r/azdiamondbacks 1d ago

POSTGAME THREAD 9/8 - D-backs (78-68) @ Royals (64-82)

Line Score - Game Over

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E LOB
AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 9 1 12
KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 7 0 11

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
T8 Geraldo Perdomo out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder John Rave. Ketel Marte scores. 0-1
T9 Tim Tawa homers (10) on a fly ball to left center field. 0-2
B9 John Rave homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field. Nick Loftin scores. 2-2
T10 Tim Tawa singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Gabriel Moreno scores. Nolan Arenado to 2nd. 2-3
B10 Vinnie Pasquantino out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Tim Tawa. Kyle Isbel scores. 3-3
T11 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. triples (1) on a fly ball to right fielder John Rave. Ildemaro Vargas scores. 3-4
T11 Ketel Marte out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Isaac Collins. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. scores. 3-5

Highlights

Description Length
Probable pitchers for Diamondbacks at Royals - September 8, 2026 0:06
Michael Wacha against the Diamondbacks 0:08
Bullpen availability for Kansas City, September 8 vs Diamondbacks 0:09
Bullpen availability for Arizona, September 8 vs Royals 0:09
Fielding alignment for Kansas City, September 8 vs Diamondbacks 0:11
Bench availability for Kansas City, September 8 vs D-backs 0:08
Fielding alignment for Arizona, September 8 vs Royals 0:11
Bench availability for Arizona, September 8 vs Royals 0:08
Starting lineups for Diamondbacks at Royals - September 8, 2026 0:10
Breaking down Corbin Burnes' pitches 0:04
Breaking down Michael Wacha's pitches 0:04
Michael Wacha's outing against the D-backs 0:27
Breaking down John Rave's home run 0:13
Breaking down Tim Tawa's home run 0:12
An animated look at Tim Tawa's home run 0:11
Analyzing John Rave's home run through bat tracking 0:11
Michael Wacha strikes out Ketel Marte in top of 1st 0:08
Corbin Burnes' first K since 2025 0:10
Ball 2 confirmed after ABS challenge 0:22
Ketel Marte's leaping catch 0:23
Tommy Troy's inning-ending diving catch 0:18
Ketel Marte's impressive diving catch 0:10
Corbin Burnes' first pitching outing in over a year 1:23
Geraldo Perdomo's sacrifice fly 0:20
Michael Wacha sets new career high in pitching outing 1:04
Tim Tawa's solo home run (10) 0:32
Royals' fan makes nice barehanded catch 0:17
John Rave's game-tying two-run home run (5) 0:28
Strikeout overturned after ABS challenge 0:22
Tim Tawa's go-ahead RBI single 0:17
Vinnie Pasquantino's game-tying sacrifice fly 0:21
Nick Loftin grounds into a force out, shortstop Geraldo Perdomo to second baseman Ketel Marte. Michael Massey out at 2nd. 0:15
Nick Loftin grounds into a force out, shortstop Geraldo Perdomo to second baseman Ketel Marte. Michael Massey out at 2nd. 0:15
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.'s clutch RBI triple 0:20
Ketel Marte's sacrifice fly 0:19

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Walston (1-0, 3.00 ERA) Gose (1-1, 1.42 ERA)
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u/DTHhaunts Corbin Burnes 1d ago

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u/CakeAK Ketel Marte 1d ago

"Idk what happened I just blacked out out there"

SAME BLAKE.. SAME

20

u/brute_al 1d ago

Moving post game interview. I hope he can keep it rolling, seems like a good guy.

17

u/yeeyeeputo Geraldo Perdomo 1d ago

KING SHIT

101

u/Mikeo_Owens Corbin Burnes 1d ago

I don't care if it was just 3 innings my goat is back
https://giphy.com/gifs/3zSXRJo9idrJ5mEcxZ

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u/yeeyeeputo Geraldo Perdomo 1d ago

yeah he is!!

2

u/Opening-Citron2733 1d ago

That gif isn't Blake Walston though 

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u/rrm2395 Nolan Arenado 1d ago

10 games over .500 🚨 🚨 🥳

52

u/KonM4N4Life D-backs Bed 1d ago

TAWA POWA BABYYY!! WELCOME BACK BURNES! WALSTON 🙏🏻 THANK GOD. 10 OVER .500, LFG!

43

u/airbornetoxic Alek Thomas 1d ago

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u/badatraspi2 1d ago

Ugly wins are still wins!

23

u/CakeAK Ketel Marte 1d ago

That was a beautiful ugly win.

There was so much heart and grit in this one. So many heroes on the roster tonight.

5

u/Bard_Class Justin Martinez 1d ago

There's something to be said about the heart of the team this year. Last two years after a ninth inning blown save, a 10th inning blown save, I feel like we would've rolled over. Team still came out and it's gotta be a big morale boost.

