The Diamondbacks beat the Brewers behind Doug Davis’ quality start,  6-3. The hot bat was wielded by Mark Reynolds, who drove in three, including a solo homer.

But catcher Chris Snyder got his bell rung by a foul ball and had to be replaced by Miguel Montero and Disaster: Eric Byrnes strained (read: tore) his left hamstring trying to steal third after hitting a beautiful double down the left field line and dashing to second with no apparent problems. 

He was batting seventh; it was his first time up, and he had a little smile on his face after he got into second standing. But when he tried to steal, he broke down about halfway there and though he tried to keep going he fell short of third base in what looked like a slide but really wasn’t. It had no slide to it.

He got up and left the field under his own power but limping. Jeff Salazar took his place in left field the next inning. Conor Jackson played left later in the game. 

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