MLB

Arizona Diamondbacks at Milwaukee Brewers

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Arizona Diamondbacks
44-30, 21-12 Away
Final
5 - 7
Milwaukee Brewers
38-35, 22-17 Home

Contreras has the big hit as the Brewers overcome a 4-run deficit to beat the Diamondbacks 7-5

Now they've done it twice in three days.

William Contreras hit a two-run double in the seventh inning to put Milwaukee ahead for good as the Brewers came back from a four-run deficit to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-5 on Tuesday night.

This marked the biggest comeback the Brewers had produced in any of their wins this season. This rally came two nights after they erased a 2-0 deficit to Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2, the first time since May 14 they had won a game they'd trailed by more than one run.

“The really good teams win a bunch of different ways, and comebacks are a part of that,” said Milwaukee's Jesse Winker, who hit his first homer of the season. “It just shows you have a good offense. To come back in a game, especially against a team like the Diamondbacks, who are one of the best teams in the game right now, you have to do a lot of things right. You have to do a lot of little things.”

Ketel Marte went 3 for 5 with a three-run homer and double for the NL-West leading Diamondbacks.

The Brewers fell behind 4-0 early and still trailed 5-3 when they began the seventh by loading the bases against Austin Adams (0-1) without hitting a ball out of the infield.

Luis Urías drew a leadoff walk. Blake Perkins then hit a grounder to the right side of the infield, but Marte looked over to second before making the throw to first. That pause enabled Perkins to beat the throw for an infield single.

Joey Wiemer then hit a bouncer that went of Adams’ glove. Marte managed to field the ball, but Perkins beat his throw to second. Wiemer’s hit loaded the bases and put the tying run in scoring position.

“We won that game because of Blake Perkins,” Winker said. “That's just kind of what it takes. Him beating out his hit and then beating out Wiemer's hit, it just changes the whole game.”

Kyle Nelson inherited the bases-loaded, no-out jam and retired Christian Yelich on a soft grounder that brought home Urías. Contreras then doubled into the gap in left-center to bring home Perkins and Wiemer.

“I was just going out there looking for a pitch up that I could put good contact on,” Contreras said through an interpreter. “He made a mistake, left me a pitch up in the middle of the zone.”

Contreras extended Milwaukee’s lead to 7-5 by scoring when Willy Adames hit into a fielder’s choice.

Milwaukee's Hoby Milner, Bryse Wilson (2-0), Joel Payamps and Devin Williams combined for 3 2/3 innings of shutout relief. Williams worked around a one-out walk in the ninth to earn his 13th save in 14 opportunities.

After scoring six runs in the first inning of a 9-1 victory Monday at Milwaukee, the Diamondbacks took a 4-0 lead in the first two frames against Colin Rea.

“I thought we did a lot of good things,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “We just didn’t execute at the most critical time.”

Arizona scored once in the first when Corbin Carroll singled home Marte, who had doubled on a fly ball that landed just inside the left-field foul line. Marte came up again in the second and delivered a three-run shot to right to make it 4-0.

Urias’ RBI double in the third off Ryne Nelson got Milwaukee on the board. The Brewers cut Arizona's lead to 4-3 in the fourth on Winker’s two-run homer, a 416-foot shot over the center-field wall.

Winker hit 16 1/2 homers per year from 2019-22, but this marked the first time he had gone deep since the Brewers acquired him from Seattle last December. His first homer as a Brewer came in his 140th plate appearance of the season.

“Whenever I leave here, I just kind of always tell myself there's a lot of games left, there's a lot of at bats and you're kind of always a swing away,” Winker said.

Jake McCarthy’s two-out RBI infield single extended Arizona’s lead to 5-3 in the sixth before Milwaukee rallied.

UP NEXT

RHP Zac Gallen (8-2, 2.98) pitches for the Diamondbacks and RHP Julio Teheran (2-2, 1.78) starts for the Brewers as this three-game series concludes Wednesday.

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Matchup Prediction

Brewers: 46.6%
Diamondbacks: 53.4%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Marte grounded into double play, first to shortstop, Perdomo out at second.
9th Inning Perdomo walked.
9th Inning McCarthy struck out swinging.
9th Inning Williams relieved Payamps
8th Inning Perkins struck out swinging.
8th Inning Urías flied out to right.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
13 Ground Balls 12
7 Strikeouts 10
5 Runs Batted In 7
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
10 Hits 10
1 Stolen Bases 0
2 Walks 1
0 Catcher Interference 0
5 Runs 7
1 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
36 At Bats 34
1 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
13 Runners Left On Base 11
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 3
16 Fly Balls 12
0 Caught Stealing 0
124 Pitches 139
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 2
0 Pinch Hits 1
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
15 Total Bases 16
38 Plate Appearances 35
162.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
3 Extra Base Hits 4
4.6 Runs Created 5.0
.278 Batting Average .294
.000 Pinch Hit Average .500
.417 Slugging Percentage .471
.222 Secondary Average .206
.316 On Base Percentage .314
.732 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .785
0.8 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.0
4.6 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 5.6
38.0 Batter Rating 47.0
36.0 At Bats Per Home Run 34.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.26 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.97
.139 Isolated Power .176
0.29 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.10
.053 Walks Per Plate Appearance .029
-.056 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.088
10.0 Runs Produced 14.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.5
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.4
86.5 MLB Rating 90.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

American Family Field

Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Attendance: 27,048 | Capacity:

2024 National League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Los Angeles 98 64 .605 - W5
San Diego 93 69 .574 5 L1
Arizona 89 73 .549 9 W1
San Francisco 80 82 .494 18 L1
Colorado 61 101 .377 37 L3

2024 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Milwaukee 93 69 .574 - L1
St. Louis 83 79 .512 10 W1
Chicago 83 79 .512 10 L1
Cincinnati 77 85 .475 16 W1
Pittsburgh 76 86 .469 17 L1
Full Standings