2016 Game Notes (10-11-3) @ Kansas City Royals (11-16) Saturday, March 26, 2016

BELT’S BLAST PROVES COSTLY--Kansas City had its victory drought extended to three yesterday in Scottsdale as Brandon Belt’s three- homer in the third inning gave San Francisco the lead and proved to be the difference in an 8-5 setback...the Royals have dropped five straight away from Surprise Stadium, which dates back to the two-game set against the Rangers at the Alamodome March 18-19...yesterday, KC jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second on Travis Snider’s two- run blast off former Royal Johnny Cueto...the lead was short lived, however, as Conor Gillaspie and Belt went deep in consecutive innings off Royals starter Ian Kennedy...Omar Infante led KC offensively, going 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and two runs scored, while Snider chipped in a pair of hits. VOLQUEZ TO START OPENING NIGHT--The club announced this morning that Edinson Upcoming Probables Volquez will be the Opening Night starter on April 3 when KC hosts the ... Volquez, 32, receives his second career Opening Day assignment, also taking the hill for Today vs. Oakland A’s @ Surprise Stadium (1:05) Cincinnati in the first game of the 2011 season vs. Milwaukee...he’ll be matched up against the Chris Bassitt, Sean Doolittle (L), Fernando Rodriguez, Ryan Dull Mets’ , setting up a rematch of the two starters from Game #5 of last year’s World vs. Series...free-agent signee Ian Kennedy will take the hill in KC’s second game vs. the Mets on Chien-Ming Wang, Danny Duffy (L), Brian Duensing (L), April 5, while Yordano Ventura will start the first game of the Minnesota series on April 8. (L), Peter Moylan COLLINS TO HAVE SECOND SURGERY--The Royals announced Thursday that left- Tomorrow vs. Oakland A’s @ Hohokam Park (1:05) handed Tim Collins had a setback in his recovery from ‘Tommy John’ surgery and will , Wade Davis, Kelvin Herrera, Joakim Soria require a second operation...a timetable for the second procedure has not been set...Collins, 26, vs. missed the entire 2015 season after having his first ‘Tommy John’ surgery on March 11, 2015. Kendall Graveman, Patrick Schuster (L), Ryan Dull, PACKING THE PARK--Playing in front of a packed house is nothing new to the Royals this (L) spring, as the club has drawn 10,000 fans or more to four of their last seven home games and at least 8,000 people to nine of their 12 home games overall...in addition, Kansas City played Monday vs. @ Surprise Stadium (1:05) to a near sell-out crowd in Scottsdale (11,217) yesterday and a Cactus League record, 15,523, Drew Pomeranz (L) at Sloan Park vs. the Cubs last Sunday...KC’s home average (8,480) ranks fifth among A.L. vs. clubs, while its road attendance average (11,916) is tops in . Edinson Volquez, , Dillon Gee, Brian Duensing (L)

RADIO ADDITION--Tomorrow’s Easter contest against these Oakland A’s in Mesa will be Monday vs. @ Peoria Sports Complex (1:05) carried on 610 Sports Radio as well as the Royals Radio Network, with Denny Matthews, Ryan Kris Medlen, John Lannan (L), David Huff (L), Peter Moylan Lefebvre and Steve Physioc calling the action...this is an addition to the original schedule after vs. the University of Kansas’ NCAA Tournament quarterfinal game was set for this evening. Nathan Karns, , Joel Peralta, Vidal Nuno (L), VS. OAKLAND--The Royals and A’s will battle for the second time this spring, with the Mayckol Guaipe Cactus League series finale set for tomorrow in Mesa...Oakland won the first meeting, taking down a KC split-squad, 6-4, on March 7...the clubs will meet seven times in the regular season, beginning with a three-game set in the Bay Area, April 15-17, while the A’s don’t play at Kauffman until September 12-15. MORE MOVES--The Royals announced several roster moves earlier this week, sending catcher Parker Morin and infielders Orlando Calixte and Dusty Coleman to minor league camp, while optioning left-handed Scott Alexander and Brian Flynn to Omaha (AAA)...additionally, the club released right-handed pitcher Ross Ohlendorf. ROSTER BREAKDOWN--After Wednesday’s roster trimming, the Royals have 39 players (including left-handed pitchers Mike Minor and Jason Vargas on the 60-day D.L.) in camp...the roster includes 19 pitchers (five non-roster), three catchers, 10 infielders (three non-roster) and seven (one non-roster)... among the pitchers remaining in camp seven of them are left-handed. EXTRA, EXTRA!