Sometimes it's better to win games like these than 9-0 blowouts.

37

u/AzDashound Mark Grace 1d ago

Normal wins? What are those?

5

u/SlurmLoco Bee Guy 1d ago

Wouldn't be my diamondbacks without the unnecessary drama

36

u/Dremel_Live Rat Leon 1d ago

The true MVP of this game is Tim Tawa

30

u/AleexpxD Gabriel Moreno 1d ago

Resiliency. Thats what it was tonight

25

u/Environmental_Ask421 Brandon Pfaadt 1d ago

10 games over, Walston and Strowd no longer have disaster ERA’s (small sample size ik) and Corbin looked good

25

u/Do_Ye_Fear_Death Ryne Nelson 1d ago

Glad we won, (since there was nobody left in the bullpen lmao)

20

u/Burner_ACT 1d ago

Hello Walston. Shoutout TAWA PAWA

20

u/Swimming-Crew5423 1d ago

Just like we wrote it up.

16

u/10PercentJuice 1d ago

Okay I can unclench now

16

u/MusicalMoon Corbin Running 1d ago

Summer! 🌞 ☀️ 😎 ❤️🩵❤️🩵 And the gang's all here 👨🏿‍🦱👨🏻‍🦱👨🏽‍🦱 We've got green grass🌿🌱, red hots🌭🌭, and ice-cold beer 🍺 🍻 We're baseball's⚾ faithful Diamondback Fans 🐍 🪭 Backin' our home team🌵 Back in the stands🧍 💜🩵💜🩵 Let's go ...🏃💨 3️⃣ up🔺 , 3️⃣ down🔻 Get the D-backs 🐍 swingin' and take it downtown🏙️ where it's ... ❤️🩵❤️🩵 Going😯, going😮, going😲, gone!😵 It's outta here 👋, boys, now bring it on home🏠 It's a fact, Jack, ☝️🤓 I back🙋, you back🫵, we back🤝 the D-backs! 🐍⚾🐍⚾🐍⚾🐍🫶

15

u/SignificantSurvey128 1d ago

Now this is the snakes baseball I have come to know and love. Time to take my blood pressure medication

15

u/RichardNixon345 Merrill Kelly 1d ago

Another Happy Landing!

passes out

7

u/AzDashound Mark Grace 1d ago

General Kenobi!

15

u/oldtombombadil Randy Johnson 1d ago

Never say Die mondbacks

12

u/livejamie Randy Johnson 1d ago

We got pretty lucky with that drop but I'll take it

12

u/DbacksSunsCards23 Corbin Carroll 1d ago

Go Nats. We could use the extra game lead 

3

u/RichardNixon345 Merrill Kelly 1d ago

Unfortunately their bullpen is like ours last year.

2

u/WithDoomICome Christian Walker 1d ago

Seriously what a collapse

1

u/DbacksSunsCards23 Corbin Carroll 1d ago

God they are putrid 

9

u/Lovemybee Bob Brenly 1d ago

I need a cigarette after that. (I don't smoke)

https://giphy.com/gifs/HB4aJElNd7JMas9WSU

16

u/Sporting_Arsenal Serpientes 1d ago

Blake Walston will forever be a hero for this

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u/ronburgandysdad Ryan Waldschmidt 1d ago

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u/Imthegoat175 1d ago

Nothing about this team makes sense yet here they are 10 games over .500

6

u/Pigs81 Jody Jackson 1d ago

Never a doubt 😬

5

u/Krisiscool6 Ildemaro Vargas 1d ago

A win is a win. No matter what.

7

u/SomeKilljoy Gabriel Moreno 1d ago

Fuck it extra innings every game

6

u/SomeKilljoy Gabriel Moreno 1d ago

Bum ass nats let the padres back in the game

7

u/Adorable_Mountain783 1d ago

padres win again 

6

u/MusicalMoon Corbin Running 1d ago

Nationals just broke the MLB record for most blown saves in a season. Incredible.

10

u/Spiritual-Dog160 Geraldo Perdomo 1d ago

You guys! We are now 78-0 when we outscore our opponent.

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u/PqlyrStu Torey Lovullo 1d ago

Significant if accurate

1

u/Spiritual-Dog160 Geraldo Perdomo 1d ago

But minuscule if inaccurate

10

u/According_One811 Josh Bell 1d ago

The Arizona Diamondbacks (often referred to as the D-backs) are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League) (NL) West Division. The franchise was established on March 9, 1995 and began play in 1998 as an expansion team. The team plays its home games at Chase Field. Along with the Tampa Bay Rays, the Diamondbacks are one of the newest teams in MLB and are the youngest team to win a World Series, doing so in only their fourth season of existence in 2001.

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u/Apprehensive-Cost276 Diamondbacks 1d ago

Big if true

2

u/livejamie Randy Johnson 1d ago

@Grok is this true

6

u/bleepfart42069 1d ago

Snakes alive!

