Otto López’s tie-breaking two-run double in 8th lifts Marlins to 3-1 win over Royals

MIAMI AP Otto L pez hit a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning and the Miami Marlins beat the Kansas City Royals - on Saturday Xavier Edwards tripled and doubled for the Marlins who won their fourth straight and are - since June Miami s Kyle Stowers doubled and had two walks after hitting five homers in the last two games Salvador P rez homered for the Royals run Graham Pauley drew a leadoff walk against Kansas City reliever Lucas Erceg - in the eighth before he advanced two bases on Edwards double After Jes s S nchez was intentionally walked L pez hit a drive over left-fielder Nick Loftin to sum Pauley and Edwards Anthony Bender closed with a perfect ninth for his third save P rez hit a leadoff blast against Miami reliever Ronny Henriquez - in the eighth to tie it at -all P rez drove Henriquez s fastball over the wall in center for his th homer of the season Miami starter Cal Quantrill allowed two hits and struck out three over six scoreless innings Quantrill retired the last batters he faced and was lifted after pitches He remains winless since May The Marlins struck hurriedly against Royals starter Michael Wacha on L pez s RBI groundout in the first Edwards tripled and sprinted home on L pez s dribbler to third Wacha scattered three hits and struck out one in six innings Key moment Edwards had an automatic strike called against him for a clock violation before his double in the eighth Key stat Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr was hitless in four at-bats ending his road hitting streak at games Up next LHP Kris Bubic - will start the series finale for the Royals on Sunday against Marlins RHP Janson Junk - AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source