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September 1, 2026 · AL Cent

Miami Marlins vs Kansas City Royals

September 1, 2026Kauffman StadiumClear 97°F · 7 mph, R To L
AWAY
Miami Marlins
70-69
6
vs
HOME
Kansas City Royals
62-77
3

Game Highlights

Published September 1, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T2 Graham Pauley Graham Pauley homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Owen Caissie scores. MIA 2, KC 0
T5 Kyle Stowers Kyle Stowers homers (17) on a fly ball to right field. MIA 3, KC 0
T7 Graham Pauley Graham Pauley triples (1) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Otto Lopez scores. Joe Mack scores. MIA 5, KC 0
T7 Javier Sanoja Javier Sanoja singles on a line drive to left fielder Isaac Collins. Graham Pauley scores. MIA 6, KC 0
B8 Carter Jensen Carter Jensen doubles (26) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Heriberto Hernández. Josh Rojas scores. Isaac Collins to 3rd. MIA 6, KC 1
B8 Bobby Witt Jr. Bobby Witt Jr. out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Heriberto Hernández. Isaac Collins scores. Carter Jensen to 3rd. MIA 6, KC 2
B9 Nick Loftin Nick Loftin homers (7) on a fly ball to left field. MIA 6, KC 3

Box score

  123456789 R
MIA 020010300 6
KC 000000021 3

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Marlins AWAY 6

Tyler Phillips started for Marlins, leaving with a 3–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Victor Vodnik took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Tyler Phillips Starter 5.0 69 0 4 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Tyler Phillips threw
    CSW 25% 1st-pitch strike 35% 4.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 21 30% 0 4 5 7 5
    Sweeper 20 29% 2 6 3 7 2
    Splitter 15 22% 2 0 4 7 2
    Curveball 11 16% 1 1 4 3 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
    Slider 1 1% 1 0 0 0 0
  • Calvin Faucher Setup 1.0 18 0 0 HLD
  • Victor Vodnik Middle 2.0 26 2 2
  • Tyler Zuber Setup 1.0 10 1 0
Royals HOME 3

Randy Dobnak started for Royals, leaving trailing 0–3.

workload · innings pitched
  • Randy Dobnak Starter 6.0 87 6 6 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Randy Dobnak threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 56% 3.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 34 39% 1 4 7 13 9
    Sweeper 23 26% 3 6 5 8 1
    Changeup 22 25% 4 1 3 9 5
    Four-Seam Fastball 7 8% 1 1 0 2 3
    Slider 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Anthony Gose Middle 1.0 15 0 0 inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • Nolan Hoffman Middle 1.0 13 0 1
  • Easton McGee Middle 1.0 15 0 1

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 2nd · off Dobnak
  • Pauley HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · MIA
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Kyle Stowers DH 4 1 1 1 0 2 .245 .330 .463 .793 HR (17)
Griffin Conine 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .248 .353 .485 .838
Heriberto Hernández LF 3 0 0 0 1 2 .229 .313 .460 .773
Jakob Marsee CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .209 .330 .323 .653
Owen Caissie RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 .223 .286 .416 .702
Jared Serna 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Brian Navarreto C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .119 .191 .214 .405
Graham Pauley 3B 4 2 2 4 0 1 .205 .237 .357 .594 HR (2), 3B
Javier Sanoja SS 4 0 2 1 0 0 .283 .322 .418 .740
Otto Lopez SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 .305 .340 .442 .782
Joe Mack C 3 1 1 0 0 1 .234 .287 .411 .698
HOME · KC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Carter Jensen C 4 0 2 1 0 0 .224 .310 .412 .722 2B
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 3 0 1 1 0 1 .285 .360 .451 .811 SB
Jac Caglianone RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .283 .333 .496 .829
Salvador Perez DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 .221 .264 .369 .633
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .244 .334 .379 .713
Nick Loftin 2B 4 1 1 1 0 2 .237 .325 .393 .718 HR (7)
Josh Rojas 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 .258 .290 .371 .661
Isaac Collins LF 3 1 0 0 1 1 .230 .329 .350 .679
Kyle Isbel CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .233 .282 .356 .638

Pitching lines

AWAY · MIA
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Tyler Phillips 5.0 1 0 0 2 4 0 69 3.43 W
Calvin Faucher 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 3.84 HLD
Victor Vodnik 2.0 2 2 2 1 2 0 26 4.91
Tyler Zuber 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 10 3.98
HOME · KC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Randy Dobnak 6.0 7 6 6 2 6 2 87 2.65 L
Anthony Gose 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.00
Nolan Hoffman 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 3.18
Easton McGee 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 7.56

Manager comparison

AWAY · MIA
Clayton McCullough
Lineup 4.0 R Bunts 3.8 R IBBs 1.4 R
HOME · KC
Matt Quatraro
Lineup 4.6 R Bunts 3.1 R IBBs 2.5 R

Recent form

AWAY · MIA
4-6 L3 -11 run diff
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HOME · KC
3-7 L4 -11 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with MIA listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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