Kansas City Royals at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Kansas City Royals

43-48, 23-24 Away

Final
4 - 0

Arizona Diamondbacks

44-46, 23-25 Home

Lorenzen dominant in 7 innings, Witt homers in Royals' 4-0 win over Diamondbacks

Michael Lorenzen silences D-backs' bats in Royals' win

Lorenzen (5-8) kept the Diamondbacks off-balance all afternoon with a mix of mid-90s fastballs and changeups. He struck out the side in the first inning and didn’t allow a hit until Randal Grichuk’s two-out double in the fifth.

Lorenzen allowed two hits and walked one.

Witt hit a solo homer off Anthony DeSclafani (0-1) in the fifth inning to extend his team-record road hitting streak to 26 games. Salvador Perez also hit a solo homer in the Royals' fourth win in six games.

Arizona had three hits and didn't get a runner past second base to lose for the fourth time in five games.

Witt's homer with one out in the fifth — hit 12th of the season — was the first hit off DeSclafani. Perez followed with his 10th later in the inning.

John Rave chased DeSclafani with a run-scoring single in the fifth inning and Kyle Isbel followed with another to put Kansas City up 4-0.

DeSclafani allowed four runs on four hits and struck out six in four innings.

Key moment Witt's homer in the fifth was the first hit by either team.

Key stat Witt's road hitting streak ties for the second-longest in the last 10 years, behind the 32-game streak by the Dodgers' Trea Turner from 2021-22. Marcus Semien also had a hit in 26 straight road games for Toronto in 2021.

Up next Kansas City LHP Andrew Heaney (4-7, 4.16 ERA) pitches the opener of a three-game home series against Pittsburgh on Monday night. Arizona RHP Zac Gallen 6-9, 5.45) opens a four-game series at San Diego on Monday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Suárez flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Naylor flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Perdomo hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	Marte popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Estévez relieved Erceg
	9th Inning	Loftin at second base.

Statistics

KC		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	1
8	Ground Balls	6
8	Strikeouts	9
4	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	3
2	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	0
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	30
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
17	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
136	Pitches	110
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
17	Total Bases	4
37	Plate Appearances	32
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	1
5.3	Runs Created	-0.1
.242	Batting Average	.100
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.515	Slugging Percentage	.133
.394	Secondary Average	.100
.324	On Base Percentage	.156
.839	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.290
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
5.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.1
38.0	Batter Rating	6.0
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.68	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.44
.273	Isolated Power	.033
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.054	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.031
.152	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
8.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
85.3	MLB Rating	57.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0