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Tomas has blast with two homers in Arizona's 8-1 win

[July 28, 2016] MILWAUKEE -- Yasmany Tomas hit two home runs and Archie Bradley struck out six to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night at Miller Park.

Tomas drove in five runs and was one of four Diamondbacks batters to finish with two hits.

Bradley (4-6) held Milwaukee to one run and four hits with three walks in seven innings and didn't allow a run until Hernan Perez's sacrifice fly in the seventh.

Brewers starter Jimmy Nelson (6-9) struggled, allowing eight runs, nine hits and two walks while striking out seven in 4 2/3 innings.

Only six of Nelson's runs were earned as the Brewers' defense committed five errors -- three by Kirk Nieuwenhuis and two by Jonathan Villar -- in the first two innings.

Phil Gosselin reached on Villar's first error of the game. Jean Segura followed with a base hit. Villar, with a possible double play, made a bad throw to second that went into right field, where Niewunhuis misplayed the ball and allowed Gosselin to score and Segura to reach third.

Paul Goldschmidt drew a walk and Welington Castillo made it 2-0 with an RBI single to center. That brought up Tomas, who made it 5-0 a game when he cracked a 2-2 sinker to left-center field for his 16th home run of the year.

Villar's issues continued in the bottom of the inning. He led off with a double to left but was caught trying to steal third and was be pulled from the game in favor of Jake Elmore to start the second.

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Niewunhuis committed two more errors in the second as the Diamondbacks made it 6-0 on a Segura single.

Tomas hit his second homer of the night, a two-run shot in the fifth, on a 0-2 slider from Nelson, who gave way with two outs in the inning.

NOTES: Milwaukee placed RHP Jacob Barnes on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with a sore right elbow. Barnes has appeared in 16 games for the Brewers this season, going 1-0 with a 3.71 ERA and 18 strikeouts in 17 innings of work. ... The Brewers recalled RHP Michael Blazek from Triple-A Colorado Springs, where he made three scoreless appearances after being optioned on July 10. ... RHP Zack Greinke felt good a day after throwing a 40-pitch bullpen session and will travel to Arizona, where he will start for the Diamondbacks' rookie-level Arizona League squad as he works his way back from a strained left oblique. Manager Chip Hale said Greinke would be on a 60-pitch limit and that it hasn't been decided whether Greinke's next start would be with the Diamondbacks or in the minor leagues.

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