Kyle Stowers hits 2-run walk-off homer in 10th to give the Marlins an 8-7 win over the Royals

MIAMI AP Kyle Stowers hit a two-run walk-off homer in the th inning and finished with three hits as the Miami Marlins defeated the Kansas City Royals - on Friday night Stowers had already tied a Marlins franchise record with his fourth home run in two games when he hit a three-run shot in the first inning After Miami had built then squandered a - lead the first-time All-Star followed with the biggest swing of the battle against Carlos Est vez - that sent the winning shot feet to right field Stowers went for and reached base in his first two at-bats to extend his on-base streak to plate appearances also tying a club record Adam Frazier entered as a pinch-hitter in the th and drove in automatic runner Jonathan India and Bobby Witt Jr who had reached on an infield single Frazier doubled to right off Lake Bachar - to give Kansas City the lead entering the bottom half In the Marlins th Agust n Ram rez drove in automatic runner Derek Hill with a single before Stowers walk-off Kansas City had erased a five-run deficit with a four-run fourth against Sandy Alcantara the Cy Young Award winner who hasn t quite returned to form since missing the season due to Tommy John surgery Alcantara gave up hits to three of the first four batters he faced in the inning John Rave then went deep off the Marlins veteran for his first major league home run pulling his association within a run Rave hit the tying homer in the ninth off Calvin Faucher to send the championship to extra innings Key moment Stowers walk-off in the th was the second walk-off homer of his career Key stat Miami has seven walk-off victories this season Up next RHP Michael Wacha - starts the second championship of the series for the Royals against Marlins RHP Cal Quantrill -