The Royals set a team record with a seven-run ninth to beat the White Sox 8-7. That’s the largest ninth inning comeback in team history.

Brett Eibner, playing his second big league game, singled to cap the biggest ninth-inning comeback in Kansas City Royals history, a seven-run rally off David Robertson and Tommy Kahnle that lifted the World Series champions over the Chicago White Sox 8-7 Saturday.

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Held to six hits through eight innings, the Royals doubled their total in the 32-minute bottom of the ninth and overcame a six-run deficit for the first time since beating San Francisco on June 22, 2008. The inning included four walks, two of them intentional, and four runs scored with two outs.

Chicago lost for the 13th time in 17 games.

The Royals hit rather poorly in games that were late and close coming into this game, as well as when they were trailing by five runs or more.

Just like in Friday night’s Mets game against the Dodgers, a closer blew a non-save situation. In this case, however, the reliever took the loss.