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PHOENIX (AP) -- The Arizona Diamondbacks' seven-game winning
streak ended with a bang. Make that 19 bangs.
|  | | Liftoff: Milwaukee's Tyler Houston blasted two home runs and drove in five runs to lead the 16-8 romp past the Diamondbacks on Monday. |
The Milwaukee Brewers knocked Arizona's pitching staff around
for 19 hits in a 16-8 victory Monday night.
Tyler Houston, who hadn't played much lately and was hitless in
his last nine at-bats, drove in five runs with two homers,
including a three-run shot in an eight-run second inning.
"It was long overdue," manager Davey Lopes said. "We've been
struggling offensively as a team all season long. But this gives
you an indication of what we're capable of doing. It's been a bad
year for us, but we're not as bad as statistics say we are."
Mark Loretta and Richie Sexson also homered in the second-inning
uprising. Loretta, in his fourth game since coming off the disabled
list, was 3-for-5 with three RBIs as Milwaukee got 19 hits, 10 for
extra bases.
The 16 runs and 19 hits were both season highs for the Brewers.
Arizona used all six relievers. The only Diamondbacks' pitcher
who didn't allow a hit was closer Matt Mantei, who pitched the
ninth.
"Our relievers have been doing great all year," said Steve
Finley, who was 2-for-3 with a double and triple for Arizona. "If
they're going to have a bad game, let's let them do it all in one
game and get it out of their system. That's the way I look at it."
Damian Miller had a pair of RBI doubles for the Diamondbacks.
The Diamondbacks rallied from an 8-0 deficit to cut the lead to
8-7, but a throwing error by shortstop Tony Womack opened the way
for three unearned runs in the fifth.
"I felt if we could get a couple of shutdowns, we had a fair
shot at it," manager Buck Showalter. "We just never could stem
the tide."
With the bases loaded and two outs, Henry Blanco barely checked
his swing on what would have been strike three. Then he hit a
routine grounder to Womack, who bobbled it, then threw high to
first as a run scored. Pinch-hitter Marquis Grissom followed with a
two-run single to make it 11-7.
An RBI double by Jeromy Burnitz and Houston's two-run homer made
it 14-7 in the sixth.
"I haven't really been playing much lately at all," Houston
said. "I've been fiddling with my swing in the cage with Rod
Carew. I think I found something that's going to work for me and
I'm hoping to keep it going."
The three home runs in an inning tied a Brewers franchise
record.
Everett Stull (2-3) pitched four scoreless innings to get his
second big league victory and first since April 22.
Armando Reynoso, who had won his last three starts and was 5-1
in his last seven, didn't make it through the second inning.
"I was throwing high pitches," Reynoso said, "and when you
are throwing high and are behind the hitters, you're going to pay,
and that's what happened tonight."
Reynoso (10-8) gave up the three-run homer to Houston and a
two-run homer to Loretta, along with an RBI single by James Mouton.
Russ Springer relieved Reynoso and gave up a single to Burnitz,
then a two-run homer by Sexson, who had singled earlier in the
inning.
Houston's 14 home runs are a career high. It was his second
multi-homer game of the season and third of his career.
The Diamondbacks, who came back from a 4-0 deficit to beat the
Chicago Cubs 5-4 Sunday, scored two in the second, then five in the
fourth on an RBI double by Miller and five singles. The rally ended
when Steve Finley flied out to deep center with the bases loaded.
Game notes
Sexson has six homers in 20 games since coming to Milwaukee
from Cleveland. ... Arizona first baseman Erubiel Durazo could be
facing a second operation on his right wrist. Team doctors wouldn't
disclose the results of an MRI on the wrist on Monday in order to
let Durazo discuss the situation with his family. ... Milwaukee's
nine hits in the second inning tied the Diamondbacks' record for
most allowed in an inning. ... The eight runs and nine hits in the
second tied the most by the Brewers in an inning in their three
seasons in the NL. ... The Diamondbacks' Luis Gonzalez extended his
hitting streak to 14 games with an RBI single.
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