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Arraez raises average to .403, Sánchez has 4 RBIs to lead Marlins over Royals 6-1

MIAMI (AP) Luis Arraez singled twice and raised his major league-leading average to .403 as the Miami Marlins beat the Kansas City Royals 6-1 on Wednesday night.

Jesús Sánchez homered, singled twice and had four RBI for the Marlins, who won their sixth straight. The consecutive three-game series sweeps over the Royals and Oakland A’s are the first by the Marlins at home since winning six straight against Washington and Houston in 2008.

“We’re very confident and happy right now,” Sánchez said. “At the end of the day, the most important thing is to win the game. The positive vibe and adrenaline are there.”

Kansas City was swept in a series for the sixth time this year, dropping to 18-44 after its sixth loss in seven games, The Royals haven’t swept a single series.

Marlins starter Edward Cabrera’s one-run outing ended after throwing his warm-up pitches to begin the sixth. Manager Skip Schumaker and a Marlins trainer approached the mound and spoke with the right-hander, who was then removed because of a blister on the middle finger of his throwing hand.

Cabrera (5-4) gave up two hits, walked two, struck out four and hit a batter.

“I started feeling it in the third inning but we were winning and I couldn’t let the team down,” Cabrera said. “I kept fighting and throwing as many innings as I could.”

Jordan Lyles remained winless and lost his 10th decision. He allowed five runs, six hits, walked one and struck out two in seven-plus innings.

“He’s had several starts like that this year where he’s gone real deep in the games,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “And that’s something he’s always done. He’s durable and bounces back well.”

Left-handers Steven Okert, Tanner Scott, Andrew Nardi and A.J. Puk relieved Cabrera and threw an inning each to complete the three-hitter.

Sánchez’s three-run shot in the third erased a 1-0 deficit. Sánchez hit a change-up from Lyles over the wall in center for his sixth homer and second straight game.

“I wasn’t trying to hit a home run, just making a good swing,” Sánchez said.

Miami padded its lead in the eighth on Bryan De La Cruz’s two-run double and Sánchez’s RBI single.

The Royals struck first on Nick Pratto’s RBI single in the third inning.

HOMER DENIED

Marlins centerfield Garrett Hampson tracked down Bobby Witt Jr.’s drive, jumped and caught it above the wall in the fourth.

“It was high enough where I could get to the wall,” Hampson said. “Just trying to get back and find the wall, kind of get a general idea where the wall is and go make the play.”

ROSTER MOVE

The Royals placed RHP Josh Staumont (neck strain) on the 15-day injured list and recalled LHP Austin Cox from Triple-A Omaha.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: OF Kyle Isbel (left hamstring strain) will return to the club’s spring training complex in Arizona to continue his progression, Quatraro said.

Marlins: OF-INF Jazz Chisholm Jr. (turf toe) will travel with the team on its upcoming three-city trip as he moves closer to resuming baseball activities. ... OF-DH Jorge Soler didn’t play as he deals with right thumb soreness after fouling off a pitch against Oakland on Sunday.

UP NEXT

Royals: LHP Daniel Lynch (0-1, 4.35) starts the opener of a three-game series at Baltimore on Friday. The Orioles have not announced their starter.

Marlins: RHP Eury Pérez (3-1, 2.25) will start the opener of a three-game road series at the Chicago White Sox on Friday. RHP Dylan Cease (3-3, 4.63) gets the start for the White Sox.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC18-44	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
Marlins MIA35-28	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	X	6	8	0

loanDepot parkMiami, FL

W: E. Cabrera (5-4)L: J. Lyles (0-10)S: (0)
HR: MIA - J. Sanchez (14)

KCRoyals

MIAMarlins

.E. CabreraEdward Cabrera
P
5.0 IP, ER, 2 BB, 4 SO, 65 P
.J. SanchezJesus Sanchez
RF
3-4, R, 4 RBI, HR

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
N. Pratto LF	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	.299	.395	.465	.859	2.0
V. Pasquantino 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.328	.443	.771	2.0
S. Perez C	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	.274	.311	.498	.808	0.0
M. Melendez RF	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	.218	.306	.369	.675	-1.0
B. Witt SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.268	.417	.685	0.0
N. Lopez 2B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.221	.341	.312	.652	-1.0
M. Massey DH	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.227	.283	.325	.608	1.0
M. Garcia 3B	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	.253	.319	.364	.682	1.5
J. Bradley Jr. CF	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.133	.188	.210	.397	-0.5
a- E. Olivares PH-CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.300	.413	.713	0.0

