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MLB: Arizona 10, Milwaukee 6

Chris Young of the Arizona Diamondbacks after hitting a home run in the first inning of game four of the NLDS against the Milwaukee Brewers at Chase Field in Phoenix, Oct. 5,2011. UPI/Art Foxall
1 of 3 | Chris Young of the Arizona Diamondbacks after hitting a home run in the first inning of game four of the NLDS against the Milwaukee Brewers at Chase Field in Phoenix, Oct. 5,2011. UPI/Art Foxall | License Photo

PHOENIX, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- A grand slam by Ryan Roberts in the first Wednesday touched off a home run assault that sent Arizona to a series-tying, 10-6 win over Milwaukee.

The Roberts home run highlighted a five-run inning, quickly brought the Diamondbacks back from an early deficit, and sent the teams to a fifth and deciding game in their National League Division Series.

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Milwaukee will host the final game Friday. The winner of that contest will meet either Philadelphia or St. Louis for the league championship. St. Louis defeated Philadelphia Wednesday to forge a 2-2 tie in their series.

Randy Wolf, making the third playoff start in his 12-year career, surrendered the big opening inning and the Diamondbacks eventually produced four homers among their 13 hits.

Willie Bloomquist singled to start the Arizona first, went to second on a walk to Justin Upton and moved on to third on a base hit by Miguel Montero. That brought up Paul Goldschmidt, who hit a grand slam homer in Arizona's 8-1 victory Tuesday. Goldschmidt was unable to repeat that performance, striking out looking instead, but Roberts followed with a blast to left on a 2-1 pitch.

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Chris Young then hit a first-inning homer as well and Young scored along with Goldschmidt in the third on a single by Collin Cowgill.

Aaron Hill added a solo homer for the Diamondbacks in the sixth and Young hit his second blast of the game in the seventh, a two-run shot.

All of that offense was enough for Arizona to overcome single runs for Milwaukee in four of the first six innings along with a two-run homer by Carlos Gomez in the eighth.

The win went to Micah Owings, who had an 8-0 record during the regular season and who worked two innings Wednesday in relief of starter Joe Saunders.

The pitching matchup for Game 5 is expected to be a repeat of the opening game of the series -- Yovani Gallardo for Milwaukee and Ian Kennedy for Arizona. Gallardo won that one in a 4-1 victory for the Brewers.

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