“(The pitch) was down and away, so I didn’t have a chance to get up and throw,’’ Montero said. “I can throw from my knees. I’m not going to change anything because of one bad throw.’’
Gomez ran for Aramis Ramirez, who led off by drawing a five-pitch walk from Patrick Corbin (2-4).
“I knew he was going to go,’’ Montero said. “He got a good jump, but it was a bad throw.’’
Parra said he felt his throw to third base was on line.
“It was a good throw, but it hit Gomez in the helmet, I thought,’’ Parra said. “It’s a tough way to lose, but that’s baseball.’’
Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said the end of the game “just didn’t work out’’ for his team.
“I had no problem with the whole play,’’ he said. “There wasn’t a lack of effort. We bounced a throw and couldn’t pick it up, and another one just got away.’’
John Axford (2-5) pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn the victory.
Jason Kubel hit a tying homer in the eighth inning on the first pitch from Brewers reliever Francisco Rodriguez. It was the 12th consecutive game in which Arizona hit a home run, extending a season high.
Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo appeared as though he would run his record against Arizona to 7-0. He gave up three hits in 6 2-3 innings, walking six and striking out five.
He dueled with Diamondbacks’ starter Josh Collmenter, who gave up three hits and one earned run in six innings, while striking out five batters and allowing no walks.
Collmenter came into Sunday afternoon’s contest with a 1-0 record and a 1.17 ERA in three appearances (two starts) against the Brewers in his career.
He held the Brewers hitless through three innings, facing the minimum number of batters, before surrendering a lead-off ground-rule double to Norichika Aoki to lead off the fourth. Aoki advanced to third on a Collmenter wild pitch and scored on Nyjer Morgan’s groundout.
“I felt really good,’’ Collmenter said. “I made pitches when I needed to. They’re really aggressive, so you can use that against them and keep them uncomfortable in the box.’’
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