Because the Arizona Diamondbacks battle to stay in playoff place, the reigning Nationwide League champions endured a crushing loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.
Going into the underside of the third in Milwaukee, the D-backs held an 8-0 lead. Nevertheless, the Brewers methodically chipped away at that lead within the coming innings and wound up prevailing 10-9. The 8-run blown lead is the most important in Diamondbacks franchise historical past.
Josh Bell and Eugenio Suárez homered within the D-backs’ seven-run third inning, most of which got here on the expense of Milwaukee starter Frankie Montas. Then, nonetheless, the Brewers went to work. They scored a run within the house half of the third, two within the fourth, one other run within the sixth, and one other pair within the seventh. Arizona counterpunched within the prime of the eighth with a pinch-hit RBI single from Randal Grichuk. Nevertheless, the Brewers put 4 on the board within the backside of the eighth to take the lead for good. Rhys Hoskins’ two-run single tied the sport, after which a slow-roller off the bat of Jake Bauers accomplished the Brewers’ comeback and gave them the lead for good. Here is the comeback montage:
And the compulsory screenshot of the win-probability chart:
The exasperating defeat drops Arizona to 87-69 on the season. They’re in second wild-card place within the NL however presently only a half-game forward of the New York Mets, who’re within the third spot. The D-backs at the moment are simply 1 ½ video games up on the Braves, who’re proper now on the skin trying in, which implies Arizona’s playoff spot is much from safe.
As for the Brewers, they’ve already clinched the NL Central for a second-straight yr. Sunday’s win pushed them to 89-67 on the season, and so they’ll seemingly enter the playoffs because the No. 3 seed within the NL bracket. The unlikely comeback win on Sunday, which snapped a three-game shedding streak for the Brewers, means they continue to be the one workforce within the majors this season and not using a shedding streak of 4 or extra video games.
