Brewers defeat Diamondbacks 7-4 in 11th inning rally

The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-4 in 11 innings on Friday night at Chase Field in Phoenix, opening a three-game series with a dramatic extra-inning victory. The win marked the Brewers' fourth in their last five games.

The game was tied 3-3 after nine innings and remained deadlocked through the 10th. In the top of the 11th, with automatic runner Blake Perkins on second, Arizona reliever Ryan Thompson hit Cooper Pratt with a pitch. A sacrifice bunt moved both runners into scoring position before Christian Yelich was intentionally walked to load the bases. Jackson Chourio then hit a soft grounder to the third-base side; Thompson fielded it but threw wildly to home plate, allowing two runs to score. Brice Turang followed with a two-run single to left field, capping a four-run inning for Milwaukee. Arizona scored once in the bottom of the 11th on an Ildemaro Vargas RBI single.

Milwaukee had built an early lead with a two-run homer from Garrett Mitchell in the second inning off Diamondbacks rookie starter José Cabrera. The Brewers extended the lead to 3-0 in the third on three consecutive one-out singles, the last by Jake Bauers. Mitchell nearly hit a second...