Nelson lands on IL before D-backs' loss to Brewers

PHOENIX -- The D-backs suffered a pair of tough losses Saturday, one on the field and one off.

Before their game with the Brewers even started came word that right-hander Ryne Nelson, arguably the team's best starting pitcher the past few months, would need to go on the injured list with inflammation in his right shoulder.

Then, once the game got started, the Brewers pounded the D-backs, 15-8, making for a long night in front of a nearly packed house at Chase Field.

The Brewers scratched across a run against Brandon Pfaadt in the first inning, and it looked like the D-backs might tie things up when Corbin Carroll led off the bottom half of the inning with a deep drive to right.

Sal Frelick, though, made a leaping grab at the wall to rob Carroll of a homer, and it was all downhill from there for Arizona as the Brewers scored seven runs, all coming with two outs, in the second inning of the rout.