--KC will add several players from minor league camp this afternoon...minor league additions include: right-handed pitchers Malcom Culver (#91) and Benino Pruneda (#82), lefty Estarlin Cordero (#95), catcher Xavier Fernandez (#83), infielder Orlando Calixte (#61) and Edward Salcedo (#76). ROYALS TO DON GOLDEN THREADS IN 2016--In recognition of their 2015 World Championship, the Royals announced last week that they will wear specially designed Majestic jerseys and caps from New Era...the club will debut the uniforms on Opening Night vs. the New York Mets and also wear them on April 5 for the second game of the regular season...the front of the home white jerseys will feature the script ‘Royals’ embossed in gold with blue trim and blue numbers, with the players’ name in blue and their number embossed in gold on the back of the uniform...the Royal blue caps will feature a gold ‘KC’ with white trim on the front with the 2015 Champions logo on the side of the cap. SPRINGING TO WORK AS THE WORLD CHAMPS--The two-time American League champion and 2015 World Series champion Kansas City Royals have eight games remaining on their 2016 exhibition docket...KC’s A.L. crown last year gave the City of Surprise four of the last six American League championships, with the Rangers taking the title in both 2010 and 2011, the league’s last repeat winner...after today, the Royals play two more “home” games in Surprise Stadium, while Monday marks the final split-squad date of the spring...the five total split-squad days are four more than 2015...this spring session will run through April 2, when Kansas City wraps up play with a pair in Chase Field against the Diamondbacks...last year’s club finished the exhibition season with a 20-10-1 mark before heading north to claim its first-ever A.L. Central crown, followed by a run through the ALDS, ALCS and then the first World Series title since 1985. WINNING WAYS--The Royals are coming off a 95-67 regular season and their first American League Central crown...the last division title won by Kansas City was the 1985 A.L. West, when the club parlayed that triumph into its first World Series crown...the 95 wins in ‘15 were the most by a KC squad since the 1980 Royals went 97-65...dating back to the start of the 2013 season, Kansas City has a 270-216 record for a .556 winning pct., the best mark in the American League and fourth most wins in the Majors behind only St. Louis (287), Pittsburgh (280) and the Dodgers (278). SPRING WORK--The Royals have an all-time exhibition record of 662-605 with 38 ties for a .522 winning pct...the club has posted a 230-182 mark with 18 ties for a .556 mark in the Valley of the Sun...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). A LOOK AHEAD IN 2016--KC will open its 2016 regular season at home for the second consecutive year, though the first homestand will be segmented to say the least...the Royals will battle the New York Mets on Sunday, April 3 and then again on Tuesday afternoon, April 5, in a rematch of the 2015 Fall Classic...Kansas City will then take two consecutive days off on April 6-7, before welcoming the in for a three-game weekend series...the first road trip of the ‘16 campaign will feature a stop in Minute Maid Park and a 4-game series against KC’s ALDS foe from 2015, then wrap-up with a three-game visit to Oakland... Kansas