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Arizona Diamondbacks at Milwaukee Brewers

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Arizona Diamondbacks
86-68, 44-35 Away
Final
7 - 4
Milwaukee Brewers
88-66, 44-32 Home

Gurriel's tiebreaking homer in sixth inning helps Diamondbacks beat Brewers 7-4

The Diamondbacks moved into sole possession of the NL’s second wild-card spot by taking a one-game lead over the New York Mets, who lost 12-2 to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Atlanta Braves, who lost 4-3 at Miami, are three games behind the Diamondbacks and two games behind the Mets.

“It's a good feeling, but we've got eight more games to go,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “No deal is done. We've got to go out and play our best baseball from here on out.”

Milwaukee already has clinched the NL Central title.

Arizona’s Ketel Marte hit his 33rd homer – setting a new career high – and also doubled and singled. William Contreras went 4 for 5 with a homer and Garrett Mitchell and Joey Ortiz also went deep for the Brewers.

Milwaukee rallied from a 4-0 deficit by homering off Arizona ace Zac Gallen (13-6) three times in a four-run fifth inning before the Diamondbacks took the lead for good in the sixth.

Gurriel led off the sixth by connecting on a 1-1 pitch from DL Hall (1-2) and hitting it over the wall in left center. Gurriel had been activated from the injured list earlier in the day after recovering from a strained left calf.

“It's always a great thing after the opposite team comes and scores a few runs, if you come back and — boom — hit them back, it will shut down their momentum and actually pick up momentum on our side,” Gurriel said through a translator.

His homer started a three-run rally that culminated with Randal Grichuk drawing a bases-loaded, two-out walk from Jared Koenig. Grichuk took a 3-2 pitch low to bring home Gabriel Moreno.

“You don’t win when you give up seven," Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. “That’s not who we’ve been.”

Rhys Hoskins and Sal Frelick opened the bottom of the sixth with consecutive singles to bring the tying run to the plate, but Kevin Ginkel retired the next three batters to keep the score at 7-4. The Brewers got the tying run to the plate but failed to score again in the seventh.

A.J. Puk worked the ninth for his third save in six opportunities.

The Brewers had gotten back into the game in the fifth by pouncing on Gallen, who hadn’t allowed more than two homers in any of his previous 26 starts this season. He entered Friday having given up a total of two homers over his last 11 starts.

Ortiz hit a one-out drive to left-center that traveled 416 feet. After Brice Turang grounded out, Jackson Chourio beat out an infield single and Contreras followed with a 409-foot homer to center. Mitchell sent Gallen’s next pitch over the wall in left center for a game-tying, 393-foot blast.

It was the first time the Brewers had homered three times in an inning since Rowdy Tellez, Brian Anderson and Mitchell went deep against three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer in the sixth inning of a 9-0 victory over the New York Mets on April 4, 2023. Gallen hadn’t allowed three homers in a game since a 5-3 loss to Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of last year’s NL Championship Series.

Gallen gave up four runs and seven hits in five innings while striking out five and walking one.

Brewers starter Colin Rea gave up three runs and five hits in four innings. He struck out four and walked one.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Gurriel was playing his first game since Sept. 1. The Diamondbacks made room for him by designating INF Luis Guillorme for assignment.

BREWERS' MOVE

The Brewers designated RHP Enoli Paredes for assignment and promoted RHP Kevin Herget from Triple-A Nashville.

UP NEXT

RHP Merrill Kelly (4-0, 4.00 ERA) pitches for the Diamondbacks and RHP Aaron Civale (7-8, 4.48) starts for the Brewers when this four-game series continues Saturday.

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Matchup Prediction

Brewers: 48.3%
Diamondbacks: 51.7%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Haase struck out swinging.
9th Inning Haase hit for Mitchell
9th Inning Contreras reached on infield single to shortstop.
9th Inning Chourio struck out swinging.
9th Inning Collins struck out swinging.
9th Inning Puk relieved Thompson

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
14 Ground Balls 15
9 Strikeouts 11
7 Runs Batted In 4
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
12 Hits 12
0 Stolen Bases 2
5 Walks 1
0 Catcher Interference 0
7 Runs 4
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
1 Sacrifice Flies 0
37 At Bats 39
2 Home Runs 3
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
17 Runners Left On Base 18
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
1 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 0
15 Fly Balls 13
1 Caught Stealing 0
171 Pitches 157
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 3
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
20 Total Bases 21
43 Plate Appearances 40
324.0 Projected Home Runs 486.0
4 Extra Base Hits 3
7.7 Runs Created 7.1
.324 Batting Average .308
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.541 Slugging Percentage .538
.324 Secondary Average .308
.395 On Base Percentage .325
.936 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .863
0.9 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.2
7.7 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 7.1
50.0 Batter Rating 39.0
18.5 At Bats Per Home Run 13.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.98 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.93
.216 Isolated Power .231
0.56 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.09
.116 Walks Per Plate Appearance .025
.000 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .000
14.0 Runs Produced 8.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.6 Patience Ratio 0.6
0.4 Balls In Play Average 0.4
97.8 MLB Rating 91.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

American Family Field

Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Attendance: 32,123 | 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