Left-handed reliever Horacio Ramirez will once again get to taste playoff fever the last seven weeks of the baseball season.</p><p>The Royals traded Ramirez on Saturday night to the Chicago White Sox for minor-league outfielder Paulo Orlando.</p><p>The deal was announced after the Royals lost their fourth straight, falling 7-3 to the Minnesota Twins.</p><p>&#8220;I think it will be fun (in Chicago),&#8221; said Ramirez, who the Royals called up from Omaha on June 22. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to be part of a couple of (playoff races) in Atlanta. It&#8217;s definitely a fun part of the year.&#8221;</p><p>Left-handed pitcher Josh Newman will be recalled from Omaha and will replace Ramirez on the 25-man roster. Newman has made 25 appearances, including two starts and is 1-2 with a 2.97 ERA.</p><p>Ramirez made 15 appearances for the Royals and went 1-1 with a 2.59 ERA.</p><p>Orlando, 22, is a right-handed hitter who has spent the entire season at the White Sox&#8217;s top Class A team, Winston-Salem. He&#8217;s hitting .264 with 15 doubles, 12 triples and nine home runs.</p><p>Before the start of the season, <em>Baseball America </em>ranked Orlando the fastest runner and best defensive outfielder in the White Sox minor-league system.</p><p>The Royals will assign Orlando to their top Class A team, Wilmington.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">More Peralta is better</span></strong></p><p>Joel Peralta delivered the type of middle-relief performance Friday evening against the Twins that every team looks for.</p><p>Peralta gave the Royals a chance to win. He entered with one out in the top of the third and threw 3 1/3 innings and didn&#8217;t allow a run and only one hit.</p><p>It was Peralta&#8217;s fourth appearance in August in which he hasn&#8217;t allowed a run.</p><p>The nine-inning scoreless stretch has allowed Peralta to drop his ERA from 5.91 on July 26 to 4.70. He credits regular work as one of the reasons for his improvement.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m facing more hitters,&#8221; Peralta said. &#8220;It&#8217;s something that has helped me. I&#8217;m pitching every two or three days.&#8221;</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Moustakas gets attention</span></strong></p><p>Third baseman Mike Moustakas&#8217; hot hitting for Class A Burlington is garnering national attention.</p><p>Moustakas was put atop this week&#8217;s prospect hot sheet by <em>Baseball America </em>for the week of Aug. 1-7. Moustakas hit five home runs and batted .440.</p><p>Moustakas has hit 20 home runs, which leads the Midwest League.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">New lineup</span></strong></p><p>For the first time since June 13, Ross Gload didn&#8217;t start, which meant the Royals trotted out a different lineup.</p><p>Saturday night&#8217;s new lineup against left lefty Francisco Liriano featured David DeJesus batting second and Billy Butler hitting third.</p><p>Gload had started the last 48 games and during that stretch he hit .299 with two home runs and 21 RBIs.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Etc.</span></strong></p><p>&#8226;Outfielder Joey Gathright went zero for five for Omaha Friday night against Nashville in his first rehab assignment for a right shoulder bruise.</p><p>&#8226;David DeJesus picked up his 10th stolen base of the season in the bottom of the first Saturday on a double steal in which Aviles stole third and DeJesus took second. Ten stolen bases by DeJesus equals a career high. He also stole 10 bases last year.