KANSAS CITY (Interstat) — Kody Funderburk pitched a scoreless inning of relief and the Minnesota Twins scored three times in the eighth to beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Thursday at Kauffman Stadium.

Kansas City built a 2-0 lead in the third on Jac Caglianone’s two-run single, and Bobby Witt Jr. scored on Salvador Perez’s sixth-inning single for a 3-1 lead. Minnesota had scored once in the fifth. In the eighth, Josh Bell’s single brought in Luke Keaschall, and Brooks Lee’s two-run single scored Ryan Jeffers and Alex Jackson to put the Twins ahead.

Michael Wacha allowed one earned run over 5 2/3 innings for the Royals. Bailey Ober gave up three runs on six hits in six innings for Minnesota. Funderburk improved to 3-1, and Yoendrys Gómez earned his 15th save. Aaron Bummer took the loss. Witt had three hits, and both teams finished with seven hits. Minnesota improved to 57-59, while Kansas City fell to 48-68. Attendance was 16,036, and the game lasted 2:52.