The Royals opened Cactus League competition Saturday with a spring-training exhibition against a Los Angeles Dodgers split squad at Surprise Stadium.
As replacements trickled into the game, the Royals mounted a two-out, two-run rally in the fifth inning, sparked by utility infielder Ryan Goins and extended by Drew Butera, who smacked an RBI double for his second hit of the game.
Adalberto Mondesi, sent in to play shortstop for Alcides Escobar in the top of the fifth inning, muscled a leadoff home run to right field in the sixth.
The Royals won 8-4. They will travel to Mesa, Ariz.