 struck out a career-high 11. The 29-year-old right-hander also walked three and threw a career-high 114 pitches. Nick Ahmed broke up the no-hitter with a sharply hit ball up the middle to start the eighth that deflected off second baseman Eric Sogard's glove. On Aug. 16, 2015, Ahmed blooped a single to right-center leading off the eighth inning for the Diamondbacks' first hit against Atlanta's Shelby Miller. Jett Bandy hit a three-run double off Zack Greinke (6-3) in the fourth. Jesus Aguilar homered and Domingo Santana added a run-scoring single in the sixth to drop Greinke to 16-3 all-time at Miller Park. Anderson was drafted by Arizona in 2009 and pitched for the Diamondbacks in 2014 and 2015 before Milwaukee acquired him in a trade last year. He had already thrown a career high number of pitches before returning to the mound in the eighth, and Ahmed quickly chased him. Sogard was shifted to the first-base side but raced to the left side of second to try for the grounder. Rob Scahill relieved Anderson after the hit, and Anderson received an extended standing ovation from the 29,746 at Miller Park. The celebration began afterward, when his teammates dumped two coolers on top of him after the game. At the start, it appeared Greinke would be more likely to throw a no-hitter. He was perfect the first time through the lineup on 29 pitches, but ran into trouble in the fourth after Sogard's flare fell in shallow left field for a double. Greinke loaded the bases and then, with two outs, Bandy hit a bases clearing double over Yasmany Tomas' head in left field. That would be all the offense that Anderson would need as he mixed a sharp breaking ball to complement his mid-90s fastball as mid-afternoon shadows crept across Miller Park's diamond. Anderson's bid at his first no-hitter ended at the same point of the game his previous best effort did. Anderson took a no-hitter into the eighth on May 17, 2016 against the Cubs before Ben Zobrist broke up the bid with a double. It didn't look promising from the outset for Anderson, who walked the first two batters of the game before settling down to retire the next 10 straight. He walked Jake Lamb in the fourth, but that would be all until Ahmed's at-bat. ZACK AND CHASEGreinke holds a special place in Brewers history, coming to Milwaukee in a trade in 2011 and leading the franchise to its first National League Championship Series since 1982. But since then, the franchise has been in a full scale rebuild, jettisoning Greinke in 2012 to the Los Angeles Angels for prospects, including Jean Segura. Greinke signed with Arizona before the 2016 season. A few weeks after Arizona signed Greinke, the Diamondbacks dealt Anderson to Milwaukee, receiving Segura as part of the package. TRAINER'S ROOMDiamondbacks: RF David Peralta got a day off as part of a season-long 11-game road trip. Brewers: With LF Ryan Braun (strained left calf) on the 10-day DL, the Brewers have opted to keep an additional pitcher on the staff for now. That means a combination of Hernan Perez, Eric Thames and Nick Franklin will man the position. UP NEXTDiamondbacks: LHP Patrick Corbin (4-4, 4.40 ERA) will pitch in the finale of this four-game set. Brewers: RHP Jimmy Nelson (2-3, 4.20) will make his 10th start of the season.---More baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball)
Time: 4:10 PM EDT Venue: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wis., 53214 MILWAUKEE -- Things are going good these days for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who will try to extend their winning streak to seven games Saturday when they take on the Brewers in Milwaukee. Arizona rallied late Friday night and has now won 10 of its last 11 and 13 of 16 to stay within a game of first-place Colorado in the NL West." It's been fun," said veteran catcher Chris Iannetta, whose game-tying home run in the ninth inning set the stage for the Diamondbacks' go-ahead 10th. "This is the way baseball should be. It's not always going to happen but the way we're playing the game right now is the way you want to play the game. You want to play hard, you want to hustle, you want to pitch and play good defense. That's what we're doing." Arizona stands a good chance to keep it going Saturday as Zack Greinke (6-2, 2.82 ERA) takes the mound. He's won each of his last four starts and five decisions in a row overall. The right-hander has been absolutely dominant this month, posting an 0.66 WHIP and striking out 12 in his last outing while allowing four hits over 8 2/3 innings against the White Sox." Everything was pretty good and that's what really made it good -- that everything was working well for the most part," Greinke said. "They hit my curveball pretty good even though it felt good coming out of my fingers, but they took their best swings on that pitch." On top of that, some of his best performances have come at Milwaukee's Miller Park, where he played for the Brewers from 2011 until mid-2013 and is 16-2 with a 3.07 ERA in 27 career appearances, including 26 starts. Greinke hasn't allowed an earned run in his last 12 2/3 innings against a former team. That doesn't bode well for a Milwaukee offense that has scored just nine runs in its last four games and has dropped a season-high five in a row overall." Our team is showing heart," first baseman Eric Thames said. "But everything that can go wrong -- knock on wood; I don't want anybody to get hurt or anything -- is going wrong. We're hitting balls hard right at guys, tough calls are going the opposite way. But that's the way it goes. You have to kind of wear it and wait for the game to change." Like Greinke, Brewers right-hander Chase Anderson (2-1, 4.25) will also be facing his former team Saturday. Acquired from the Diamondbacks prior to last season, Anderson posted a 1.12 ERA through his first four outings of 2017 but has struggled since, posting a 7.30 mark in his last five starts and allowing a season-high six earned runs in his last outing Sunday against the Cubs at Wrigley Field." I just got a little out of whack with my mechanics this month," Anderson said. "I've been forcing a couple of things, working too hard. Not letting my body do what it's supposed to do." I'm not attacking like I was in April. I'm trying to, but when you feel like you're fighting yourself sometimes, it's hard to do that because you don't want to throw it down the middle of the plate. I'm just trying to get my mechanics smoothed out, work on that and get back on track." In two previous outings against Arizona, Anderson is 1-0 with a 3.37 ERA.
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