The Milwaukee Brewers will flip to veteran Brandon Woodruff as they appear to keep away from a sequence sweep by the visiting Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon.
Woodruff (1-0, 5.91 ERA) will probably be opposed by fellow right-hander Zack Littell (0-1, 3.60).
Foster Griffin and three relievers mixed on a two-hitter to tempo the Nationals to a 3-1 victory Saturday. Griffin took a no-hitter into the sixth inning earlier than permitting his solely hit, a leadoff single, to Joey Ortiz. William Contreras’ solo homer to open the ninth was the one run for the Brewers, who left the bases loaded within the sixth and ninth innings.
Washington pitchers had tossed 16 scoreless innings earlier than Contreras’ homer on Saturday.
James Wooden’s two-run double within the fifth was the important thing hit and prolonged his hitting streak to 6 video games. Wooden is hitting .522 (12-for-23) over that span with three doubles, three homers and 10 RBIs.
“Not coming off of a fantastic homestand, to come back on the street right here towards a extremely robust group in a troublesome atmosphere. … Towards a extremely good lineup, to have the ability to get the primary two is big,” Nationals supervisor Blake Butera mentioned.
The Brewers have scored simply six runs throughout their four-game shedding streak. Three of these runs got here on Jake Bauer’s homer within the first inning of Friday’s 7-3 loss to the Nationals.
“We put ourselves ready to win the sport on the finish there, loading the bases towards their nearer,” Brewers supervisor Pat Murphy mentioned Saturday. “There’s sporadically actually good at-bats, however it’s robust once you’ve acquired excessive expectations of yourselves and you have some accidents, you have acquired some inexperience, and guys attending to play that have not performed full time.”
Woodruff, who missed the playoffs final season after a September damage, has been inconsistent in his two begins. In his most up-to-date outing, he confronted Texas via 5 2/3 innings, permitting 5 runs (three earned) on eight hits in an 8-6 no-decision in Boston final Monday.
Woodruff is 5-0 with a 1.50 ERA in 9 profession appearances, together with seven begins, towards the Nationals.
Littell will probably be making his third look and second begin after following an opener his first day out, pitching 5 innings in every recreation.
In his most up-to-date begin, Littell allowed one run on 4 hits in a 9-6 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. He struck out six and walked three in a 70-pitch outing.
Littell is 0-1 with a 1.75 ERA in 12 profession appearances versus the Brewers, together with his solely three begins coming final season when he allowed 4 runs in 16 2/3 innings, putting out 11 and strolling 4.
CJ Abrams additionally has been scorching on the plate for the Nationals, hitting safely in 10 of his previous 11 video games. He’s hitting .333 over that span with 4 homers, a double, and 13 RBIs.
–Discipline Stage Media
