CHICAGO (AP) William Contreras capped a three-run seventh with the winning RBI and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Saturday night for their second straight comeback victory.

YoƔn Moncada homered for Chicago, which lost a two-run lead in the seventh a night after watching the Brewers erase a three-run deficit.

Brandon Woodruff (2-1) allowed two runs and four hits over the first 6 1/3 innings to help Milwaukee maintain a 2 1/2-game lead in the NL Central. He struck out six and walked just his final batter.

ā€œItā€™s a good feeling,ā€ said Woodruff, who won for the first time since early April after missing several months because of shoulder inflammation. ā€œItā€™s been a long time.ā€

Devin Williams, the last of three Milwaukee relievers, pitched the ninth for his 28th save in 31 chances.

Rookie Jesse Scholtens (1-5) scattered four hits over six scoreless innings but ran into trouble in the seventh, where Tyrone Taylor doubled in a pair to tie it and end the right-handerā€™s night. Contreras later singled off reliever Bryan Shaw to bring home Taylor and give the Brewers the lead for good.

ā€œWhen you get big hits like me and William got tonight it means a lot because Woody was working hard out there,ā€ Taylor said after Milwaukeeā€™s 24th one-run victory. ā€œ(The record in close games) says a lot about the back of our bullpen and especially Devin.ā€

Scholtens struck out five and walked three in his fifth career start.

ā€œOverall, it was great pitching on both ends,ā€ White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said. ā€œWe just came up short.ā€

Chicago took the lead on Elvis Andrusā€™ third-inning RBI groundout, then extended it when Moncada launched his fourth home run into right-center field.

STILL WAITING

Cleveland third baseman JosĆ© RamĆ­rez had his MLB suspension for fighting with Chicagoā€™s Tim Anderson reduced from three games to two on Saturday. RamĆ­rez knocked Anderson to the ground with a wild, well-placed punch Aug. 5 after a dustup between the two at second base. It triggered a brawl that yielded one-game suspensions for four others.

Anderson, who, like RamĆ­rez, appealed, has yet to hear if the league will cut his six-game penalty.

TRAINERā€™S ROOM

Brewers: RHP Julio Teheran (right hip) threw a bullpen session Saturday afternoon and is scheduled to throw two more before beginning a rehab assignment. ā€¦ OF Jesse Winker (back) will begin a rehab assignment with Class A Wisconsin on Monday.

White Sox: All-Star OF Luis Robert Jr. (sprained right pinky finger) didnā€™t start for a second straight night.

UP NEXT

Milwaukeeā€™s Freddy Peralta (8-8, 4.28 ERA) was set to face fellow right-hander Dylan Cease (5-5, 4.42) on Sunday in the series finale.

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