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Stephen Drew added two doubles and Augie Ojeda tripled and singled as the slumping NL West leaders avoided falling below .500. Arizona is 42-41 and leads the woeful West by 3½ games.
Reynolds hit run-scoring doubles in the first and fifth off Milwaukee's Dave Bush (4-8) and added a solo homer, his 17th, in the seventh off Carlos Villanueva.
One day after blowing a save in Florida, Brandon Lyon got three outs in the ninth for his 17th save in 20 chances.
Facing his former team, Arizona lefty Doug Davis (3-3) gave up three runs in 5 2-3 innings for his first victory in seven starts.
After starting the season 20-8, the Diamondbacks are 22-33 but have given up only 1½ games in the standings. They limped into Chase Field off a 2-7 road trip to Minnesota, Boston and Florida.
It looked as if the Diamondbacks' slump would get worse when the Brewers greeted Davis with two runs in the first. Rickie Weeks led off with a walk and scored on J.J. Hardy's 400-foot double off the base of the wall in center. Prince Fielder's single gave Milwaukee a 2-0 lead.
The Diamondbacks answered immediately. Ojeda, starting at second for only the eighth time, hit a leadoff triple and scored on Justin Upton's grounder to short. Arizona tied it 2-2 when Reynolds doubled to score Drew, who also doubled.
Ojeda sparked the Diamondbacks again in the fifth. He led off with a single, took third on Drew's double and scored on Conor Jackson's bloop single to right. Drew also scored on the play, coming in on right fielder Corey Hart's throwing error.
Reynolds followed with a double to make it 5-2.
All of the runs were charged to Bush, who gave up five runs, four earned, in five innings.
Davis left with two outs in the sixth after loading the bases with a hit batsman and two walks.
Chad Qualls came on and walked pinch-hitter Gabe Kapler to cut Arizona's lead to 5-3. Qualls then struck out Weeks.
Notes: Arizona LF Eric Byrnes left with a strained left hamstring, a week after coming off the DL with a right hamstring injury. Byrnes, who spent a month on the DL, pulled up as he tried to steal third in the second. He never reached the bag and was thrown out by Jason Kendall. Jeff Salazar replaced Byrnes. ... Arizona manager Bob Melvin said RHP Micah Owings, who has a sore gluteus muscle, is expected to take his regular turn against Milwaukee on Wednesday. ... Milwaukee's Ryan Braun, the 2007 NL Rookie of the Year as a third baseman, started his 79th game in left field. He has yet to commit an error.
