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Baltimore Orioles (0-3) @ Kansas City Royals (3-0)Kauffman Stadium - Wednesday, October 15, 2014American League Championship Series - Game #4

TBS, MLB International, KCSP Radio (610 Sports) & ESPN RadioUPCOMING SCHEDULE

(Probables with Postseason statistics) Game #5 (if necessary) Thursday, October 16 vs. Baltimore Orioles: TBA vs. TBA, 3:07 p.m. (CDT), TBS, ESPN Radio & 610 Sports

Game #6 (if necessary) - Friday, October 17 @ Baltimore Orioles: TBA vs. TBA, 7:07 p.m. (CDT), TBS, ESPN Radio & 610 SportsGame #7 (if necessary) - Saturday, October 18 @ Baltimore Orioles: TBA vs. TBA, 7:07 p.m. (CDT), TBS, ESPN Radio & 610 Sports

This series is being broadcast on KCSP Radio (610 Sports) and the Royals Radio Network with Royals’ Hall of Famer Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc and Steve Stewart, while Don Free controls the dials as the producer/engineer...the ALCS is being televised nationally on TBS with Ernie Johnson Jr., Cal Ripken Jr., Ron Darling and Matt Winer...each game is also being televised by MLB International with Gary Thorne and Kansas City’s own Rick Sutcliffe...every

game is also being broadcast nationally on ESPN Radio with Jon “Boog” Sciambi and Chris Singleton.

THE 2014 KANSAS CITY ROYALS POST-SEASON GUIDE IS AVAILABLE ON-LINE AT MLBPRESSBOX.COMDOING THE LITTLE THINGS--Kansas City took a 3-0 lead in the American League Championship Series with a 2-1 victory over the Orioles here last night, plating the runs via a bases loaded groundout and a sacrifice fly...Alex Gordon tied the contest with his fourth inning grounder to second and then Billy Butler’s fly ball to left in the sixth was plenty deep enough to knock home Jarrod Dyson with what proved to be the winning run...former Oriole, Jeremy Guthrie, allowed one run over his five innings of work and then it was handed to the quartet of Jason Frasor, Kelvin Herrera, Wade Davis and Greg Holland who retired the final 12 in order after Guthrie retired nine of the last 10 he faced...Frasor earned the victory, while Holland picked up his fifth save out of KC’s seven wins this postseason, third this series...Lorenzo Cain and Eric Hosmer each had a pair of hits for the Royals, who are now one win away from their third-ever World Series, first since 1985.

YET ANOTHER NAILBITER--Last night’s 2-1 win over the Orioles was Kansas City’s seventh consecutive triumph to open this year’s postseason play, the third to be decided by one run and the fifth that was determined by two runs or less...the close calls have been conducive to bullpen victories, as KC’s relievers have recorded six of the seven wins today, just one shy of the MLB postseason record held by the 2003 Florida Marlins, who won seven games that October with Braden Looper-2, Carl Pavano-2, Chad

Fox, Brad Penny and Ugueth Urbina...thus far in this postseason, the KC bullpen has seen wins from Jason Frasor-2, Wade Davis-2, Brandon Finnegan and Danny Duffy...the lone starter to record a win to this point was James Shields in the ALDS clincher over the Angels.

STREAKING ROYALS--The Royals have become the third team in history to win its first seven games of a postseason since playoffs came to be in 1969 with divisional play...Kansas City has tied the 1976 Cincinnati Reds and 2007 Colorado Rockies for consecutive victories at the outset of a postseason...another streak has been 29 years in the making, as the Royals now have a 10-game postseason winning streak, tying for the third longest in Major League history...the New York Yankees had a pair of 12-game postseason streaks (1927-32 and 1998-99), while KC has tied the Yankees, Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants...the Royals have trailed in only three of the last 63 innings they’ve played, including two innings last night...Kansas City won its last three games of the 1985 World Series and then open its return to postseason play on September 30 this season with the win over the A’s in the Wild Card Game, and then took all three games of the ALDS over the Angels, two in extra innings, before winning twice in Baltimore.

SKIPPER STREAKING TOO...--Kansas City manager Ned Yost has tied Clint Hurdle as the only two skippers in big league history to win their first seven postseason games...the Yankees’ Joe Girardi is next with five...Hurdle won his seven with the Colorado Rockies in 2007.

PEN CONTINUES TO ROLL--The Royals are showing the nation what Kansas Citians came to appreciate this summer with one of the top bullpens in the game...KC’s relief corps retired all 12 Orioles they faced last night with a quartet of hurlers each recording three outs (Jason Frasor, Kelvin Herrera, Wade Davis and Greg Holland)...the pen enters today with 7.1 consecutive scoreless innings since allowing a run in the 10th inning of Friday’s game in Baltimore...all told, in the last six postseason games, the KC pen has allowed three runs in 24.1 innings for a 1.11 ERA...youthful southpaws Danny Duffy and rookie Brandon Finnegan each earned wins in the ALDS, while Wade Davis has worked 4.0 scoreless innings in this series to gain two wins and Greg Holland has recorded five saves, three in this series, giving him 52 on the year, which includes his 46 regular season rescues...Davis is the first pitcher to win the first two games of a postseason series since Atlanta’s Alejandro Pena in 1995.

