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UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLESThursday, July 19 vs. Seattle Mariners: RHP Felix Hernandez (7-5, 2.92) vs. RHP Luke Hochevar (6-8, 5.26), 1:10 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports

Friday, July 20 vs. Minnesota Twins: RHP Nick Blackburn (4-5, 8.10) vs. RHP Luis Mendoza (3-6, 4.32), 7:10 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 SportsSaturday, July 21 vs. Minnesota Twins: LHP Scott Diamond (8-3, 2.96) vs. TBA, 6:10 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports

Sunday, July 22 vs. Minnesota Twins: RHP Samuel Deduno (0-0, 5.59) vs. Everett Teaford (1-3, 4.98), 1:10 p.m., FSKC (HD) & 610 SportsMonday, July 23 @ Los Angeles Angels: LHP Bruce Chen (7-8+ tonight) vs. TBA, 9:05 p.m. (CDT), FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports

Tuesday, July 24 @ Los Angeles Angels: RHP Luke Hochevar (6-8+ tomorrow) vs. TBA, 9:05 p.m. (CDT), FSKC (HD) & 610 SportsWednesday, July 25 @ Los Angeles Angels: RHP Luis Mendoza (3-6+ Friday) vs. TBA, 2:35 p.m. (CDT), FSKC (HD) & 610 Sports

Tonight’s game is being broadcast in Kansas City on KCSP Radio (610 Sports) and the Royals Radio Network with Royals Hall of Famer Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre and Steve Stewart, while Don Free controls the dials as the producer/engineer...tonight’s telecast is in High Definition on FOX Sports Kansas City with

Steve Physioc and Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery...the pre and post-game show, Royals Live, is hosted by Joel Goldberg.

SAME TUNE HITS SOUR NOTES--For the second consecutive night the Mariners piled on early and often, plating six runs before the end of the second inning and cruising to a 9-6 decision to take the first two games of this series...the Royals, in falling to 13 games below .500 for the first time this year, have now gone just 1-4 thru the first half of this 10-game homestand and stand at 15-27 at home this year...Ryan Verdugo had a rough big league initiation, allowing all six tallies in just 1.2 innings...he retired the first two Mariners he faced, then allowed three runs in the first and was solved for three more in the second before departing...the eventual difference in the game actually took place in the fifth when Seattle scored three times off of reliever Vin Mazzaro, which at the time made the score 9-3, but the Royals would plate three more before the night was over...Alex Gordon continued to swing the bat well, going 2-for-4 with an RBI triple and Lorenzo Cain chipped in with a 2-run pinch-hit homer, his first roundtripper in a Royals’ uniform.ROYALS NAB FIRST PICK OF COMPETITIVE BALANCE LOTTERY--Per the 2012-2016 basic agreement, there are two six-team newly-created competitive balance rounds immediately following the first and second rounds, respectively, in the first-year player draft...MLB held their first-ever lottery today

at the MLB Network studios and the Royals were rewarded the first pick in Round A which immediately follows the first round of the draft.GORDO COMFY AT THE TOP--Alex Gordon tacked on two more hits from the leadoff position last night, including an RBI triple, as he continues to prove that’s his most comfortable slot in the lineup...manager Ned Yost inserted Gordo into the leadoff spot in the lineup on May 27 in Baltimore and since that afternoon, he has batted at a .348 clip (62-for-178) in 44 games with 30 runs, 18 doubles, a .426 on-base pct. and .926 OPS, while hitting safely in 36 of those affairs...overall, his .306 average from the #1 spot is the sixth best among leadoff men in the Majors with at least 200 at bats, while Gordo’s .393 on-base pct. in that role is third behind only Detroit’s Austin Jackson (.402) and the Angels’ Mike Trout (.408)...since being inserted in the #1 spot dating back to last season, Gordon has hit .305 in 145 games from the leadoff position with a .387 on-base pct...his 29 doubles are tied for first in the A.L. with Cleveland’s Shin-Soo Choo, second only in the Majors to Cincinnati’s Joey Votto (36), who just went on the D.L. with torn knee cartilage.ESCOBAR AMONG SHORTSTOP ELITE--The 2012 All-Star Game has come and gone, but despite not making the Midsummer Classic shortstop Alcides Escobar continues to show why he belongs in the conversation when it comes to being among the top at his position...the 25-year old currently leads all big league shortstops with a .311 average, good for 11th overall in the A.L., while ranking second at his position in the Majors in on-base pct. (.353), tied for fourth in doubles (21) and fourth in slugging pct. (.433)...he is hitting .358 (43-for-120) over his last 32 games...his “worst” month to date was a .295 April, but he’s since batted .310 in May, .333 in June and has a .296 average to this point in July...in the 185 games since bottoming out at .203 on June 6 of last year, Esky has batted .298 (196-for-658), which is the second best batting average among all big league everyday shortstops (minimum 162 games), trailing only Derek Jeter (.315).

Royals vs. Mariners The Royals have dropped the first two games of this set, surrendering nine runs in each outing...this series runs thru tomorrow and then KC will travel to Safeco Field for an extended weekend set at the end of the next road trip...the Royals hold a 210-190 advantage in the all-time work, including a 115-90 edge at “The K.”Date Site Score WP LP Att.7/16 KC L, 4-9 Vargas Sanchez 16,6977/17 KC L, 6-9 Beavan Verdugo 15,7697/18 KC7/19 KC7/26 @ Sea7/27 @ Sea7/28 @ Sea7/29 @ Sea

Kansas City RoyalsOFFICIAL GAME NOTES

Seattle Mariners (39-53) @ Kansas City Royals (38-51) Kauffman Stadium - Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 7:10 p.m.

Game #90 - Home Game #43FOX Sports Kansas City & KCSP Radio (610 Sports)

TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Kevin Millwood (3-7, 3.71) vs. LHP Bruce Chen (7-8, 5.50) 2011 2010 Career 2012 2011 CareerKevin Millwood vs. Royals - 0-1 6-5 Major League Record 3-7 (3.71 ERA) 4-3 166-147Bruce Chen vs. Mariners 1-0 1-0 4-0 Major League Record 7-8 (5.50 ERA) 12-8 67-66

BRUCE CHEN makes his team-leading 20th start tonight, his 337th career big league appearance (189th start) and 12th career outing (eighth start) vs. the Mariners...over the winter Bruce inked a 2-year deal thru 2013. SIX’S WILD IN JULY--The beginning of July hasn’t been kind to Bruce, as he’s surrendered 6 runs in each of his 3 starts, the most recent resulting in a no decision here last Friday against the White Sox...he gave up 3 home runs that led to the 6 tallies with 9 hits in just 4.2 innings, but the game wound up going 14 innings, with Chicago prevailing by a 9-8 count...Chen also allowed 6 runs on July 1 in Minnesota, spanning 5.2 innings, in a 10-8 setback and then followed that with 6 runs in just 3.1 frames Detroit on July 7, an 8-7 loss...all told, July has raised his season ERA nearly a full run to 5.50 after entering the month with a 4.53 mark...the home run ball has been his biggest nemesis, as opponents have connected for 7 over that span, including 3 at Minnesota on July 1 and 3 more last week against the Sox...the homers have accounted for 12 of the 18 runs he has allowed over this tough stretch...his last win was here on June 26, an 8-2 triumph over Tampa Bay. STILL AMONG LEADERS SINCE MAY 9--Despite his recent struggles, his seven wins since May 9 are tied for the third-most in the American League...he began that victory run with a 4-3 win at home over Boston, his first triumph over the Red Sox since the 2005 campaign... he was a 3-1 winner at Texas on May 14, his first win over Texas since the 2005 season...he defeated the D’Backs, 7-3, on May 19 for his first win over Arizona entry since September 20, 1998...has walked no more than 2 batters in 18 of his 19 starts and not walked any in 5 outings...he has issued 25 walks in 103.0 innings, a rate of 2.18 per 9.0 which is the 10th-best in the A.L. (min. 100 IP). ON THE PANAMANIAN CHARTS--Bruce needs one win to pass Juan Berenguer for second on the all-time wins list among native Panamanians with 68...earlier this season, he moved into the top spot passing both Berenguer and the injured Mariano Rivera and currently has 1,267.2 innings pitched...he is 16 strikeouts shy of matching Berenguer’s career total of 935, who sits in second behind Rivera’s 1,119. VS. M’S--Bruce has a career record of 4-0 with a save and a 2.73 ERA (52.2 IP, 49 H, 16 ER) in 11 games (7 starts) against the Mariners...all 4 of his wins came as a starter with a 1.89 ERA (47.2 IP, 43 H, 10 ER) in those 7 outings...last season here on April 14, he allowed one unearned run on 6 hits thru 8.0 innings in a 5-1 rain-shortened complete game victory...in winning his last two starts against Seattle, he has combined for 15.0 innings while allowing just 1 earned run...Chen is 2-0 with a 2.17 ERA (29.0 IP, 30 H, 7 ER) in 6 games (4 starts) vs. the M’s in his home park and 2-0 with a save and a 1.08 ERA (16.2 IP, 17 H, 2 ER) in 4 home games (2 starts) since joining the Royals. SOLID AT HOME--Bruce is 4-3 with a 3.96 ERA (52.1 IP, 54 H, 23 ER) in 8 home starts this season compared to a 7.11 ERA in 11 road efforts...he had allowed just 1 run over his last 14.0 home innings prior to last Friday’s hiccup vs. Chicago and had posted 4 straight quality starts here...Chen is 18-11 in his career in KC with a 4.25 ERA and 34-26 with a 4.30 ERA in his home park. Bruce’s Last Win:

June 26, 2012 vs. Tampa Bay (7.0 IP, 8-2 over Chris Archer)Bruce’s Last Loss:

July 7, 2012 at Detroit (3.1 IP, 8-7 to Doug Fister)Bruce’s Only Career Shutout:

October 1, 2010 vs. Tampa Bay (7-0 win over James Shields) - 1st shutout and 3rd career complete gameBruce’s Last Complete Game (non-shutout):

April 14, 2011 vs. Seattle Mariners (5-1 win, 8.0 IP) - now has 4 career complete gamesBruce’s Strikeout High:

9, 3 times: last on August 23, 2011 @ Toronto (win)

Bruce’s 2012 starts WHEN DATE OPPONENT SCORE IP H R ER HR BB SO TP-K LEFT 4/6 at LAA ND, 0-5 6.0 3 0 0 0 0 4 75-54 0-0 4/11 at Oakland ND, 4-5 (12) 5.0 4 3 2 1 2 3 102-70 2-3 4/17 Detroit L, 1-3 7.0 6 2 2 0 0 7 108-78 1-1 4/23 Toronto L, 1-4 7.0 6 3 3 2 2 3 106-68 1-3 4/29 at Minnesota L, 4-7 2.2 6 6 6 0 2 1 62-37 1-6 5/4 New York L, 2-6 6.2 9 6 6 2 1 4 93-61 2-6 5/9 Boston W, 4-3 6.2 7 3 3 0 0 5 103-68 4-3 5/14 at Texas W, 3-1 6.2 5 1 1 1 2 7 106-67 3-1 5/19 Arizona W, 7-3 6.1 8 2 2 0 2 4 100-67 7-1 5/25 at Baltimore L, 2-8 4.0 7 6 6 0 2 2 84-56 0-5 5/30 at Cleveland W, 6-3 5.0 7 3 3 0 2 3 100-58 5-3 6/5 Minnesota W, 1-0 7.0 4 0 0 0 0 5 88-62 1-0 6/10 at Pittsburg L, 2-3 5.0 4 3 3 1 1 5 79-56 0-3 6/16 at St. Louis ND, 7-10 1.2 7 6 6 2 0 0 40-27 1-6 6/20 at Houston W, 2-1 5.2 5 1 1 0 2 6 94-59 2-1 6/26 Tampa Bay W, 8-2 7.0 5 2 1 1 1 5 99-72 4-2 7/1 at Minnesota L, 8-10 5.2 6 6 6 3 1 5 95-66 5-6 7/7 at Detroit L, 7-8 3.1 9 6 6 1 2 3 72-50 2-5 7/13 Chicago ND, 8-9 (14) 4.2 9 6 6 3 3 5 110-72 5-6 2012 Totals 7-8, 5.50 103.0 117 65 63 17 25 77 1716-1148 67% Career Totals 67-67, 4.60 1267.2 1287 705 648 218 471 959 - -

