The Kansas City Royals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 on Sep 9, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Nolan Arenado went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Diamondbacks.
- Michael Soroka pitched 4.0 innings for the Diamondbacks, allowing 3 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Daniel Lynch IV pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ketel Marte | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Geraldo Perdomo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Lawlar | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Tawa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James McCann | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nolan Arenado | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ildemaro Vargas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gabriel Moreno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Adrian Del Castillo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
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 Soroka | 4.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Zac Gallen | 3.1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Derek Law | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Rave | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lynch IV | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Craig Kimbrel | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Gose | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Pearson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
Before and after
- Diamondbacks · 2026 season · Previous Sep 8, 2026: ARI 5, KC 3 · Next Sep 11, 2026: TEX 1, ARI 9
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Sep 8, 2026: ARI 5, KC 3 · Next Sep 11, 2026: KC 3, BOS 2