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  Tuesday, May 2 8:05pm ET
Arizona 5, Milwaukee 1
 
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MILWAUKEE (AP) _ Steve Finley isn't trying to hit homers. It's just that a lot of his balls are ending up in the seats.

Finley homered twice to tie San Francisco's Barry Bonds for the NL home-run lead, and Todd Stottlemyre allowed four hits in seven innings Tuesday night to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Brewers 5-1.

Finley and Travis Lee hit consecutive homers in the fourth inning, with Finley getting a two-run drive off Jimmy Haynes (3-2). Finley also hit a solo homer, his 11th of the year, in the eighth off Ray King.

``He's playing about as good as anybody you'd want to see,'' Arizona manager Buck Showalter said. ``It's impressive.''

Maybe it had something to do with Milwaukee's less-than-impressive home park. Finley had another tremendous game at dilapidated County Stadium, which is to be demolished and replaced by Miller Park next year.

He is 10-for-18 (.556) with seven homers and 13 RBIs in his last four games at County.

``It's just a good park to hit in,'' Finley said. ``It's big, but you see the ball well from the pitcher, and the lighting is good. (But) early in the season, it's always cold like this. It will be nice to play in a climate-controlled environment up here.''

It was the 16th multihomer game of Finley's career, his second this year.

Stottlemyre (5-1) took care of the rest, striking out five and pitching out of a jam in the seventh. He pitched past the fifth inning for just the third time this year, baffling the Brewers with offspeed pitches.

``I thought this was his best outing of the year,'' Showalter said. ``It was really the first time this year he had some counts working in his favor.''

Milwaukee, shut out three times in its previous six games, received a solo homer from Geoff Jenkins in the fourth but got only one other runner as far as third base in the first six innings.

After the game, manager Davey Lopes was at a loss to explain what was wrong with the Brewers' offense, which was among the league's better units last year. This season, Milwaukee's pitching has been adequate, but the offense has been dreadful.

``I don't know. When you find out what to do when the team is in a slump, bottle it up and sell it,'' Lopes said.

The NL West-leading Diamondbacks won for the fifth time in seven games, all on the road. Milwaukee has followed a 2-7 road trip by losing four of its first five in a 10-game homestand.

Milwaukee loaded the bases with one out in the seventh, but Stottlemyre got Henry Blanco to ground into a double play. The chilled crowd didn't even bother to boo.

``I had one thing on my mind: throwing him a slider,'' Stottlemyre said. ``I wanted to throw it for a strike, and he got on top of it.''

Haynes pitched well but again received no run support from the Brewers. He allowed six hits and five walks in seven innings.

``This is discouraging for everyone,'' Haynes said. ``These guys can hit. They know they can hit.''

Notes: Milwaukee shortstop Mark Loretta, who was scratched from the lineup on Tuesday night because of a strained hamstring, is the NL's top defensive shortstop after one month of play. He has a .991 fielding percentage, with just one error in 109 chances. ... The Diamondbacks' back-to-back homers were their first since April 10. ... Jay Bell doubled home the Diamondbacks' final run in the ninth. ... Womack had three singles. ... The gametime temperature was 55 degrees, and it dropped throughout the night.

 


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