Arizona's Chris Young, left, and Augie Ojeda, second from left, join the celebration with teammates Mark Reynolds, Orlando Hudson and Justin Upton after the Diamondbacks scored six runs against the Brewers in the ninth inning.

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PHOENIX — As Conor Jackson's two-run single bounced through Milwaukee's drawn-in infield, the Diamondbacks poured out of their dugout as if they had won a title.

All they had really done was reach .500. But it felt like a monumental achievement for the slumping NL West leaders.

In one of the more improbable victories in team history, the Diamondbacks overcame a five-run deficit in the ninth inning to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 Thursday. After being shut out for eight innings, the Diamondbacks sent seven men to the plate in the ninth, and every one reached base.

"Hopefully, this will kind of spark us and get us going," said Chad Tracy, whose three-run, pinch-hit double was pivotal. "That looked like the old Diamondbacks right there, battling back and never giving up."

The victory lifted the Diamondbacks to 43-43 and kept them 1 1/2 games ahead of the Dodgers.

"I was almost in shock, basically," Arizona manager Bob Melvin said. "We played possum for eight innings, and in the ninth inning, we surprised them. Don't ask me."

The rally began like a dripping faucet but quickly became a flood.

Three Arizona reserves — Robby Hammock, Chris Burke and Augie Ojeda — breathed life into a seemingly moribund team. Hammock led off with a single against reliever Guillermo Mota. Burke drew a walk and then Ojeda loaded the bases with a scratch single to second.

The Chase Field crowd of 23,842, or what was left of it, was suddenly on its feet and cheering. Lefty Brian Shouse came on to face Chad Tracy, batting for the pitcher.

Shouse delivered a fastball on his first pitch, and Tracy belted it into the gap in right-center to clear the bases and make it 5-3.

"Typically, he's started me out in the past with fastballs, and he gave me exactly what I was looking for, and I put a good swing on it," Tracy said.

Brewers manager Ned Yost summoned Salomon Torres, who gave up a bloop single to Justin Upton, putting runners at the corners.

Orlando Hudson's double down the left field line made it 5-4, but the crowd groaned when Upton ignored third base coach Chip Hale's green light.

The base-running blunder did not matter. With Upton at third and Hudson on second, the Brewers brought in the infield. Jackson then bounced a single up the middle and a party broke out at home plate.

"It's just a situation you always dream of being in as a kid," Jackson said. "You want to drive in the winning run, win the game and be the hero."