KANSAS CITY (Interstat) — Graham Pauley drove in four runs and Tyler Phillips pitched five scoreless innings as the Miami Marlins defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Tuesday, Sept. 1, at Kauffman Stadium.

Pauley homered in the second inning, scoring Owen Caissie, to give Miami a 2-0 lead. Kyle Stowers made it 3-0 with a solo homer in the fifth. In the seventh, Pauley tripled in Otto Lopez and Joe Mack and then scored on Javier Sanoja’s single for a 6-0 Miami advantage.

The Royals answered in the eighth when Carter Jensen doubled off Victor Vodnik, scoring Josh Rojas, and Bobby Witt Jr. followed with a sacrifice fly that scored Isaac Collins. Nick Loftin homered in the ninth for the final margin.

Phillips (4-6) allowed one hit and struck out four over five innings. Randy Dobnak (2-3) took the loss after giving up six runs and seven hits in six innings. Miami improved to 70-69; Kansas City fell to 63-77. Miami had eight hits to Kansas City’s six. The game lasted 2 hours, 22 minutes before an announced crowd of 13,330.