SS Alcides Escobar had his $6.5 million club option for 2017 exercised by Kansas City. Escobar batted .261 and played in all 162 games for the second time in three seasons.

SS Alcides Escobar started every game at shortstop. He has played in 171 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the majors.

SS Alcides Escobar played in his 161st consecutive game Wednesday night. That is the longest active streak in the majors. Only two other players have streaks over 100: Baltimore 2B Jonathan Schoop (151 games) and Minnesota 2B Brian Dozier (106 games).

SS Alcides Escobar homered in the second inning Monday, his sixth of the season. That is a career high. He hit five in 2012. Escobar, however, was ejected in the fifth for arguing balls and strikes. It was his third career ejection.

SS Alcides Escobar went 0-for-3 and struck out twice, ending his 20-game on-base streak. Escobar has started every game this year at shortstop.

SS Alcides Escobar went 2-for-5 and doubled home a run in the second inning. The hit extended his hitting streak to 13 games. He is batting .365 with three homers and 12 RBIs during the streak.

SS Alcides Escobar's two-run single in the eighth extended his hitting streak to a season-high 11 games. He has an RBI or an extra-base hit in 11 of his past 14 games.

SS Alcides Escobar hit a three-run homer in the seventh. It marked his first three-RBI game since July 7, 2015 against the Rays. It was his first homer with runners on base since May 11, 2014 at Seattle. Escobar has an RBI or an extra-base hit in nine of his past 10 games.

SS Alcides Escobar hit tripled among three hits on Sunday, also driving in three runs. The triple was Escobar's fourth of the season.

SS Alcides Escobar, who was the Royals' leadoff hitter for 82 games this season, was dropped to eighth in the lineup. Escobar entered Tuesday with a .253 batting average and a .279 on-base percentage. He delivered a clutch two-out, run-producing single in the ninth to tie the game at 4 on Tuesday.

SS Alcides Escobar hit his first career home run to right-center field on Sunday. It was his first extra-base hit since a triple on July 6 at Toronto. He singled in the seventh for his first multi-hit game since July 22 against the Rangers.

SS Alcides Escobar was 1-for-3 with a walk, triple and an RBI in the 4-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday. He has reached base in 22 consecutive games.

SS Alcides Escobar was 0-for-2 with a walk Monday in the 6-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays to end a 14-game hitting streak. He batted .371 (23-for-62) during that span. He has reached base in 20 straight games. It is the Royals' second-longest on-base streak. 1B Eric Hosmer reached base in 22 straight games in April.

SS Alcides Escobar extended his hit streak to 14 games. His lone hit of the afternoon came with one out in the ninth inning. Escobar's longest streak of his career was a 17-game run from September 20, 2014 to April 15, 2015. The shortstop has reached base safely in 19 straight games, a career high.

SS Alcides Escobar enters Sunday's contest on a 13-game hitting streak. It's the longest streak of his career during one season. He had an 18-game streak that stretched from the end of 2014 into 2015.

SS Alcides Escobar went 2-for-4 Friday night against the Phillies, extending his hitting streak to 12 games, which equals a career long. Escobar, who also hit in 12 straight in 2014, is batting at a .389 clip during his current streak. He doubled and scored on Cheslor Cuthbert's single in the second on Friday, then led off the seventh by doubling off RHP Edubray Ramos.

SS Alcides Escobar's single in the second inning Thursday extended his hitting streak to 11 games. He later stole second and scored on Jarrod Dyson's pop fly double down the left-field line. Escobar is 19-of-50 in this stretch, improving his batting average to .261 for the season.

SS Alcides Escobar homered to lead off the fifth. It was his first home run in 455 at-bats. His previous home run was Aug. 21, 2015, at Boston. It was the third longest active homerless streak in the majors.

SS Alcides Escobar was out of the leadoff spot Friday for the first time this season. He batted second. He went 1-for-5 with an RBI single.

SS Alcides Escobar picked up the 1,000th career hit with a single in the sixth inning. "I think I've had the opportunity to see the majority of them. That's a pretty exciting accomplishment," manager Ned Yost said.