Kansas City Royals at Miami Marlins

· Major League Baseball

Kansas City Royals

47-52, 23-26 Away

Final
1 - 3

Miami Marlins

46-51, 22-27 Home

Otto López's tie-breaking two-run double in 8th lifts Marlins to 3-1 win over Royals

Xavier Edwards tripled and doubled for the Marlins, who won their fourth straight and are 21-10 since June 13. Miami’s Kyle Stowers doubled and had two walks after hitting five homers in the last two games.

Salvador Pérez homered for the Royals’ run.

Graham Pauley drew a leadoff walk against Kansas City reliever Lucas Erceg (4-3) in the eighth before he advanced two bases on Edwards’ double. After Jesús Sánchez was intentionally walked, López hit a drive over left-fielder Nick Loftin to score Pauley and Edwards.

Anthony Bender closed with a perfect ninth for his third save.

Pérez hit a leadoff blast against Miami reliever Ronny Henriquez (6-1) in the eighth to tie it at 1-all. Pérez drove Henriquez’s fastball over the wall in center for his 14th homer of the season.

Miami starter Cal Quantrill allowed two hits and struck out three over six scoreless innings. Quantrill retired the last 10 batters he faced and was lifted after 69 pitches. He remains winless since May 18.

The Marlins struck quickly against Royals starter Michael Wacha on López’s RBI groundout in the first. Edwards tripled and sprinted home on López’s dribbler to third.

Wacha scattered three hits and struck out one in six innings.

Key moment Edwards had an automatic strike called against him for a clock violation before his double in the eighth.

Key stat Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. was hitless in four at-bats, ending his road hitting streak at 27 games.

Up next LHP Kris Bubic (7-6, 2.48) will start the series finale for the Royals on Sunday against Marlins RHP Janson Junk (4-1, 2.68).

How can I watch Kansas City Royals vs. Miami Marlins?

TV Channel: Royals at Marlins 2022 MLB Baseball, is broadcasted on MLBN.
Online streaming: Sign up for Fubo.

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Garcia grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Pasquantino struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Witt Jr. flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Bender relieved Henriquez
	8th Inning	Fortes grounded into fielder's choice to third, Stowers out at second.
	8th Inning	Wagaman popped out to first.

Statistics

KC		MIA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	12
5	Strikeouts	3
1	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
3	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
28	At Bats	28
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
4	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	2
0	Doubles	3
11	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
108	Pitches	118
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
6	Total Bases	11
31	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
0.6	Runs Created	3.7
.107	Batting Average	.214
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.214	Slugging Percentage	.393
.250	Secondary Average	.357
.194	On Base Percentage	.353
.408	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.746
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
0.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.1
11.0	Batter Rating	26.5
28.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.48	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.47
.107	Isolated Power	.179
0.60	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.67
.097	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.147
.143	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.143
2.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.2
63.5	MLB Rating	77.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0