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Milwaukee Brewers at Arizona Diamondbacks

· Major League Baseball
Milwaukee Brewers
86-62, 44-33 Away
Final
15 - 8
Arizona Diamondbacks
82-66, 41-33 Home

Adames hits grand slam as part of a 2-homer night, Brewers overpower D-backs 15-8

Milwaukee's magic number to win the NL Central is down to 3. The Brewers will go for the three-game sweep Sunday.

Adames has 32 homers this season, which breaks his previous career high of 31 in 2022.

“It's been amazing,” Adames said. “It's been a special year for me and the team."

Arizona (82-66) still has sole possession of the second NL wild-card spot, but is just one game ahead of the Atlanta Braves (81-67) and the New York Mets (81-67) with 14 games to play.

“We’ve got to be better on the mound,” D-backs manager Torey Lovullo said. “Tonight was a total lack of pitch execution, missed pitches in the middle of the zone, lack of command with our secondary stuff.”

Milwaukee's Tobias Myers (8-5) gave up four runs on nine hits over six innings. He struck out three.

The Brewers took a 1-0 lead in the first on William Contreras' sacrifice fly that score Brice Turang, who reached on a leadoff walk. They kept their advantage when Sal Frelick Corbin Carroll of a solo homer, leaping to reach over the fence and make the catch.

Milwaukee scored seven runs in the second inning, all with two outs.

D-backs right-hander Brandon Pfaadt (9-9) retired the first two batters of the second before the next seven batters reached base. Turang and Jackson Chourio hit back-to-back RBI singles, Contreras walked to load the bases, Mitchell walked to force in a run and then Adames launched a sweeper into the left field seats for an 8-0 lead.

“You go to the body, you go to the body, you go to the body and — boom — it opens up a shot to the head,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. “It’s all part of pecking away and being relentless. We did it from the first hitter of the game.”

The homer ended Pfaadt’s outing after 1 2/3 innings. He gave up seven hits and walked three. The 25-year-old has struggled over his past four outings, giving up 28 runs, including 24 earned, over 15 2/3 innings.

The Brewers had a 13-0 lead in the sixth inning.

“We know how important these games are and to let the team down with a game like that is unacceptable,” Pfaadt said. “We’ve got to do better.”

Adames had five RBI, pushing his NL leading total to 107. Mitchell reached base five times, including three walks. Contreras hit a two-run homer in the ninth to make it 15-8.

Arizona's Randal Grichuk hit a two-run homer and had three RBI. Geraldo Perdomo had a two-run double and Josh Bell added a two-run single.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Diamondbacks: RHP Ryne Nelson (right shoulder inflammation) was put on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to Sept. 11. LHP Brandon Hughes was called up to take his roster spot.

UP NEXT

The D-backs send RHP Zac Gallen (12-6, 3.55 ERA) to the mound Sunday against LHP DL Hall (1-1, 4.01 ERA)

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Matchup Prediction

Diamondbacks: 51.5%
Brewers: 48.5%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning McCarthy grounded out to shortstop.
9th Inning Bell grounded out to second.
9th Inning Herrera flied out to right.
9th Inning Mitchell grounded out to second.
9th Inning Contreras homered to right center (414 feet), Ortiz scored.
9th Inning Chourio lined out to third.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
14 Ground Balls 14
4 Strikeouts 4
15 Runs Batted In 8
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
16 Hits 14
1 Stolen Bases 0
7 Walks 0
0 Catcher Interference 0
15 Runs 8
0 Ground Into Double Play 1
2 Sacrifice Flies 0
40 At Bats 41
4 Home Runs 1
1 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
17 Runners Left On Base 17
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
4 Doubles 2
24 Fly Balls 23
1 Caught Stealing 0
202 Pitches 157
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
32 Total Bases 19
49 Plate Appearances 41
648.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
8 Extra Base Hits 3
13.6 Runs Created 5.9
.400 Batting Average .341
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.800 Slugging Percentage .463
.575 Secondary Average .122
.469 On Base Percentage .341
1.269 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .805
0.6 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.6
13.6 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 5.7
97.0 Batter Rating 53.0
10.0 At Bats Per Home Run 41.0
0.50 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
4.12 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.83
.400 Isolated Power .122
1.75 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.00
.143 Walks Per Plate Appearance .000
.175 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.220
30.0 Runs Produced 16.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.9 Patience Ratio 0.5
0.4 Balls In Play Average 0.4
132.3 MLB Rating 100.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Chase Field

Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 44,886 | Capacity:

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

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
Full Standings