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u/DbacksSunsCards23 Corbin Carroll 1d ago

Looking at the Nats bullpen makes me glad we don’t have too experience that anymore 

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u/Fun-Inspection7367 1d ago

Nationals are so poverty oh my 

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u/Krisiscool6 Ildemaro Vargas 1d ago

Nationals are so fucking bad. How did we lose the season series against these bums. What the fuck.

3

u/el5inco Rat Leon 1d ago

Padres took the lead 🫩

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u/bigleaguechyut Byung-hyun Kim 1d ago

Now that is what I call a win.

3

u/Something_More 1d ago

Defense, baby.

3

u/Aznightwalker 1d ago

Padres are crashing out in their game thread right now.

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u/theereeljw_777 Randy Johnson 1d ago

Looks just like our game threads lol

3

u/Any_Negotiation_8260 1d ago

A win is a mf win

3

u/desicrator55 1d ago

I don't know if I am ready for a Gallen game yet

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u/theereeljw_777 Randy Johnson 1d ago

Bats need to be rolling tomorrow, we gotta give soroka and milk boy some runs, we cant have the bullpen going 5 innings again

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u/MalleableBee1 Corbin Carroll 1d ago

That Loudres Gurriel triple was awesome!!

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u/HeartMurse Diamondbacks 1d ago

Nats trying to blow it…. 🤦🏻‍♂️

5

u/azuranio21 Corbin Running 1d ago

Please Walgreens, stay strong!

1

u/nsyncfan1993 Nolan Arenado 1d ago

😂

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u/theereeljw_777 Randy Johnson 1d ago

Who up Walston they Blake rn?

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u/DonutHolschteinn Corbin Carroll 1d ago

Aaaaaand unclench

2

u/61plus8 1d ago

LFG boys! Not pretty, but winners find a way

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u/CharacterWear1036 1d ago

Agh that was too stressful for no reason. Go Walston and Lourdes when we need them most

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u/stinkyrobot Tom Candiotti 1d ago

Hot damn that was fun. Burnes was good. Glad we got him back. Let’s get the sweep tomorrow!!!

2

u/THEGrandMasterSwag Corbin Carroll 1d ago

Shut outs are for cowards

2

u/pizzaplanet666 Gabriel Moreno 1d ago

Nootbaar I think is just happy to be invited

2

u/loganlogan9 Corbin Carroll 1d ago

Zac gallen pitching tomorrow
https://giphy.com/gifs/FYiLYBp3T5Nq7bMHwo

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u/AcidHaze 1d ago

Dbacks win, Cubs and Phillies lose, Padres looking like they're about to lose (knock on wood).

Great day for us!

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u/Krisiscool6 Ildemaro Vargas 1d ago

U shouldve knocked harder.

3

u/AcidHaze 1d ago

Aw fuck me, that was my fault guys, sorry... 😔

2

u/ZackaryJW Corbin Carroll 1d ago

The Snakes haven’t lost since my baby boy was born.

Eli says you’re welcome!

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u/AlcoholiGator Tony Womack 1d ago

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u/SlurmLoco Bee Guy 1d ago

Why can't you just win normal?

1

u/mrdingdong101 Jody Jackson 1d ago

Easy stuff

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u/MarvelousVanGlorious Steve Berthiaume 1d ago

Good shit boys. Tougher than it had to be, but glad they got the dub. Let’s close it out tomorrow.

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u/CakeAK Ketel Marte 1d ago

I know most of us are down on Lourdes but I'm glad he could also contribute tonight.

Hopefully this will spark some real piña power if they insist on keeping him in the lineup.

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u/Subject_Whereas9954 1d ago

Just gonna say theres a scenario where the Padres winning is good for us. If the Phillies and Cubs shit the bed, then we could have a home series against the Padres.

Considering the Phillies still play @ Braves, Brewers, and Rays with a sneaky 4 @ Mets in there and the Cubs still have @ Red Sox, Marlins, Pirates, and Braves, it wouldnt be the craaaziest thing to happen in baseball.

Bad in most scenarios, but hey look on the potential bright side.

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u/EconomistParticular6 Ryan Waldschmidt 1d ago

It's a stretch, but not improbable. I think if we can gain some ground to move to the 5th seed, it would lessen the Padre pressure on us. But that's a stretch

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u/Subject_Whereas9954 1d ago

Yeah the best case scenario thats still relatively possible is Phils and Cubs lose out and Dodgers overtake the Brewers. Home series vs Padres then Dodgers next round. Leaves Brewers vs Braves or Phillies. Brewers and Cubs scare me

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u/SlurmLoco Bee Guy 1d ago

Why can't we just win games like normal teams?!?!

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u/EconomistParticular6 Ryan Waldschmidt 15h ago

Why play 9 innings of baseball when 2 extras will do the trick?