The Milwaukee Brewers couldn't have asked for much more out of Brandon Woodruff in his big-league return.

"Big Woo" carried a perfect game into the sixth inning, and ultimately allowed just one lousy single before he was pulled.

Woodruff, for the 21st time in his career, ended a game with 10-plus strikeouts. All-time, he's now second in Brewers' franchise history with that total.

The worst part? Woodruff won't have a decision. Milwaukee's offense failed to get anything going, even with a leadoff double for Brice Turang in the fourth inning. If there was ever a game for Woodruff to return, it was this one.

Of the 79 pitches Woodruff threw, 53 of them were for strikes. Things weren't looking too great when he fell behind against the first batter of the game, but he ended up in just three three-ball counts throughout his six innings of work.

Again, Woodruff had a perfect game for quite some time. That was broken up in the sixth inning when Tyler Stephenson swung on the first pitch and knocked a single into left center. If it hadn't been for that, Woodruff would've been pulled after six with a true perfect game.

One of Woodruff's most impressive at-bats saw him fall behind 3-0, but the Cincinnati Reds opted for a green light, one that cost them. Woodruff came all the way back and recorded a strikeout, something this Brewers pitching staff has done extremely well this season. 

For those who were concerned about Woodruff's velocity with him getting deeper into games, Woodruff topped out at 95 mph in the sixth inning. The Brewers broadcast showed a velocity chart for what he did in the first four innings, and safe to say, it couldn't have been much better.

Woodruff came out of the gates a bit slow with an average four-seam fastball velocity of 89.8 mph in the first inning. He got that up to 91.7 mph in the second, and later had it up to 92.3 mph in the third and 92.5 mph in the fourth.

Through 75 pitches, Woodruff had only thrown 10 off-speed pitches. His fastball was working, so it didn't come as a surprise that William Contreras kept calling for the veteran to go to his best pitch. At the time of writing, the Brewers and Reds are tied 0-0 through seven innings.

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