PHOENIX -- Chris Owings' three-run homer in the seventh inning proved to be the difference as the D-backs beat the Royals, 4-2, on Saturday afternoon at Chase Field in the final exhibition game for both teams.
Owings, who was playing center field as the D-backs try to determine whether he could be an option to take the place of the injured A.J. Pollock, hit the homer off reliever Brian Duensing. Brandon Drury also went 3-for-4 with an RBI triple in the bottom of the second inning.
However, the game was more about each team's starting pitchers getting their work in before their first regular-season starts.