Montero, Diamondbacks down Pirates
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Miguel Montero went 3-for-4 with a two-run 5 in the rubber match of a three-game set.
Diamondbacks rookie Wade Miley (4-2) went five innings, surrendering two runs on five hits while walking one. He struck out three.
Pirates starter Ross Ohlendorf (1-3) was chased from the game in the third frame when he loaded the bases without recording an out. He went two-plus innings, allowing seven runs on seven hits and two walks.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Derrek Lee continued to swing a hot bat for Pittsburgh, going 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
The win moves Arizona's magic number to two to win the NL West. The Diamondbacks are 5 1/2 games ahead of the San Francisco Giants, who won against the Dodgers Wednesday night. The Diamondbacks take on the Giants in a three-game set starting Friday at Chase Field.
The Diamondbacks struck quickly in the home-half of the first. Justin Upton hit a sacrifice fly in the first to plate Willie Bloomquist and Montero followed with a two-run blast to right field to make it a 3-0 game.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ryan Ludwick got a run back for Pittsburgh in the second with a solo home-run to left.
Arizona batted around and exploded for five more runs in the third. The frame was highlighted by an RBI single by Chris Young, a two-run double down the left-field line by Ryan Roberts and a two-run single by Hill.
In the fourth inning, Lee slapped a single to right to bring home Andrew McCutchen, who led off with a double. Lee was at it again in the sixth when he blasted a majestic solo shot deep to center field.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Pittsburgh made it an 8-4 game in the seventh when Josh Harrison scored on a wild pitch. Harrison originally reached base on an opposite field ground- rule double down the right-field line.
The Pirates chipped away once again in the eighth when Jason Jaramillo hit a pinch-hit double which plated Neil Walker, who reached on a fielder's choice.
J.J. Putz struck out the side in the ninth to notch his 43rd save of the season.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Game Notes
Arizona recorded two double steals in the first inning. The four swiped bags in the frame is a franchise record for Arizona, and the seventh time this season that a team has stolen four bases in an inning...Hill and Bloomquist extended their 14-game hitting streaks...Putz has converted 22-straight saves...Lee's home run was his seventh as a Pirate.