MILWAUKEE -- Arizona Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale had a feeling Nick Ahmed was going to hit a home run when he batted in the eighth inning.
He was right.
Ahmed hit a tiebreaking solo home run to lead the Diamondbacks to a 7-5 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night.
"Up until that at-bat, he was having a hard time. They were throwing some really tough pitches," Hale said. "I actually called that home run. So for once in my life I called one right. The way he was taking pitches, I just felt good about that at-bat."
Ahmed's homer off Jonathan Broxton (1-2) put Arizona ahead 5-4, and A.J. Pollock's two-run shot in the ninth extended the lead.
"My first two at-bats tonight were pretty bad. I tried to make an in-game adjustment, and luckily it worked," Ahmed said. "When your teammates have that confidence in you, and your manager, I think it's kind of fun."
Ender Inciarte and David Peralta also went deep, and Paul Goldschmidt had three doubles for the Diamondbacks, who ended a three-game losing streak.
Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell said he thought Broxton could have challenged Ahmed with a good fastball.
"It feels like there's a little bit of a lack of putaway for him," Counsell said.
Addison Reed (2-2) pitched 1 2/3 innings in relief to get the win. Brad Ziegler surrendered a run in the ninth but picked up his third save in five chances.
The Diamondbacks scored a run in the first on consecutive doubles by Goldschmidt and Peralta. Milwaukee's Carlos Gomez hit a 409-foot leadoff homer in the bottom of the inning to tie the score.
Inciarte homered on Jimmy Nelson's first pitch of the third inning to give Arizona a one-run lead. With two outs, Peralta hit another first-pitch home run, extending the lead to 3-1.
Adam Lind had a tying two-run homer to pull the Brewers even again in the bottom of the third.
Arizona loaded the bases with two outs in the fourth off Nelson, but failed to score. Nelson hit two batters in the inning but struck out the side.
The Diamondbacks regained the lead in the fifth on Yasmany Tomas' run-scoring ground out.
Nelson surrendered four runs and seven hits in six innings. He had eight strikeouts and no walks.
Lind tied the game again in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI double off Arizona starter Rubby De La Rosa, who gave up four runs and six hits in five innings. De La Rosa struck out four and walked two.
Milwaukee didn't score in the seventh after loading the bases with one out.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: C Tuffy Gosewisch was placed on the 15-day DL with an injured left ACL. He sustained the injury on a play at first base on Wednesday. "We'll see if surgery is needed," manager Chip Hale said. "It's terrible. Maybe it's just a slight tear and he'll be able to rehab it." Arizona selected the contract of C Jarrod Saltalamacchia from Triple-A Reno to fill Gosewisch's roster spot. C Oscar Hernandez was transferred to the 60-day DL.
Brewers: SS Jean Segura was reinstated from the 15-day DL. ... Brandon Kintzler was placed on the 15-day DL with left knee tendinitis. Kintzler originally had been designated for assignment. ... RHP Tyler Wagner will be promoted from Double-A Biloxi and make his major league debut with a start on Sunday.
HOME AWAY FROM HOME
After hitting three doubles in five at bats, Goldschmidt is batting .476 (20-42) with nine doubles, four home runs and 12 RBI in 10 career games at Miller Park. The three doubles tied a personal career high. "(Goldschmidt) had a really good night," Hale said. "They're throwing him nasty pitches, he's fighting them off. He's battling. Just great at-bats."
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: Jeremy Hellickson (2-3, 5.33 ERA) won his last start on Sunday against the Chicago Cubs.
Brewers: Kyle Lohse (3-5, 5.80) lost his last start on Monday at home against San Francisco. Lohse is 4-3 with a 4.46 ERA in 13 career starts against the Diamondbacks.
He was right.
Ahmed hit a tiebreaking solo home run to lead the Diamondbacks to a 7-5 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night.
"Up until that at-bat, he was having a hard time. They were throwing some really tough pitches," Hale said. "I actually called that home run. So for once in my life I called one right. The way he was taking pitches, I just felt good about that at-bat."
Ahmed's homer off Jonathan Broxton (1-2) put Arizona ahead 5-4, and A.J. Pollock's two-run shot in the ninth extended the lead.
"My first two at-bats tonight were pretty bad. I tried to make an in-game adjustment, and luckily it worked," Ahmed said. "When your teammates have that confidence in you, and your manager, I think it's kind of fun."
Ender Inciarte and David Peralta also went deep, and Paul Goldschmidt had three doubles for the Diamondbacks, who ended a three-game losing streak.
Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell said he thought Broxton could have challenged Ahmed with a good fastball.
"It feels like there's a little bit of a lack of putaway for him," Counsell said.
Addison Reed (2-2) pitched 1 2/3 innings in relief to get the win. Brad Ziegler surrendered a run in the ninth but picked up his third save in five chances.
The Diamondbacks scored a run in the first on consecutive doubles by Goldschmidt and Peralta. Milwaukee's Carlos Gomez hit a 409-foot leadoff homer in the bottom of the inning to tie the score.
