Kansas City Royals at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Kansas City Royals

42-47, 22-23 Away

Final
9 - 3

Arizona Diamondbacks

43-45, 22-24 Home

Vinnie Pasquantino has 2 HRs, career high 6 RBIs to lift Royals over Diamondbacks 9-3

Vinnie Pasquantino powers up with 2nd homer to boost Royals

The Royals have won three of their past four games. The D-backs have dropped three straight.

Pasquantino gave the Royals a 3-0 lead in the first with a three-run shot into the right field seats off left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez. The first baseman took Rodriguez deep again in the fourth, this time mashing the ball 401 feet over the right-center wall for a two-run homer and an 8-2 lead.

It was Pasquantino's second career multi-homer game. Mark Canha added a solo homer in the fifth.

Kansas City lefty Kris Bubic (7-6) gave up three runs on seven hits and three walks over seven innings. He struck out six.

Rodriguez (3-5) gave up nine runs — eight earned — over 4 1/3 innings and now has a 5.78 ERA. He struck out seven, but gave up 12 hits, including three homers.

Arizona cut Kansas City's lead to 3-2 in the bottom of the first on Eugenio Suarez's sacrifice fly and Josh Naylor's RBI single. But the Royals came right back with three runs in the second to take a 6-2 lead.

Suarez added a solo homer in the sixth — his 28th of the season.

Key moment Rodriguez had two strikes on leadoff hitter Jonathan India in the first inning before hitting him with a pitch. Witt followed with a single and Pasquantino homered, foreshadowing a rough night for the D-backs.

Key stat Rodriguez has a 6-9 record with a 5.49 ERA over 25 starts since signing with the D-backs on an $80 million, four-year deal in December 2023.

Up next The series continues Saturday when the Royals send RHP Michael Wacha (4-8, 3.62 ERA) to the mound. The D-backs counter with RHP Ryne Nelson (4-2, 3.61).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Gurriel Jr. struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Perdomo to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Perdomo singled to left.
	9th Inning	Marte grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Herrera struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Long relieved Lynch IV

Statistics

KC		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	13
10	Strikeouts	8
9	Runs Batted In	3
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
40	At Bats	33
3	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
21	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
162	Pitches	137
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
26	Total Bases	11
43	Plate Appearances	39
486.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
6	Extra Base Hits	1
9.3	Runs Created	3.9
.350	Batting Average	.242
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.650	Slugging Percentage	.333
.300	Secondary Average	.212
.381	On Base Percentage	.333
1.031	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.667
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
9.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.9
65.0	Batter Rating	23.0
13.3	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.77	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.51
.300	Isolated Power	.091
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.103
-.050	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.030
18.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
108.8	MLB Rating	77.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0