3B Cheslor Cuthbert reached base four times with two hits and two walks. He is hitting .419 in his career-high 12 game hitting streak.

3B Cheslor Cuthbert homered to extend his hitting streak to 11 games, a career high. He is the first Royals rookie with a double-figure hitting streak since Mike Moustakas, 11 straight from Sept. 8-23, 2011. He is hitting .377 with 13 RBIs in July.

3B Cheslor Cuthbert went 2-for-3 with a double, a RBI, a walk and a run. Cuthbert is hitting .417 with eight RBIs in his career-high 10-game hitting streak. "He's just been very consistent," Royals manager Ned Yost said.

3B Cheslor Cuthbert singled twice and has a sacrifice fly to extend his career high batting streak to nine games. He batted in the second hole for the first time. Manager Ned Yost has penciled in 10 different players in the No. 2 slot this year. Cuthbert, who is hitting .394 in the streak, had not batted higher than the fifth slot this season.

3B Cheslor Cuthbert batted second for the first time this season, becoming the 10th player used by manager Ned Yost in that slot.

3B Cheslor Cuthbert extended his hitting streak to seven games with an RBI double in Sunday's second inning. He's batting .333 during that span and .283 overall. He went 4-for-13 during the weekend series at Detroit and drove in two runs. Cuthbert has held down the fort with Mike Moustakas (knee) out for the season, but the Royals could still seek a veteran option at third base before the trade deadline.

TORONTO -- Victor Martinez ended a tie with a home run in the eighth inning and the Detroit Tigers stopped the Toronto Blue Jays' winning streak at seven games with a 3-2 victory on Saturday. The Blue Jays had just tied the game in the bottom of the seventh with a home run by Devon Travis. Reliever Jason Grilli (2-1) took the loss and Bruce Rondon (3-1) picked up the win despite allowing the game-tying homer to Travis.Toronto starter Aaron Sanchez allowed five hits, two walks, a hit batter and two runs in five innings. Detroit left-hander Matt Boyd allowed four hits and one run in five innings.White Sox 5, Braves 4CHICAGO -- Todd Frazier went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run and three RBIs as Chicago held on to beat Atlanta.Tim Anderson, Melky Cabrera, Brett Lawrie and J.B. Shuck added two hits apiece for the White Sox, who earned their fifth win in the past seven games. Left-hander Jose Quintana (7-8) picked up his second straight victory despite allowing three home runsJeff Francoeur... [More]

3B Cheslor Cuthbert belted a two-run homer in Sunday's seventh inning, his third homer in his past four games. "We knew he had that kind of power," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "It's not 30 home run power, but it's 15-to-20. He's still a young guy, still figuring this league out, but what a job he's done offensively for us."

3B Cheslor Cuthbert homered and drove in three Kansas City runs. That is a season-high for RBIs and one shy of his career high. He has homered in back-to-back games for the first time in his career.

3B Cheslor Cuthbert hit two solo home runs Saturday against the White Sox for his first multi-homer game. He is hitting .347 with three RBIs in six games against Chicago this season.

3B Cheslor Cuthbert returned to the lineup Tuesday and went 1-for-4 after injuring his arm in Monday's loss. Cuthbert got hurt when Orioles 2B Jonathan Schoop tried to abort a throw on a double play and accidentally let the ball go into his arm.

3B Cheslor Cuthbert was back in the lineup after leaving Monday's game when being injured after Orioles 2B Jonathan Schoop hit him with an aborted throw. Cuthbert suffered a contusion to the right elbow, but manager Ned Yost said before Tuesday's game that he was doing fine, albeit still a bit sore.

3B Cheslor Cuthbert was hit on the right arm sliding into second base Monday against Baltimore. Cuthbert left the game with a contusion and is day-to-day. "Everything is going to be OK, it just hit my crazy bone," said Cuthbert.

3B Cheslor Cuthbert was recalled from Triple-A Omaha. Cuthbert hit .255 with a homer and three RBIs in 13 games with the big league club this season.

3B Cheslor Cuthbert was recalled from Triple-A Omaha by the Royals on Monday. Cuthbert hit .255 with a homer and three RBIs in 13 games with the big league club this season.

3B Cheslor Cuthbert was optioned to Triple-A Omaha before Saturday's game. In 13 games with the Royals, Cuthbert was hitting .255, catching the eye of manager Ned Yost. But with the Royals needing to keep 13 pitchers on their roster for now, Cuthbert became dispensable. Yost said Cuthbert is too valuable to the Royals to have him sitting on the bench rather than getting regular playing time in the minors.

INF Cheslor Cuthbert, who is starting at third base while Mike Moustakas is on the disabled list, picked up his first three-hit game Tuesday. He raised his average to .275, and he has hit in eight of 10 games. He was taking ground balls at second base before the game.

3B Cheslor Cuthbert doubled and scored a run in the second inning. He had hit safely in each of his first seven games after being promoted from Triple-A Omaha, replacing 3B Mike Moustakas, who is on the disabled list with a fractured left thumb.

3B Cheslor Cuthbert was recalled from Triple-A Omaha to replace 3B Mike Moustakas, who was placed on the disabled list with a fractured thumb. In 24 games with Omaha, Cuthbert was hitting .333 with 7 home runs and 28 RBI. Cuthbert was in the lineup Saturday, batting seventh. He went 1-for-4 with an RBI single.

Cuthbert went 2-for-3 with his first career homer, a walk and four RBI against the Tigers on Wednesday.

Welcome back to the team, kid. Just recalled the day before from Triple-A Omaha, where the 22-year-old's delivered a fairly mediocre .277/.339/.421 line, he made a major impression. Cuthbert has the plate discipline and contact-hitting skills to hit for average in the long term, but it's questionable whether he'll develop enough power to stick at third base.