BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — The Kansas City Royals scored two runs in the ninth inning to beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 on Saturday afternoon at Target Field.

Luinder Avila tossed five innings, allowing two hits and one earned run with three strikeouts, earning top-star honors for Kansas City. The Royals improved to 26-39 while the Twins dropped to 30-36.

Minnesota struck first in the fifth on Tristan Gray’s sacrifice fly. Kansas City had taken an early lead with a run in the first. The Twins added another run in the eighth to go up 2-1.

In the ninth, the Royals rallied. Carter Jensen’s sacrifice fly tied the game, and Bobby Witt Jr. followed with an RBI single to give Kansas City the lead.

Matt Strahm (3-1) earned the win with one inning of relief, and Alex Lange notched his third save with a scoreless ninth.

Eric Orze (2-2) took the loss for Minnesota. Joe Ryan allowed one earned run over six innings for the Twins.

Attendance was 20,555, and the game lasted 2 hours, 43 minutes.