HITTERS	AB
N. Pratto LF	3
V. Pasquantino 1B	4
S. Perez C	3
M. Melendez RF	3
B. Witt SS	3
N. Lopez 2B	3
M. Massey DH	2
M. Garcia 3B	3
J. Bradley Jr. CF	2
a- E. Olivares PH-CF	1

a-lined out for Bradley Jr. in the 8th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
L. Arraez 2B	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.403	.452	.495	.947	4.0
B. De La Cruz DH	4	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	.299	.352	.467	.819	4.0
J. Sanchez RF	4	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	.306	.376	.582	.958	11.0
Y. Gurriel 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.275	.333	.416	.749	0.0
J. Wendle SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.321	.382	.703	0.5
J. Segura 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.190	.259	.217	.476	0.0
J. Berti LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.267	.316	.343	.659	0.0
J. Davis CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.356	.475	.831	0.0
J. Stallings C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.156	.220	.211	.431	0.0
G. Hampson CF-LF	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.243	.311	.351	.663	4.0

HITTERS	AB
L. Arraez 2B	4
B. De La Cruz DH	4
J. Sanchez RF	4
Y. Gurriel 1B	4
J. Wendle SS	4
J. Segura 3B	3
J. Berti LF	3
J. Davis CF	0
J. Stallings C	3
G. Hampson CF-LF	2

2B - V. Pasquantino (17)
RBI - N. Pratto (16)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - M. Melendez

2B - B. De La Cruz (12)
HR - J. Sanchez (6)
RBI - B. De La Cruz 2 (33), J. Sanchez 4 (17)
2-Out RBI - J. Sanchez 3 (3)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - J. Stallings

CS - M. Melendez (2)

DP - (Garcia-Lopez-Pasquantino)

DP - 2 (Wendle-Gurriel; Arraez-Gurriel)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Lyles (L, 0-10)	7.0	6	5	5	1	2	1	6.84	1.29	5.0
J. Cuas	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	4.67	1.48	0.5

PITCHERS	IP
J. Lyles (L, 0-10)	7.0
J. Cuas	1.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
E. Cabrera (W, 5-4)	5.0	2	1	1	2	4	4.29	1.38	18.0
S. Okert (H, 5)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	2.29	0.81	2.0
T. Scott (H, 10)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	3.00	1.10	4.0
A. Nardi (H, 5)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	2.57	1.04	3.5
A. Puk	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	2.87	1.21	3.5

PITCHERS	IP
E. Cabrera (W, 5-4)	5.0
S. Okert (H, 5)	1.0
T. Scott (H, 10)	1.0
A. Nardi (H, 5)	1.0
A. Puk	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - J. Lyles 85-56, J. Cuas 17-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J. Lyles 13-7, J. Cuas 2-1
Batters Faced - J. Lyles 28, J. Cuas 4

Pitches-Strikes - E. Cabrera 65-38, S. Okert 16-8, T. Scott 14-10, A. Nardi 14-9, A. Puk 14-13
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - E. Cabrera 7-3, S. Okert 1-0, T. Scott 0-1, A. Nardi 0-1
Batters Faced - E. Cabrera 18, S. Okert 3, T. Scott 3, A. Nardi 3, A. Puk 4

.E. CabreraEdward Cabrera
P
5.0 IP, ER, 2 BB, 4 SO, 65 P
.J. SanchezJesus Sanchez
RF
3-4, R, 4 RBI, HR

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC18-44	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
Marlins MIA35-28	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	X	6	8	0

loanDepot parkMiami, FL

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
N. Pratto LF	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	.299	.395	.465	.859	2.0
V. Pasquantino 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.328	.443	.771	2.0
S. Perez C	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	.274	.311	.498	.808	0.0
M. Melendez RF	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	.218	.306	.369	.675	-1.0
B. Witt SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.268	.417	.685	0.0
N. Lopez 2B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.221	.341	.312	.652	-1.0
M. Massey DH	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.227	.283	.325	.608	1.0
M. Garcia 3B	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	.253	.319	.364	.682	1.5
J. Bradley Jr. CF	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.133	.188	.210	.397	-0.5
a- E. Olivares PH-CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.300	.413	.713	0.0
Total	27	1	3	1	3	10	8	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
N. Pratto LF	3
V. Pasquantino 1B	4
S. Perez C	3
M. Melendez RF	3
B. Witt SS	3
N. Lopez 2B	3
M. Massey DH	2
M. Garcia 3B	3
J. Bradley Jr. CF	2
a- E. Olivares PH-CF	1
Total	27