Inciarte homered on Jimmy Nelson's first pitch of the third inning to give Arizona a one-run lead. With two outs, Peralta hit another first-pitch home run, extending the lead to 3-1.
Adam Lind had a tying two-run homer to pull the Brewers even again in the bottom of the third.
Arizona loaded the bases with two outs in the fourth off Nelson, but failed to score. Nelson hit two batters in the inning but struck out the side.
The Diamondbacks regained the lead in the fifth on Yasmany Tomas' run-scoring ground out.
Nelson surrendered four runs and seven hits in six innings. He had eight strikeouts and no walks.
Lind tied the game again in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI double off Arizona starter Rubby De La Rosa, who gave up four runs and six hits in five innings. De La Rosa struck out four and walked two.
Milwaukee didn't score in the seventh after loading the bases with one out.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: C Tuffy Gosewisch was placed on the 15-day DL with an injured left ACL. He sustained the injury on a play at first base on Wednesday. "We'll see if surgery is needed," manager Chip Hale said. "It's terrible. Maybe it's just a slight tear and he'll be able to rehab it." Arizona selected the contract of C Jarrod Saltalamacchia from Triple-A Reno to fill Gosewisch's roster spot. C Oscar Hernandez was transferred to the 60-day DL.
Brewers: SS Jean Segura was reinstated from the 15-day DL. ... Brandon Kintzler was placed on the 15-day DL with left knee tendinitis. Kintzler originally had been designated for assignment. ... RHP Tyler Wagner will be promoted from Double-A Biloxi and make his major league debut with a start on Sunday.
HOME AWAY FROM HOME
After hitting three doubles in five at bats, Goldschmidt is batting .476 (20-42) with nine doubles, four home runs and 12 RBI in 10 career games at Miller Park. The three doubles tied a personal career high. "(Goldschmidt) had a really good night," Hale said. "They're throwing him nasty pitches, he's fighting them off. He's battling. Just great at-bats."
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: Jeremy Hellickson (2-3, 5.33 ERA) won his last start on Sunday against the Chicago Cubs.
Brewers: Kyle Lohse (3-5, 5.80) lost his last start on Monday at home against San Francisco. Lohse is 4-3 with a 4.46 ERA in 13 career starts against the Diamondbacks.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Arizona - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Nelson pitching for Milwaukee | ARI | MIL |
| Inciarte grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Pollock grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt doubled to deep left. | 0 | 0 |
| Peralta doubled to deep left, Goldschmidt scored. | 1 | 0 |
| Tomás flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Milwaukee - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ARI | MIL |
| C. Gómez homered to left center (406 feet). | 1 | 1 |
| Parra popped out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Braun grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Lind singled to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Ramírez grounded into fielder's choice to third, Lind out at second. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jimmy Nelson pitching for Milwaukee | ARI | MIL |
| Saltalamacchia struck out looking. | 1 | 1 |
| Owings grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Ahmed struck out swinging, Ahmed safe at first on passed ball by Centeno. | 1 | 1 |
| De La Rosa grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Milwaukee - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ARI | MIL |
| Segura doubled to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Centeno struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Nelson walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Sardinas grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Nelson out at second, Segura to third. | 1 | 1 |
| C. Gómez lined out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jimmy Nelson pitching for Milwaukee | ARI | MIL |
| Inciarte homered to right (384 feet). | 2 | 1 |
| Pollock struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Peralta homered to right center (423 feet). | 3 | 1 |
| Tomás lined out to pitcher. | 3 | 1 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Milwaukee - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ARI | MIL |
| Parra grounded out to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Braun walked. | 3 | 1 |
| Braun stole second. | 3 | 1 |
| Lind homered to left center (381 feet), Braun scored. | 3 | 3 |
| Ramírez flied out to left. | 3 | 3 |
| Segura struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jimmy Nelson pitching for Milwaukee | ARI | MIL |
| Saltalamacchia hit by pitch. | 3 | 3 |
| Owings singled to right, Saltalamacchia to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Ahmed struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| De La Rosa struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| Inciarte hit by pitch, Saltalamacchia to third, Owings to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Pollock struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Milwaukee - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ARI | MIL |
| Centeno struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| Nelson grounded out to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Sardinas grounded out to first. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jimmy Nelson pitching for Milwaukee | ARI | MIL |
| Goldschmidt doubled to deep right center. | 3 | 3 |
| Peralta grounded out to pitcher. | 3 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt to third on wild pitch by Nelson. | 3 | 3 |
| Tomás grounded out to third, Goldschmidt scored. | 4 | 3 |
| Saltalamacchia struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Milwaukee - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ARI | MIL |
