Goldy’s HR wasted by wild pitch in the 10th

THURSDAY: BRAVES 7, D-BACKS 6 (10)

Ahead all night, the Atlanta Braves watched a two-run lead disappear in the ninth inning. A day after losing to Boston on a two-run homer in the ninth, they could have folded.

Instead, the Braves found a way to scratch out a victory and increase their NL East lead.

Dansby Swanson scored the goahead run on Yoshihisa Hirano’s wild pitch in the 10th inning, and the Braves recovered after blowing a two-run lead in the ninth to beat the Diamondbacks 7-6 Thursday.

“It speaks to the makeup of that team in there. That’s exactly what it speaks to,” Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said. “The resiliency, the fight, the grit speaks volumes.”

The Braves squandered a six-run lead against the Red Sox on Wednesday, losing 9-8 when Brandon Phillips’ two-run homer off A.J. Minter with two outs in the ninth completed Boston’s three-game sweep.

Atlanta bounced back quickly in the desert, jumping on Zack Greinke with homers by Kurt Suzuki and Johan Camargo.

With his team leading 6-4 in the ninth, Snitker brought in Jesse Biddle (5-1), the Braves’ seventh pitcher of the night. He couldn’t close it out, giving up A.J. Pollock’s sacrifice fly and Paul Goldschmidt’s solo homer with two outs and two strikes.

Atlanta had a chance for the goahead run in the 10th on a single by Tyler Flowers that bounced off shortstop Nick Ahmed’s glove, but Swanson stumbled over third base and had to retreat to the bag. The Braves then loaded the bases against Brad Boxberger (2-6) before Hirano uncorked a wild pitch that scored Swanson.

“Different frustrations, the way our lineup battled to get back in it in the ninth inning,” Boxberger said. “I just couldn’t hold it.”

Brad Bach worked around a walk for his first save with Atlanta.

Nick Markakis had four hits and a run-scoring single in the ninth for the Braves, who increased their division lead to 3½ games over Philadelphia.

Ahmed hit a three-run double for the Diamondbacks, who have lost five of six. Arizona fell 2½ games behind first-place Colorado in the NL West.