BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — Royce Lewis delivered a walk-off triple in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday night, lifting the Minnesota Twins to a 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals at Target Field.

The Twins, who improved to 54-54, trailed 2-1 entering the final frame before staging a two-out rally. Victor Caratini led off with a single to right off Royals reliever Alex Lange. Luke Keaschall lined out to left, but Brooks Lee drew a walk to put runners on first and second. Ryan Kreidler struck out swinging for the second out, bringing up Lewis, who had entered the game as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning. Lewis drove a sharp fly ball to right field that skipped past Tyler Tolbert, allowing Caratini and Lee to score and ending the game.

The victory went to Jack Anderson, who pitched a scoreless ninth inning, striking out two and allowing one hit. Anderson improved to 1-0. Lange took the loss, falling to 1-6, after allowing two runs on two hits and a walk in one inning of work.

Minnesota starter Taj Bradley set the tone with a dominant performance. Bradley struck out 10 batters over six innings, scattering three hits and two earned runs while walking three. He rebounded from a rough outing July 18 at Chicago, when he allowed five earned runs over five innings. Bradley’s previous start July 23 at Cleveland was a win in which he gave up one run over seven innings.

Kansas City starter Seth Lugo matched Bradley for much of the game. Lugo allowed one run on six hits over six innings, striking out two and walking one. He left with a 2-1 lead after the Royals scored twice in the sixth inning.

The game remained scoreless through three innings. Minnesota broke through in the fourth. Kody Clemens doubled to right field, and Josh Bell followed with a single to center that drove in Clemens, giving the Twins a 1-0 lead.

Kansas City responded in the sixth. Josh Rojas led off with a walk. After Carter Jensen struck out, Lane Thomas singled to right, moving Rojas to third. Jac Caglianone struck out swinging, but Salvador Perez singled to right, scoring Thomas and tying the game at 1-1. Perez later scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error by the Twins, though the play was initially recorded as a single. The Royals took a 2-1 lead on the hit.

Neither team threatened again until the Twins’ ninth-inning rally. The Royals bullpen had held Minnesota scoreless over the seventh and eighth innings. John Schreiber retired the only batter he faced in the seventh. Steven Cruz allowed one hit and struck out one in a scoreless eighth. Daniel Lynch IV allowed one hit in the eighth and was replaced by Lange in the ninth.

The Royals managed only four hits in the game. Perez led the way with two hits and an RBI. Nick Loftin also singled in the ninth. Minnesota collected 10 hits. Caratini had two singles, and Bell added two hits and an RBI. Clemens doubled and scored. Brooks Lee doubled in the seventh. Lewis finished 1 for 1 with two RBIs.

Kansas City fell to 45-63 with the loss. The Royals had won three of their previous four games, including a 5-4 victory at Detroit on Sunday. Minnesota had split a three-game series with the Athletics over the weekend, winning 11-8 on Sunday.

The attendance was 21,518. The game lasted 2 hours, 34 minutes.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Kansas City 6, Minnesota 5. Interstat’s ELO system gave Minnesota a 54.60 percent probability to win. Minnesota was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of 5 went over the over/under line of 8.