MILWAUKEE (AP) — William Contreras hit a two-run double in the seventh inning to put Milwaukee ahead for good as the Brewers came back from a four-run deficit to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-5 on Tuesday night.
Jesse Winker homered for the first time this season to help the Brewers rally after falling behind 4-0. Ketel Marte went 3 for 5 with a three-run homer and double for the NL-West leading Diamondbacks.
The Brewers trailed 5-3 when they began the seventh by loading the bases against Austin Adams without hitting a ball out of the infield.
Luis Urías drew a leadoff walk. Blake Perkins then hit a grounder to the right side of the infield, but Marte looked over to second before making the throw to first. That pause enabled Perkins to beat the throw for an infield single.
Joey Wiemer then hit a bouncer that went of Adams’ glove. Marte managed to field the ball, but Perkins beat his throw to second. Wiemer’s hit loaded the bases and put the tying run in scoring position.
Kyle Nelson inherited the bases-loaded, no-out jam and retired Christian Yelich on a soft grounder that brought home Urías. Contreras then doubled into the gap in left-center to bring home Perkins and Wiemer.
Contreras extended Milwaukee’s lead to 7-5 by scoring when Willy Adames hit into a fielder’s choice.
Milwaukee’s Hoby Milner, Bryse Wilson (2-0), Joel Payamps and Devin Williams combined for 3 2/3 innings of shutout relief. Williams worked around a one-out walk in the ninth to earn his 13th save in 14 opportunities.
For the second straight night, the Diamondbacks raced to a big early lead in Milwaukee.
After scoring six runs in the first inning of a 9-1 victory Monday, the Diamondbacks took a 4-0 lead in the first two frames against Colin Rea.
Arizona scored once in the first when Corbin Carroll singled home Marte, who had doubled on a fly ball that landed just inside the left-field foul line. Marte came up again two outs in the second and delivered a three-run shot to right to make it 4-0.
But one night after matching a season low with three hits, the Brewers delivered their biggest comeback win of the season. They hadn’t trailed by more than three runs in any win all year before Tuesday.
Urias’ RBI double in the third off Ryne Nelson got Milwaukee on the board. The Brewer cut the lead to 4-3 in the fourth on Winker’s two-run homer, a 416-foot shot over the center-field wall on a 3-2 pitch.
Winker hit 16 1/2 homers per year from 2019-22, but this marked the first time he had gone deep since the Brewers acquired him from Seattle last December. His first homer as a Brewer came in his 140th plate appearance of the season.
Jake McCarthy’s two-out RBI infield single extended Arizona’s lead to 5-3 in the sixth before Milwaukee responded in the seventh.
UP NEXT
RHP Zac Gallen (8-2, 2.98) pitches for the Diamondbacks and RHP Julio Teheran (2-2, 1.78) starts for the Brewers as this three-game series concludes Wednesday.
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