Royals, Marlins and Otto Lopez
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The Kansas City Royals began the second half of the major league season on Friday night with an 8-7 loss against the Miami Marlins, falling in 10 innings. It was a disappointing loss for Kansas City,
On Saturday, Quantrill crossed paths with the Royals again. And this time, he propelled the Marlins to a 1-0 victory at LoanDepot Park. The Royals logged just two hits against Quantrill, who remains undefeated against them.
Back from the All-Star break, the right-hander delivered his most efficient outing of the season as the Marlins rallied late to beat the Royals 3-1.
Right-hander Cal Quantrill turned in his best performance as a Marlin, infielder Otto Lopez delivered a game-winning two-run double in the eighth inning, and the Marlins ran their winning streak to four games with a 3-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals Saturday afternoon at loanDepot park.
At loanDepot park on Sunday, the Miami Marlins (three consecutive wins) face the Kansas City Royals at 1:40 p.m. ET. As the favorite, the Royals (-132 moneyline odds to win) visit the Marlins (+111). The Royals will start Kris Bubic (7-6) against the Marlins and Janson Junk (4-1).
BOTTOM LINE: The Miami Marlins face the Kansas City Royals with a 1-0 series lead. Miami has a 45-51 record overall and a 21-27 record at home. Marlins hitters are batting a collective .254, which ranks fourth in the NL.
Marlins first. Xavier Edwards triples to deep right field. Jesus Sanchez pops out to Salvador Perez. Otto Lopez grounds out to shallow infield, Maikel Garcia to Vinnie Pasquantino. Xavier
What’s next: The Royals continue their weekend series at the Marlins. On Saturday, KC right-handed starter Michael Wacha (4-9, 3.74 ERA) will start opposite MLB veteran Cal Quantrill (3-8, 5.62 ERA) at 3:10 p.m. Central Time.