MILWAUKEE -- Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer and Bronson Arroyo allowed one unearned run over 7 1/3 innings to lift the D-backs to a 3-2 victory on Wednesday afternoon over the Brewers at Miller Park.
Arroyo (3-2) allowed five hits, striking out four and walking two to continue his dominance of the Brewers, improving to 16-10 in his career. Arroyo is 3-0 in his last five starts against Milwaukee.
But the right-hander needed help from his bullpen in the eighth, after the Brewers chased Arroyo on Caleb Gindl's leadoff single and Logan Schafer's one-out walk. Rickie Weeks greeted reliever Brad Ziegler with a single to load the bases, but Carlos Gomez bounced into an inning-ending double play.
 
Arroyo, Goldschmidt lead D-backs past Brewers 3-2
 
Addison Reed allowed a run in the ninth on a Lyle Oberbay sacrifice fly, but struck out Mark Reynolds to end it.
The D-backs tagged Brewers starter Wily Peralta (4-2) for 11 hits in six innings, but scored their only runs on Goldschmidt's seventh home run in the third inning.
Arizona stranded two runners in each of the first two innings before breaking through in the third. Martin Prado singled to open and Goldschmidt followed with his second homer in two days, lining a 1-0 pitch from Peralta over the left-field wall.
The D-backs added an unearned run in the eighth off reliever Will Smith. Arroyo singled with one out and advanced all the way to third on a wild pitch when catcher Jonathan Lucroy couldn't find the ball. Arroyo scored when Reynolds mishandled Gerardo Parra's infield chopper.
The Brewers took a 1-0 lead with an unearned run in the first. Gomez beat out a bunt single up the first-base line and moved to third when Scooter Gennett's bouncer went off the glove of second baseman Martin Prado for an error. Gomez scored when Lucroy bounced into a double play.
The victory was the 303rd for manager Kirk Gibson, tying him for second with Bob Brenly on the D-backs' all-time list behind only Bob Melvin with 337.
Jim Hoehn / Special to MLB.com
 

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