Royals vs. Orioles Kansas City has taken a 3-0 lead in this series and has now won 5 in a row over the O’s dating back to the regular season...KC went 4-3 during the 7-game in-season work...the regular sea-son and now postseason results:Date Site Score WP LP Att.4/25 @ Bal W, 5-0 Ventura Jimenez 22,4784/26 @ Bal L, 2-3 (10) Britton Duffy 34,9414/27 @ Bal W, 9-3 Shields Gonzalez 38,3685/15 KC L, 1-2 Chen Ventura 12,4555/16 KC L, 0-4 Tillman Guthrie 25,9855/17 KC W, 1-0 Duffy Norris 24,0645/18 KC W, 8-6 Shields Jimenez 22,692

American League Championship Series10/10 @ Bal W, 8-6 (10) Davis O’Day 47,12410/11 @ Bal W, 6-4 Davis O’Day 46,91210/14 KC W, 2-1 Frasor Chen 40,18310/15 KC

TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHERS (Postseason stats): RHP Miguel Gonzalez (1st app.) vs. LHP Jason Vargas (0-0, 3.00)

2014 2013 Career 2014 2013 CareerMiguel Gonzalez vs. Royals 0-1 0-1 1-2 Major League Record 10-9 (3.23 ERA) 11-8 30-21Jason Vargas vs. Orioles - 1-1 2-3 Major League Record 11-10 (3.71 ERA) 9-8 62-68

JASON VARGAS takes the hill for his second start of the postseason, first outing since a no-decision in Game #1 of the Division Series...he posted an 11-10 record in his first season with KC, reaching double-digit victories for the third time in the last 4 years...he did not face Baltimore this season, but is 2-3 in 8 career starts against the O’s...he signed a 4-year free-agent deal with the Royals on November 22, 2013, after pitching for the Angels last year. SOLID START IN ALDS OPENER--Jason is making his first start of the American League Championship Series, and first since October 2, when he tossed the first 6.0 innings of KC’s 3-2 triumph in 11 innings at Angel Stadium in Game 1 of the ALDS...the former Angel allowed 2 runs on 3 hits with a walk and 2 strikeouts, firing 80 pitches at his former home park...the only runs he allowed came on solo home runs by Chris Iannetta in the third inning and David Freese in the fifth...the Angels’ biggest threat came in the sixth when they put 2 on with a single by Kole Calhoun and a walk to Albert Pujols with 2 outs, but Vargas was extricated from the jam with an outstanding catch by Nori Aoki in deep right field on a Howie Kendrick fly to end the frame...KC’s bullpen tossed 5.0 scoreless frames, while Mike Moustakas hit a go-ahead solo homer in the 11th inning. CAREER-BEST ERA--Despite a rough September, Jason recorded a career-best 3.71 ERA this season, besting his 3.78 mark with Seattle in 2010...his ERA was tops by a qualifying Royals lefty since Charlie Leibrandt posted a 3.19 earned run average in 1988. ATTACKING THE ZONE--Vargas also posted a career-best 1.97 walks per 9.0 innings (41 BB in 187.0 IP) during the regular season, which tied with fellow left-handed pitcher Jon Lester for 10th-lowest in the A.L....it was also tied for the third-lowest among qualifying American League southpaws. RUN SUPPORT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE--Vargy posted just 3 victories over his final 12 regular season outings partially due to a shortage of run support...the Royals scored just 3.19 runs per 9.0 innings with the lefty on the hill after July 4, which was the eighth-lowest in the A.L. among hurlers with at least 60.0 innings in that span...by contrast, Jason went 8-3 over his first 18 starts, receiving 5.13 runs per 9.0 innings over that time. VS. O’S--Jason did not face the Orioles this season, but has made 8 career starts against Baltimore, going 2-3 with a 1.94 ERA (12 ER in 55.2 IP)...he last faced them at Camden Yards on June 11, 2013, when he dropped a 3-2 decision as a member of the Angels, despite tossing 6.2 innings and allowing 3 runs on 7 hits...he tossed one of his 6 career shutouts against the Orioles, blanking them 4-0, on 3 hits, May 3, 2013 at Angel Stadium. AT ‘THE K’--Vargy posted a 6-6 mark with a 4.53 ERA (51 ER in 101.1 IP) in 16 starts here this season...he opened September tossing 6.2 scoreless innings vs.

Texas in a 4-1 victory, but had consecutive losses to Boston (8-4) and Detroit (10-1) in his final two home outings, allowing 10 earned runs in 8.2 innings...Jason is 37-31 with a 3.64 ERA and a .249 opponents’ batting average at his various home parks throughout his career.

Jason’s Last Win:September 3 vs. Texas (6.2 IP, 4-1 over Nick Tepesch)

Jason’s Last Loss:September 19 vs. Detroit (3.1 IP, 1-10 to Justin Verlander)

Jason’s Strikeout High:10, Twice, last on June 26, 2012 vs. Oakland (6.2 IP, no decision in a 3-2 win)

Jason’s Last Complete Game: and ShutoutAugust 13, 2014 vs. Oakland (9.0 IP, 3-0 over Scott Kazmir) - 11th career CG & 6th shutout

Vargas vs. OriolesPlayer AVG. AB H HR RBINelson Cruz .333 30 10 4 8Alejandro De Aza .000 2 0 0 0Ryan Flaherty .500 4 2 0 0J.J. Hardy .250 16 4 0 0Nick Hundley .167 6 1 0 0Kelly Johnson .200 10 2 0 2Adam Jones .185 27 5 0 1Nick Markakis .200 25 5 1 2Jimmy Paredes .000 3 0 0 0Steve Pearce .200 5 1 0 0Delmon Young .389 18 7 0 1

