POSTGAME NOTES

MINNESOTA TWINS (49-75) AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS (64-60) - SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 2016 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB TWINS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 8 ROYALS 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 x 2 5 1 3 WIN: (11-1) | LOSS: (6-10) | : (7)

STARTING GAME INFORMATION IP H R ER BB SO WP HR PC/S LEFT First Pitch 1:15 Ervin Santana 7.0 5 2 2 1 10 1 0 116/77 Down 2-1 Temperature 79 F Danny Duffy 6.2 8 1 1 2 4 0 0 95/66 Up 2-1 Time of Game 2:25

ATTENDANCE TUESDAY’S STARTERS 2016 Tonight: 32,996 Total: 1,972,465 Average: 32,335 KC (R) 2015 After 61 Home Games: Total: 2,046,889 Average: 33,556 MIA Andrew Cashner (R)

THE WIN: The Royals won their eighth straight game – their longest streak within a single season since August 3-11, 2014 (also 8 games) – outscoring opponents 49-13 during the streak. ÊÊ Completed their first four-game sweep of the Twins since May 7-10, 1999 at Minnesota and their first four-game sweep of the Twins in Kansas City since August 4-7, 1975. ÊÊ Have clinched the season series with Minnesota, improving to 11-2 vs. the Twins this year and outscoring them 83-39…have won four straight season series, going 49-21 (.700) vs. Minnesota since 2013, including a 25-10 record (.715 at …the Royals are 34-17 (.667) vs. the AL Central this season, the best intra-division reacord in the AL. ÊÊ Are 13-2 in 15 games since the “Rally Mantis” was found in the Royals dugout on August 6, scoring 5.33 R/G (80 R in 15 G) with a 2.03 ERA (32 ER in 142.0 IP) during that stretch. ÊÊ Have held opponents to one-or-fewer in six of the last seven games, posting a 1.25 ERA (9 ER in 65.0 IP) and .170 opponents’ average (39-for-229) during that stretch. ÊÊ They’ve won five straight series (vs. Toronto, vs. Chicago, at Minnesota, at Detroit & vs. Minnesota), their longest such streak since winning six straight series from May 13-June 1. ÊÊ Bullpen has a 29.0 scoreless-innings streak, dating back to August 10…opponents are hitting .065 (6-for-92) vs. the bullpen during the scoreless-innings streak. ÊÊ Improved to 40-21 (.656) at home this season, 1.0 game behind last year’s pace through 61 home games (41-20)…entered with the fourth-best home record in the Majors. ÊÊ They’re 15-5 in August, 0.5 game ahead of Seattle (in progress) for the best record in the American League this month…starting pitchers have a 2.78ERA (40 ER in 129.2 IP) in 20 games this month…entered with the third-best starters’ ERA in August, trailing the Cubs (1.51) and Red Sox (2.45).

DANNY DUFFY: Has won 10 straight decisions, the longest winning streak by a Royal since Jeremy Guthrie won 10 straight from August 8, 2012-May 9, 2013, and one shy of the franchise re- cord held by Rich Gale (June 17-August 23,1980) & (August 13, 1977-April 22, 1978)…recorded his 14th straight start without a loss, matching a franchise single-season record held by Rich Gale in 1980…his .917 winning percentage (11-1) as a starter would set a Royals record (min. 10 decisions), currently held by , who went 23-5 (.821) in 1989. ÊÊ Loaded the bases with no outs in the second inning, allowing a , single and a walk, before retiring the next three batters to escape without allowing a run…didn’t record a 1-2-3 inning after the first, but held his opponent to one-or-fewer run for the third straight start…pitch count by inning: 6 (1st), 20 (2nd), 17 (3rd), 13 (4th), 14 (5th), 15 (6th), 10 (7th), 95 total. ÊÊ Allowed eight hits in a start for the first time since June 24, 2015 at Seattle, snapping a 33-start streak in which he held opponents to seven-or-fewer hits, the longest in Royals history and the longest streak in the Majors since former Royals left hander Jonathan Sanchez went 48 straight starts for the Giants from June 20, 2010-June 24, 2012. ÊÊ Finished with four …with one more , he’ll become the 15th in Royals history to reach the 500-strikeout mark and just the fifth left-handed pitcher, joining Paul Splittorff (1,057), Larry Gurra (633), Charlie Leibrandt (618) and (508)…entered today with the Major League lead in strikeouts this month. ÊÊ Hasn’t allowed a to a left-handed batter since July 22 (Nomar Mazara), marking five straight starts without allowing a hit to lefties, who’re hitting just .170 (15-for-88) vs. him. ÊÊ He’s 5-1 with a 2.23 ERA (16 ER in 64.2 IP) in 14 career outings (10 starts) vs. the Twins, including a .244 opponents’ average (57-for-234). ÊÊ He’s 6-0 with a 3.16 ERA (27 ER in 77.0 IP) at home this season…he one of three pitchers with at least six wins and no losses at home this season, joining (12-0) and (6-0)…Duffy hasn’t lost at Kauffman Stadium since September 5, 2015 vs. the White Sox.

