Milwaukee Brewers at Washington Nationals

· Major League Baseball

Milwaukee Brewers

66-44, 30-24 Away

Final
8 - 2

Washington Nationals

44-66, 21-33 Home

Christian Yelich homers as the major league-leading Brewers beat the Nationals 8-2

With the majors' best record at 66-44, Milwaukee is 22 games over .500 for the first time this season. It also has a two-game lead in the NL Central over the Chicago Cubs, who lost 4-3 to Baltimore.

The Brewers have won 17 of their last 21 overall and 20 of their last 26 road games.

Robert Hassell III homered for Washington (44-66), which fell to a season-high 22 games below .500. The Nationals managed a season-low two hits.

The Brewers scored three runs in the first inning off Jake Irvin (8-6). Yelich, Isaac Collins and Blake Perkins delivered consecutive RBI singles.

Yelich hit his team-leading 21st homer on the first pitch of the third, a shot to center.

Woodruff (3-0) allowed one hit and struck out eight. He walked Riley Adams ahead of Hassell's second homer in the third.

Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick left in the fourth because of left knee soreness. The team said it was a precautionary move.

Frelick, a Gold Glove winner last season, was on the injured list last month for a left hamstring strain.

Key moment Milwaukee’s three-run first allowed Woodruff to pitch with a lead his entire outing.

Key stat Woodruff improved to 5-0 with a 1.50 ERA in nine career appearances against Washington. He has 63 strikeouts and five walks in 48 innings against the Nationals.

Up next Milwaukee All-Star RHP Jacob Misiorowski (4-1, 2.70 ERA) faces Washington RHP Brad Lord (2-5, 3.27 ERA) in a matchup of rookies as the series concludes Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	García Jr. grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Wood flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Abrams grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Mears relieved Uribe
	9th Inning	Turang grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Perkins lined out to left.

Statistics

MIL		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	6
5	Strikeouts	8
7	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
15	Hits	2
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	2
3	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
39	At Bats	28
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
25	Runners Left On Base	3
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
6	Doubles	0
20	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
157	Pitches	122
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
24	Total Bases	5
43	Plate Appearances	30
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
7	Extra Base Hits	1
8.6	Runs Created	-0.5
.385	Batting Average	.071
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.615	Slugging Percentage	.179
.333	Secondary Average	.179
.419	On Base Percentage	.133
1.034	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.312
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
8.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.5
61.0	Batter Rating	13.0
39.0	At Bats Per Home Run	28.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.65	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.07
.231	Isolated Power	.107
0.60	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.070	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.067
-.051	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.107
15.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.1
107.0	MLB Rating	62.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0