Jason’s 2014 Postseason Starts DATE OPPONENT SCORE IP H R ER HR BB SO TP-K LEFT 10/2 @ Los Angeles ND, 3-2 (11) 6.0 3 2 2 2 1 2 80-49 2-22014 Postseason 0-0 3.00 6.0 3 2 2 2 1 4 80-49 61%2014 Regular Season 11-10 3.71 187.0 197 82 77 19 41 128 3003-1920 64%

Royals Notes - Baltimore Orioles @ Kansas City Royals - Wednesday, October 15, 2014Pitching Notes

Tomorrow’s Game 5 Starter - TBA

Royals vs. Orioles ALCS Career

Collins - - - - - - -Davis 2-0 0 0.00 3 4.0 1 0Duffy - - - - - - -Finnegan 0-0 0 27.00 2 0.1 3 1Frasor 1-0 0 0.00 1 1.0 0 0Guthrie 0-0 0 1.80 1 5.0 3 1Herrera 0-0 0 0.00 3 4.0 1 0Holland 0-0 3 3.00 3 3.0 3 1Shields 0-0 0 7.20 1 5.0 10 4Vargas - - - - - - -Ventura 0-0 0 6.35 1 5.2 5 4

Pitcher W-L S ERA G IP H ER W-L S ERA G IP H ER 2-1 0 0.00 11 9.1 5 0 6-5 0 3.92 20 82.2 82 36 1-1 0 1.46 3 12.1 7 2 - - - - - - - 3-2 3 3.82 61 61.1 54 26 2-1 0 2.67 4 27.0 27 8 0-0 0 0.73 10 12.1 8 1 1-0 4 1.93 8 9.1 6 2 11-7 0 3.52 26 176.1 168 69 2-3 0 1.94 8 55.2 46 12 1-1 0 1.26 2 14.1 14 2

2014 Postseason Pitching Lines G W-L SV SVO ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO OPP AVG Starters 7 1-0 - - 4.08 39.2 37 18 18 6 12 27 .243 Relievers 7 6-0 5 7 2.01 31.1 20 7 7 1 12 34 .182 Totals 7 7-0 5 7 3.17 71.0 57 25 25 7 24 61 .218Bullpen Totals: 1st Batter Efficiency: 21/30 (70%) Saves/Save Opp: 5/7 (71%) Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 9/4 (44%)

Tim Collins (L)1st Batter Efficiency: 11/23 Saves/Save Opp: 0/1 (0%) Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 8/4 2014 Strikeout High: 3 on 5/31 @ Toronto October 2 @ Los Angeles 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 = Tim entered a 2-2 game in the ninth inning of Game 1 of the ALDS at the Angels, hitting Gordon Beckham on a 1-1 count...Beckham moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, with Tim recording a big strikeout of Josh Hamilton for the second out. = Collins has compiled 9.1 scoreless innings and a .156 opponents average over 11 career outings vs. the O’s, stranding all 6 inherited runners and striking out 14. = Collins was recalled from Omaha September 19...he helped the Storm Chasers win the Triple-A National Championship, posting a 2.76 ERA over 23 outings.

Wade Davis1st Batter Efficiency: 58/78 Saves/Save Opp: 3/7 (43%) Last Save: Sept. 10 @ Det (3rd career) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 13/5 2014 Strikeout High: 4 (2x, last 10/10 @ Bal) Oct. 14 vs. Baltimore 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 =Wade has appeared in all 7 Royals postseason games this year...he set in the O’s down in order in the eighth last night. =Wade recorded a 1-2-3 eighth in a 4-4 game on Saturday, then picked up his second victory in as many days as the Royals went on to a 6-4 win...he’s the first pitcher to notch wins in back-to-back playoff games since Atlanta’s Alejandro Pena in the 1995 NLDS. =Davis was outstanding in Game 1 as he fanned 4 over 2.0 scoreless innings in a 5-5 game...the Royals prevailed 8-6 in 10 innings, lifting Wade to the win. =Davis compiled a season ERA of 1.00 (8 ER in 72.0 IP), setting a new single-season record for a Royals reliever.

Danny Duffy (L)1st Batter Efficiency: 2/7 Saves/Save Opp: 0/0 (0%) Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 1/0 2014 Strikeout High: 9 on 6/14 @ CWS Oct. 2 @ Los Angeles (Win) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 =Danny pitched a scoreless 10th inning in Game 1 of the ALDS at the Angels, working around Kole Calhoun’s leadoff single by retiring Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and Howie Kendrick...the Royals moved ahead 3-2 on a Mike Moustakas homer in the 11th, lifting Duffy to the win in his postseason debut. =Duffy’s first 6 big league appearances this year were in relief...he was 1-1 with a 2.16 ERA, holding batters to a .167 average.

Brandon Finnegan (L)1st Batter Efficiency: 9/12 Saves/Save Opp: 0/1 (0%) Last Save: None Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 2/1 2014 Strikeout High: 3 on 9/30 vs. Oakland October 11 @ Baltimore 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 =Brandon entered a 4-4 game with 2 away in the sixth on Saturday, replacing Yordano Ventura, who exited with right shoulder tightness...Finny allowed a single to Caleb Joseph, then retired Jonathan Schoop to close the inning. =He faced 3 batters in the sixth inning of Game 1, allowing a run on Alejandro De Aza's bloop infield single as Baltimore tied the game at 5-5...Finnegan became the youngest left-hander to appear in an ALCS game. =Brandon pitched a scoreless 10th in Game 2 at the Angels, walking David Freese with 1 away, then inducing an inning-ending 3-6-3 double play from Josh Hamilton...the Royals scored 3 in the 11th, resulting in Brandon’s first win at the Major League level...he became the first Royals rookie to win a playoff game.

