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Kansas City Royals OFFICIAL GAME NOTES Kansas City Royals (57-60) @ Detroit Tigers (63-54) Comerica Park - Monday, August 15, 2016 Game #118 - Road Game #61 FOX Sports Kansas City (HD), ESPN & KCSP Radio (610 Sports) UPCOMING SCHEDULE & PITCHING PROBABLES Tuesday, August 16 @ Detroit Tigers: LHP Danny Duffy (9-1, 2.82) vs. RHP Justin Verlander (12-6, 3.42), 6:08 p.m. CT, FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Wednesday, August 17 @ Detroit Tigers: RHP Yordano Ventura (8-9, 4.60) vs. RHP Anibal Sanchez (6-12, 6.31), 6:08 p.m. CT, FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Thursday, August 18 vs. Minnesota Twins: RHP Tyler Duffey (8-8, 5.71) vs. RHP Dillon Gee (4-6, 4.78), 7:15 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Friday, August 19 vs. Minnesota Twins: RHP Jose Berrios (2-3, 9.32) vs. RHP Edinson Volquez (9-10, 4.95), 7:15 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Saturday, August 20 vs. Minnesota Twins: LHP Hector Santiago (10-7, 4.80) vs. RHP Ian Kennedy (6-9+ tonight), 6:15 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Sunday, August 21 vs. Minnesota Twins: RHP Ervin Santana (5-9+ tomorrow) vs. LHP Danny Duffy (9-1+ tomorrow), 1:15 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports All Royals’ games are broadcast 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...tonight’s game is being televised on FOX Sports Kansas City with Ryan Lefebvre and Rex Hudler...Royals Live is hosted by Joel Goldberg and Royals’ Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery...tonight is also on ESPN with Dave Flemming, Eduardo Perez and Dallas Braden. Tigers vs. Royals BATS BREAKOUT TO ICE MINNESOTA SERIES--The Royals erupted for 16 hits on Sunday, four each Kansas City is 6-4 against the Tigers this year, going 1-2 by Paulo Orlando and Lorenzo Cain, to post an 11-4 win and take their first road series of at least three games in its first visit here immediately following the All-Star break, since June 10-12 in Chicago...Orlando came up a double shy of the cycle, opening the contest with a triple, while winning a pair of series in KC...the all-time body of work then clubbing a three-run homer and adding a pair of singles, while Cain’s four-hit day featured a double is a tight 327-328 deficit, though the Royals trail by a wider mar- gin in Michigan, 154-173, including a 67-81 mark in Comerica. and three RBI...Alcides Escobar also chipped in with three hits, including a triple and two RBI...the 16-hit Date Site Score WP LP Att. attack and 11 runs marked KC’s highest totals since recording 21 and 11, respectively, on June 18 against 4/19 KC W, 8-6 Ventura Greene 26,889 these Tigers...Edinson Volquez was the benefactor of the outburst, working 6.0 innings allowing five hits and 4/20 KC L, 2-3 Zimmerman Kennedy 28,928 4/21 KC W, 4-0 Volquez Pelfrey 30,763 four runs (two earned) with a walk and three K’s...Chris Young tossed the final three innings to qualify for 6/16 KC L, 4-10 Verlander Hochevar 33,568 his first career save in his 28th all-time relief appearance (247th game)...the win gave the Royals their third 6/17 KC W, 10-3 Ventura Fulmer 37,746 consecutive series win and a 6-2 mark in their last eight games...this is the first time that Kansas City has won 6/18 KC W, 16-5 Volquez Boyd *38,480 6/19 KC W, 2-1 (13) Wang Ryan 34,659 three straight sets since June 10-19 (at Chicago and at home against the Indians and Tigers). 