MILWAUKEE (AP) — William Contreras went 4 for 4 with a homer and 4 RBIs because the Milwaukee Brewers overcame Brandon Woodruff’s early exit and trounced the Arizona Diamondbacks 13-1 on Thursday.
The Brewers took two of three from Arizona to cap a 3-3 homestand.
Woodruff had a 1-0 depend on Nolan Arenado when he left with one out within the second inning. The 2-time All-Star didn’t exceed 86.9 mph on any of his 21 pitches, and his common fastball velocity was 85.4 mph.
Contreras delivered an RBI double within the first inning and a two-run homer within the third. He hit an RBI single within the fourth, walked within the sixth and singled once more within the eighth.
Sal Frelick homered and Tyler Black and Luis Rengifo had three RBIs apiece for the Brewers. Contreras and Garrett Mitchell every scored three runs.
Arizona right-hander Michael Soroka (4-1) gave up eight runs over three-plus innings as his ERA soared from 2.60 to 4.70. He confronted 4 batters within the fourth however didn’t retire any of them.
Shane Drohan (1-1) earned his first profession win after permitting one run in 4 innings of aid.
Arizona’s Ildemaro Vargas went 2 for 4 and has hit safely in every of his 23 video games performed this season. Vargas has a 26-game general hitting streak, together with his remaining three video games in 2025.
Vargas has matched the second-longest hitting streak by any participant to start out a season since 1940, in response to the Elias Sports activities Bureau. Detroit’s Ron LeFlore had a 30-game hitting streak to start out the 1976 season. Atlanta’s Edgar Renteria hit safely in his first 23 video games in 2006.
Arizona catcher James McCann pitched for the second time in three days. After retiring the facet so as within the eighth inning of a 13-2 loss at Milwaukee on Tuesday, he gave up one run on a bases-loaded stroll in his lone inning Thursday.
Diamondbacks: Head to Chicago for a three-game sequence with the Cubs. Friday’s scheduled beginning pitchers are Zac Gallen (1-1, 3.14 ERA) for Arizona and Colin Rea (3-1, 4.61) for Chicago.
Brewers: Begin a three-game sequence at Washington. Jacob Misiorowski (1-2, 3.31 ERA) pitches for the Brewers and Jake Irvin (1-3, 4.85) goes for the Nationals on Friday.
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