Kansas City Royals OFFICIAL GAME NOTES Kansas City Royals (2-3) @ Philadelphia Phillies (2-3) Citizens Bank Park - Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 12:35 p.m. (CDT) Game #6 - Road Game #6 Fox Sports Kansas City (HD) and KCSP Radio (610 Sports) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Monday, April 8 vs. Minnesota Twins: RHP Kevin Correia (0-0, 2.57) vs. RHP Ervin Santana (0-1, 6.00), 3:10 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Tuesday, April 9 vs. Minnesota Twins: RHP Mike Pelfrey (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Jeremy Guthrie (1-0, 1.50), 7:10 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Wednesday, April 10 vs. Minnesota Twins: RHP Liam Hendricks (0-0, 7.71) vs. RHP Wade Davis (0-0, 9.00), 7:10 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports Thursday, April 11: Off day at home Today’s game is being broadcast in Kansas City on KCSP Radio (610 Sports) with Steve Physioc and Steve Stewart, while Don Free controls the dials as the pro- ducer/engineer...today’s game is being televised in High Definition by Fox Sports Kansas City with Ryan Lefebvre and Rex Hudler...the pre and postgame show on FSKC, Royals Live, is hosted by Joel Goldberg, who is joined by Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery. Royals vs. Phillies PHREEBIES LEAD TO ALL PHILLIES RUNS--The old baseball adage “walks haunt” couldn’t have Today is the rubber game of this series, which will also give been more accurate last night as the Royals couldn’t get that elusive 27th out and wound up on the short one clue the lead in the all-time work...the Royals and Phils have end of a 4-3 defeat to even this series at a win apiece...Kansas City plated the first two runs of the game split their 8 all-time games, including a 2-3 mark here. in the fifth inning on a Miguel Tejada groundout and Elliot Johnson single, but the Phils cut the lead in Date Site Score WP LP Att. half when KC legacy, John Mayberry, Jr., walked to open the frame and come across to score...the Royals 4/5 @ Phi W, 13-4 Chen Kendrick 45,307 added what appeared to be a big insurance run in the seventh on consecutive doubles by Jeff Francoeur 4/6 @ Phi L, 3-4 Bastardo Holland 39,475 and Tejada, but things unraveled in the ninth when Greg Holland walked the first three hitters in the 4/7 @ Phi inning and then after fanning two straight he allowed a bases clearing double to Kevin Frandsen to end the contest...Luis Mendoza was strong in his first assignment of the year, working 6.0 innings allowing just a run on 2 hits over 6.0 innings, but had to settle for a no decision...just a day after collecting 19 hits for the first time in a year and a half, the Royals’ offense was limited to 6 hits last night, with Francoeur collecting a pair of doubles. A FRANCHISE FIRST WITH THE LEATHER--Kansas City’s gloves have come to play in the early going by handling all of its 168 chances flawlessly, the first time in team history that the Royals have not committed an error through the first 5 games of the year...the 2008 squad was guilty of its first miscue in game #5 and that held through the first 10 games of the year...though still extremely early, the Royals are one of 4 clubs without an error this year in baseball and each club resides in the American League (Boston, Detroit and Tampa Bay). RUBBER GAME #1--Today is the first rubber game of the 2013 campaign and the third in as many all-time series between these two clubs...the Phils won the rubber game here in 2004 and the Royals returned the favor in Kauffman Stadium in 2007...Kansas City participated in 23 rubber games last year, posting a 12-11 ledger. 