City’s Interleague work this year will be vs. the National League East, with the Mets (2), Nationals (3) and Atlanta (3) visiting “The K” while the Royals will travel to play the Mets (2), Marlins (3) and Phillies (3)...KC will also play their cross-state rivals from St. Louis in a 4-game home & home series that starts in Kauffman Stadium on June 27-28 and ends in Busch Stadium on June 29-30...Kansas City will be well represented in San Diego for the All-Star Game as Ned Yost and his staff will be operating for the American League squad for a second straight year. AT THE HELM--The winningest manager in franchise history, Ned Yost begins his sixth full season with the club, after taking the reins on May 13, 2010...he has a 468-469 regular season record at the helm for the Royals, surpassing Whitey Herzog’s previous team mark of 410 wins (1975-79)...Yost is the 16th full-time manager in franchise history and enters this year sixth among active managers is games (1,896) and wins (925)...this is his second stint as a big league manager after nearly six full campaigns at the helm for the (2003-2008)...he compiled a 457-502 record with the Brew Crew including a 166-146 mark in his last two seasons. ON THE AIR--Today’s tilt between the Royals and A’s can be seen live on FOX Sports Kansas City, with Ryan Lefebvre and Rex Hudler calling the action... FSKC will carry two more exhibition games after today: Tuesday evening’s game here against the and Friday’s contest against Arizona at Chase Field...fans can also listen to a webcast of today’s game on royals.com, with Steve Stewart behind the mic. THE WEEK AHEAD--Kansas City will complete this two-game home-and-home series with the A’s tomorrow in Mesa, before starting the final week of exhibitions with three contests (two ‘home’ games) at Surprise Stadium...the Royals will have a split-squad on Monday, hosting San Diego, while also traveling to Peoria to face Seattle, before the Giants pay a visit to the West Valley Tuesday night...KC’s final game of the year at Surprise Stadium will technically be a Rangers’ home game, set for Wednesday at 12:05 p.m. ROYALS NOTES (Page 2) LAST TIME OUT TODAY’S PITCHERS: Player Date IP H R ER BB SO HR W/L/S Scott Alexander 3/22 0.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 - Miguel Almonte 3/18 4.0 3 1 1 2 2 0 W IAN KENNEDY– 31, is scheduled to make his fifth start of the spring today…in four previous Matt Alvarez 3/19 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 S starts, he’s allowed seven earned runs on 17 hits and four walks with 12 in 13.0 IP…spent Christian Binford 3/7 2.2 3 4 3 1 3 1 L Malcom Culver 3/19 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - last season with San Diego, where he went 9-15 with a 4.28 ERA (80 ER in 168.1 IP) and .258 Wade Davis 3/23 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - Brian Duensing 3/23 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - opponents’ average in 30 starts…has recorded 30 starts or more in six straight seasons, becoming Danny Duffy 3/24 1.0 3 2 2 0 3 1 - one of nine Major League pitchers to accomplish that feat…tied for seventh among MLB pitchers Jonathan Dziedzic 3/7 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 - Andrew Edwards 3/17 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 S with 192 starts since 2010…posted a 3.41 ERA (49 ER in 129.1 IP) with a 9.53 K/9 IP from June Luke Farrell 3/19 0.2 2 6 3 2 0 1 - through the end of the 2015 season…missed 14 games last year after being placed on the 15-day DL Brian Flynn 3/22 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 S Dillon Gee 3/24 4.0 3 4 4 3 2 1 L with a strained left hamstring on April 10. Kelvin Herrera 3/24 1.0 2 3 3 1 1 1 - Luke Hochevar 3/23 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 L David Huff 3/23 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - WADE DAVIS – 30, has