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Kansas City Royals OFFICIAL GAME NOTES Colorado Rockies (68-57) @ Kansas City Royals (63-61) Kauffman Stadium - Wednesday, August 23, 2017 Game #125 - Home Game #64 FOX Sports Kansas City (HD) & KCSP Radio (610 Sports) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Thursday, August 24 vs. Colorado Rockies: RHP German Márquez (10-5, 4.24) vs. RHP Jakob Junis (5-2, 4.99), 1:15 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Friday, August 25 @ Cleveland Indians: LHP Jason Vargas (14-7, 3.59) vs. LHP Ryan Merritt (0-0, 3.12), 6:10 p.m. (CDT), FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Saturday, August 26 @ Cleveland Indians: RHP Jason Hammel (6-9, 4.73) vs. RHP Mike Clevinger (6-5, 3.97), 6:10 p.m. (CDT), FS 1 (HD) & 610 Sports Sunday, August 27 @ Cleveland Indians: LHP Danny Duffy (8-8, 3.78) vs. RHP Carlos Carrasco (12-6, 3.95), 12:10 p.m. (CDT), FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Tonight’s game can be heard on KCSP Radio (610 Sports) and the Royals Radio Network with Royals Hall of Famer Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre and Steve Stewart on the call, while Don Free controls the dials as the producer/engineer…tonight is being televised in HD on FSKC with Steve Physioc and Rex Hudler mikeside, while Joel Goldberg and Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery host the pre/postgame shows, Royals Live. Royals vs. Rockies ROYALS PREVAIL IN NAILBITER--Things got a lot more interesting than they probably needed to last The Royals took the opener of this 3-game set last night and night, but ultimately Kansas City held on for a 3-2 win in the first of three with Colorado...Scott Alexander have now won three straight over the Rox in Kauffman Stadium was summoned from the pen to inherit a 2-0 count with the bases loaded and two-down in the ninth in relief dating back to the ‘14 season, while going 7-2 here overall...KC of the injured Kelvin Herrera and two pitches later he was the owner of his first Major League save...Danny also leads the all-time work by a 13-10 advantage. Date Site Score WP LP Att. Duffy was outstanding for 6.0 innings allowing just one hit, a 2-out 2-run homer to Nolan Arenado in the 8/22 KC W, 3-2 Duffy Gray 22,868 sixth that narrowed KC’s lead from 3-0 to 3-2...Mike Minor retired all five men he faced, three via strikeouts, 8/23 KC then Peter Moylan ended the eighth with a ground ball out before Herrera retired the first two in the ninth, 8/24 KC then things went haywire with a triple, two walks and then his departure with a 2-0 count...the Royals scored a first inning run on a passed ball, then scored two in the fourth on an RBI hit by Eric Hosmer and run-scoring double from Salvador Perez in his first game back after a 15-game stint on the D.L...the win cut Kansas City’s deficit in the A.L. Central to six games behind the Indians, while it remained 1 1/2 in back of Minnesota for the second Wild Card and stayed four behind the Yankees for the host Wild Card position. DUFF TOUGH VS. ROX--Danny Duffy snapped a 4-start victory drought with a strong 6.0-inning stint last night to even his season ledger to 8-8...it was his first win since July 25 at Detroit, going 0-2 with a pair of no decisions between triumphs...Duff retired 17 of the first 19 he faced, including 12 in a row before being charged with a 2-out walk in the sixth that preceded Nolan Arenado’s 28th home run...Duffy is the second hurler in franchise history to allow more than one run on one hit or less over at least 6.0 innings joining Doug Bird from July 26, 1978, when he gave up three runs on one hit 6.0 innings of a 12-3 win in this ballpark over Seattle...Birdie’s mound opponent that night was none other than Mike Parrott. ALEXANDER JOINS RESCUE LIST--In his 60th Major League appearance, southpaw Scott Alexander recorded his first big league save under tenuous conditions to say the least...entering with the bases