Arizona Diamondbacks at Kansas City Royals

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Arizona Diamondbacks

53-50, 27-26 Away

Final
8 - 6

Kansas City Royals

56-47, 35-20 Home

Gabriel Moreno hits go-ahead double in 5-run 9th inning, the Diamondbacks beat the Royals 8-6

“We never shut down. It was a character win. I think the guys dug as deep as they could,” Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said. “It was a tough environment against a good team. We just got one guy on and kept the line moving.”

Eugenio Saurez homered for Arizona in the second and Joc Pederson and Christian Walker hit back-to-back shots in the fourth to make it 3-1. Pederson has 200 career homers.

With Arizona down 4-3 in the ninth against closer James McArthur (4-4), Lourdes Gurriel Jr singled with one out, Geraldo Perdomo walked and Moreno slashed the double that rolled to the wall in the right-center gap

“I was really looking for a pitch that I wouldn’t hit into a double play. I was able to stay within myself and go to my side, which is right center,” Moreno said through a translator.

After Corbin Carroll followed Moreno with a single, Marte blasted the three-run homer to center.

“That was a super frustrating inning,” MacArthur said. “I felt like I was pretty close at times of getting out of it and just didn’t make the pitch I needed to.”

Marte homered in all three games in the series.

“He’s a beast, I don’t know what else to say,” Lovullo said about Marte, Arizona's line All-Star this season. “He doesn’t surprise me. I’ve seen him do it over and over again. He wants to be in the middle of everything, that’s his personality, and it was a big knock for him.”

Joe Mantiply (4-2) pitched the eighth for the victory and Paul Sewald closed it out after allowing Vinnie Pasquantino’s two-run single in the ninth.

The Royals took the lead with a three-run fourth. Michael Massey doubled and scored on Maikel Garcia’s fielder’s choice. Kyle Isbel followed with a triple to tie it and scored on Ryne Nelson’s wild pitch.

“We left some guys on early, so to fight back and get the lead was big for us,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. "But you’ve got to give those guys credit for executing and getting balls in play.”

Bobby Witt Jr. went 3 for 4 for Kansas City to raise his average to .344.

Diamondbacks: Arizona returns home to face Pittsburgh on Friday night. The Diamondbacks hadn’t announced a starter.

Royals: RHP Brady Singer (6-6, 3.00 ERA) was set to start Friday night at home against the Chicago Cubs.

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Matchup Prediction

Royals: 60.8%

Diamondbacks: 39.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Perez flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Pasquantino singled to right, Garcia scored and Witt Jr. scored.
	9th Inning	Witt Jr. to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Witt Jr. singled to center, Garcia to third.
	9th Inning	Hampson lined out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Isbel fouled out to third.

Statistics

ARI		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
18	Ground Balls	12
3	Strikeouts	4
8	Runs Batted In	5
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	12
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	3
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	36
4	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
2	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
15	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
156	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
25	Total Bases	16
40	Plate Appearances	40
648.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
7	Extra Base Hits	3
8.5	Runs Created	5.5
.286	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.714	Slugging Percentage	.444
.543	Secondary Average	.194
.359	On Base Percentage	.400
1.073	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.844
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
8.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.5
61.0	Batter Rating	40.5
8.8	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.90	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.58
.429	Isolated Power	.111
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.75
.075	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.075
.257	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.139
16.0	Runs Produced	11.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.8	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
104.5	MLB Rating	92.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0