made six scoreless appearances this spring, yielding just three hits and two Ian Kennedy 3/20 4.0 4 3 3 2 6 0 L walks with five strikeouts in 6.0 IP…is in his fourth season with the Royals…was named an All Star John Lannan 3/24 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - Kevin McCarthy 3/19 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 1 - for the first time in 2015…named Royals’ Bruce Rice Pitcher of the Year for the second straight Kris Medlen 3/23 3.1 7 5 5 1 6 4 - season by the Kansas City Chapter of the BBWAA…went 8-1 with a career-high 17 saves in 18 Alec Mills 3/9 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 - Peter Moylan 3/24 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 - opportunities…led Major League relievers with a 0.94 ERA (7 ER in 67.1 IP), the lowest mark by a Aroni Nina 3/9 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 - reliever in franchise history, topping the previous record he set in 2014 (1.00)…made eight scoreless Brooks Pounders 3/17 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 - Sam Selman 3/17 0.2 0 0 0 2 0 0 - appearances during the 2015 postseason, recording four saves in 10.2 IP. Joakim Soria 3/22 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 3/19 3.0 4 3 3 1 3 0 - Yordano Ventura 3/14 4.0 3 1 1 1 6 0 W JOAKIM SORIA – 31, has made six appearances this spring, including four straight scoreless Edinson Volquez 3/13 4.0 5 3 3 2 6 1 - Chien-Ming Wang 3/23 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - outings…in 7.0 IP overall, has yielded three unearned runs on five hits with 10 strikeouts…is in Chris Young 3/22 4.1 0 1 1 3 5 0 W his ninth Major League season, including six with the Royals from 2007-12…signed a three-year Kyle Zimmer 3/12 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - contract to return to Kansas City on December 10, 2015…struck out the side in the eighth inning SPRING TRANSACTIONS of the 2015 NL Wild Card game vs. the Cubs, retiring Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo and Austin Jackson in succession…made a career-high 72 regular season appearances between Detroit and Date Player Transaction 2/18 LHP-Brian Duensing Signed to a minor league contract Pittsburgh last season, going 3-1 with a 2.53 ERA (19 ER in 67.2 IP) and 24 saves in 30 chances… INF-Clint Barmes Signed to a minor league contract was acquired by the Pirates on July 30 in exchange for minor league infielder JaCoby Jones. RHP-Ross Ohlendorf Signed to a minor league contract 2/19 LHP-Mike Minor Signed to a Major League contract LHP-Jason Vargas Placed on 60-day D.L. LUKE HOCHEVAR – 32, had made six scoreless appearances before allowing two earned runs 3/1 C-Salvador Perez Signed a five-year extension (thru 2021) 3/14 RHP-Christian Binford Reassigned to minor league camp in his last outing on Wednesday at Cleveland…has a 2.57 ERA in 7.0 IP overall, yielding just six LHP-Jonathan Dziedzic Reassigned to minor league camp hits and three walks with five strikeouts…is in his ninth season with the Royals…returned to the RHP-Aroni Nina Reassigned to minor league camp Majors last season after missing all of 2014 due to Tommy John surgery…made 49 regular season RHP-Brooks Pounders Reassigned to minor league camp LHP-Sam Selman Reassigned to minor league camp appearances in 2015, going 1-1 with a 3.73 ERA (21 ER 50.2 IP), 16 walks and 49 strikeouts… INF-Hunter Dozier Reassigned to minor league camp made nine scoreless relief appearances during the 2015 postseason, earning a pair of wins. INF-Balbino Fuenmayor Reassigned to minor league camp C-Zane Evans Reassigned to minor league camp C-Cam Gallagher Reassigned to minor league camp RHP-Miguel Almonte Optioned to Omaha (AAA) RHP-Kyle Zimmer Optioned to Omaha (AAA) OF-Brett Eibner Optioned to Omaha (AAA) OF-Jose Martinez Optioned to Omaha (AAA) INF-Cheslor Cuthbert Optioned to Omaha (AAA) RHP-Alec