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PHOENIX (AP) -
Mike Cameron
's rough road trip took a turn for the better Wednesday night.
Cameron singled home
Russell Branyan
with one out in the top of the ninth, his second RBI single of the game, to lift the
Milwaukee Brewers
to a 4-3 victory over the
Arizona Diamondbacks
.
''I wasn't trying to think too hard,'' said Cameron, who was 4-for-23 in the first eight games of the Brewers' 10-game trip
that ends Thursday. ''It was just a curveball and I put a good swing on it. It ended up being a big hit.''
Cameron finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs and
Rickie Weeks
added his first career pinch-hit home run for the Brewers, who rallied from a 2-0 deficit for their second straight win.
''It was a beautiful game,'' said
Salomon Torres
, who allowed two baserunners in the ninth before recording his 15th save in 17 opportunities.
The Diamondbacks (42-43), who left 12 men on base and had two runners thrown out at home, lost for the eighth time in 11 games
and dropped below .500 for the first time since opening the season 1-2. Their lead in the NL West over the
Los Angeles Dodgers
slipped to 1 1/2 games.
''We're going through a tough period where we're coughing up some games where we don't normally give them up,'' Arizona manager
Bob Melvin
said. ''They got some big hits when they needed it. That was the deciding factor. They got some big hits and we left some
guys out there.''
David Riske
(1-1) earned the win after surrendering a game-tying homer to
Justin Upton
, his 10th, in the bottom of the eighth. Torres gave up a leadoff single to
Orlando Hudson
and walked
Mark Reynolds
with one out before retiring
Chris Young
on a game-ending double play.
''I didn't deviate from my thought process,'' Torres said. ''I said to myself to keep the ball down, make him hit your pitch.''
Branyan reached on an error by Reynolds, who was making his first career appearance at first base after pinch-hitting for
Chad Tracy
in the seventh.
Gabe Kapler
sacrificed Branyan to second and Cameron followed with a sharp single to left off closer
Brandon Lyon
(2-3) to make it 4-3.
''I've got to make to the play,'' Reynolds said. ''It was just a groundball. I should have made the play.''
Weeks, who had spent all day Tuesday in bed with the flu, had given Milwaukee a 3-2 lead in the eighth when he drove an 0-2
pitch from
Tony Pena
six rows into the stands in left for his eighth home run.
''We figured Rickie's a leadoff hitter, let's see if he can't lead off and get on base,'' Brewers manager
Ned Yost
said. ''He put a jolt into one.''
Arizona took a 2-0 lead against Milwaukee starter
Seth McClung
.
Tracy singled to lead off the second, Young reached on an infield single and Upton was hit by a pitch to load the bases.
Miguel Montero
followed with a ground single into shallow center.
The Diamondbacks made it 2-0 in the third when Hudson doubled to left and scored on Young's two-out single off second base.
J.J. Hardy drove in
Jason Kendall
with a sharp single to left in the sixth, pulling the Brewers within 2-1. In the seventh, Kapler tripled to the base of the
wall in right-center with two outs and Cameron followed with a bloop single to left off
Chad Qualls
to make it 2-2.
''It was just one pitch,'' Qualls said. ''I make that mistake and I'm not getting away with it right now.''
Yusmeiro Petit
, making his first major league start since Sept. 30, retired 15 of the first 16 batters he faced and allowed only three baserunners
over six innings.
Notes: The Brewers have won 10 of their last 13 against the Diamondbacks. ... Petit had been recalled from Triple-A Tucson
on June 27 when RHP
Edgar Gonzalez
was placed on the 15-day DL. ... Brewers 1B
Prince Fielder
went 0-for-4 to extend his skid to 2-for-31 over nine games. ... The Diamondbacks, who had four bunt singles in their first
84 games, had two in the first two innings.
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