Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Arizona 7, Kansas City 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Wally Bell, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Cory Blaser, 3B - Scott Barry
Attendance: 19305
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Wally Bell, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Cory Blaser, 3B - Scott Barry
Attendance: 19305
Gerardo Parra's two-run triple highlighted a three-run seventh inning as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks pulled away for a 7-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.
Arizona's Joe Saunders (4-7) allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings, while Luke Hochevar (4-8) gave up five runs on eight hits and struck out six in seven innings.
Wily Mo Pena hit a solo homer in the fifth for the Diamondbacks, who took the lead for good 2-1 an inning later on an RBI double by Justin Upton.
Chris Young's two-run homer in the eighth accounted for the final runs.
Alex Gordon drove in both runs for the Royals on a first-inning home run and a triple in the seventh.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Arizona | Kansas City | |
| Joe Saunders | Player | Luke Hochevar |
| Win | W/L | Loss |
| 7.0 | IP | 7.0 |
| 3 | Strikeouts | 6 |
| 6 | Hits | 8 |
| 2.57 | ERA | 6.43 |
Hitting
| Arizona | Kansas City | |
| Juan Miranda | Player | Alex Gordon |
| 2 | Hits | 3 |
| 0 | RBI | 2 |
| 0 | HR | 1 |
| 3 | TB | 9 |
| .500 | Avg | .750 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Arizona | 9 | 2 | 20 | .257 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 6 | 1 | 13 | .188 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |