RHP Jason Hammel, who starts Monday at Detroit, is 3-2 with a 3.56 ERA in nine starts since June 1. He began the season 1-6 with a 6.18 ERA. He is 2-2 with a save and a 6.98 ERA in 11 career appearances against Detroit.

RHP Jason Hammel, who starts Wednesday, is 3-2 with a 3.83 ERA in his past eight starts. He began the season 1-6 with a 6.18 ERA in his first 10 starts.

RHP Jason Hammel is 0-2 with a 6.35 ERA in three July starts. After no-hitting the Rangers in the first five innings, he yielded a three-run homer to Adrian Beltre in the sixth. "The fastball was very effective tonight, up in the zone," Hammel said. "I got a lot of heaters in to the lefties. I got them to expand with the slider." He has held opposing hitters to a .193 batting average with runners in scoring position.

RHP Jason Hammel, who took the loss in Friday's 4-1 game against the Dodgers, said he was a few pitches from a successful outing. "When I get a run, sometimes I got to make it stand up," Hammel said. "That's the disappointing part." He had a 1-2 count on Yasiel Puig in the sixth inning when he didn't get the call on a fastball he thought was a strike. He then left a slider intended for the dirt up and Puig air-mailed it to the bleachers. "I thought it was a strike. I went back and looked at it." Hammel said. "It was close. It's tough to get big-league hitters out when you give them four strikes."

RHP Jason Hammel remains unbeaten in his past six starts. He got a no-decision Sunday against the Blue Jays, allowing two runs on five hits and three walks, while striking out six, in five innings. "Not quite the best feel with the way things have been going," Hammel said. "I still felt like I made some good pitches. I give up the two-run homer (to Jose Bautista). I just wasn't able to keep them off the scoreboard my five innings. They made me work." He is 3-0 with a 2.51 ERA in June. He started the season 1-6 with a 6.18 ERA in 10 April and May starts.

RHP Jason Hammel is 3-0 with a 2.30 ERA in four June starts after holding the Red Sox to two runs and seven hits over seven innings. "Seven strong innings," Yost said of Hammel. "He only mis-located a slider to (Jackie) Bradley that he hit out of the park. Besides that he was fantastic. Since he and Dave (Eiland, pitching coach) made a little mechanical tweet, he's really been on a roll."

RHP Jason Hammel recorded his first win over the San Francisco Giants in 13 career meetings when he limited them to one run in 6 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 7-2 win. He entered the game with an 0-3 record against the Giants. Hammel and his mates compiled a 0.95 ERA in four games against the Giants this season, winning three of the four interleague contests.

RHP Jason Hammel will duel the San Francisco Giants for the second time this season on Wednesday. He pitched well at home the first time around, allowing just one run in six innings, but got no decision in the Giants' eventual 2-1 win. Hammel has never beaten the Giants, going 0-3 with a 3.02 ERA in 12 games (11 starts), and hasn't beaten anyone on the road since last July, a stretch of eight starts during which he's gone 0-7.

RHP Jason Hammel had his best outing of the year in a no-decision. He allowed one run on four hits, walked none and struck out four, throwing 85 pitches in seven innings. "Trust the process, have confidence in what you're doing and things will turn around," Hammel said. "Two good ones in a row. Again no walks and that's what I try to focus on. More ground balls this time than last time out, so it means we're getting to the bottom of the zone."

RHP Jason Hammel had a three-run lead going into the fifth, but could not hold it. He walked three in the inning and all scored, plus a single. "Walks are what bothered me the most tonight," Hammel said. "Not really any hard-hit balls. I got us into trouble with the walks."

RHP Jason Hammel took a third straight loss when he allowed three runs and six hits in six-plus innings. The Royals are 1-8 in his starts this season and have scored 11 runs for him. Hammel's ERA dropped from 6.20 to 5.98 and he said was able to execute a mechanical adjustment with his shoulders. "I had made the adjustment last year to close up," Hammel said. "Normally I fly open on my front side so I was basically trying to give myself more time and create longer time for me to actually catch up with my backside. I started getting a little too comfortable with it and it was taking even longer to get there so that's why I was missing up and out, so basically we just opened it back up and went the other way and it worked."

RHP Jason Hammel had his next start pushed back to Wednesda in New York after Kansas City had to shuffle its rotation following Saturday's postponement and Sunday's doubleheader. Hammel was originally scheduled to start Sunday, but the Royals also had RHP Ian Kennedy coming off the disabled list. The move keeps LHP Jason Vargas and LHP Danny Duffy on their regular rest. Vargas starts Monday in New York, followed by Duffy and Hammel.

RHP Jason Hammel is aware that he pitches well the first two innings, but languishes after that. "Those first two innings, maybe have been maybe scoreless, but I trying to work too hard through those," Hammel said. "I got ahead of hitters (Tuesday) and just couldn't put them away." After throwing 29 pitches in the first two innings, Hammel threw 25 in the Yankees' three-run third. He has a 1.69 ERA the first two innings and a 9.12 ERA from the third inning on.

RHP Jason Hammel worked two scoreless innings and has a 1.69 ERA in the first two innings of his eight starts. After the second, he has a 9.12 ERA. He gave up five runs in the third and fourth innings on two home runs in the 7-1 loss Tuesday. "Obviously, it was two balls that left the yard that hurt me," Hammel said. "I'm trying to stay positive and just continue to work. I've got to find a way to do a better job of establishing a better tone early." He had given up six home runs in 22 innings in his last four starts.

RHP Jason Hammel posted his first victory with the Royals on Friday night and his first career victory over the Indians. He has beaten every major league team with the exception of the Orioles, Mets and Giants. He held Cleveland left-handed hitters to 2-for-16. In his previous starts, left-handers were hitting .306 against him.

RHP Jason Hammel will start Friday in the series opener against the Indians. Hammel is 0-3 with a 6.65 ERA in his five starts, failing to record an out in the fourth inning in his prior two starts. Hammel is 0-3 with a 5.30 ERA in nine career appearances against the Indians.

RHP Jason Hammel is 0-3 in five starts for his first winless April since 2010 with Colorado. Hammel has not allowed a run in the first inning this season. He has failed to make it out of the fourth inning in his past two starts.

Saturday night's game between the Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals was postponed because of rain in the Kansas City area.The game has been rescheduled for Saturday, July 1, as part of a day-night doubleheader.Royals right-hander Jason Hammel was slated to throw opposite Twins righty Phil Hughes. The teams have not yet announced how the rainout will affect their pitching rotations with a Sunday afternoon game scheduled at Kauffman Stadium.

RHP Jason Hammel is still looking for his first Royals' victory after the club signed him as a free agent in February. He is 0-2 with a 5.30 ERA in his first four starts. He lasted just three innings plus four batters in a Sunday loss at Texas. He is 2-1 with a 3.98 ERA all-time against the Twins, including an April 6 no-decision at Target Field.

RHP Jason Hammel allowed three runs in three innings, which was the shortest start by a Royals pitcher since Sept. 25, 2016 at Detroit (E. Volquez-2.2 IP). The Royals are 0-4 in Hammel's starts to begin the year, and he has one quality start in those four outings.