sox and March 29 game here vs. the Mariners...FSKC will also carry the March 28 game in Scottsdale vs. the D’Backs and March 31 in Peoria vs. the Padres, with fans having the chance to listen to the home club’s announcers.

WEBCASTS RETURN--When the Royals are not on 610 Sports this spring, Royals fans can get every exhibition game on the web by purchasing a subscription to Gameday Audio at royals.com...for a fee of $19.95, fans have the opportunity to hear live coverage of every Royals exhibition game, as well as all 162 regular season games and ’s post-season games...Steve Stewart will once again anchor the Kansas City exhibition webcasts and he will be joined periodically throughout the spring by his fellow Royals broadcast partners, as well as members of the Royals baseball operations department and various media in attendance on a given day...he will also invite fans to interact with the booth on the web at [email protected] next webcasts will be this Thursday thru Sunday due to the Big 12 basketball tournament. ROYALS NOTES (Page 2) LAST TIME OUT TODAY’S PITCHERS: pitched a majority of 2014 for the Marlins’ Triple-A Player Date IP H R ER BB SO HR W/L/S affiliate, New Orleans...ranked 10th in the Pacific Coast Scott Alexander 3/6 1.0 2 3 2 0 0 0 - JASON VARGAS (L) – 32, makes his first Cactus League in ERA (4.08), tied for 11th in starts (25) and Miguel Almonte 3/8 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 - League start of the year...signed a four-year free-agent 13th in innings (139.2)...named a PCL postseason All- Buddy Baumann 3/6 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Christian Binford 3/8 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 - deal with the Royals on November 22, 2013...enjoyed Star in 2013, after leading the league with a 2.80 ERA a successful first season in Kansas City, posting a career- Joe Blanton 3/6 2.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 W in 23 starts for the Zephyrs...originally selected by the Brian Broderick 3/5 2.0 3 1 0 0 0 0 - best 3.71 ERA, which was the lowest by a qualifying in the seventh round of the 2011 June Aaron Brooks 3/4 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 W Royals lefty since Charlie Leibrandt (3.19) in 1988... Free Agent Draft, after spending three years at Wichita Casey Coleman 3/6 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 S posted a 2.73 ERA (26 ER in 85.2 IP) on the road, (Kan.) State. Louis Coleman 3/7 2.0 4 1 1 0 2 1 W compared to a 4.53 mark at home...missed nearly a Tim Collins 3/4 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 - month of action following an appendectomy in July... KELVIN HERRERA – 25, dominant in his first Spring Wade Davis 3/7 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - recorded his sixth career shutout, blanking the Oakland Danny Duffy 3/7 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - outing Friday vs. Cleveland, needing less than 10 pitches Chris Dwyer 3/5 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 - A’s (3-0) on three hits August 13 at Kauffman Stadium... to set the side down in order in the sixth inning... Brian Flynn 3/5 2.0 3 1 1 1 2 0 - made three postseason starts, earning the series-clinching coming off his finest professional season in 2014, Jason Frasor 3/6 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 - victory in Game 4 of the ALCS vs. the Orioles (2-1)... ranking fifth among MLB relievers with a 1.41 ERA... Jandel Gustave 3/7 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 S resides in nearby Goodyear, Ariz., during the offseason recorded a 31.0-inning scoreless streak from June 27 to Kelvin Herrera 3/6 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - with wife, Shelley, and children, Joshua, Elizabeth and September 16 last season, which is the second-longest Greg Holland 3/7 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - John Lamb 3/7 2.0 5 1 1 1 1 0 - Lucas. in club history behind Wade Davis (31.2 IP)...has an Michael Mariot 3/8 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 W active streak of 95.0 innings without allowing a home BRIAN BRODERICK – 28, will make his first Cactus Franklin Morales 3/6 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - run, dating back to July 26, 2013, when he allowed a League outing today...acquired by the Royals from the Joe Paterson 3/8 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - two-run shot to White Sox infielder Conor Gillaspie... Yohan Pino 3/8 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 S on December 19 in the trade that posted a 1-0 record and a 1.80 ERA (3 ER in 15.0 IP) Yordano Ventura 3/6 1.0 4 4 4 2 1 0 - sent INF Johnny Giavotella to L.A....pitched for the in 11 postseason appearances...earned the win in Game Edinson Volquez 3/8 2.0 3 3 1 0 1 0 - Independent League’s in 2014... 