WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Interstat) — Kris Bubic struck out six over five innings and Bobby Witt Jr. hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 4-1 win over the Athletics on Tuesday at Sutter Health Park.

Salvador Perez tied the game 1-1 with a solo homer in the sixth. In the 10th, Witt’s blast to right-center scored Nick Loftin and Kyle Isbel. The Athletics had taken a 1-0 lead in the second on Jacob Wilson’s RBI single.

Nick Mears pitched a scoreless 10th to earn the win, his second against one loss. Justin Sterner took the loss, falling to 1-3. Lucas Erceg worked a perfect ninth for his seventh save.

Aaron Civale allowed five hits and struck out three over five scoreless innings for the Athletics. Scott Barlow tossed 1 1/3 hitless innings. Both teams finished with eight hits.

The Royals improved to 12-17. The Athletics dropped to 15-14. The game lasted 3 hours, 14 minutes before an announced crowd of 9,274.