Christian Yelich homered, Brandon Woodruff pitched six effective innings and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Washington Nationals 8-2 on Saturday. With the majors' best record at 66-44, Milwaukee is 22 games over .

The Brewers are 64-44 and looking to bounce back from a 10-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs that halted a three-game winning streak. Left fielder Christian Yelich, the team’s leader in homers and RBI, is coming off an 0-3 performance with two strikeouts. They sit atop the NL Central, but the Cubs are only one game back.

Blake Perkins homered twice and William Contreras had five hits, including his third homer in two games, as the visiting Milwaukee Brewers beat the Washington Nationals 16-9 on Friday.