4th-inning miscues set Crew back in loss

PHOENIX — One half-inning at Chase Field on Sunday featured two web gems, two errors, two hit batsmen, a squeeze bunt and only one ball hit to the outfield.

The result of all that infield action was the first three D-backs runs of a 9-3 win on Sunday at Chase Field over the Brewers, who were left to lament their mistakes during a wild bottom of the fourth.

“I kept telling myself I’m one or two pitches away from getting out of it,” said losing pitcher Jimmy Nelson.

He was on the mound for the entire inning and set himself up for trouble by following Yasmany Tomas’ leadoff single with a pair of hit batsmen. That’s when the drama began, with Brewers third baseman Jonathan Villar catching Tuffy Gosewisch’s popup in foul ground before tumbling over the railing and into the D-backs dugout.

With Villar out of play, Tomas was awarded home on what was ruled a sacrifice fly. It cut the Brewers’ lead to 2-1.

“It was a great play, and we’ll take an out,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “It’s like a sac fly basically, but we’ll take that out. It’s better than letting it drop and let him keep hitting, for me.

“After that, we played poor …

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