Willy Adames hit a grand slam and another home run, Garrett Mitchell added a two-run homer, and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 15-8 on Saturday.
Milwaukee’s magic number to win the NL Central is now 3, and they will aim for a three-game sweep on Sunday.
Adames has 32 home runs this season, surpassing his previous career high of 31 from 2022.
“It’s been amazing,” Adames said. “It’s been a special year for me and the team.”
Arizona (82-66) still holds the second NL wild-card spot but is only one game ahead of the Atlanta Braves (81-67) and the New York Mets (81-67) with 14 games remaining.
“We’ve got to be better on the mound,” D-backs manager Torey Lovullo said. “Tonight was a total lack of pitch execution, missed pitches in the middle of the zone, lack of command with our secondary stuff.”
Milwaukee’s Tobias Myers (8-5) allowed four runs on nine hits in six innings and struck out three.
The Brewers took a 1-0 lead in the first inning with William Contreras’ sacrifice fly that scored Brice Turang, who had walked to lead off the inning.
They maintained their lead when Sal Frelick made a great catch over the fence, robbing Corbin Carroll of a solo home run.
Milwaukee scored seven runs in the second inning, all with two outs.
D-backs right-hander Brandon Pfaadt (9-9) got the first two batters out in the second inning before the next seven batters reached base.
Turang and Jackson Chourio hit consecutive RBI singles, Contreras walked to load the bases, Mitchell walked to bring in a run, and then Adames hit a homer to left field for an 8-0 lead.
“You go to the body, you go to the body, you go to the body and — boom — it opens up a shot to the head,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. “It’s all part of pecking away and being relentless. We did it from the first hitter of the game.”
