KANSAS CITY (AP) - Miguel Cabrera homered twice and drove in four runs and Miguel Olivo went 5 for 5, leading the Florida Marlins to a 9-8 victory over the Royals last night.

Cabrera, who tops all major-league third basemen with 85 hits, was 2 for 5 and raised his average to .337. He connected off starter Jorge De La Rosa in the fifth and added a second two-run shot off Joel Peralta that made it 9-3 in the sixth.

Olivo had two doubles and three singles, tying a club record one night after going 3 for 4. It was the 11th time a Marlins batter had gone 5 for 5. In 27 games against Kansas City for Seattle, the Chicago White Sox and the Marlins, he’s hitting .416 (37 for 89) with 22 RBI. His teams are 20-7 against the Royals.

Cabrera’s 16 home runs trails only Alex Rodriguez among big-league third basemen.

John Buck homered twice for Kansas City, raising his total to a team-leading 12.

Rookie right-hander Rick Vanden Hurk (2-2) went six-plus innings for the Marlins and gave up six runs - five earned. He walked two and struck out a career-best seven in his sixth major-league start.

Kevin Gregg allowed Esteban German’s RBI single in the ninth before finishing up for his 11th save in 11 chances. Gregg got Mark Teahen to ground into a double play, and Mike Sweeney flied out to end the game.

It was the fourth loss in five starts for De La Rosa (4-7), who gave up seven runs and 13 hits in 42/3 innings, with one walk and four strikeouts. He gave up back-to-back doubles by Alfredo Amezaga and Dan Uggla leading off the game. After Cabrera’s first two-run homer in the fifth, Olivo doubled home a run and scored on Jason Wood’s RBI single for a 7-3 lead.

Sweeney doubled home two runs in the first, and Buck homered leading off the second. His second homer, off Armando Benitez in the eighth, made it 9-7.

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