a-lined out for Bradley Jr. in the 8th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
L. Arraez 2B	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.403	.452	.495	.947	4.0
B. De La Cruz DH	4	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	.299	.352	.467	.819	4.0
J. Sanchez RF	4	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	.306	.376	.582	.958	11.0
Y. Gurriel 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.275	.333	.416	.749	0.0
J. Wendle SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.321	.382	.703	0.5
J. Segura 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.190	.259	.217	.476	0.0
J. Berti LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.267	.316	.343	.659	0.0
J. Davis CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.356	.475	.831	0.0
J. Stallings C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.156	.220	.211	.431	0.0
G. Hampson CF-LF	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.243	.311	.351	.663	4.0
Total	31	6	8	6	1	1	3	7	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
L. Arraez 2B	4
B. De La Cruz DH	4
J. Sanchez RF	4
Y. Gurriel 1B	4
J. Wendle SS	4
J. Segura 3B	3
J. Berti LF	3
J. Davis CF	0
J. Stallings C	3
G. Hampson CF-LF	2
Total	31

2B - V. Pasquantino (17)
RBI - N. Pratto (16)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - M. Melendez

2B - B. De La Cruz (12)
HR - J. Sanchez (6)
RBI - B. De La Cruz 2 (33), J. Sanchez 4 (17)
2-Out RBI - J. Sanchez 3 (3)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - J. Stallings

CS - M. Melendez (2)

DP - (Garcia-Lopez-Pasquantino)

DP - 2 (Wendle-Gurriel; Arraez-Gurriel)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Lyles (L, 0-10)	7.0	6	5	5	1	2	1	6.84	1.29	5.0
J. Cuas	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	4.67	1.48	0.5
Total	8.0	8	6	6	1	3	1	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
J. Lyles (L, 0-10)	7.0
J. Cuas	1.0
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
E. Cabrera (W, 5-4)	5.0	2	1	1	2	4	4.29	1.38	18.0
S. Okert (H, 5)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	2.29	0.81	2.0
T. Scott (H, 10)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	3.00	1.10	4.0
A. Nardi (H, 5)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	2.57	1.04	3.5
A. Puk	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	2.87	1.21	3.5
Total	9.0	3	1	1	3	10	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
E. Cabrera (W, 5-4)	5.0
S. Okert (H, 5)	1.0
T. Scott (H, 10)	1.0
A. Nardi (H, 5)	1.0
A. Puk	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - J. Lyles 85-56, J. Cuas 17-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J. Lyles 13-7, J. Cuas 2-1
Batters Faced - J. Lyles 28, J. Cuas 4

Pitches-Strikes - E. Cabrera 65-38, S. Okert 16-8, T. Scott 14-10, A. Nardi 14-9, A. Puk 14-13
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - E. Cabrera 7-3, S. Okert 1-0, T. Scott 0-1, A. Nardi 0-1
Batters Faced - E. Cabrera 18, S. Okert 3, T. Scott 3, A. Nardi 3, A. Puk 4

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

3RD INNING
Pratto singled to shallow left, Garcia scored 1 0
Sanchez homered to center, Arraez and Hampson scored 1 3
8TH INNING
De La Cruz doubled to left center, Arraez and Hampson scored 1 5
Sanchez singled to center, De La Cruz scored 1 6

3RD INNING
	Pratto singled to shallow left, Garcia scored	1	0
	Sanchez homered to center, Arraez and Hampson scored	1	3

8TH INNING
	De La Cruz doubled to left center, Arraez and Hampson scored	1	5
	Sanchez singled to center, De La Cruz scored	1	6

