PHOENIX (AP) — Ender Inciarte failed to execute a sacrifice bunt in the ninw.piratesfanproshop.com/authentic-ivan-nova-jersey]Ivan Nova Jersey[/url] , Inciarte swung away and hit a go-ahead, three-run homer during a six-run rally, and the Braves went on to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-5 and increase their NL East lead to 4½ games.The Braves took advantage of a loss by Philadelphia to match their biggest division edge of the season. Atlanta took three of four in the series.“I was just trying to hit it hard up in the air somewhere, because I wanted to move the runners however I can and I didn’t want to hit a ball into a double play,” Inciarte said. “I got a good pitch to hit and I was able to hit the ball like that.”The third-place Diamondbacks have lost seven of nine. They stayed 2½ games behind NL West-leading Colorado.Atlanta didn’t have a hit until Ronald Acuna Jr. homered off Robbie Ray in the sixth. The Braves trailed 4-3 going into the ninth before Tyler Flowers and Ozzie Albies opened with singles off Brad Boxberger (2-7) and Inciarte, a former Diamondbacks fan favorite, went deep.“Fastball, just pulled it over the plate a little bit, and (Inciarte) was on it,” Boxberger said. “It’s definitely frustrating. Nothing is kind of going my way. Balls are being hit just out of the reach of our defenders and the ball is kind of bouncing the opposite direction of where I want it to go.”Braves manager Brian Snitker was glad he canceled the bunt order.“Bunting is easier said than done,” Snitker said. “After two strikes, the last thing I wanted him to do was foul a ball off. So I just took it off and thank God I did.”After Boxberger left to boos from the crowd at Chase Field, Lucas Duda greeted reliever Yoan Lopez with a long home run to right. Acuna then tripled and Johan Camargo hit his 18th homer.Lopez failed to record an out in his major league debut as Arizona’s bullpen imploded. Manager Torey Lovullo elected not to use a group of his preferred relievers to give them rest.“I know we have a very capable group down there who has pretty much done it all year long,” Lovullo said. “I believe in that group. They are going to get some big outs for us down the stretch.”Sam Freeman (3-5) got the win with an inning of scoreless relief.The Diamondbacks led 4-3 going into the ninth after Nick Ahmed and David Peralta delivered key hits in a four-run sixth inning.Acuna scored three runs and Touki Toussaint pitched 5 2/3 innings for Atlanta. Toussaint left with a 2-0 lead against the team that originally drafted him.“Had a lot of walks http://www.piratesfanproshop.com/authentic-josh-bell-jersey , but other than that felt pretty good,” Toussaint said.Ray lost his no-hit bid when Toussaint singled sharply to left with one out in the sixth. Acuna followed with an opposite-field homer to right.Braves reliever Luke Jackson faced four hitters and didn’t get an out, allowing two runs charged to Toussaint to score and two of his own.The Braves made it 4-3 in the eighth against reliever Jake Diekman. Freddie Freeman’s two-out single drove in Acuna.WALKING TO A RECORDArizona star Paul Goldschmidt drew a walk in the third inning, surpassing Luis Gonzalez for the Diamondbacks’ all-time record for walks with 651. Goldschmidt made it 652 with another walk in the seventh.POSITIVE SPINThe Diamondbacks are in the midst of a tough stretch, with the next five series against postseason contenders Colorado, Houston, the Chicago Cubs, the Rockies again and the Los Angeles Dodgers.“I still believe we’re in a really good spot,” Lovullo said. “We’re not that far off. We’re 2½ games out of first place? Sign me up. I would take that every day of the week.”TRAINER’S ROOMDiamondbacks: Peralta has a minor left ankle injury and was originally held out of Sunday’s lineup until coming off the bench to pinch hit.UP NEXTBraves: LHP Sean Newcomb (11-8, 3.92 ERA) starts the opener of a three-game set at San Francisco on Monday night. The Braves are 14-13 in his 27 starts this season.Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Godley (14-8, 4.51) opens a four-game series at Colorado on Monday. Godley is 4-0 with a 2.56 ERA in five career starts against the Rockies, including three wins at Coors Field. The team is optimistic that he will make an impact this season."