Jason Frasor1st Batter Efficiency: 47/65 Saves/Save Opp: 0/2 (0%) Last Save: Sep. 26, 2010 (36th career) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 43/14 2014 Strikeout High: 3 on 9/12 vs. Boston Oct. 14 vs. Baltimore (Win) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 = Jason posted a perfect sixth last night in a 1-1 game with help from Mike Moustakas, who went over the railing and into one of the third base Dugout Suites to catch a foul pop...the Royals moved ahead on Billy Butler’s sacrifice fly in the home half, resulting in Jason’s second playoff win in the 2-1 final. = The longtime Blue Jay has faced Baltimore 61 times, the most of any active Major League pitcher...former teammate Casey Janssen is second at 49 outings. = Jason did not allow a run of his own here at The K after being acquired from Texas on July 16 (9.1 IP)...4 of 11 inherited runners scored.

Kelvin Herrera1st Batter Efficiency: 55/76 Saves/Save Opp: 0/1 (0%) Last Save: Apr. 10, 2013 vs. Min (5th car.) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 44/10 2014 Strikeout High: 3 (2x, last 9/30 vs. Oak) October 14 vs. Baltimore 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 =Kelvin made his third appearance of the series last night, recording a 1-2-3 seventh with 2 strikeouts to preserve a 2-1 lead. =Kelvin gave the Royals a big lift in Game 1 after inheriting 2 runners with no outs in the sixth inning of a 5-5 contest, inducing a force out, then closing the frame on a 6-4-3 double play...he concluded a 1-2-3 seventh with strikeouts of J.J. Hardy and Ryan Flaherty. =Kelvin held opponents to 2 runs over his final 36 regular season outings, recording a 0.48 ERA over 37.1 innings. =Herrera has a 0.73 ERA over 10 regular season appearances and 12.1 innings vs. the O’s, allowing a lone run in his first career matchup.

Greg Holland1st Batter Efficiency: 56/72 Saves/Save Opp: 51/53 (96%) Last Save: Oct. 14 vs. Bal (5th post.) Last Outing: IP H R ER BB SO Inherited Runners/Runners Scored: 5/1 2014 Strikeout High: 3 (6x, last 9/12 vs. Bos) Oct. 14 vs. Baltimore (Save) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 =Greg needed just 6 pitches to close out last night’s 2-1 win, resulting in his fifth postseason save. =Holland saved Game 1, though it wasn’t easy...a 2-out single by Ryan Flaherty and a walk to Jimmy Paredes set up a Delmon Young’s pinch-hit single, which scored Flaherty...Holly retired Nick Markakis on a grounder to first, resulting in an 8-6 win. =Greg saved 46 regular season games, second in the A.L. and the second-highest total in team history as he had 47 last year. =Holland’s 93 saves over the last two seasons are second-most in the Majors, behind only Atlanta’s Craig Kimbrel (97)...he’s converted 93-of-98 save opportunities in that period, with his 94.9 percentage leading the Major Leagues, just ahead of the Angels’ Huston Street (93.7) and Miami’s Steve Cishek (92.4).

