With the July 31 Trade Deadline coming up, this week marked an important one for the Royals. If they wanted to pave their way out of being sellers at the Deadline, the team needed to take care of business against the Cubs to begin the week.

Its Wednesday, July 23 and the Royals (49-53) are in Chicago to close out their series with the Cubs (60-41). Seth Lugo is slated to take the mound for Kansas City against Colin Rea for Chicago.

That’s the nickname for Wrigley Field, a place where the Royals’ batters obviously felt comfortable on Wednesday. They hit four two-run home runs in an 8-4 win over the Cubs. They also hit four on Monday night, so that’s eight homers in three games ...

The Kansas City Royals placed infielder/outfielder Nick Loftin on the seven-day concussion injured list and recalled outfielder MJ Melendez from Triple-A Omaha before Wednesday afternoon's series finale against the Cubs in Chicago.

The 25-year-old shortstop emerged as one of baseball’s most well-rounded talents last year. Witt was selected to his first All-Star Game, won a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger award along with a second-place finish in American League MVP voting. Over 161 games last year, Witt led all of baseball with 211 hits and a .332 batting average.

Royals catcher Salvador Perez continued his incredible run of success at Wrigley Field and reached a significant milestone.

Salvador Perez homered twice and drove in four runs, Jac Caglianone and John Rave added solo shots and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago Cubs 12-4.