ATLANTA - The longest start of Brandon Woodruff's career felt like a win to him, even though he wasn't involved in the decision.
Woodruff allowed only two runs in eight innings, and teammate Ben Gamel homered leading off the 10th to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday. All five runs in the game came on homers.
Woodruff gave up five hits in a sturdy outing. His streak of wins in four straight starts ended, but he was happy to give Milwaukee's bullpen a break by showing he could last eight innings.
"I've been able to get some strikeouts, but my whole goal this year has been to just get deep into the game," said Woodruff, who threw 93 pitches and had six strikeouts with no walks.
"He's been really good the last four times out, and today he even took it to another level," said Brewers manager Craig Counsell, who was ejected in the fifth inning. "It was really good. It was a great performance."
Gamel's drive off Wes Parsons (1-2) reached the fountain area behind the wall in center field at SunTrust Park and helped the Brewers end Atlanta's four-game winning streak. Keston Hiura and Christian Yelich also connected for Milwaukee, which avoided a three-game sweep in a matchup of 2018 National League division winners. Hiura's fifth-inning shot was the first of his MLB career.
Ronald Acuna Jr. and Freddie Freeman went deep for Atlanta. Freeman has homered in four consecutive games for the first time in his MLB career. His 11th homer this season, which tied the game in the seventh, was his 200th since first being called up to the big club in September 2010.
"It's special," the 29-year-old Freeman said. "It was nice to do it in front of the home fans, and to get a nice ovation was special."
Milwaukee's Josh Hader (1-3) pitched two perfect innings to earn the win.
Mike Foltynewicz, who entered with an 8.02 ERA in four starts this year, allowed only three hits in six innings for Atlanta. He was removed after feeling dizzy after his sixth-inning at-bat, a strikeout, and later said he didn't eat before the game. He threw 67 pitches, 44 for strikes.
Acuna led off the game with his ninth home run this year, with the ball landing in the second section of the left-field seats. Woodruff didn't allow another baserunner to reach second until Freeman's shot in the seventh tied the game at 2.
Freeman hit a game-ending homer off Hader in the 10th inning of a 4-3 win Saturday night. In a ninth-inning rematch Sunday, Freeman flied out to left field.
Atlanta rookie Austin Riley, making his first start at third base, had three strikeouts and was held without a hit to end a four-game hitting streak to start his career. He had eight hits, including two homers, in his first four games.
Counsell was ejected by plate umpire Brian O'Nora. The manager came onto the field to argue after umpires huddled and ruled Orlando Arcia's grounder did not hit his foot and was a fair ball. The ball bounced to Riley, who threw to first for the out. Arcia limped in pain in the batter's box and didn't try to run to first base.
The play couldn't be challenged, but TV replays indicated the ball hit the ground and Arcia's foot.
Counsell argued with O'Nora and third base umpire Jeff Kellogg, the crew chief.
"You guys know they missed it," Counsell said after the game. "There was just so much indecision, it was frustrating. There was just an incredible amount of indecision for four sets of eyes on the play."