MILWAUKEE -- Aaron Hill blasted a two-run homer off Brandon Kintzler in the eighth inning on Tuesday night to give the Diamondbacks a 7-5 comeback victory over Milwaukee, handing the Brewers their first loss of the season when scoring at least four runs.
At 18-0 entering the game, the Brewers were the last team in the Major Leagues without a loss when scoring at least four runs.
Arizona spotted the Brewers a 5-2 lead in the first with the aid of four unearned runs courtesy of a costly two-out throwing error by shortstop Chris Owings.
 
Hill homers to give D-backs 7-5 win over Brewers
 
The Diamondbacks hustled up a run in the fifth without a hit to cut the lead to 5-3. A.J. Pollock, showing no signs of the groin injury that kept him out of the starting lineup for five games, walked to open the frame, advanced on a sacrifice by Ender Inciarte, stole third and scored on Josh Collmenter's ground out.
Owings, the National League Rookie of the Month for April, brought the Diamondbacks to within 5-4 when he opened the sixth inning with his first career home run.
Paul Goldschmidt started the eighth-inning rally with a one-out double down the right-field line. Miguel Montero singled home Goldschmidt to tie it at 5. Hill then blasted a 1-0 pitch from Kintzler (1-1) over the left-field wall for his third home run.
Evan Marshall, called up earlier in the day from Triple-A Reno, retired all four batters he faced for the victory in his Major League debut. He came on with runners on first and second with two outs in the sixth and retired Carlos Gomez on a grounder to short to end the inning. He retired the side in order in the seventh.
The Brewers batted around in the five-run first to erase a 2-0 deficit.
Scooter Gennett singled with one out and Jonathan Lucroy walked. After Aramis Ramirez flied out, Lyle Overbay singled to center, scoring Gennett with Lucroy advancing to third and Overbay to second on the throw home.
Khris Davis then reached on Owings' error, scoring Lucroy to make it 2-2. Jean Segura singled in Overbay and Logan Schafer followed with a two-run double over the head of right fielder Gerardo Parra
Arizona took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first with the aid of an overturned call. With one out, Brewers starter Marco Estrada appeared to pick Parra off first base. Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson challenged the call by first base umpire Larry Vanover, which was overturned after a review of one minute and 23 seconds.
Goldschmidt then followed with his sixth homer, a two-run shot over the left-field wall.
Jim Hoehn / Special to MLB.com
 

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