Milwaukee Brewers at Arizona Diamondbacks

Merrill Kelly stood in front of his locker at Tropicana Field after his start last Sunday and said he was running out of words to describe how badly he has pitched this season. Some time between then and his start on Saturday against the Brewers, the Diamondbacks right-hander decided he'd had enough. He'd had enough of overthinking his mechanics. Enough of trying to be too fine with his pitches. Of worrying about the results. Before he took the mound against the Brewers, only one thing was left on his mind: Competing. "I just wanted to come out aggressive today, just kind of let it fly, and just kind of let the chips fall where they may," Kelly said. "Not try to be too fine or too precise, just be aggressive." Kelly did just that, and the formula -- at least for one night -- proved to be effective, as he held the Brewers to a pair of runs over five innings in the Diamondbacks’ 4-3 win on Saturday night at Chase Field to even their weekend series at a game apiece. Kelly is not a pitcher who relies on velocity, but he mixes his pitches and has a feel for pitching. Sometimes overthinking about other stuff can get in the way of what he knows he needs to do to be successful. "Just trust that I've been doing this long enough that I remember how to pitch, and remember that I can read swings and different approaches," Kelly said. Kelly had some early offense to work with thanks to catcher Adrian Del Castillo. Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff retired the first two hitters in the first inning before issuing a walk to Corbin Carroll and allowing a single to Gabriel Moreno. That brought Del Castillo to the plate and he smacked a Woodruff offering deep into the right-field bleachers to give Arizona a 3-0 lead.