Bobby Witt Jr. hit Kansas City’s fourth solo home run of the night, a tiebreaking drive in the eighth inning, and the host Royals rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday.

Luis Rengifo’s three-run, first-inning homer off Kansas City rookie Noah Cameron gave the Angels a 3-0 lead. But the Royals’ Adam Frazier and Vinnie Pasquantino homered off Angels starter Kyle Hendricks, who yielded just one other hit over six innings.

Then Los Angeles’ Jose Fermin yielded a tying home run to Salvador Perez in the seventh. An inning later, Witt sent a drive over the left field wall against Ryan Zeferjahn (6-5) with two outs that kept the Royals (71-69) from being swept in the three-game set.

Kansas City improved to 2-4 on a nine-game homestand.

Carlos Estevez yielded a one-out double to Yoan Moncada in the ninth, but no damage was done as he recorded his 37th save for the Royals, who are two games behind the Seattle Mariners in the chase for the final American League wild-card spot.

Cameron, who received extra rest while making his first start since Aug. 25, walked five and allowed five hits but no more runs after the first in his five-inning outing. He got the Angels (66-74) to ground into three double plays.

Royals relievers Jonathan Bowlan, Lucas Erceg (7-4) and Estevez combined to yield one hit and strike out six in four innings.

The Angels, who split their 10-game trip, got to Cameron during a 34-pitch first inning. The left-hander retired the first two batters of the game, then allowed a single to Taylor Ward and walked Jo Adell. Then Rengifo lined the ball just inside the left field foul pole.

Kansas City got a run back in the second when Frazier cleared the right field fence for his third career homer off Hendricks. The Royals made it a 3-2 game when Pasquantino went deep leading off the fourth, hitting the ball to nearly the same spot as Frazier.

The Royals eventually tied it in the seventh through Perez’s 297th career homer, well over the left field wall.

–Field Level Media