Brandon Woodruff made his return to the rotation today and looked good. He pitched five innings with nine strikeouts, but the Brewers offense couldn’t back it up and the Brewers lost to the Pirates 4-1.
In his first start back, Brandon Woodruff did what he needed to back up the team. His only big mistakes were two home runs he allowed, one by Endy Rodriguez in the third and one by Connor Joe in the fourth. Those were two of the only four hits he allowed, and did not walk a batter either. He added on nine strikeouts in those five innings.