Chen vs. MarinersPlayer AVG. AB H HR RBIChone Figgins .167 12 2 0 1Miguel Olivo .000 8 0 0 0Brendan Ryan .250 4 1 0 0Michael Saunders .286 7 2 0 0Justin Smoak .200 5 1 0 0Ichiro Suzuki .423 26 11 0 1Casper Wells .111 9 1 0 0

Royals Notes - Seattle Mariners @ Kansas City Royals - July 18, 2012Pitching NotesPitching Notes

Royals vs. Mariners 2012 Career

Broxton - - - - - - -Bueno - - - - - - -Chen - - - - - - -Coleman 0-0 0 3.38 1 2.2 1 1Collins 0-0 0 0.00 1 2.0 2 0Crow 0-0 0 0.00 1 1.0 0 0Herrera 0-0 0 0.00 1 1.0 0 0Hochevar - - - - - - -Holland 0-0 0 0.00 1 1.0 0 0Mazzaro 0-0 0 11.57 1 2.1 4 3Mendoza - - - - - - -Mijares - - - - - - -Teaford 0-0 0 1.80 1 5.0 3 1

Pitcher W-L S ERA G IP H ER W-L S ERA G IP H ER

0-0 0 18.00 2 1.0 4 2 - - - - - - - 4-0 1 2.73 11 52.2 49 16 - - 3.38 1 2.2 1 1 0-0 0 4.15 4 4.1 3 2 0-0 0 0.00 2 2.1 0 0 - - 0.00 1 1.1 0 0 2-1 0 3.16 4 25.2 19 9 0-0 0 3.00 3 3.0 2 1 0-2 0 5.51 4 16.1 16 10 0-1 0 9.00 4 9.0 14 9 0-0 0 4.91 7 3.2 4 2 1-0 0 0.90 2 10.0 6 1

Pitching NotesPitching Notes

2012 Pitching Lines G W-L SV SVO ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO OPP AVG Starters 89 26-39 - - 5.41 456.0 514 286 274 60 188 341 .287 Relievers 88 12-12 23 34 3.15 342.2 312 131 120 28 142 322 .245 Totals 89 38-51 23 34 4.44 798.2 826 417 394 88 330 663 .270Bullpen Totals: 1st Batter Efficiency: 196/293 (67%) Saves/Save Opp: 23/34 (68%) Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 170/59 (35%)

Jonathan Broxton1st Batter Efficiency: 20/33 Saves/Save Opp: 22/26 (85%) Last Save: July 14 vs CWS (106th career) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 2/0 2012 Strikeout High: 3 (2x, last 6/17 at Stl) July 14 vs. Chicago (Save) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 = Jonathan rebounded from a blown save on Friday with a 1-2-3 ninth on Saturday as he closed out KC’s 6-3 win over Chicago...the save was his 22nd of the year, which is fifth in the A.L. = Jonathan recorded his 20th save on June 29 at Minnesota...this is his third 20+-save season, joining 2009 and 2010. = Broxton was among 5 A.L. finalists in the 2012 All-Star Game Final Vote sponsored by Firestone...the roster spot went to Yu Darvish of Texas. = Jonathan’s 21 saves since April 26 are tied with Tampa Bay’s Fernando Rodney for second in the A.L. behind New York’s Rafael Soriano (24).

Francisley Bueno (L)1st Batter Efficiency: 0/2 Saves/Save Opp: 0/0 (0%) Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 0/0 2012 Strikeout High: - July 17 vs. Okla. City (AAA) 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 = Francisley begins his second stint with KC after being recalled from Triple-A Omaha this afternoon...the 31-year old was 1-4 with 5 saves, 46 strikeouts and a 2.88 ERA in 31 outings for the Storm Chasers (16 ER in 50.0 IP)...he posted a 0.90 ERA at home (3 ER in 30.0 IP), limiting opponents to a .181 average. = Bueno made 2 appearances with the Royals after having his contract selected on June 23...allowed 1 run over 2.0 IP before being optioned on June 26.

Louis Coleman1st Batter Efficiency: 14/21 Saves/Save Opp: 0/0 (0%) Last Save: May 11, 2011 at NYY (1st) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 9/1 2012 Strikeout High: 5 on 6/18 at Hou July 16 vs. Seattle 2.2 1 1 1 1 2 = Louis entered in the second on Monday with 1 out, Casper Wells on third and KC trailing 7-0...he retired Jesus Montero and Justin Smoak to strand Wells, then worked a perfect third before issuing a leadoff walk to Munenori Kawasaki in the fourth...Ichiro Suzuki tripled with 1 out, scoring Kawasaki. = This is Coleman’s fourth stint with KC this season...was recalled from Omaha (AAA) on the Fourth of July...he was 0-2 with a 3.20 ERA in 11 relief appearances for the Storm Chasers.

Tim Collins (L)1st Batter Efficiency: 27/41 Saves/Save Opp: 0/1 (0%) Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 34/11 2012 Strikeout High: 5 on 5/15 at Tex July 17 vs. Seattle 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 = Tim inherited Brendan Ryan at first with no outs in the fifth last night and KC trailing 8-3...Dustin Ackley greeted Tim with a triple, scoring Ryan...Collins worked out of the inning without further damage, then pitched around a double in the sixth. = Collins leads all A.L. relievers with 62 strikeouts...is averaging 12.22 K’s per 9 IP, which is first among American League pitchers with at least 40.0 IP...he has surpassed last year’s strikeout total, when he notched 60 K’s in 67.0 IP (8.06 per 9.0 IP).

Aaron Crow1st Batter Efficiency: 31/42 Saves/Save Opp: 1/4 (25%) Last Save: April 10, 2012 at Oak (1st) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 27/9 2012 Strikeout High: 3 on 4/6 at LAA July 17 vs. Seattle 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 = Aaron began the eighth last night with Seattle leading 9-6...he tossed a 1-2-3 inning with a strikeout of Justin Smoak. =Crow has limited lefties to a .135 mark on the year (7-for-52)...the average is second in the A.L. among pitchers with 50+ opponent at bats by lefties.

Kelvin Herrera1st Batter Efficiency: 31/43 Saves/Save Opp: 0/0 (0%) Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 28/10 2012 Strikeout High: 4 on 6/20 at Hou July 17 vs. Seattle 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 =Kelvin started the seventh last evening with KC trailing 9-3...he tossed a 1-2-3 inning with strikeouts of Ichiro Suzuki and Casper Wells. = Kelvin leads all MLB rookies with 43 appearances and 12 holds...he is tied with Aaron Crow for the team lead in holds. = He has posted a 1.75 ERA in 25.2 innings since May 20, allowing just 5 earned runs of his own over 24 appearances.

Greg Holland1st Batter Efficiency: 20/35 Saves/Save Opp: 0/1 (0%) Last Save: Sept. 25, 2011 at CWS (4th) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 16/7 2012 Strikeout High: 3 (5x, last 6/13 vs. Mil) July 17 vs. Seattle 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 = Greg worked a 1-2-3 ninth with a pair of strikeouts in last night’s 9-6 loss...he has fanned at least 1 batter in 15 consecutive outings. =His 2-run, 0.1-inning outing on June 23 was the first time that Greg allowed multiple runs since April 20 vs. Toronto...that outing was his last before a stint on the D.L. with a left rib stress reaction...since returning from the shelf, he has allowed only 5 runs in 26.2 innings, spanning 28 appearances for a 1.69 ERA. = Holland is averaging 13.09 strikeouts per 9 innings, third in the A.L. and eighth in MLB among pitchers with at least 25.0 IP.

Vin Mazzaro1st Batter Efficiency: 3/3 Saves/Save Opp: 0/0 (0%) Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 3/0 2012 Strikeout High: 4 (2x, last 6/15 @Stl) July 17 vs. Seattle 2.1+3 4 3 3 1 2 = Vin inherited 2 runners with 2 outs in the second last night and KC trailing 6-0...he closed the inning and held Seattle scoreless into the fifth, when he allowed a 2-run homer to Michael Saunders...Mazzaro was replaced after a walk to Brendan Ryan, who scored later in the inning. = Mazzaro, recalled from Triple-A Omaha yesterday, is in his third stint this year with KC...is 3-3 with the Royals, recording a 6.12 ERA in 9 appearances (6 starts)...was 2-1 with a 4.53 ERA in 10 appearances (8 starts) for Omaha, with both relief appearances coming in his latest stint with the Storm Chasers. Jose Mijares (L)1st Batter Efficiency: 31/44 Saves/Save Opp: 0/1 (0%) Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 29/12 2012 Strikeout High: 3 (4x, last 7/6 at Det) July 15 vs. Chicago 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 = Jose has not appeared in this series after pitching in all 3 contests vs. Chicago...he entered Sunday’s game with 1 out in the eighth and KC trailing the Sox 2-1...Mijares fanned Adam Dunn on 3 pitches and was replaced by Kelvin Herrera. = Mijares’ 44 appearances tie him with Boston’s Alfredo Aceves for second in the A.L., trailing only Boone Logan of the Yankees (45). = He has allowed just 1 earned run of his own over his last 26 appearances, spanning 19.1 innings for a 0.47 ERA, with 14 hits and 20 strikeouts.

Tomorrow’s Starter - Luke Hochevar = Luke will make his 19th start of 2012 in tomorrow’s matinee finale...is 6-8 with a 5.16 ERA, 75 strikeouts and 33 walks over 103.0 innings (59 ER). =Hochevar made his first start after the All-Star break on Saturday vs. Chicago...he kept the Sox scoreless until the third, when Alejandro De Aza doubled home Gordon Beckham...KC scored 3 in the home half, with the lead holding until the sixth...Adam Dunn led off with a long home run over the batter’s eye and Paul Konerko followed with a single...Hoch exited at that point and settled for a no decision as Konerko scored later in the frame...KC went on to a 6-3 win. =The 28-year old has faced Seattle 4 times, compiling a 2-1 mark and a 3.16 ERA...he was 1-1 in 2011, with a win here on April 15 and a loss on September 8 at Safeco...Ichiro Suzuki’s leadoff double was Hochevar’s lone hit allowed in the April 15 win as he tossed 7.0 innings in a 2-1 game...he permitted 4 runs (3 earned) on 6 hits and 3 walks in the loss...his 9 strikeouts were a season high. = Luke has posted a 1.99 ERA in his wins and no decisions (10 starts, 14 ER in 63.1 IP)...his ERA is 10.21 in his 8 losses (45 ER in 39.2 IP).

Hitting NotesRoyals Notes - Seattle Mariners @ Kansas City Royals - July 18, 2012

Yuniesky Betancourt This Series: 1-for-4, 2B This Stand: 2-for-15 (.133), 2B Hit Streak: 1 gm (1-4) = Yuni went 1-for-4 Monday night with a double...has 21 RBI in his last 22 games, but it hitting just .143 (5-for-35) over his last 8 since July 4 with 2 RBI. = He didn’t start the game on June 17 in St. Louis, but he certainly finished it...he entered in the bottom of the first at second base after Chris Getz’ injury...after going hitless in his first 5 at bats, he hit a go-ahead RBI double in the 14th and then the game-winning 2-run home run in the 15th. Billy Butler This Series: 2-for-8, run, HR, 3 RBI This Stand: 7-for-20 (.350), run, HR, 3 RBI, BB Hit Streak: 5 gms (7-20) = Billy was 1-for-4 last night with an RBI single...hit his team-leading 17th home run, a 2-run shot, Monday...has now hit in 8 of 9 (.351, 13-for-37). = Billy went 0-for-2 with a groundout in the seventh and a strikeout in the ninth in his first All-Star Game July 10 here at Kauffman Stadium. = Is tied for seventh in the A.L. with 32 multi-hit games...has collected just 2 doubles in his last 51 games since May 18. = Hit his 17th homer Monday night in his 87th game...his previous best for posting his 17th homer came in 2009 in his 134th game on September 7. = He is hitting .358 (34-for-95) vs. lefties, third in the league. = Billy has 17 go-ahead RBI, fifth in the American League and 10th in baseball. = His 153 doubles since the start of the 2009 season are tied for second witht he Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera to the Yankees’ Robinson Cano (162) for the most doubles in the Majors...is currently eighth on Royals all-time list with 198...Joe Randa is next on the list with 223.

Lorenzo Cain This Series: 2-for-5, run, HR, 2 RBI This Stand: 7-for-15 (.467), 4 runs, 2 2B, HR, 4 RBI, BB, SF Hit Streak: 5 gms (8-16) = Lorenzo pinch hit in the seventh last night and lined a 2-run home run, his first as a Royal and first in the Majors since September 26, 2010 vs. Florida...is 7-for-15 since returning from D.L. and has hit in 5 straight dating to April 10..played in his first game in the Majors since April 10 here Friday night and was 3-for-6 with a double, RBI and a career-high 3 runs scored...also recorded an outfield assist throwing at Kevin Youkilis at third base in the sixth. = Was returned from his rehab assignment at Omaha (AAA) and reinstated from 60-day D.L. on July 9...missed 78 games, first with a left groin strain and then with a torn left hip flexor...hit .208 over two separate rehab stints with NW Arkansas (AA) before batting .321 in 7 games with Omaha. = Opened the year as the Royals starting centerfielder and was 2-for-15 (.133) in 5 games...injured his groin on a spectacular catch in Oakland on April 10.

Jarrod Dyson This Series: 1-for-2, run, 3B This Stand: 2-for-5 (.400), 2 runs, 3B, 2 BB, 2 SB Hit Streak: 2 gms (2-5) = Jarrod went 1-for-2 with a triple and a run scored last night...has 17 stolen bases, fifth in the American League. = Posted a career-best 8-game hitting streak from April 13-May 4 over two stints with the Royals...was recalled from Triple-A Omaha on April 27.

Alcides Escobar This Series: 2-for-9, run, RBI This Stand: 8-for-22 (.364), 3 runs, 3B, HR, 7 RBI, BB, Sac Hit Streak: 5 gms (8-22) = Alcides went 1-for-4 last night with an RBI and a run scored....has 7 RBI in 5 games on the homestand thus far, hitting .364 (8-for-22). = Was the hitting star here Saturday night with a pair of homers that each gave KC the lead...he untied the game with a 2-run shot in the third and broke a 3-3 tie with a solo blast in the seventh...was his first career 2-HR game and the first by a Royals shortstop since Jay Bell on April 14, 1997 at Toronto...matched a career high for the second straight night (4th time overall) with 3 RBI. = Is hitting .358 (43-for-120) over his last 32 games since June 10, the sixth-best mark in Majors...is in 11th place in hitting in the A.L. at .311. = Been consistent with the bat all year, hitting .299 (29-for-97) vs. LHP, .316 (71-for-225) vs. RHP, .343 (49-for-143) at home (sixth in A.L.), .285 (51-for-179) on the road and .295 in April, .310 in May, .333 in June and .296 (16-for-54) in July. = Leads all MLB shortstops with a .311 average and is tied for fourth in doubles (21), third in on-base pct. (.353) and fourth in slugging pct. (432). = Is batting .298 (195-for-654) over his last 184 games since June 7, 2011, second-best among MLB shortstops (Jeter, .315) with 162+ games. = He signed a 4-year contract extension with two club options for 2016 and 2017 on March 15.

Jeff Francoeur This Series: 1-for-7, run, HBP This Stand: 6-for-21 (.286), 3 runs, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, BB, HBP Hit Streak: 1 gm (1-3) = Jeff went 1-for-3 last night with a hit by pitch and a run scored...threw out Michael Saunders attempting to go first-to-third on a single in the eighth here Monday, his 9th outfield assist of the season, third in the Majors and 2 shy of the leaders, Jose Bautista (TOR) and Jason Kubel (ARI)...is 1 outfield assist shy of his eighth straight 10+ assists season. = His 106 outfield assists are by far the most in MLB since the beginning of 2005...he is 29 clear of the Cubs’ Alfonso Soriano, who stands alone in second...is currently fifth among active players in outfield assists...he is fifth among all active outfielders in career assists with 106 with the four ahead of him each having played a minimum of 15 big league seasons while he is in his eighth campaign.

Chris Getz This Series: 0-for-4, RBI This Stand: 3-for-11 (.273), 2B, 2 RBI, Sac Hit Streak: 0 gms (0-6) = Chris went 0-for-4 last night, driving in a run with a groundout...returned from his rehab assignment with Omaha and activated from the 15-day D.L. last Monday...missed 20 games with a left lateral lower leg strain...he previously missed 17 games with a left ribcage contusion from late May 22-June 12. = Played in 6 rehab games with Omaha, batting .167 (4-for-24) with 2 RBI. = Has 8 extra-base hits (6 2B, 2 3B) in 39 games after collecting just 9 (6 2B, 3 3B) in 118 games in 2011. = Has yet to homer as a Royal with the streak currently at 707 at bats, the longest homer drought to start a Royals career...Getzy’s last home run was with the White Sox on July 19, 2009.

Alex Gordon This Series: 5-for-8, 2 runs, 2B, 3B, RBI, BB This Stand: 11-for-23 (.478), 4 runs, 2 2B, 3B, 4 RBI, 2 BB Hit Streak: 7 gms (14-30) = Alex went 2-for-4 last night with an RBI triple and a run scored and has hit in 7 straight (.467, 14-for-30)...his on-base pct. since moving into the leadoff spot on May 27 is .426, fifth-highest in the A.L...now tied for seventh in the league with 32 multi-hit games...hitting .366 (49-for-134) in his last 32 games since June 10, sixth-best in MLB. = He has 29 doubles on the season, which is tied for second in baseball and tied for first in the A.L., and is also eighth in A.L. with 48 walks...since moving back to leadoff spot on May 27, is hitting .348 (62-for-178) with an MLB-leading 18 doubles, a .426 on-base pct. and .500 slugging, reaching in 39 of 44 games. = Recorded his 7th outfield assist last night nabbing Brendan Ryan at third base and is tied for fourth in the A.L = His 5 walks on June 17 in St. Louis tied both a career high (also 7/30/08 at Oakland) and Royals franchise high...Gordon is the only Royals player to record 5 walks in a game...Gordon is just the fifth player in baseball since 1980 and 11th player in baseball history to record multiple 5-walk games, joining Barry Bonds (3 times), Dale Murphy, Rickey Henderson and Mark Teixeira. = He signed a 4-year contract extension through 2015 with a player option for 2016 on March 30.

Eric Hosmer This Series: 2-for-7, run, 2B, RBI, 2 BB, SB This Stand: 2-for-17 (.118), run, 2B, RBI, 3 BB, SB Hit Streak: 2 gms (2-7) = Eric went 1-for-4 with a double in last night’s game...has 9 stolen bases, which is tied with Toronto’s Edwin Encarnacion for the most in the Majors among first baseman. = Snapped an 11-game hitting streak on June 10, which matched a career best he established during his rookie season of 2011...he hit .342 (13-for-38) during the hitting streak.

Mike Moustakas This Series: 2-for-8 This Stand: 6-for-23 (.261), 3 runs, HR, RBI Hit Streak:0 gms (0-6) = Moose went 0-for-4 in last night’s contest...launched his 16th homer of the season Friday vs. the White Sox. = Had a big night on July 2 in Toronto with an RBI double in the third and a grand slam, the first of his career, in the seventh...the 5 RBI were a career high. = Recorded his first career 2-homer game on June 24 vs. St. Louis with a 2-run shot and a solo blast. = His .806 OPS is sixth among third baseman in baseball and third-highest in the A.L., trailing Miguel Cabrera (.949) and Adrian Beltre (.887).

Brayan Pena This Series: Has not played This Stand: 0-for-2 Hit Streak: 0 gms (0-3) = Brayan entered to catch in the 11th Friday night and ended up 0-for-2...still batting .348 (8-for-23) over his last 7 games. = His home run on May 28 in Cleveland was his first in nearly a full year, as he homered on May 29, 2011 at Texas, a span of 222 at bats. = He set a career high with 4 hits in 5 trips on April 15 vs. Cleveland with a double, RBI and a run scored.

Salvador Perez This Series: 2-for-7, 2 runs, 2B, HR, RBI, BB This Stand: 6-for-19 (.316), 3 runs, 2 2B, HR, RBI, BB Hit Streak: 3 gms (4-11) = Salvy went 1-for-4 last night with a double and a run scored...batted .425 (17-for-40) with 3 doubles and 3 home runs during his 11-game hitting streak (June 22-July 5) after returning from the D.L...the 11-game hitting streak was a career high and tied for the longest by a Royal in 2012...has hit in 16 of his 18 games this season with 10 extra base hits (5 2B, 5 HR) and just 4 strikeouts. = Made his 2012 debut on June 22, singling in his first at bat and hitting a 2-run homer in the fourth inning...was returned from his rehab assignment and reinstated from the 60-day D.L. prior to that game...had missed the entire 2012 season to that point after undergoing surgery in March to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee...appeared in 12 games on rehab assignment with Omaha, hitting .340 (17-for-50) with 7 RBI and 11 runs scored. = The 22-year-old backstop from Venezuela signed a 5-year contract thru 2016 with 3 club options for 2017-19 on February 27, 2012.

Royals Notes - Seattle Mariners @ Kansas City Royals - July 18, 2012This & That

Betancourt .250 4 1 0 0Butler .250 8 2 1 3Cain .400 5 2 1 2Dyson .500 2 1 0 0Escobar .222 9 2 0 1Francoeur .143 7 1 0 0Getz .000 4 0 0 1Gordon .625 8 5 0 1Hosmer .286 7 2 0 1Moustakas .250 8 2 0 0Pena - - - - -Perez .286 7 2 1 1

.259 54 14 1 5 .303 132 40 7 29 .400 5 2 1 2 .143 7 1 0 0 .190 42 8 0 3 .264 53 14 2 6 .140 43 6 0 2 .294 119 35 3 18 .304 23 7 1 4 .316 19 6 0 0 .233 30 7 1 3 .263 19 5 1 1

Player AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI

vs. Mariners (2012) vs. Mariners (career) At Home (career) Millwood (career) Hernandez (career)

.275 1786 491 33 206 .314 1457 458 49 227 .290 100 29 1 9 .244 160 39 1 9 .259 713 185 7 59 .277 2016 558 67 309 .272 529 144 1 40 .281 1178 331 38 162 .276 387 107 8 53 .265 291 77 11 36 .245 413 101 4 39 .326 89 29 3 13

.176 51 9 0 2 .261 23 6 0 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .444 9 4 0 1 .278 18 5 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

.111 9 1 0 0 .286 14 4 1 3 - - - - - .000 2 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 .333 3 1 0 0 .250 12 3 0 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Starting Pitchers Breakdown Total KC Avg. Runs Team QualityPitcher GS Runs Per Start Record StartsNate Adcock 2 5 2.5 0-2 -Bruce Chen 19 77 4.1 7-12 8Danny Duffy 6 27 4.5 4-2 2Luke Hochevar 18 76 4.2 9-9 7Vin Mazzaro 6 22 3.7 3-3 2Luis Mendoza 11 35 3.2 4-7 5Felipe Paulino 7 22 3.1 4-3 4Jonathan Sanchez 12 57 4.8 3-9 1Will Smith 3 18 6.0 1-2 1Everett Teaford 4 24 6.0 3-1 1Ryan Verdugo 1 6 6.0 0-1 -Totals 89 369 4.1 38-51 31

Catcher/Pitcher Matchups (Team Record w/Starters)

Pitcher Pena Perez Quintero TotalsAdcock 0-2 - - 0-2Chen 7-10 0-2 - 7-12Duffy - - 4-2 4-2Hochevar - 3-1 6-8 9-9Mazzaro 3-1 0-2 - 3-3Mendoza 1-3 1-2 2-2 4-7Paulino - - 4-3 4-3Sanchez 1-3 0-2 2-4 3-9Smith - - 1-2 1-2Teaford 1-0 2-1 - 3-1Verdugo - 0-1 - 0-1Total 13-19 6-11 19-21 38-51 Catchers Breakdown

Pena Perez Quintero TotalsStarts 32 17 40 89CS/ATT 7/44 4/10 9/41 20/94Catcher PO - 1 1 2Pct. 15.9 40.0 22.0 21.3ERA 4.21 5.68 4.11 4.44 ER/IP 138/294.2 94/149.0 162/355.0 394/798.2

TeamPitcher Pickoffs: 2 (last: 6/30 @ Min)Pickoff & CS: 14 (last: 7/7 @ Det)

Daily UpdateScore by Innings

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 TotalRoyals 52 37 58 33 43 30 34 34 42 - 1 2 - 1 2 369Opponents 74 41 56 39 58 32 42 56 11 2 - 3 - 2 1 417

Victory Margin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15+Royals 13 8 6 3 1 4 - 3 - - - - - - -Opponents 12 12 9 3 6 8 1 - - - - - - - -

Kansas City By the Days Monday 4-8 Tuesday 8-6 Wednesday 7-6 Thursday 4-1 Friday 4-11 Saturday 6-9 Sunday 5-10

ROSTER MOVE--Prior to tonight’s game, the Royals recalled lefthanded reliever Francisley Bueno from Omaha (AAA) and optioned last night’s starter, Ryan Verdugo, to the Storm Chasers...Bueno (#67), 31, allowed a run on 3 hits in 2.0 innings over 2 appearances for KC in June.

