D-backs vs. Royals Game Highlights (7/24/24) | MLB Highlights

Up against the right hander Michael Waka now 33 and pitching for his sixth team in six seasons of free agent signing in December. This guy lives and dies with his changeup. That's his primary pitch. He throws it more than any other. He has a full arsenal of other pitches to go along with that changeup. But if he has a good change, that's when he's at his best. Corbin got the night off to a good start last night. He singled and scored in the first inning. Unfortunately, he struck out in three of his next four at bats. It's been his only hit in the series and we're under as he swings and lifts one high out to right. It's playable for waters and maybe a few steps to his left. He makes the grab one up, one down at the top of the first inning. So that will bring up. That one is hard to right. Another base hit for Marte, his fifth hit in this series. It's a one out single. Stay hot is probably a little jealous of all the attention Bobby Witt junior has had in this series. He says, hey, wait a minute. There's another all star on the field and Catell has shown him throughout this series who the all star is on the D Backs roster. Peterson, one out of four in this series. He's also drawn a walk, a little bit more humidity in the air, just a little warmer than it's been the previous two days. A little too warm for something. Had him reaching ground ball. Davin steps on first and they've got the runner Marte in a rundown and they will tag him out. So it's a double play, took a run down. But nonetheless, they got the DP. Welcome back to Kaufman Stadium. That's right hander Ryan Nelson on an impressive run right now attacking hitters with what's becoming a dominant fastball. He is unbeaten in his 4 July appearances. You can tell the Kaufman assist in his body language out there on the mound and his conviction to that fastball, he is convinced he can throw it by big league hitters if he gets it up there at the top of the strike zone. Adam Frazier's batting average right at two 100. As the old one. There's a hard one hopper diving Perdomo has it to his feet, throws to first in time. Oh man, what a play by perdomo position way up the middle. So he has to come back to his arm side, the third base side, full extension and got a nice hard one hop and he came up and even threw a little sinker to walker, but good enough for him to keep the toe on the bag and a good defensive play for the pitcher, Nelson. Now, Bobby win, Junior, Bob hitting 340 and that's outside for a one out walk. Bobby went with 23 stolen bases. Now, Benny hitting 253 that's a base hit to right field and that's an easy first to third for Bobby Wood Junior and the Royals have runners at the corners with one out. That's what you wait on that four seam fastball. Nice clean hit. That's a great way. Your first plate appearance to handle that. Salvi who has had about an RBI, a game over the last three weeks swung on grounded to short perdomo. Has it quick flip to second for one, had to throw to first in tie. That's as easy as you like of a 643 inning ending double play. We go to the second no score. The D backs continuing to gain momentum as they make another run at a postseason appearance. They are 2/500 only game out of a wild card spot. A chance to take a two series wins on this road trip. This is a mile high in the air. Can it hang on left field corner , Suarez is headed out of here. Geno. Suarez got the change up and took Waka out to left and the Diamondbacks have a 10 lead boy. That was way up there in a light , hung on for the home run. His 12th made a good sound off his bat that time. I just wondered like you if he hit it too high to get it out of here to left field. But that carried and carried and carried. Maybe it was the humidity. There you go. Mr Science Arizona took two out of three from the Royals last year in Phoenix and they faced Ryan Nelson and the one game that the Royals won, they beat Nelson who gave up four runs on 11 hits over five innings. Right field. Carroll is back. He's at the track and it's off the fence and now it rolls away from him. Here comes Freddie around third and the throw from the outfield was not a good one and Freddie Fermin scores from first on a double by Drew Waters. Michael walking. Now 33 years old just turned 33 earlier this month, but he has pitched well here in Kansas City. They brought Walker in, they brought set Lugo in. He's given up a total of only 15 earned runs. Peterson launches one way back. There it goes. And that's number 200 for Jock Peterson and the Diamondbacks have a 2 to 1 lead into the fountains at the K 200 for Jock 445 ft. Well, he's going to have a waterlogged ball in his trophy case, man just mashed that fastball a little bit out over the plate where he can get his arms extended, got barrel on it and he knew it right away. Even in this big ballpark, he knew it was gone 445. His 