7/15 @ Det L, 2-4 Verlander Hochevar 37,447 7/16 @ Det W, 8-4 Duffy Pelfrey 39,594 TAKING IT FROM THE TOP--While the country of Brazil has been in the headlines over the last week by 7/17 @ Det L, 2-4 Rodriguez Soria 37,363 hosting the Summer Olympics, an athlete from that country has done his part to make some headlines here in 8/15 @ Det the U.S...Paulo Orlando, a native of Sao Paulo, was moved to the leadoff spot a week ago tomorrow and in 8/16 @ Det 8/17 @ Det five games from that slot, he’s hit safely all five batting .400 (10-for-25) with six runs scored, two doubles, 9/2 KC a triple, home run and four RBI, slugging at a .586 clip...the 30-year old outfielder, who made his big league 9/3 KC debut last year at age 29, is hitting .334 on the year, which would rank him second in the A.L. in batting, 9/4 KC 9/23 @ Det though he enters tonight 33 plate appearances shy of qualifying for league recognition. 9/24 @ Det 9/25 @ Det AGE IS BUT A NUMBER--Chris Young provided 3.0 strong innings of relief to finish off yesterday’s 11-4 win in Target Field and in doing so earned his first career save in his 247th game, but just 28th relief appearance...his one-hit, one-walk and three-strikeout performance put his name on the all-time Kansas City save list with 143 other hurlers who donned a Royals’ uniform...at 37 years, 81 days, Young is the oldest hurler to record his first career rescue since Buddy Carlyle earned a save for the Mets on April 6, 2015 at the age of 37 years, 106 days...C.Y. is the oldest Royal to earn a save since Roberto Hernandez recorded one in 2002 at 37 years, 312 days, though it was far from his first career save. DIVISIONAL WORK--With the series win in Minneapolis, Kansas City is now 27-17 within the Central Division and 4-2 in this current 13-game stretch exclusively against divisional foes, with three here in Detroit and then four more against the Twins in Kauffman Stadium beginning on Thursday night...the Royals still have the second best intra-division record behind Cleveland’s 31-16 mark. TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Ian Kennedy (6-9, 3.91) vs. LHP Daniel Norris (1-0, 4.00) 2016 2015 Career 2016 2015 Career Ian Kennedy vs. Tigers 0-1 - 0-3 Major League Record 6-9 (3.91 ERA) 6-9 81-77 Daniel Norris vs. Royals - 0-0 0-0 Major League Record 1-0 (4.00 ERA) 3-2 4-2 IAN KENNEDY is making his 228th career start and 230th overall appearance, his 24th starting assignment of 2016…he’s facing Detroit for the sixth time in his career and third time this season…the 31-year-old right-hander signed a five-year deal with the Royals on January 29, after pitching for San Diego the last two-plus seasons…he was a 21st overall pick in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft by the Yankees. Ian’s 2016 Starts EVERYTHING BUT THE WIN--Ian has had his most consistent stretch as a Royal, DATE OPPONENT SCORE IP H R ER HR BB SO TP-K LEFT 4/9 Minnesota W, 7-0 6.2 5 0 0 0 1 7 109-69 7-0 but he can’t seem to get a win to show for it, as evidenced by his 6.1 strong innings last 4/14 @ Houston W, 6-2 7.0 2 1 1 1 2 7 97-59 6-1 4/20 Detroit L, 2-3 6.1 6 2 2 0 2 7 97-61 0-2 Wednesday against the White Sox, an eventual 3-2 K.C. win in 14 innings at “The K”… 4/25 @ LA Angels L, 1-6 6.0 7 5 5 2 4 2 108-66 1-5 5/1 @ Seattle W, 4-1 5.0 4 1 1 0 2 6 104-70 3-0 he held Chicago to one run on six hits and two walks, with two K’s, with the lone tally a 5/7 @ Cleveland W, 7-0 7.0 4 0 0 0 2 6 103-65 4-0 solo home run by J.B. Shuck in the third…Kennedy has pitched at least 6.0 innings and 5/12 @ N.Y. Yankees L, 3-7 6.1 5 7 7 3 3 6 102-61 3-5 5/18 Boston ND, 3-2 5.2 6 2 2 1 1 9 116-81 2-2 allowed one-or-fewer run in three straight starts but has no wins to show for it, becoming 5/23 @ Minnesota ND, 10-4 3.1 5 2 2 1 1 3 73-49 8-2 5/30 Tampa Bay ND, 6-2 6.0 3 1 0 0 5 6 107-66 2-1 the second Royal ever to do that, joining Kevin Appier, who went 0-1 over a similar three- 6/4 @ Cleveland L, 1-7 6.0 8 5 5 2 1 6 96-67 1-5 start stretch in 1992…over his last three starts, Ian owns a 0.93 ERA (2 ER in 19.1 IP) and 6/10 @ Chicago W.S. L, 5-7 5.2 9 7 7 4 1 1 101-72 3-7 6/15 Cleveland W, 9-4 6.2 5 4 4 2 2 6 113-78 9-4 a .191 opponents’ average (13-for-68)…he hasn’t won since June 26 vs.