Kansas City Royals shortstop Nicky Lopez during Saturday’s spring training baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on March 3, 2018 in Surprise, Arizona. John Sleezer jsleezer@kcstar.com
Infielder Nicky Lopez had a dreadful start to the season at Class AAA Omaha.
In a four-game series at Memphis, Lopez was hitless in 14 at-bats, although he did walk twice and collect two RBIs. Since then, Lopez has an eight-game hitting streak in which he is batting .500 (17 for 34). Lopez has a streak within the streak with multiple hits in his last five games. During that stretch, he is batting .