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Todd Rosiak

Dbacks edge Brewers in 11 innings

PHOENIX _ Chase Anderson's return to the desert was not a memorable one.

Pitching at Chase Field for the first time since being traded in late January, the right-hander turned in a solid six-inning effort only to see it go for naught. Welington Castillo's drew a bases-loaded walk from Blaine Boyer in the 11th inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers dropped a 3-2 decision to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.

Yasmany Tomas hit a pair of solo home runs to provide the early offense for Arizona, while rookie Orlando Arcia and Keon Broxton accounted for Milwaukee's offense. Arcia had an RBI single in the fourth for his first career hit, and Broxton homered in the seventh.

Paul Goldschmidt and Jake Lamb each singled to lead off the bottom of the 11th, then after Boyer struck out Tomas, David Peralta reached on an error by Arcia, who couldn't glove his chopper up the middle.

With the bases loaded, Castillo got ahead in the count, 3-1, before drawing Ball 4 to earn the Diamondbacks the walk-off victory.

Tomas got Arizona out to a 1-0 lead in the second with a first-pitch homer to left off his former teammate Anderson, who was traded to Milwaukee in late January as part of the Jean Segura deal.

The Brewers tied it up in the fourth against Diamondbacks rookie starter Braden Shipley when Hernan Perez singled, went to second on a wild pitch and came around to score on Arcia's first major-league hit _ a solid two-out single to right field.

The usual protocol followed, ex-Brewer Segura catching the relay throw in and tossing the ball to the Brewers' dugout so it could be saved for Arcia. But manager Craig Counsell pointed out to the umpires that the ball was actually still in play when Segura threw it, so after a brief conference Arcia was awarded third base and Segura was charged with an error.

The gaffe didn't net the Brewers a run, however, as Anderson ultimately struck out.

The Diamondbacks grabbed the lead back quickly in the bottom half of the fourth when Tomas again homered _ this time just over the wall in right _ to make it 2-1.

Anderson ultimately made it through six innings, marking the first time since June 8 he'd gone that deep into a game. He allowed four hits, two runs (earned) and two walks to go along with five strikeouts in a 92-pitch night.

He was pulled for pinch-hitter Broxton leading off the seventh, and Broxton rewarded Counsell with a booming home run to center that tied it at 2-2. That was all for Shipley, who'd managed to limit the Brewers to just a run despite allowing three hits and six walks prior to Broxton's bomb.

Broxton is hitting .292 (7 for 24) with two homers and five RBI since being recalled from Class AAA Colorado Springs on July 25.

After a scoreless seventh and eighth from Michael Blazek and Carlos Torres, Arcia led off the ninth with a drive to right � his fourth hard-hit ball to that side of the field in as many at-bats _ only to be robbed of at least extra bases by a leaping Peralta.

Kirk Nieuwenhuis matched Peralta in the bottom of the ninth, laying out in center to rob Castillo of possible extra bases, and a Corey Knebel strikeout of Chris Owings sent the game into extras.

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