Hitting NotesRoyals Notes - Baltimore Orioles @ Kansas City Royals - Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Nori Aoki This Series: 3-for-9, 2 runs, 2 BB Postseason: 7-for-25 (.280), 5 runs, 2 RBI, 3 BB, SB = Nori singled to lead off the sixth inning last night, going 1-for-3 for the third-straight game of the series...hit safely in his last 4 postseason games, going 6-for-12 in that span...went 3-for-3 against the Angels in Game 3 of the ALDS, the third player in KC postseason history to be perfect at the plate with 3 hits or more. = Hit .317 (69-for-218) after the All-Star break, after batting just .260 before the break...collected 29 RBI after the break, hitting .412 (21-for-51) with runners in scoring position...he was 10-for-29 (.345) against the O’s during the regular season with a double and 6 runs scored in 7 games. = Batted .379 (33-for-87) over the month of September, third-highest in the American League...his .432 OBP over the final month also ranked fourth in the A.L. = Ranked sixth in the A.L. with 27 infield hits, while his 101 infield hits in his MLB career are most in the Majors since the start of 2012.Billy Butler This Series: 3-for-10, run, 2B, 3 RBI, BB, 2 SF Postseason: 5-for-23 (.227), 2 runs, 2B, 5 RBI, 4 BB, SB, 2 SF = Billy drove in the go-ahead run last night with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning...he also walked and flew out in the second...recorded 2 hits in Game 1 of the series in Baltimore, his second multi-hit game of the postseason, also going 2-for-4 vs. Oakland in the Wild Card Game. = Butler ranked seventh in the A.L. with 8 sacrifice flies during the season...he’s a career .313 hitter with 17 doubles, 10 homers and 38 RBI in 54 games vs. the O’s. = His hot hitting corresponded with hot streaks by the Royals during the season...he hit .389 (14-for-36) with 4 doubles, a homer and 10 RBI during KC’s 10-game winning streak (June 7-18), while he hit .333 (24-for-72) with a .583 slugging pct. and 14 RBI during the Royals’ 16-4 stretch, July 24-August 14. = Among Royals players with at least 2,000 at bats, his .295 career batting average ranks third, behind only George Brett (.305) and Mike Sweeney (.299). Lorenzo Cain This Series: 8-for-12, 5 runs, 2 2B, RBI, SB, 2 BB Postseason: 12-for-31 (.387), 9 runs, 3 2B, 4 RBI, SB, 2 BB = Lorenzo went 2-for-4 and scored KC’s first run of the game on Alex Gordon’s ground out in the fourth...he’s recorded 8 hits in the ALCS, one shy of the KC record in a League Championship Series, held by Willie Wilson (9 in 1985)...he matched a Royals playoff record with 4 hits in Game 2 of the series on Saturday. = Cain has reached base 10 times in the first 3 games of the series (8-for-12 with 2 walks), tied for third-most by a Royal in a League Championship Series...George Brett (8 hits, 7 walks) holds the club record reaching 15 times in the 1985 ALCS, while Hal McRae is second, reaching 11 times in 1977. = Enjoyed a breakout year in his fourth season with the Royals, setting career highs in games played (133), runs (55), hits (142), doubles (29), triples (4), RBI (53) and stolen bases (28)...his 28 steals were good for eighth in the league...he swiped 21 bags after July 1, which was tied for fifth-most in MLB in that span. = Collected a career-high 27 infield hits, which tied for third in the American League with Adam Jones and Chicago’s Adam Eaton. = Batted over .342 in both April (13-for-38) and May (26-for-76), marking the first time in his career he’s hit over .300 in consecutive months...he also batted .305 (25-for-82) in August and .315 (28-for-89) in September...collected a career-high 8 outfield assists, which tied for 11th in the A.L.Christian Colon This Series: def. replacement Postseason: 1-for-1, run, RBI, SB, SAC = Christian didn’t play last night after making his first appearance of the series Saturday, playing second base in the ninth inning...had a big playoff debut in the Wild Card Game, coming off the bench and recording the tying RBI in the 12th inning with an infield hit and came around to score the winning run vs. the A’s. = Made his Major League debut on July 2 and had three seperate stints with the Royals...he also played in 86 games at Triple-A Omaha. = Collected three hits twice, including on July 4 at Cleveland...with two doubles and a triple in that game, he became the second Royal to record 3 extra-base hits in their first Major League start, joining Mark Quinn who hit two homers and doubled vs. the Angels on September 14, 1999.Jarrod Dyson This Series: 0-for-3, run, BB Postseason: 0-for-5, 2 runs, SB, SAC, BB = Jarrod pinch ran and scored the winning run in the sixth last night, coming home on Billy Butler’s sacrifice fly...it was his second run scored of the postseason. = His career-high 36 steals tied for third in the A.L. with Detroit’s Rajai Davis this season...it was the most by a Royals player since Carlos Beltran swiped 41 bags during the 2003 season...tied U.L. Washington for ninth in club history with his 120th career theft on September 22 during the completion of a suspended game. = Tied for the A.L. lead in zone rating (.953), matching Oakland’s Josh Reddick...hit .308 (4-for-13) with a stolen base and 3 runs vs. the O’s this year.Alcides Escobar This Series: 3-for-14, 2 runs, HR, 2 RBI, BB Postseason: 8-for-32 (.250), 4 runs, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 3 SAC =Alcides collected an infield single last night, going 1-for-4, but was thrown out trying to go to second...hit safely in all three games of the series...he doubled in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning of Game 2...became the first Royals shortstop to homer in a playoff game since 1978 (Fred Patek) in Game 1 of this series. = His 3 sacrifices are tied with Clayton Kershaw for the most during this postseason...tied a KC record with 2 sacrifices in the Wild Card Game vs. Oakland. = He was the only Royals player and one of just four in the Major Leagues to appear in all 162 games this season, along with Atlanta’s Freddie Freeman, Tampa Bay’s Evan Longoria and San Francisco’s Hunter Pence...he’s played in 633 games over the past four seasons, tops among MLB shortstops and fifth overall. = Had a bounce-back season, batting .285 with 34 doubles, five triples and three homers, after hitting just .234 with 28 extra-base hits in 2013. =Hit out of the leadoff spot the last two weeks of the season, batting .362 (25-for-69) with five doubles, a homer, nine runs scored and a .397 on-base percentage.Alex Gordon This Series: 3-for-11, run, 2B, HR, 5 RBI