CAIN ABLE IN A PINCH--All Lorenzo Cain has done since he returned from the disabled list last Friday is hit the ball hard and he continued that trend last night when he was called upon to pinch hit in the seventh inning...he delivered his first home run as a Kansas City Royal, second blast of his career, a 2-run shot to leftfield to get KC within three runs of the Mariners...it was the second pinch blast of the year for the Royals, with Billy Butler providing the most dramatic with a 2-out, 2-strike game-tying shot on June 17 in St. Louis off Jason Motte to send the game to overtime with KC eventually prevailing, 5-3 in 15 innings...last night’s by Cain was the 72nd in franchise history...for trivia sake, Bob “Hawk” Taylor hit the first pinch shot in franchise history, a 3-run blast off of Detroit’s Dick Radatz on May 6, 1969 in Tiger Stadium...that ninth inning shot by Taylor turned a 6-4 deficit into a 7-6 win, capping a 5-run final frame for Kansas City.

WALKS SCARCE--Last night was Kansas City’s 10th game this year in which they did not receive a free pass and the second in the last three...the Royals are third in the Majors and lead the A.L. in fewest walks received with 227...conversely, KC leads the Majors in fewest strikeouts with 549.

BRINGING UP THE REAR IN STYLE--Kansas City’s nine-hole hitters to this point have the most run production and best batting average among all big league clubs...Lorenzo Cain’s 2-run pinch homer from that spot last night put the Royals ahead of Toronto in RBI from the ninth slot, with KC now recording 45 RBI at the very bottom of the order, which is one more than the Jays, while the Royals have hit at a .286 clip from the ninth spot with 26 doubles, also tops among big league clubs.

EXTENDED STAND AT MID POINT--Last night’s loss to the Mariners dropped the Royals to 1-4 through five games of this 10-game stand...Seattle is here through tomorrow, as the 4-game set concludes with a 1:10 matinee...Minnesota pays its second visit of the year beginning Friday for a weekend series before KC hits the road for seven in Anaheim (3) and Seattle (4)...the Royals are in the midst of 17 games in 17 days, with the next off day occurring on July 30 after the completion of the next road trip...KC is just 15-27 in Kauffman Stadium in 2012.

PEREZ STAYS HOT--Kansas City catcher Salvador Perez has been a welcome addition to the lineup since returning from left knee surgery that cost him nearly three months of the season...since joining the big league club for the first time in 2012 on June 22, the 22-year old receiver has hit safely in 16 of 18 games at a .364 clip (24-for-66) with 10 extra-base hits, including his first 11 games after returning from the disabled list...his average in that span is second among all Major League catchers with at least 60 at bats...Perez has also neurtralized the running game with the opposition stealing only one bag in his last 11 starts.

TWINS TO CLOSEOUT EXTENDED STAY--This 10-game stand will wrap up with Minnesota hitting town for a weekend visit starting Friday night...the Royals, who enter tonight leading the Twins by a 1/2 game for fourth in the A.L. Central, have gone just 3-6 vs. Minnesota to this point, including a 1-2 mark here...Kansas City trails the all-time series by a 311-356 margin, while the 44-year series is split in Kansas City at 167-167, including a slim 148-150 deficit in Kauffman Stadium.

ON CUSP OF ONE MILLION--The Royals drew 15,769 last night to up the season total to 986,599 for 42 dates, and should eclipse the 1,000,000 mark with tonight’s gathering...Kansas City has averaged 23,490 per contest this year, which is an increase of 4,792 per game over a year ago when the club had drawn 785,328 for the first 42 dates, an average of 18,698...tonight’s gathering will go up against 14,265 from the 43rd date a year ago which raised the 2011 total to 799,593.

NED AT THE HELM--The 16th full-time manager in franchise history, Ned Yost, was named to his post on May 13, 2010 and has recorded a 164-213 ledger since taking the reins...he recorded career win #600 on May 21 in Yankee Stadium...this is his second stint as a big league manager after nearly six full campaigns at the helm for the Milwaukee Brewers (2003-2008)...he compiled a 457-502 record with the Brew Crew including a 166-146 mark in his last two seasons...Yost, a catcher during his playing days, began his coaching career in the Atlanta organization, including 12 straight seasons on Bobby Cox’s big league staff (1991-2002).

Royals Notes - Seattle Mariners @ Kansas City Royals - July 18, 20122012 Royals Home Run Breakdown

The Last Time...Triple Play by the Royals: June 11, 2006 vs. Tampa Bay (DeJesus-Elarton- Berroa-Teahen with Branyan batting, 2nd inning)Triple Play vs. Royals: April 20, 2012 vs. Toronto at Kauffman Stadium, (6-3, Hosmer batting, 3rd inning)Royal hit for the cycle: George Brett, July 25, 1990 @ Toronto Opponent hit for the cycle: Jeff DaVanon, Anaheim, August 25, 2004 at Angels StadiumRoyal Five-Hit Game: Eric Hosmer, September 20, 2011 vs. Detroit (5-for-5)Royal Six-Hit Game: Joe Randa, Sept. 9, 2004 at Detroit-Game 1 (6-for-7)Royals Two Hits, One Inning: Eric Hosmer, August 20, 2011 vs. Boston (6th inning) - 2 times in 2011Royals Five-RBI Game: Mike Moustakas, July 2, 2012 @ TorontoRoyals Six-RBI Game: Alberto Callaspo, April 18, 2010 @ MinnesotaRoyals Seven-RBI Game: (11 times) - last: Jose Guillen, June 7, 2008 @ NYYRoyals Position Player Pitching: Mitch Maier, April 15, 2012 vs. ClevelandOpponent Position Player Pitching: A.L.: Bill Hall, Boston, May 28, 2010 at Fenway Park; N.L.: D’Angelo Jimenez, San Diego, June 30, 2002 at Kauffman StadiumRoyals Pitcher Homered: Zack Greinke, June 10, 2005 @ ArizonaRoyals Pitcher With a Hit: Luke Hochevar, June 19, 2012 @ HoustonRoyals Pitcher With a RBI: Vin Mazzaro, June 9, 2012 @ PittsburghRoyals Three or more Steals, One Game: Gregor Blanco, August 13, 2010 vs. New York Yankees (3)

No-Hitter by the Royals: Bret Saberhagen, Aug. 26, 1991 vs. Chicago (Royals 7-0)No-Hitter vs. Royals: Jon Lester, May 19, 2008 @ Boston in Fenway Park (Red Sox 7-0)One-Hitter by the Royals (complete game): Zack Greinke, August 30, 2009 at Seattle (Royals 3-0) One-Hitter vs. Royals (complete game): Scott Baker, Minnesota, August 31, 2007 (Game 2) at Metrodome (Twins 5-0)Two-Hitter by the Royals (complete game): Bruce Chen, October 1, 2010 vs. Tampa Bay (Royals 7-0)Two-Hitter vs. Royals (complete game): Jeff Niemann, Tampa Bay, June 3, 2009 at Tropicana Field (Rays, 9-0)Back-to-Back Complete Game Wins by the Royals: Brian Bannister and Zack Greinke, April 13-14, 2008 vs. Minnesota (5-1) and at Seattle (5-1)Back-to-Back Shutouts by the Royals: Sept. 29-30, 1992 at California (2-0 and 4-0)Back-to-Back Shutouts vs. Royals: May 22-23, 2009 @ St Louis (5-0 and 5-0)Three Straight Shutouts vs. Royals: July 5-7, 2004 at Minnesota (9-0, 4-0, 12-0)10+ Innings Pitched by a Royals starter: Kevin Appier, July 23, 1992 at Cleveland (10.0)10+ Strikeouts by a Royals starter: Felipe Paulino, September 10 at Seattle (11) Shutout by the Royals (Complete Game): Luke Hochevar, June 25, 2012 vs. Tampa Bay (Royals 8-0)Shutout by the Royals (Combined): June 19, 2012 at Houston (2-0); Luke Hochevar (7.2), Aaron Crow (0.1), Jonathan Broxton (1.0)

Opponent Three or more Steals, One Game: Scott Podsednik, Chicago, April 22, 2005 at KC (3 SB)Royals Steal of Home: Yuniesky Betancourt, vs. Cleveland, September 19, 2010 (2nd inning)Opponent Steal of Home: Brett Lawrie, Toronto, April 22, 2012 at Kauffman Stadium (8th inning) - on double stealRoyals Suspended Game: June 15-16, 2001 at Milwaukee, 4-2 (Power Outage).Royals Home Run in first ML at bat: Jon Nunnally, April 29, 1995 vs. New York (Melido Perez pitching, 1st inning)Royals Home Run in 4 Consecutive Games: Billy Butler, July 26-29, 2011 Royals 0-0 Game After 9 innings: April 26, 2007 at Minnesota (Minn won 1-0 in 11 innings)Royals Walk-Off Win: June 14, 2012 vs. Milwaukee (4-3 in 9) - 2nd of 2012Royals Bat Around: June 18, 2012 at Houston (9th inning, 5 runs) -- 4th time in 2012 --Three-game sweep by Royals at Kauffman Stadium: June 25-27, 2012 vs. Tampa BayThree-game sweep by Royals on the road: July 5-7, 2010 @ SeattleFour-game sweep by Royals at Kauffman Stadium: September 15-18, 2008 vs. SeattleFour-game sweep by Royals on the road: May 7-10, 1999 at MinnesotaThree-game sweep by opposition at Kauffman Stadium: June 22-24, 2012 vs. St. Louis CardinalsThree-game sweep by opposition on the road: July 6-8, 2012 at DetroitFour-game sweep by opposition at Kauffman Stadium: April 20-23 vs. TorontoFour-game sweep by opposition on the road: August 8-11, 2011 at Tampa Bay

vs. vs. @ on Runners On Outs Tied Gave Direction Team Last Home Run AB’s Players Total LHP RHP Home Road 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 Game Lead LF LC CF RC RF Record Date Opp. Pitcher Since Betancourt 6 - 6 3 3 3 3 - - 4 1 1 1 4 5 1 - - - 3-3 7/5/12 @ TOR A. Carpenter 27 Butler 17 8 9 6 11 10 6 1 - 4 7 6 1 7 4 7 2 2 2 9-7 7/16/12 SEA J. Vargas 6 Cain 1 - 1 1 - - 1 - - - 1 - - - 1 - - - - 0-1 7/17/12 SEA S. Kelley 0 Dyson - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9/27/10 MIN K. Slowey 279 Escobar 4 1 3 4 - 2 2 - - 1 2 1 - 3 4 - - - - 3-0 7/14/12 CWS J. Peavy 13 Francoeur 8 2 6 3 5 5 2 1 - 1 4 3 - 2 5 2 - 1 - 4-4 7/13/12 CWS J. Quintana 19 Getz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7/19/09 BAL J. Guthrie 840 Gordon 5 1 4 2 3 3 1 1 - 2 3 - 1 3 - 1 - 3 1 3-2 6/12/12 MIL Z. Greinke 128 Hosmer 9 1 8 5 4 5 4 - - 3 2 4 1 4 1 2 2 4 - 6-3 6/25/12 TB A. Cobb 67 Moustakas 16 2 14 8 8 12 3 - 1 5 6 5 - 5 - - 3 3 10 8-7 7/13/12 CWS J. Quintana 22 Pena 1 - 1 - 1 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 - - 0-1 5/28/12 @ CLE J. Tomlin 57 Perez 5 3 2 2 3 3 2 - - 3 1 2 - 1 2 1 - - 2 2-3 7/16/12 SEA J. Vargas 6

