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Thursday, May 18 7:05pm ET
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MONTREAL (AP) -- Travis Lee credited leadoff hitter Tony Womack for igniting Arizona's ninth-inning rally. Steve Finley hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Womack with the go-ahead run Thursday night and the Arizona Diamondbacks stopped their second three-game losing streak of the season, 8-6 over the Montreal Expos. "Once Womack gets on, we always follow him," Lee said. "He's been doing a good job of getting on the last 10 games." Womack doubled off Anthony Telford (4-3) to lead off the ninth and Jay Bell walked. Both runners advanced on Luis Gonzalez's sacrifice against Matt Blank. Greg Colbrunn was walked intentionally and Finley, who homered earlier, followed with a fly to left. Lee hit a run-scoring single for his third RBI of the game. "We got a big sacrifice bunt from Gonzo and a big tack-on run from Travis," Arizona manager Buck Showalter said. "We were trying to put that game in what we consider our better hitters' hands. You could see the inning develop and what was going to happen when Gonzo bunted." Byung-Hyun Kim (2-1) pitched the last two innings for his second win. He struck out four. "He's becoming more adapted to the bullpen," Showalter said. "He's been a big part of our success so far." The loss ended Montreal's three-game winning streak. The Expos have lost just twice in their last six games. "They kept trying until the last pitch of the game," Expos manager Felipe Alou said. "I'm really proud of them." Trailing 6-2 in the third, Montreal scored single runs in the fourth and fifth before tying it with two in the sixth. Diamondbacks starter Brian Anderson allowed four homers, including Lee Stevens' tying solo shot in the sixth. Anderson, who has allowed 13 homers in 27 1/3 career innings against Montreal, also allowed homers to Vladimir Guerrero, Wilton Guerrero and Jose Vidro. Vidro hit his seventh homer in the fourth and Wilton Guerrero hit his first homer with two outs in the fifth to cut Arizona's lead to 6-4. Vladimir Guerrero, who hit a two-run homer in the first, tripled off the center-field wall with one out in the sixth and scored on Vidro's RBI grounder to make it 6-5. Finley hit his 15th homer off reliever Felipe Lira leading off the third to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. Womack singled off Mike Thurman to lead off the game and extend his hitting streak to 14 games, two short of his career best. Arizona took a 3-0 lead in the first on Erubiel Durazo's RBI double and Lee's two-run single. Vladimir Guerrero hit his 13th homer in the bottom half. Bell's RBI double and Gonzalez's run-scoring single in the second chased Thurman and made it 5-2. Making his second start of the season since being activated from the 15-day disabled list, Thurman allowed five hits and five runs in 1 2/3 innings. He walked two. "Any way you look at it, it was a crappy outing and I've got to move on to my next game," Thurman said.
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Arizona 8 AUDIO/VIDEO Buck Showalter sings the praises of the Montreal Expos. wav: 86 k RealAudio: 14.4 | 28.8 | 56.6 Felipe Alou says the Expos still have games to play against the D-Backs. wav: 71 k RealAudio: 14.4 | 28.8 | 56.6 |