As the Arizona Diamondbacks fight to remain in playoff position, the reigning National League champions endured a crushing loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.
Going into the bottom of the third in Milwaukee, the D-backs held an 8-0 lead. However, the Brewers methodically chipped away at that lead in the coming innings and wound up prevailing 10-9. The 8-run blown lead is the largest in Diamondbacks franchise history.
Josh Bell and Eugenio Suárez homered in the D-backs’ seven-run third inning, most of which came at the expense of Milwaukee starter Frankie Montas. Then, however, the Brewers went to work. They scored a run in the home half of the third, two in the fourth, another run in the sixth, and another pair in the seventh. Arizona counterpunched in the top of the eighth with a pinch-hit RBI single from Randal Grichuk. However, the Brewers put four on the board in the bottom of the eighth to take the lead for good. Rhys Hoskins’ two-run single tied the game, and then a slow-roller off the bat of Jake Bauers completed the Brewers’ comeback and gave them the lead for good. Here’s the comeback montage:…