The Milwaukee Brewers continued their strong rebound from a recent skid Saturday night, defeating the Miami Marlins 5–2 behind a clutch home run from Brice Turang and a dominant outing from Brandon Woodruff at loanDepot park. The victory marked Milwaukee’s fourth straight after a six-game losing streak and showcased timely hitting and steady pitching throughout the contest.
With the game tied 1–1 in the fifth inning, Turang delivered the turning point. He jumped on a first-pitch cutter from Sandy Alcantara and launched a 402-foot two-run homer to center field, giving Milwaukee a lead it would not relinquish.
Turang’s homer stretched his on-base streak to 18 games and continued a hot start to the season. He’s now batting .281 with three home runs, 11 RBI, and 14 walks emerging as one of the Brewers’ most reliable early season contributors.
Milwaukee added insurance in the sixth inning against reliever Anthony Bender. After two walks and a wild pitch helped create traffic on the bases, Garrett Mitchell slid in just ahead of the throw at the plate on Sal Frelick’s fielder’s choice to make it 4–1. Turang followed again with an RBI single, stretching the lead to four runs.
Earlier contributions from William Contreras and Luis Rengifo both of whom doubled along with an RBI single from Brandon Lockridge helped keep the offense rolling.
Woodruff turned in his strongest performance of the season, working a season high seven innings while allowing just one run on three hits with four strikeouts. The veteran right-hander improved to 2–0 on the year and continued his dominance against Miami, moving to 5–0 in seven career starts versus the Marlins.
His steady command helped neutralize a Miami lineup that struggled to generate consistent offense.
The Brewers appeared in full control with a 5–1 lead entering the ninth inning, but the Marlins mounted a brief threat. Reliever Jake Woodford allowed three consecutive one-out singles to load the bases before Abner Uribe entered and limited the damage.
Otto Lopez scored on Heriberto Hernández’s fielder’s choice, but Uribe induced a game-ending groundout from Javier Sanoja to secure his second save.
Miami dropped its fourth straight game despite entering the night with optimism around Alcantara, who struggled with control. The former Cy Young winner issued a season high six walks across five innings and has now allowed 10 runs and 15 hits over his last two starts after opening the season with 24⅓ scoreless innings.
As a staff, Marlins pitchers issued 11 walks too many to overcome against a disciplined Brewers lineup.
There is hope on the horizon, however. The Marlins are expected to get a boost Sunday with the anticipated season debut of All-Star outfielder Kyle Stowers, who has been sidelined with a hamstring strain.
Milwaukee will send right hander Jacob Misiorowski (1–1, 3.32 ERA) to the mound in Sunday’s series finale, while Miami counters with Eury Pérez (1–1, 5.40 ERA) as the Marlins try to avoid a sweep.