Pinch-Hit: Last: Lorenzo Cain (7/17/12 vs. Seattle, seventh inning) - 1st in 2012 (Butler, 6/17 at St. Louis), Franchise total: 72 Grand Slam: Last: Mike Moustakas (7/2/12 @ Toronto, seventh inning) - 1st in 2012, Franchise total: 109Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: Last: Shane Mack (5/22/98 @ Texas, seventh inning) 2-Homer Game: Last: Alcides Escobar (7/14/12 vs. Chicago) - 2-run, solo - 3rd time in 2012 (Butler, 4/25 at Cleveland & Moustakas, 6/24 vs. St. Louis)3-Homer Game: Last: Danny Tartabull (7/6/91 vs. Oakland) Back-to-Back: Last: Eric Hosmer and Jeff Francoeur (9/6/11 @ Oakland, 2nd inning) - 3 times in 2011Back-to-Back-to-Back: Last: Tony Graffanino, Angel Berroa, Doug Mientkiewicz (5/25/06 vs. Detroit, first inning)Three Home Runs, One Inning: Last: Melky Cabrera, Eric Hosmer and Brayan Pena (5/27/11 @ Texas, 14th inning)Four Home Runs, One Inning: Last: Mike Sweeney, Jermaine Dye, Raul Ibanez and Carlos Beltran (6/29/01 @ Cleveland, fourth inning)Leadoff Game: Last: Alex Gordon (6/12/12 vs. Milwaukee) - 1st time in 2012, Franchise total: 79Inside-the-Park: Last: David DeJesus (4/23/10 vs. Minnesota) - Franchise total: 94Both Sides of the Plate in One Game: Last: Wilson Betemit (6/10/10 @ Minnesota) - Franchise total: 6Home Run by Pitcher: Last: Zack Greinke (6/10/05 @ Arizona)Walk-off Home Run: Last: Billy Butler (6/1/11 vs. LAA, 9th inning, Downs pitching) - Franchise total: 60; 3 times in 2011 (Ka’aihue, 4/1 vs. LAA; Treanor, 4/3 vs. LAA)

Opponent:Pinch-Hit: Last: Andruw Jones, Chicago (9/12/10 @ U.S. Cellular Field, Blake Wood pitching, 6th inning)Grand Slam: Last: Robinson Cano, New York (5/6/12 @ Kauffman Stadium, Luke Hochevar pitching, 3rd inning)Pinch-Hit Grand Slam: Last: Darryl Strawberry, New York Yankees (5/2/98 @ Kauffman Stadium, Scott Service pitching, 9th inning)Back-to-Back: Last: Casey Kotchman and Jason Kipnis (4/15/12 @ Kauffman Stadium, Louis Coleman pitching, 8th inning)Leadoff Game: Last: Jacoby Ellsbury, Boston (7/27/11 @ Fenway Park, Bruce Chen pitching)Inside-the-Park: Last: Derek Jeter @ New York (7/22/10 @ Yankee Stadium, Bruce Chen pitching, 3rd inning)Walk-off Home Run: Last: Ramon Santiago @ Detroit (8/30/11 @ Comerica Park, Aaron Crow pitching, 10th inning)Three Home Runs, One Inning: Last: Mitch Moreland, Mike Napoli, Endy Chavez (5/28/11 @ Texas, Sean O’Sullivan pitching, 6th inning)Four Home Runs, One Inning: Last: Alex Rios, Carlos Quentin, Andruw Jones, Dayan Viciedo, Chicago (7/11/10 @ U.S. Cellular, Anthony Lerew pitching, 3rd inning)Three Home Runs, One Player: Last: Shin-soo Choo, Cleveland (9/17/10 @ Kauffman Stadium, Kyle Davies-1; Bryan Bullington-1; Greg Holland-1)Both Sides of the Plate in One Game: Last: Willy Aybar (8/3/09 @ Tropicana Field, Zack Greinke and Ron Mahay pitching)

2012 Single-Game Bests Multi-Hit Games Multi-RBI Games RBI Hitting Streaks Hits Players 2 3 4 5 6+ Total 2 3 4 5 6+ Total Tying Go-Ahead 2-out 5-10 11-15 16+ Current Long (3+) Infield Bunt Betancourt 8 - - - - 8 7 2 - - - 9 2 6 6 3 - - 1 g 7 g (5/1-6/9) 1 - Butler 27 5 - - - 32 6 6 - - - 12 4 17 17 5 - - 5 g 8 g (4/10-18) 5 - Cain 1 1 - - - 2 1 - - - - 1 - - - 1 - - 5 g 5 g (4/10-active) - - Dyson 10 2 - - - 12 - - - - - - 1 1 3 3 - - 2 g 8 g (4/13-5/4) 11 4 Escobar 23 5 1 - - 29 4 2 - - - 6 5 9 15 4 - - 5 g 7 g (6/22-29) 14 8 Francoeur 17 3 1 - - 21 5 1 - - - 6 2 4 12 4 - - 1 g 8 g (5/20-28) 2 - Getz 7 1 - - - 8 1 - - - - 1 1 2 6 1 - - 0 g 6 g (5/19-6/16) 5 1 Gordon 25 6 1 - - 32 4 2 - - - 6 9 3 6 7 - - 7 g 7 g (5/27-6/3) 3 1 Hosmer 12 3 - - - 15 7 2 - - - 9 4 8 15 3 1 - 2 g 11g (5/28-6/9) 10 1 Moustakas 15 5 - - - 20 4 3 2 1 - 10 - 10 20 4 - - 0 g 7 g (2x) 6 - Pena 4 2 1 - - 7 3 - - - - 3 2 2 11 - - - 0 g 3 g (4x) 3 - Perez 5 - 1 - - 6 2 - - - - 2 1 1 2 1 1 - 3 g 11 g (6/22-7/5) 1 -

Lineup Production

Batting Order - HR RBI 1st - 2 21 2nd - 9 57 3rd - 15 47 4th - 13 52 5th - 9 30 6th - 12 38 7th - 7 36 8th - 2 22 9th - 5 44

Multi-Run Innings for Royals # of runs # times last time 2 runs - 61 7/14 vs. CWS (8th inn, 3 hits)

3 runs - 20 7/17 vs. SEA (7th inn, 4 hits) 4 runs - 6 7/1 @ MIN (6th, 3 hits)

5 runs - 5 7/5 @ TOR (3rd, 5 hits) 6 runs - 1 5/13 @ CWS (9th, 4 hits) 7 runs - - -

2012 Transactions

Royals Notes - Seattle Mariners @ Kansas City Royals - July 18, 2012

Date Player Transaction2/27 C-Salvador Perez Signed a five-year contract thru 2016, includes three club options thru 20193/15 SS-Alcides Escobar Signed a four-year contract thru 2015,includes two club options thru 20173/20 C-Humberto Quintero Acquired with OF Jason Bourgeois from Houston in exchange for LHP Kevin Chapman and a PTBN C-Salvador Perez Placed on 60-day D.L.,Surgery on left knee (meniscus) C-Manuel Piña Placed on 60-day D.L.,Surgery on right knee (meniscus) 3/25 OF-Greg Golson Traded to the Chicago White Sox for cash considerations3/30 OF-Alex Gordon Signed a four-year contract thru 2015, includes on player option for 20164/4 RHP-Sean O’Sullivan Assigned outright to Omaha RHP-Felipe Paulino Placed on 15-day D.L. (retro to 3/26), right forearm strain RHP-Joakim Soria Placed on 15-day D.L. (retro to 3/26), right elbow UCL reconstruction (4/3) RHP-Blake Wood Placed on 15-day D.L. (retro to 3/26), right ulnar nerve irritation4/13 OF-Lorenzo Cain Placed on 15-day D.L. (retro to 4/11), left groin strain OF-Jarrod Dyson Recalled from Omaha4/15 RHP-Louis Coleman Recalled from Omaha OF-Jarrod Dyson Optioned to Omaha4/21 RHP-Greg Holland Placed on 15-day D.L., left rib stress reaction RHP-Jeremy Jeffress Recalled from Omaha4/22 OF-Lorenzo Cain Assigned to Northwest Arkansas on rehab assignment4/25 RHP-Felipe Paulino Assigned to Northwest Arkansas on rehab assignment LHP-Tommy Hottovy Contract selected from Omaha RHP-Jeremy Jeffress Optioned to Omaha OF-Lorenzo Cain Returned from rehab assignment4/27 OF-Jarrod Dyson Recalled from Omaha OF-Jason Bourgeois Optioned to Omaha4/28 RHP-Nate Adcock Recalled from Omaha LHP-Everett Teaford Optioned to Omaha4/30 RHP-Felipe Paulino Recalled from rehab assignment5/3 INF-Yuniesky Betancourt Placed on 15-day D.L. (retro to 5/2), Right ankle sprain INF-Irving Falu Contract selected from Omaha RHP-Joakim Soria Transferred from 15- to 60-day D.L.5/5 RHP-Felipe Paulino Activated from 15-day D.L. RHP-Louis Coleman Optioned to Omaha5/8 RHP-Greg Holland Assigned to Northwest Arkansas on rehab assignment RHP-Vin Mazzaro Recalled from Omaha LHP-Tommy Hottovy Optioned to Omaha5/9 LHP-Jonathan Sanchez Placed on 15-day D.L. (retro to 5/8), Left biceps tendinitis5/9 INF-Johnny Giavotella Recalled from Omaha5/11 RHP-Greg Holland Recalled from rehab assignment and activated from 15-day D.L.5/11 RHP-Nate Adcock Optioned to Omaha5/14 LHP-Danny Duffy Placed on 15-day D.L., torn left ulnar collateral ligament RHP-Nate Adcock Recalled from Omaha5/17 RHP-Louis Coleman Recalled from Omaha LHP-Everett Teaford Recalled from Omaha RHP-Nate Adcock Optioned to Omaha RHP-Vin Mazzaro Optioned to Omaha5/19 LHP-Everett Teaford Placed on 15-day D.L. (retro to 5/18), lower ab strain RHP-Nate Adcock Recalled from Omaha 5/22 LHP-Will Smith Contract selected from Omaha 2B-Chris Getz Placed on 15-day D.L., left ribcage contusion RHP-Blake Wood Transferred from 15- to 60-day D.L.5/24 INF-Yuniesky Betancourt Assigned to Northwest Arkansas on rehab assignment5/28 RHP-Vin Mazzaro Recalled from Omaha RHP-Nate Adcock Optioned to Omaha LHP-Jonathan Sanchez Assigned to Omaha on rehab assignment INF-Yuniesky Betancourt Transfer of rehab assignment to Omaha6/1 INF-Yuniesky Betancourt Returned from rehab assignment, Activated from 15-day D.L. INF-Irving Falu Optioned to Omaha6/5 LHP-Ryan Verdugo Recalled from Omaha

