MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Nick Ahmed hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the eighth inning to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-5 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night.Ender Inciarte, David Peralta and A.J. Pollock also went deep, and Paul Goldschmidt had three doubles for the Diamondbacks, who ended a three-game losing streak.Ahmed's homer off Jonathan Broxton (1-2) put Arizona ahead 5-4, and Pollock's two-run shot in the ninth extended the lead. 
Addison Reed (2-2) pitched 1 2/3 innings in relief to get the win. Brad Ziegler surrendered a run in the ninth but picked up his third save in five chances.The Diamondbacks scored a run in the first on consecutive doubles by Goldschmidt and Peralta. Milwaukee's Carlos Gomez hit a 409-foot leadoff homer in the bottom of the inning to tie the score.Inciarte homered on Nelson's first pitch of the third inning to give Arizona a one-run lead. With two outs, Peralta hit another first-pitch home run, extending the lead to 3-1.Adam Lind had a tying two-run homer to pull the Brewers even again in the bottom of the third.Arizona loaded the bases with two outs in the fourth off Milwaukee starter Jimmy Nelson, but failed to score. Nelson hit two batters in the inning but struck out the side.The Diamondbacks regained the lead in the fifth on Yasmany Tomas' run-scoring ground out.Nelson surrendered four runs and seven hits in six innings. He had eight strikeouts and no walks.Lind tied the game again in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI double off Arizona starter Rubby De La Rosa, who gave up four runs and six hits in five innings. De La Rosa struck out four and walked two.Milwaukee didn't score in the seventh after loading the bases with one out.
Addison Reed (2-2) pitched 1 2/3 innings in relief to get the win. Brad Ziegler surrendered a run in the ninth but picked up his third save in five chances.The Diamondbacks scored a run in the first on consecutive doubles by Goldschmidt and Peralta. Milwaukee's Carlos Gomez hit a 409-foot leadoff homer in the bottom of the inning to tie the score.Inciarte homered on Nelson's first pitch of the third inning to give Arizona a one-run lead. With two outs, Peralta hit another first-pitch home run, extending the lead to 3-1.Adam Lind had a tying two-run homer to pull the Brewers even again in the bottom of the third.Arizona loaded the bases with two outs in the fourth off Milwaukee starter Jimmy Nelson, but failed to score. Nelson hit two batters in the inning but struck out the side.The Diamondbacks regained the lead in the fifth on Yasmany Tomas' run-scoring ground out.Nelson surrendered four runs and seven hits in six innings. He had eight strikeouts and no walks.Lind tied the game again in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI double off Arizona starter Rubby De La Rosa, who gave up four runs and six hits in five innings. De La Rosa struck out four and walked two.Milwaukee didn't score in the seventh after loading the bases with one out.
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