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Kansas City Royals OFFICIAL GAME NOTES Kansas City Royals (32-72) @ New York Yankees (66-37) Yankee Stadium - Sunday, July 29, 2018 Game #105 - Road Game #53 Fox Sports Kansas City, KCSP Radio (610 Sports) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Monday, July 30: Off day in Chicago Tuesday, July 31 @ Chicago White Sox: LHP Danny Duffy (6-9, 4.70) vs. RHP James Shields (4-12, 4.53), 7:10 p.m., FSKC & 610 Sports Wednesday, August 1 @ Chicago White Sox: RHP Jakob Junis (5-11, 5.06) vs. RHP Dylan Covey (4-6, 5.40), 7:10 p.m., FSKC & 610 Sports Thursday, August 2 @ Chicago White Sox: RHP Brad Keller (4-4, 3.43) vs. RHP Reynaldo Lopez (4-9, 4.57), 1:10 p.m., FSKC & 610 Sports Today is being broadcast in Kansas City on KCSP Radio (610 Sports) and the Royals Radio Network with Steve Physioc and Steve Stewart mikeside...this entire road trip will be broadcast on Fox Sports Kansas City with Ryan Lefebvre and Rex Hudler on the call...Joel Goldberg and Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery anchor the pre and post-game shows, Royals Live. Yankees vs. Royals LATE RUNS AND LOB’S SPOIL SHOT AT SATURDAY SWEEP--The Royals were just six outs shy The Royals split yesterday’s day/night twinbill and enter to- of doing something they’d only done once in team history, which was win two games in one day over the day 2-4 on the year against the Yankees...KC trails the all-time Yankees, but it was for naught, as New York rallied from a 4-3 deficit with a pair of eighth inning runs to work by a 197-294 margin, including an 84-163 deficit in the gain a split of the day with a 5-4 decision...KC had plenty of opportunities in the evening affair, stranding Bronx (and old Shea Stadium)...Kansas City has gone 12-22 since the Yankees made the move to this ballpark in 2009...for 15 runners with a 2-for-12 struggle when runners were in scoring position...Kansas City’s offense was on the record, KC was 67-134 across the street in old Yankee Sta- display in the matinee, posting a 10-5 win, thanks to home runs from Lucas Duda (two-run) and Brian dium and went 5-7 when games were played in Shea in 1974-75. Goodwin (three-run)...it was the first double-digit run output in the Bronx for KC since May 12, 2011, Date Site Score WP LP Att. when the Royals were 11-5 winners...Brad Keller worked 5.2 innings to even his record at 4-4, while Duda 5/18 KC W, 5-2 Junis Sabathia 26,433 and Goodwin each knocked home three runs, and Rosell Herrera and Sal Perez had a pair of RBI apiece... 5/19 KC L, 3-8 Severino Duffy 33,684 5/20 KC L, 1-10 Gray Skoglund 24,121 as for game two, Kansas City rallied from a 3-1 deficit with single tallies in the fifth, sixth and seventh, 7/26 @ NY L, 2-7 Gray Junis 46,965 taking the lead on a bases loaded walk to Drew Butera...Herrera completed a five-hit Saturday with three 7/28 @ NY (1) W, 10-5 Keller Severino 46,571 knocks in the nightcap, while Perez and Goodwin each tacked on a pair of hits...with the split, the only 7/28 @ NY (2) L, 4-5 Betances 45,043 Flynn time the Royals have won twice on the same day vs. the Yankees was August 13, 1991 here in the Bronx. SALVY ROLLING--The lone player who didn’t get a break when the All-Stars convened in Washington, Salvador Perez, has had a solid month of July while also making his fifth consecutive start for the A.L...with home runs in two of the three games here this weekend, Perez has batted .323 (20-for-62) while hitting safely in 14 of his last 15 games with three doubles, six homers and 18 RBI, while slugging at a .661 clip...things weren’t going quite as well during June, when he batted just .158 (15-for-95) with four RBI, but since the calendar flipped to July he has already collected 10 more hits and knocked home 16 more runs, than the previous month going 25-for-84 for a .298 mark with 20 driven in...he’s had a solid year against the Yankees, hitting .364 (8-for-22) with two doubles, three homers and eight RBI. NEWEST ROYAL ARRIVES IN BRONX--The 26th man in the second game of yesterday’s split-doubleheader, Brett Phillips