Date Player Transaction6/5 LHP-Will Smith Optioned to Omaha6/6 LHP-Ryan Verdugo Optioned to Omaha (postgame)6/7 LHP-Everett Teaford Assigned to Omaha on rehab assignment C-Salvador Perez Assigned to Omaha on rehab assignment INF-Chris Getz Assigned to Omaha on rehab assignment6/8 1B-Clint Robinson Recalled from Omaha6/9 RHP-Felipe Paulino Placed on 15-day D.L. (retro to 6/7), right groin strain RHP-Nate Adcock Recalled from Omaha6/10 OF-D’Andre Toney Sent to Houston Astros as PTBN to complete March 20 trade6/12 INF-Chris Getz Returned from rehab assignment, Activated from 15-day D.L. INF-Johnny Giavotella Optioned to Omaha LHP-Everett Teaford Returned from rehab assignment, activated from 15-day D.L., optioned to Omaha6/13 LHP-Jonathan Sanchez Returned from rehab assignment, Activated from 15-day D.L. RHP-Louis Coleman Optioned to Omaha6/14 RHP-Roman Colon Contract selected from Omaha 1B-Clint Robinson Optioned to Omaha LHP-Danny Duffy Transferred from 15- to 60-day D.L.6/18 OF-Lorenzo Cain Assigned to Northwest Arkansas on rehab assignment 2B-Chris Getz Placed on 15-day D.L., lateral strain in lower left leg RHP-Nate Adcock Optioned to Omaha RHP-Louis Coleman Recalled from Omaha LHP-Tommy Hottovy Recalled from Omaha6/20 INF-Irving Falu Recalled from Omaha RHP-Louis Coleman Optioned to Omaha RHP-Felipe Paulino Assigned to Northwest Arkansas on rehab assignment6/21 RHP-Felipe Paulino Returned from rehab assignment6/22 C-Salvador Perez Returned from rehab assignment, Activated from 60-day D.L. OF-Lorenzo Cain Transferred from 15- to 60-day D.L. LHP-Tommy Hottovy Optioned to Omaha6/23 LHP-Francisley Bueno Contract selected from Omaha RHP-Roman Colon Designated for assignment6/25 RHP-Roman Colon Assigned outright to Omaha C-Manuel Piña Assigned to Surprise Royals on rehab assignment6/26 LHP-Francisley Bueno Optioned to Omaha (postgame)6/27 LHP-Everett Teaford Recalled from Omaha OF-Jason Bourgeois Recalled from Omaha C-Humberto Quintero Designated for assignment OF-Lorenzo Cain Rehab assignment transferred to Omaha6/30 LHP-Tommy Hottovy Recalled from Omaha (26th man) INF-Chris Getz Assigned to Omaha on rehab assignment LHP-Tommy Hottovy Optioned to Omaha (postgame)7/3 RHP-Vin Mazzaro Optioned to Omaha (postgame)7/4 RHP-Nate Adcock Recalled from Omaha RHP-Louis Coleman Recalled from Omaha OF-Mitch Maier Designated for assignment7/5 C-Humberto Quintero Requested Unconditional Release Waivers C-Manuel Piña Rehab assignment transferred to Northwest Arkansas7/7 C-Adam Moore Claimed on Outright Waivers from the Seattle Mariners, optioned to Omaha C-Humberto Quintero Declared a free agent7/8 RHP-Nate Adcock Optioned to Omaha (postgame) INF-Irving Falu Optioned to Omaha (postgame)7/9 OF-Lorenzo Cain Returned from rehab assignment, Activated from 60-day D.L. 2B-Chris Getz Returned from rehab assignment, Activated from 15-day D.L.7/14 OF-Mitch Maier Assigned outright to Omaha and accepted assignment C-Manuel Piña Returned from rehab assignment, reinstated from 60-day D.L., optioned to Northwest Arkansas (postgame) RHP-Felipe Paulino Transferred from 15- to 60-day D.L. (postgame)7/17 LHP-Ryan Verdugo Recalled from Omaha RHP-Vin Mazzaro Recalled from Omaha LHP-Jonathan Sanchez Designated for assignment OF-Jason Bourgeois Optioned to Omaha7/18 LHP-Francisley Bueno Recalled from Omaha LHP-Ryan Verdugo Optioned to Omaha

Royals Ejections in 2012Date Player/Coach Note6/2 Humberto Quintero Arguing balls and srikes (Schrieber)6/14 Jeff Francoeur Arguing called third strike (Iassogna)6/14 Ned Yost Arguing a foul bunt at home (Iassogna)

The Lineup CardStarts by Batting Order

1st: Betancourt (1-1), Bourgeois (0-2), Dyson (13-11), Escobar (0-1), Getz (1-3), Giavotella (0-1), Gordon (24-31)2nd: Betancourt (8-11), Bourgeois (0-1), Cain (1-2), Escobar (6-12), Falu (0-3) Francoeur (0-2), Getz (5-3), Giavotella (6-4), Gordon (8-10), Hosmer (4-3)3rd: Butler (24-27), Gordon (2-0), Hosmer (8-20), Moustakas (4-4)4th: Butler (12-22), Cain (0-1), Francoeur (6-4), Gordon (3-3), Hosmer (10-12), Moustakas (7-9)5th: Betancourt (3-9), Cain (0-1), Giavotella (1-0), Gordon (0-2), Francoeur (29-33), Moustakas (5-5), Pena (0-1)6th: Betancourt (1-4), Escobar (3-2), Francoeur (1-3), Giavotella (0-1), Gordon (2-3), Hosmer (12-10), Maier (0-2), Moustakas (17-23), Pena (2-3)7th: Betancourt (1-2), Cain (2-0), Escobar (8-8), Falu (3-1), Francoeur (2-7), Getz (2-2), Giavotella (1-1), Hosmer (0-2), Maier (0-1), Moustakas (1-7), Pena (10-11), Perez (3-4), Quintero (5-5)8th: Betancourt (0-1), Bourgeois (2-2), Dyson (13-10), Escobar (4-7), Falu (0-3), Getz (8-4), Hosmer (1-0), Maier (3-7), Pena (1-5), Perez (3-6), Quintero (3-6)9th: Bourgeois (1-2), Cain (0-1), Dyson (3-6), Escobar (17-20), Falu (0-1) Getz (2-3), Maier (0-2), Perez (0-1), Pitchers (4-5), Quintero (11-10)

Starts by PositionP: Adcock (0-2), Chen (7-11), Duffy (4-2), Hochevar (9-9), Mazzaro (3-3), Mendoza (4-7), Paulino (4-3), Sanchez (3-9), Smith (1-2), Teaford (3-1), Verdugo (0-1)C: Pena (14-19), Perez (5-11), Quintero (19-21)1B: Butler (3-7), Hosmer (35-44)2B: Betancourt (13-24), Falu (0-7), Getz (18-15), Giavotella (7-5)3B: Betancourt (1-2), Falu (3-0), Moustakas (34-49)SS: Betancourt (0-1), Escobar (38-49), Falu (0-1)LF: Bourgeois (0-1), Gordon (38-50)CF: Bourgeois (1-6), Cain (3-5), Dyson (29-28), Francoeur (0-2), Maier (3-9)RF: Francoeur (38-47), Hosmer (0-2), Maier (0-2)DH: Betancourt (0-1), Butler (33-42), Giavotella (1-2), Pena (0-1)

Errorless Streaks Player Streak Last Error

ROYALS 1 7/16/12 vs. Sea Pitchers 24 6/18/12 @ Hou Betancourt 11 6/30/12 @ Min (G1) Butler 23 9/23/10 @ Cle Cain 6 4/9/12 @ Oak Dyson 3 7/7/12 @ Det Escobar 1 7/16/12 vs. Sea

Player Streak Last Error Francoeur 46 5/22/12 @ NYY

Getz 7 6/12/12 vs. Mil Gordon 23 6/19/12 @ Hou Hosmer 8 7/05/12 vs. Tor Moustakas 6 7/7/12 @ Det Pena 4 6/26/12 vs. TB Perez 1 7/16/12 vs. Sea

Royals Notes - Seattle Mariners @ Kansas City Royals - July 18, 2012Miscellaneous Statistics

Yuniesky Betancourt 33 hits for 1,000 Billy Butler 2 doubles for 200 9 home runs for 100

Upcoming MilestonesBruce Chen 41 strikeouts for 1,000

Luke Hochevar 38 strikeouts for 500

Team Batting Royals Opponents Most runs, game 11 July 2 at Toronto 13 April 15 vs. Cleveland Most runs, extra-inning game 9 April 14 vs. Cleveland (10 inn) 11 April 14 vs. Cleveland (10 inn) Most hits, game 16 July 5 at Toronto 17 June 22 vs. St. Louis Most hits, extra-inning game 17 July 13 vs. Chicago (14 inn) 17 July 13 vs. Chicago (14 inn) Fewest hits, game 3 April 9 at Oakland 1 April 10 at Oakland (7 innings) Most runs, inning 6 May 13 at Chicago (9th) 7 April 13 vs. Cleveland (1st) Most hits, inning 8 June 18 at Houston (9th) 8 April 13 vs. Cleveland (1st) & July 3 at Toronto (4th) Most doubles, game 5 May 9 vs. Boston 6 June 22 vs. St. Louis Most doubles, extra-inning game 5 April 14 vs. Cleveland (10 inn) 4 3 times, last on July 13 vs. Chicago (14 inn) Most triples, game 2 July 17 vs. Seattle 2 4 times, last on July 16 vs. Seattle Most triples, extra-inning game 1 3 times, last on July 13 vs. Chicago (14 inn) 1 April 14 vs. Cleveland (10 inn) Most home runs, game 4 April 25 at Cleveland & June 24 vs. St. Louis 4 3 times, last on July 1 at Minnesota Most home runs, extra-inning game 2 2 times, last on July 13 vs. Chicago (14 inn) 3 July 13 vs. Chicago (14 inn) Most home runs, inning 2 3 times, last on July 16 vs. Seattle (3rd inn) 2 7 times, last on July 16 vs. Seattle (1st) Most extra-base hits, game 6 June 24 vs. St. Louis & July 2 at Toronto 8 May 7 vs. Boston Most extra-base hits, extra-inning game 7 April 14 vs. Cleveland (10 inn) 7 April 14 vs. Cleveland (10 inn) Most steals, game 4 June 10 at Pittsburgh 5 June 30 at Minnesota (Game 1) Most times caught stealing, game 2 April 9 at Oakland & April 10 at Oakland 2 May 18 vs. Arizona Most sacrifice flies, game 2 3 times, last on July 7 at Detroit 3 July 4 at Toronto Most sacrifices, game 2 June 15 at St. Louis 2 June 16 at St. Louis Most strikeouts, game 12 May 29 at Cleveland 14 June 20 at Houston Most strikeouts, extra-inning game 16 June 17 at St. Louis (15 inn) 15 June 17 at St. Louis (15 inn) Most walks, game 8 April 20 vs. Toronto 9 April 24 at Cleveland & June 24 vs. St. Louis Most walks, extra-inning game 10 2 times, last on July 13 vs. Chicago (14 inn) 7 July 13 vs. Chicago (14 inn) Most left on base, game 12 May 30 at Cleveland 13 April 24 at Cleveland Most left on base, extra-inning game 16 June 17 at St. Louis (15 inn) 15 July 13 vs. Chicago (14 inn) Fewest left on base, game 2 June 20 at Houston & July 17 vs. Seattle 2 July 1 at Minnesota Fewest left on base, extra-inning game 3 April 14 vs. Cleveland (10 inn) 9 2 times, last on June 17 at St. Louis Most double plays turned 3 3 times, last on May 28 at Cleveland 4 April 21 vs. Toronto Most errors, game 3 3 times, last on June 2 vs. Oakland 2 7 times, last on July 1 at Minnesota

