Arizona Diamondbacks at Kansas City Royals

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Arizona Diamondbacks

78-68, 37-37 Away

Final
5 - 3

Kansas City Royals

64-82, 38-36 Home

Diamondbacks beat Royals 5-3 in 11 innings as Corbin Burnes makes return after Tommy John surgery

Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Kansas City Royals: Game Highlights

Burnes threw three innings and 57 pitches in his first start since June 2025. He struck out two and allowed two hits and two walks.

Arizona (78-68) has won five of its last six games to hold onto the third Wild Card spot.

In the 11th, Ryan Waldschmidt advanced Ildemaro Vargas to third on a leadoff sacrifice bunt, and Gurriel drove in Vargas after Matthew Lugo missed the catch in right-center field. The play was scored a triple.

Ketel Marte added an insurance run in the 11th with a sacrifice fly, and Ryan Walston (1-0) earned his first career win and save in two innings of work.

The game was scoreless until the eighth, when Perdomo hit a sacrifice fly to bring in the game's first run. Tim Tawa added a solo homer in the ninth, his 10th.

John Rave answered for the Royals with a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth, and both teams scored one run in the 10th.

Michael Wacha struck out four in six innings and allowed three hits and four walks, picking up his fourth straight quality start for the Royals. Anthony Gose (1-1) took the loss.

Up next Daniel Lynch IV (4-5, 3.51 ERA) takes the mound for the Royals in the series finale Wednesday against RHP Merrill Kelly (9-13, 5.06).

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Scoring Summary

	11th Inning	Tolbert grounded out to shortstop.
	11th Inning	Tolbert hit for Isbel
	11th Inning	Rave struck out swinging.
	11th Inning	Collins grounded out to third.
	11th Inning	Moreno flied out to left.
	11th Inning	Marte hit sacrifice fly to left, Gurriel Jr. scored.

Statistics

ARI		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	10
5	Strikeouts	8
5	Runs Batted In	3
2	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	1
7	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
2	Sacrifice Flies	1
37	At Bats	37
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
24	Runners Left On Base	25
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	2
1	Doubles	3
22	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
191	Pitches	170
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
13	Total Bases	13
48	Plate Appearances	45
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	4
5.6	Runs Created	4.5
.243	Batting Average	.189
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.351	Slugging Percentage	.351
.297	Secondary Average	.378
.348	On Base Percentage	.311
.699	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.662
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
4.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.8
34.0	Batter Rating	29.0
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	37.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.98	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.78
.108	Isolated Power	.162
1.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.88
.146	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.156
.054	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.189
10.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
85.5	MLB Rating	77.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0