KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Alberto Castillo hit a tiebreaking, two-run triple and then trotted home on Mark Hendrickson’s balk, lifting Kansas City past Tampa Bay 4-3 Sunday for the Royals’ first home series win of the season.

Angel Berroa had an inside-the-park home run in the third inning for the Royals, who won three of four from a Tampa Bay team which dropped to 2-13 on the road.

Mike MacDougal (2-1) got the victory with 1 1-3 innings of hitless relief of hard-luck starter Zack Greinke.

Ambiorix Burgos started the ninth but was replaced after loading the bases with two outs. Mike Wood came in and gave up a two-run single to Julio Lugo before getting Carl Crawford to fly to center for his second save.

Hendrickson (1-2), Tampa Bay’s 6-foot-9 left-hander, walked Emil Brown leading off the seventh and gave up a single to Terrence Long before Castillo lined the second triple of his career down the right-field line. After Mark Teahen grounded out, Hendrickson balked, sending Castillo home with the third run of the inning.

Center fielder Damon Hollins raced back to get Berroa’s drive in the third and had the ball in his glove for what would have been a great catch, but it popped out when he banged into the wall. Berroa easily circled the bases before left fielder Chris Singleton could retrieve the ball and get it back to the infield.

It was just the ninth home run the Royals have hit in 17 home games this season.

The Devil Rays tied it 1-all in the sixth on Aubrey Huff’s RBI single.

Greinke entered the game with the lowest run support of any starter in the major leagues, 0.68 runs per game, and his luck did not change. He went 6 2-3 innings and gave up one run and eight hits while tying his career high with seven strikeouts.

He was replaced by MacDougal with two on and two outs in the seventh. In Greinke’s eight starts, the Royals have scored only four runs while he is in the game.

Hendrickson went seven innings and gave up four runs and nine hits.

Tony Graffanino singled his first two at-bats and then lifted a liner into left which bounced out of a hustling Singleton’s glove. But Graffanino was out on a close play at third trying to stretch a double into a triple.

Notes: Royals 2B Joe McEwing started a terrific double play in the third, making a diving stab of Lugo’s line drive behind the bag and then throwing to first to double off Alex Sanchez, who was running on the play. … McEwing was the victim of a standout play in the fifth when Hendrickson speared his line drive. … 1B Mike Sweeney missed his fourth straight game and was still expected to return on Tuesday. … Berroa’s was the 88th inside-the-park homer in Royals history. … It was also the first home run the Devil Rays had given up in seven games, one short of the team record. … The Devil Rays had not lost a series to the Royals since Aug. 1-3, 2003. … The Devil Rays are 1-10 in day games.

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