loaded, two out and a 2-0 count on the hitter, Alexander recorded the 13th save in team history on two pitches or fewer, by getting a ground ball on his second delivery...Alexander, who saved 21 games during his minor league career, is the 145th different hurler to record a rescue for the Royals. ONE TO GO FOR MOOSE--Kansas City’s 32-year single-season home run record is officially in jeopardy as Mike Moustakas currently possesses 35 blasts, just one behind Steve Balboni’s 1985 record of 36...the 35 homers make him the most prolific left-handed home run hitter in team annals, passing John Mayberry’s 34 in 1975... Moustakas is currently tied with Gary Gaetti (35 in 1995) for second on the single-season list...Moose has also climbed into the discussion as the American League home run king, with his 35 roundtrippers tied with Joey Gallo for second in the A.L. behind Aaron Judge’s 37...no Royal has ever won an A.L. home run title. ACE 30 REMEMBERING YO--The morning of January 22, 2017 will always be remembered as one of the most tragic days in franchise history when word was received that pitcher Yordano Ventura had his life cut short due to a car accident in his native Dominican Republic...signed as a 17-year old in 2008, the fireballing right-hander compiled a 38-31 during his abbreviated Major League career...among many highlights, “Ace” will be most remembered for blanking the San Francisco Giants over 7.0 innings in Game #6 of the 2014 World Series to force a seventh and deciding game, while pitching with a heavy heart himself due to the untimely passing of his friend Oscar Tavares...to honor the late Ventura, all uniforms in 2017 will be adorned with the ACE 30 patch. TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Antonio Senzatela (10-4, 4.56) vs. RHP Ian Kennedy (4-9, 5.06) 2016 2015 Career 2017 2016 Career Antonio Senzatela vs. Royals First career appearance Major League Record 10-4 (4.56 ERA) - 10-4 Ian Kennedy vs. Rockies - 1-3 6-7 Major League Record 4-9 (5.06 ERA) 11-11 90-88 IAN KENNEDY makes his 24th start of the season, the 261st assignment of his career and 263rd appearance...a long-time member of the National League West, he’s facing Colorado for the 23rd time in his career...the 32-year-old righty is in the second season of a five-year deal he signed with the Royals on January 29, 2016. BRIEF OUTING VS. TRIBE--Ian endured his second shortest start of the year last Ian’s 2017 Starts Friday, working just the 2.2 innings of a 10-1 loss to Cleveland...it was the first time he’s DATE OPPONENT SCORE IP H R ER HR BB SO TP-K LEFT 4/5 at Minnesota L, 1-9 5.0 3 3 3 0 5 5 95-55 1-3 failed to complete 3.0 innings since May 21 in Minnesota (2.0 innings), which was his first 4/9 Oakland L, 0-2 6.0 6 2 2 1 2 4 99-61 0-2 game back from a DL stint and just the third time since the beginning of 2010 (248 starts)... 4/16 LA Angels ND, 1-0 8.0 2 0 0 0 2 10 111-67 0-0 4/22 at Texas ND, 1-2 7.0 4 1 1 1 3 3 95-60 1-1 he was charged with five runs on six hits, surrendering home runs to Jason Kipnis and Jay 4/28 Minnesota ND, 4-6 5.1 2 2 2 1 2 6 100-61 3-2 5/4 White Sox L, 3-8 4.1 6 5 4 2 1 3 84-52 0-5 Bruce in the first inning, then two more runs in the third ended his night...he’s now winless 5/21 at Minnesota (2) L, 4-8 2.0 3 5 5 2 3 1 54-28 2-5 in his last 15 starts at Kauffman Stadium, dating back to a victory over Minnesota on 5/26 at Cleveland ND, 6-4 5.0 3 4 4 1 2 4 88-50 4-4 5/31 Detroit L, 5-6 3.0 4 5 5 1 3 4 74-43 3-5 August 20, 2016, the longest home drought in club history, passing Glendon Rusch (1997- 6/5 Houston L, 3-7 5.0 6 4 4 1 3 4 96-53 2-4 98) and Mac Suzuki (1999-2000), who both had 14-start winless streaks here. 6/10 at San Diego ND, 12-6 6.0 6 4 4 1 2 5 100-67 3-4 6/16 at LA Angels W, 3-1 6.0 2 1 1 1 1 4 97-57 2-1 HIT TOTAL DOWN--Despite last Friday, Kennedy still ranks eighth in the American 6/21 Boston ND, 6-4 4.2 3 4 2 2 3 4 89-54 2-3 League holding opponents to a .234 batting average (min.