1ST INNING
Royals
E. Cabrera Pitching:
N. Pratto: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Pratto struck out swinging
V. Pasquantino: Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Pasquantino grounded out to third
S. Perez: Ball, Perez hit by pitch
M. Melendez: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Melendez flied out to right
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Marlins
J. Lyles Pitching:
L. Arraez: Arraez grounded out to second
B. De La Cruz: Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Strike swinging, De La Cruz struck out swinging
J. Sanchez: Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Sanchez singled to center
Y. Gurriel: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Gurriel flied out to center
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Royals
E. Cabrera Pitching:
B. Witt: Ball, Witt grounded out to second
N. Lopez: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Lopez struck out swinging
M. Massey: Massey grounded bunt out to pitcher
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Marlins
J. Lyles Pitching:
J. Wendle: Wendle grounded out to third
J. Segura: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Segura grounded out to second
J. Berti: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Berti lined out to center
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Royals
E. Cabrera Pitching:
M. Garcia: Garcia singled to center
J. Bradley Jr.: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Bradley Jr. grounded out to second, Garcia to second
N. Pratto: Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Pratto singled to shallow left, Garcia scored
V. Pasquantino: Ball, Pickoff attempt, Ball, Strike looking, Pasquantino flied out to right
S. Perez: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Perez struck out swinging
Middle of the 3rd (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Marlins
J. Lyles Pitching:
J. Stallings: Stallings grounded out to second
G. Hampson: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Hampson walked
L. Arraez: Strike looking, Arraez singled to shallow left, Hampson to second
B. De La Cruz: Foul, Ball, De La Cruz flied out to shallow right
J. Sanchez: Foul, Pickoff attempt to second, Sanchez homered to center, Arraez and Hampson scored
Y. Gurriel: Strike looking, Strike looking, Gurriel flied out to right
End of the 3rd (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Royals
E. Cabrera Pitching:
M. Melendez: Ball, Strike (foul tip), Ball, Ball, Ball, Melendez walked
B. Witt: Strike looking, Ball, Pickoff attempt, Ball, Melendez caught stealing second, catcher to second, Foul, Witt flied out to deep center
N. Lopez: Ball, Lopez grounded out to first
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Marlins
J. Lyles Pitching:
J. Wendle: Strike looking, Strike looking, Foul, Wendle reached on an infield single to second
J. Segura: Foul, Segura flied out to right
J. Berti: Ball, Berti grounded out to third, Wendle to second
J. Stallings: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Stallings grounded out to shortstop
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Royals
E. Cabrera Pitching:
M. Massey: Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Massey walked
M. Garcia: Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Garcia grounded into double play second to first, Massey out at second
J. Bradley Jr.: Foul, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Bradley Jr. struck out swinging
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Marlins
J. Lyles Pitching:
G. Hampson: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Hampson flied out to deep right
L. Arraez: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Arraez grounded out to second
B. De La Cruz: Strike looking, Strike looking, Strike swinging, De La Cruz struck out swinging
End of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Royals
Steven Okert relieved Edward Cabrera
N. Pratto: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Pratto walked
V. Pasquantino: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Pasquantino grounded into double play shortstop to first, Pratto out at second
S. Perez: Foul, Ball, Perez lined out to right
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Marlins
J. Lyles Pitching:
J. Sanchez: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Sanchez grounded out to third
Y. Gurriel: Gurriel flied out to deep center
J. Wendle: Strike looking, Wendle lined out to first
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Royals
Tanner Scott relieved Steven Okert
M. Melendez: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Melendez struck out swinging
B. Witt: Strike swinging, Foul, Witt flied out to shallow right
N. Lopez: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Lopez struck out swinging
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Marlins
J. Lyles Pitching:
J. Segura: Segura popped out to first
J. Berti: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Berti grounded out to shortstop
J. Stallings: Ball, Ball, Stallings lined out to right
End of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Royals
Jonathan Davis in center field
Garrett Hampson in left field
Andrew Nardi relieved Tanner Scott
M. Massey: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Massey flied out to shallow left
M. Garcia: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Garcia struck out swinging
Edward Olivares hit for Jackie Bradley Jr.
E. Olivares: Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Olivares lined out to center
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Marlins
Edward Olivares in center field
G. Hampson: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Hampson reached on an infield single to shortstop
L. Arraez: Arraez singled to left, Hampson to second
Jose Cuas relieved Jordan Lyles
B. De La Cruz: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, De La Cruz doubled to left center, Arraez and Hampson scored
J. Sanchez: Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Foul, Sanchez singled to center, De La Cruz scored
Y. Gurriel: Strike looking, Gurriel grounded into double play third to second to first, Sanchez out at second
J. Wendle: Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Wendle struck out swinging
End of the 8th (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Royals
A.J. Puk relieved Andrew Nardi
N. Pratto: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Strike looking, Pratto struck out looking
V. Pasquantino: Strike swinging, Foul, Pasquantino doubled to deep right
S. Perez: Strike swinging, Foul, Strike swinging, Perez struck out swinging
M. Melendez: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Melendez struck out looking
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)

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