Willy Adames leads the Brewers to victory over struggling Diamondbacks

Willy Adames hit a grand slam to close out a seven-run second inning and added a solo home run in the fourth. The Milwaukee Brewers narrowly defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 15-8 in Phoenix on Saturday night to take the second of three games in the series.

Adames finished the game 3-for-3 with five RBIs, taking the National League lead with 107. He was one of six Brewers to score at least two runs as Milwaukee finished with 16 hits and built a 13-run lead before Arizona scored eight unanswered runs in three innings.

Milwaukee led 4-0 in the second, and Adames cleared the bases after Diamondbacks starter Brandon Pfaadt (9-9) allowed six consecutive runners with two outs, four singles and two walks. Adames' second home run – his career-high 32 – made it 12-0 with four runs in the fourth.

Milwaukee (86-62) has won four of its last five games and leads the National League Central by 11 games over the Chicago Cubs. Garrett Mitchell was 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBIs, three walks and three runs, William Contreras was 2-for-4 with four RBIs and a long ball and Brice Turang was 2-for-5.

Milwaukee right-hander Tobias Myers (8-5) went six innings, allowed no walks, struck out three times, allowed nine hits and four earned runs – all in his final two innings.

Pfaadt gave up seven hits, three walks and allowed eight runs on 58 pitches and did not survive the second inning for the D-backs (82-66), who are one game behind the San Diego Padres for the NL's top wild-card spot and have now lost nine of their last 15 games.

Randal Grichuk had three RBIs and a home run for Arizona, which remains one game ahead of the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves for the final NL wild-card spot.

Sal Frelick, Joey Ortiz, Turang and Jackson Chourio (2-for-6) hit four consecutive two-out singles in the second inning. Pfaadt walked Contreras to load the bases and walked Mitchell to score a run before Adames hit a grand slam to left-center field.

Brandon Hughes threw 1 1/3 of the scoreless relief pitches for Arizona before Floro allowed five runs and five hits in two innings. Blake Perkins added an RBI sac fly in the sixth inning to make it 13-0.

Josh Bell had a two-RBI single for Arizona in the sixth inning, Grichuk hit a two-run homer with no outs in the seventh inning, and his single in the eighth inning gave the D-backs their eighth consecutive run.

Hoby Milner relieved Myers and allowed three runs in 1 1/3 innings for the Brewers. Enoli Paredes pitched the final 1 2/3 for Milwaukee.

–Field level media