Individual Batting: Most hits, game 4 Pena (April 15 vs. Cleveland), Escobar (April 21 vs. Toronto), Gordon (May 5 vs. New York), Francoeur (May 20 vs. Arizona) & Perez (July 5 at Toronto) Most hits, extra-inning game 3 Moustakas (June 17 at St. Louis-17 inn) & Gordon (July 13 vs. Chicago-14 inn) Must runs, game 3 Hosmer (April 8 at LAA), Gordon (April 27 at Minnesota), Dyson (May 15 at Texas), Moustakas (May 19 vs. Arizona & June 4 vs. Minnesota), Escobar (July 7 at Detroit) & Cain (July 13 vs. Chicago) Most doubles, game 2 Quintero (April 7 at LAA), Moustakas (April 14 vs. Cleveland-10 inn & June 4 vs. Minnesota), Butler (May 5 vs. New York), Escobar (May 12 @ Chicago), Hosmer (June 9 @ Pittsburgh) & Dyson (July 5 @ Toronto) Most triples, game 1 18 times Most home runs, game 2 Butler (April 25 at Cleveland), Moustakas (June 24 vs. St. Louis) & Escobar (July 14 vs. Chicago) Most RBI, game 5 Moustakas (July 2 at Toronto) Most RBI, extra-inning game 3 Betancourt (June 17 at St. Louis-15 inn) & Escobar (July 13 vs. Chicago-14 inn) Most total bases, game 8 Butler (April 25 at Cleveland), Moustakas (June 24 vs. St. Louis) & Escobar (July 14 vs. Chicago) Most total bases, extra-inning game 7 Francoeur (July 13 vs. Chicago-14 inn) Most walks, game 5 Gordon (June 17 at St. Louis-15 inn) - ties franchise record (2nd time, also Gordon on 7/30/08 at OAK) Most stolen bases, game 1 multiple players Longest hitting streak (min. 5 games) 11 Hosmer (May 28-June 9) & Perez (June 22-July 5)

Individual Pitching: Most innings pitched, starter 9.0 Hochevar (June 25 vs. Tampa Bay) Most innings pitched, reliever 5.2 Mendoza (May 13 at Chicago) Most strikeouts, starter 9 Paulino (May 16 vs. Baltimore) & Mendoza (July 4 at Toronto) Most strikeouts, reliever 5 Collins (May 15 at Texas) & Coleman (June 18 at Houston) Most walks, starter 7 Sanchez (April 24 at Cleveland) Most walks, reliever 5 Mendoza (May 6 vs. New York) Most runs allowed 9 Mendoza (April 15 vs. Cleveland) & Hochevar (May 1 at Detroit) Most home runs allowed 3 Smith (May 23 at New York & June 4 vs. Minnesota), Chen (July 1 at Minnesota & July 13 vs. Chicago) & Hochevar (July 5 at Toronto) Consecutive scoreless innings, starter 16.2 Hochevar (June 19-25) Longest winning streak (2 or more) 4 Collins (May 2-June 14)

Team Miscellaneous: Longest winning streak, overall 4 May 12-15, June 12-15, June 25-29 Longest winning streak, home 3 June 12-14, June 25-27 Longest winning streak, road 5 May 12-21 Longest losing streak, overall 12 April 11-24 Longest losing streak, home 10 April 13-23 Longest losing streak, road 3 May 22-25, June 30-July 1, July 6-8 Longest game-inning, home 15 May 16 vs. Baltimore Longest game-inning, road 15 June 17 at St. Louis Longest game-time, home 3:20 April 15 vs. Cleveland & May 3 vs. New York Longest game-time, road 3:38 June 16 at St. Louis Longest game-time (extra-innings, home) 5:23 July 13 vs. Chicago (14 inn) Longest game-time (extra-innings, road) 5:00 June 17 at St. Louis (15 inn) Shortest game-time home 2:17 June 25 vs. Tampa Bay Shortest game-time home (shortened game) - - Shortest game-time road 2:22 April 6 at LAA Shortest game-time road (shortened game) 2:13 April 10 at Oakland (8 innings) Shortest game-time (extra-innings, home) 3:44 April 14 vs. Cleveland Shortest game-time (extra-innings, road) - - Largest crowd-home 40,230 April 13 vs. Cleveland Smallest crowd-home 13,851 April 17 vs. Detroit Largest crowd-road 44,106 April 6 at LAA Smallest crowd-road 9,137 April 24 at Cleveland Largest winning margin 8 May 13 at Chicago (9-1), June 25 vs. Tampa Bay (8-0) & July 2 at Toronto (11-3) Largest losing margin 7 June 22 vs. St. Louis (11-4) Largest deficit overcome to win 3 May 26 at Baltimore (down 3-0, win 4-3)

Upcoming Milestones

Royals Record When:Lead after six innings: 31-4Lead after seven innings: 31-2Lead after eight innings: 34-2Starter works more than 6.0 IP: 14-7Score first: 29-13Score more than three runs: 28-19Hit home run: 26-25 Series opener: 10-2010 or more hits: 23-19

Tied after six innings: 3-5Tied after seven innings: 4-4Tied after eight innings: 1-2Starter works 6.0 IP: 8-6Opponents score first: 9-38Score three runs or less: 10-32Do not homer: 12-26Series finale: 14-15Opponents 10 or more hits: 8-27

Trail after six innings: 4-43Trail after seven innings: 3-45Trail after eight innings: 3-47Starter works less than 6.0 IP: 16-37In the last turn at bat (KC/OPP): 7/4Walkoff wins (KC/OPP): 2/1Comeback wins (KC/OPP): 12/17Extra-inning record (Home/Road/Total): 1-3/1-1/2-4Errorless games by KC: 20-22

Royals Notes - Seattle Mariners @ Kansas City Royals - July 18, 2012

Winning Losing Home Home Road Road Date Opponent D/N W-L Score Record Pos. GB Pitcher Pitcher Save Att. No. Total No. Total April (6-15) 4/6 at LAA N L 0-5 0-1 T2 -1.0 Weaver Crow (R, 0-1) -- 44,106 1 44,106 4/7 at LAA D W 6-3 1-1 T2 -1.0 Hochevar (1-0) Haren -- 40,022 2 84,128 4/8 at LAA D W 7-3 2-1 2 -1.0 Sanchez (1-0) Santana Broxton (1) 32,227 3 116,355 4/9 at Oak N L 0-1 2-2 T2 -1.5 Milone Mendoza (0-1) Balfour 10,054 4 126,409 4/10 at Oak N W 3-0 (8) 3-2 2 -1.5 Duffy (1-0) Godfrey Crow (1) 10,670 5 137,079 4/11 at Oak D L 4-5 (12) 3-3 3 -1.5 Carignan Broxton (R, 0-1) -- 12,390 6 149,469 4/13 Cle D L 3-8 3-4 3 -2.0 Lowe Hochevar (1-1) -- 40,230 1 40,230 4/14 Cle N L 9-11 (10) 3-5 4 -2.5 Asencio Holland (R, 0-1) Perez 21,788 2 62,018 4/15 Cle D L 7-13 3-6 4 -3.0 Jimenez Mendoza (0-2) -- 21,182 3 83,200 4/16 Det N L 2-3 3-7 4 -4.0 Verlander (C) Duffy (1-1) -- 14,039 4 97,239 4/17 Det N L 1-3 3-8 T4 -5.0 Dotel Chen (0-1) Valverde 13,851 5 111,090 4/18 Det N L 3-4 3-9 5 -6.0 Scherzer Mijares (R, 0-1) Valverde 14,083 6 125,173 4/20 Tor N L 3-4 3-10 5 -6.0 Perez Holland (R, 0-2) Santos 23,065 7 148,238 4/21 Tor N L 5-9 3-11 5 -6.5 Hutchison Teaford (R, 0-1) -- 27,804 8 176,042 4/22 Tor D L 3-5 3-12 5 -6.5 Romero Duffy (1-2) Cordero 26,891 9 202,933 4/23 Tor N L 1-4 3-13 5 -7.0 Morrow Chen (0-2) Cordero 13,267 10 216,200 4/24 at Cle N L 3-4 3-14 5 -7.0 Lowe Sanchez (1-1) Perez 9,137 7 158,606 4/25 at Cle N W 8-2 4-14 5 -6.0 Hochevar (2-1) Jimenez -- 10,552 8 169,158 4/26 at Cle D W 4-2 5-14 T4 -5.0 Mendoza (1-2) Tomlin Broxton (2) 9,229 9 178,387 4/27 at Min N W 7-6 6-14 4 -5.0 Mijares (R, 1-1) Duensing Broxton (3) 33,315 10 211,702 4/28 at Min D Postponed due to rain - Rescheduled as part of a split day-night doubleheader on June 30 at 12:10 p.m. CT 4/29 at Min D L 4-7 6-15 T4 -5.5 Marquis Chen (0-3) -- 34,201 11 245,903 4/30 at Det N Postponed due to rain - Rescheduled on September 24 at 6:05 p.m. CT

May (15-13) 5/1 at Det N L 3-9 6-16 4 -5.5 Porcello Hochevar (2-2) -- 30,159 12 276,062 5/2 at Det D W 3-2 7-16 4 -5.5 Collins (R, 1-0) Benoit Broxton (4) 33,187 13 309,249 5/3 NYY N W 4-3 8-16 4 -5.5 Duffy (2-2) Phelps Broxton (5) 19,590 11 235,790 5/4 NYY N L 2-6 8-17 4 -6.5 Sabathia Chen (0-4) -- 24,153 12 259,943 5/5 NYY N W 5-1 9-17 4 -5.5 Paulino (1-0) Kuroda -- 29,121 13 289,064 5/6 NYY D L 4-10 9-18 4 -6.5 Hughes Hochevar (2-3) -- 20,434 14 309,498 5/7 Bos N L 5-11 9-19 4 -8.0 Doubront Sanchez (1-2) -- 19,502 15 329,000 5/8 Bos N W 6-4 10-19 4 -7.0 Mijares (R, 2-1) Bard Broxton (6) 20,524 16 349,524 5/9 Bos N W 4-3 11-19 4 -6.0 Chen (1-4) Lester Broxton (7) 18,339 17 367,863 5/11 at CWS N L 0-5 11-20 4 -6.5 Floyd Paulino (1-1) 19,129 14 328,378 5/12 at CWS N W 5-0 12-20 4 -5.5 Hochevar (3-3) Sale -- 20,066 15 348,444 5/13 at CWS D W 9-1 13-20 4 -4.5 Mendoza (R, 2-2) Thornton -- 22,636 16 371,080 5/14 at Tex N W 3-1 14-20 4 -4.5 Chen (2-4) Feldman Broxton (8) 38,702 17 409,782 5/15 at Tex N W 7-4 15-20 4 -4.5 Mazzaro (1-0) Lewis -- 37,210 18 446,992 5/16 Bal N L 3-4 (15) 15-21 4 -5.5 Gregg Adcock (R, 0-1) Johnson 17,949 18 385,812 5/17 Bal D L 3-5 15-22 4 -6.5 Matusz Hochevar (3-4) Johnson 31,076 19 416,888 5/18 Ari N L 4-6 15-23 4 -6.5 Ziegler Herrera (R, 0-1) Putz 33,694 20 450,582 5/19 Ari N W 7-3 16-23 4 -6.5 Chen (3-4) Kennedy -- 27,469 21 478,051 5/20 Ari D L 0-2 16-24 4 -6.5 Miley Adcock (0-2) Putz 24,234 22 502,285 5/21 at NYY N W 6-0 17-24 4 -6.0 Paulino (2-1) Kuroda -- 39,229 19 486,291 5/22 at NYY N L 2-3 17-25 4 -7.0 Hughes Hochevar (3-5) Soriano 37,674 20 523,965 5/23 at NYY N L 3-8 17-26 4 -8.0 Pettitte Smith (0-1) -- 40,407 21 564,372 5/25 at Bal N L 2-8 17-27 4 -8.5 Hammel Chen (3-5) -- 28,954 22 593,326 5/26 at Bal D W 4-3 18-27 4 -7.5 Holland (R, 1-2) Strope Broxton (9) 26,714 23 620,040 5/27 at Bal D W 4-2 19-27 4 -6.5 Collins (R, 2-0) Matusz Broxton (10) 33,919 24 653,959 5/28 at Cle D L 5-8 19-28 4 -7.5 Tomlin Adcock (0-3) Perez 25,377 25 679,336 5/29 at Cle N W 8-2 20-28 4 -7.0 Smith (1-1) Masterson -- 14,253 26 693,589 5/30 at Cle D W 6-3 21-28 4 -7.0 Chen (4-5) Gomez Broxton (11) 17,112 27 710,701

