KANSAS CITY (Interstat) — Carter Jensen delivered a walk-off two-run single in the bottom of the 10th inning Friday night, lifting the Kansas City Royals to a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres before 25,884 at Kauffman Stadium.

The Royals trailed 6-3 entering the bottom of the 10th after San Diego scored three times in the top half. But Kansas City answered with four runs, sending the Padres to their third loss in four games.

San Diego took a 2-1 lead in the fifth inning when Luis Campusano reached on a fielder’s choice with the bases loaded, scoring Ty France and Miguel Andujar after an error by second baseman Michael Massey. The Padres had a chance to add more, but Jackson Merrill grounded into a double play to end the inning.

Kansas City tied the game in the sixth. Lane Thomas singled, moved to second on a walk to Vinnie Pasquantino, and scored when Salvador Perez reached on a throwing error by shortstop Xander Bogaerts. The Royals took the lead in the eighth. After a walk and a fielder’s choice, Michael Massey singled to center to drive in Pasquantino, then advanced to second on a throwing error by center fielder Jackson Merrill.

The Padres forced extra innings when Ty France hit a solo home run to left-center in the ninth inning, his 12th of the season, knotting the score at 3.

In the top of the 10th, the Padres broke through against Royals reliever Lucas Erceg. Jake Cronenworth started the inning as the automatic runner at second base. Miguel Andujar lined a double to right field, scoring Cronenworth. An error by Erceg on a sacrifice bunt from Sung-Mun Song put runners at the corners. Fernando Tatis Jr. singled to right to bring home Andujar. After a groundout, Xander Bogaerts drove in Song with a sacrifice fly to center, making the score 6-3.

The Royals answered in the bottom of the 10th against Padres reliever Kyle Hart. Pasquantino began as the automatic runner at second. Perez singled to left, and Massey singled to score Pasquantino. Nick Loftin bunted for a hit to load the bases. Isaac Collins grounded out, scoring Perez and leaving runners at second and third. Jensen then singled to left-center, plating Massey and Loftin for the winning margin.

Jensen finished 3 for 5 with two RBIs and two doubles. Andujar went 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI for the Padres. Lane Thomas homered in the second inning, his eighth of the season, and finished 2 for 4.

San Diego starter Michael King allowed one earned run on four hits with four strikeouts over five innings. Kansas City starter Seth Lugo gave up one earned run on four hits with three strikeouts over six innings. Mason Miller struck out three in a scoreless ninth for the Padres. Lucas Erceg (4-3) earned the win despite allowing two runs in the 10th. Kyle Hart (0-2) took the loss after giving up four runs in the bottom of the 10th.

The Padres grounded into three double plays.

San Diego, which entered the game with a 48-48 record, fell to 48-49. The Royals improved to 39-59. The teams continue their series Saturday and Sunday before the Padres travel to Atlanta for a four-game set. Kansas City hosts San Francisco on Monday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of San Diego 5, Kansas City 3. Interstat’s ELO system gave San Diego a 55.40 percent probability to win. The Padres were installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The 13 total runs went under the over-under line of 10. The game lasted 3 hours, 1 minute.