Mills Optioned to Northwest Arkansas (AA) LHP-Matt Strahm Optioned to Northwest Arkansas (AA) INF-Ramon Torres Optioned to Northwest Arkansas (AA) OF-Jorge Bonifacio Optioned to Northwest Arkansas (AA) OF-Bubba Starling Optioned to Northwest Arkansas (AA) 3/15 RHP-Dillon Gee Contract selected from Omaha (AAA) LHP-Mike Minor Placed on 60-day D.L. 3/23 C-Parker Morin Reassigned to minor league camp INF-Orlando Calixte Reassigned to minor league camp INF-Dusty Coleman Reassigned to minor league camp LHP-Scott Alexander Optioned to Omaha (AAA) LHP-Brian Flynn Optioned to Omaha (AAA) RHP-Ross Ohlendorf Granted release from minor league contract

2016 SPRING SCHEDULE (all times local) Date Day Opponent Site Time/Result Record WP LP ATT March 2#* Wednesday TEXAS SURPRISE L, 2-6 0-1 Faulkner Huff (0-1) Klein 8,993 March 3* Thursday TEXAS SURPRISE L, 0-10 0-2 Holland Volquez (0-1) --- 5,025 March 4*MLB Friday at San Diego Peoria L, 1-3 0-3 Guerrero Moylan (0-1) Dominguez 9,054 March 5 Saturday CHICAGO WHITE SOX SURPRISE L, 6-7 0-4 Danish Ohlendorf (0-1) Lollis 8,337 March 6* Sunday at Los Angeles Angels Tempe W, 6-1 1-4 Gee (1-0) Alburquerque --- 9,097 March 7*MLB Monday at Mesa W, 3-2 2-4 Huff (1-1) Acevedo Culver (1) 11,937 at Oakland Mesa L, 4-6 2-5 Santos Binford (0-1) Thompson 4,615 March 8* Tuesday COLORADO SURPRISE W, 3-2 3-5 Volquez (1-1) Lyles Ohlendorf (1) 5,816 March 9* Wednesday MILWAUKEE SURPRISE W, 7-5 4-5 Flynn (1-0) Houser Selman (1) 4,786 at Seattle Peoria L, 7-5 4-6 Sampson Pounders (0-1) Aro 5,921 March 10 Thursday at Chicago White Sox (ss) Glendale W, 9-2 5-6 Duffy (1-0) Lamb (0-1) --- 4,464 March 11 Friday ARIZONA SURPRISE L, 3-12 5-7 Corbin Young (0-1) --- 10,110 March 12TV Saturday at Arizona Scottsdale L, 0-3 5-8 De La Rosa Medlen (0-1) Collmenter 13,514 March 13 Sunday CLEVELAND (ss) SURPRISE L, 4-9 5-9 Bauer Flynn (1-1) --- 8,715 March 14* Monday CHICAGO WHITE SOX SURPRISE W, 9-3 6-9 Ventura (1-0) Turner --- 8,243 March 15*TV/MLB Tuesday at Cincinnati Goodyear L, 2-4 6-10 O’Grady Duffy (1-1) Somsen 5,463 March 16*MLB Wednesday CHICAGO CUBS SURPRISE W, 10-0 7-10 Young (1-1) Lackey --- 11,076 March 17 Thursday at Glendale W, 5-1 8-10 Medlen (1-1) Hatcher Edwards (1) 13,095 March 18TV Friday at Texas (ss) San Antonio L, 5-7 8-11 Dyson Lannan (0-1) --- 27,536 * LOS ANGELES ANGELS (ss) SURPRISE W, 7-4 9-11 Almonte (1-0) Shoemaker (1-2) --- 8,238 March 19TV/MLB Saturday at Texas (ss) San Antonio L, 6-13 9-12 Ramos Duffy (1-2) --- 33,592 SEATTLE (ss) SURPRISE W, 5-4 10-12 Duensing (1-0) Wieland Alvarez (1) 10,638 March 20*MLB Sunday at Chicago Cubs Mesa L, 2-5 10-13 Lester Kennedy (0-1) Parra 15,523 March 21 Monday OFF DAY March 22*MLB/TV Tuesday LOS ANGELES DODGERS SURPRISE W, 3-1 11-13 Young (2-1) Wood Flynn (1) 11,781 March 23*MLB Wednesday at Cleveland Goodyear L, 6-7 11-14 Manship Hochevar (0-1) McAllister 6.786 March 24TV/MLB Thursday at Milwaukee Maryvale L, 2-9 11-15 Peralta Gee (1-1) --- 6,931 March 25* Friday at San Francisco (ss) Scottsdale 1:05 p.m. March 26TV Saturday OAKLAND SURPRISE 1:05 p.m. March 27* Sunday at Oakland Mesa 1:05 p.m. March 28 Monday SAN DIEGO SURPRISE 1:05 p.m. at Seattle Peoria 1:10 p.m. March 29*MLB/TV Tuesday SAN FRANCISCO SURPRISE 6:05 p.m. March 30* Wednesday at Texas Surprise 12:05 p.m. March 31 Thursday OFF DAY April 1*TV Friday at Arizona Chase Field 6:40 p.m. April 2 Saturday at Arizona Chase Field 12:10 p.m.

# Denotes Charity Game (game and stats will count in Cactus League) Record Attendance * Game broadcast on KCSP-610 AM in Kansas City (4 more radio broadcasts will be added in mid-March) Home: 7-5 Home: 101,758 TV Broadcast on FOX Sports Kansas City Road: 4-10 Home avg.: 8,480 MLB Broadcast on MLB Network (Live broadcasts: 3/4, 3/22, 3/29; Delayed: 3/7, 3/15, 3/16, 3/19, 3/23, 3/24 ) vs. A.L.: 5-9 Road: 167,528 NOTE: All games webcast on royals.com vs. N.L.: 6-6 Road avg.: 11,966