40TH ANNIVERSARY BEGINS TOMORROW--The Royals will finally kickoff the home half of the 2013 season tomorrow afternoon with a 3:10 first pitch against division rival Minnesota and in doing so will begin a year long celebration of 40 years of baseball at Kauffman Stadium, a.k.a. Royals Stadium when it opened in 1973...the sixth oldest park in the majors (Fenway Park-1912, Wrigley Field-1914, Dodger Stadium-1962, Angel Stadium-1966 and Oakland Coliseum-1966 the only older), yet one of the most modern thanks to the renovation that was completed prior to the 2009 season, Kauffman Stadium opened as Royals Stadium on April 10, 1973, when the late Paul Splittorff threw the first pitch and ultimately defeated the Texas Rangers, 12-1...Kauffman Stadium has been witness to 3,170 games with the Royals possessing a 1,648-1,521 record with one tie. INTERLEAGUE RESUMES ON NEXT TRIP--The 2013 rules came into play early this year with the Royals traveling here on their second stop of the season and the next road trip will see the next Interleague action as Kansas City opens the journey with a 2-game stop in Atlanta...KC’s 2013 Interleague schedule features work against the N.L. East, starting with this stop in Philly and then visits to Citi Field in New York for a 3-gamer vs. the Mets and the upcoming 2-game stop in Atlanta...the Braves, Marlins and Nationals will visit “The K” this year, as will St. Louis, who will play home-and-home 2-game sets over 4 consecutive days from May 27-30...the Royals were 8-10 in action against the National League last year, posting identical 4-5 marks at home and on the road, playing against Arizona (1-2), Pittsburgh (0-3), St. Louis (3-3), Houston (2-1) and Milwaukee (3-0). TWINS TOMORROW--The Royals will begin a 3-game series and 6-game homestand tomorrow when Minnesota comes calling for the home opener...Kansas City is looking to change its fortunes against the visitors from the north, posting a 7-11 mark last year and not having a winning season vs. the Twins since 2003 (11-8)... in the nine years since that winning campaign, KC has gone just 61-104 against its A.L. Central rival, with 2007 the only non-losing mark at 9-9. TODAY’S STARTING PITCHERS: RHP James Shields (0-1, 1.50) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (0-1, 9.00) 2012 2011 Career 2013 2012 Career James Shields vs. Phillies 0-0 - 1-0 Major League Record 0-1 (1.50 ERA) 15-10 87-74 Cole Hamels vs. Royals 1st career appearance Major League Record 0-1 (9.00 ERA) 17-6 91-61 JAMES SHIELDS will make his second start of the season in today’s series finale after working on Opening Day...this is his 220th career Major League appearance (219th start) and third career regular season start against Philadelphia...he was acquired as the centerpiece of a 7-player deal with the Tampa Bay Rays on December 9, 2012. James’s 2013 Starts RUNS SCARCE IN OPENER--Shields had the honor of throwing out the first DATE OPPONENT SCORE IP H R ER HR BB SO TP-K LEFT pitch of season for the Royals on Monday in Chicago and dropped a 1-0 decision to 4/1 at Chicago L, 0-1 6.0 8 1 1 1 0 6 102-66 0-1 Chris Sale and the White Sox...James threw 6.0 strong innings but surrrendered a solo 2013 Totals 0-1, 1.50 6.0 8 1 1 1 0 6 102-66 65% Career Totals 87-74, 3.88 1460.2 1447 689 630 185 340 1256 - - home run in the fifth inning to catcher Tyler Flowers...Shields allowed 8 hits, no walks, struck out 6 and threw 102 pitches...it was his fifth career Opening Day start after James’s 2013 Spring Appearances receiving the honor on 4 occasions with Tampa Bay. DATE OPPONENT SCORE IP H R ER HR BB SO TP-K LEFT AWESOME IN APRIL--Shields has a 15-5 record with a 3.05 ERA in 32 April 2/28 at San Diego ND, 5-4 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - - 3/6 at Arizona W, 8-1 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 2 - - starts, including a 4-0 mark last year in 5 starts...his .750 winning pct. in April is tied 3/12 at Oakland L, 3-6 4.2 6 4 4 0 0 6 - - with Kyle Lohse for first in baseball among pitchers with at least 15 starts. 3/22 at Los Angeles W, 13-9 5.0 11 9 8 0 3 2 - - 3/27 Chicago-NL ND, 9-9 5.0 3 2 2 0 1 4 - - INTERLEAGUE CONTESTS--James is 10-8 with a 4.19 ERA (165.1 IP, 162 2013 Spring Totals 1-1, 6.75 18.2 23 15 14 0 4 15 - - H, 77 ER, 39 BB, 160 SO) in 26 career matchups vs. the senior circuit, including 25 starts...last year, he made 4 starts vs. N.L. clubs, posting a 1-1 record and a 3.60 ERA against the Braves, Marlins (x2) and these Phillies. AT THE PLATE--Shields has gone 7-for-37 (.189) when inserted into the lineup during Interleague competition...included are 2 walks, 3 RBI, 11 K’s and a sacrifice bunt...his first-ever start in a National League park was here on June 16, 2006, going 2-for-3 in the game, including his first big league hit off of today’s mound opponent Cole Hamels, posting a 10-4 win...Shields’ last hit was also in this balllpark on June 23, 2012, a single off Kyle Kendrick.