Kansas City Royals OFFICIAL GAME NOTES Kansas City Royals (24-54) @ Milwaukee Brewers (45-32) Miller Park - Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Game #79 - Road Game #39 Fox Sports Kansas City, FOX Sports Go and KCSP Radio (610 Sports) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Wednesday, June 27 @ Milwaukee Brewers: LHP Danny Duffy (3-7, 5.18) vs. LHP Brent Suter (8-4, 4.15), 1:10 p.m., Facebook Live & 610 Sports Thursday, June 28: Off day in Seattle Friday, June 29 @ Seattle Mariners: RHP Ian Kennedy (1-7, 5.09) vs. TBA, 9:10 p.m. (CDT), FSKC & 610 Sports Saturday, June 30 @ Seattle Mariners: RHP Jason Hammel (2-9, 5.34) vs. TBA, 9:10 p.m. (CDT), FSKC & 610 Sports Sunday, July 1 @ Seattle Mariners: RHP Brad Keller (2-2, 2.25) vs. TBA, 3:10 p.m. (CDT), FSKC & 610 Sports Tonight’s game is being broadcast in Kansas City on KCSP Radio (610 Sports) and the Royals Radio Network with Steve Physioc and Steve Stewart mikeside... tonight is being televised on FSKC with Ryan Lefebvre and Rex Hudler providing the call, while Joel Goldberg hosts the pre and post-game shows, Royals Live... tomorrow’s matinee will be the second Facebook Live telecast of the year with Scott Braun, Dan Plesac and Kris Medlen in the booth. Brewers vs. Royals KELLER DOMINATES HALOS--Rule 5 acquisition Brad Keller made his fifth Major League start a Tonight is the third of four meetings against the Brewers, with memorable one on Monday, working 7.0 shutout innings en route to a 2-0 win over the Angels in a make- Milwaukee taking a pair in Kauffman Stadium back in April...KC up game from an April 15 snowout...the win salvaged the final game of the season set against the Halos entered this year riding an 8-game winning streak vs. the Brew Crew...the Royals hold a 203-166 advantage against this franchise after KC had dropped the first six...Keller, 22, gave up two hits and two walks, while fanning six, with the with the majority of play taking place while the Brewers were in only ball to reach the outfield a Mike Trout single to center in the sixth inning...Kevin McCarthy recorded the A.L. from 1970-97....Kansas City has gone 91-88 over the a hard-earned hold by fanning Chris Young and coaxing a groundout from Ian Kinsler with the tying years in Milwaukee, including a 5-3 ledger in Miller Park run just 90-feet away at third base in the eighth inning...after the Royals added an insurance tally in the Date Site Score WP LP Att. 4/24 KC L, 2-5 Davies Kennedy 16,555 eighth, Wily Peralta was summoned for his first big league save, fanning both Trout and Justin Upton in 4/25 KC L, 2-6 Chacin Hammel 13,389 the process...the Royals took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on a Lucas Duda RBI single, knocking home Hunter 6/26 @ Milw Dozier, who had doubled, then Rosell Herrera’s third hit of the day knocked in the eighth inning tally...it 6/27 @ Milw was just the third win in the last 20 games for the Royals, all coming via a shutout. DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH--Brad Keller, who was picked off of Arizona’s AA club in Jackson last December during the Rule 5 draft, earned his first win as a starter yesterday, becoming the youngest Royal (22 years, 333 days) to win a start since Yordano Ventura (22 years, 326 days) on April 25, 2014 at Baltimore…Keller’s win over the Halos was the first for a KC starter since June 9 in Oakland (Danny Duffy)…he is the second Royal with a start of at least 7.0 shutout innings and two-or-fewer hits within his first five career starts, joining Mel Stottlemyre Jr. on September 5, 1990...Keller also extended his homerless streak to 41.0 innings, the second-longest active streak in the Majors, trailing only Atlanta’s Dan Winkler (43.2 IP)…Keller hasn’t allowed a home run in 26.0 innings at Kauffman Stadium this season, the most innings without a roundtripper allowed in a home ballpark in the Majors. FIRING BLANKS--The Royals haven’t won a lot this year, but 25% of their victories