Miami Marlins at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

Miami Marlins

71-69, 29-42 Away

Final
9 - 6

Kansas City Royals

62-78, 36-32 Home

Stowers homers and has an RBI single, Marlins rally to beat the Royals 9-6

Heriberto Hernandez drives in 2 with a ground-rule double

Stowers drove in a run in the first inning as the Marlins built a 2-0 lead.

After the Royals plated five in the first, the Marlins began their comeback on Stowers’ solo homer in the third inning, his 18th.

Hernández doubled in the fifth and sixth, the latter off the center-field wall to cap a three-run frame that gave Miami a 7-6 lead.

Cade Gibson (3-1) struck out the only batter he faced, ending a fifth-inning threat.

After Eury Pérez allowed six runs on nine hits and three walks, and five Marlins relievers held the Royals scoreless over the final 4 1/3 innings, with Calvin Faucher recording his third save.

Hernández extended his on-base streak to 19 games, and Otto Lopez extended his hitting streak to nine games and on-base streak to 16 with a first-inning RBI triple.

Hernández’s on-base streak is the longest for the Marlins this year and is the second-longest active streak in the majors.

Javier Sanoja and Jakob Marsee hit back-to-back homers in the ninth.

Jared Serna made his first major league start, batting eighth, recording his first career hit and hitting a tying sacrifice fly in the sixth.

With his father, former Marlin and Royals player Jeff Conine, in attendance, Griffin Conine singled twice, including a tying, pinch-hit single in the sixth, and made a run-saving catch against the right-field wall.

Carter Jensen hit a leadoff homer in the first, setting a franchise record for leadoff home runs, then added a solo shot, his 21st, in the fourth inning.

The Royals batted around in the first inning to take a 5-2 lead as Salvador Perez connected for his 18th home run, sandwiched by RBI doubles from Jac Caglianone and Michael Massey.

After allowing the two first-inning tallies, Noah Cameron retired 15 of 19 batters. In five innings he allowed four runs on five hits and a walk with seven strikeouts.

Jose Cuas (0-1) allowed three of four batters faced to reach base. Each scored.

Up next Marlins RHP Sandy Alcantara (13-8, 3.46 ERA) was set to oppose Royals RHP Michael Wacha (8-8, 3.32) on Thursday in the series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Loftin grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Pasquantino grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Perez grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Faucher relieved Petersen
	9th Inning	Conine struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Marsee homered to right center (392 feet).

Statistics

MIA		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	8
11	Strikeouts	6
9	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
13	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	3
2	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
39	At Bats	36
3	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	16
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
17	Fly Balls	22
0	Caught Stealing	0
166	Pitches	155
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
26	Total Bases	20
43	Plate Appearances	42
486.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
6	Extra Base Hits	5
9.3	Runs Created	7.9
.333	Batting Average	.250
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.667	Slugging Percentage	.556
.385	Secondary Average	.556
.372	On Base Percentage	.357
1.039	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.913
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
9.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.9
64.5	Batter Rating	49.0
13.0	At Bats Per Home Run	12.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.86	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.69
.333	Isolated Power	.306
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.047	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.143
.051	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.306
18.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
107.8	MLB Rating	94.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0