KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Interstat) — Bobby Witt Jr. drove in two runs and collected three hits as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins 8-2 on Tuesday at Kauffman Stadium.

The Royals scored twice in the first inning on Salvador Perez’s sacrifice fly and Michael Massey’s double. Minnesota answered with one run in the fourth on Alan Roden’s sacrifice fly. Kansas City broke open the game with three runs in the fifth, including Witt’s two-run double and Jac Caglianone’s fielder’s choice. The Royals added three runs in the eighth, keyed by Starling Marte’s two-run double and Kyle Isbel’s RBI single.

Witt finished 3 for 5 with two RBIs. Isbel had two hits and an RBI. Perez drove in a run. Marte went 1 for 1 with two RBIs. Randy Dobnak earned the win to improve to 2-0. Joe Ryan took the loss and fell to 6-8. The Twins had seven hits; Kansas City had ten.

Minnesota slipped to 56-58, while Kansas City improved to 47-67. Attendance was 20,177. The game lasted 2:38. The teams play again Wednesday night.