OF Paulo Orlando was sent on a rehab assignment to Double-A Northwest Arkansas. He went 2-for-4 with one strikeout Friday, He was placed on the 60-day disabled list with a fractured shin on June 2.

RF Paulo Orlando was recalled from Triple-A Omaha and placed on the 60-day disabled list with a fractured shin. In 14 games for the Royals this season, Orlando is batting .148 (7 for 47) with two RBIs.

OF Paulo Orlando was optioned to Triple-A Omaha on Friday. Orlando struggled to a .149 average in 14 games this season, picking up just two RBI in 47 at-bats.

RF Paulo Orlando drove in Kansas City's only run of the game on Wednesday with a single in the fourth inning. Orlando struck out twice and is 1 for 7 on the season.

OF Paulo Orlando began the season on the bench as a spare outfielder. He finished it hitting .302 and starting. It took Orlando, a native of Brazil, nine years in the minors before making his major league debut last year.

RF Paulo Orlando went 4-for-4 with two doubles, the third four-hit game of his career. He is hitting .519 in a seven-game hitting streak. "He's really focused on trying to hit .300," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "That's a big goal." Orlando raised his average to .307.

RF Paulo Orlando turned in a three-hit day for Kansas City on Sunday, giving him the opportunity to score two of the Royals 12 runs. "Paulo had a great day," manager Ned Yost said. Orlando also stole two bases, the first time in his career he had more than one in a game.

OF Paulo Orlando tied the score with a two-run double in the top of the ninth inning on Saturday that was the key hit in Kansas City's game-winning five-run rally. "Paulo just crushed the ball to center field right over (CF Cameron) Maybin's head," manager Ned Yost said. "It was a changeup," Orlando said. "I remember that the last time I faced him at home he threw a lot of changeups. I was pretty excited to hit the ball the first two pitches. He threw me a changeup, fastball, and then changeup in the dirt. So I said, 'OK.' I waited for a changeup. Put a pretty good swing on it."

RF Paulo Orlando was moved up from eighth in the original lineup to fifth when C Salvador Perez was scratched due to a bad knee. Orlando singled home the Royals' first run in the sixth inning Friday night, after a Royals challenge cut a double play in half and gave Kansas City an extra shot at rookie RHP Michael Fulmer. He is hitting .302 against Detroit this season.

OF Paulo Orlando had two doubles, was hit by a pitch, walked and scored three runs. He is a career .409 hitter off White Sox starter Jose Quintana.

OF Paulo Orlando, who is mired in a 3-for-38, .079, slump and committed a fielding error Sunday at Boston, was not in the lineup Monday. He went 2-for-17 on the trip to Boston and Tampa Bay. Jarrod Dyson replaced him in center and batted leadoff.

CF Paulo Orlando, who is in a 3-for-38 slump (.079), was not in the Royals' lineup on Monday night. Jarrod Dyson started in center.

OF Paulo Orlando was held out of the lineup Friday. He is in the midst of an 0-for-16 skid. The Royals are 7-2 when Orlando bats leadoff. Orlando has gone hitless since a four-hit game Sunday at Target Field.

OF Paulo Orlando, who is hitless in 16 at-bats in his past four games, was not in the starting lineup Friday.

CF Paulo Orlando, who had been the Royals hottest hitter, went 0-for-12 in the series at Detroit.

CF Paulo Orlando failed to get a hit on Monday for the first time in six games since he was moved to the leadoff spot. He did draw a walk in the first inning and came around to score. He is batting .333 with seven runs, a home run and four RBIs in the leadoff spot. Overall, Orlando is hitting a robust .330 despite his 0-for-4 against the Tigers. He entered Monday's game 33 plate appearances shy of qualifying for the league's statistical categories.

CF Paulo Orlando went 4-for-5, finishing a double short of the cycle on Sunday. The four hits tied a career high. Orlando finished the three-game series 7-for-13, tripling to lead off the game and hitting a three-run blast off Twins starter Hector Santiago in the fourth inning that busted the game open on Sunday.

CF Paulo Orlando went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles Saturday. He is hitting .347 in 26 games since the All-Star break and is batting .448 in seven games against the Twins this season.

CF Paulo Orlando went 2-for-5 on Friday and is hitting .340 since the All-Star break. He also scored a run for the sixth time in his last seven games. Orlando has feasted on Twins pitching this season, hitting .440 against them this season, including a .471 mark at Target Field.

CF Paulo Orlando, who entered Tuesday with four consecutive multi-hit games and hitting .377 after the All-Star break, was moved to the top of the batting order for the first time this season. Orlando started two games last year batting first, going 1-for-7 with a walk on April 18-19 against Oakland. He led off Tuesday's game with a double and scored the first run. Orlando wound up 1-for-5.