Postseason: 6-for-26 (.231), 3 runs, 3 2B, HR, 8 RBI, 4 BB, 3 SB = Alex went 0-for-3 last night, but drove in the Royals’ first run with an RBI ground out in the fourth inning...collected 3 hits and 4 RBI in Game 1 of the series, which included hitting the go-ahead home run in the 10th inning...his 4 RBI matched the club record for a postseason game, set by Jim Sundberg in Game 7 of the 1985 ALCS. =Gordon’s 9 RBI this postseason are tied for second-most by a Royal in a single postseason, trailing only Willie Aikens’ 10 RBI in the 1980 playoffs...became the first player since Mike Lowell (2007) to record 3+ RBI in consecutive postseason games, driving in 3 runs in Game 3 of the ALDS and 4 runs in the first game of this series. = Ranked sixth in the American League, hitting .338 (44-for-130) with runners in scoring position during the regular season...led the team with 74 RBI and 19 homers. =He’s hit 13 regular season home runs against the Orioles, batting .294 with 35 RBI in 51 games...collected 61 assists since becoming a full-time outfielder before the 2011 season, which are the most in the Major Leagues in that span...has won three consecutive Rawlings Gold Glove Awards.Terrance Gore This Series: run Postseason: run, 3 SB = Terrance didn’t play last night...he scored the go-ahead run in Game 2 Saturday, after pinch-running for Omar Infante...he has 3 stolen bases this postseason. = Made his Major League debut on September 2 vs. Texas and went on to appear in 11 games, including nine as a pinch runner. =He scored five runs and recorded five stolen bases, despite making just two plate appearances during September...he ranks second in Major League history with the most runs scored and two plate appearances or fewer, behind former Oakland designated runner, Herb Washington (33 runs scored, 0 plate appearances).Eric Hosmer This Series: 5-for-13, 2 RBI, BB Postseason: 12-for-26 (.462), 5 runs, 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 6 BB = Eric collected his fourth multi-hit game of the postseason, going 2-for-3 last night...he’s hitting .462 (12-for-26) during the 2014 playoffs, with a .563 on-base percentage (6 walks)...among players with at least 30 plate appearances, his OBP is fifth highest all-time in a single postseason. = Hoz collected 3 hits and a walk in Game 2 of the ALDS, joining George Brett as the only Royals to reach base 4+ times in multiple postseason games...also recorded 3 hits and a walk in the Wild Card Game vs. Oakland...tripled with one out in the 12th inning of the Wild Card Game and scored the tying run. = Batted .321 (53-for-165) with 14 doubles, a triple, five homers and 23 RBI after July 1...his .509 slugging percentage in that span ranked 11th in the American League...his 35 doubles were tied for 10th in the American League, while he’s tied for 12th in the league with 69 doubles over the last two seasons. = Had a career-best 16-game hitting streak from June 30-July 20, where he batted .413 (26-for-63) with six doubles, two homers and nine RBI...his streak was the longest by a Royal since Salvador Perez hit safely in 17-straight games in 2012...suffered a fracture in his right hand and missed 29 games, placed on the disabled list August 2.Omar Infante This Series: 3-for-11, BB Postseason: 5-for-27 (.185), run, RBI, 2 BB, SF =Omar went 1-for-3 last night, collecting a leadoff single in the third inning...hit safely in all three games of the series, after going 0-for-11 in the ALDS...last night marked his 37th postseason game, moving him into fifth all-time among Venezuelan-born players...he’s 2 games behind Victor Martinez (39) for fourth. = Recorded a career-best 66 RBI, the seventh-most by a Royals second baseman...he had four games with 4 RBI or more during the regular season, including a career-high 6 RBI vs. the Orioles on April 27 at Camden Yards...hit .290 this year (31-for-107) against A.L. East foes with 7 doubles, a homer and 17 RBI.Erik Kratz This Series: Has not played Postseason: Has not played = Erik hasn’t played yet this postseason...he joined the Royals on July 29 in a trade that included RHP Liam Hendriks and sent INF Danny Valencia to Toronto. = He recorded his first career multi-home run game on August 18 at Target Field...batted .333 (8-for-24) with a double, 2 home runs and 3 RBI in August.Mike Moustakas This Series: 3-for-11, 2 runs, 2 HR, 3 RBI, SAC Postseason: 7-for-25 (.280), 6 runs, 4 HR, 5 RBI, BB, SAC =Moose went hitless for the first time since the postseason started, going 0-for-3 last night...he’s blasted 4 home runs this postseason, tying the KC playoff record...he trails only George Brett (10) for most postseason roundtrippers all-time by a Royals player. =Mike hit the go-ahead homer in Game 1 of the ALDS in the 3-2 win over the Angels and hit a 10th-inning homer Friday in Game 1 of the ALCS. = He blasted 15 home runs during the regular season, ranking him seventh among A.L. third basemen...hit 11 of them between June 10 and August 25, which were tied for 10th-most in the A.L. during that span...had a pair of 6-game hitting streaks, most recently from September 11-16 in KC’s final homestand of the year.Salvador Perez This Series: 1-for-11, run, BB Postseason: 4-for-30 (.133), run, 2 RBI, BB = Salvy went 0-for-3 last night and is 1-for-11 in the ALCS...he’s struggled this postseason, batting just .133 (4-for-30)...however, he recorded the third walk-off hit in Royals playoff history with an RBI single in the 12th inning of the Wild Card Game vs. Oakland...collected 2 hits and an RBI in Game 2 of the ALDS vs. the Angels. = Started a KC record 143 games behind the plate...his 146 games as a catcher overall were also tops in team history...also the starting A.L. catcher in the All-Star Game. = Led A.L. catchers in hits (150) and multi-hit games (40), while he was second in extra-base hits (47) and tied for second in runs scored (57)...his 150 hits were the most by a KC backstop since Darrell Porter’s 155 base knocks during the 1979 season...threw out 23 would-be base stealers, which ranked fifth in the American League.Josh Willingham This Series: Has not played Postseason: 1-for-2 = Josh hasn’t played since pinch hitting in Game 2 of the ALDS...collected a pinch-hit single in the ninth inning in the Wild Card Game, the first pinch hit by a Royal in a postseason game since Lynn Jones tripled in Game 1 of the 1985 World Series...a career .333 hitter (39-for-117) against the O’s. = He was acquired by the Royals in an August 11 trade with the Twins that also sent minor league pitcher Jason Adam to Minnesota.