is officially part of the 25-man roster today as pitcher Andres Machado was optioned back to Northwest Arkansas (AA) after last night’s game...Phillips and right-handed pitcher Jorge Lopez were acquired very late Friday night from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for third baseman Mike Moustakas...Phillips hit .240 (62-for-258) in 71 games with 12 doubles, seven triples and six home runs for Colorado Springs (AAA), while he was 4-for-22 in three stints with Milwaukee...he has 52 career big league games with Milwaukee, hitting .257 (28-for-109) with three doubles, a triple and four home runs...Moustakas, who arrived in San Francisco in time yesterday to make the start at third for the Brewers, hit .249 in 98 games for the Royals with 20 home runs and a team-high 62 RBI after setting the club record for homers in a season last year with 38. CHI-TOWN NEXT--The Royals will take tomorrow off in Chicago before continuing this road trip with a three-game stop in Guaranteed Rate Field starting Tuesday night...Kansas City is just 3-7 vs. the ChiSox this year, losing the first five meetings before taking three of the last five. TODAY’S STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Burch Smith (1-1, 5.58) vs. LHP J.A. Happ (10-6, 4.18) 2018 2017 Career 2018 2017 Career Burch Smith vs. Yankees 0-0 - 0-0 Major League Record 1-1 (5.58 ERA) - 2-4 J.A. Happ vs. Royals 1-0 0-1 3-3 Major League Record 10-6 (4.18 ERA) 10-11 102-82 BURCH SMITH makes his fourth start of the season (28th appearance) and 11th of his career (38th appearance)…it’s his second career appearance (1st start) vs. the Yankees…he was acquired via trade from the Mets, who selected him from Tampa Bay in the 2017 Rule 5 Draft…he was originally selected by San Diego in the 14th round of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Oklahoma. Burch’s 2018 Starts DATE OPPONENT SCORE IP H R ER HR BB SO TP-K LEFT SMITH TAMES TIGERS--Burch earned his second career win, first in 1,773 7/11 at Minnesota ND, 5-8 3.1 7 4 4 0 1 4 71-52 4-2 days, 5-4 over Detroit on Tuesday...he was charged with two runs on one hit and two 7/15 at White Sox L, 1-10 2.0 3 2 2 1 0 2 30-20 0-2 7/24 vs. Detroit W, 5-4 6.1 1 2 2 0 2 6 96-60 5-0 walks in 6.1 innings, with six strikeouts…the Tigers had but two baserunners through 2018 Totals (as Starter) 1-1 6.17 11.2 11 8 8 1 3 12 197-132 67.0% the first 6.0 innings, a second inning error and single in the fourth, which was erased by 2018 Totals 1-1 5.58 50.0 49 31 31 9 24 51 869-553 63.6% a caught stealing…he issued a pair of one-out walks in the seventh, before exiting with Burch’s Last 5 Relief Appearances DATE OPPONENT SCORE IP H R ER HR BB SO TP-K LEFT a 5-0 lead, but Tim Hill was tagged for a home run by Victor Martinez, which drove 6/19 vs. Texas ND, 1-4 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 2 22-16 - in both inherited runners…the win was Smith’s first since Sept. 15, 2013 with San 6/23 at Houston ND, 3-4 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 30-16 - 6/26 at Milwaukee ND, 1-5 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13-8 - Diego in Atlanta, making him the 311th different pitcher to win in a Royals uniform… 6/29 at Seattle ND, 1-4 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15-11 - he owns a 3.32 ERA (8 ER in 21.2 IP) and .215 opponents’ average (17-for-79) with 7/6 vs. Boston ND, 5-10 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 3 50-35 - 2018 Toyals (as Reliever) 0-0 5.40 38.1 38 23 23 8 21 39 672-421 62.6% five walks (2.1 BB/9) and 21 strikeouts (8.7 K/9) in his last eight appearances (3 starts) after posting a 7.31 ERA (23 ER in 28.1 IP) and .296 opponents’ average (32-for-108) with 19 walks (6.0 BB/9) through his first 19 outings. ROOKIES RULE--Smith’s start on Tuesday vs. Detroit capped a three-game stretch in which he, Brad Keller and Heath Fillmyer each recorded at least 6.0 innings, allowed three hits or fewer and struck out at least six, becoming the first trio of rookies with three such consecutive starts in Major League history, according toSTATS .