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Henry Blanco knocked in the go-ahead run with an RBI single during a three-run sixth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks topped the Milwaukee Brewers, 4-3, in the rubber match of a three-game series at Chase Field.

Arizona's John McDonald capped a big third inning with a three-run homer Saturday in the Diamondbacks' 8-5 victory over Milwaukee.

May 25, 2012 @ 8:40 p.m. CDT GAME 2 : May 26, 2012 @ 9:10 p.m. CDT The Diamondbacks have been a pretty close mirror to the Brewers this year: Both teams had a way-better-than-expected 2011 and expected another strong, contending club this year.

Gibson knew better. He relayed that story recently to illustrate the drive within Bloomquist.

"It was a night of constantly searching for a different way of getting them out," said Lilly, who lasted only 3 1-3 innings in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 11-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday.

Justin Upton and Ryan Roberts homered and every Arizona starter had at least one hit as the Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 on Wednesday night, ending the NL West leaders' six-game winning streak.

The Devils turned a stellar first nine minutes and an opportunistic final five into a stirring victory over the Rangers that moved New Jersey within one win of a trip to the Stanley Cup finals.

And their hitting was timely. Baseball blogger Joe Peta notes only the Yankees and Red Sox converted hits into runs last season at a higher rate than did Arizona.

After his start last week in Colorado, right-hander Trevor Cahill joked that he's probably walked the leadoff man in half of his career starts.

We've been fortunate, as Diamondbacks fans, that the team has been so successful over its short history.

In one of those "personnel moves" Kevin Towers was hinting at last week, infielder Cody Ransom was designated for assignment this afternoon.

The AAA levels have been busy in the past two weeks, as we saw a number of prospects move from AA up to their AAA affiliates.

Bruce Chen pitched out of trouble the way Arizona's Ian Kennedy could not. While Chen won his third straight start for Kansas City, Kennedy dropped to 0-4 in May.

Usually, he might have let the lucky fan keep it as a souvenir. Only Upton's down to just a handful of bats after breaking quite a few on this road swing, so he had this one retrieved.

Sometime Thursday Diamondbacks General Manager Kevin Towers is scheduled to arrive at Coors Field, where he will sit down with manager Kirk Gibson.

Melky Cabrera singled four times to extend his hitting streak to 11 games, Gregor Blanco drove in three runs with a pair of hits and the San Francisco Giants beat Arizona 7-3 on Sunday to take two of three from the Diamondbacks .

PHOENIX - Melky Cabrera singled four times to extend his hitting streak to 11 games, Gregor Blanco drove in three runs with a pair of hits and the San Francisco Giants beat Arizona 7-3 on Sunday to take two of three from the Diamondbacks.

The Diamondbacks struggled through another series this week, getting swept by the reigning world champion St.

Thus far, the 2012 MLB season has seen a veritable plethora of players shelved for a significant period of time.

Before the start of the season, we all figured that teams like the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers would be in the playoff race.