KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Interstat) — The Kansas City Royals defeated the San Francisco Giants 4-3 Monday at Kauffman Stadium. Nick Loftin drove in the winning run with a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning.

San Francisco opened the scoring with a run in the fourth, but the Royals answered with three runs in the bottom half. Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer and Isaac Collins added an RBI single. The Giants tied the game in the top of the ninth on a two-run homer by Willy Adames off Alex Lange. Kansas City regained the lead in the bottom of the ninth on Loftin’s single.

Michael Wacha started for the Royals and allowed one earned run over six innings with five strikeouts. Alex Lange earned the win, improving to 1-5. Caleb Kilian took the loss for the Giants, falling to 2-6. Trevor McDonald allowed three runs over four innings for San Francisco.

Kansas City outhit San Francisco 9-6. Attendance was 16,411. The game lasted 2 hours, 30 minutes. The Royals improved to 41-60, while the Giants dropped to 42-58.