Kansas City Royals at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Kansas City Royals

42-48, 22-24 Away

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Arizona Diamondbacks

44-45, 23-24 Home

Nelson retires first 16 Royals, Carroll returns in Diamondbacks' 7-1 victory

Kansas City Royals vs. Arizona Diamondbacks: Game Highlights

Nelson (5-2), who moved into the rotation full-time when Corbin Burnes was sidelined for the season by elbow surgery, gave up four hits and one run over seven innings. The right-hander threw 86 pitches, walked none and struck out five.

Freddy Fermin’s sharp single to center with one out in the sixth ended Nelson’s perfect-game bid. Fermin scored on Bobby Witt Jr.'s two-out single.

Josh Naylor and Eugenio Suárez had RBI singles in the third off Michael Wacha (4-9), and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. doubled in two runs in the fifth for Arizona. Gurriel also tripled in the seventh off Taylor Clarke and scored on James McCann’s double.

Wacha lasted four-plus innings, giving up four hits and four runs. He threw 97 pitches, walking four and striking out four.

Randal Grichuk hit an inside-the-park homer in the eighth. With a man on base, he hit a long fly to right-center that bounced away from outfielders Jac Caglianone and Kyle Isbel and into center field as Grichuk scored standing up for his fifth homer of the season.

Before the game, the Diamondbacks activated outfielder Corbin Carroll from the injured list. The 2023 National League Rookie of the Year, who has 20 homers and a major league-leading nine triples, was 0 for 5 in his return. He had been sidelined since June 18, when he sustained a chip fracture in his left wrist when he was hit by a pitch in Toronto.

Utilityman Tim Tawa was optioned to Triple-A Reno in a corresponding move.

Key moment Gurriel’s two-out, two-run double off reliever John Schreiber made it 4-0 in the fifth.

Key stat Nelson is 3-0 with a 2.01 ERA in his last five starts.

Up next Royals RHP Michael Lorenzen (4-8, 4.95) opposes Diamondbacks RHP Anthony DeSclafani (0-0, 4.82) on Sunday the series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Garcia flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Pasquantino struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Witt Jr. popped out to first.
	9th Inning	Miller relieved Ginkel
	8th Inning	Naylor grounded out to second.
	8th Inning	Grichuk homered to right center (395 feet), Alexander scored.

Statistics

KC		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
9	Ground Balls	9
7	Strikeouts	7
1	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
6	Runners Left On Base	22
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
15	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
110	Pitches	168
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
6	Total Bases	15
31	Plate Appearances	40
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
-0.1	Runs Created	6.6
.161	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.194	Slugging Percentage	.469
.032	Secondary Average	.406
.161	On Base Percentage	.400
.355	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.869
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
-0.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.4
11.0	Batter Rating	45.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.55	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.20
.032	Isolated Power	.219
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.86
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.150
-.129	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.156
2.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
63.8	MLB Rating	90.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0