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Arizona Diamondbacks at Milwaukee Brewers

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Arizona Diamondbacks
85-68, 43-35 Away
Final
5 - 1
Milwaukee Brewers
88-65, 44-31 Home

Pfaadt ties Arizona record with 7 straight strikeouts in Diamondbacks' 5-1 victory over Brewers

The Diamondbacks remain tied for second place in the NL wild-card standings with the New York Mets, who beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10-6 on Thursday. They're both two games ahead of the Atlanta Braves.

Milwaukee was playing one night after clinching its third NL Central title in four years.

Pfaadt (10-9) collected a career-high 12 strikeouts while allowing just one run and two hits in seven innings. It was a remarkable recovery for Pfaadt, who had given up eight runs over 1 2/3 innings in a 15-8 loss to the Brewers just five nights earlier.

“It was all predicated off the command of his fastball and the aggressiveness in which he set his fastball tone,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “That was an unbelievable turnaround and the main reason that we won this game, in my opinion.”

Pavin Smith hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning for the Diamondbacks.

Milwaukee’s run came on Garrett Mitchell’s two-out homer in the seventh. Pfaadt allowed only one other baserunner, when he gave up Brice Turang's leadoff single in the fourth.

Turang moved to second when Jackson Chourio grounded out, then Pfaadt struck out Milwaukee's next seven hitters.

The only other Diamondbacks to strike out seven straight batters in a single game are Hall of Famer Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling. Johnson accomplished that feat three times and Schilling did it once during the Diamondbacks’ 2001 World Series championship season.

”It's a cool list to be part of," Pfaadt said.

A.J. Puk and Justin Martínez worked the final two innings to complete the two-hitter.

The Diamondbacks broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning by scoring three runs off only one hit.

After Gabriel Moreno and Geraldo Perdomo walked to start the inning, Corbin Carroll hit a ball that got past third baseman Andruw Monasterio and went into left field. Moreno scored, Perdomo advanced to second and Carroll reached first on the play, which was ruled as a fielder’s choice with an error on Monasterio.

Ketel Marte followed by ripping a 3-0 pitch off the top of the right-field wall for an RBI single that knocked Brewers starter Tobias Myers out of the game. Perdomo scored on Christian Walker's sacrifice fly that right fielder Sal Frelick caught in front of the wall.

Myers (8-6) allowed three runs — one earned — and four hits in four innings. He struck out five, walked three and threw 93 pitches.

“His stuff was good, especially early, but it just didn't look like he was synced up tonight,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. “A lot of three-ball counts. High pitch count for four innings. I probably would have jumped the gun a little earlier if we had a full bullpen. He still did some nice things.”

With their division title wrapped up, the Brewers rested shortstop Willy Adames for the first time this season. Adames had started each of Milwaukee’s first 152 games.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Lovullo said there's a possibility that OF Lourdes Gurriel could be activated from the injured list in time to play in this series. Gurriel has been dealing with a calf issue and last played for the Diamondbacks on Sept. 1.

UP NEXT

RHP Zac Gallen (12-6, 3.61 ERA) pitches for the Diamondbacks and RHP Colin Rea (12-5, 4.14) starts for the Brewers on Friday.

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Matchup Prediction

Brewers: 60.4%
Diamondbacks: 39.6%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Chourio struck out swinging.
9th Inning Turang flied out to right.
9th Inning Monasterio lined out to right.
9th Inning Martinez relieved Puk
9th Inning Grichuk grounded out to third.
9th Inning Marte struck out swinging.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
10 Ground Balls 4
11 Strikeouts 15
4 Runs Batted In 1
1 Sacrifice Hit 0
7 Hits 2
1 Stolen Bases 0
4 Walks 0
0 Catcher Interference 0
5 Runs 1
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
1 Sacrifice Flies 0
33 At Bats 29
1 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
11 Runners Left On Base 3
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
0 Doubles 0
14 Fly Balls 10
0 Caught Stealing 0
172 Pitches 128
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 2
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
10 Total Bases 5
39 Plate Appearances 29
162.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
1 Extra Base Hits 1
3.5 Runs Created -1.0
.212 Batting Average .069
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.303 Slugging Percentage .172
.242 Secondary Average .103
.289 On Base Percentage .069
.593 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .241
0.7 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.4
3.3 Runs Created Per 27 Outs -1.0
29.0 Batter Rating 9.0
33.0 At Bats Per Home Run 29.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
4.41 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.41
.091 Isolated Power .103
0.36 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.00
.103 Walks Per Plate Appearance .000
.030 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .034
9.0 Runs Produced 2.0
0.8 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.4 Patience Ratio 0.2
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.1
77.5 MLB Rating 57.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

American Family Field

Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Attendance: 25,093 | 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