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PHOENIX (AP) -- Tony Womack's hitting is so good it almost
obscures his defense. Almost.
Womack extended his hitting streak to 22 games, scored twice and
had six assists -- including one of the highlight-reel variety -- and
the Arizona Diamondbacks stretched their team-record home winning
streak to 11, beating the Milwaukee Brewers 7-3 Saturday.
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"That's like a long day for me," said the shortstop, who went
deep in the hole to throw out Henry Blanco early in the game. "It
was good, though. Armando (Reynoso) is very good at keeping the
ball on the ground. Sometimes they go a little further than you
want, but the good thing is he kept battling the way we did."
Steve Finley hit his 18th homer and drove in three runs, raising
his NL-leading RBI total to 51. His two-run homer in the fifth
inning tied it and Jay Bell singled home the go-ahead run in the
sixth.
"I don't feel like I've hit a groove yet," Finley said. "I'm
not swinging the bat bad by any means. Believe me, I feel great to
be where I am right now, but I haven't hit one of those grooves
where it lasts about a week and everything falls in."
Finley starred on defense as well, robbing Jose Hernandez of a
hit with a diving catch that ended the eighth inning.
"That was a pretty catch," manager Buck Showalter said.
"That's something we've come to not assume, but not be surprised
when he does it."
Luis Gonzalez also homered for Arizona, which has won five
straight overall. Milwaukee has lost four in a row.
Reynoso (3-4) allowed two runs in six innings. Byung-Hyun Kim
retired the last five batters for his fifth save in six chances.
Womack doubled and singled in extending the longest hitting
streak in the majors this season.
Pinch-hitter Hanley Frias had a two-run single in the seventh
and Gonzalez homered in the eighth.
Erubiel Durazo singled with two outs in the fifth and Finley
followed with a 418-foot drive onto a pavilion that juts out over
the field in left-center, tying it at 3.
"I just left a changeup up, and I should have thrown it down to
him," starter Jason Bere said. "My changeup had good action
today. But they're that kind of team -- very disciplined. They get
quality at-bats."
"Against a hitter like that, you've got to make a pitch,"
manager Davey Lopes said. "And when you don't that's what
happens."
Turner Ward, the next batter, singled off Bere's left ankle,
forcing him from the game.
In the next inning, reliever Juan Acevedo (0-2) got one out
before Womack doubled and scored on Bell's single.
Mark Sweeney doubled twice in his first start with the Brewers
and drove in a run.
The Brewers took a 3-1 lead in the fifth when Bere tripled with
one out, hitting a sinking liner to right that got past a charging
Ward. After Reynoso walked Ron Belliard, Mark Loretta hit an RBI
single and scored on Sweeney's second double.
Milwaukee got an unearned run in the first after a throwing
error by Andy Fox, playing third base to rest Matt Williams. The
Diamondbacks tied it in their half on an RBI groundout by Finley.
Game notes
Finley tied his franchise record for homers in a month with
nine. He also had nine last September and this April. ... Bere gave
up a home run for the seventh straight start. ... Loretta, who
saved his hitting streak in his last at-bat Friday night, had two
hits and increased it to 11 games. ... Lyle Mouton and Belliard
felt hamstring pain Friday night, but both were back in uniform.
Belliard made his 50th consecutive start at second base. ...
Williams got the day off because of the short turnaround between
games. He returned from the DL on Tuesday and started the next four
games at third. ... Sweeney had not started a game since Sept. 18,
1998, against Colorado when he was with San Diego.
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