have proven the theory that you can’t lose if you don’t give up any runs... yesterday’s 2-0 win over the Angels was KC’s sixth shutout of the season, matching the number of blankings fired all of last season...the Royals have but four wins this month, the last three of which have been shutouts, but by the slimmest of margins by the scores of 2-0, 1-0 and 2-0 over Oakland, Houston and Los Angeles, respectively. FACEBOOK TOMORROW--The matinee finale here tomorrow will be Kansas City’s second experience with Major League Baseball’s Facebook Live telecast...the Royals and Blue Jays were one of the early Facebook games on April 18 from Rogers Centre...Wednesday’s tilt will only be available on Facebook and not on the regular rightsholder, FOX Sports Kansas City...the commentators will be Scott Braun, Dan Plesac and former Royal Kris Medlen. OFF DAY THURSDAY--The Royals will get a well-deserved day away from the game on Thursday in Seattle as tomorrow’s contest will conclude a four-day, 75- hour stretch in which Kansas City will have played four games in three cities...it all began on Sunday when KC dropped the series finale in Houston, then returned to Kauffman Stadium yesterday for a make-up battle with the Angels caused by an April 15 snowout...tonight and tomorrow will see a pair of games played in less than 24 hours, then the Royals will charter to Seattle where they’ll take Thursday off prior to a weekend set with the Mariners. TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Jakob Junis (5-8, 4.43) vs. RHP Freddy Peralta (2-0, 2.30) 2018 2017 Career 2018 2017 Career Freddy Peralta vs. Royals First career appearance Major League Record 2-0 (2.30 ERA) - 2-0 Jakob Junis vs. Brewers First career appearance Major League Record 5-8 (4.43 ERA) 9-3 14-11 JAKOB JUNIS makes his 16th start of the season, the 32nd of his career and 36th overall appearance...it’s his first career start against Milwaukee and fifth against a National League foe...the 25-year-old right-hander was the Royals’ 29th-round selection in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft out of Rock Falls (Ill.) H.S. DROUGHT HITS A HANDFUL--Despite recording his team-best eighth quality Jakob’s 2018 Starts start, Jakob suffered a fifth-straight setback last Wednesday, falling at home to the DATE OPPONENT SCORE IP H R ER HR BB SO TP-K LEFT 4/3 at Detroit W, 1-0 7.0+ 3 0 0 0 1 6 87-62 1-0 Rangers, 3-2...he allowed three runs on five hits over 6.0 innings with four walks and 4/9 vs. Seattle W, 10-0 7.0 1 0 0 0 2 3 90-56 9-0 4/14 vs. LA Angels L, 3-5 4.2 7 4 4 3 1 7 98-63 0-4 four strikeouts...he surrendered single runs in the first two frames, before retiring 13 4/20 at Detroit-2 W, 3-2 8.0 4 2 2 0 1 4 106-72 3-2 of the next 16, without allowing a hit during that stretch...Rougned Odor snapped 4/26 vs. White Sox L, 3-6 5.2 6 6 6 5 2 5 99-65 2-6 5/1 at Boston ND, 7-6 (13) 6.0 7 2 2 1 1 5 101-67 2-2 that streak with a solo shot in the sixth, which wound up the deciding run...it was the 5/6 vs. Detroit W, 4-2 7.0+ 8 2 2 1 1 8 98-67 4-1 5/12 at Cleveland L, 2-6 5.2 6 4 4 1 2 7 92-58 2-4 seventh homer Junis has allowed in his last three outings...his five consecutive start 5/18 vs. NY Yankees W, 5-2 5.1 7 2 2 0 1 3 101-62 4-0 losing streak is the longest by a Royal since Johnny Cueto in 2015 and comes after 5/23 at St. Louis ND, 5-2 (10) 5.0 5 2 2 0 1 7 81-55 2-2 5/28 vs. Minnesota L, 5-8 6.0 6 3 3 1 4 7 93-57 2-3 Jakob lost just six times in his first 30 outings. 6/3 vs. Oakland L, 1-5 7.1 6 3 3 0 1 9 106-69 1-2 6/8 at Oakland L, 2-7 5.1 10 6 6 3 1 5 97-64 0-6 HOME RUNS A PROBLEM--Junis has has surrendered 19 home runs this season, 6/15 vs. Houston L, 3-7 5.1 7 6 6 3 1 3 96-62 3-6 tied for the second-most in the AL, behind Cole Hamels (20)...of the that total, 15 have 6/20 vs. Texas L, 2-3 6.0 5 3 3 1 4 4 91-55 1-3 2018 Totals 5-8 4.43 91.1 88 45 45 19 24 83 1436-934 65.0% been solo shots with 25 of the 45 runs he’s allowed (55.6%) coming via home runs..