--RHP Brett Tomko recorded a season-high seven strikeouts and allowed only two hits, his season low in his six starts.
--LF Jose Guillen went 0-for-4 and struck out three times. He is 3-for-25 in his past six games, dropping his average to .165. --CF David DeJesus was out trying to steal second base in the first inning. He has one stolen base in three attempts.
--The Royals' pitching staff had not allowed a run in 21 innings before the four-run ninth.
--LHP Tyler Lumsden -- one of the Royals' top pitching prospects, acquired in a trade with the White Sox for RHP Mike MacDougal -- allowed two runs on eight hits in six innings for Class AAA Omaha at Fresno. But he took the loss, 2-0. It was the second straight game that Fresno shut out Omaha.
BY THE NUMBERS: 0.00 -- RHP Joakim Soria's ERA.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I'm not pleased. Players have to think before they do things. They've got to think about how it's going to affect the rest of their team -- how it's going to affect their individual possibilities of being able to perform." -- Royals manager Trey Hillman, on LHP John Bale fracturing his left hand slugging a hotel door in Cleveland.
