Miami Marlins at Kansas City Royals

MIA 9 — 6 KC
Final — 2026-09-02
MVP: Carter Jensen 2-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB

Miami Marlins defeated Kansas City Royals 9-6. Carter Jensen led the way with 2-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB. Cade Gibson earned the win and Jose Cuas took the loss. Calvin Faucher recorded the save.

123456789 RHE
MIA 201013002 9
KC 500100000 6

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Otto Lopez triples (8) on a ground ball to left fielder John Rave. Heriberto Hernández scores. (1-0)
Top 1: Kyle Stowers singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Otto Lopez scores. (2-0)
Bot 1: Carter Jensen homers (20) on a fly ball to right field. (2-1)
Bot 1: Jac Caglianone doubles (26) on a ground ball to right fielder Esteury Ruiz. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. (2-2)
Bot 1: Salvador Perez homers (18) on a line drive to left center field. Jac Caglianone scores. (2-4)
Bot 1: Michael Massey doubles (23) on a line drive to center fielder Jakob Marsee. Nick Loftin scores. (2-5)
Top 3: Kyle Stowers homers (18) on a fly ball to center field. (3-5)
Bot 4: Carter Jensen homers (21) on a fly ball to right field. (3-6)
Top 5: Heriberto Hernández hits a ground-rule double (15) on a fly ball to left-center field. Jared Serna scores. Joe Mack to 3rd. (4-6)
Top 6: Griffin Conine singles on a line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Javier Sanoja scores. Jakob Marsee to 3rd. (5-6)
Top 6: Jared Serna out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Jakob Marsee scores. (6-6)
Top 6: Heriberto Hernández doubles (16) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Griffin Conine scores. (7-6)
Top 9: Javier Sanoja homers (7) on a line drive to left center field. (8-6)
Top 9: Jakob Marsee homers (9) on a line drive to right center field. (9-6)

MIA — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Conine RF3120001010 .254.357.488.845
Hernandez LF4122002000 .232.317.466.783
Ruiz RF2000000010 .235.358.412.770
(gpid=sa:691858) 2B2110001100 .333.400.333.733
Marsee CF4210011110 .209.331.329.660
Sanoja 3B5230011010 .287.326.429.755
Stowers 1B5120012010 .247.331.470.801
Ramirez DH5000000030 .229.327.324.651
Mack C4010000010 .234.287.409.696
Lopez SS5110101020 .304.338.443.781

KC — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Jensen C4220022110 .226.313.426.739
Perez DH4110012110 .221.266.375.641
Loftin 3B3110000201 .238.329.392.721
Rave LF3010000110 .221.295.407.702
Massey 2B4021001001 .279.313.448.761
Pasquantino 1B5000000000 .241.330.374.704
Isbel CF4000000010 .229.278.350.628
Caglianone RF5111001020 .282.331.495.826
Witt SS4110000101 .285.360.449.809

MIA — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
(gpid=sa:667652) 1.0000000 8-7 1.500.67H
Ekness 1.0000310 26-10 2.701.30H
Faucher 1.0000000 6-4 3.771.31S
Gibson 0.1000010 4-3 5.631.50W
Petersen 1.0000010 9-6 3.301.13H
Perez 4.2966333 102-64 3.721.18

KC — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Cuas 0.1232100 22-10 2.931.83L
Thomas 0.2100010 14-7 11.482.10
Kimbrel 1.0100010 9-7 3.951.20
Pearson 1.0200010 14-9 2.271.21
Cameron 5.0544171 86-54 4.081.22
Lange 1.0222012 21-13 6.041.51

Venue: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

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