The Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Kansas City Royals 5-3 on Sep 8, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Tim Tawa went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Diamondbacks.
- Corbin Burnes pitched 3.0 innings for the Diamondbacks, allowing 0 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- John Rave went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
Arizona Diamondbacks box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ildemaro Vargas | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriel Moreno | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Tawa | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nolan Arenado | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tommy Troy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ketel Marte | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Waldschmidt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Geraldo Perdomo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Adrian Del Castillo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Lawlar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 37 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbin Burnes | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Blake Walston | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Kade Strowd | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Ginkel | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Santana | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Juan Morillo | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jonathan Loaisiga | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 11.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
Kansas City Royals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Loftin | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| John Rave | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Carter Jensen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Matthew Lugo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 37 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Anthony Gose | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Thomas | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Hoffman | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 11.0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
Before and after
- Diamondbacks · 2026 season · Previous Sep 7, 2026: ARI 5, KC 4 · Next Sep 9, 2026: ARI 2, KC 5
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Sep 7, 2026: ARI 5, KC 4 · Next Sep 9, 2026: ARI 2, KC 5