Arizona Diamondbacks at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

Arizona Diamondbacks

78-69, 37-38 Away

Final
2 - 5

Kansas City Royals

65-82, 39-36 Home

Witt homers to help the Royals beat the Diamondbacks 5-2

Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Kansas City Royals: Game Highlights

The Diamondbacks' winning streak ended at four and they fell a half-game behind San Diego for the third wild card in the National League.

It was the third straight series in which the Royals won the final game to avoid a sweep.

Daniel Lynch (5-5) picked up the win, his first since moving into the starting rotation in early August. He allowed two runs on four hits in five innings. Nate Pearson earned his fourth save.

Michael Soroka (8-5) took the loss in relief, allowing three runs in four innings.

The Royals got an unearned run in the second inning. John Rave and Kyle Isbel recorded two-out singles. Rave stole third base and catcher James McCann's throw went into left, allowing Rave to score. It marked the first time in the series that the Diamondbacks trailed.

The Royals added a run in the third on Carter Jensen's 23rd home run. Each of Jensen's last nine hits have gone for extra bases. He sits in second place in Royals history for home runs by a rookie (Bob Hamelin, 24, 1994).

The Diamondbacks answered quickly on Nolan Arenado's 430-foot solo home run leading off the fourth. The Diamondbacks then tied it in the fourth on a two-out RBI single by Ketel Marte.

Witt put the Royals back in the lead with his homer in the bottom of the fifth.

Up next After an off day, the Diamondbacks will host the Texas Rangers on Friday. Neither team has named a starter. The Royals travel to Boson on Friday to face the Red Sox. The Royals have not announced a starter to face Boston's RHP Sonny Gray (17-4, 2.69 ERA) in the opener.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Marte grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Nootbaar out at second.
	9th Inning	Moreno struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Moreno hit for Vargas
	9th Inning	Nootbaar walked, Lawlar to second.
	9th Inning	Lawlar singled to center.
	9th Inning	Pearson relieved Kimbrel

Statistics

ARI		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	7
6	Strikeouts	5
2	Runs Batted In	4
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	5
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
23	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
15	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	1
146	Pitches	137
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
13	Total Bases	13
38	Plate Appearances	32
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
4.2	Runs Created	3.7
.273	Batting Average	.241
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.394	Slugging Percentage	.448
.242	Secondary Average	.310
.351	On Base Percentage	.313
.745	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.761
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
4.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.1
22.0	Batter Rating	32.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	14.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.84	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.28
.121	Isolated Power	.207
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.105	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.094
-.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.069
4.0	Runs Produced	9.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
78.8	MLB Rating	82.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0