14th of the year Roy Walker had given up only nine homers in 17 starts all season. He's given up two in less than four innings here tonight. And they're still looking for that souvenir. This is like San francisco only a lot more difficult there. It is. Can we get word to the good people at Kansas City who have been tremendous hosts for, made us feel right at home. We need that ball. It's important. Souvenir for Christian hits it hard to left, it backs up. Frazier, still backing up. It's gone. They go back to back in the fourth off Waka and its 3 to 1 Diamondbacks. And for Christian, that's his first home run since July 4th, which was the finale at Dodger Stadium and his 23rd of the year , maybe not as majestic as the first two, but hit every bit as hard. And that has been the mantra from Brents to ryan Nelson one outing at a time one day at a time. And Ryan has admitted there's been moments in the past where he's gotten really down on himself after a tough start when things didn't go. Well as they say on Ted Lasso got to be a goldfish have a short memory fastball chops off to the right side. Marte Gloves tries to flip to be pulls him off the bat. He recovers to reach behind him and tag the base for the out. Massey comes in to score and it's now a one run game and the Diamondbacks had a chance for a double play but Marte's flip was offline PDO did a good job to recover and at least get one out. Oh, that would have gotten the Diamondbacks out of the inning had Marte gloved cleanly and the Diamondbacks turn two, which they likely would have instead Massey scores runner on first two outs. Garcia takes off and Isbell hits it to the gap. Garcia is already at third. Wilson waves him home. He's in to score standing to tie the game and Kyle Isbell sprints to third. He's got a triple. This game is tied at three in the bottom of the fourth inning. A game tying RB I triple and the Royals have answered again. Change up in the dirt skips by Herrera. Here comes his belly slides in safely ahead of the throw. The Royals have taken the lead. It's 4 to 3 in the bottom of the fourth inning. He was set up outside for the up and instead Nelson pulled it down and in towards the feet of Frazier and just sell out goalie style, just let it hit your chest protector and just keep it in front that keeps that runner at third base and now with first base open, they will walk Peterson intentionally and pitch to Walker. Don't let him do it to you. Somebody usually yells at from the dugout when they intentionally walk a guy ahead of you, especially Christian walker. There's the pop up waters gets behind it. Carroll tags and holds again. If, if Carroll had gone home, that would have been an inning ending double play. So there are two down for mccarthy groundball up the middle Bobby Witt behind Shin has got it quick throw, got him at first and Harvey works around the hit batter, the stolen base and the intentional walk pretty rare to hit three homers in a game and lose, but the Diamondbacks are in that position right now. They've lost only a dozen three homer games in franchise history. Macarthur with 31 strikeouts, only seven walks. He's more vulnerable by just giving up base hits. Nouriel takes off. It's low in the dirt and it's ball four. Perdomo took ball, four, might have been strike three. It looked pretty good with two on and one out. Diamondbacks zero for six with runners in scoring position. Moreno the hitters it out to right field. Renfro won't get there. It splits the gap here we go. Gurriel Home, they're going to Perdomo gabriel Moreno in two and it's 5 to 4 Diamondbacks. What have we said? Time and time again when Gabby goes to right center, that's when good things happen the moment of the game is that ball four call on Perdomo on the monitor. It looked like it was in the bottom of the zone. That would have been a strike him out, throw him out game ending double play. Instead it's a walk. Moreno comes to the plate hits that game tying base it to right waters blows it into a go ahead double and now with two runs already in, you got the chance for three, maybe four speed over at first Carroll probably looking to run here, swung on, hit in the air to center going back Isbell, he's out of the track, he's at the wall and it is gone on. Catell does it once again, a three run over and the Diamondbacks have blown it open with a five run ninth inning. It is now the Diamondbacks eight and the Royals for the Royals are still kicking with his third hit of the night all sh and now it's up to Patino and this is where the threat gets real because the tying run on deck, Salvador Perez, ground ball base hit two runs score and here comes the tying run to the plate and you wonder if Brent Stram was saying to even someone like Paul Sewell do not, do not give this guy a chance to tie the game. Lourdes has got it. And the Diamondbacks have got a series win in Kansas City and they get back to 3/500.