Bobby Witt Jr. hits 3-run homer in 10th to lift Royals over Athletics 4-1 for 4th straight win

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning, Salvador Perez had a solo shot and the Kansas City Royals beat the Athletics 4-1 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory.

Witt drove a 1-0 pitch from Justin Sterner (1-3) to right-center with automatic runner Nick Loftin on second base and Kyle Isbel on first after he beat out a popped-up bunt that failed to advance the runner. Witt extended his hitting streak to nine games with his second home run, after Perez homered for the fifth time to tie it 1-all in the sixth.

The A's loaded the bases in the bottom of the 10th, but Lucas Erceg retired Darell Hernaiz on a liner to second for his seventh save in nine opportunities.

Kris Bubic allowed a run on four hits and four walks in five innings for Kansas City. Nick Mears (2-1) struck out two in the ninth for the win.

Zack Gelof reached on an infield single leading off the second before scoring on a two-out single by Jacob Wilson for the Athletics.

A's starter Aaron Civale gave up five hits and a walk in five innings. He left with a 1-0 lead.

Perez's home run came off Hogan Harris in the sixth. It was the 308th of his career.

Nick Kurtz went 0 for 4 but drew a walk in the first inning, extending his Athletics record to 17 straight games with a free pass. Barry Bonds was the previous major leaguer to walk in 17 consecutive games, in 2007 with the Giants. The Tigers’ Roy Cullenbine set the record at 22 games in 1947.

Tyler Soderstrom exited with an undisclosed injury for the A's after diving for a ball in the fifth, and the Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino did the same after grounding out to begin the sixth.

The A's called up infielder Brett Harris from Triple-A Las Vegas before the game after placing third baseman Max Muncy on the 10-day injured list.

Royals RHP Michael Wacha (2-1, 2.51 ERA) starts Wednesday opposite Athletics RHP Luis Severino (1-2, 5.17).

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Kansas City Royals Nick Mears reacts after striking out Athletics' Nick Kurtz to end the bottom of the ninth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)

Athletics pitcher Justin Sterner reacts after a bunt single by Kansas City Royals Kyle Isbel during the 10th inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)

Kansas City Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. (7) and Salvador Perez, middle, celebrate the Royals victory over the Athletics in a baseball game Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)

Kansas City Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. watches his three run home run during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)

Kansas City Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. hits a three run home run during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to seven years in prison for resisting arrest and bypassing a legitimate Cabinet meeting before his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.

The conviction for obstruction of justice and other charges comes on top of a life sentence he has already received on rebellion charges stemming from his baffling authoritarian push, which triggered the most serious crisis for the country’s democracy in decades.

Judge Yoon Sung-sik of the Seoul High Court said the conservative former president sidestepped a legally mandated full Cabinet meeting before declaring martial law, falsified documents to conceal the lapse, and deployed security officials “like a private army” to resist law enforcement efforts to arrest him in the weeks following his impeachment. Former President Yoon stood quietly as the verdict was delivered and made no comment.

A lower court in January sentenced Yoon to five years in prison but partially cleared him of abuse-of-power charges tied to the Cabinet meeting ahead of the martial law declaration, finding he was not responsible for the failure to attend of two members who were invited to attend.

The Seoul High Court reversed that acquittal, finding him guilty on all counts and ruling that he violated the rights of those two as well as seven other Cabinet members who weren’t notified by convening only a select few to simulate a formal meeting.

Though brief, Yoon’s Dec. 3, 2024 martial law decree threw the country into a severe political crisis, paralyzing politics and high-level diplomacy and rattling financial markets. The turmoil eased only after his liberal rival, Lee Jae Myung, won an early presidential election in June.

Yoon was suspended from office on Dec. 14, 2024 after being impeached by the liberal-led legislature and was formally removed by the Constitutional Court in April 2025.

Following his suspension from office, he refused to comply with a Seoul court's warrant to detain him for questioning, setting up a standoff in which dozens of investigators arrived at the presidential residence in early January 2025 but were blocked by presidential security forces and vehicle barricades. He was detained later that month, released by another court in March, and was then re-arrested in July.

He remained in custody after that as a series of criminal trials, which are continuing, began.

Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stage a rally outside of the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stage a rally outside of the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)