| C. Gómez struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| Parra grounded out to third. | 4 | 3 |
| Braun singled to left. | 4 | 3 |
| Lind doubled to deep left, Braun scored. | 4 | 4 |
| Ramírez lined out to shortstop. | 4 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jimmy Nelson pitching for Milwaukee | ARI | MIL |
| Owings singled to left. | 4 | 4 |
| Owings stole second, Owings safe at third on throwing error by catcher Centeno. | 4 | 4 |
| Ahmed flied out to right. | 4 | 4 |
| Trumbo hit for De La Rosa. | 4 | 4 |
| Trumbo lined into double play, second to third, Owings doubled off third. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Milwaukee - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Hudson pitching for Arizona | ARI | MIL |
| Hudson relieved De La Rosa. | 4 | 4 |
| Segura grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 4 |
| Centeno popped out to shortstop. | 4 | 4 |
| H. Gómez hit for Nelson. | 4 | 4 |
| H. Gómez singled to center. | 4 | 4 |
| Sardinas flied out to left. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Jeffress pitching for Milwaukee | ARI | MIL |
| Jeffress relieved Nelson. | 4 | 4 |
| Inciarte grounded out to second. | 4 | 4 |
| Pollock walked. | 4 | 4 |
| Goldschmidt flied out to center, Pollock to second. | 4 | 4 |
| Peralta intentionally walked. | 4 | 4 |
| Tomás struck out swinging. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Milwaukee - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Hudson pitching for Arizona | ARI | MIL |
| C. Gómez flied out to center. | 4 | 4 |
| Parra singled to deep right center. | 4 | 4 |
| Braun singled to left, Parra to third. | 4 | 4 |
| Pérez relieved Hudson. | 4 | 4 |
| Davis hit for Lind. | 4 | 4 |
| Davis walked, Braun to second. | 4 | 4 |
| Reed relieved Pérez. | 4 | 4 |
| Ramírez fouled out to first. | 4 | 4 |
| Segura struck out swinging. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jonathan Broxton pitching for Milwaukee | ARI | MIL |
| Broxton relieved Jeffress. | 4 | 4 |
| Rogers at first base. | 4 | 4 |
| Saltalamacchia struck out swinging. | 4 | 4 |
| Owings flied out to center. | 4 | 4 |
| Ahmed homered to left center (392 feet). | 5 | 4 |
| Reed grounded out to second. | 5 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Milwaukee - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Addison Reed pitching for Arizona | ARI | MIL |
| Centeno grounded out to third. | 5 | 4 |
| Rogers reached on infield single to third. | 5 | 4 |
| Sardinas grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Rogers out at second. | 5 | 4 |
| C. Gómez struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Corey Knebel pitching for Milwaukee | ARI | MIL |
| Knebel relieved Broxton. | 5 | 4 |
| Inciarte singled to center. | 5 | 4 |
| Pollock homered to right center (384 feet), Inciarte scored. | 7 | 4 |
| Goldschmidt doubled to deep right. | 7 | 4 |
| Peralta walked. | 7 | 4 |
| Tomás struck out swinging. | 7 | 4 |
| Saltalamacchia flied out to left. | 7 | 4 |
| Goforth relieved Knebel. | 7 | 4 |
| Owings struck out swinging. | 7 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Milwaukee - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Brad Ziegler pitching for Arizona | ARI | MIL |
| Ziegler relieved Reed. | 7 | 4 |
| Pennington at third base. | 7 | 4 |
| Parra doubled to deep right. | 7 | 4 |
| Braun grounded out to third, Parra to third. | 7 | 4 |
| Herrera hit for Goforth. | 7 | 4 |
| Herrera grounded out to second, Parra scored. | 7 | 5 |
| Ramírez flied out to right. | 7 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Inciarte RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .299 | .328 | .396 |
| Pollock CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 23 | .318 | .367 | .462 |
| Goldschmidt 1B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | .337 | .444 | .628 |
| Peralta LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | .258 | .328 | .483 |
| Tomás 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .330 | .364 | .417 |
Ziegler P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Saltalamacchia C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .061 | .184 | .182 |
| Owings 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .241 | .259 | .342 |
| Ahmed SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .214 | .277 | .325 |
| De La Rosa P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .045 | .045 | .045 |
a-Trumbo PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .263 | .309 | .513 |
Hudson P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Pérez P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Reed P
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Pennington 3B
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .333 | .234 |
| Totals | 38 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 180 | |||
| a-lined out to second for R De La Rosa in the 6th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Goldschmidt 3 (12, Nelson 2, Knebel); Peralta (10, Nelson) HR: Inciarte (2, 3rd inning off Nelson 0 on, 0 Out); Peralta (5, 3rd inning off Nelson 0 on, 2 Out); Ahmed (3, 8th inning off Broxton 0 on, 2 Out); Pollock (5, 9th inning off Knebel 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: Peralta 2 (24), Inciarte (17), Tomás (18), Ahmed (10), Pollock 2 (18) 2-out RBI: Peralta 2, Ahmed Diamondbacks RISP: 1-13 (Owings 0-1, Trumbo 0-1, Tomás 0-4, Ahmed 0-2, Saltalamacchia 0-1, De La Rosa 0-1, Pollock 0-1, Peralta 1-2) Team LOB: 9 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Owings (6, 2nd base off Nelson/Centeno) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Miller Park, Milwaukee, WI |
| Attendance | 34,276 (81.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:23 |
| Weather | 74 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 6 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Bob Davidson, First Base - Ryan Blakney, Second Base - Jerry Layne, Third Base - Hunter Wendelstedt |
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