Diamondbacks 8, Brewers 3
PHOENIX -- Arizona rookie right-hander Zack Godley gave up four hits and in six scoreless innings in his major league debut and right fielder Yasmany Tomas homered in the Diamondbacks' 8-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers at Chase Field on Thursday.
Godley, who played in only three games above Class A this season, tied Max Scherzer's franchise record with seven strikeouts in his first major league appearance.
Godley threw 66 strikes in 88 pitches and benefitted from two double plays, one he started with runners on first and third to get out of trouble in the third inning.
Tomas homered in the second inning and singled and scored in a three-run fourth inning off right-hander Mike Fiers as the Diamondbacks (44-50) won for just the second time in nine games.
Brewers right fielder Ryan Braun hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning off right-hander Dominic Leone after singles by left fielder Gerardo Parra and catcher Jonathan Lucroy. Parra is hitting .419 in July.
Arizona Center fielder A.J. Pollock had three hits and drove in two and left fielder Ender Inciarte had two hits and an RBI.
Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt's sacrifice fly in the eighth inning gave him a major league-leading 73 RBIs.
Fiers struck out 10 and gave up eight hits and five runs (four earned) in five innings for the Brewers (42-54), who had won four of their last five.
Tomas led off the second inning with his sixth homer of the season.
Tomas singled to open a three-run fourth inning before third baseman Aaron Hill walked. Catcher Oscar Hernandez singled to center field on a 3-2 pitch to drive in Tomas for his first major league RBI.
Inciarte's two-out single drove in Hill, and Hernandez scored when center fielder Carlos Gomez's wide throw got past third base for his second throwing error of the game, increasing the lead to 4-0.
Center fielder A.J. Pollock tripled and scored on Hill's two-out single in the fifth inning for a 5-0 margin.
NOTES: Brewers INF Hernan Perez made his sixth start of the season at third base after 3B Aramis Ramirez was traded to Pittsburgh for minor league RHP Yhonathan Barrios, 22. Barrios was 1-3 with 11 saves and a 2.68 ERA in 24 appearances at Double-A Altoona and Triple-A Indianapolis this season. He will report to Double-A Biloxi. RHP David Goforth was recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs to take Ramirez's sport on the roster. ... Arizona LF David Peralta was not in the lineup Thursday after being hit in the head by a fastball from Miami RHP Jose Fernandez on Wednesday, but Arizona manager Chip Hale said Peralta passed the concussion protocol and was available. Peralta had played in 41 consecutive games. ... Diamondbacks C Welington Castillo (hamstring) missed his second start in a row, although he was available off the bench, according to Hale.