In first start since ’23, Brewers’ Brandon Woodruff stifles Marlins

Brandon Woodruff, pitching in the majors for the first time in 652 days, allowed one run in six innings, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-1 series-clinching win over the host Miami Marlins on Sunday afternoon.Jackson Chourio homered and drove in all three runs to power Milwaukee’s offense.Trevor Megill pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 20th save of the season.The Brewers played without first baseman Rhys Hoskins, who injured his left thumb on a hard tag on Saturday.Miami got a scare in the eighth when center fielder Dane Myers and right fielder Jesus Sanchez collided in pursuit of a shallow fly ball. Sanchez made the catch, but Myers was shaken up due to the crash. Myers left the game for a pinch hitter in the ninth.Woodruff, who had a long recovery from shoulder surgery, gave up two hits and one walk, striking out eight in his first MLB appearance since Sept. 23, 2023. Sunday marked his first win since Sept. 11 of that year.Woodruff’s lone mistake was an 0-2 sweeper in the fifth that stayed around the middle of the plate for Heriberto Hernandez, who slugged a home run to left.Of Woodruff’s 70 pitches, 53 were strikes.Miami starter Edward Cabrera (3-3) took the tough-luck loss, allowing just two runs and five hits with zero walks in seven innings.

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