2 of the World Series, pitching a scoreless 1.2 innings in made 62 appearances, going 0-2 with a 2.31 ERA (16 ER a 7-2 triumph...since July 1, 2013, his 1.79 ERA (20 ER in 62.1 IP) with 11 saves...pitched for Charros de Jalisco in 100.2 IP) is second-lowest in the A.L., behind only of the during the offseason, going 3-1 Boston’s Koji Uehara (1.63)...lives in the Dominican with 16 saves and an 0.68 ERA (2 ER in 26.1 IP)... Republic in the offseason, with his son, Kevin. last pitched in the Major Leagues with the in 2011, making 11 relief appearances...a RYAN MADSON – 34, making a comeback this season native of Phoenix, Ariz., he pitched collegiately at Mesa after not pitching professionally in 2014...has not pitched Community College and Grand Canyon University. in the Major Leagues since 2011, after missing the entire AARON BROOKS – 24, started KC’s first game of the 2012 season following “Tommy John” surgery in May of Spring, Wednesday afternoon vs. the Rangers, earning that season...in 473 career relief appearances, he is 39-25 SPRING TRANSACTIONS the win...allowed a solo to Ryan Ludwick in with a 3.04 ERA and 52 saves in 78 chances...established his 2.0-inning stint...made two appearances with the a career-high with 32 saves in 34 chances with the Date Player Transaction 3/7 RHP-Chris Young Signed a one-year free agent contract Royals last season, making his Major League debut May in 2011...uncle, Steve Barr, pitched 3 vs. Detroit...named Omaha (AAA) Pitcher of the Year, for the and (1969-76). going 12-3 with a 3.88 ERA in 23 starts for the Storm FRANKLIN MORALES (L) – 29, made his Royals Chasers...named MVP, after tossing debut in Goodyear Friday, setting the Tribe down in a two-hit shutout in the championship-clinching game, order in the eighth inning...signed a minor league a 4-0 shutout of Reno on September 14...in three starts contract with the Royals on February 19...pitched for in the PCL postseason, recorded a 3-0 mark with an 0.75 the last season, setting career highs ERA (2 ER in 24.0 IP)...including the postseason, won in wins (6) and games started (22), innings (142.1) his last eight decisions and posted a 2.73 ERA (18 ER in and (100)...has held left-handed hitters to a 59.1 IP) in that span. .213 batting average (106-for-497) and a .328 slugging BRIAN FLYNN (L) – 24, tossed two innings in his first percentage in his career...a member of the 2013 World start of the Spring Thursday vs. Texas, allowing a run Champion Boston Red Sox, making three relief on three hits with a walk and two strikeouts...only run appearances during the club’s postseason run...originally allowed came on an RBI single by Robinson Chirinos... signed with the Colorado Rockies at the age of 16. acquired by the Royals on November 28 from Miami along with RHP Reid Redman for RHP Aaron Crow...

2015 SPRING SCHEDULE (all times local) Date Day Opponent Site Time/Result Record WP LP Save ATT March 4#* Wednesday at Texas Surprise W, 13-2 1-0 Brooks (1-0) Lewis - 7,195 March 5* Thursday TEXAS SURPRISE W, 5-4 2-0 Mariot (1-0) Asher - 5,147 March 6* Friday at Cleveland Goodyear W, 11-9 3-0 Blanton (1-0) Shaw C. Coleman (1) 3,796 March 7 Saturday CINCINNATI SURPRISE W, 3-2 4-0 L. Coleman (1-0) Hoover Gustave (1) 6,526 March 8MLB* Sunday at Los Angeles Angels Tempe W, 6-4 5-0 Mariot (2-0) McBryde Pino (1) 7,434 March 9* Monday at Milwaukee Maryvale 1:05 p.m. March 10* Tuesday CHICAGO WHITE SOX SURPRISE 1:05 p.m. March 11* Wednesday SAN DIEGO SURPRISE 1:05 p.m. at Cincinnati Goodyear 1:05 p.m. March 12MLB Thursday at Cleveland Goodyear 1:05 p.m. March 13 Friday OAKLAND SURPRISE 1:05 p.m. March 14 Saturday LOS ANGELES ANGELS SURPRISE 1:05 p.m. March 15 Sunday at Colorado Scottsdale 1:10 p.m. March 16* Monday CLEVELAND SURPRISE 1:05 p.m. March 17* Tuesday at Chicago Cubs Mesa 1:05 p.m. March 18* Wednesday MILWAUKEE SURPRISE 1:05 p.m. March 19 Thursday COLORADO SURPRISE 1:05 p.m. March 20MLB Friday at San Diego Peoria 7:05 p.m. March 21MLB Saturday at Chicago White Sox Glendale 1:05 p.m. March 22 Sunday SAN FRANCISCO SURPRISE 1:05 p.m. March 23* Monday at San Francisco Scottsdale 1:05 p.m. March 24 Tuesday OFF DAY March 25TV*MLB Wednesday CHICAGO WHITE SOX SURPRISE 6:05 p.m. March 26MLB Thursday at Seattle Peoria 1:05 p.m. March 27TV MLB Friday SEATTLE SURPRISE 6:05 p.m. March 28TV MLB Saturday at Arizona Scottsdale 1:10 p.m. March 29 Sunday CHICAGO CUBS SURPRISE 1:05 p.m. March 30* Monday at Texas Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 31*TV MLB Tuesday at San Diego Peoria 7:05 p.m. April 1*MLB Wednesday LOS ANGELES DODGERS SURPRISE 12:05 p.m. April 2 Thursday OFF DAY April 3* Friday at Houston Houston 7:05 p.m. April 4 Saturday at Houston Houston 3:05 p.m. Record Attendance # Denotes Charity Game (game and stats will count in Cactus League) Home: 2-0 Home: 11,673 * Game broadcast on KCSP-610 AM in Kansas City (4 more radio broadcasts will be added in mid-March) Road: 3-0 Home avg.: 5,837 TV Broadcast on FOX Sports Kansas City MLB Broadcast on MLB Network (Live broadcasts: 3/21, 3/25, 3/27 and 3/31; Delayed 3/8, 3/12, 3/20, 3/26, 3/28, 4/1 ) vs. A.L.: 4-0 Road: 18,425 NOTE: All games webcast on royals.com vs. N.L.: 1-0 Road avg.: 6,141