(WNFL) – The MIlwaukee Brewers score 7 runs in the second inning including 4 on a grand slam by Willy Adames in a 15-8 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday.
The Brewers added 4 more in the fourth inning as they built a 12-0 lead before Arizona scored twice in the sixth, twice in the seventh and four times in the eighth.
Adames who finished with 3 hits and 5 RBI now has a team-leading 32 home runs. Garrett Mitchell and William Contreras also homered for the Brewers. Mitchell hit his sixth and Contreras his 22nd.
Joey Ortiz, Contreras, Mitchell, Jackson Chourio, Bryce Turang and Jake Bauers each had 2 hits for Milwaukee.
Tobias Myers pitched 6 innings for Milwaukee, allowing 9 hits and 4 runs to get the win. He is now 8-5.
Hobie Milner allowed 3 runs over 1 1/3 innings of relief while Enoli Paredes allowed 1 run.
Brandon Pfaadt took the loss for Arizona. He gave up 8 runs in 1 2/3 innings to fall to 9-9.
The Brewers with the win improve to 86-62 and now have an 11-game lead over the second-place Chicago Cubs who lost to Colorado. The Brewers’ magic number for clinching the NL Central is down to 4.
More importantly is that the Brewers are now 1 game behind the Los Angeles Dodgers for the second-best record in the National League. The 2 teams with the best records will receive a first-round bye in the National League playoffs.
The Brewers and Diamondbacks will wrap up their series in Arizona today. The Brewers will send DL Hall to the mound while Arizona will counter with Zac Gallen.
The pre-game show starts at 2:35 with the first pitch at 3:10 and can be heard on 1360 and 97.5 WTAQ.
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