Michael A. Taylor's two-out single in the bottom of the 10th inning drove Hunter Dozier home from second base as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Wednesday night.

The Royals had tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth when Salvador Perez hit his 24th homer, a solo shot to left-center off AL saves leader Liam Hendriks.

Scott Barlow (3-3), who took over in the 10th as the fifth Royals pitcher, struck out two and walked one. Ryan Burr (2-1) pitched the final inning for Chicago.

White Sox starter Lucas Giolito allowed one run on four hits in six-plus innings, walking one and striking out seven. 

Kris Bubic allowed two runs on five hits in six-plus innings for Kansas City. He walked one and struck out three.

The White Sox scored twice in the fifth. Bubic gave up singles to Andrew Vaughn, Leury Garcia and Danny Mendick on a hit up the middle that scored Vaughn. Center fielder Taylor's throw home was off line, but catcher Perez threw to second. Garcia scored when Whit Merrifield chased Mendick back to first.

The Royals finally scored when Giolito allowed back-to-back doubles to Perez and Jorge Soler to start the seventh.