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September 2, 2026 · AL Cent

Miami Marlins vs Kansas City Royals

September 2, 2026Kauffman StadiumClear 98°F · 8 mph, R To L
AWAY
Miami Marlins
71-69
9
vs
HOME
Kansas City Royals
62-78
6

Game Highlights

Published September 2, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Otto Lopez Otto Lopez triples (8) on a ground ball to left fielder John Rave. Heriberto Hernández scores. MIA 1, KC 0
T1 Kyle Stowers Kyle Stowers singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Otto Lopez scores. MIA 2, KC 0
B1 Carter Jensen Carter Jensen homers (20) on a fly ball to right field. MIA 2, KC 1
B1 Jac Caglianone Jac Caglianone doubles (26) on a ground ball to right fielder Esteury Ruiz. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. MIA 2, KC 2
B1 Salvador Perez Salvador Perez homers (18) on a line drive to left center field. Jac Caglianone scores. MIA 2, KC 4
B1 Michael Massey Michael Massey doubles (23) on a line drive to center fielder Jakob Marsee. Nick Loftin scores. MIA 2, KC 5
T3 Kyle Stowers Kyle Stowers homers (18) on a fly ball to center field. MIA 3, KC 5
B4 Carter Jensen Carter Jensen homers (21) on a fly ball to right field. MIA 3, KC 6
T5 Heriberto Hernández Heriberto Hernández hits a ground-rule double (15) on a fly ball to left-center field. Jared Serna scores. Joe Mack to 3rd. MIA 4, KC 6
T6 Griffin Conine Griffin Conine singles on a line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Javier Sanoja scores. Jakob Marsee to 3rd. MIA 5, KC 6
T6 Jared Serna Jared Serna out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Jakob Marsee scores. MIA 6, KC 6
T6 Heriberto Hernández Heriberto Hernández doubles (16) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Griffin Conine scores. MIA 7, KC 6
T9 Javier Sanoja Javier Sanoja homers (7) on a line drive to left center field. MIA 8, KC 6
T9 Jakob Marsee Jakob Marsee homers (9) on a line drive to right center field. MIA 9, KC 6

Box score

  123456789 R
MIA 201013002 9
KC 500100000 6

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 9

Eury Pérez started for Marlins, leaving trailing 4–6.

workload · innings pitched
  • Eury Pérez Starter 4.2 102 6 3
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Eury Pérez threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 50% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 30 29% 4 3 10 8 5
    Sinker 26 25% 0 6 4 8 8
    Slider 23 23% 4 1 3 12 3
    Curveball 10 10% 0 1 2 6 1
    Changeup 8 8% 2 0 1 2 3
    Sweeper 5 5% 3 0 0 2 0
  • Cade Gibson Middle 0.1 4 0 1 W inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Josh Ekness Middle 1.0 26 0 1 HLD
  • Jack Ralston Middle 1.0 8 0 0 HLD inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Michael Petersen Setup 1.0 9 0 1 HLD
  • Calvin Faucher Setup 1.0 6 0 0 SV
Royals HOME 6

Noah Cameron started for Royals, leaving with a 6–4 lead. Out of the bullpen, Jose Cuas took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Noah Cameron Starter 5.0 86 4 7
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Noah Cameron threw
    CSW 30% 1st-pitch strike 55% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Cutter 20 23% 2 4 5 5 4
    Four-Seam Fastball 16 19% 2 3 3 5 3
    Changeup 15 17% 4 0 4 6 1
    Slider 14 16% 5 1 1 4 3
    Sinker 12 14% 0 3 2 5 2
    Curveball 9 10% 1 1 0 7 0
  • Jose Cuas Setup 0.1 22 3 0 L
  • Connor Thomas Middle 0.2 14 0 1 inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • Craig Kimbrel Middle 1.0 9 0 1
  • Nate Pearson Middle 1.0 14 0 1
  • Alex Lange Middle 1.0 21 2 1

Where the game turned

1 run Top 6th · off Thomas
  • Hernández 2B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · MIA
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Heriberto Hernández LF 4 1 2 2 0 0 .232 .317 .466 .783 2 2B
Otto Lopez SS 5 1 1 1 0 2 .304 .338 .443 .781 3B
Kyle Stowers 1B 5 1 2 2 0 1 .247 .331 .470 .801 HR (18)
Agustín Ramírez DH 5 0 0 0 0 3 .229 .327 .324 .651
Javier Sanoja 3B 5 2 3 1 0 1 .287 .326 .429 .755 HR (7)
Jakob Marsee CF 4 2 1 1 1 1 .209 .331 .329 .660 HR (9)
Griffin Conine RF 3 1 2 1 0 1 .254 .357 .488 .845
Jared Serna 2B 2 1 1 1 1 0 .333 .400 .333 .733
Joe Mack C 4 0 1 0 0 1 .234 .287 .409 .696
Esteury Ruiz RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .235 .358 .412 .770
HOME · KC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Carter Jensen C 4 2 2 2 1 1 .226 .313 .426 .739 2 HR (20, 21)
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 4 1 1 0 1 0 .285 .360 .449 .809 SB
Jac Caglianone RF 5 1 1 1 0 2 .282 .331 .495 .826 2B
Salvador Perez DH 4 1 1 2 1 1 .221 .266 .375 .641 HR (18)
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 .241 .330 .374 .704
Nick Loftin 3B 3 1 1 0 2 0 .238 .329 .392 .721 SB
Michael Massey 2B 4 0 2 1 0 0 .279 .313 .448 .761 2B, SB
John Rave LF 3 0 1 0 1 1 .221 .295 .407 .702
Kyle Isbel CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .229 .278 .350 .628

Pitching lines

AWAY · MIA
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Eury Pérez 4.2 9 6 6 3 3 3 102 3.72
Cade Gibson 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5.63 W
Josh Ekness 1.0 0 0 0 3 1 0 26 2.70 HLD
Jack Ralston 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.50 HLD
Michael Petersen 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 3.30 HLD
Calvin Faucher 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.77 SV
HOME · KC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Noah Cameron 5.0 5 4 4 1 7 1 86 4.08
Jose Cuas 0.1 2 3 2 1 0 0 22 2.93 L
Connor Thomas 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 11.48
Craig Kimbrel 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 3.95
Nate Pearson 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 14 2.27
Alex Lange 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 2 21 6.04

Manager comparison

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