Tomas powers D-backs with 2 HRs in victory

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MILWAUKEE — Yasmany Tomas smacked two home runs and drove in five to back an outstanding pitching performance from Archie Bradley as the D-backs cruised to an 8-1 win over the Brewers on Wednesday night at Miller Park.

The D-backs jumped out in front with five runs in the first inning — three on Tomas’ homer to left-center. It was a sloppy first two innings defensively for Milwaukee, which committed three errors in the first and two more in the second. Shortstop Jonathan Villar committed a pair of errors and right fielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis made three.

That was more than enough support for Bradley, who yielded one run over seven innings to raise his record to 4-6. The Brewers’ lone run off him came in the seventh when Jonathan Lucroy doubled and later scored on Hernan Perez’s sac fly.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDRoad power: Tomas is tied with Baltimore’s Mark Trumbo with five multi-homer games this year. All five of Tomas’ multi-homer games have come on the road. The only D-backs player with more multi-homer road games in a season is Luis Gonzalez, who had six in 2001.

Villar’s early exit: The shortstop committed two errors and was caught stealing third base down five runs …

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