The Scorecard · September 9, 2026

Arizona Diamondbacks at Kansas City Royals

Bobby Witt Jr.'s three-run homer in the fifth put Kansas City ahead to stay.

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Arizona Diamondbacks at Kansas City Royals

Kauffman Stadium · September 9, 2026 · Final: AZ 2, KC 5 · W: Daniel Lynch IV

First pitch 6:40 PM · Final out 10:01 PM · Time of game 3:21

Umpires — HP Will Little · 1B Derek Thomas · 2B Lance Barksdale · 3B Ryan Wills

ABSAZ KC ● won · ✕ lost · ○ in hand

Scored play-by-play by the FVR engine from the official MLB feed — every mark reconciled, or the card refuses to print. Tap any box for the pitches that made the mark.

Arizona Diamondbacks

2R9H1E9LOB

Batter

Ildemaro Vargas2B AZ

PHGabriel MorenoPH AZ

Ketel MarteDH AZ

Geraldo PerdomoSS AZ

Nolan Arenado3B AZ

Tim Tawa1B AZ

Lourdes Gurriel Jr.LF

James McCannC AZ

PHAdrian Del CastilloPH/C AZ

Jordan LawlarCF AZ

Lars NootbaarRF AZ

Runs

PitchersIPHRERBBSOPS

Zac Gallen3.1421216842

Derek Law0.200000116

Michael SorokaL4.0333145834

Kansas City Royals

5R7H0E3LOB

Batter

Carter JensenC KC

Bobby Witt Jr.SS KC

Vinnie Pasquantino1B KC

John RaveRF KC

Runs

PitchersIPHRERBBSOPS

Daniel Lynch IVW5.0422238150

Jose Cuas1.0100112010

Anthony Gose1.010000138

Craig Kimbrel1.020001139

Nate PearsonSV1.0100111910

SBJohn Rave (3B)

CSJohn Rave

Excitement 2.45 of win probability moved, per nine inningsComeback 2.4 — the winner's floor was 42%Biggest swing +0.270 in the 5th, at leverage 1.9

The hit chart

Where every ball landed

AZ — visitors

KC — home

hit

out

All 16 hits located, and 52 balls in play with them. Coordinates are the game’s own, from the same feed the engine reads.

Reading the marks · no black boxes

1–9 the nine fielders (1 P, 2 C, 3 1B … 9 RF)

6‑3 ground out, shortstop to first

3U put out unassisted

K strikeout · K called (backward)

F8 fly · P6 pop · L7 line (to that fielder)

1B8 hit, with where it went

BB walk · HBP hit by pitch

FC 6 fielder’s choice, fielded by 6

◆ diamond fills = run scored

⚫ the out it made (1, 2, or 3), in that runner’s box

2‑4 a runner retired on the bases (caught stealing, picked off), written small in his box as the chain that got him

one dot per run driven in (RBI)

PH · PR · → a substitute badged by his name — pinch hitter, pinch runner, or defensive sub

A ABS (Automated Ball‑Strike) challenge — filled = overturned

The diamond fills teal when the run scores; the out lands in the box of the runner it was made on. Names link to their pages at www.feverbaseball.com. New to the marks? The primer scores a full inning from scratch. Every pitch under these marks is typed, clocked and located off the same official feed. A hand-scorer could record what happened; nobody could record the pitch that did it.

Home plate: Will Little · Blue Notes for this game → · his road to the plate →Crew: 1B Derek Thomas · 2B Lance Barksdale · 3B Ryan Wills

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Daniel Lynch IV allowed two runs in five innings for Kansas City, and Bobby Witt Jr. turned a 2-2 game with a three-run shot on a 0-0 sinker in the 5th. The Diamondbacks collected nine hits and left nine on base — Ketel Marte's RBI single in the 5th was their last run. Zac Gallen lasted 3.1 innings for Arizona. Craig Kimbrel threw a clean 8th and Nate Pearson did the same in the 9th for the save.

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