Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Carlos Estevez, left, and first baseman Salvador Perez (13) walk from the field after defeating the Miami Marlins in a baseball game, Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Kansas City Royals’ Bobby Witt Jr. runs after hitting a double during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Kansas City Royals’ Salvador Perez (13) gestures as he scores after hitting a solo home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Kansas City Royals’ Freddy Fermin (34) and Kyle Isbel (28) score on a double hit by Jonathan Indi during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Carlos Estevez reacts after Miami Marlins’ Liam Hicks flys out for the final out in the ninth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Bubic pitches 5 scoreless innings, Perez homers to help the Royals beat the Marlins
MIAMI (AP) — Kris Bubic pitched five shutout innings, Salvador Perez homered and doubled and the Kansas City Royals beat Miami 7-4 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep and end the Marlins’ winning streak at four.
Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Carlos Estevez, left, and first baseman Salvador Perez (13) walk from the field after defeating the Miami Marlins in a baseball game, Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
MIAMI (AP) — Kris Bubic pitched five shutout innings, Salvador Perez homered and doubled and the Kansas City Royals beat Miami 7-4 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep and end the Marlins’ winning streak at four.
Perez hit his 15th homer of the season in the eighth.
Kansas City took a 3-0 lead in the fourth, and made it 6-0 in the fifth.
In the fourth, Bobby Witt Jr. scored on Maikel Garcia’s sacrifice fly, Perez hit a ground-rule double and Jac Caglianone followed with a two-run double off starter Janson Junk (4-2). In the fifth, Jonathan India had a two-run double and Vinnie Pasquantino added an RBI sacrifice fly.
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Xavier Edwards and AgustÃn RamÃrez each had two RBIs for Miami.
Key moment
After India popped out to open the fourth, Witt hit his major league-leading 33 double of the season and moved to third on a single by Pasquantino to spark Kansas City’s three-run fourth inning.
Key stat
The Royals, who went into the game with the fourth-most doubles (172) in the major leagues behind the Boston Red Sox (202), Arizona Diamondbacks (178) and New York Yankees (175), had five doubles by five players.
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