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Diamondbacks aim to avoid falling under .500

Jun 30, 2008 - 12:28 PM Milwaukee (44-37) at Arizona (41-41) 9:40 pm. EDT

PHOENIX (Ticker) -- The Arizona Diamondbacks' hot start seems like a distant memory.

Doug Davis takes the hill as the Diamondbacks aim to avoid falling under .500 for the first time in nearly three months in the opener of a three-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday.

Arizona began the season 20-8 and were owners of the best record in baseball after one month. However, the Diamondbacks have gone just 21-33 since and are coming off a 2-7 road trip in which they averaged just 2.4 runs.

The struggles continued on Sunday as closer Brandon Lyon blew a save in a 4-3 loss to Florida.

Arizona is looking to avoid falling under .500 for the first time since it was 1-2 on April 3. To do so, the Diamondbacks turn to the former Brewer in Davis(2-3, 3.68 ERA). The lefthander spent three seasons with Milwaukee before being traded to Arizona at the start of the 2007 season. Davis has one win in seven starts since returning from surgery to removed a cancerous thyroid gland.

Milwaukee, which was held to three hits in a 5-0 loss to Minnesota Sunday, sends Dave Bush (4-7, 4.94), to the hill. The righthander has won two straight starts, allowing just two runs and six hits in his last 15 innings.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    MILWAUKEE 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 1
    ARIZONA 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 x 6 11 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: MIL - DAVE BUSH, CARLOS VILLANUEVA (6TH), MITCH STETTER (8TH) AND
    JASON KENDALL
    ARI - DOUG DAVIS, CHAD QUALLS (6TH), TONY PENA (8TH),
    BRANDON LYON (9TH) AND CHRIS

    Jul 1 12:25 AM


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    AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY MARK REYNOLDS (17) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 7TH OFF CARLOS VILLANUEVA.
    CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 3, ARIZONA 6
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C YOUNG (.232, 1-FOR-3)

    Brewers 3, Diamondbacks 6  Bot 7, 0 OutsJun 30 11:57 PM


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    AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO GABE KAPLER SCORED PRINCE FIELDER.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, G KAPLER ON FIRST, J KENDALL ON SECOND, M
    CAMERON ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 3
    ARIZONA 5 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: R WEEKS (.216, 1-FOR-2, BB)

    Brewers 3, Diamondbacks 5  Top 6, 0 OutsJun 30 11:30 PM


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    AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MARK REYNOLDS SCORED CONOR JACKSON.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, M REYNOLDS ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 2
    ARIZONA 5 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C YOUNG (.232, 1-FOR-2)

    Brewers 2, Diamondbacks 5  Bot 5, 0 OutsJun 30 11:07 PM


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    AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CONOR JACKSON SCORED AUGIE OJEDA. ERROR BY COREY
    HART ALLOWED STEPHEN DREW TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C JACKSON ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 2
    ARIZONA 4 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: M REYNOLDS (.253, 1-FOR-1, BB, RBI)

    Brewers 2, Diamondbacks 4  Bot 5, 0 OutsJun 30 11:05 PM


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    AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MARK REYNOLDS SCORED STEPHEN DREW.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M REYNOLDS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 2
    ARIZONA 2 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C YOUNG (.231, 13 HR, 43 RBI)

    Brewers 2, Diamondbacks 2  Bot 1, 0 OutsJun 30 10:00 PM


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    AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY JUSTIN UPTON SCORED AUGIE OJEDA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 2
    ARIZONA 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: S DREW (.256, 11 HR, 29 RBI)

    Brewers 2, Diamondbacks 1  Bot 1, 0 OutsJun 30 9:56 PM


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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    MILWAUKEE 2 2 2 0
    ARIZONA 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - DAVE BUSH
    ARI - DOUG DAVIS

    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: A OJEDA (.303, 0 HR, 14 RBI)
    J UPTON (.240, 9 HR, 28 RBI)
    S DREW (.256, 11 HR, 29 RBI)

    Brewers 2, Diamondbacks 0  Bot 1, 0 OutsJun 30 9:51 PM

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