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Brewers Rumors and SpeculationConversation StartersWPA Game RecapsTransactionsLatest NewsMLB Trade RumorsBrewers Rumors and SpeculationJimmy Nelson might not go through Spring Training at the same pace as other Milwaukee Brewers pitchersNew,139commentsThe team is optimistic that he will make an impact this season.CSTShareTweetShareShareJimmy Nelson might not go through Spring Training at the same pace as other Milwaukee Brewers pitchersJim Young-USA TODAY SportsIn 2017, Brewer fans thought they had found the ever-elusive homegrown ace in Jimmy Nelson. While his record for that year was just 12-6 with an ERA of 3.49 Brad Hand Jersey , other pitching stats - those that tell us more about what a pitcher really is (10.21 K%, 50.3 ground ball rate, 3.05 FIP, 4.8 fWAR) - were saying that Mr. Nelson was on the precipice of becoming the bonafide, genuine article. A true ace that was not bought or traded for, but one that grew up in the Brewers system.Better yet, he was leading the Brew Crew towards the playoffs. But tragedy struck. Against the nemesis Cubs, Jimmy Nelson turned first base a bit too aggressively, and he dove back to the first base bag in time to avoid being thrown out. Everyone of us wish that he would have gone back in standing and been called out. Instead, a man by all accounts who is a great competitor reacted has a great competitor would. That slide back to first ended the rest of his season, the rest of 2018, and it seems some amount of time in 2019.We’ve heard optimism out of the Brewers’ coaching staff and front office before. That optimism turned into a bitter reality of a lost season in 2018. After missing all of last year, optimism revolved around the completion of rehab and being ready for a normal offseason coming into spring training. David Stearns’ comments about easing Jimmy Nelson back at a different pace than everyone else portends something other than normal. These comments by the Brewers’ GM will likely cause tremendous angst among Brewers’ fans even with the articulated optimism about impacting the team this season, because we’ve heard such optimism before. The question really is http://www.padresfanproshop.com/authentic-brad-hand-jersey , how concerned should we be?If your expectation was that Nelson would come back to his 2017 form with limited rust and risk, then you should be very concerned. His injury was serious and rare for a person that pitches baseballs for a living. Brad Ford’s article prior to last season lays out the severity and likelihood of previous performance associated with such an injury extremely well. Maybe Nelson comes back like Curt Schilling or Chris Carpenter did. He could also suffer a similar fate like Mark Prior or Brandon Webb. So uncertainty is the name of the game right now.Stearns and the front office are fully aware of this, and they will want to handle Nelson cautiously. What we might expect is judicious use of the big right-hander in spring training. With one more option remaining, the Brewers could send Nelson to San Antonio to work off any rust and to get back to some semblance of the Jimmy Nelson we HOPE to see, if the Brewers and Nelson are lucky. Whether he spends time in San Antonio or not, Craig Counsell might ease Nelson back in the bullpen. That might create another multi-inning reliever for Counsell to utilize. What might be the case is something more ominous. Nelson may struggle a great deal, and he might never be effective. That is a possible outcome, folks. He also might only be serviceable or a back-of-the-rotation arm. That potential outcome would be disappointing. The fact is Nelson may struggle to come back period. He also may just need to get some innings in to build up strength and confidence as well as work off the rust. No matter the case, it is probably not wise to send Nelson out against MLB hitters to start the season (Brewers schedule in March and April is tough). Nelson is a competitor and likely mentally strong, but a couple bad initial outings could sabotage his progress and confidence. Unfortunately the Milwaukee press and fan base probably would not help the situation either if he failed to start off well. Questions would emerge about the end of Nelson’s career. Why put him through that until we have more certainty. Once Stearns has a better idea of where Nelson is, he will frame expectations in the best way possible for the Brewers organization. And that is probably what’s best for Milwaukee’s home-grown ace to have any chance to returning to form.