A Few Royal Highs

WINNING STREAKS

By winning against St. Louis today, Kansas City swept their first road interleague series in history. The were 0-34. On the flip side it was the first sweep the Cardinals have suffered this season.

The five game winning streak the Royals are in is tied with several others for their longest since their start in 2003. That's right. It was over five years ago when Kansas City last won six straight. That streak actually went to nine.

More impressive is that all five have been won on the road. The last time the Royals won as many as six consecutive games on the road was in 1999. They will have a chance to match that streak on June 30th in Baltimore.

HOME RUNS

The team has now hit 25 home runs in the last 18 games. That's 1.39 per game. In the prior 55 games, they hit only 26 (.473 per game). For the season, they have .699 home runs per game.

Shown are the best ratios of home runs per game in KC's history. FYI, the all-time record is Seattle in 1997 (1.63, 264 home runs, 162 games).

Season	HR/G
1987	1.037
2005	1.000
1997	.981
1985	.951
2001	.938
1999	.938
2000	.926
2004	.926
WORST
1976	.401

SAVES

Joakim Soria picked up his 18th save. That would project out to 40 for the season and would rank fourth all-time for the Royals. An even better stat is the ratio of saves per games-won. Soria has 18 saves. The Royals have 31 wins. Soria's save to games-won ratio is .581 (18/31). If he maintained that ratio, it would rank #1 in Kansas City history.

Player	Year	Ratio
Joakim Soria	2008	.581
Dan Quisenberry	1983	.570
Jeff Montgomery	1992	.542
Jeff Montgomery	1993	.536
Dan Quisenberry	1984	.524
Jeff Montgomery	1998	.500
NEXT CLOSEST		.443