KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Jordan Montgomery allowed one run over five innings to win in his return from a layoff of nearly one month caused by a knee injury, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 Tuesday night. Ketel Marte hit a two-run homer and scored three runs. Montgomery (7-5) allowed three hits, walked one and struck out two, throwing 39 of 67 pitches for strikes. The 31-year-old left-hander, signed by the NL champions to a $25 million, one-year contract in March, had been sidelined since June 27 by right knee inflammation. He won for the first time since June 21 at Philadelphia. I felt comfortable out there and pain free, and that was nice to be pain free Vada Pinson Jersey , Montgomery said. I think it just me sed with my delivery a little bit, where I was yanking everything and I didnt want to put any pre sure on my legs, but I grinded it out and Im glad to be here now. Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said Montgomery was nearing his pitch count when he finished a 1-2-3 fifth inning. His changeup was in play, and thats a very key pitch for him, Lovullo said. The first go-round before he got banged up, it was a pitch he was leaving out over the plate. The pitch was very, very effective and he had a lot of confidence in it. Montgomery got four swings and mi ses on 19 changeups and six foul balls. It got me through the game, Montgomery said. I was a little wild with everything else. My four-seam and my changeup really got me through, got me some swing and mi s when I needed it. Bryce Jarvis pitched two shutout innings, and Joe Mantiply, Ryan Thompson and Kevin Ginkel finished as Arizona stopped the Royals four-game winning streak. Kansas City had won eight of 10 coming in. Bobby Witt Jr. went 1 for 4 with an RBI double in the first, ending his streak of four straight three-hit games. Marte hit a two-run homer off the right-field foul pole in the fifth against Alec Marsh (7-7), who gave up five runs, five hits and two walks in five innings. Marte followed Geraldo Perdomos leadoff double with his 21st home run. I was trying to down and away with a changeup and he just jumped it, Marsh said. Christian Walkers sacrifice fly and Gabriel Morenos two-out, two-run single built a 3-0 lead in the first. Witts double was his 13th hit in 16 at-bats since the All-Star Game, his sixth for extra bases. Salvador Perez had an RBI single in the ninth. Arizona optioned right-hander Humberto Castellanos to Triple-A Reno and activated Montgomery. Kansas City agreed to a minor league contract with the sixth overall draft pick Jac Caglianone, a two-way player from the University of Florida. UP NEXT Arizona RHP Ryne Nelson (7-6, 4.78) starts Wednesday nights series finale against Kansas City RHP Michael Wacha (7-6, 3.55). Drew Verhagen Jersey
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