Royals Notes - Baltimore Orioles @ Kansas City Royals - Wednesday, October 15, 2014

This & ThatSHARPENING THE SHORT GAME--The Royals, who finished the year second in the American League in infield hits with 158, have already accumulated 14 infield knocks in this postseason, easily the most of any of the playoff participants this October...Lorenzo Cain and Alcides Escobar did the honors last night...Kansas City featured four in the Top 14 individually in infield knocks with Cain tied for third (28), Nori Aoki tied for sixth (27), Escobar tied for 12th (24) and Jarrod Dyson tied for 14th (22).

HOLLY HAS ANOTHER SOLID YEAR--Greg Holland finished the regular season with 46 saves, good for second in the A.L. in saves and is the first Royal to record back-to-back 40-save seasons for Kansas City since Dan Quisenberry did it in 1983 (45) and ‘84 (44)...while postseason stats are not included in the regular season total, with five saves to this point Holly has now made good on 51 of his 53 save tries this year, including 44 of the last 45 and 25 in a row after last night’s rescue...over a longer haul in regular season play, Holland has converted 86 of his last 89 attempts (96.6%) since May 30 of last season, the highest percentage among closers with at least 40 opportunities in that span...since that date, Greg has five more saves than any other pitcher in baseball (Craig Kimbrel - 81) and Holland has allowed just 14 earned runs in 113.1 innings for a 1.11 ERA...he recorded his 100th career save on August 8 and since posting his first career save on August 3, 2011 vs. Baltimore, Holland has gone 113-for-123, the best save pct. at 91.9 among closers with at least 100 save opportunities.

BOMBS AWAY--Kansas City’s lack of power in the regular season has been well documented with a Major League least 95 home runs during the 162-game slate, but the Royals are more than making up for it since the postseason kicked off...after going homerless in the 9-8, 12-inning Wild Card win over Oakland, KC has powered eight home runs in its last five games...Mike Moustakas has homered four times already to tie the franchise record for most home runs in a single postseason, a mark that was set by Willie Aikens in 1980...in franchise history, only George Brett clubbed most postseason home runs in his career with 10...Moose is also just the second ninth-place hitter since 1903 to hammer four home runs in a postseason, tying Adam Kennedy from the 2002 Angels...Jason Varitek has four in his postseason career from the nine-hole...Moose has gone deep in four of the last six games, clubbing the game-winner in the opener of the ALDS in Anaheim with an 11th inning shot, while Eric Hosmer has hit a pair of home runs, one a game-winner in Anaheim in the 11th frame of Game #2 of the ALDS...Alcides Escobar and Alex Gordon joined the long ball party on Friday night with their first of the postseason, Gordon’s the game-winner in the 10th.

HOME GROWN ROYALS--It was never a secret that for the Royals to contend, they’d have to do it with the combination of home grown talent and then enhance the roster via the trade and free agent route...of the 25 players on the ALCS active roster, 13 were drafted or signed originally by the Royals...the group includes (draft round-year): Terrance Gore (20th-2011), Jarrod Dyson (50th-2006), Alex Gordon (1st-2005), Mike Moustakas (1st-2007), Salvador Perez (non-drafted free agent-2006), Billy Butler (1st-2004), Christian Colon (1st-2010), Brandon Finnegan (1st-2014), Yordano Ventura (non-drafted free agent-2008), Eric Hosmer (1st-2008), Kelvin Herrera (non-drafted free agent-2006), Danny Duffy (3rd-2007) and Greg Holland (10th-2007).

AND THE REST OF THE SQUAD--The remaining dozen of the 2014 squad arrived via trades and free agency...that group includes (how acquired): Alcides Escobar and Lorenzo Cain (trade with Milwaukee-Dec., 2010), Josh Willingham (trade with Minnesota-2014), Jeremy Guthrie (trade with Colorado-July, 2012), Omar Infante (free agent-Dec., 2013), Wade Davis and James Shields (trade with Tampa Bay-Dec., 2012), Erik Kratz (trade with Toronto-July, 2014), Nori Aoki (trade with Milwaukee-Dec., 2013), Jason Vargas (free agent-Nov., 2013), Jason Frasor (trade with Texas-July, 2014) and Tim Collins (trade with Atlanta-July, 2010).

FOUR NOT NECESSARY THIS TIME--The Royals were able to record a win with “just” two runs last night, taking the 2-1 victory...Kansas City has put up some phenomenal numbers when the offense has been able to get at least four runs across the plate in a game over the last two seasons, and this postseason has been no different...Kansas City is 7-0 to this point and has scored at least four times in five of those games, the only other one without scoring four prior to last night was the 3-2, 11-inning win in Anaheim in Game #1 of the ALDS...during the regular season, KC was 69-14 when scoring at least four runs and combined with last year (64-14), the Royals are 105 games over .500 during the regular season when scoring at least four runs (133-28).

ROAD WARRIORS--The 4-0 road mark this postseason is consistent with the regular season as the Royals saved their best work for the road this year going 47-34 away from ‘The K’, five wins better than Kansas City totaled at home this year (42-39)...the road year turned around in Chicago, as KC entered play on July 22 in Chicago with a 26-25 record away from ‘The K’, but then reeled off a 21-9 record in road tilts, matching the Angels for the most road wins since that date...Kansas City was 8-1-1 in its last 10 road series played...the 47 road wins were the third most in franchise history and one win behind the ‘77 club for second highest success rate away from home.

RUNNIN’ ROYALS--The Royals swiped their 13th base of this postseason when Lorenzo Cain pilfered second base on Saturday...KC has used eight different thieves to attain the 13 steals...KC opened the playoffs by tying an MLB postseason record with seven thefts in the win over Oakland, with seven different Royals recording steals...for the second straight year, the Royals led the Majors in stolen bases with 153 both this year and last season...Jarrod Dyson, despite being a part-time player, has swiped 30, 34 and now 36 in his last three seasons, totaling 100 bags in that span which is seventh among all big league thieves, most of whom play every day...KC was the only big league club with three players with at least 25 thefts, as Dyson is joined by Alcides Escobar (31) and Cain (28), marking the first time for the franchise since U.L. Washington, Willie Wilson and John Wathan each swiped at least 25 bags in 1983.

ON-THE-JOB TRAINING--This 2014 version of the Kansas City Royals entered the September 30 Wild Card Game with only five players who had previous postseason experience with Wade Davis, Omar Infante, Jayson Nix, James Shields and Raul Ibanez...with Ibanez and Nix inactive for the ALDS and now the ALCS, KC is down to three who have experience in October baseball.

GORE A BLUR ON THE BASES--Terrance Gore, a 23-year old outfielder from Macon, GA, has had a meteoric rise this season, culminating with a little over a month in the Majors thanks to the wheels he possesses...KC’s 20th round selection in 2011, Gore’s year began in Wilmington, KC’s Class A club in the Carolina League, where he pilfered 36 bags in 40 tries...to prepare him for a potential September big league audition, Gore was moved to Omaha (AAA), where he swiped 11 bases in 14 tries...he was then added as part of the September roster expansion and went 5-for-5 as a big league base thief...Gore has proven to be such a threat on the bases that he has been on each postseason roster to this point and swiped three bags in his first three games in the playoffs.

A LOOK BACK AT ‘14--Kansas City snapped its postseason dry spell with an 89-73 season, capped a week ago today with a 6-4 win over the White Sox in Chicago to finish one game behind the Detroit Tigers in the American League Central...the rollercoaster ride that was the 2014 season saw the Royals trail by as many as 6 1/2 games after play on June 1, only to reel off a 13-2 stretch to take a 1 1/2-game advantage in the Central on June 18...KC then fell into a 9-18 skid from June 19-July 21 to fall to eight games behind the Tigers, but a win in Chicago on July 22 jumpstarted a season-ending stretch in which the Royals were 41-23 and popped champagne corks for the first time in 29 years on September 26 with a win over the White Sox in U.S. Cellular Field...the two combatants in the ALCS were the two winningest teams in the American League from July 22 on, with the Royals posting 41 victories and the O’s 42...the 89-victory season marked the most by the Kansas City franchise since winning 92 games in 1989...KC has coupled its last two seasons for a 175-149 mark for a .540 winning pct.

KEEPING IT IN THE YARD--The bullpen duo of Wade Davis and Kelvin Herrera combined for 140.0 homerless innings during the 2014 regular season...Davis tossed 72.0 frames and allowed only five extra-base hits (four doubles and a triple), while Herrera fired 68.0 innings and gave up 12 extra-base knocks (all doubles)...Davis, Herrera and the Dodgers’ Brandon League were the only three pitchers in the Majors who have worked at least 60.0 innings with no home runs surrendered.

DAVIS SETS RELIEF STRIKEOUT MARK--The breakout bullpen year of Wade Davis ended with 109 strikeouts, breaking the team record for a reliever held by fellow bullpen-mate Greg Holland, set last year, and Jim York, a reliever for KC in 1971 (103)...Davis attained his 109 K’s in 72.0 innings for a 13.6 strikeout to 9-inning ratio, the third best mark in the A.L. (minimum 60.0 innings).

NED LONGEST TENURED KC SKIPPER--Ned Yost has been at the helm for 775 regular season games as the Kansas City manager, surpassing Royals’ Hall of Famer skipper Dick Howser (770) for the most games managed in franchise history, and becoming the first manager since Howser to lead the Royals to the postseason...Yost has a 373-402 ledger as KC’s manager, including a 175-149 (.540) mark in the last two seasons...coupled with 457 wins in Milwaukee, Yost is tied for 73rd on the all-time managerial win list with 830 over his 11-year career, matching Fred Hutchinson’s total in a 12-year career as a skipper of the Tigers, Cardinals and Reds.

Aoki .333 9 3 0 0Butler .300 10 3 0 3Cain .667 12 8 0 1Colon .000 0 0 0 0Dyson .000 3 0 0 0Escobar .214 14 3 1 2Gordon .273 11 3 1 5Gore .000 0 0 0 0Hosmer .417 12 5 0 2Infante .273 11 3 0 0Kratz - - - - -Moustakas .273 11 3 2 3Perez .091 11 1 0 0Willingham - - - - -

.345 29 10 0 1 .313 211 66 10 38 .195 41 8 0 1 - - - - - .263 38 10 0 0 .265 117 31 0 6 .294 211 62 13 35 - - - - - .230 113 26 3 11 .262 130 34 4 23 .000 4 0 0 0 .188 80 15 3 7 .236 55 13 2 6 .333 117 39 7 21

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. Orioles (ALCS) vs. Orioles (career)* At Kauffman Stadium*

.320 247 79 0 22 .312 2156 672 65 325 .288 525 151 9 69 .292 24 7 0 1 .265 456 121 4 40 .268 1135 304 8 97 .273 1894 518 63 262 .000 1 0 0 0 .269 1048 282 26 129 .273 396 108 5 42 .286 14 4 0 0 .239 859 205 23 98 .286 704 201 18 104 .227 110 25 3 11

vs. Gonzalez

.333 3 1 0 0 .125 8 1 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - .833 6 5 0 0 .143 7 1 0 0 .125 8 1 0 2 - - - - - .111 9 1 0 1 .167 6 1 0 4 - - - - - .000 7 0 0 0 .444 9 4 1 2 - - - - -

TBA

*-Does not include postseason *-Does not include postseason