June (14-13) 6/1 Oak N W 2-0 22-28 4 -7.0 Paulino (3-1) Colon Broxton (12) 29,527 23 531,812 6/2 Oak D L 3-9 22-29 4 -7.0 McCarthy Hochevar (3-6) -- 26,276 24 558,088 6/3 Oak D W 2-0 23-29 4 -7.0 Mazzaro (2-0) Milone Broxton (13) 21,111 25 579,199 6/4 Min N L 7-10 23-30 4 -7.5 De Vries Smith (1-2) Capps 16,531 26 595,730 6/5 Min N W 1-0 24-30 4 -6.5 Chen (5-5) Liriano Broxton (14) 23,934 27 619,664 6/6 Min N L 2-4 24-31 4 -6.5 Blackburn Mendoza (2-3) Capps 18,386 28 638,050 6/8 at Pit N L 2-4 24-32 4 -7.0 Bedard Hochevar (3-7) Hanrahan 36,069 28 746,770 6/9 at Pit N L 3-5 24-33 4 -8.0 Hughes Mazzaro (2-1) Hanrahan 39,312 29 786,082 6/10 at Pit D L 2-3 24-34 4 -8.0 Burnett Chen (5-6) Grilli 25,752 30 811,834 6/12 Mil N W 2-1 25-34 4 -8.0 Holland (R, 2-2) Rodriguez Broxton (15) 24,258 29 662,308 6/13 Mil N W 4-3 (11) 26-34 4 -7.0 Collins (R, 3-0) Loe -- 17,885 30 680,193 6/14 Mil N W 4-3 27-34 4 -6.0 Collins (R, 4-0) Axford -- 21,869 31 702,062 6/15 at Stl N W 3-2 28-34 4 -5.0 Mazzaro (3-1) Lohse Broxton (16) 42,001 31 853,835 6/16 at Stl D L 7-10 28-35 4 -6.0 Boggs Collins (R, 4-1) Motte 42,018 32 895,853 6/17 at Stl D W 5-3 (15) 29-35 4 -5.0 Broxton (R, 1-1) Sanchez -- 41,680 33 901,533 6/18 at Hou N L 7-9 29-36 4 -5.0 Happ Sanchez (1-3) -- 15,436 34 916,969 6/19 at Hou N W 2-0 30-36 4 -4.5 Hochevar (4-7) Rodriguez Broxton (17) 18,098 35 935,067 6/20 at Hou D W 2-1 31-36 4 -4.5 Chen (6-6) Lyles Broxton (18) 30,687 36 965,754 6/22 Stl N L 4-11 31-37 4 -5.5 Kelly Mazzaro (3-2) -- 37,902 32 739,964 6/23 Stl D L 2-8 31-38 4 -5.5 Wainwright Mendoza (2-4) -- 37,240 33 777,204 6/24 Stl D L 8-11 31-39 4 -6.0 Marte Collins (R, 4-2) -- 29,063 34 806,276 6/25 TB N W 8-0 32-39 4 -5.0 Hochevar (5-7) Cobb -- 20,200 35 826,476 6/26 TB N W 8-2 33-39 4 -5.0 Chen (7-6) Archer -- 25,982 36 852,449 6/27 TB D W 5-4 34-39 4 -5.0 Crow (R, 1-1) Badenhop Broxton (19) 19,228 37 871,677 6/29 at Min N W 4-3 35-39 4 -5.5 Mendoza (3-4) Duensing Broxton (20) 33,359 37 999,113 6/30 at Min D L 2-7 35-40 - - Diamond Sanchez (1-4) -- 37,694 38 1,036,807 at Min N L 1-5 35-41 4 -6.0 De Vries Hochevar (5-8) -- 37,629 39 1,074,436

2012 Day-By-Days

Disabled List (4) Player D.L. Type Injury Dates on D.L. Eligible for reinstatement Games Missed Team RecordRHP-Joakim Soria 60-day Right elbow UCL reconstruction (4/3) April 4 (retro to 3/26) eligible 89 38-51RHP-Blake Wood 60-day Right elbow UCL reconstruction (5/25) April 4 (retro to 3/26) eligible 89 38-51LHP-Danny Duffy 60-day Left elbow UCL reconstruction (6/13) May 14 eligible 56 25-31RHP-Felipe Paulino 60-day Right elbow UCL reconstruction (7/3) June 9 (retro to 6/7) August 6 34 14-20

Minor League Report

Royals Notes - Seattle Mariners @ Kansas City Royals - July 18, 2012

Winning Losing Home Home Road Road Date Opponent D/N W-L Score Record Pos. GB Pitcher Pitcher Save Att. No. Total No. Total July (3-10) 7/1 at Min D L 8-10 35-42 4 -6.0 Gray Chen (7-7) -- 37,819 40 1,112,255 7/2 at Tor N W 11-3 36-42 4 -5.5 Teaford (1-1) Romero -- 17,127 41 1,129,382 7/3 at Tor N L 3-6 36-43 4 -6.5 Cecil Mazzaro (3-3) Janssen 15,516 42 1,144,898 7/4 at Tor N L 1-4 36-44 4 -7.5 Villanueva Mendoza (3-5) Janssen 17,831 43 1,162,729 7/5 at Tor N W 9-6 37-44 4 -7.5 Hochevar (6-8) Alvarez Broxton (21) 20,598 44 1,183,327 7/6 at Det N L 2-4 37-45 4 -8.5 Smyly Sanchez (1-5) Valverde 39,144 45 1,222,471 7/7 at Det D L 7-8 37-46 4 -9.5 Fister Chen (7-8) -- 39,392 46 1,261,863 7/8 at Det D L 1-7 37-47 4 -9.5 Scherzer Teaford (1-2) -- 36,693 47 1,298,556 All-Star Break (Game in Kansas City on July 10 at 7 p.m. CT) 7/13 CWS N L 8-9(14) 37-48 4 -10.5 Axelrod Teaford (R, 1-3) -- 32,744 38 904,421 7/14 CWS N W 6-3 38-48 4 -9.5 Holland (R, 3-2) Peavy Broxton (22) 24,998 39 929,419 7/15 CWS D L 1-2 38-49 4 -10.5 Sale Mendoza (3-6) Reed 25,714 40 955,133 7/16 Sea N L 4-9 38-50 4 -10.5 Vargas Sanchez (1-6) -- 16,697 41 971,830 7/17 Sea N L 6-9 38-51 4 -11.5 Beavan Verdugo (0-1) Wilhelmsen 15,769 42 987,599 7/18 Sea N 7/19 Sea D 7/20 Min N 7/21 Min N 7/22 Min D 7/23 at LAA N 7/24 at LAA N 7/25 at LAA D 7/26 at Sea N 7/27 at Sea N 7/28 at Sea D 7/29 at Sea D 7/31 Cle N

August (0-0) 8/1 Cle N 8/2 Cle N 8/3 Tex N 8/4 Tex N 8/5 Tex D 8/6 at CWS N 8/7 at CWS N 8/8 at CWS N 8/9 at Bal N 8/10 at Bal N 8/11 at Bal N 8/12 at Bal D 8/14 Oak N 8/15 Oak N 8/16 Oak N 8/17 CWS N 8/18 CWS N 8/19 CWS D 8/20 at TB N 8/21 at TB N 8/22 at TB D 8/24 at Bos N 8/25 at Bos N 8/26 at Bos D 8/27 at Bos D 8/28 Det N 8/29 Det N 8/30 Det N 8/31 Min N

2012 Day-By-Days (cont.)

Omaha Storm Chasers (AAA)Pacific Coast League

American Conference, Northern Division(58-39)

(10 innings) R H E LOBOklahoma City (Astros) 7 12 2 4Omaha 6 12 1 9

LP: Jeremy Jeffress (4-4)HR: Clint Robinson (#11)

Omaha let a 6-2 lead slip away as they dropped a 10-inning matinee. Doug Davis (6.0 IP, 9 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 5 SO) limited the RedHawks to 2 runs until the sixth, when Brett Wallace belted a 3-run homer. Tony Abreu was 3-for-5 with 2 runs scored.

NW Arkansas Naturals (AA)Texas LeagueNorth Division

(5-19 2nd half, 42-52 overall)

R H E LOBArkansas (Angels) 6 10 2 6 NW Arkansas 4 7 1 7

LP: Jon Keck (2-1)HR: Brian Fletcher (#5 with NW Arkansas, #10 overall)

Arkansas plated 3 in the ninth to defeat the Naturals in Springdale. The rally denied Sugar Ray Marimon of his second Double-A win. Marimon scattered 2 runs on 4 hits and 3 walks over 6.2 innings. Brian Fletcher followed his multi-homer game on Monday with a 2-run shot in the first. Fletcher and Kevin Kouzmanoff finished with 2 hits apiece.

Wilmington Blue Rocks (A-Advanced)Carolina League

Northern Division(12-13 2nd half, 41-54 overall)

R H E LOBWilmington 2 5 1 7Myrtle Beach (Rangers) 7 14 0 10

LP: Brooks Pounders (2-3)HR: Cheslor Cuthbert (#7)

Wilmington lost a second straight as the Pelicans scored 2 in the first and never trailed. Brooks Pounders was charged with 5 runs on 7 hits and a walk over 2.0 innings. Tyler Sample held the Pelicans scoreless on 4 hits and a walk over the final 3.0 frames. Juan Graterol singled home Brett Eibner in the second for Wilmington’s first run. Cheslor Cuthbert added a solo homer in the eighth.

Kane County Cougars (A)Midwest LeagueWestern Division

(14-10 2nd half, 48-46 overall) The entire Midwest League had Tuesday off. Kane County is at Bowling Green (Rays) tonight.

Team Leaders (* = Qualifying Players, ^ = Promoted)AVG Jorge Bonifacio .299*HR Orlando Calixte 10^RBI Jorge Bonifacio 52Runs Danny Mateo 54SB Justin Trapp 19W Aaron Brooks 7SO Kellen Moen 82SV Nick Graffeo 8^

Idaho Falls Chukars (R)Pioneer LeagueSouth Division

(12-17) R H E LOBGreat Falls (White Sox) 9 10 1 12Idaho Falls 4 10 1 8

LP: Ali Williams (2-2)HR: Diego Goris (#1, #4 overall)

Idaho Falls scored 4 in the ninth but could not avoid a 4-game sweep at home. Ali Williams allowed 5 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks over 3.0 innings. Diego Goris recorded 3 hits, including a solo homer. He is batting a combined .418 (38-for-91) with Surprise and Idaho Falls. Adalberto Mondesi added 2 RBI.

Burlington Royals (R)Appalachian League

East Division(16-8)

R H E LOBDanville (Braves) 2 4 1 5Burlington 4 9 0 8

WP: Colin Rodgers (2-0)SV: John Walter (3)HR: Henry Moreno (#3)

Burlington (16-8) moved percentage points ahead of Danville (18-10) in the East Division race. Cam Gallagher was 3-for-4 with an RBI. Henry Moreno had 2 hits, including a 2-run blast. Colin Rodgers (5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO) lowered his ERA to 0.92 (2 ER in 19.2 IP).

Surprise Royals (R)Arizona LeagueWest Division

(8-12)

Surprise was off on Tuesday. They host the Arizona Angels tonight.

Team Leaders (* = Qualifying Players, ^ = Promoted)AVG Alexis Rivers .447*HR Diego Goris 3^RBI Diego Goris 19^Runs Ramon Torres 24SB Ramon Torres 8W Aroni Nina, Matt Tenuta 2SO Aroni Nina 26SV Andrew Durden 2