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09/19 21:51 CDT Pfaadt ties Arizona record with 7 straight strikeouts in
Diamondbacks' 5-1 victory over Brewers
Pfaadt ties Arizona record with 7 straight strikeouts in Diamondbacks' 5-1
victory over Brewers
By STEVE MEGARGEE
AP Sports Writer
MILWAUKEE (AP) --- Brandon Pfaadt tied an Arizona franchise record by striking
out seven straight batters to highlight his dominating performance as the
Diamondbacks boosted their playoff hopes by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1
on Thursday night.
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 Martnez 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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