ERIC HOSMER: Had the go-ahead RBI in the sixth inning, his 27th go-ahead RBI of the season…entered one behind , and for the Major League lead in go-ahead RBI…it marks his seventh straight game with an RBI, tied for the second-longest streak in the Majors this season behind Bryce Harper (8 straight from April 14-21) and is the second-longest streak of Hosmer’s career, behind a 10-game streak from August 7-16, 2015…the Royals are 34-13 (.723) when he records an RBI this season.

LORENZO CAIN: Went 2-for-3 with a double in the fourth inning and a single in the sixth, before scoring the game-winning run on ’s RBI double…extended his hitting streak to eight games, in which he’s batting .533/.556/.700 (16-for-30) with eight RBI.

KELVIN HERRERA: Recorded a 1-2-3 ninth inning to record his seventh save of the season…he owns a career 1.16 ERA (4 ER in 31.0 IP) vs. the Twins and hasn’t allowed an vs. them since July 31, 2013 in Minneapolis…his ERA vs. the Twins is the second lowest among active pitchers (min. 30.0 IP), trailing Hisashi Iwakuma (0.21).

ALEX GORDON: Went 0-for-3, snapping his season-high 11-game hitting streak…also snapped a 15-game on-base streak.

TWINS: Dropped to 2-11 vs. the Royals this season, and have lost four straight season series to Kansas City, including going 0-7 so far at Kauffman Stadium…the Twins have never gone winless in a season series at Kauffman Stadium (went 1-8 here in 1975)…since 2013, they’re 21-49 (.300) vs. the Royals, including a 10-25 record (.286) here. ÊÊ Lost their fourth straight game, suffering their first road series loss since June 28-30 at Chicago…finished this six-game road trip 3-4 and dropped to 3-9 in the last 12 games overall. ÊÊ Were held to one-or-fewer run in three of the four games vs. Kansas City, scoring a total of six runs while batting just .178 (24-for-135).

ERVIN SANTANA: Snapped a three-start winning streak, losing for the first time since July 26 vs.Atlanta. ÊÊ Recorded his 17th career double-digit strikeout game and first since September 5, 2015 at Houston, which was the last time a Twins pitcher recorded at least 10 strikeouts…he’s just the sixth pitcher to record 10 strikeouts vs. the Royals this season, joining , Cole Hamels, Yu Darvish, and Jose Quintana. ÊÊ He’s held opponents to two-or-fewer earned runs in 10 of his last 11 starts, going 5-2 with a 1.91 ERA (16 ER in 75.1 IP) and .206 opponents’ average (57-for-277). ÊÊ Scattered five hits and one walk across 7.0 innings, yielding an RBI groundout toAlcides Escobar in the second inning and the go-ahead RBI double by Eric Hosmer in the sixth… it marked his ninth start this season of at least 7.0 innings and second straight…pitch count by inning: 11 (1st), 27 (2nd), 13 (3rd), 17 (4th), 11 (5th), 19 (6th), 18 (7th), 116 total. ÊÊ He’s 5-9 with a 4.73 ERA (64 ER in 121.2 IP) in 19 career starts vs. Kansas City and hasn’t beaten the Royals since August 9, 2010 with the Angels.

TREVOR PLOFFE: Doubled to leadoff the second inning and tied the game with an RBI double in the third, marking his first multi-extra-base-hit game since June 8 vs. Miami…the sec- ond-inning double was his first extra-base hit vs. Kansas City since July 5, 2015 and the RBI double in the third was his first RBI vs. the Royals since July 4, 2015 (15 games in between). ÊÊ Went 2-for-3 vs. left hander Danny Duffy today, after entering just 6-for-his-last-30 (.200) vs. left-handed pitching.