The Kansas City Royals beat the Miami Marlins 7-3 on Sep 3, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Heriberto Hernandez went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Marlins.
- Sandy Alcantara pitched 6.0 innings for the Marlins, allowing 4 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Carter Jensen went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
Miami Marlins box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffin Conine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Graham Pauley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakob Marsee | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Mack | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Heriberto Hernandez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Agustin Ramirez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Otto Lopez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Javier Sanoja | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Stowers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 33 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Alcantara | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Cade Gibson | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dax Fulton | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Zuber | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Kansas City Royals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Rojas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 34 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Nate Pearson | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Craig Kimbrel | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
Before and after
- Marlins · 2026 season · Previous Sep 2, 2026: MIA 9, KC 6 · Next Sep 4, 2026: CHC 6, MIA 1
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Sep 2, 2026: MIA 9, KC 6 · Next Sep 4, 2026: TOR 9, KC 2